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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-07-27

Advertise In The Bonanza.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-07-27
WINS $4,000 AT CRAPS.
Ex-Statc Senator Dangberg Brings
His Money TO Reno.

His Money to Reno.
Ex-State Senator Dangberg, of
Carson valley, beat a Stout & Nc
MILAN crap game in Carson City
early yesterday morning out of
$4,000. The former legislative mem
Der played the odd" system, wager
ing $51, SCI or $71 on his own
throwing, and dropping to SO when
two other players shot. Dangberg
purchased a ticket to Reno after the
game, bringing most of the money
with him.-State Journal.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-07-27

lust where Reno is to get back $4,000 out of such a fight as a
saus-Nelson n a GansBrr battle is not altogether too clear. To a
TOW in which a baseball team is not worth $1,000 for a season, it is 4
matter open for discussion how a prize fight of any sort would be worthy
shry times that amount-Reno Gazette
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
PROPOSITION BY FOLLOWERS
OF Mr.. ESCH.
STAND FOR LA TOILETTE
Would Formally Pledge Next Sen
ator to Work in Harmony With
Leader of Wisconsin Reform Move
ment-WouId Indicate No Change
for Some Aspirants.
Madison. March %.

MaulSOn, March II.
A proposition has been made by
the friends and managers of Con
gresham Es3h relative to the propo-
sitiOn that the so-called La Toilette
members of the legislature hold a
caucus and enter into an agreement
to support no candidate for the
United States senatorship who is not
known to be thoroughly in sympathy
with the La Toilette movement in
Wisconsin and the nation or who is
supported by those legislators known
as anti-La Toilette men. The propo
SltiOn is in the form of a substitute
plan, to draw up a declaration of prin-
ciples somewhat like a political plat
form, setting forth that Wisconsin is
for the reform program not only
as matter of its own state policy,
but must also be the leader in this
movement in the nation, that Robert
NJ. La Toilette is the first man who
gave this movement effectiveness in
Wisconsin and will occupy the same
place in the national movement. and
that whoever be elected senator shall
be pledged to work in full harmony
with Senator La Toilette
While none of the other candidates
has protested against this PROPOSE
ton, the friends of some of them de-
clare that it would mean little in
deed for them to sign such a decIar-
alton because their stand on these
principles has been not recently
taken and in this connection it is OBJ
served that Senator Hatten was the
author of the La Toilette railroad
rate commission bill, that Mr.. Len
root was the speaker of two of La
Foilette's assemblies, that Isaac
stephenson donated literally of his
fortune to carry on La Toilette cam
Ialgns and that H. A. Cooper was
the flrst wisconsin congress man to
declare in favor of the La Toilette
faction in Wisconsin politics. This
presents a situation in which it
seems established that approval and
participation in the La Toilette
movement shall be the test of fitness
10 apply to candidates for the seat of
Senator Spooner, but the manner of
applying this test is not agreed upon
The Lenroot people would kill off
any candidate who may stand in sus-
plcion by having the support of some
stalwart members, and the Esch peo-
pie propose that all the candidates
Sign a strong pro-La Toilette declara
tlon and then go after votes accept
ing the support of republicans fndfs-
crlmlnately and without reference
to factional lines.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
EMINENT OWNERSHIP.
REGULATION INEFFECTIVE
Charge Made That Roads Confess the
Failure of Private Ownership-New
Bill introduced for Drastic Mar
riage License Regulat;ons-Oniy
One Deer.
Madison. March y.

Madison, March y.
In spite CT a half-hour's speech by
Carl D. Thompson Of Milwaukee in
the assembly yesterday, the social
democratic resolution which provides
for a memorial to congress on the I'LL
innate ownership and operation Of
railroads by the government was eff
fectively shelyed for the time being
by being re-referred to the committee
on transportation. That committee
had reported the resolution for adop-
ton, and when it came up it looked
almost as if there was good chance Of
favorable action by the assembly.
plea in favor of putting this legis-
lature on record as being in lire
with government ownership as final
solution Of the railroad problem, but
when he concluded Assemblyman Es-
tabrock of Milwaukee moved to re-refer
the resolution with the request that
the committee furnish the legislature
with the reasons for reporting the
resolution for adoption.
Mr.. Thompson attempted to show
the futility of regulation as final so
luton of the railroad problem. He
stated that even now the railroads all
over the country are declaring that
they cannot reduce rates, that they
cannot install more safety appliances,
in short, that they cannot meet many
of the requirements contemplated by
legislation because they cannot afford
it, Mr.. Thompson construed this at
titude as an additional argument in
favor of the position that private own
ership is a failure. He pointed cut
that in the last % years $50 railroads
had gone into receiverships and and
$40 had been sold under foreclosure.
The alleged success of the govern
ment ownership and operation of rail
roads by SO nations in the world
played an important part in Mr.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25

