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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
RuiId m Root Cellar.

In general feeding we often forget
that the animal body is about three
fourths water, and that any animal re-
quires a large proportion of water Il
the feed ration. Green feeds Of some
kind should be given at all times of
the year for animals to do their best
If one has a silo then silage will fill
the bill. Pumpkins can be fed from
early fall till the middle Of winter,
md roots-carrots, turnips or sugar
oeets-should be grown and stored to
carry the stock till grass comes
As evidence Of the value of water in
feeds and green feeds we refer to tue
rapid growth and good health Of ami
mails on good pasture. Animals of all
kinds will gain flesh and fatten on food
grass pasture, and green grass Is from
20 to 90 per cent water.
Now, If we will remember this in
feeding and supply some green feeds at
all seasons, our farm animals will
make greater proportionate gains and
turn all the feed to greater account
Every barn should have a frost-proof
cellar or other room where the roots
and other perishable green feeds could
be kept through the winter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
Value of Experiment stations.


! In the address on the development OF
| the experiment station and it's work
Doctor H. j. Walters, Of the Missouri
Agricultural College, rec unity said: I'll
has been said that far hing is a per
petual trying of experiments with soils
manure, and crops; with cattle and cat
tie foods; with milk, butter and cheese
with plows, harrows and harvesters
with an almost endless list of things.
The most successful farmers-those
who get the most out of their land,
their cattle and their crops, their fer
tilizers, their implements and their la
bor-are those who experiment them
selves most industriously, most skill
fully and most intelligently, and who
take the fullest advantage of the ex-
periments Of others. The best agri-
culture is that, which, in old countries,
on the worn and intractable soils, has
learned, by long-continued and varied
experiment, to make the gain of farm
ing sure.
yet the farmer finds thatexperiment
on any considerable scale is a costly
business in point of funds, time and
patience, and that there are many prob
lens that he cannot solve, even after
infinite experimenting, on account Of
lack Of suitable facilities, the neces-
sary scientific training and funds. Be
sides, it is in the interest of economy
to have the fundamental principles es-
tablished once for all by an institution
equipped for such work. and to this the
experiment stations owe their exist
ence.
"a little more than fifty years ago
a company Of farmers Joined them
selves together in a little German viii
lage under the influence Of the Uni
ve1sity Of Leipsic, and organized the
first experiment station. and called to
their aid a chemist, and a little later
on scientific assistance. This was the
first organized effort along the line Of
scientific research as a necessary and
permanent branch Of agricultural in
dustry.' The seed there sown has
brought, forth many fold, for In 1885,
FIVE years after the organization of the
first experiment station, there were
five In active operation In 1861 the
number had increased to fifteen; In
1866 TO thirty; and to-d7y there are
over 500. In each of them from one
to twenty investigators are engaged In
the discovery Of the laws that under
lie the practice Of farming. and the
methods Of applying them.
1.-THE first experiment station il
America was established in Connect
cut I'm 1875. They grew rapidly in
number, until in 1887 there were some
seventeen such institutions, In fourteen
States. In that year Congress made
the enterprise national By passing what
IL known as the Hath act, founding one
such institution In eve-y State and
Territory In the Union"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

Fire in the lumber yards of the Lake
Superior corporation in Sault Ste. Marie
Ca>ada, destroyed s.. 100000 feet of lum-
Der valued at $4,000. The loss will fall
on the Saginaw Lumber Company OF
Saginaw, Mich
NJ. III. Davis, a special agent of the bu-
reau of manufacturers, Department OF
Commerce and Labor, says the time has
come for American -four mills to regain
their lost trade in Britain. The wheat
crops of other countries than the United
States are not promising.
A package valued at $4,000 and in
trusted to the care of the Wellg-Fargo
Express Company is strangely missing at
Portland, Oregon.
Constitution Island. in the Hudson
river opposite West Point, has been given
to the government by Mrs. Russell Sage
and Miss Anna Bartlett Warner. to be
added to the United States Military
Academy.
E. III. Hartman. who was given a re-
ception in San Francisco by the BUSH
ness men of the big California cities,
urged his hearers to be frank with the
raliroadS, declaring that their IntGreSts
were identical with his.
Illegal transactions, shady business
deals and violation of trusts, were charg-
ed against the supreme lodge of the a. o.
Q. W. by the grand lodge Of the A o.
c. W. of Wisconsin in law suit in
volving $4,000 filed in the District
Court al Des Moines, Iowa. The grand
lodge asks that the supreme lodge be
ordered to pay the s63.966 in claims and
that it be held accountable Cor the guar
antee fund of S427.97S. making the total
amount of money involved nearly $780,
600.
Thomas Wightman. Sr.. the oldest ac-
tive glass manufacturer in the county,
died ar Pittsburg on recent night, aged
80 years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
LITTLE ABOUT EVERYTHING.

