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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14

Madison.-That Rt. Rev. Frederick
Baraga, first bishop of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Marquette and
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, which COM
prises the entire upper peninsula of
Michigan, and whose body lies buried
in st. Peters cathedral here, contrib
uted to pathological literature the first
and only dictionary and grammar of
the Chippewa language is an interest
ing but little known fact. 1t was
more than 60 years ago that this work
of the learned linguist and pioneer
missionary was written, yet it is still
in use among the tribes of Wisconsin,
Michigan and the provinces of the
Dominion of Canada, or wherever
Chippewa Indians are found. Bishop
Baraga's first contributions to Indian
literature, however, were in the form
of prayer books, compiled at the time
he labored among the Ottawas. His
first work of this kind was published
in Detroit in 1882. Father Baraga
arrived in Detroit about the time the
Asiatic cholera broke out in that city,
and it was with great difficulty that he
was able to secure the services of
printers to set into type the manu-
script he had placed in the publishers
hands. The book was printed in the
ordinary ''pica" type and in the pure
Ottawa language. 1t contained 2O5
pages, including the index, which was
also in Ottawa. Devotional prayers
and litanies occupied 81 pages, hymns
83 and a catechism So. This prayer
book was designed for the use of
Christian Ottawas attending Catholic
services in the mission chapels, and
after it was published it was necessary
for the missionary to teach class of
Indians the rudimentary parts of their
printed dialect, and when these were
taught they in turn taught others. In
this manner the books came into gen.
eral use among the Catholic Ottawas.
A number of other prayer books and
religious works were afterward pub
lished by the missionary, some OF
which were printed in Europe, and
have since found their way into the
/ libraries of American universities and
private collections. The most import
ant of these, perhaps, is a life of
Jesus, printed in Paris in 1887, an
original copy of which is now in the
library of the Boston Athenaeum. Be-
tween the years 1897 and 1848 Father
Baraga published a number of Ottawa
religious manuals. 1t was in the lat
ter year, after having transferred his
I labors to the Chippewas, that he is
sued the Chippewa grammar and die
tionary. The amount of labor required
to change the text from the Ottawa
termination of the words to the Chip
pewa undoubtedly was extremely
arduous, considering that missionary
duties required much time, but the
work was accomplished, and the book
then published remains the only Chip
pewa grammar and dictionary in exist
ence to-day. An original copy is con
tanned in the Astor library in New
York. Father Baraga also prepared
and published a Chippewa primer, de
voted to incidents in the life of the
Saviour, and this work is also still used
by missionaries among the Indians.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14

Marinette - William Kolanda, a
farmer boy, was badly injured while
hunting near Wabeno, his shotgun be-
ing accidentally discharged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14
Outlay of $4,000, 900.

Already a start on this lakes to the
Gulf waterway has begun. The Chi
cago ainage canal, extending from
the shore of Lake Michigan at the Chi
cago river to a point between Lock
port and Joliet, ILL.,, is regarded as the
initial stretch of the great highway.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14
Power of Fortune.

The power of fortune is confessed
only by the miserable, for the happy
impute all their success to prudence or
merit.-Dean Swift.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14
State LEAGUE Team for Milwaukee.

There is possibility that the Wis
consin-Illinois Baseball league will
have a team in Milwaukee. President
Moll has all sorts of plans fitting
through his brain, and it may be that
he can materialize some of them. The
projected move is more than an idle
dream, for President Moll of the State
league has written Secretary Farrell
of the National association asking
protection for this territory, in case
the American association secedes from
the parent body. He also asked per-
mission to place teams in St. Paul and
Duluth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14
Still busy on Fox River.