Thompson's speech. He called at
tention to the large profits annually
reported by the Prussian roads and
the concessions which these roads
make annually. Senator La Toilette,
President Roosevelt and other promi-
nent national figures were mentioned
by the speaker as being in favor of his
position on the question of ownership
as an ultimate and final solution.
New Marriage License Bill.
yesterday introduced new b IL
which propose more stringent require
ments in regard to the issuance of
marriage licenses. The present law
requires an application to the county
clerk and an issuance at least five
days before the ceremony may be per
formed. The new bill substitutes the
county judge for the clerk, and re
quires the filing of affidavits on the
part of the contracting parties and the
applicant, whoever he may be, to the
effect that the contracting parties are
of age, that they are not insane, idi
otto, feeble-minded or epileptic." The
affidavit of reputable physician is
required on these points also.
The county judge may, at his discre
ton, demand further evidence of the
ability to contract marriage on the
part of the parties.
The same law, cutting down from
two to one the limit of the number of
deer each man is entitled to shoot,
was ordered to engrossment. Assem-
blymen Everett and Leroy spoke in
favor Of the measure and Assembly
man Carpenter made some faceuous
remarks opposing the change in the
present law. The bill as drawn is
the result of conference on about
iforty bills on the subject, and is in
the nature of compromise measure.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
PLAN RECOMMENDED BY AN
AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTOR.
IMPORTANCE OF CARE
Seed Should Not be Planted That
Has not Been Carefully Tried
Would Mean Greatly Increased
Production if Carefully Followed
by All.
Madison, March %.

Madison, March p.
According 10 Professor p. G. Holden
of the state agricultural college at
Ames, Ia, this is the season of the
year when corn raisers should be dill
gently engaged in testing the seed
corn they propose planting next May
He holds that even though the seed
was carefully selected last fall, it may
have been so kept that it's germinat-
ing power has been impaired and is
now wholly unfit for seed. He main
tains that every ear that is to be used
for seed should be given a careful test
along about this time of the year and
has a practical method for making the
test, a method that can be easily fol-
lowed by every farmer His plan is
something like the following:
First. prepare a box, shallow, but of
any length and width that can be cas-
lily handled or accommodated in a
warm room. Place in the bottom of it
sawdust, bran or loose earth we'll
moistened. Cover with a thin cloth
laid off in squares much like check
er board. each square being sufficient
ly large to accommodate the grains of
corn selected for the test from each
ear of corn. Place the grains on the
squares in such a manner aud lay the
ears of corn away in such a manner
that it may still be known which
grains were selected from any certain
ear.
Cover these grains with a second
cloth, a number of these in fact. and
moisten them we'll, keep them filled
with moisture. Then set the box in
a warm place, so that the process of
termination, sprouting. will be carried
in rapidly.
In a few days the sprouts will ap-
pear from the kernels which are suit
able for seed, In some instances but
one sprout will make its appearance
from the kernel The root sprout
may be all right and the stalk sprout
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25

