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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25
TRACTION AUTOS TO BE
USED IN WORK ON CANAL

TRACTION automobiles are the
/ latest thing for the Panama canal,
and their use, according to officials
of the canal in Washington, presages
the doom Of the ancient and time
honored railroad velocipede, now used
by track walkers and employees in
charge of switch lights in sparsely
populated communities. It is not be-
yond the realm of probability, in the
opinion of some of them, that the run
ming of automobiles on railroad tracks
will become a fad if the railroads will
stand for it.
The purchasing agent of the CON-
mission has advertised for two such
machines for use on the railroad
across the Isthmus of Panama cap
able of carrying ten persons each and
able to make a speed Of 40 miles an
hour on a level track with the engine
running at normal speed. The en-
CINE must be stout enough to climb
a grade of eight per cent, and to in
crease their speed to Is per cent.
above normal, or, in other words, to
make so miles an hour. The car must
burn ordinary stove gasoline and have
a capacity to 60 125 miles at full
speed and load. It is the purpose Of
the commission to place these cars
in the inspection department for the
use of the chief engineer and his as
sistants, who now have to rely on
passing passenger, freight, dirt or
special trains in inspecting the work
along the canal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25
HOT WATER WAS WANTED.
II Took Commands in Three Lam
guages to Bring 1t.

While touring in Switzerland we de-
cfded to spend a month or more in the
Bernese Ober lands, in little hostelry
out of the travellers beaten path and
situated high on ridge under the
shadow of the mighty "Jungfrau." The
house was full of French and Ger
mans; few of our own countrymen
seemed to have discovered the lowell
ness OF this retired place.
We awoke early on the morning
after our arrival, and although it was
late in summer the air was frosty and
the snow glistened on the mountain
sides. do you suppose" said, I'VE
can get hot water in this primitive
placer" My sister touched the old
fashioned bell button near the bed, and
after a few moments a maid knocked
at the door. She was a neat, stolid-
looking individual, in a garb which
seemed compromise between a ma
tive Swiss costume and the more mod.
ern uniform of hotel domestic.
had no knowledge OF the local Swiss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25

and the stock is climbing to-day. They
say it will touch 200 tomorrow, and
the street is predicting $50 for it in
ten days. Barry Conant has been a
steady buyer all day and the news bu-
reaus announced that Camemeyer and
the STANDARD OIL are twenty millions
winners. They say the Washington
gamblers, the congressman, senator's
and cabinet members with their heel
ers and lobbyists have made a kill
ing. About every one seems to have
fattened up, Jim, but you and me and
Beulah Sands and the public The
public gets the ak both ways, as
usual. They have been shaken out Of
their stock, and they will be com.
PEELED to pay millions more each year
for their sugar than they would If
this law had not been made for their
benefit. Jim, there is no Disgusting
the fact that the American people are
as helpless in the hands of these thugs
of the system as though they lived
In the realm of the sultan, where a
few cutthroat brigands are licensed to
rob and Cypress to their hearts con-
tent. Jim Randolph, you know this
game of finance. You know how it is
worked, and the men who work it.
Tell me if there is any consideration
due Wall street and its heart-and-soul
butchers at the hands of honest men,"
Il do not know what you mean,
pnh What oro WI, 1riu o%9
Never mind what I am driving IT.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25
Old Sweet SPRINGS.

In the mountains of West Virginia
which are not as we'll known to the
country at large as they deserve to
be, are many lovely spots, that are
summer resorts as well as beautiful
resting places in spring and fall. Old
Sweet Springs is such place. It is
far above the sea level, and there has
been a hotel there ever since 1892.
George and Martha Washington spent
the summer OF 1897 there, and there
Jerome Bonaparte met Elizabeth Pat
terson. There, too, is still standing
the Lewis cottage" said to have been
the first house erected west of the
Alleghenies. There is a golf course
1T Old Sweet Springs, which is said
to be very fine; anyway, there is
mint patch by the brook. The springs
themselves are believed to cure nearly
everything, including dandruff! With.
out vouching for this latter fact,
doubtless if you play golf every day
without a hat they will help.-Travel
Magazine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25
FORESTRY BUREAU RULES
OVER MILLIONS OF ACRES