The season of navigation on the Fox
is expected to last two Or three weeks
longer. While every morning is
chilly, there have been scarcely any
signs of ice as yet. Ordinarily navi-
CATION is officially closed on the Sec
ond or third week in November. But
at all events as long as the rivers and
lakes are open and there is business
for the packet lines, there will be no
closing of bridges for the winter. At
present, boatmen state that there is
more than sufficient business on hand
to keep them and their craft briskly
at work for more than a month.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14

! The drainage canal is approximately
&c miles in length, and as completed is
available from end to end as a navi-
gable waterway, capable of accommo-
dating vessels drawing 20 feet of wa
ter. The cost of the canal has been
approximately $50,000,000. All the out
lay has been borne by Chicago as a
municipality, but it is understood that
for commercial purposes the city is
willing to give the national govern
ment navigation control of it.
For six miles the canal follows the
Chicago river to its head. Beyond that
point it runs for % miles through
earth and rock excavation TO the Des-
PLANES river. 1t continues along the
waterway for eight miles. In order to
make the drainage canal a CONNER
cial waterway capable of floating YES
sells of large tonnage the engineers
of the project expended $18,000,000
more than would have been necessary
for sanitary purposes only. The canal
would have met all Of the drainage
and natural watershed necessities at
considerably less depth than the %
feet at which it was carried o1t. The
objective of the creators of the canal
was not only to dispose of Chicago's
sewage by diverting it from Lake
Michigan, where it threatened con-
tamination of the city water supply,
but the establishment of navigable
waterway from the lake to the Mis-
| sissippi via the Illinois river.
1t is from Lake Joliet that the next
step in the great lake to Gulf high
way is expected to be taken. The ter
ritory between Joliet and Grafton,
above st. Louis, has been closely sur
veyed and a series of pools or artificial
lakes has been mapped out to mark
the levels along what is projected as
the beginning of the great Fourteen
| feet through the valley water course.
The first level will be the section be-
| tween Joliet and Utica, a distance of
| 81 miles, with fall of &C feet. In this
| defiance it is estimated that three
| pools, dams or locks will be necessary
! and that a 14-foot waterway easily
can be maintained with a width of
| 300 feet.
Between Utica and the mouth of the
Illinois river, where it empties into the
Mississippi river, at Grafton, is 227
miles. The bed of the Illinois
river along this distance is
between six hundred and nine hundred
feet wide. Along the route the federal
government has already completed
several locks and dams. To secure a
14-foot depth here hydraulic dredging
averaging seven feet will be neces-
sary. This will necessitate the exca,
walton of 100,OOO,OOO cubic yards of
soft earth, the estimated cost of which
has been fixed by engineers at ST.
100000
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14
Car Shortage Relieved.

"The car shortage in Wisconsin has
been relieved to some extent during
the last few days and coal and other
commodities have been given i'm
proved service by the railroads." said
o. F. Bird, of the Pennsylvania Coal
& Supply company, at Milwaukee.
"The shortage has not been as bad in
the last few days and there are indi-
cations that the car service has been
much better"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14
Chicago Canal a Start.

q
Fourteen feet through the valley
will be the slogan with which the adj
vocates of the inland waterways i'm,
provement projects will press their
claims before congress. They main,
tain that all of the statistics and argu-
ments are on their side and that the
present condition of affairs in the com.
mercial world is an unerring indica-
ton that the country's future develop
ment depends not alone upon the ex-
pansion of railroad mileage, but upon
the improvement of the great water
highways of the country.
What is being urged by the business
interests of the great central country
is settled policy of the improvement
that will begin at Lake Michigan and
terminate at the delta of the Missis-
sippi. 1t was for the Inauguration of
this settled national policy that the
recent convention was held in Mem
phis. This two days convention wound
up the presidents tour of the Missis-
sippi valley.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14

On the plea
of gelf-defence
merchants and
of the Middle
Wec& have Civ
en- impetus to
q movement
for a great in
land waterway
system that
promises to re-
main in the
forefront of
national af-
fairs for years
to come. Prac-
tically every
section of the
country not &C
tually within
the seaboard
zone has TAX
en- up the agi-
tation for a
great inland
waterway and
is likely to
continue the
campaign until
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14
La Toilette Asks Help.