may fail or vice versa. In either in
stance the ear from which such ker-
mel was selected should be rejected
as unfit for seed. Again both sprouts
may appear, but they may be feeble,
dwarfy, and not calculated to produce
a healthy stalk. Then the ear should
be rejected, for a sickly stalk of corn
can produce no more than ''nubbin"
or small ear of corn at best and more
frequently produces nothing at all.
In this manner a couple of hundred
ears, approximately two bushels Of
seed, can be tested in a single box.
The number Of boxes used could be
varied according to the amount of
corn person desires to plant. AS
it takes but a few days to make the
test, several patches can be tested
between now and planting time, so
no one needs to plant seed that has
not been thoroughly tested, and
proved to be possessed of the de-
sired strength and vitality.
The work of preparing the tests
can be done when work is slack on
the farm so the process is really not
an expensive one.
Professor Holden shows that if
on bad ear in a hundred is allowed
to pass as seed, it means one bushel
less of corn in the hundred in the
fall which amounts to a sum con,
siderably larger than the expense of
making the test.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
EFFECTS EVERY CHARACTER OF
PUBLIC WORK.
EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Towns, Villages and Cities Also
Brought Within Its Scope-House
Committee Creates Sensation by
Making Favorable Report-A So
ciaistic Measure.
Madison, March %.

A highly radical bill, making uni
versal S-hOur day on all public work
was favorably reported by the assem-
bly, committee on manufactures and
labor yesterday. 1t applies not only
to state work, but also to cities, vii
lagos, towns and even to school dis
tricts. Why counties are not included
is not apparent. 1t is No, 58a and
was introduced by Mr. Bener, a Mil
waukee socialist. How it ever sue
cessfully run the gauntlet of legls-
lative committee is a circumstance
which occasioned amazed comment
among legislators last evening. Its
certain defeat is predicted.
The bill provides that the service
and employment of all laborers and
mechanics who may hereafter be en-
ployed by the state of Wisconsin, or
by any city, village, town, school dis
trict or other municipal corporation
or by any contractor or sub-cOntractor
thereof upon any of the public works
Of the said state or of any city, vii
lage, town, school district or other
municipal corporation, is hereby linn
tied and restricted to eight hours in
any one calendar day and it shall be
unlawful for any officer of the state
or of any city village, town, school
district or other municipal corporation,
or any contractor or sub-contractor
whose duty shall be to employ, direct
or control the service of such labor
ers or mechanics, to require or permit
any such 1aborer or mechanic to work
more than eight hours in any day, ex-
cept in case of extraordinary emer-
gency."
Any ofncer or agent of the state or
Of any city, village, town, school dis
trica, or other municipal corporation
or any contractor or sub-contractor OF
agent who violates any of the provi-
sions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanOr and upon
conviction shall be punished by fine
not exceeding 5000 or by imprison
ment for not more than six months OF
by both fine and imprisonment
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
WILL REPRESENT WISCONSIN AT
OXFORD.
A MILTON COLLEGE MAN
Scholarship Worth $1,000 Year-Re-
quirements Are That Candidates
Must Be Athletic, Popular Among
Fellows and Good SchoIar-Recipi-
ent Has a Good Record.
Madison, March %.

Allen B. West of Milton college was
awarded the Rhodes scholarship for
the state of Wisconsin yesterday
afternoon by the committee on selec-
ton of Rhodes scholars for this state.
Mr.. West is a resident of Milton
Junction and at present is senior in
Milton college. The committee on Sc
lection, which is composed of Presi-
dent c. R. Van Hise, chairman, Presi-
dent w. G. Deland of Milton college,
President r. G. Hughes of Ripon col
lege, Dean George G. Collie, acting
president of Beloit college, and Presi-
dent Samuel Plantz of Lawrence uni
versity met at the office of President
Van Hise yesterday afternoon and
made the selection from the three
andidates-Allen B. West of Milton
college, Philip A. Knowlton of the
University of Wisconsin and D. Harry
Stevens of Lawrence university.
Worth 81 500 Year.
The Rhodes scholarship is of the
yearly value of $1,000, and is tenable
at any college in the University of
Oxford England. The three require
ments that a holder of a scholarship
must have are scholarship, athletic
ability and leadership among fellow
students These scholarships were
provided by the late Cecil Rhodes and
one is awarded in each state of the
union every fourth year. The pres
ent holder of the scholarship for this
state is Richard Scholz of Milwaukee,
graduate of the University of Wis
COnsin of the class of 1903.
Allen B. West, the successful can
didate for the 1907-1911 scholarship,
was born at Reedsburg, Wisconsin,
June 10, 1886. His school education
was obtained in the graded schools
and high school of Lake Mills. He
entered the Milton college in Septem-
Der, 1904, with advanced credit above
the requirements of admission to the
college (Which are Identical with
those of the University of wisconsin,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
CHARGE AGAINST
JOHN MITCHELL

