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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-16
VIOLET LEADS
IN STATE VOTE
SCHOOL. CHILDREN OF WISDOM
SIN PREFER THE MODEST
WOODLAND BLOSSOM.
WILD ROSE, TRAILING ARRUTUS
AND WHITE WATER LILY
POPULAR.
Madison, Sept. II.

The modest violet is the most popu-
lar wild flower in Wisconsin accord
ing to the final canvass of the vote
taken last arbor day by the school
children of the state. The violet re
ceiyed 26,505 votes, the highest num-
Der cast for any one flower Second IN
the vote was the wild rose, with a
total OF 21,955. The trailing arbutus
was third with 1900 votes and fourth
in the race came the white water lily
with 1851. According to the pre-
arranged plan for the contest, the
four highest are Nominated for an cleo.
ton to be held next arbor day, the
highest on that vote to be the state
flower. In the vote taken last spring a
total of 114.911 otes were cast as fol,
4
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06
Some Hypocrisy

Tire T. aid TO-, 5)-cn driven t. the
point, ii Lee.,t.:.i-5 its position IS The
expcncnt Ct The harvest trus., OF
charging that Senator HanSbroU5h in
his fight Igaias. tn,:t public pllnder
of the farmer, is playing tho hypo-
critic. Now had such charge come
from any other source it woulL hi; ~
rnerited some serious consideration
But from tie Herald, it only serves
to recall its braZen audacity III ak
ing Of Hypocrisy when 1t is the
greatest hypocrfte this state has ever
known. Twenty years ago it was said
of it that it was a whitened sepi!-
chre-white without and rotten with
In. Later developments have proven
that the one who penned that charge
knew whereof he spoke, If it is not
the rankest Hypocrisy to preach hon
esty in politics and at the same time
be in a combination to rob the peo-
pie through the treasury, new defni-
ton Of hyprocisy will have to be
framed. ss-.
. But that is neither here nor there.
= It win be remembered by Herald
readers that three or four years ago
when Senator Hansbrough was seek
ing to- have the yvilliston irrigation
rSB 4 y ~ u :
scheme passed BY congress the Her
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06
GAN. CROP REPORT
Il " Onc |dfiayr's Winter Wheat
C~'p i;c4I'[vd SIS Per Acre
CT adHe. Alta, Nov. 18th. 1907.

: ir.--
! i':'. % say thar This year we had
d! "!"in, consisting of ~
'.:''r ',i:"ar and -! acres &
1853 H., $50 ...s'I Vie Id Ct wheat was
rs b y ger ~c,c and oats "a bus
tiS. y vic offered 81 per hls1.;,i
Tor N!c1i I'D - cents fnr oats max
ing tic ""ie v2is"s for the two crops
SS33s.'"' Sad 500 respectively.
We al5N had - tons Of hay worth
$13."'' ii r tol, 42d 800 bushels of pota-
toes, worth Go cents per bushel, the lat
ter off ~ acres CT ground.
Cur les yields tiki, year were 1o7
acres CT wheat, NE king II bushels per
&"reS at 100 per b lshel would be
$41."E par acrc 4, Gees e OILS, yield
Ing 81 !s..cis ,e: 2,~" wee sold for
80 cents Pc" bushcl Proceeds @4700
PEI acre.
ni:I.r odd tA@t 81 acres Of Our oo
were "::tIb5,cd IN"
N;..ii:g tie spring Of 1896. we hired
1'".,. 500 acres broken by steam. We
Pit II and harvested j., acres OF grain
/ l>St year, did the remainder of oar
las .r.;nG, worked UP tie ground and
seeded this years entire crop, pat in
:. acres Of alfalfa, and acres OF gar
den potatoes, trees, etc, all with one
, four-hc-se team. Daring harvest we
/ Lired other teams; bat. aside from
this, and part of the breaking, the
one team did the work OF raising prac-
tically 10000 bushels OF grain, worth
$4,000.
Yours truly,
W. II. PAWSON, JR.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06