To-day Germany furnishes fiye-slxths
of the dyes used in the world.
Japan is building in her own ship
yards forty vessels. including two bat
tleships.
Clerks in dry goods and grocery
stores in New Zealand earn from SO to
$3.50 a week.
The United States imported s4,2S4,-
$50 worth of lace in 1905 from Noting
ham, England
Napoleon said: "Trom the sublime
to the ridiculous there Is but a ste7."
AS early as lS47 a law was passed
in New Hampshire making ten hours a
legal days work.
Three separate societies In England
are agitating foy the abolition Of the
opium trade in India
The average age Of persons arrested
in New York City is 221a years, and
one out Of five is a woman.
A pension plan for aged and disabled
employees will soon be introduced by
the Boston & Maine Railroad.
The United Kingdom measures 121,-
0S9 square miles; the British Empire
covers 11,9OS,37S square miles.
1t has been estimated that terres-
trial days are frightening at the rate
of about half a second century.
Montana requires its railroads to
maintain a station at plotted town
sites Of 100 inhabitants or more.
Fuji-Yama. Japan-s most famous
mountain. which is 1900 feet high.
has been climbed by a 9-year-old girl.
There are very few sisters of limited
means who do not pool their clothes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
wAUKEsHA HERMIT Is DYING.
Strange Life of Ike Judson, Who
Has Lived Alone Since 1866.


Has Lived Alone Since 1885,
Suffering from injuries received by a
fall from a wagon when the team started
suddenly, Ike" Judson, aged so years.
Waukesha's famous hermit. who has lived
the life of a recluse for forty years, is
said to be dying at the country home of
Charles Smith, west of the city, where he
has lain on the hay for several days, I'M
able to move and refusing to eat. Becom-
ing ''soured' on mankind and the world
IN general Judson built himself a little
cabin in 1866 in the woods on the Water
vile road, west of the city, where he has
since made his abode. At the close of
the Civil War Judson was the owner of
quite a piece of property. He had some
trouble with a neighbor over the boun-
Diary and believed that he had been rob
bed Rumor has it that Judson is wealthy
and that search of his shack would re-
veal hidden wealth. If such is the case,
however. he has never cOnfded the fact
to any one and the rumor is not generally
credited Judson is perhaps the most pic
ruresque character in Waukesha county
Wearing a crownless hat and patched
clothes and walking with long staff, he
bears resemblance to pictures of king
Lear" For many years Judson has ven
tured forth from his woodland home only
on rare occasions. But during recent
years he has at times worked in the har-
vest fields and he was thus employed
when he met with the accident which
may cost him his life. His principle ar
ticle of food has been crackers which he
consumed in large quantities, and neigh
bOrs tell strange tales of his enormous
appetite. He has been known to sleep
for three days at time and in winter
spends much of his time in bed. il =
sons shack, which is about 10x15, stands
in the midst of a heavy growth of under
brush and is surrounded on all sides by
rubbish. The interior presents a weird
sight. Rubbish and junk of all kinds is
piled high on the floor, window sills and
tables and there is scarcely room to move
about There are also farm tools which
have never been used as, Judson says, he
has been too busy keeping people from
stealing his land to have any time to
cultivate the soil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
One Breed Best.

