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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23
MRS. SAGE STILL BUSY
SCATTERING HER MONEY

AR RS. RUSSELL SAGE'S gift of
1v4 100000 to the Teachers college
of Syracuse university, coming so
closely on several other gifts of SINH
lar size, indicates how busy she is at
the task of doing good with the money
her husband worked so assiduously to
acquire.
1t is evident that in the long years
when Uncle RUSSELL was at work,
and when the quiet, unostentatious
wife was supposed to be equally busy
with her small domestic affairs, she
was acquiring vast knowledge of
worthy institutions, for she is known
to be extremely cautious in her dona-
tions, and yet she makes them with
great dispatch.
How much occupied Mrs. Sage is
with her new work is indicated by the
manner in which she announced the
gift of $125, 5000 to the Seamen's Friend
society few months ago. Col. Slo-
cum, her brother, who is president of
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23


But
his
to
challenge
primaries Then said the Wash
ingon
nota in
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23
The Oldest Textbook.

Within the last few years revolu-
hon has been accomplished at Oxford
which ought really to affect the mind
of the nation more than the difference
between Lord Curzon and Lord Rose
berry. A textbook has been discarded
which was already venerable for its
antiquity at the beginning of the
Christian era. Needless to say, we
are referring to Euclid's elements" ."
For what other textbook ever had
such a run as that? It has been &C
cepted ever since its publication,
which was in the reign OF the hrst
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23
MAY PUT NAME OF DAVIS
BACK ON FAMOUS BRIDGE
w HEN Franklin Pierce was pres
w idonf OF 1Ini+oI C&o%oo !; ooo

w HEN Franklin Pierce was pres.
W ident of the United States his Sec
retary Of war was Jefferson Davis, aft
erward president of the Confederate
States of America.
During the Pierce administration
the government improved the Dis
trict of Columbia in many ways. One
of the public utilities was the Wash.
ington aqueduct, famous in legend as
the Cabin John bridge.
This big stone archway was, at
the time of it's construction, the
largest bridge of masonry in the
world. 1t was over 220 feet long and
its arch over 80 feet high.
The bridge was not completed un-
til Lincoln's administration, and as
1t was erected under the supervision
of the war department, a stone tablet
was inserted in the masonry bearing
the names of the presidents and secre-
taries Of war who had to do with
the work. OF course, Jefferson
Davis name appears with the rest.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23
NEW COUNSEL FOR THAW

Martin w. Littleton, who has been selected to
succeed Dolphin Demas as chief counsel for
Harry X. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, at his
next trial, which is scheduled to begin in the Sep
tember term of court, is former president of
the borough of Brooklyn and has the reputation
of being one Of the keenest criminal lawyers in
New York. In fact, it was his remarkable series
of successes in winning cases considered almost
hopeless by older and more experienced attorneys
that first brought him into prominence in the
metropolis
Early in life Mr.. Littleton entered the political
arena and with his eloquence and ability as
vote-getter was soon recognized as a power in
the New York Democratic ranks. He secured
strong following and gradually worked his way
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23


proposed a
small
overwhelming
Gobel
into
on
Taylor bu
since
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23

If the Danish beer tablets prove a
success, prohibition may do its worst
for, the man with thirst will 10 about
with a song in his heart. at least SO
long as large section of the human
race wears vest pockets.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23

in
the national
when she was Washington Miss Root
manners mother
men She has been in the imegh
be She splendid
is often the streets
President McKnleys
west Point of written
shortly before DEATH
1902 He
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23

Pittsburg proposes to have a new
municipal building which shall be 700
feet high. We would respectfully call
the attention Of Pittsburg to the fact
that she ought to find some other
means of raising her standards. re-
marks the Chicago Record-Herald
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23

u
Parker president States
taken his a
decided Mr. Lteton
profession
thoroughly
is s
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23

According to Lady Capel Wolsesley.
"a woman in England with an original
idea Is looked upon as queer; with
two original ideas she is thought to
be crazy" And yet the English in.
sane asylums are not full.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23

