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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28

ity, instinct and sagacity, and for his
size is wonderful weight carrier.
1t is this extraordinary constitu-
ton and anatomical perfection and
this magnificent courage, nerve and
mettle of the Arab steed which have
made the thoroughbred of to-day
what he is, and not his speed, which
has only existed in songs.
The Arab attaches far greater i'm
portance to bottom and sobriety than
he does to what might be called "ar-
tistic beauty" Of such a horse he will
say: LET us not be in hurry. Let us
see him work. He might be only COW
with lions hide on his back" When
you consider what their idea of bot
tom is, it may be sufficient to know
that it means horse should be able
to travel with a man on his back, a
change of clothing, food for rider and
horse, his gun, flag, etc., from 60 to 80
miles day for four or five days in
succession, and after a couple of days
rest be able to repeat the task, and
this under a sweltering sun. Further,
it is not uncommon for pure Arab
horses to cover from 125 to $50 miles
in the "a hours, and this without food
or water until the journey is finished.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
President Of Constitutional
Convention.

house, United States quartermaster's
house, stage office, and small build
ing used as a hotel. Between noon
and sunset of that day Oklahoma Sta
ton became a town of 5000 people.
Within a month 1 ,169 buildings. many
of them ugly, temporary affairs, were
erected
And so Oklahoma City has contin-
ued to grow until it now claims pop
ulation of $4,000, modern schools edu-
eating 9,4S4 children this year, as
against 1876 last year; buildings Gin
Guiding ten-story skyscrapers) aggre-
eating in value $15,O00,O0O; banks
having an aggregate capital and sur
plus of S1,O6O,S34, and deposits aggre-
eating $6,549, 900; post office receipts
in 1906 aggregating $141,509, and
freight tonnage into and out of Okla
homa City in 1906, 1.22S,246,902 tons.
Factories are springing up. Oklahoma
City this year has 2,S47 factory en-
ployes, gain of 531 over last year;
and 1,176 jobbing house employees,
gain of 230 for the year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Want PaIeface Neiuhbors.

The greater the number of whites
purchasing and occupying land in
Oneida reservation the better it will
be for the Indians and the reservation,
according to G. P. Cornelius, an Indian
attorney living in Green Bay. While
in Appleton recently Mr.. Cornelius
said that at the present time
Indians occupy but a tenth of
the land on the reservation and
that if the whites would come in
and occupy half of that which was
now unoccupied it would leave 10000
acres for the Indians and at the same
time greatly increase the value of the
land. The idea that the whites are
gaining much of foothold in the res
ervation is not verified by Mr.. Cor
nelius' figures. He says there are 65,-
$40 acres in the reservation of which
the whites own about 5000. He said
the Indians had acquired about $500
acres by patents, half of which had
been sold. There have also been about
5000 acres of inherited Indian land
sold Mr. Cornelius added that as soon
as the land in the northern portion of
the reservation was cleared it would
make good farming country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Van Hise's Position Endorsed.


After a very exhaustive hearing
on the matter, the state civil service
commission decided that the position
of director of university publications
or university editor is in the unclassi-
fled service and hence can be filled
by appointment by President Van
Hise. This ruling is in accordance
with the view taken by President Van
Hise of the position. Fred w. Mac
Kenzie, who was until recently assist
ant secretary of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association of Mil
waukee, will be appointed to the new
position. The salary is $1,000 year
The civil service commission de-
cided that there was vacancy in the
clerical force in the state treasury de-
partment and approved the appoint
ment of William Pugh of Fond du Lac
to the position. So far as the COM
mission is concerned, this disposes Of
the claim of Irving P. Leigh of Mil
waukee to a clerkShip in the treasury
department and he will not be obliged
to appeal to the courts to establish
any rights he may have in the prem
Uses. Leigh claimed that State Treas
urer Dahl dismissed him and that
official claimed that Leigh resigned.
The commission took no further ac-
ton on the bill of State Game Warden
Stone for $500 for First Assistant At
torney General Titus for compiling
the state fish and game laws. The
commission considers the incident
closed and if Mr.. Titus receives his
pay he will have to appeal to the
courts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
NEWS OF WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST IN
THE VARIOUS TOWNS.
STORM BULL is AT REST
Impressive Ceremonies Characterize
the Funeral of Wisconsin's Great
Educator, Scientist and Public
Benefactor.