WASH1NGTON.-T Forestry Blu
" reau, which now administers
more acres of land than any other
institution in the world and is the
landlord branch of the Federal Gov
eminent, has just compiled it's report
covering statistics of grazing on the
public lands of the great West. The
figures will give some idea of the scale
on which Uncle Sam has gone into the
land business, and are very comfort.
ing because of their very size, for If
the existing policy is unmolested the
vast areas of forest and mountain now
embraced in reserves will for all time
be administered in the interest of the
entire people.
600 acres of land in the national for
ests. Grazing is permitted, but under
strict regulations, made in order that
the grass may not be destroyed by
,overfeeding. This, by the way, is
what has caused most of the friction
in the West. Owners of focks and
herds in that section of the country
for years have been accustomed to
grazing without restrictions of any
kind. Many of them in time came to
look upon the public domain as their
very own, in an important sense, and
they were quick to resent any effort
on the part of the government to con-
serve either forest or grazing land.
But this friction is rapidly disappear
ing, as the western people see that
without such conservation the range
and forest in time will be destroyed.
A glance at the regulations govern
ing grazing on the government forests
will give the reader very good idea
of the government forest policy and
how it is being administered. Stock
men who desire to make use of the
range apply for permits stating the
kind of stock they have, the quantity
of it and the location of the range they
want. The forest officers then proceed
to make allotments, apportioning the
available pasture among the appli-
cants on as equitable basis as prac.
ticable.
Sometimes stockmen who live near
forests or have stock near them allow
that stock to drift across lines. If this
is done carelessly or wilfully it is con
sidered trespass and the offender is
subject to fine and may also be sued
for damages. The number of tres
pass cases last year was 1873, of which
1853 were settled out of court. The
sum collected for these trespasses az
gregated $3.50. These trespass cases
have been another source of friction
between the government and the
grazers. It is difficult for the west
to realize that, the country now being
thickly populated, it is no longer pos
sible to maintain the old time free
range without destroying that range
The entire system of permits and fees
is for the purpose of enabling the
government to know that the range
within the reserves is not being over.
fed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25
GOVERNMENT TO SUPPRESS
TRAFFIC IN GIRL SLAVES

A SYSTEMATIC effort is to be
IA made by the bureau Of immigra-
ton to put an end to what is popularity
known as 'the white slave traffic."
which, it Is asserted, has been con-
Quoted, especially in cities on the
Atlantic seaboard, for a long time.
On recommendation of Robert
Watchorn, immigration commissioner
at Ellis Island, New York, Miss Helen
M. Bulls has been appointed an i'm
migration inspector for the particular
purpose Of developing information re-
garding this traffic. Miss Bulls re-
sently has been connected with the
Travellers Aid Society, and has done
much work along philanthropic and
sociological lines.
Commissioner Watchorn says that
despite the scrutiny with which i'm
migrants are examined as to their
right to enter the United States many
women of non-English speaking races
are being imported for immoral pur-
poses. The method by which this is
accomplished is so we'll devised that
the victims of the importers nearly
always avoid detection by reason Of
the thorough coaching they receive
prior to their embarkation for this
country.
Mr.. Watchorn suggests that Miss
Bulls is in position to furnish the
department conclusive proof of the
existence of the traffic. This would
enable the immigration officials not
only to deport those who have been
brought unlawfully into the country,
but also to punish those who are ra
sponsible for this sort of immigra-
ton.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25