Washington, March 22.-S. A. D.
Puter, testifying for the government
in the Hermann trial regarding fraud
and bribery in many land deals, swore
yesterday that the two $1,000 bills
which he gave the late Senator Mitch
ell ito fix things" relating to certain
claims was got from Charles Chahee,
president Of the Wisconsin National
bank of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wis, March 22.-Oficials
of the Wisconsin National bank, from
whom S. A. D. Puter at Washington
Yesterday testified that he received
the money to bride Senator Mitchell,
say no such person as Charles Chat
fee was ever connected with that
bank.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
doctors" Protest.

Doctors who are assuming the title
Of M D." are resisting the enact
ment of the proposed law to prevent
non-graduates of recognized medical
colleges from practicing their probes
sion. Petitions are coming in daily
to the legislature protesting against
the passage of the bill to define tue
practice of medicine. The state board
of health and the state board of medi-
cal examiners are in favor of the en-
actment of such a law, so that the
general laws against the practice OF
medicine by unfit persons may be lie
more effectively enforced Yesterday
petition of protest was received in
the senate signed by 81 citizens of Mil
waukee All such petitions are re-
ferred to the committee on public
health to which the bill was referred.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25

Major Seeley, of the British army,
told the House of Commons that mar
ried men are drawer than bachelors
Philadelphia Record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
GUNBOAT TO SUPPORT
GERMAN MINISTER'S DEMANDS

st. Thomas, D. w l., March 22.-
The German gunboat Panther left
here Yesterday morning for Port Au
Prince, Tayti, where, according to re-
pert, she will support the demands OF
the German minister in connection
with the treatment of certain German
subjects who have made representa-
tons to the authorities at Berlin. The
Haytian gunboats Nord Alexis and
lie Centenaire arrived here yesterday
from Port Au Prince in order To go
into dry docks. When entering the
port they crossed the Panther's bow
and played the German national an
them
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
PARKINSON AND
PALTZ MAKE
GOOD SCORE

st. Louis, Mo, March 22.-In the
fifth flight of two-men teams in the
national bowling congress yesterday
John Parkinson and George Paltz of
making a score of 1918. Johnson
and Ellis of st. Paul were first with
1856.
The congress, yesterday afternoon
elected August Hermann of Cinc1n-
natl president Cincinnati was Sc
lected as the place for the next tour
nament.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
SENATE KILLS BILL TO REPEAL
THE ACT OF 1908.
TORN BY SENATOR MARSH
Provides Jobs for Few Persons but
Has Little other Effect-Not Fair
to Country BARRIERS Senator Huo-
nall Vigorously Defends the State
Board.
Madison, March %.


The Wisconsin BARRIERS board law,
although conceived in self1shness and
born in iniquity, will not be repealed
by the present legislature This was
determined in the senate yesterday by
vote of "a to 6. Senator Marsh's
bill to repeal the law was on the cal
endar with recommendation from
the committee on state affairs that it
be indefinitely postponed. Senator
Marsh moved that the bill be ordered
engrossed and read third time. Sch
ator Roehr raised point of order on
the propriety of Senator Marshs mo-
tion but President Conner ruled that
the motion was in order.
Senator Marsh vigorously advocated
the repeal of the law, on the ground
that it was not right to require barb
ers to come a long distance to take an
examination, that the greatest nur-
pose of the law was to supply a few
| people with positions, that it had not
accomplished enough to warrant its
continuance that the BARRIERS all over
the state particularly those in SIN 4
towns, were opposed to the law, and
that if its purpose was to reQuil z
and maintain sanitary conditions it
would De better to give this work 20
the state or local boards of health.
Senator Hudnall opposed the repeal,
maintaining that the law had worb ed
well and was approved by the BARRIERS
themselves, that many petitions had
been filed against The repeal and none
in favor of repeal, that the members
of the board get very small pay and
work hard and earnestly with good re
suits and that the boards of health
would never do this work as the
BARRIERS board has done it.
Senator Roehr said he voted n
the law in 1903 and had never regret
ted it, that he had observed that
the barber shops were cleaner and
the BARRIERS more capable than former
ly and the law ought to be retained
and the powers of the board added to
if the work was not as effective as
might be desired. Senator Noble said
lie ndu CIdNeleu du oNeI tH0 0CaCS, anu
his inquiries and observations were to
the effect that the law was working
we'll and the BARRIERS liked it.
The BARRIERS who worked hardest
for the enactment of the law in 1908
were those who desired to hold the
positions which it created. 1t was in
connection with This bill that the
charges of bribery arose against ex-
Senator Barney A. Eaton. He was in
! dicted, deprived Of his right to sit in
the senate and upon trial was acquit-
ted
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
COMMERCE COMMISSION RE
PORTS FIX BLAME FOR 400.
NEGLECT THE CHIEF CAUSE
Careless Trainmen, the Human EIe-
ment, Responsible for Most Acct
dents-Excessive Hours Fail to
Explain the TroubIe-Lack of Zeal
and Fidelity Among Employees.