Madison.-The funeral of Prof.
Storm Bull was held at Madison last
Wednesday. Short services were held
at the home, 141 West German street,
at 1870, Rev. f. A. Gilmore offering a
short prayer. The body was then TAX
en- to the Unitarian church, where the
Monona ladies' quartette sang Lead
Kindly Light" and 1T Singeth Low in
Every Heart"
Mr.. Gilmore, who had been Prof.
Bulls pastor for years, and who was
therefore intimately associated with
him in church work, delivered the
address. He spoke in part as fol-
lows:
Death loves a shining mark Once
more is the old saying fulfilled. A man
of great vigor both of body and of
mind has passed away.
Never shall we forget that erect
and powerful figure: the strong fea-
tured face, with its firm lines, crown
ed with hair of iron gray, like the Vik-
ings, his ancestors, of old. The state,
recognizing his ability, employed him
in his capacity of engineer, not only
in the new buildings of the univer-
sity, but also to help build the new
capitol, and in other important enter
prises of the commonwealth. AS
teacher he provoked and stimulated
the capacities of his pupils. Young
men understood that he would not
carry them, but would aid them to
walk upon their own feet. His fellow
townsmen, recognizing his merits as
citizen, chose him to be mayor of
the city. This post he filled with dig
nifty and honor"
The Madison Skat club, of which the
deceased was a member, was repre-
sented at the funeral by many promi-
nent members.
Many of the aldermen and the city
officials met at the city hall at 1870
and marched to the church in body.
All work in the university was
stopped during the afternoon, and
teachers who had been associated
with Prof. Bull attended the services.
The little Unitarian church proved all
too small to hold the great crowd that
gathered to do honor to the well liked
teacher.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Predicts End of Saloon.

A resume of the antisaloon agitation
throughout the country and review
of the work of the Anti-Saloon league
in Wisconsin was given by the Rev. A.
H. Zechiel of Appleton, one of the
field workers of the league. After
general statement of the principles of
the league, in which he emphasized
the fact that the league will accept no
compromise, but holds as its motto
THE Saloon Must Co." the speaker
showed by statistics the growth OF
prohibition sentiment throughout the
country, particularly in the south, I'M
til, as he said, at the present time, 49,
100000 people are living in mo IL
cense" territory, 100000 of whom
were secured during the last IL
months. He prophesied that within
ten years the saloon would be a thing
of the past. An optimistic synopsis of
the work in Wisconsin was presented.
He declared that out of 1 ,454 places in
which liquor was formerly solo, 65+
have become prohibition, and out of
70 counties but seven are wholly
wet" the remaining 63 having from
1 to 25 districts in which saloons are
allowed. During the campaign last
April, he declared, IT'S campaigns
against the liquor traffic were waged,
none of which was lost, while AZ re-
suited in the principles of the league
being upheld.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28

tains about $50 coal mines, employing
about 10000 operators.
The principal rivers of Oklahoma,
all of which flow toward the south
east, are, naming them from north to
south, Arkansas, Salt Fork, Cimarron,
North Canadian, South Canadian,
Wachita and Red.
The government acquired what Is
now Oklahoma more than century
ago under the terms of the Louisiana
Purchase. Early in the century the
government set this land apart for
the segregation Of the various Indian
tribes, then being driven west by the
advance of white settlers. Hence,
while Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Ne
braska, Colorado and other Louisiana
Purchase states were being populated,
Oklahoma remained for 80 years
wild Indian camping ground.
At the time of the opening all Of
Oklahoma, except that portion taken
from Texas in the Greer county bound.
airy dispute and the narrow strip be-
tween Kansas and Texas, extending
W Tic NOlIl dQO Gnu 4NOW 4hCAASO AAAOo1
was included in the Indian Territory
Oklahoma territory, which was held
by the government for the use Of the
Indians, but had never been assigned
to any tribe, consequently consisted
in those days of only about 100000
acres. There occurred the first great
rush for homes, which brought into
existence Oklahoma City. From time
to time the government transferred
other portions of land from the Indian
Territory to Oklahoma territory for
settlement by whites, until, when the
Oklahoma-Indian Territory statehoo6
bill passed, all that remained IF In
dian Territory were the reservations
of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Caero
kee, Creek, Seminole and QunpaW
tribes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
ABOUT THE REAL ARAB HORSE.
He Is Virtually Pony, But Re-
markedly Sturdy One.