my back. Jim, If I had known "A
much that day as do now I would
have stood in that crowd and bought
all the stock he sold at $50, and I
would have stood there buying until
hell froze over or he quit; then
would have made him rebuy it at 280
or 1850, and I would have broken him
and all his Camemeyer and STANDARD
Or hackers: broken them to their
last crime-covered dollar"
Bob, what are you talking about
1t is all Chinese to me. cannot get
head or tail of what you are driving
at
II know you can't, Jim, neither
could Wall street if it were listening
to me. But you will, and Wall street
will, too, before Many days 20 by.
Now I must be off. I have work to
do"
He put on his hat and left me try.
ing to puzzle out just what he meant.
Next day the Sugar bulls had the
center of the stock exchange stage.
ALI day long they tossed Sugar from
one to another, as though each thou
sand shares had been a wisp of hay
instead of $2O0,000-for soon after the
opening it scared to 200. The "sys-
TENS" cohorts were in absolute con-
troll, with Barry Conant never a min
ute away from the Sugar-pole, always
on the alert to steer the course of
price when they threatened to run
away on the up or the down side.
1t was evident to the expert readers
of the tape that the system" was car.
rying its steed for an exceptionally
brilliant run. Ike Bloomenstein, the
Avenger Fiend, who for 40 years had
kept close track of every movement
on the floor and who would bet any.
thing, from his Fifth avenue mansion
to his overripe boardroom straw hat,
that all stocks and movements were
as strictly subject to the law of aver
ages as are the tides to the moon and
sun, remarked to Joe Barnes, the loan
expert:
"'Cam' unit de Keroseners are pud-
ding up egstra dop rails to dot wool.
pen deb hat ben pild1ng since Deb took
Pop Prownlee and deb Rantolphs into
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25

patois, but my French, though limited.
might serve.
-apportez-moi-de reau
cham, s'll vous plait?"
My effort was thrown away. The
woman's face lost not a jot of its
stolidity.
My sister ventured the request in
uncertain German: ''Bitte, wollen sic
mir-heise water bringen?"
The maids face was a blank.
The open door made draft with
the window. It was cold. I wanted
that hot water, and I lost my temper
at her patient stupidity.
Cant you get us some hot water?~
I almost shouted.
The first CLEAN of intelligence show.
ed itself nthe creatures eye.
Certainly, miss" she said.-Detroih
Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25
AGE TO BREED HElFERS.
Time Varies with the Animal and tho
Purpose She Is to Serve.

Farmers differ as to the best time
to breed heifers. It is probably true,
as a whole, that most of our heifers
are bred too young which undoubtedly
decreases their size and efficiency. If
we want all the size possible heifers
should not be bred before they are
10 or 20 months old. If they are
bred younger than this they will
undoubtedly be somewhat stunted and
will never attain the size they would
have had if the CESSATION period had
been delayed until later in life. Dairy
heifers that are MIXED by hand can
be bred earlier than the beef heifers
for the reason that milking by hand
is not so great tax on the system as
is the sucking of a vigorous calf.
Then, too, dairy capacity should be
developed as early as possible. To
make the best kind of a beef cow a
heifer should not be bred until she
is IS to % months DID, Of course
considerable depends upon the size
of the heifer when bred which in turn
depends on the way she has been
raised. Some heifers are too sma:
to breed until they are two years old
because they have not been properly
raised. Then again, says The Farm.
er, other heifers which have made the
greatest possible gains in early life
are suitable to breed before the aver.
age age. Breeding at an early age
will of course tend to promote prof.
cheney and it will also sometimes tend
on the other hand to weaken the sys.
tenn SO that disease is likely. Many
cases of habitual abortion are due to
the fact that the he'fer was bred be.
fore her system was strong enough to
sustain the strain of pregnancy. It
can generally be taken as a safe rule
that we should not breed heifers until
they have the size of normal 1S.
months-old heifer or until they show
by their vigor and health that they are
fit for the duties of maternity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25
MEANS SUCCESS OR FAILURE,
knowledge In Dairying Is Of the Most
Vital Importance.

knowledge is valuable in dairying
to a very great extent, more so than
In some other occupations of an agri-
cultural nature. The effect of a single
piece Of information may make all the
difference there is between success
and failure in dairy operations. This
Is true in the matter of feeds, espe-
cially, for it is very easy for a man to
60 on feeding his COWS a food that
costs a great deal and yet that will
produce less result than a food that
costs less. We had an illustration
OF this during the long years when
farmers raised and fed to their cows
timothy hay rather than clover hay.
Some even went into the markets and
purchased timothy hay at a higher
price by so per cent. than they would
have had to pay for sweet, bright
clover hay. This was due to ignor-
ance Of the feeding value of the two
kinds of hay, the clover being worth
more ton for ton than the timothy.
Think of the vast sums of money that
have been paid out alone on account
of this one item.
What is true of the two kinds of hay
Is also true of the concentrated feeds.
There is certain prejudice in favor
of certain concentrated feed in each
neighborhood and this is allowed to
dictate the course to be followed
rather than the choice of feeds after
thorough investigation Many of the
mills are now turning out brans that
are of little value for feeding pur-
poses. This is true, too, of the kind
OF feed known as Shorts" which in
some cases consist of bran ground
over and over till they are fine. The
man that will inform himself about the
various kinds of concentrated feeds
will be able to feed intelligently and
that is a good way to save money.
The value of knowledge as to the
capacity of COWS is very great. The
man that begins the study of his cows
as to their capacities and the results
they are giving will be able to turn off
MS poorest cows and get better ones
In their places. Some of our dairymen
and farmers would be able to make
good profits out of their herds of COWS
If they would do this, while at the
present time they are just about max
ing expenses.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25

