The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24

THE WASHBURN TIMES.
WASHBURN, WIS.
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers
The season for fall field sports has
opened, and the ominous pail and sponge
are again on the ''side lines" of the
gridiron.
Stalks of corn seven feet high are re-
ported from Alaska. What about the
ears? Stalks count, but ears go them
zone better"
Talk about conserving the industrial
resources of the United States! Here is
a situation in Wisconsin. Shall the pearl
hunters be permitted to go to eXcesses
that will eXterminate fresh water CLAIMS!
The Sunday dryness established at At
lantic City by the enforcement OF the
law requiring saloons to close at mid
night on Saturday will probably cause
thousands of people to betake themselves
still farther away from the dangers of
the water.
The court has postponed the dissolu-
ton of the Maloney-O Osborne wedding, so
that the eager heroine of the projected
Maloney Clarkson wedding must wait Or
run the danger of committing bigamy-
and the $4,000 bridal gown faces the
risk of growing yellow!
1t is no wonder that Mrs. Affinity
Earle declines to live with soul-mare
who smashes her in the face. But Mrs.
Affinity Earle should have hesitated to
accept the title. She should have known
that husband who is unkind to his wife
can not be trusted to treat an affinity
any better when she usurps his wife's
place.
When the japanese fleet welcomes the
American fleet off the coast of Japan
there will be enthusiastic 'banzais" by
Uncle Sans blue jackets and equally
earnest ''hurrahs" from the Mikado's
sea fighters. The occasion will doubtless
be one of the happiest of the experiences
of the American fleet during its world
girdling voyag.
The discovery that inhalations, of oxy-
gen stimulates athletes temporarily and
enables them to break records will in
sure complaints of doping after future
contests and probably lead to the adop-
ton of regulations governing the use of
stimulants. Perhaps there may be two
records hereafter, one with and the other
without the stimulant.
The number of idle freight cars is
growing smaller on all the railroads of
the country, owing to the increasing de-
mand for rolling stock for the movement
of the crops. In a comparatively short
time the cars of the railroads of the
United States will be quite fully en-
ployed, and this activity will give lift
to business in general which ought to
have a beneficial effect throughout the
approaching winter.
Navigation on the Atlantic coast, and
for steamers bound back and forth
across the ocean, has been made safer
by the success of the revenue cutter Mo-
hawk il finding and destroying a par
ticularly dangerous derelict which has
been endangering steamers and sailing
vessels for many months. No service
that revenue cutters can render exceeds
in value work of this kind, as it safe
guards human life as well as property.
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When the last census of Germany was
taken, in 1905, the population of the
Empire was stated to be 60,641 ,27S. The
Statistiches Jahrbuch just issued says
it is now 63O17 900. Many people have
emigrated from Germany since 1905, yet
the population has handsomely increased.
In 1871, when the empire was founded,
the population was 4O,997 600. Ger
nanys increase in wealth has been not
less remarkable than her growth in
population.
The experience of the crew of the
stone barge Baldwin, which capsized
while in tow from Sturgeon Bay to
Manitowoc and dumped her decklOad, is
an arrangement of those who We're in
charge of the tug. 1t is said that the
fate of the barge was not known on the
tug which continued to pull her over
turned consort through the seas after
she had capsized. There should be closer
relationship between tugs and lows, so
that conditions may be communicated
and assistance promptly extended in case
of trouble.
On the 31st of December last the
stock of gold in the treasury of the
United States was 1855, 957,319 On the
18th Of last month it was 81 ,OO9, SS7 ,352.
During the same time the stock of gold
in the national banks has increased
from sos, 29S,OOO to $21O,9O7,OOO. In
European banks there has been a similar
accumulation of gold. Their aggregate
stock at the end of last year was ST.
93S,000,00O. Now it is $2,242 ,0O0,O 900.
Following the stringency of last year,
financial institutions all over the world
have been gathering in large stocks of