The man who sticks to one breed
from year to year through all its ups
and downs, is sure in the long run to
enjoy the just rewards for his con
stancy. The breeder who keeps chang
ing from one breed to another, or who
makes endless crosses" hoping to find
one easy to breed" and extraordinary
lily profitable, is the one who is always
complaining about his poor luck in the
poultry business. A good poultrNnan
can make a success with almost any
breed in the field-Agricultural Epi-
tomiSt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
LIE IN DOUBLE GRAVE.
skeleton of Strange Race Exhumet

skeleton of Strange Race Exhumed
By Educator in Indian Mound.
While excavating near his summer home
on Lake Mendoza, Prof. Mueller, princi-
pal of the Waumakee high school. dug
into an Indian mound and exhumed seven
skeletons. Two skeletons at the bottom
of the mound belonged to a race that
apparently lived before the advent of the
white man. while those on the top were
buried after the Caucasian had made his
anpearance on the scene. Charles E.
Brown. secretary of the State Archaeo-
logical Society. has been on the ground
gathering details as soon rs he learned
of the discovery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
cHICAGoANs IN FOREST FIRE.
Summer Residents at Silver Lake
Fight the Flames All Night.

A forest fire started by switch engine
on the Wisconsin Central railway near
the village of Silver Lake, in Kenosha
county, came near reducing half dozen
summer homes of Chicago people to ashes.
The houses were saved after an all-night
fight by persons belonging to the various
families spending the summer at the lake.
The residence of Jacob NJ. Krose, re-
tired brewer of Chicago, was badly scorch-
ed while the flames reached the doors
of DR.. Rudolph A. John, pastor of the
Fullerton Avenue Lutheran church; f. c..
Beeson, a lumberman, and Ernst Wien
hoben, retired Chicago florist 1t look
ed for time as if the homes OF the en-
tire summer colony would be wiped out,
and the members of the various parties
were forced TO fight the flames from g
O'Clock in the evening until early morning.
In readiness for a fresh outbreak, the
Chicagoans have plowed burrows about
their property.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
100000 GIFT TO MADISON.
Col. Villas VIII Establishes a Great
Tru 81

trust Fund Tor university.
Col. w. Z. Villas of Madison. who died
several days ago, provided by his will
for the creation of a trust fund which
ultimately will reach S3eO00.000 for the
benefit of the University of Wisconsin
According to the petition for the probate
of the will, the estate amounts TO about
S3000,000, and the widow is to have the
income during her life and the only daugh-
ter is to have $4,000 a year during her
life. After that one-half of til: income
of the trust fund is 10 be used for the
university until the fund reaches $780,
100000. The other half is TO be added to
the principal. After the trust fund has
reached S30.G00000 all of its income is
to be used by the university. The three
trustees are to he named by the board Of
regents of the university and the Governor
of the State. This is the first large be-
quest for The benefit of the Wisconsin
university
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
Ltn.eed OIL Meal.

Chemical analysis shows that old
process linseed oil meal contains IN
average Of about per cent of nitrog N,
per cent of phosphoric acid and Ia
per cent Of potash. Nitrogen may be
purchased in nitrate Of soda at 10 cents
ler pound, pfrosphoric acid in raw
bone meal at about cents, and potash
in inuriate OF potash at AZ cents,
these being among the cheapest COM
mercia, sources Of fertilizing sub
stance New process linseed oil COZ
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
TALK LYNCHING AT KENosEA.
Girl Beaten and Youth Who At
tackled Her Is Hidden in Racine.

Dragged to lonely spot south of ke-
nosha at 10 o'clock at night, Anna Do
herty, aged "a years, was beaten until
unconscious and then assaulted. Henry
Bushman and " lille Hansen. Kenosha
boys, 20 years old, were arrested on
charge of being connected with the crime,
ard they were held in bonds of $4,000
pending the developments. Miss Doherty
is at the hospital and her condition is
regarded as critical. Friends of the
young woman are threatening to lynch
Bushman, whom she identified as the nan
who beat and assaulted her. Hansen is
not alleged to have had any part in the
assault Sheriff Pfennig managed to slip
Bushman out of the city and took him to
Racine Bushman made full confession
to the district attorney.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
BANK CLERK Is OUT ON BAIL.

Harvey Wells of Kenosha Leave
the Jail in Milwaukee.
Ha vey Wells, the absconding clerk of
the First National bank of Kenosha, who
has been in Milwaukee in Jail awaiting
trial in the United States Court, return
ed to Kenosha the other evening. his faith
err and four brothers having given cash
bond for $4,000 and signed a bond for
$4,000 Kenosha people are anxious for
the coming of the wife of Wells, whom
he is alleged to have married after ro-
mantle courtship. She is now in Bos-
ton, but it is declared that she will join
her husband and remain with him pending
his trial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
BURGLAR GIVEN SENTENCE.
waukesha Robber Gets Five Years
at WaupuH.