A Chicago professor is alleged to
have put forth the theory that all
children should run naked until thew
are ten years of age. If we could also
teach them to get along without meals
and candy our children might be com.
paratively inexpensive.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23

Ptolemy (B. G. 323-2S5). No writer
has ever become so identified with a
science as Euclid with geometry. The
nearest approaches are to be found
in the relation of Aristotle to logic
and of Adam Smith to political econ
omy.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
SCORED TAFT VICTORY

Arthur I. Vorys, of Columbus, O., political
manager for William Howard Taft in his presiden-
tial campaign, and insurance commissioner Of
Ohio, has scored his first victory in Ohio by hav-
ing the Republican state central committee in
dorse Taft as Ohio's Overwhelming choice" for
the Republican presidential nomination in 1908.
Vorys is a young man. He is also deter
mined young man. He was picked by Charles
Taft of Cincinnati, brother of the secretary of
war, as chief Taft boomer
The very first thing Vorys struck the snags
that Joseph Benson Foraker, Ohio's senior United
States senator, had laid out for anyone who tried
to get the Ohio Endorsement for president Fora
ker had favorite notions of his own and had
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23
FUGITIVE OFFERED IMMUNITY

William Sylvester Taylor, former governor of
Kentucky, who has been fugitive from his state
since the murder of William Goebel, seven years
ago, has been offered immunity if he will leave
Indianapolis and return to Kentucky to testify in
the case of Caleb Powers, his old political FRIEND
who is charged with murder. Taylor too, was
suspected of having previous knowledge of the
assassination of Goebel, his Democratic rival for
the Office of chief executive of the state but he
escaped the boundaries and finally located in the
Indiana city, where has been practicing law.
The career of Taylor as governor was not
long, but it was exciting. Taylor lived down in
Butler county, KY. He was born there in 1853
and was married there to Sarah Taun 25 years
later. Upon finishing his studies in the nnhlic
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23
SECRETARY CORTELYOU
GIVES GARFIELD SNUB

vent this cold Official ignoring of him
and his act is to appeal to the presi-
dent.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23

1t the worlds stage, where do
the critics coae in? :
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23

Americans are the best, Russians
the next best dancers. rs
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23
The Man Who Does.

The Man Who Does.
Do you see the Man?
I do see the Man. .sax.:. ..#> i.
What is he doing? E$s# = :
: Nothing. Z. 81. y& ..y&. IN
Why Is he doing Nothing s Isl. Isl. 81.
Because there is Nobody he can do;
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-23
TO WE'D A GRANT

The engagement has been announced of Miss
Edith Root the only daughter of the Secretary
OF State and Mrs. Elihu Root, to Lieut.. Ulysses S..
Grant, U. S. A., son of Maj Gen. Frederick Dent
Grant, and grandson of President Grant. No date
has yet been set for the wedding, but it probably
will take place in the early autumn.
The romance had it's beginning and most of
it's scenes in Washington. 1t while serving
as military aid to President Roosevelt that Lieut..
Grant found opportunity to press his suit for the
hand of the daughter of the secretary of state.
Their social duties brought them into frequent
contact, but unobtrusivey was the Heutenant's
wooing done that only their most intimate friends
were aware of it's progress.
hos odo
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28
Steamboat For Copper River.

supplies are now being taken over the trail to the mouth of Ia. nuna for the construction of light draught steamboat, to be used on the Copper river. Fifteen thous- and feet of lumber, feed and camp equipment arrived on the last boat and about March list machinery and boilers for the steamer will be received, making the outfit 50 tons.
 The lumber and feed is being moved along as fast as the trail will allow, and as sCon as the storm ls over eight four horse teams will be used to rush the freight to it's destination. Louis Levensaler is in charge of the out lit until the arrival of tue North western. when George Hazelet will superlntend the work
 The Copper River X Northwest ern road, which is installing the boat, plans to have the steamer run from the Copper river rapids up the Chittyna. A tram will be built across the moraine at the rapids and connection made at the lower end with another steamer, which will run from the mouth of Copp river. In this manner they expect to be able to ship ore sooner than would be possible if they waited for the construction of a railroad.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28
Steamer Yucatan.