La FoIIette ASKS TIcIPs
Many people in Kenosha and other
towns who have been active in Re-
publican politics during the last few
years, received letters from Senator
La Toilette asking them to aid him
in making up mailing list of people
to whom he could send copies OF
speeches and government reports.
Each man addressed was asked to
send a list of so people so that the
senator would have list of practical
ly every voter in Kenosha county
who takes On interest in public cues
tons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14

While the argument is made by the
champions of the inland waterway
project that river regulation is rate
regulation and that the Improvement
of the great waterways of the coun-
try will do more to regulate freight
charges than all the interstate COM
merce laws that can be enacted, prac-
teal railroad men declare that a fur
Their lowering of railroad freight rates
is really impracticable. They point
out that with the great rail systems of
the country operating to their fullest
capacity they are earning only fair
return on the capital invested. Fur
Their reduction in railroad charges they
maintain, cannot be made while the
outlay for maintenance and operation
remains at the present figure.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14

In the opinion OF Lyman E. Cooley,
of Chicago, one of the greatest en-
cheering authorities OF the country,
the practicability of carrying the big
inland water highway to successful
completion depends upon the mastery
of the middle Mississippi between St.
Louis and Cairo. The total distance of
the projected continuous navigable
channel from Lake Michigan, at Chi
cago, to the Eads jetties, in the Gulf
of Mexico, is 1925 miles, and the fall
is $40 feet from the lake level to the
Gulf level
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14

the national government is commit
ted to policy that will place any
navigable stream of considerable di-
mansions in touch with ocean com
merce.
President Roosevelt is expected to
make strong recommendation in his
coming annual message on the sub
ject of a lakes to the Gulf system"
of water routes Such an undertaking
as at present mapped out would equal
in magnitude the construction of the
Panama canal. The cost of the two
projects, it is estimated, would be
about the same. Advocates of the in
land waterways assert that they would
be of infinitely greater benefit to the
United States than the canal, and that
without a comprehensive system of
internal marine highways this nation
would be reaping only a fragment of
the great commercial prestige to
which the completion of the Panama
canal entities it.
Residents, officials and leaders of
thought in 10 states of the union are
already nightly interested in the in
land waterways agitation. A national
commission to measure the benefits
of the project is likely to be appointed
within a short time. The recent trip
of the president through the Missis-
sippi valley, eliminating in his adj
dress before the Lakes to the Cult
Deep Waterways convention, is re-
garded through the central section OF
the country as committing the present
administration to the 14-foot channel
project. The annual national Rivers
and Harbors congress that is held in
Washington just before the regular
fall session Of congress begins is re-
lied upon to keep public interest arous-
ed as to the necessity of the under
taking.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14
Medical Advice.

The public nowadays has no need
to complain of lack of advice on med
ical problems. But whether the nu-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14

merous counselors who so freely offer
their gratuitous recommendations
form a guarantee of safety is another
question. 1t is possible that confusion.
rather than knowledge, is the most
prominent result of their Efforts
London Hospital.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-14
Railroads Reach Limit.

During the last decade the internal
commerce of the United States has in
creased more than 100 per cent, while
the railroad transportation facilities
have increased only 25 per cent, and
are now practically at standstill
All of the railroad transportation ex-
perts admit that the big transoOnti-
mental lines are being worked to their
fullest capacity. Millions of bushels
of grain could not be moved last year
because of the railway congestion, and
the west suffered coal famine be-
cause cars were not available and the
limit of transportation had been
reached in other ways.
James J. Hill has pointed out that
not only has the limit been reached in
the movement of freight, but even
should cars, locomotives and tracks
be supplied, there is now and is bound
to be for years to come dearth OF
terminal facilities. Mr.. Hill has esti-
mated that the cost of constructing
sufficient railway lines to meet the I'M
mediate demands for moving the COM
MERGE of the country would require an
outlay of 5,O00,O0O,000. This esti-
mate, he declares, gives little or no
consideration to the future. Mr.. Har-
riman a short time since announced
that in order to meet transportation
requirements the gauge of the railways
of the country and the rolling stock
would have to be doubled.
"Some time ago." Mr.. Hill said, 1
asked a real estate man what it would
cost to get tier of blocks, one OF the
narrowest, from the Harlem river to
Thirty-third street, New York. He
came back in a week and said that
$3.50, 100000 would not buy it. That
means that for terminals alone 1t
would cost $165,O0O a mile for every
mile from Chicago to New York be-
fore the line was built. The railroads
can't pay rent on such high-priced
terminal property.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-08
Young Girl Threatens
to Shoot Father
Draws Revolver on Him When
He Tries TO Force Dying
Wife TO Drink Liquor