Oscar Hegland pleaded guilty in Mu-
nicipal Court in WaukeSha 10 a charge of
burglary in the night time and was SEN
fenced TO Eve years at Waupuu. Hegland
and TWO companions entered house at
the quarrieS, east of the city, occupied by
a number of Italian quarrymen and Heg-
land was caught in the at of robaing the
house and held a prisoner by the Itsl-
ians unil the officers arrived. His two
companions leaped from s seoond-story
window and escaped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
BOY BURNS TO DEATH.
Companions Set Fire to Hay an
Child Loses His Life.

Companions Set Fire to Hay and
Child Loses His Life.
Little 3-year-old Edward Vogelman, son
of Paul Vogelman, an emplOye of the
Cudahy Packing Company, was burned
to death in a barn in Milwaukee which
was set on fire by a "4-year-Old compan-
ion, while his mother stood wringing her
hands in helplessness outside the door.
The child, together with Lester Schmidt,
aged 4 years, and Gordan Kuntz, aged 3
years. were playing in the barn when
the elder boy is said to have found a
match, lit it and playfully threw it into
a pile of loose hay. 1t was not until the
fire was burning fiercely that the Nogel-
man family noticed it and then the two
other boys stumbled blindly out into the
open from the burning barn while little
Edward was left inside. His charred body
was found after the fire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
Fattening WntermeIOns.

Yes, there are secrets in the trade,
just the same rs there are tricks in
everything else. If you want to grow
premium taker or champion weight,
all you have to do is to artificially feed
it. The melons are good nurses, and
will take all nourishment given them.
The favorite way of growing heavy
weights is accomplished by inserting a
flannel string in the stem of the melon
and running this into an old quinina
bottle into which Sugar-sweetened
water has been poured In a single
night a healthy melon, after wound
has healed where the stem was pierced,
will absorb over pint of the syrup,
AMI you easily can tell of its salubrity
by the rich, green color. All melons
but the one that is desired to attain
cerpulent proportions should be cut
from the vine, as the strength of the
vine will then go to the one melon.
That, aided by the sugar treatment,
will be sufficient to grow a premium
taker at the country fairs. Last year
my largest melon, fattened on sugar
and water, weighed SO pounds. How
ever the eating qualities Of the arti-
ficially fattened melons are not good,
as the fiber is coarse and hard. But
that does not matter when the judge
at the fair looks at the melon. He
never tastes the interior -Carmi Cor
respondent Peoria Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
ACCOUNTS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
Missing Postmasfer's Cash Balances
with Books.

Mrs Charles f. Nelson. wife of the
postmaster of Dresser junction. who dis
appeared from his home several weeks
ago. has been appointed poStmistress of
that village Postofice Inspector Ormsby
has investigated the affairs of the office
aud found everything in good condition.
Mr. Nelson's stock of merchandise will
be sold 10 the highest bidder. No clue
has YET been found which might solve the
mystery of his disappearance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22

Unreasonable Blossoming of Trees.
1t is not uncommon for fruit trees of
all kinds to bear flowers in late sum-
mer or in the early fall. This ten
dency is more marked in the semi
arid regions than in the humid States,
but the explanation is simple.
One writer reports an instance where
pile of weeds was burned under
meath an apple tree. The heat from
the fire was sufficient to shrivel the
leaves to the top of the tree on the
exposed side, but did not otherwise
injure the tree This was in August,
and a month later the tree came Into
bloom on the parts which had been
| injured.
This result was probably due TO the
drying out of the buds by the effects
| of the fire, an effect similar to that
produced by the low temperature Of
the winter months.
In a somewhat similar way lack Of
water during the middle Of the sum-
mer causes the buds to dry out and
to become mature. Then, If water is
applied later, second growth starts in
and some of the blossom buds unfold.
These unreasonable flowers do not
| often set fruit. However, fine specimens
of the Red June apple were received
at the Agricultural College last No
vember. These specimens were picked
in an orchard in Utah from trees which
produced a normal crop ir June. Some
weeks later the trees put forth a par
tial second crop Of bloom and a few
fine specimens matured.-W. Padd 'ck,
Colorado Agricultural College.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
BROKER KILLED IN HoLDUP.
Member of Milwaukee Firm Beaten
to Death at OntOnaSOn, Mich.