The Arab horse is virtually a pony,
standing 14.2 hands, oftener under
than over. He is not fast, even at the
gallop; indeed, he is slow. He is
very poor trotter, both as regards speed
and action, bad hack, and cannot
walk without continually sticking his
toes in the ground. He is totally I'M
fitted for harness and is uncomfort-
able to ride except at the gallop; this
is his natural gait, and in it his move
ment is free, smooth, delightful and
easy. AS regards his general makeup
and formation, he is perfect and his
constitutional and physical soundness
is wonderful. He has great bone sub
stance, vigor, resolution, strength,
staying powers, courage, boldness, the
soundest legs and feet and extraordi-
nary lung power, which is due to the
atmospheric conditions and free life
to which lie has been used from time
immemorial; extraordinary eyesight,
good temper. mild manners. tractabil-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA.

is in Ohio combined
will be point of
population.
Oklahoma railroads. so daily
metropolis City, miles
biggest union being
offs
provided constitution.
extend municipalities.
Man o highly civilized
raising year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28

people in 1900. The new state will
have 700 banks, of which 275 are ma
tional, the latter with deposits of $780,
100000; % cottonseed oil mills, more
than hundred flour mills, SO daily
papers and more than 400 issued
weekly.
Oklahoma alone had in 1906 86,9OS
families, of which more than $4,000
owned their homes, and of these So
600 were free from mortgages. The
average price for Oklahoma land in
1906 was $1S.25 per acre, an increase
of 1925 from the previous year. The
new state has thousands of acres of
unappropriated public domain, coal
lands of wonderful capacity, oil wells,
asphalt beds of great worth, and all
of these practically undeveloped, to
say nothing of the vastness of her op-
portunities to the tiller of the soil.
Drawn from All States.
Probably not more than 100000 of
Oklahomas 100000 residents are ma
tive Oklahomans. This new state is
not typical of any particular section
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
wiu Have spooner,s Room.

Isaac Stephenson, of Wariuette, will
not only succeed John G. Spooner in
the United States senate, but for the
first five or six weeks of his term will
occupy Mr.. Spooner's committee room
in the capitol building at Washington.
It was announced that temporary Of
fee quarters had been assigned Sena-
tor Stephenson in the committee on
rules. The new committees will not
be announced until after the holidays
and until that time Mr.. Stephenson
will be quartered in the room of the
rules committee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Confer with Paper Men.

John G. Hanrahan, Of View York,
promoter of the projected print paper
mill merger, and Henry B. Dean, of the
firm of Dean & Shipley, bankers of
New York city and Providence, r. L.,
held several conferences at Appleton
with print paper manufacturers of Ap-
pleton and surrounding cities. Mr..
Dean and Mr.. Hanrahan let Appleton
for Wausau, where several print men
were met Both men refuse absolutely
to divulge the slightest information
concerning the progress being made.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28

many towns. The revolutionary tree at
Arlington was two-thirds destroyed,
and probably the remainder has sus-
tanned more injury.
But Lancaster mourns an even
greater loss. Her chief native distinc-
ton is practically destroyed. Her
queen elm, which has been declared
the largest in Massachusetts, is a
wreck. For years it has been braced
with rods and bound with iron bands,
but the force of the incipient tornado
was too strong even for these. The
diameter of its spread was 35 feet and
the ground circumference of its trunk
nearly 81. To these two towns the
storm brought general bereavement.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Wisconsin to Have Clam Hatchery.