Steaming. fl, 300 miles withou mishap and completing the voyage over two oceans in fifty-eight and one half days, the steamer Yuca- tan, purchased on the Atlantic Coast six months ago by John Rosene, president of the North western Steamship Company, arr rived in Seattle Feb. 9th. a week before the officers of the company expected to hear from her at Cape Flattery.
 There is possibility that the Yucatan will take the place of the Saratoga on the next trip to Val dez
 Mrs. George Davison, who came from Seattle on the Northwestern. will go to the Bremner with her husband and spend the summer in that camp.
 Free delivery to any part of the city by the Red Cross Drug Co. IN THE PROBATE COURT, VALDEZ PRE-.
 CINCT, THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION
 TERRITORY OF ALASKA. In The Matter Of The Estate Notice of Appli-
 of cation for Lot (ters of Adminis- Charles R. Debord Deceased tration.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That r A Ing for Letters of Administration of the estafe nf Charles R. Debord, deceased and that saturday, the second day of March 1907, at 2 VClock y. NJ, of said day, at the Court Room of this Court, in the town of Valdez, Alaska has seen set for hearing said petition when and where any person interested may appear and show cause why the said petition should not
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28
Notice of Forfeiture

To r. IT Cook and George McNeer:
 You are hereby notified that the under. signed has expended $2OO in labor and i'm Claim E, which runs parallel with claims l. , ana j, Rex Cullen, tributary of Chititu Creek, In the Nizina mining district, Alaska. said bench claim being on the west side of Rex Hulch, in order [, hold said mining claims ull- ter the provisions of Sec. 232l of the Revised statutes o1 the United States, being he required years 1905 and 1906, ending Dec. 31St 1906. And II within ninety (9o) days from tkc service of this notice, nr the complete publication there nt you fail or refuse to con tribute your proplr- ton Of said expenditure aS cO-Owncr. your one eighth interest in said claims will become the property Ot the undersigned under and purSu- ant of said Section 232l of the heViSed Statutes of the United States.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 10th day of Jan. uary, 1907.
 4. F. HOFFMAN Date of first publication January 10, 1907 Date Of last publication April II. 1907
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28
Property MoYiup.

The group of 15 copper claims in Hogan bay, owned by ". Egan, 5. A. Temple and Vim. Hogan, Was yesterday sold to a Mir. King, of Seattle, who represents an Eng fish syndicate, for &l25, ,OOO. Ho- gan bav is on the southeastern end of Knights island.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28
Notice Of Forfeiture.

To John BeSSoncT:
 You are hereby notified that have Der- iormed the annual labor required by sec. ion 2'2l of the Revised Statutes Oi the United states upon creek placer mining claim mum Der Five below Discovery, Squaw Creek Forty Mile Precinct Third Judicial Division, Alaska, TOT the year ending December 3lst, 1906.
 You are iurther notified that the amount SO expended is the sum of One Hundred dollars, and that unless you shall payOr cause to be paid to me within ninety days after the pub catlon oi this notice your propUrtiOnHtc share Oi such amount, to-wit: the sum of Fifty dol lars, shall claim forfeit of your interest in said property as bylaw made and provided Phyment may be made at Franklin, Alaska. Dated Januarr 2jth, 1907.
 HENRY BESONES. Date of firtt publication Feb ' 1907 Date of last publication May Q, 1907,
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28
Notice Of Forfeiture.
To Gus Spon berg {:

To Gus SponbCrg:
 You are hereby notified that the under >igncd have expended $2OO in labor and inn proVcmentS on the claims known as the hcvicW, Cats Paw, Ruby No and Ruby NO 2 >ltuu ed on Knights Island, Alaska. in order to hold said mining claims under the pro visions of See. 2324 Ot the Revised Statute% of thc united states, being the required amount to hold said mining claims for the years 1901 !9J3 and 1906. And ii within ninety GOD days from Inc service of this notice, or the com pletc pnhilcauon theretof you fail or refuse to con tribute your preparation of said cEp.udi- ture aS co-owner your one fourth interest in Nald claims will become the property of the undersigned under and pursuent of said See ion 232i oi the Revised Statutes of the United states
 Dated at Valdez this 17th day of Jan uary, 1O97.
 CHAs. SPoNBERG
 CHAS. SANDBERG,
 JAS. SIMPSON. Date of first publication January 2i, 1907. Date of last publication A April 25, 1907.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
WISCONSIN SOLONS.
Party Circle stays on Ballot

The Assembly the other morning re-
solved itself into what had every SEM
blance Of a political convention in the
discussion of the bill to remove the circle
from the top of the party columns on the
official ballot. Party politics were in
dulged in with zest and the loyalty to
party lines was inspired by many spread
eagle speeches and the discussion was
punctuated by frequent outbursts of
laughter, applause and shouting In COM
mittee Of the whole by a vote of, 40 to
80 the Assembly adopted a resolution
expressing its judgment that the circle
at the top of party columns should be re-
tanned. The committee then arose and
reported to the House and consideration
OF the bill changing the form of the bal
lot, but retaining the circle, went over
until the evening session. The new bal
lot reduces the size of the present blan-
ket ballot and puts the presidential ticket
apart separately at the bottom of the
sheet instead of at the top and run in
with the rest of the ticket. The bill was
intended to foster and encourage indie
pendent voting by compelling voters to
make a mark after the nanrs of every
candidate on the official ballot whom he
desires to see elected. The debate was
the most interesting of the session, the
principal participants being Mr.. Cerna-
han of Eau Claire, Judge Bancroft of
Richland Center, Mr.. Burke of Green
Bay, Mr.. Potter of Port Washington, Mr..
Sprague of Elkhorn, Mr.. McGregor of
Platteville and several others, and the
political history of the country since its
inception was reviewed and the names
of BOSS" Tweed, Boss Plat. Boss"
Quay, Bryan, Carl Schurz, Roosevelt, La
Toilette, Mckinley, Lincoln and other
names to conjure with, brought out the
enthusiasm of the Assemblymen. Eight
amendments to the original bill had been
offered and the Assembly resolved itself
into a committee of the whole to deter
mine the fundamental question of wheth-
er the Assembly favored the party circle
or not.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

Scores of years have passed the first Independ-
ence Day and the scattered impoverished struggling
halfunited colonies have be one Of the most
powerful nations earth.
The handful of men who sat In Independence Hall
and listened to the grievances which they were called
together to redress farseeng statesmen though
them in their widest moods of prophecy did not
dream of empire extending beyond the Mssissp
D much less that should into the Pacific
and into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Commonwealths of that day, sparsely settled
struggled along the Atlantic coast from Maine Florida
having outlet upon the Gulf and scarcely daring to
peep the Allegheny Mountains Grinding necessity
had brought them together for purpose but
the of the hour had thought of building I'D a
nation that one day would astound the world.
They resolved that the United States were and of
right ought to be free and independent but what
after independence they hardly say
they easily that the day Of the declaration
would be memorable epoch in American history and
sturdlly John Adams gave expression to it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Soy Beans and Nitrogen.

When the soy bean was first intro
duced into America it did not form
root tubercles. In order to insure the
growth of the root tubercles it is neces-
sary to use the seed that has been in
oculated, or to inoculate the soil with
the proper organism. This last is
readily done by applying broadcast a
small amount of soil taken from a
field where soy beans developing root
tubercles have been growing.
At the Maine station no tubercles
formed on plants grown in soil that
has been inoculated, but they grew
abundantly where soil from infested
soy bean was applied at the rate of a
few barrels to the acre. The beans
will grow as well without the root
tubercles as with, provided they are
literally fortified.
Their economical growth depends
upon the presence of the root tubercles,
as in this way they can be grown with
little or mo nitrogen in the fertilizer.
If they are to be grown on soil con-
tanning no root tubercle organisms they
require a fairly liberal application of
the complete fertilizer.
If grown in good soil where root
tubercles may be expected to develop,
only phosphoric acid and potash need
be applied in the fertilizer The soil
should be prepared as for ordinary
beans 1t should be made fine, free
from cIots and Jumps, and smooth A
good seed bed is essential 70 good
crrovx-fb
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