CAMP. Unless my topesheet goes pack
on me, for deb first dime in 40 years,
dere will pc record clip pefore week
from to-tay"
II am with you there, Ike" an.
swered Joe. IF Barry Conant's knife.
edged teeth ever spelt a KILN, they
do to-day. I just got orders from
somewhere to drop call money from
four to two and half per cent, and
they have given me ten millions to
drop it with and the order is to ia
vor Sugar as 'collat.' Some one is
anxious to make it easy for the bleat'
ers to get the coin to buy all the
Sugar they want. Ike, you and I might
make turkey money for Thanksgiving,
if we only knew whether Barry and
his bunch were going to shoot her
up 30 or 40 points before they turned
the bag upside down, or whether they
will bury them from 200 to $780, What
do you Think"
Il CANT make out, aldo l hat watch.
ed dem sharp all day. Dey certainly
hat deb lambs lined up right now
for any vey dey wont to twist i'd.
I nefer see peter market for del.
uge. For Barry's movements all day
I should say dey would keep hoistin'
her until apout noon tomorrow, unit
dat deb might get her up to two-tirty
or even to deb two-fifty. Put dere are
Won or two TOPICS on deb sheet What
run deb uder way. First der is dey
fact you CANT run out, dat dere is al.
reaty on deb Sugar wagon deb biggest
load of chuicy suckers dat efer game
in from deb suppurbs. Sharley pates
says If any Won hat tapped his Wash.
ington wire er any utter capital wire
dis week he would hat fought dere vas q
senate, house, unit kabinet roll.gall on.
Deb TOPICS say Cam will nefer led dat
punch of grafters site out NIT real
mooney If he gan help i'd unit deb
game ISIS endirely in his hands,"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25
NEWSPAPERS FAST EATING
UP OUR SPRUCE FORESTS

r HE rapidity with which the news
i paper Is eating up the American
spruce forests has caused some alarm
among officials of the government,
who have been looking into the thing.
The conversion of spruce timber into
paper is going on at the rate of 1885,
600 feet for every working day in the
year. And most of this timber is cut
in the United States, although a few
wood pulp logs are imported from
Canada.
During 1905 the newspaper demand
alone consumed 100000 tons of manu-
featured white paper. This was one
third of the output of all the paper
mills in the country. To make it re-
quired an army of $4,000 men, who
drew 100000 in wages. The mills
used raw material amounting to 1,300,-
600 cords, representing the cut of
about 100000 acres.
The present tariff on lumber causes
this enormous drain to fall almost en-.
tirefy upon the forests of the United
States. It has been suggested that
1t would be wise political and Geo.
nomic move to remove this. lumber
duty, and let the paper mills begin to
eat into the almost limitless forests Of
Canada.
Incidentally the price Of paper
would drop some, and the paper trust
would not have quite the monopoly on
affairs which it has to-day.
Increased size of newspapers and
magazines is laid by government ex-
perts to the introduction of the type
setting machine. In 1890 newspapers
and periodicals averaged 81 pages
each, on a basis Of weight, and in
1900 Sc pages; 1905 they came to s.5
pages. ..:.:. y
During the rs years from 1880 to
1905 the number Of newspapers and
periodicals Of all classes in tho United
States practically doubled. During
that time 10000 publications were
added. During the last decade The
number of morning newspapers In
creased IL per cent, while the mum.
} her Of evening newspapers Increased
11.3 psf cent. III. .5..
During the last 2oyears the evening
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25

