The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers


WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers
It will now be in order for friends of
the Mexican revolution to maintain that
it was good, on the evidence that it died
young.
That story of the practice duels be-
tween Frenchmen in connection with the
Olympic games in England reads like an
invention of yellow journalism.
If auto-catchers in suburban towns
must shoot, would it not be more hui
name to plump their bullets at the tires
than at young ladies on the back seats?
The fact that the steamer Ohio; on the
Seattle Nome route, was held for a month
in the ice foes of Behring sea ought to
advertise Alaska as summer resort.
Fasteners who have been sweltering in
a hot wave can find continued GOODNESS
in Uncle Sans far northern possession.
The fatal wounding of farmer near
Butternut, who walked into set gun
that somebody had placed in deer run,
gives the authorities of that county an
opportunity to get after violator of the
law. Set guns are prohibited at all
times, and the shooting of deer is limited
to a short time in the fall.
= To
est reservation after Grover Cleveland is
a graceful tribute by President Roose-
welt to the recently departed statesman's
interest in the cause of forest preserva-
ton. Mr.. Cleveland in 1897 signed the
proclamation which created the reserva-
ton which is hereafter to bear his
name.
The Common Council Of Cleveland sets
an early example by passing with an
overwhelming vote an ordinance prohibit
ing the use of firearms or fireworks in
the celebration of the Fourth of July.
Other cities should follow suit, and thus
give the movement for a safe and sane
celebration of independence Day win
ming momentum.
In establishing gasoline car service be-
tween GAINESVILLE and Fond du Lac, the
Chicago & North w estern railroad is fol-
lowing the trend of the times in passen-
ger transportation. There is no reason
why the regular steam lines should not
put on cars of this kind wherever serv-
ice can be established without incurring
danger through interference with the
regular schedules.
The Third regiment has won the dis
tinction Of being the shooting regiment"
of the Wisconsin National Guard. This
title is worth striving for, and the MEM
beers of the other regiments will doubt
less practice with more assiduity at their
company ranges in order to wrest the
title from the Third next year. Rivalry
of this kind will surely make things in
teresting on the Camp Douglas rifle
range.
Medicine Hat, the Canadian home of
the "cold snap" is burning natural gas
night and day because it is cheaper to
use the gas during the entire twenty
four hours than to employ men to light
the lamps in the evening and put them
out in the morning. But daylight burn
ing of gas is wasteful, and Medicine Hat
may find eventually that a proper high
use of the product would have been
cheaper in the long run.
The extent and capacity Of the new
docks which the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railway is con-
structing at Tacoma, Washington,
should impress New Workers who are
croaking about the decline of their export
trade with the Importance of making
dock facilities ample and up-to-date.
Port Inconvenience and charges consti-
tute obstacles to shipping, which follows
the lines of least resistance.
The Interior and Agricultural depart
ments will jointly investigate the effects
of the grazing OF herds of sheep and
goats on watersheds in national parks
which are of vital Importance to irriga-
ton schemes. 1t has frequently been
said that goats in particular will devour
brush and small trees as well as the
grass. As the underground in forests
IS OF value IN the conservation Oh mOls-
ture, it's destruction would injure the
watersheds.
An aeronaut at New York whose air.
shin became disabled and shot earthward
like a rocket landed on the feed wires Of
an electric railroad, from which he sue
ceeded in letting himself down to terra
firma. These wires were completely in
sulated. Had they been Give" wires the
sequel of the ascension would have been
sensational and aeronauts would be ap-
lfized of new danger in making land
ings where power plants are distributing
iectric energy.
And now Nathan Straus of New York
has given the city of Vienna a milk
pasteurization plant, and promises if it
operates successfully to install similar
apparatus in other Austrian towns.
American babies, Irish babies, Austrian
babies-babies the world over-are
deemed worthy of chance for life by
Nathan Straus; and he is providing it
for them at his own expense, by putting
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