Spring wheat here went thirty BUSH
els per acre, oats fifty to eighty, barley
fifty, and flax ten to fifteen on sod.
The settlers here are all well pleas,
ed with the country. The stock have
not required any feed except the grass
up to this date and are all fat
Yours truly,
f. S. LEFFINGWELL.
Information as to how to reach
these districts and all about them ca,
be secured from any agent CT the
Canadian Government, whose ad,Cr-
tisemelt appears elsewhere. -El.l
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06

aid raised the same cry it: does now
1t said the thing was an IMPOSSIBLE
ty because the water would have to
be lifted from the river to- bitches
with level above the river, and water
would not run up BILL so that such
a thing was impossible and that Sen
ator Hansbrough knew it, and was
only using the plan to deceive the
people of the western part Of the state
in order to secure their political i'll
hue0ce. 1t cited the report of a gov
eminent engineer who had taken the
position for which it was contending
and in its profound conclusions that
the thing WIS Impractical and {; mere
piece Of political hyprocisv on the
part Of the SENATOR used almost the
same language it has in its CON
! clusion Oh the investigation CT it's
! employer
! And Hypocrisy CT the senator's &C
tions and work in the Williston irri-
! 5"ti0n scheme has been refuted 50
, completely that even the Herald is
silent now. Tie plan which was re-
/ jcctcd by the government engineers
and which was forced through con-
;-ress by Senator lIansbrolgh has be-
come one of the recognized methods
of irrigation, and yesterday at Bis
| marck the state engineer announced
in the waters way improvement con-
gress assembled there that 100000
acres could be added to the irrigated
area by the same methods. This is
one sample Of what the Herald called
Hansbrough's political hyprocisy. Time
has proven how little it knew, or how
it misrepresented facts because of it's
battered and envy.
A couple of years ago when the
farmers of the Red river valley were
planning and resoluting and holding
conventions for the purpose of Sc
curing the drainage of the Red river
valley, Senator Hansbcrush introduced
a bill in the senate which provided
q way for such drainage by methods
similar to those used in financing IT,
rlgatiOn schemes. Tic Herald again
threw up its hands in holy terror III
the idea of the senator from North
Dakota issuing such things for hypo-
critical political purposes and for de-
ceiving the people and making votes.
The bill passed the senate, but when
it reached the house where Mr. Mar
shall-the Herald's candidate for the
senate because Of his ability and in
huence as statesman--was the semi
or representative of his state, that dis
! tinguished statesnAn--yrS the Her
AIDS candidate for the scnate--rOlfI
i NOT even GER q committee to consider
, il. and it died on Congressman Mar
shall's hands.
| The Herald r:tls":l TIE s"r,c 81.
when tic 1n'ruvcrSy between Seer:
| tuly Shaw nun .5r;!i,. On Hunsbyrol4.,,
"1tsr owe? Il ;'t!i.4i.,:pn Of Cuuadit?
wheat, 4 ~ fr"". bat why nllltip.>
rHamNlrs III which the CONVENTIONS OF
the Herald have been proven absolute
ly false? Everything that is done in
the interests Ct North Dakota cxcept
rohbing the treasury, meets with its
| dlsapprov2l and on that question it
has preserved a discreet though humil
iatlng s.lerce.--Crand Forks Times
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06

l, Ole Skratass, City Auditor OF the
City Of Drviis Lake, Ramsey Cuunty.
North Dakota. hereby give nGticr tnlt
copy Of SPECIAL tax receipt and u.h,.t>lt
has been filed in this office uuri!;, the
month Of February. 1908, by the ;u!-
lowing person. T'hos. w. Slut, NI.oIt-
sale liquor dealer ut Lots ana G. i'lu X
A, City of Devils Lake, State Of \,r;n
DakCtl. from February LIST, 1870 t.
June LIST, 1908.
Dated March I'd, 1908.
Ole Skratass
CITY Audit
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06
Ole Skratass,
City Auuitu
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TAG sEcE:Pr,

Notice is hereby given. that. a Gov
ernment Tax Receipt is issued to Jos. ph
heDuc; that the GATE OF such Rvc>Ii!l
is November, 1908: that the description
IF the property where said Tax Receipt
is posted is the Front Room Of the
trslne building situated on Lot One,
block One of the Village of Crazy, Ram
soy County, N. D.; and the name Of tie
owner of said property in which sud
Tax Receipt is posted is Joseph LrDuc
and the name of the lessor OF said PROP
erty is Joseph LeDuc.
Dated February 10th, 1908
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06
Yours truly,
W. II. PAWSON, JR.
Warner. liza Ian Gtl, 1nn2