worked, SO that the vessel is we'll nro.
tected from injury in case OF ground.
ing.
There are five decks, designed as
forecastle, main, berth, orlop and plat
form, respectively, the main and berth
decks being continuous from stem to
stern. Nickel steel protection of 80
pounds per square foot is worked on
the shell plating for the length of the
machinery space including the dyna-
mo room, extending from about three
feet four inches below the waterline to
about nine feet six inches above,
abreast the boiler rooms At the for
ward end of the machinery space and
after the dynamo room, partial ath-
wartship bulkheads of 40 pounds
nickel steel are fitted, of the same
depth as the adjoining side protection.
Nlckel-steel protection is fitted in
wake OF the steering engine
The battery consists of two five-inch
and six 3-inch rapid-fire guns and two
21-inch submerged torpedo tubes.
Two submerged torpedo tubs of the
slde-loading type with all necessary
accessories, including air compressors
and accumulators, are installed in the
torpedo room forward, one on each
side. Four torpedoes will be carried
for each tube.
The magazines have been so arrang-
ed that about half the total supply of
ammunition will be carried at each
end OF the vessel, and four ammuni-
ton hoists driven by constant speed
motors will deliver ammunition to
the guns. Battle order and range indi-
Gators will be fitted in accordance
with the usual naval practice.
The engines arc Curtis marine tur-
bines, 120 inches diameter, seven-stage
| reversible, located in separate COM
| partments, of a combined brake horse
power Of $4,000, arranged for out
| board turning propellers when going
ahead. The steam pressure at thu 3ttle
valve is ESQ pounds, and maximum
revolutions al full power about $50
per minute. The necessary auxilllries
and accessories will be provided In &C
| WI Oo1N0 Will tuS pl ACl1CS VI LuS bu>
reau of Steam Engineering.
| There are IL watertube boilers of
the Fore River Express" type, Placed
in three watertight compartments.
with total heating surface of a7,OS0
square feet. The working pressure is
275 pounds per square inch The
steaming capacity will be such that all
the steam machinery can be rim at
full power with an average air pres
sure in the firerooms of five inches Of
water. The Salem carries four
smokepipes, each Is feet high above
the base.
The arrangement of the quarters
provides accommodation for a COM
handing officer, IL wardroom officers,
five warrant officers, and $40 men.
The quarters for the officers are iocat-
ed in the after portion of the vessel.
with the usual staterooms, messrooms,
etc., as customary in the naval service
The amidship and forward portions of
the vessel are given up to the crew,
| with the usual lavatories, dispensary,
sick bay, etc. Quarters for the petty
officers are provided on the orlop deck
forward
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-25

I ask you whether, if an honest man
knew how to beat Wall street at its
own game, he should hesitate to beat
it-hesitate because of anything con-
nected with conscience or morals
You saw what Barry Conant was able
to do to us that day simply by stand
ing on the floor of the stock exchange
and outstaying me in opening and
closing his mouth. You saw he was
able to sell Sugar to point so low
that was obliged to let go of our
100000 shares at $S,000,000 to 100000.
900 less than we could have got for
them if we could have held them un-
til today. Because of this trick his
clients, the SYSTEM instead of us,
make five to seven millions"
Il don't follow you, Bob. I know
that Barry Conant was able to do this
because he had more money behind
him than you"
"You think so, do you, Jim? That
is the way it looks to you, but l tell
you money had nothing to do with it.
Nothing had to do With 1t but the
fiendish system of fra i'd and trickery
upon which the whole Safeguarding
structure is reared. Nothing entered
into the whole business but the trick
cry of Safeguarding as conducted to-
day. 1t was only question, Jim, of
a mans opening and closing his mouth
and splitting out words. From the
minute Barry Conant came into that
crowd until he left and we were ruin
ed, he showed no money. no anything
that did not show. From the very
nature Of the business he could not
He simply said: Sold oftener and
longer than I said Buy He may have
had money back Of him, or he may
only have had nerve. God Almighty
is the only one who can tell, for when
Conant was through he was able to
buy back at 80 the $4,000 shares he
sold me at IT'S, the $4,000 that broke