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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
STATE RAILROADS KILL 24o.
Fatalities Reported 10 Comp1iSsion
for Fiscal Period Ending June 80.


for Fiscal Period Ending June 30.
nder a ruling of the railroad commits
sion requiring the railroads to report by
telegraph deaths from accidents large
number of fatalities have beer recorded
and Investigations OF num5er of wrecks
have been made The steam railroads and
electric street and interurban railways al
together reported 240 persons killed and
2..S4 injured by them in the State during
the year ending June so. 1908 OF this
total number the steam roads were re-
sponsible for 207 killed and 1867 in
jured: the electric railways for 33 killed
and S16 injured The steam roads killed
! passengers and injured l3l more the
electric railways killed > and injured 100
The report shows that As employees were
killed by the steam railroads and by
the electric railroads while 1886 We're
injured by steam roads and 40 by the cleo
tric companies Crossings account for 81
of the deaths reported by the steam roads
and to of the injuries; the electric lines
reported ) injured in this manner. Sew
enty-three trespassers on rights of way
and one of each class by the electric roads
We're killed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
HELD UP BY FOUR ROBBERS.
Express Car Dynamitcd, but MeSSen-
SAWS Cot V.fffIe

Express Car Dynamited, but MesSen-
ger Says Highwaymen Got Little.
Oregon Railroad and Navigation train
No 1, known as the Chicago
special, was held up and the express ca
dynamited by four unmasked robbers
shortly after o'clock on recent night,
nine miles east of Portland, Ore. Ex-
press Messenger o. ii. Huff said the rob-
bers secured little of value, The robbers
did not modest the passengers, but un-
coupled the express car and ordered the
engineer to take it down the track to-
ward Portland. About a mile beyond the
point where the train was held up the
doors of the express car were shattered
by nitroglycerine The train did not
carry through safe, small local safe
and a strong box being the only recep-
tacles for valuables. The robbers COM
PEELED Express Messenger Huff to open
the small safe. 1t contained but three
or four small packages. believed to have
been of small value. The strong box
was not touched. The robbers escaped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
UNCLE SANS PROD|GAL GIFTS
FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Government Has Given to Settlers H. 100000 Acres and Has
More than Enough Left to Make Four States as Large
Texas-Vast Projects of irrigation.

No wonder the world calls US rich.
What other country could make the
prodigal gifts to its people which I'm
Gle Sam has made from the public do
main. This government has already
given to settlers 100000 acres OF
land.
But what the government has given
away is only a small garden in COM
parison with what it has to give The
public domain, taking into considera-
ton land of all sorts. good and bad,
amounts 10 the colossal sum of 754.-
500, 2S6 scres-more than enough to
make four states as large as Texas.
It is true that almost half OF this vast
area is in Alaska, where farms will
always be about as valuable as as they
are at the north pole But 1t is also
true that there 100000, 900 acres Of
public land in the United States proper
that, sooner or later, will be devoted
to agricultural purposes. In the arid
West it is all matter of getting water
on the land. In the cut-over timber
regions Of the numbering states all that
Is needed is to keep off the forest fires
and give the soil an opportunity to re-
cuperate.
Water Did 1t All.
The United States government owns,
IN Utah, for instance, more than
enough land to make another state NJ
large as Michigan. Nobody who has
ever climbed the foothills Of the Wah-
satch Mountains and seen what Brigh-
am Young and his followers did for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29