SAN JOSE, Oct. 7.-Dr. A A. CASTOR,
ened with death tonight by his own
daughter when he endeavored to force
the contents of whisky flask down
the throat of his dying wife. DIR. Cas-
ton, according to his Is year old daugh-
ter, Hazel, a beautiful high school girl,
had been drinking heavily tonight and
he endeavored to persuade his wife to
drink with him. She has been Ill for
four months and is in such a state
that she cannot swallow without great
pain. CASTOR at last used force in
his endeavor to make the dying woman
consume the spirits, and Hazel came to
the rescue with a revolver, which she
aimed at her father. threatening to kill
him unless he desisted. A tragedy was
averted by the interference of Henry
CASTOR, a brother The Intoxicated
dentist was held at bay by his daughter
while she telephoned to Paul Marston.
the capitalist, who is related to the
family. Marston. on seeing the situa-
ton. hurried to the police station and
procured assistance. Then he swore
to a warrant for the arrest of CASTOR
on charge of disturbing the peace.
Gaston's mother in law succeeded in
persuading Marston to withhold the
paper. as the death of Mrs. CASTOR is
hourly expected
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-08
Hazers Are Badly Cut
by Intended Victim
Freshman at Oregon Agricultural
College Uses Pocket Knife
on Sophomores
Special bv Leased Wire TO The Call

OPCStut W -ACuoCu ~ HC ~ HS Sdit
PORTLAND, ! Oct. 1.-Two sopho-
mores, John Kelly OF Eugene and
Richard Skibbe Of The Dalles, were
severely cut with knife as. the result
of their attack upon. Robert Olph. a
FRESHMAN at the Oregon agricultural
college at Corvallis. The encounter
was an attempt to haze young O1ph.
Although the wounds are deep, both
young men are out of danger.
The sophomores of. the college took
Olph out, for ducking in fountain
in the grounds of the institution. The
crowd of hazers numbered about 30.
After Turing young Olph away from
his rooms. the hazers .pounced upon
him at secluded spot on the college
grounds. Olph fought hard against
the. sophomores, who told him duck
ing in the fountain would be the first
step in the hazing process.
Olph then, drew a pocket knife and
began slashing right and left The
clothes of a sophomore named Wealth
erford were slashed almost off his body
by the irate freshman. but he was not
hurt. Skibbe and Kelly were cut and
their cries of pain discouraged the
other. hazers, who thereupon desisted.
Kelly is the more seriously wounded
of the two and will be in the hospital
for several weeks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-08
BELIEVE PRESIDENT ERRED

PFTTSBURG,r Oct. THE members Of
the Pittsburg delegation to the deep
waterways convention at Memphis do
not agree with President Roosevelt that
during the trip to Memphis there was
any danger Of collision between the
steamboat Mississippi, on which the
presidential party was riding, and the
tug carrying the Pittsburg delegation
They believe an Injustice was done
Pilot Nichols Of the Hartweg, whose
license was suspended on orders from
the president.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-08
San Joaquin Farmers
Want Better Roads
Urge the Supervisors to Call
Special Election TO Vote
Bonds for Improvements
Special By Leased Wire to The Call


