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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
BARREN WASTE OF SALT.

Saline Reservation, Okla, Is Thirty
Square Miles in Extent.
Thirty-fve miles to the west of
Enid, o. T., lies the Saline reservation,
a tract of land unused and uninhabit-
ed, but of great mineral value, says
the Kansas City Star. 1t is a lake of
dry salt, triangular In outline, with
one Of it's three sides adjoining the
Salt Fork River on the north. This
reservation is about thirty square miles
III area. Its boundaries are as dis
tinctly outlined as those of a body of
water and its surface is as barren as
the Sahara.
Many attempts have been made to
determine the amount Of salt deposited
on this field, but the results have been
mere guesses. The ground over the
entire area is completely covered with
coarse salt Of an excellent quality,
varying from one inch to several feet
in depth. A representative of the
geological department at Washington,
who visited the field recently, stated
that In his opinion there are from So
600 to $4,000 barregs Of pure salt which
could be taken up without disturbing
the ground.
Biologists say that this salt field was
formed by an overflow of the river
which borders it, and that the over
flod was caused by the sudden up
heaval Of springs in the bed of the
river. Excavations along the banks
of the stream have shown that the salt
beds extend downward far under the
surface until their walls are dissolved
in underground streams. The Salt
Fork River takes its name from saline
fields and the waters Of the stream for
more than a hundred miles are made
briny by contact with the deposits.
Fish thrive in the stream.
The only use to which the salt fields
have SO far been put is that of a
hunting ground. During misty days in
early winter tens Of thousands Of wild
ducks and geese congregate on the
reservation and many of them fall prey
to sportsmen, who lie In wait behind
improvised blinds. The Denver, Enid
& Gulf Railway traverses the salt
fields for several miles and in digging
the roadbed it was necessary to exca-
.vate large quantities Of salt, some Of
which was marketed in boxes and bar
rels. But the government has refused
all requests to permit the erection Of
salt factories and the utilization Of the
product.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Too Many Eggs.

Biggs-Don't you think that all this
talk Of egging actors is all rot?
Miggs-No. was once on the stage
for a while, and l left it just on &C
count Of eggs.
Biggs-Indeed?
Miggs-Yes. You see, like every 9th
er actor, when the season started in
7 was filed with eggspectancy, but
found that at the best one could only
earn a bare eggsistence, and the con-
slant eggsitement was eggsasperating.
The one-night stand hotels served eggs,
eggs, eggs, and everything else was
eggstra. The plays were filed with
eggsits, and so were the theaters. Each
night when the play started my fellow
actors would egg me on to do my worst,
and when l did the audience would egg
me off. And the next morning the
critic would remark that good actors
were now eggstinct. So I quit-Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Her own Express.

During the rush of Christmas shop
ping a young woman entered a store in
Washington, says the Star of that city,
and bought a smoking-jacket "Of
course you will pay the express charges
on this for meY she said, with a win
ming smile.
Certainly, madam" replied the
clerk. 1--WE will pay express anywhere
within one hundred miles"
What will the express charge be to
Blankville, West Virginia?" she asked.
Never mind how much 1t will be-"
said the clerk. Whatever it may be,
the amount will be paid"
But l want to know the COST" she
persisted.
II would have to phone the express
company to get it. Why are you so
anxiouSY
Because l am going to Blankville,
and 1 will carry the package out there
myself and deliver it. want you to
deduct from the price of it the amount
you would have to pay the express COM
pany." And then with the sweetest Of
smiles she added, Remember the say
ing of the good old woman, Let nothing
60 to waste"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
WENT TO TEA
AndIt Wound Her Bobbin.

Tea drinking frequently affects peo-
pie as badly as coffee. A lady in Sails
bury, Md, says that she was compelled
to abandon the use of coffee a good
many years ago, because it threatened
to ruin her health and that she went
over to tea drinking, but finally, she
had dyspepsia so bad that she had lost
twenty-five pounds and no food seemed
to agree with her.
She further says: "At this time I
was induced to take up the famous
food drink, Postum, and was so much
pleased with the results that 1 have
never been without it since. I COM
menced to improve at once, regained
my twenty-five pounds OF flesh and went
some beyond my usual weight.
Il know Postum to be good, pure, and
healthful, and there never was an arti-
Gle, and never will be, 1 believe, that
does so surely take the place OF coffee,
as Postum Food Coffee. The beauty Of
it all Is that 1t is satisfying and Won
derfully nourishing. l feel as If
could not sing its praises too loud"
Read THE Road to MELVILLE" IN pkgA
There's q Reason"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

To LADIES ONLY.-The wish to be
beautiful is predominant in every wOm-
an, and none can say she does not care
whether she is beautiful or not. Dr..
T. FeliG GoufGud'S Oriental Cream, or
Magical Beautifer elicits clear, trans
parent complexion, free from TAM
Freckles or Moth Patches, and so
closely initiating nature as to defy de-
lection. 1t has the highest medical tes-
timony as we'll as professional celebri-
ties, and on its own merits it has BE-
come one of the largest and popular
speciality in the trade FERD. Z. Hop
KINs, Sole Proprietor, 81 Great Jones
Street, New York. For sale by all
Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers
throughout the United States, Canadas,
and Europe. No. y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
A Bumper Crop.