acres OF iandin Wyoming and an equal
area in Nebraska. In fact, water was
turned on to 10000 acres this year.
Settlers are taking Up land rapidly
Besides all this, work is under way
to put water on tc 200 600 acres In
Montana. 10000 acres in North Dako-
to, 10000 acres in New Mexico, 10000
acres In Kansas, 10000 acres in north
ern California and southern Oregon.
10000 acres in Washington, 10000
acres in Utah, and 100000 acres IL
South Dakota. And, as a people, we
are just beginning to realize that it is
good public policy to spend money for
the irrigation of arid lands.
Those who are best able to Judge
believe that, in this way. we shall re-
claim from 100000 to 10000, 900
acres of land In fact, the experts in
cline toward the larger figure. And
what does this mean? 1t means that
we shall put under cultivation 234,375
square miles. Figuring the population
at the same density as that Of Kansas
eighteen to the square mile-it will
mean that the government land will
provide homes for more than 100000
persons. And, using the same multi
plier. more than 100000 persons are
now living on land that the government
Originally gave to settlers
For Intensive TiIlage.
But the possibilities of what might
be called the near present are dwarfed
by the probabilities of the remote fu-
ture. Some day stern necessity will
compel US to be economical in the use
of our land, as we are Just beginning
to learn that we should conserve what
remains Of our coal, timber and iron.
Some day we shall learn that no one
can really till 200 or 300 acres of land,
or even 40 acres. We shall become
masters of intensive agriculture and
produce more from 9 few well-tilled
acres than we do now from the great
tracts that we cultivate with little or
no realization Of the great opportuni-
ties that we overlook. We shall learn
lesson, perhaps, from the French
peasants, who let not foot 81 ground
escape untitled and make the fences
hold up the grapes for the sun to ripen
them.
And when that time comes the land
that the government yet has to give to
settlers may support population OF
hundreds of millions. Scientific agri-
culturists say that Texas alone has
enough land to support five times the
present population Of the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
}. ). aoMADKA GETS DIVORCE.
Husband of Woman Who Had Negro
Aid ir Theffs lis Set Free

Judge Ludwig granted to Charles ]. Ro-
madka in Milwaukee a divorce from his
viii. Evelyn Caine Romadka, giving him
the custody of their child. Evelyn. 2la
years old. Mrs Romadka receives no ali-
mony and gets none of rhe property. Maui
rice McKenna. representing Mrs. Ronald
ka. withdrew the answer which had been
drawn up but not filed The husband was
the only witness called in the case. He
testified to mental and bodily anguish
caused by the actions of his wife. Mrs.
Romadka is now serving an indeterminate
sentence in the Illinois State penitentiary
at Joliet for burglary. She was arrested
in a Chicago restaurant on May Is. 1907,
on a charge of burglary and accused of
having stolen jewels from the wife of the
proprietor She subsequently, confessed
and laid bare sensational series of rob-
berries in which she had figured with a
negro accomplice After she had been
committed TO Joliet her husband brought
suit for divorce.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29

Salt Lake Valley need DO told what the
rest Of Utah will some time look like.
When the Mormons went to Utah the
country around Salt Lake was as desc
lnte as the mind could picture. Now
the River Jordan winds through as
beautiful a country as lies outdoors.
Water did 1t all-water from the river
and water from the mountains that
was sluiced over the land. And In that
state the United States government
owns more than 100000 of other
thirsty acres.
The national government also has
large holdings in twenty-four other
states and territories. Uncle Sam owns
enough land in New Mexico, for IN
stance to make two states almost as
large as New York aud Indiana ;
enough in Montana to make another
commonwealth far exceeding In area
the gree State of Illinois, and enough
in Nevada to make twelve states as
large as New Jersey. He could carve
out five states as large as Massachu-
sets from what he owns in Idaho, and
seven yermonts from his unused lands
IN Arizona. And that is saying nothing
about his 100000 acres in North Da-
kota, his 100000 acres in Oregon, his
100000 acres in Washington. and his
100000 acres in California and his
2I,0O0,000 acres In Colorado.
Some of this land has nothing but
gold and silver In It. The rest of it Is
heavily freighted with the latest posi-
corn and fruit. All that this latter
class of soil needs to make 1t produc-
tive is water. In the old days this
seemed to be an insurmountable dill
Guilty. Arid land boomers talked TO
their prospective customers in vain.
'-l'hIs land needs only water and
good society to make the country a
paradise" said one of these gentry. ac-
cording to an old joke.
That's all the internal regions
need" retorted the traveller from the
East. who had Kentucky relatives.
Busy with Irrigation.
But things have changed since then.
The government has become very busy
In the Irrigation business 1t Is pour
Ing out money like water for the pur-
pose of getting water. At this very
moment the government has under way
Nventy-elght tremendous irrigation
projects. as the result OF which water
will be turned on TO more than half o
million acres OF land this year. At
Roosevelt. Ariz. for instance. public
funds are being expended to throw
across Salt River a dam 2S4 feet high
that will hold back enough water 10
put slice two feet thick over the
whole state OF Rhode Island. The dam
VIII not be finished until 1910. but
when 1t is completed II win convert
INTO gardens 10000 acres around PtH-
nix that are now good only for the buzz
cards TO hy cyer. The agricultural de-
pertinent mas analyzed the sou and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
INDIANS ARE STARVING.
olives in the North Drive Game