Warner, Alta, Jan. 9th, 1905
Dear SIR
This is the first year of farming in
this settlement. Mr.. \. J.. Warner
raised twenty-five hundred and fifteen
bushels Of fine winter wheat on one
hundred acres OF breaking and Tcnny
brothers had sixty acres that went
thirty bushels per acre. The winter
wheat that IL In this year looks fine.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06
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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06
WHY We WANT TAFT
Walter J. Ballard Gives List of Good
Reasons

tACuCUUC
The people want William Howard
Taft for President because he is an
American through and through.
The people want Taft because. when
he is called upon to face pablo Qucs-
ton or public duty, he does not ask,
will it pay me politically to do this,
or not to do that" but on the contrary
his guiding thought is What shall
do with this question, or this duty, il
the best interest Of my ,coultry?' Find
ing for himself the answer to that self
sacrificing, patriotic question, he acts
accordingly.
The people want Taft because he has
successfully performed every puhlic
duty which has been intrus,ed to his
charge, since that day i'll January,
1851. WHOM lie received lis first plb:ic
appointment, rs assistant prosecuting
attorney for Cincinnati, O.
The people want Taft because Of his
successful organization CT the Philip
pine Civil Commission; his administra-
ton of the islands and his adoption
thereto of American forms of govern
ment; his missions in those islands to
various divisions of natives and their
pacihcation; his vigorous upholding of
the tlaE and the submission thereto of
the insurrectos; his support of Ameri-
can education for the people of all
ranks, classes, conditions and creeds;
his fearless advocacy then and since
and now of the rights of the Fillipinos
to equal treatment under our laws
The people want Taft because they
realize that the success at his mission
to the Vatican regarding our purchase
of the friars' lands in the PHILIPPINES.
is all the evidence required to prove
trat he possesses Diplomatic ability Of
the highest order-slch diplomatic
ability, strengthened by experience, as
will b. needed h. whoever shall be
Pres lent Ct this great nation of ours,
and Alnerc" responsibility which are
Do:,:'. is.
Th& 2,urlc want Taft because when
BIZ; re, lily. revolution threatened our
;!rea' lI;lle aud investment interests
il E':'':'. Lr hurried down there and
D" I.g!Hu!~Hy ald candOr adverted the
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06
BIDS WANTED,

Bids Will be received by the ,'tv
Council for construction Of Sidewalks /. ,
to April 9th, 1908, at 8 y. IN.
Bi,.s t. be sealed and marked pro-
poSa.s for sidewalk and addressed 20
City Auditor City Of Devils Lake, ~ >,
State price per square foot til, ul.
soft walk. Certified check for $50 ald
bond for $500 must accompan slnr
Council reserves right to reject III, or
all bids.
Ole Skratass
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS,

STATE Of North Dakota, County .:
ltanISry.
+. Henry, JuGyc.
Estate OF Andrew B. Uline, dccv.,s. =.
Notice is hereby given by the coo. l.
T'sntn' ,AtcutiiA OF the last wiz l1u
i!r city of -Aiotll', in the State OF ,..n
lork, urccas I'd. 10 the creditors ,,t /. =.
;.I persons having claims against 5,
t'crASed, 10 exhibit them with t... -
tSSarE NoHciirIS within four :.u...' =
after the inst lulllcation of this not, =.
t. the ,'n'lris;@,lru "Ntcutrix at he! -.
agent, Henry q Middaugh, at his ....g
N the CITY If Owls Lake in the r.,,. \
OF Ramsey, in IT,. State Of North 30. t,
Dated: Fern u,ry 18th, 1908.
-.Aln;inua NJ. UliDe
Exetutr'N
FIRST puh'.cittIon March 9Th, ,?.
--Hurh'. M.d"luscE IL Cuthbert,
Attorney for E,XecutriX
Devils ,1lsp
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-14