Wisconsin to Have Clam Hatchery.
That La Crosse is to be selected
for the location of the only clam
hatchery in the world is evident from
the fact that notice has been received
by Congressman John J. Esch from
the government announcing that por-
ton of the west channel of the Mis-
sissippi river opposite La Crosse is
to be closed by the government and
used as a reservation for CLANS, so
that scientific study of them can be
made in connection with the govern
ment fish station located on the north
side of the Black river, where suitable
tanks will be established for the work.
The work will be under the direction
of Profs. Curtis and Lefevre, who have
already made several visits to the city
in that connection and who during the
last summer spent considerable time
in locating clam beds along the Mis-
sissippi. Investigation showed that
the best CLAIMS are those found in the
Mississippi in this immediate vicinity.
There are about 200 different kinds of
clans to be found in the Mississippi
river. Of this number many are val
liable and make the finest kind of
pearl buttons. A second important
feature in the study of the clam will
be that II conncctio1 with the pro.
duction OF pearls.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Mother Sends Son TO Jail.

Milwaukee.-Roy Rechowitz, lad
of IL years, was sentenced to the
workhouse for two months on charge
of vagrancy. The complaint was made
by his mother AS he left the court
room ne shook his fist at his mother.
He is incorrigible. Recently he was
up for larceny.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Wants Democratic Convention.

Madison Democrats are united in
making a bid to have the meeting of
the Democratic state convention,
which is to be held in February, meet
in this city. An informal application
has already been made and the local
Democrats expect to hold meeting in
a couple of weeks and make plang for
attempting to bring the convention
here. La Crosse is also bidding for
the honor. At the state convention
plans for the campaign will be formu-
lated and delegates will be chosen tc
the national convention.
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of the United States so far as its pop
ulation is concerned any more than it
is as far as it's agricultural products
are concerned Northerners, south
erners, fasteners and westerners
mingle tremendously there, all grow
ing prosperous together. Every state
in the union is represented by at least
500 natives.
A substantial evidence of the intel
lectual worth of Oklahomans generally
is the number of modern daily news
papers which they support. Further
more, they have good schools, libra
ries and churches.
Oklahoma has modern public
school system supported by the in
come from 100000 public school
fund and local taxation. The "35, 000,-
900 fund" consists of 3,1O0,875 acres
of land, valued at s30,000,000, the in
come from the rental of which
amounts to about 100000 per year;
and 100000 paid into the school
fund by Indian Territory in lieu of
land, all of the 3,100,875 acres being
in the former Oklahoma territory.
The original act opening Oklahoma
territory to settlement reserved in
all that section of the territory then
thrown open sections 16 and Sc in
every township for the benefit of the
public schools of the future state.
Each successive act provided for SINH
lar reservations and the statehood en-
abling act made additional grants to
the higher educational institutions, re-
sulting in the big total above named.
The state will decide whether the
school lands shall be sold. All pro-
ceeds from sale of the school lands
must be turned into the school fund
and forever remain intact.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Insurance Business Is Extensive.

State Insurance Commissioner Bee
die has received from the printer the
first copies of his annual report on the
life, assessment life, surety, casualty,
assessment, accident and fraternal in
surance companies operating in Wis
consin. The report shows that there
are 1859 life insurance companies, as
sociations and societies operating in
the state, which have 1926 policy
holders and $531, 131, 1895 of insurance
in force. The total amount of Wiscon-
sin claims paid last year was $4,299,-
973 and the total amount of premiums
collected in this state was $13, 149,1
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Deny State Jurisdiction.