Wolves in the North Drive Game
from the Forests.
According TO information received from
Fort George. Il. c.. 800 Indians are on
the verge Of starvation. The oyerrunning
of the country by packs of wolves is pri-
marily responsible for the condition Of
the Indians. Prospectors from the In
jcnika declare that these animals baye
been seen as high as forty in pack. They
have killed all the game there is. and
consequently the Indians have had dur
ing the last seven or eight months been
unable to kill or trap anything with which
TO barter for food with the traders of the
Northern Quitting posts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29

found that it Is remarkably fertile !;
the climate cannot be excelled. and, as
soon as the water comes, no region
will be more productive
Then there is California. Anyone
who has ever entered the Golden State
at the little southern town called 'sThe
Needles doubtless remembers his
amazement that the state should be
called the "land of sunshine. fruit and
nowers.' The sunshine is there, all
right, bus the fruit and flowers can be
found only in the dining car Outside
there is only sand, sand, sand-mII-
lions Of acres of it, as far as the eve
can reach-and cactus bushes It's the
lower end of the Mojave Desert. Fur
Their to the north is Death Valley. and
as one looks out the car window be oc.
casionally sees a mirage that NAV be
anything from a green-flelded farm
house to a ship sailing in the Glands
bottom side up.
Governments Great Projects.
However, all this is to be changed.
At Yuma the government has made a
start toward supplying water to the
desert, and while the task may not be
completed for years, part of the arid
land VIII be reclaimed within the next
two years. The undertaking now un-
der way consists of damming the Colo
RADIO River at Yuma and dlverting its
waters into two channels by means Of
which the adjacent country on both
sides Of the stream will be water a.
About $4,000 acres Of land will be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
To Erect school for Feeble Minded.

Members of the State board of control
and legislative visiting committee visited
the State home for feeble minded in Chip
pewa Falls the other day. One of the
four new dormitories has been opened
during the past few days and the other
three will probably be completed by next
spring. and the home will then have a
capacity of from 1000 to LOO inmates.
A recommendation will probably be made
to the next Legislature that an appropria-
ton be made for the erection of school
building and a hospital building.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29

The Northern Pacihc coast train was
damaged by fire to the extent of $4,000
while in the station at st. Cloud. MINI.
A lighted match dropped by passenger
on window curtain started the fire. The
entire car was soon ablaze. aud the fire
spread to a second Pullman sleeper Both
cars were burned 70 The trucks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
REPORTS ON FARMERS NEEDS.
Commission Finds Wisconsin Wants
Good Roads and Parcel Posts

Commission Finds Wisconsin Wants
Good Roads and Parcel Posts.
The country life commission appointed
by President Roosevelt to receive views
of the people on needs and methods of inn
proving life in the country will transmit
the following opinion to the President as
representing the situation in Wisconsin
What Wisconsin farmers want Good
roads. parcel posts, postal savings banks,
postal telegraph. What the farmers
need-The promotion of the intellectual
understanding" The commission listened
in Madison to several speakers well ac-
quainted with conditions in Wisconsin.
Former Gov. Hoard spoke of the need
of rural education and declared the farm
ers of the nation were woefully lacking
in education. mo other class of men,"
he said 'has been so neglected as the
farmers of this country have been as to
their intellectual education"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
SINKS BOAT IN OCEAN.
Tramp Rams Freighter I'm Fog, but
HaroEc work Rescucs Crew

Tramp Rams Freighter I'm Fog, but
Heroic Work Rescucs Crew.
Amid pounding seas and heavy mist
the British freight steamer Daghestan,
outward bound for MarSeilles was sunk
outside the harbor of New York by the
tramp steamer Catalone, owned by the
English and American Shipping Company
OF London. That no lives were lost was
due to the prompt action OF Captain
Glover If the Cleveland in lowering life
boats. His men put out in the rough
seas AID went to the rescue of the thirty
sailors aboard the stricken vessel. The
Daghestan after being rammed settled 50
rapidly that some of her crew were com
PEELED to jump into the sea.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29