STOCKTON Oct Farmers from
many outlying districts appeared be-
fore the San Joaquin county board of
supervisors today and urged them that
a special election be called at the
earliest possible time for the purpose
of voting $500, 600 or greater sum in
bonds with which, to permanently i'm
prove 1900 miles of flood wrecked high
ways in this county. Petitions signed
by practically every property owner in
a particular section were also present
ed to the board 1t is evident that the
supervisors will be forced to take the.
initiative and call for an election i'm
mediately instead of deferring it un-
til the first of the year Not a word
of opposition is heard from any quar-
ter. The supervisors propose to
macadamize all the principal roads and
the wooden ones in use. The roads
are in such a deplorable condition
since the foods of March last that
much of the country to the south and
west is without an outlet.
Three years ago $4,000 per annum
was sufficient TO keep the roads in
excellent condition. Within the past
two years 100000 per annum is no,
enough to keep the roads passable.
The farmers, always prone to object
to any project or Improvement which
increases the tax rate, have practs-
cally combined TO bring about a bond
ing election which will place from
three to, five million dollars at the
disposal of the supervisors for road
Improvement alone. Numerous meet
ings viii be held throughout the rich
agricultural districts during the com
ing week.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-08
Manila to Nova Scotia
by Wireless Route
Experts at Monien Re-
ceive a Message From
the Philippines

SYDNEY. N. S.. Oct. 7.-while
Marconi experts were testing new
cones at the top of the towers at the
station at Morien an operator was in
communication with. the wireless sta
tion at Manila. The message received
was that the American cruiser Phila-
delphia had arrived there. The Marconi
people account for the occurrence by
the theory that the cone at Manila must
have been in perfect tune with that at
Morien.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-08
DRINKERS FROM
STANFORD WORRY
MENLO CITIZENS
College Listed With Palo
Alto and Mayfield
as Offensive
CLERGYMEN PROTEST
Say Women and Children
Are Insulted by I'm
welcome Visitors
ASK FOR PROTECTION
University Men Are Placed
in Bad Light by Rev.
Father Lyons
ASK FOR PROTECTION

REDWOOD CITY, Oct. I'm an eff
fort to limit the number of saloons
at Menlo Park. and particularly in
opposition to the granting of a liquor
license applied for by Thomas S Har-
rington, Stanford university, along
with Mayfield and Palo Alto. is listed
as contributing its quota of vicious
drinkers, who disturb the peace and
offend the morality of the little town.
Father Lyons, pastor of the Catholic
church at Menlo Park, appeared before
the board of supervisors today to join
license to Harrington.
"At the present time" said Father
Lyons. ''MenIo is the congregating point
for the idle and vicious drinkers of Palo
Alto. Mayf1eld and Stanford university,
much TO the danger and menace of
women, girls and children. Children
see sights on the streets there every
day and especially on Saturdays and
Sundays, that can not fail to help
lower their standards and morals The
women OF Sacred Heart convent have
been insulted in passing along the
streets, as also have the students
at st. Patricks seminary 1t is
necessary for decent citizen at
times to use tie streets instead
of the walks III order to avoid
insults. The board of supervisors is
the body and the only one to whom
we can look for protection from these
rufflans'
Fat1er Lyons was followed by the
Rev. Kingsley Blodgett of the Menlo
Park Episcopal church and A. J. Steiss
Of Fair Oaks. who corroborated his
assertions. Father Kunkle spoke for
the st. Patrick's seminary, with which
institution he is connected and for
Archbishop Riordan, who is strongly
opposed to more saloons at Menlo.
Lengthy petitions from the residents
of Menlo and vicinity against the grant
ing of a license were also read The
petitions included the names of the
Eyres. Selbys, Hopkins and others of
financial and social weight
supervisor John McBa1D, in whose
district the saloon war is going on,
stated that the cafe district was con-
fined to a space ESQ feet square where
there were already 10 saloons and
that he thought the district rather
crowded. He thereupon moved that
Harringtons application be denied and
on a vote being taken the board CON
CURED.
Another place slipped into Burlin-
game where liquor can be obtained in
unbroken 90 packages The supervis-
ors granted a license to the grocery
firm of Lorton e. Moerken to sell liquor
in unbroken packages, under what is
known as the Glass license. A few
months ago the Womans club of Bur-
lingame found that the only grocery
in the place at that time was the chief
offender when it came to dealing out
liquor by the glass. The women sue
ceeded in having the owner pay a
light fine and today's action of the
board means that they will have one
more place to watch.