A Kansas man was telling stories
with reference to the propensity OF
farmers to overstate the size of their
wheat-crops, says a writer in the Sun
day Magazine. He told of an elderly
man in Topeka, who was engaged in
the hardware business. A farmer, who
was always giving skilfully padded &C
counts of his wheat harvest, called on
the hardware dealer one day, and be-
gan his usual bOasting.
''YOu don't tell mel" was the polite
rejoinder Of the hardware man. ''Well,
have been doing some farming this
year myself"
81 didn't know that" said the farmer.
Il always supposed your interests were
confined to the city. So you have q
farm, Ell? What do you raise?"
Wheat, just wheat" was the reply.
Good crop this year?"
"Fine!"
GLOW many bushels?"
81 don't know just how many BUSH
els" replied the hardware man, in a
slow, hesitating tone, calculated to i'm
press every word upon his listener;
"but my men stacked all they could
outdoors, and then stored the rest Of
1t in the barn."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
making Up"
.o1I0oC5o1(o5C9S1SS59eoSCS(

was questioned pretty closely at
home as to the cause of a fight had
with Jay Peabury. Father was par
ticularly insistent. He was displeased,
too, for he hated a brawler and was
unwilling to believe that his son would
''get into a fuss" unless there was a
very good reason. But all he could
get out of me was a sullen assertion
that Peabody had acted up smart
with me-
Well" said father, 81 shall inquire
into it, Henry" Then he added, 81
thought you knew that 1 was a friend
o. yours, my son." and turned away.
That hurt If Peabody had caught
me trying to break into the money
drawer in the store where he was
clerk and had blackened my eye for
that I'd have told the whole thing, but
I couldn't say, Father, cannot tell
lie. Jay was talking to my girl, Sadie
Coolidge, when she was in the store
to-day and wasn't going to stand
for that if he was the clerk" oh, no I!
There never was a kinder or more con-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

She turned on me Indignantly. Il
wouldn't, either, Jay Peabody"
l could not have wished for q fuller
measure Of contempt than that which
her tone contained. looked at her
and knew that was sincere about 1t.
"Who was you fightin', Henry?" she
asked, softly.
Jay Peabody-an' licked him good.
1 fought him because 1 thought you
liked him." 1t was out now.
swell, 1 don't" she declared. She
was blushing, too.
My courage increased. Sadie" I
said, "do you"
my land" she interrupted, Henry,
where are those COWS gone to?"-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
PFRnRER6.

A farmer rode into an upstate town
to consult a doctor, and took his pre-
scription to a druggist to be filled.
When it was handed to him he in
quired: "How much?"
LETS see," said the druggist. Its
10 for the medicine and 10 cents for
the bottle. That makes"-he hesitated
as if he might have forgotten some
thing. when the farmer, who was in a
hurry, exclaimed impatiently:
''Well, hurry up, boss! Put a price
on the cork and let us know the
worst !'-BOstOn Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Thought She Had Him.

George" said the young wife. sob
bling over her teacup, you have told me
an awful untruth."
How 50, my dear?" asked George, in
surprise.
"Why, didn't you tell me that you
went to a stag dinner the other night. :
Yes
"WelI I have investigated and found
that deer are out Of season. So you
couldn't have had any stag for dinner
at ALL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
WHERE LIES THE LAND4

Where lies the land to which the ship would go?
Far, far ahead, is all her know.
And where the land she travels from7 Away,
Ear, far behind, is all that they say.
On sunny Moons upon the decks smooth face,
Linked arm In arm, how pleasant here to pace!
Or DER the stern reclining, watch below
The foaming wake far widening go.
On stormy nights, when wild northwesters rave,
How proud thing to fight with wind and wave!
The dripping sailor on the Keeling mast
Exults to bear, and scorns to wish it past
Where lies the land to which the ship would goH
Far, far ahead is all her seamen know.
And where the land she travels from? Away,
Far, far behind, is all that they say.
Hugh Clough
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
KneSY the Measure

when you get your groceries to-
day." said the butcher to his wife,
don't go to that little grocer next door
to my shop"
''Why not?" she demanded.
because he sent in yesterday and
borrowed an old pair of scales
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

