The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-07-24

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MN c0EEkE afdealers.
III Zsas:sas-- TONE BROTHERS,
DEs MONIES. Iowa.
ice. If they used corn and acids they
could easily treble this. The manu-
featuring of artificial ice is very COM
plicated to one not mechanic, but |
will humbly describe it as follows:
The waterless vat was 20 by 80 feet
and connected with pipes from the
small ammonia machine which conveys
the frost to this vat and cooling eel
lars. In this vat are zinc tanks one
foot wide and some seven feet deep
filled with water and packed solidly
or close together with plank plat
form for each tank so they can be
taken out readily. 1t requires about
"a hours to freeze by an expert ice
maker. Peter claims he could pro-
duce ice for 81. SO per ton with SO. so
coal per ton.
Roseburg is a city of 5000 people.
1t is division point. I found the gov
eminent land Office and weather
bureau. State Soldiers Home and
elegant school buildings. several fine
churches of different denominations.
hall dozen substantial buildings erect
ed by fraternal orders which they say
have put up suitable buildings near
ly everywhere in this western
country. Roseburg is on the Umpquag
river. hemmed in by small noun
tains in every directions. which gives
the city the least wind and climate
changes of any government weather
bureau station reported in the U. S.
The river dam built expressly for
water power. is eight feet high.
One can constantly see the salmon
and trout trying to clear the dam to
ascend the river and spawn in the
small streams or rivalets. Some fish
get over the dam. This sounds fshy
strange that fish possess enough natur-
al instinct to deposit their eggs in
fresh water. Salt water destroys the
vitality and consequently the eggs
will not hatch. At the mouth of the
river. salmon are caught in nets and
canned. but here some people were
arrested by the game warden for fish.
ing with bamboo poles. The angler
considers himself fortunate. if catch
ing one healthy fish in five, while the
Gamers pack every one. Their
goods ought be subject to government
inspection.
When this country was settled fifty
years ago wheat was the main crop. 1t
became so cheap that it was entirely
abandoned. consequently there are
thousands of acres grown up with sec
ond growth timber from one to two
foot which is now being burned for
pasture until .he stumps become rot
ten when eventually the land will be
cleared ready for cultivation. Some
regions contain valuable timber con
sisting mostly of fir. pine and red ce-
dar. A timber claim comprises 100
acres which is bought from the gov
eminent at $3.50 per acre. The
claims have from three to twenty
five million feet of lumber with good
claims becoming exceedingly scarce.
Most of these claims belong to the
railroads and eastern lumber capital
lists. The railroads were donated ev-
cry alternate section 40 miles wide
and were also given the privilege of
exchanging worthless land for valu-
able forests outside their allotted 40
mile limit. and besides nearly enough
cash to construct the road. Plats of
any township can be purchased for SO
cents. The land office being stu
, ated here there are perhaps score of
locators who reap rich rewards for
their service. Their fees are general
| ly 5000 for locating three million feet
claim. with one hundred dollars addi-
tional each million feet. The eastern
lumber concerns sent men here by the
carloads to file on claims for them. In
an indirect way, they were furnished
all necessary money and recon-
pensed besides when the title returned
from Washinston D. C. which usually
required a couple of months. In the
meantime the home residents were
wondering what fools were buying the
seemingly worthless claims. just
imagine what opportunities escaped
these people, when husband and wife
could buy claim for $500 apiece
and then dispose of them for five tc
ten thousand dollras apiece.
Tho auarara mind dnoo NOT oo,y,pra