II apt to believe" said be- that it will be cele-
brated by succeeding generations the great anniver
sary festival 1t ought be commemorated the day
Of deliverance by solemn acts Of devotion to God Al
mighty. 1t ought to be solemnzed with pomp and pa
rade with shows games sports guns bells bonfres ana
Examinations from end to the other, from this time
forward forevermore.'
And such have methods of celebration for a.
century and quarter, only that have bettered the
instructions by the introduction of the Chinese nre
cracker That noisy and mschevous device with the
toy and the toy pistol has caused our national
fete to be a most fatal and expensive day
is high time, therefore, that rational methods
rejoicing should be observed Let have the pomp
and parade, the games and shows and sports, but dill
gently discard the bonres the frecrackers and the
of firearms by the unskllful Celebrate must, for
triotism demands it. but let it be done in rational
The exuberance Of youth Is past with We no
longer need loud noise to proclaim the glory Of our
ancestors and love of country.-Chicago Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Real Independence DIV

On the Sd of July, 1776, says Paul Le-
land Haworth in Harper's Magazine,
John Adams, then one of the Representa-
tives of Massachusetts in the Continental
Congress, wrote to his wife Abigail:
Yesterday the greatest question was
decided which was ever debated in Amer
lea, and a greater, perhaps. never was
nor will be decided among mer -
In q second letter, written the same
day, he said:
But the day is past. The I'd of July
will be the most memorable epoch in the
history of America. l am apt to be-
lieve that it will be celebrated ~ succeed
ing generations as the great anniversary
festival. 1t ought to be comDemorated
as the day of deliverance by solemn acts
of devotion to God Almighty il ought to
be solemnized with pomp and parade,
with shows, games, sports, guns, bells,
bonfres and illuminations from one end
of this continent to the other from this
time forward forevermore.'
When the resolution was taken up on
the I'd, all the States except New York
voted 70 accept it. Thus on The I'd day
of July, 17T6, the independence of the
thirteen United Colonies flom the throne
of Great Britain was definitely decided
upon, The I'd, and not the 4th, may be
called the true date of the separation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
ErO0 Farming.

For some years the Pennsylvania de-
partment of fisheries has been study
ing various questions pertaining to
frog raising, and the present bulletin
summarizes data on the subject and
may be regarded as progress report.
According to the author of a recent
bulletin, frog ponds may be in any
waste, marshy land, providing water
can be flowed through them, or any
land whatever into which water can
be introduced from a stream or spring.
preferably the former, because Of
usually higher temperature" For prof
liable frog culture the author believes
at least three acres are required, and
this should be divided into about ten
ponds As the ponds are not all need
ed at the beginning their construction
may be scattered over a period of two
years At the outset a small pond is
required for Matching eggs and deveI-
oping the tadpoles, then ponds are
needed for the young frogs and for the
2-year-olds and 3-year-olds The ponds
nuSI De ltuceh W prevent The frogs
from escaping.
The principal enemies are birds,
snakes, cells, fishes and the larvae of
the water beetle, the latter being espe-
cially dangerous.
As regards food. tadpoles will eager
ly devour any dead animal matter, but
prefer fish. About % pounds Of fish
per week is sufficient for the needs of
10000 tadpoles. Fifteen to 20 pounds
of liver would also be sufficient for
the same number, but the liver must
be fresh. The liver should be fed In
small quantities, but the fish may be
thrown into the water whole After
the legs develop the quantity of food
should be diminished. Fully developed
frogs need live food and insects may
be attracted to the ponds by placing
boards near the edge smeared with
masses of honey. and in similar ways.
Other questions regarding the habits
of frogs, feeding, rearing, etc. are also
discussed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

York Herald.