I struck out. 1 don't know why I
should have felt a sort of presentiment
that those COWS had strayed off to the
woods back Of Coolidge's, but 1 did,
somehow. l went across lots and wan
dered in those woods for an hour or
more, stopping now and then to listen
for the cowbell. At last, sure enough,
heard it-jinglety-jing, clank land
the bark of dog. scrambled through
the briers and hazel brush in the di-
rection from which the sound proceed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

siderate father than mine, but his sense
Of humor was altogether too strongly
developed So l let him go. After l
went to bed I could hear the murmur
OF his voice and mothers from their
room below far into the night, and l
made no doubt that they were discuss
ing the occurrence.
But as for Sadie, 1 was through with
her. Some still, small voice within
kept whispering to me that l had made
a very complete donkey of myself and
that she was not in the least to blame.
But that didn't make any difference.
1 was through with her. She could
and welcome, for all of me. 1 had
spoiled his beauty for him, though;
that was one consolation.
And then l began to think of the
Sunday to come and how l would be
obliged to see her In church and 1 ex-
perIenced almost the same sensation,
so lively was my imagination and so
wildly was her picture impressed
upon 1t, as If she had been actually
approaching me. l cast about in my
mind, too, for girl whom l might
elevate to the pedestal from which
had deposed my little rosy-cheeked god
dess. But, shucks! There wasn't one
to compare with her. Not one.
I had fallen into a slight doze when
I felt somebody shaking me by the
shoulder 1t was father and he said
that he had been yelling at me at the
top Of his voice for the last five min
utes. Il wouldn't have disturbed you,
Henry, he said, sweetly, but thought
perhaps you'd like me to bring you up
a little breakfast"
l piled out and he smiled and went
downstairs. The first thing l did was
to look ut my eyes, which was black
and blue as a result of my fight with
Peabody. The swelling had gone down
somewhat, but it was highly prismatic
STILL l wondered how Jay looked. l
was willing TO wager that he was no
ornament to the store and as l dumped
down the stairs to do my chores |
chuckled to think of the questions that
would be asked him by every customer.
After breakfast father and l hauled
a load of lumber out to the pasture lot
and put up n string Of fence along the
road. We worked so well and fast that
By noon the job was about Completed
all but the hanging of the double gate
and a couple Of panels which We're TO
replace broken-down rail fencing sep
arating the pastAre proper from the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Irrigation Near the Pyramids.

A progressive Arab Of Cairo is sink
ing wells and installing irrigation
pumps at the foot of the pyramid Of
Cheops, and the Sphinx, after gazing
thousands of years on sand wastes,
soon will be looking out on green fields.
This is one of the many demonstrations
of the change from the old to the new
Egypt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Some Home for Baby.

''Have you named the baby YETI"
Not yet. Uncle Theophilus has been
plunging heavily in wheat, and we're
waiting to see how he comes out"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Man md Wife.

why are you growing over your
steak?"
1T isn't fit for a dog!'
Then you have a right to growI."
Houston Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Wisconsin's Industries.

The lead mines in the southwest were
an early attraction. Indians worked
them prOftably. Perrot developed some
of them, France knew of these, as we'll
as others. and in 1719 appointed Francis
Ronault director general of mines in
Louisiana" and early in the nineteenth
century immigrants came up from the
south to work them with slave labor.
To-day the mineral industry represents
an investment of many millions of dol
lars
The forests that the early explorers
knew only as hiding places for Indians
now yield a great revenue, two-ffths Of
the capital of the State being invested
in lumber manufacture. 1t is said that
the pine planks cut in Wisconsin in the
past quarter of a century would lap
around the earth 2,495 times. Wisconsin
is second in the value Of dairy products
among the States, fourth in the manufac-
ture of leather and fifth in that of wood
pulp Before 1888 Milwaukee was only
the site of Solomon Juneau's cabin. To
day it is the second largest flour center
in the United States, and sends out daily
over 100 carloads of beer. The corks she
uses amount to eighty carloads a year
and keep 900 people constantly employed
in Spain.
James Jesse Strang, lawyer, journal
list. pedagogue and preacher, recruited
from the Mormons of Wisconsin the sub
jects for the only kingdom that ever ex-
listed on American soil He was crowned
king on Beaver island July 8, 1850. At
the same time he was a member of the
Michigan Legislature, his island kingdom
being in Michigan territory. He was as
sassinated six years later by two dissat-
isfed subjects. Wisconsin gave the world
Rufus King. Alexander Randall, Hamlin
Garland, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Bill Nye,
Dr.. Nicholas Sem, Reuben Gold
Thwaites, Kate Epson Clark and Carl
Jonas, who compiled the first English
Bohemian dictionary Frederic ]. Has
kin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

field where the COWS were turned in
for the time being. That we calculated
to finish after dinner, so we propped
the gate In place with a couple of old
rails and went back to the house.
After dinner father went out on the
porch to smoke his pipe, as was his
habit, and, casting his eyes afar, dis
covered that the COWS had seized their
last opportunity to break through the
defective rail panels, get into the pas
ture, hook down the gate props and
stroll forth into the wide, wide world.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
He Came Home Early.