meath the windwafd bank Here We re
manned pretty well sheltered until the
storm was over. Although it was Au
gust, the air became very cold. The
wagon was fairly caught and would
have been blown over II the top had
been on; the driver and horses escaped
without injury. pressing under the lee
ward side, the storm coming 80 leve
that they did not need q roof to protect
them from the hail. Where the center
of the whirlwind struck It did great
damage.
The wagon came on to tho creek.
along whose banks we had taken shell
ter and we then went into camp. 1t
rained all night. and there was thick
mist, with continual sharp showers.
all the next day and night The
wheeling was. in consequence, very
heavy, and after striking the Keogh
trail, we were able to go along 1t but
few miles before the fagged-out look
Of the team and the approach of even
ing warned us that we should have to
go into camp while still dozen miles
from any pool or spring. Accordingly
we made what would have been dry
camp had 1t not been for the inces.
SAINT down-pour of rain. which we
gathered in the canvas wagon-sheet
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-14
SMUGGLING PLOT REVEALED.
Wreck of Boat Reveals Scheme to Get
Cinnamon Over the Border.

Wreck of Boat Reveals Scheme to Get
Cinnamon Over the Border.
Buffalo, Nov. 13.-The drowning OF
six Cinnamon yesterday when motor
boat was wrecked revealed a snug
Cling scheme. The four survivors were
rescued by the crew of a police boat.
The three white men escaped, and the
federal authorities and local detective
lorce are securing the city endeavoring
to round up men suspected of being
engaged in the smuggling of Cinnamon
into this country from Canada.
AT first it was supposed the white
men persisted, but from one Of the sur
viving Cinnamon 1t was learned that
they succeeded in clambering over the
slippery rocks and fled. leaving the
Cinnamon to their fate.
The statement of an elevator watch
man that a second motor boat left the
shore side Of the breakwall just before
dawn is clew upon which the au-
thorities are now working and which
may lead to arrests.
Mock Quong, one Of the rescued
Cinnamon, speaks fairly good English,
which he learned in South Bend,
Ind, Sunday school class. He told the
immigration inspectors that the ten
Cinnamon left Toronto week ago
and had been lodged in barn on the
Canadian side of the lake opposite
Buffalo, awaiting favorable opportun-
ity to make landing in the United
States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-14

but not guilty of "desertion from the
United States navy" as charged by the
government, Charles j. Magness, who
married Miss Ada German, daughter
Of the late Senator German of Mary
land, was tried before court martial
tribunal at the Philadelphia navy yard
The government, after proving that
Magness did not report after the eX-
piration of a leave of absence which
had been granted to him, rested Its
case. Magness was the chief witness
in his own behalf and he admitted that
he overstayed his leave of absence, but
he asserted he had no idea of DESERVING
In his testimony he said that he had
thought of engaging in business In
Louisville and that the money he had
in his possession when arrested had
been given him by his wife.
The findings Of the court will be sent
to the secretary Of the navy at WASH
ington.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-14

antelope, with the bold and needless
curiosity sometimes shown by its
tribe, came up within two hundred
yards of us as we were building the
fire, but though one Of us took shot
at him, 1t missed. Our snaps and oil
skins had kept US perfectly dry, and
as soon as our frugal supper was over,
we coiled up among the boxes and
bundles inside the wagon and slept
soundly till daybreak.
When the sun rose next day, the
third we were out, the sky was clear.
and we two horsemen at once pre-
pared to make hunt. Some three
miles OF to the south of where we
we're camped. the plateau on which
we were sloped of into great ex-
pnnse of broken ground, with chains
upon chains of steep hills. separated
by deep valleys, winding and branch
ing in every direction, their bottoms
filled with trees and brushwood. To-
ward this place we rode, intending to
go into IT some little distance, and
then to hunt along through 1t near the
edge.
AS soon as we got down near the
brushy ravine we rode along without
talking. guiding the horses as far as
possible ON earthly places, where they
would neither stumble nor strike their
feet against stones. and not letting our
rife barrels or spurs clink against any
thing. Keeping outside Of the brush,
q little up the side Of the hill, one Of
us would ride along each side Of the
ravine, examining intently with our
eyes every clump Of trees or brush
wood. For some time we saw nothing,
but, finally, as we were riding both to-
gether round the jutting spur Of a
steep hill. my companion suddenly
brought his horse to halt, and point
ing across the shelving bend to patch
Of trees well up on the opposite side of
a broad ravine. asked me If did not
see q deer in It. was of the horse in
q second, throwing the reins over his
head. We were in the shadow Of the
shoulder. and with the wind in
our favor; so we were unlikely to be
observed by the game. looked long
and eagerly toward the spot indicated,
which was about hundred and twen-
ty-five yards from us, but at first could
see nothing. BY this time, however.
the experienced plainsman who was
with me was satisfied that he was
right in his snpposition. and he told
me to try again and look for patch
of red. I saw the patch at once. just
glimmering through the bushes, but
should certainly never have dreamed 1t
was a deer if left to myself Watch
ing it attentively soon saw it move
enough to satisfy me where the head
lay; kneeling on one knee and (as 1t
was little beyond point-blank range)
holding at the top Of the portion Wis
ible, l pulled trigger and the bright
colored patch disappeared from among
the bushes The aim was good one.
Cor. on ri,''-'~ ~ the brink Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-14
Eac1, took an ontlcr, ana the body slipped