When the state railroad commission
took up the petition of Assemblyman
Herman l.. Ekern, of Whitehall, for an
order requiring the Green Bay &
Western Railway company to furnish
better passenger train service, Attor-
ney John G. Gaveny, of Arcadia, rep
resenting the company, raised the
point that the commission did rot
have Jurisdiction in the matter be-
cause the passenger train to be affect
ed is an interstate train starting from
Winona, MINI. The hearing was con-
tinued to December 10.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
SHOOTS FORMER HUSBAND.
Wisconsin Woman Then Mortally
Wounds Herself

Oshkosh - AS the disastrous re.
suit of the rage of a divorced wife,
Fred Zimmerman is expected to die
and the victim, Martha Zimmerman,
also is fatally wounded. The woman
went to Zimmerman home at Fisk.
near here, Monday night and shot him.
She was found later lying on the
lounge in the house with a pistol
wound over her heart. Zimmerman
secured divorce in July.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28

sity, located at Norman, open to fe-
male as well as male students, and
comprising a college of arts and sci
ences, a school of medicine, a school
of applied science, a school of pharm-
acy, a school of mines, a school OF tine
arts, and preparatory school. The
campus, consisting of 60 acres, lies at
slight elevation, overlooking the
South Canadian river. University
hall was built five years ago at cost
of $4,000. Science hall is new
building, So by 1875 feet, of gray
pressed brick. The university is also
provided with library building given
by Andrew Carnegie, and a gymnasi-
UNI, SIS by 100 feet. There are four
other buildings, two of wood, devoted
to engineering work, and two devoted
to the anatomical laboratory.
The other advanced public educa-
tional institutions of Oklahoma are an
agricultural and mechanical college,
three state normal schools, univer-
sity preparatory school, a colored
agricultural and normal university,
and a school at Chilocco, on reser-
walton containing $500 acres of agri-
cultural land, for the education of In
dian boys and girls in the higher
branches of learning.
Color Line Drawn.
The supervision of instruction is
vested in board of education, Of
which the state superintendent of pub
lie instruction is president and the
governor, secretary of state and at
torney general are members ex-officio.
A color line is drawn on negroes in
Oklahoma, separate schools being pro-
vided for negro children, but with the
same accommodations as the schools
for white children. Education is COM
pulsory.
The Chilocco Indian school is one
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Combine Near COMPLETION.

Appleton.-With The return to the
city of John G. Hanrahan and an inn
mediate call on owners of the different
print paper mills that figure in the
contemplated combine, 1t is believed
that the merger will be effected at
once, and in any event before the close
of the week, when many OF the options
eXDire
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Phone Company Lays Cables.

Neenah.-The Wisconsin Telephone
company on Monday laid the first ca
bles in the new underground conduits,
in readiness for the new exchange to
be built soon. The cable was COM
posed of 500 wires, or 400 pairs. A
similar cable will be run to Men
asha.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
Boom La Toilette at st. Paul.

A number of leading men of Wis
consin went to st. Paul, Mimi, to at
tend the dinner given by the st. Paul
Commercial club to launch the La Fol
lette presidential boom in Minnesota
Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, was pres
ent. Among the Wisconsin men were:
H. L. Ekern, manager of the cam
paign; Irvine L. Lonroot, of Superior;
Alfred T. Rogers, of Madison; Sena-
tor w. G. Owen, of Maiden Rock, and
E. ]. Gross, of Milwaukee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
"Two Story" Bed Appears.

Among the new inventions for Hats.
where room is at premium, are the
two and three-story beds or cots of
enameled iron. They certainly have
the advantage of being room savers,
whatever their defects from the stand.
point of beauty may be. In width they
are about the size Of ordinary single
beds. Each is furnished with a
woven wire spring, mattress and
pillow.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28
To Take Burden from Counties.

Counties of the state which care
for feeble-minded patients at the coun-
ty asylums will be reimbursed by the
state, and will be paid three dollars
weekly for each patient. This is the
gist of a letter from the state board
of control to the county board at Mani
towoc, and will relieve the county of
a considerable expense.
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Police Ordered to Shoot.

Kenosha.-"Shoot on sight and
shoot to kill" This was the order
which Mayor German gave the mem
bers of the Kenosha police force when
he directed them to put an end to the
burglary in Kenosha, no matter what
means were necessary to gain the
end