New York, March Summarizing
the quarterly bulletin which has been
issued by the interstate commerce
commissions during the last five-year
period, throws a flood of light on the
causes of railroad collisions. Exami-
nation has been made of nineteen bull
letins which report and classify 44S
accidents of this kind Of these the
commission attributes 317 to neg
lect of trainmen and enginmen."
Accidents occurring as a result of
negligence when working excessive
hours was coincident" number only
"a. The number of people killed in
this class of accidents was 20, while
the accidents in the first class formed
20 per cent of the total, resulted in 80
per cent of the fatalities (904), and
were responsible for 20 per cent of
tb money loss of $4,777,215.
To show the efficiency of signal
systems, the commissions bulletins
classify collisions, 0) in automatic
signal systems, (2) in places not so
equipped, 90 those Of which the au-
tomato signal would have given warn
/ ing: and ~ those in which, the com
mission holds, block signal systems
would have a.-orded no additionaI~pro-
tectiCn.
In the first classification there are
Is accidents, only one of which was
due to failure of the system, as
against IL for which failure to obey
or set signals was directly response
bic. Only two collisions out of the
81 in class were caused by failure of
signals. The remaining 20 were due
| to negligence of employees.
More than 331 collisions are classed
as preventable by the automatic block
signal system, but it is pointed out
that there is no reason to believe
that all of these would have been
avoided by signals since in the first
two classes "a per cent of the acct
men and disregard of signals by train
men and engineers.
| The conclusion drawn by railroad
authorities from this showing is that
the true explanation of eight out of
ten accidents is Enthusiastically the
failure of employees to obey orders
made for the protection of themselves
and the public.
Confirming this view, a growing de-
iterioration in obedience to rules is
eiven by the Railroad Gazette as the
cause of numerous accidents, that pa
! Ter saying:
Effective discipline and uniform
obedience to orders by the trainmen
and traclxmen can never be secured.
1 The ideal can be Appropriated. 1t is
Ia general prevailing opinion among
officials that in this country We are
now not approximating the ideal; we
I are retrograding. A lack of zeal and
fidelity among railroad employees
seems to be growing.
i It is the experience of railroad man
ayers that comparatively few acct
dents are due to the fact that men re
sponsib1e for them had been on duty
for an excessively long period
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
NO NEW INDICTMENTS.
Grand Jury Probes Further Into Al
Ieqed Bribery.

tSSCQ 0ibS~iJs
San Francisco, March 22-The
grand jury yesterday resumed the in
vestigation of alleged graft and cor
ruption in municipal affairs in this
city and after an all day session, adj
journed until tomorrow morning. No
indictments were returned yesterday
The entire day was taken up in prob
ing further into the alleged bribing of
supervisors by the telephone compa-
MES, on which q indictments already
have been based. The supreme court
yesterday on request of the attorneys
of Abraham Ruef dismissed Ruefs ap-
plication for writ of habeas corpus
to transfer him from the custody OF
Ellison Buggy to that of Sheriff O'Neill
and to be taken from the hotel to jail.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-03-25
MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER PERISH :
N PRAIRIE FIRE

Bonesteel, s. D., March ia
prairie fire, driven by furious wind,
has been raging all day on reser-
walton west of here. Mrs. G. B.
YoaEum and daughter have been
burned to death. Last night the
town of Merrick was threatened