along Ue1'y easily
head sharply toward me as l raised
the rife. and the bullet went fairly
into his throat, just under the jaw,
breaking his neck, and bringing him
down in his tracks with hardly kick
He was a fine buck Of eight points.
unusually fat, considering that the
rutting season was just over. We
dressed 1t at once. and, as the house
was so near. determined we would
drag it there over the snow ourselves.
without going back for horse. Each
took an antler, and the body slipped
along very easily but so intense was
the cold that we had to keep shifting
sides all the time the hand which
grasped the horn becoming numb al
most Immediately.
When not much molested Whitehall
feed in the evening or late afternoon;
but If often shot at and chased they
only come out at night They are very
partial to the water. and in the warm
summer nights will come down into
the prairie ponds and stand knee-deep
in them, eating the succulent marsh
plants. Most Of the plains rivers flow
through sandy or muddy beds with no
yegeta BILE growth, aud to these. OF
course, the deer merely come down to
drink or refresh themselves by bath
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-14
Notice Of lpubIicati on.
Marshal1town. Ia. Nov II. i!

Marshalltown, Ia, Nov. II, 1908.
Notice is hereby given Of change
In the articles Of Incorporation OF
Spencer, Let's Coffee company, cor
poration organized under the laws Of
Iowa, and whose principal place Of
business is Marshalltown, Iowa.
At a special meeting Of all of the
stockholders Of said corporation and Of
the board Of directors Of said Spencer,
Let's Coffee company, held at the Of
flee Of the company at Marshalltown,
Iowa, on Oct. 81, 1908. at which all
the directors Of the company were
present, viz, A. p. Spencer, F. g. Lstts,
JohnNC. Let's, o. s. ELLIS and r. w.
McCreery, the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, It is deemed advisable to
change the name Of Spencer, Let's Cof-
fee company and to increase its capital
stock, on account Of the rapidly In
creasing business; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the name Of Spencer.
Let's Coffee company be- changed to
that Of western Grocer Co. Mills,"
and that the authorized ca pital stock Of
said corporation be increased from
$4,000 to 100000, in shares Of 500
each, payable in cash on subscription.
Resolved further, That A. p. Spencer.
president, and r. w. McCreery, sec
rotary, be and are hereby authorized
and directed to take I'LL necessary
and legal steps to effect such change
in the corporation name, seal and in
crease Of capital stock.
Resolved further That the change in
name as hereinbefore Authorized shall
be effective as Of November 1S, 1908, or
as soon as authorized by the secretary
Of state.
Resolved, That the seal Of said cor
poration be changed to read Western
Grocer CO. Mills, Marshnlltown, Iowa,
with the word Seal in the center.
Resolved, That the time Of the an
nual meeting Of the stockholders be
changed to the first Wednesday in May
Of each year. and that The present di-
fectors and officers hold office until
said meeting and until their successors
are elected and qualified.
A. p SPENCER, President.
R. w. M'CREERY. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-14
Aid For the ExpIorer.

"Peary," said geographer of Chica-
go, never started on one Of his explor-
ing expeditions without receiving by
mail and express all sorts Of packages
from cranks-cowhide underwear, tea
tablets, medicated boots and what not
"Peary once told me that George AIDE
few days before the start of one trip
wired him to expect an important pack
age by express.
1.-The package came. 1t was labeled:
10 be opened at the farthest point
north
"Peary opened it at once, however.
1t was small keg, inscribed:
'tAxle greese for the pole.'"