Member of milwaukee, firm Beateh
to Death at OntOnagOn, Mich.
William Henry Rogers, a partner and
travelling representative of the brokerage
house of Sholto d. Rogers & Co. of Mil
waukee. was beaten to death in Ontona-
gon, Mich. by robbers. The murder was
committed for $50 which Rogers had in
his clothes. Rogers was beaten with a
sandbag or some blunt instrument in front
of the Mooney hotel, and while the hotel
employees were carrying his body from the
street to his room the robbers looted the
hotel till of $50. Mr.. Rogers left the
Mooney house to catch the boat for Ash
land. Ten minutes later he was found
unconscious in front of the hotel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
DIETZ rs BLOWN UP.
Hero of Cameron Dam Hurt While
Blasting Stumps.

BINSt1nS StuMDs.
After lodging the bullets of deputies
who have tried to drive him from the
Cameron dam site. John Dietz, the fight
ing woodsman, had a narrow escape from
being blown to atoms while blasting
stumps in pasture near his home. Dietz
was thrown twenty feet by the premature
explosion of a blast and was rendered
unconscious. He is now confined to his
home Dietz had placed a stick of dyna-
mite under a large stump and fired the
fuse. The fuse burning out the first time,
he relighted it and the blast followed
lance
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
kiIs sMeethenrt, Tries snicide.

Henry Jachenson, aged % years, who
resides at Brillion, shot and killed his
16-year-old sweetheart. Rosa Janke. He
then shot himself above the heart. He is
not expected TO live. JachenSon was
boarding with Julius Janke, father of the
girl, in Shehoygan. The shooting follow
ed Il lovers Quarrel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
DAVIDSON SAVES 2 FROM LAKE.


Wisconsin Governor Assumes Rescue
Role, Then Continues Fishing.
Gov. Davidson went fishing the other
DAY on Lake Mendoza in a small boat
and inciden tally rescued two men from
probable death by drowning. AS the Gov
ernor was casting his line for a strike
he noticed some distance away an up
turned canoe with two men clinging des-
perately to its side. Without pulling in
his line the Governor took the oars and
by strong rowing against the high wind
finally reached the two unfOrtunates. He
pulled one of the men into his own boat
and then brought the other to safety.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
WORRY CAUSES SUICIDE.

IanitOwoc County Farmer Blows
Out Brains in Presence of Wife.
Temporarily insane from worry over at
lacks upon his character, George Hiser.
a young farmer of Michicott, committed
suicide by blowing out his brains with Il
double-barreled shotgun. Hiser commit
ted the deed in the dcoryaTd al his home,
in view of his bride of less than a year,
who is almost crazed by grief.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
WANT LIEN ON sHoD HORSES.
Horseshoers Urge Passage of LAW to
Protect Themselves.

At the annual meeting of the Master
IIorseshoers' Protective Association of
Wisconsin in Madison, plans were laid
for securing the passage of law giving
horseshoers a lien upon horses shod by
them. Eau Claire was selected for the
next annual gathering. The officers elect
ed are: President. Frank Gregoire, Eau
Claire; assistant vice president, H. c..
Behrend, Oconomowoc; second vice pres
ident. George Yelker, Eau Claire; secre-
tary, George Staples, Oshkosh; treasurer,
Michael Fitzgerald, Fond du Lac
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
Insane Woman Kills Self.

Mrs. James lSbt ster, wife of a promi-
nent Kenosha farmer, believing that she
was about to kill some one, saturated her
clothing with kerosene and set fire to
them, burning herself 20 death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22
LIKE JAMES BOYS DID.
Three BeIoit Youths Emulate Out
law and Steal Horses.

law and Steal HORSES.
Erwin and James Churchill, aged IA
and Il. respectively. and Otto Schultz,
aged Is years, were sentenced to the In
dustrial School for Boys at Waukesha
for the theft of the three horses stolen
at Beloit the other night. They had
driven the horses about ten miles into
Illinois, where they abandoned them and
returned to their homes. They were ar
rested and pleaded guilty. The boys said
they had been reading Jesse James stories
and thought they would take the horses
and go to western ranch, but they be-
came discouraged.