''You needn't sit up for me tonight,
Maria"
81 won't. dear I'll be standing just
inside the door for you"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

and Wisconsin rivers, diagOnalIy across
the State and that section was held by
them until the summer of 1915.
After the revolution Wisconsin was
part of the famous Northwest Territory,
having been saved for the United States
by the work of the frontiersmen Of Penn
sylvania, Virginia and Kentucky. In
1871 Jefferson presented a plan to Con-
gress by which ten States were to be
carved from this region. What is now
Wisconsin was to be called Miehigania,
and other States were to have been Syl-
vania, Assenisipia, Illinola and Chersone-
-sus. But James Monroe went the next
year to treat with the Miami Indians, and
thought the States would be too small.
Later the ordinance of 1877 was drawn
up. and through the processes of State
evolution the commemorative of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon
sin have come from this territory.
State in 1915.
In 1896 the territory Of Wisconsin
came into existence. after passing nearly
fifty years as part Of Indiana, Michigan,
Illinois and Wisconsin territories In
1913 she became a sovereign State, with
Nelson Dewey as Governor. The capital
was first at Belmont, then at Burling-
ton and in 1888 was removed 10 Madison.
The earliest settlers were French and
English in the north and east, and
ScOtch-Irish in the south. In 1S47 the
attention OF German immigrants was di-
racted that way, and there are now six
distinct German groups, with a strong
influence in political and industrial af-
fairs The Pomeranian costume was a
familiar sight for years in the agricul-
turaI districts.
he fourth Norwegian colony in Amer
joa was founded in Wisconsin. Three men
came over first. travelling on skis and car
rying their effects in knapsacks. They
found the country good, wrote many let
ters home, and Rock county soon had a
large settlement of their countrymen. The
colony at KOshkonOng is known as the
wealthiest Norwegian colony in America.
Icelanders have a large colony on
Washington island. in Green bay. Swiss
EOmeseekers, in 1915, after an arduOus
journey of 5000 miles. almost entirely
by water, settled near Mineral Point, and
are an important factor in State affairs.
Cornishmen in large numbers came to the
lead mines in the south, and Poles, Bohe
mians, Dutch and Belgians form large
percentage of the population.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

Widows outnumber widowers two to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Long Held by English.

After the French and Indian war Wis
consin became English. and remained so
until after the war of 1S12-15, longer.
possibly. than any other State now in
the Union. French halfbreeds ard In
dams donned the British uniform and
fought zealously for King George in the
revolution They Sc, the British flag over
the forts Of Green Bay and Prairie du
Chen. and long after Zebulon NJ. Pike
had passed through this new territory on
his journey of exploring the new Louis
lana purchase, the cross of st. George
fioated over the trading posts of Wiscon-
sin. An admirable line of defense was
established by the British along the Fox
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

You'd care if Jay Peabody got mad
ut YOU" 1 said.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-02-07
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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-02-07

That suit of the minority stockhold-
ers OF the Rutland Herald against P. w.
ClemenhIo force an accounting prom
Uses to stir the dry bones. 1t has not
been generally known that all these
years during which the Herald, as
Mr.. Clements personal organ. has
been driving it hard into the Proctors.
Senator Prootor has held quite block
of Herald stock, taken many years
ago, and that Clement owned only
bare 81 per cent, or merely con-
trolling interest. But whatever may
be thought or said of the prophecies
under such conditions, the charges
now brought against the Clement
management, affecting the pecuniary
interests of the shareholders, are of
q different nature. Prejudgment is
unwarranted, but if it should be
proven that Clement has circulated
thousands OF Ieralds to promote his
political prospects without making
a leqnate payment therefor to the
company, and mas used Office quarters
paid for by the association for pnr-
poses other than those of the concern,
how does snch conduct comport with
tue disciple Of anti-gratt that the state
HIS heard from so much And how
does a refusal to let the stockholders
see the books OF the association be-
c)me him who pried the lock off the
s ate auditors door so that the
hnmblest individual taxpayer might
at will examine the accounts and
vouchers of the state