Deeds of transfer have been flied with
the Secretary of State whereby the Great
Northern Railway Company Of st. Paul
and the Aliouez Bay Dock Company of
Superior a subsidiary corporation Il the
Great Northern purchases all the prop
erty Of the Duluth. Superior and West
ern Railroad Company for <2.S29. 1859.
The Beloif FIRE and police board ap-
pointed Charles Quaiman to be chief Of
t.ogiee 10 succeed Rhoda Scheibel. who has
been elected sheriff Qualmln has been
an officer about ten years and is credited
With making more arrests than any other
officer on the force.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29

made productive by this work alone.
BY similar means 1900 acres will be
reclaimed in northern California.
The government has also done some.
thing and is doing more to bring back
TO life some of Nevada's 81 900, 900 dead
acres. At Truckee the melting moun.
tain snow is diverted to the parched
tracts far below In the valley. The
work has already progressed so far
that water has been turned on to So
600 acres. and within a few months
irrigation bitches will be ready to sup
ply 1000 more eighty-acre farms. This
is only a start, of course, and does
not amount to much. But when the
fact is considered that the government
has enough arid land in Nevada to
make two states as large as New York
it is evident that the small start that
has been made is but the forerunner
Of great finish.
Conduit Through Mountain
Out in what is known as the "Gunni-
son country in Colorado, another gi-
gantic undertaking is under way. At
the bottom of Gunnison canyon is a
picturesque little stream called the
Gunnison River, that up to this time
has served no other useful purpose
than to increase the beauty Of the seem
cry and hold speckled trout to lure
! fishermen hundreds of miles But the
Gunnison River will soon be known
no more to the fishermen. Within a
year, probably. ii will DE shunted of
into a tunnel This tunnel will take
the turbulent little stream through the
heart Of a mountain and dump 1t over
10000 acres of land. The conduit
through the mountain will be almost
six miles long. Work has been going
on for four years. and five miles OF the
tunnel are already completed. Forty
five miles OF canals will also irrigate
10000 acres OF land in Grand Valley,
in the western part of Colorado.
Then look at Idaho. When the CEN
sus of 1900 vas taken. the government
enumerators found in that state only
10 persons to the square mile. In
| Idaho the United States owns almost
27.O0o. 900 acres of land Think what
will happen TO the population of that
state when the work now under way
is completed and water is turned on
to $4,000 acres OF land. The Payette,
Boise and Snake rivers. In the south
western part of the state. are simply
being turned out of their beds. The
work is so far advanced that settlers
| are already beginning TO file on some
OF the land that Is TO be benefited. At
Minidoka. another point on the Snake
River. a huge dam will divert water
TO supply 10000 acres. The work Is
already practically complete and water
viii be turned on next spring.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
WILBUR WRIGHT IN NEW FEAT.

shoots Up 24O Feet, stops Engine.
and Descends slowly.
Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplan-
ist made a most remarkable fight in his
aeroplane at lie Mans. Instead Of rising
gradually, the machine shot up like a
rocket to height of 240 feet The aero
naut then permitted il 10 drop about fifty
feet, at which altitude he stopped the en-
CINE. The machine glded down smoothly
and gracefully, landing about three-quar-
tiers of a mile from the starting point.
Members of the English Aero Club. who
were present. became wildly enthusiastic
oyer the snIendd performance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
DIES NEAR wIFE's BIER.

william Bailey, Omaha Road Con-
ductOr, Victim of Heart Failure.
William NJ. Bailey. aged 36, of Spooner,
conductor on the Omaha railroad, died of
heart failure while sitting in a rocking
chair at the home of his brother-in-law.
Carl Hanselman of Eau Claire. In the
same house. at the time, was the body
of Mr.. Bailey's wife, who had died at
Spooner. He had brought tsIe remains of
his wife to Eau Claire ard her funeral
was to be held the next day. Mr.. Bailey
was a member of the KNIGHTS of Iythias
and the Modern WoGdmen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
COUNTESS cIBo DEAD.
Former Racine Woman, Who Was
Mrs. Reuben Doud, PASSES Away.

+. NJ Knapp of Racine received
cablegram from Foligno. Italy, announc-
ing the death of Countess Katherine Fren-
sanella Cibo. formerly Mrs Katherine
Doud. wife of the late Reuben Doud of
that city. Countess Cibo's maiden name
was Katherine Reynolds. Nearly half
century ago she was united in marriage
10 Reuben Doud. enc of the leading and
wealthy lumbermen of Wisconsin. After
the death of her husband she travelled
abroad, educating her daughter, Mamie,
in music. She met the count in Italy and
was married 10 him. going to the Cibo es-
tate to live They visited Racine ten
years ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
COMPANY Will COMPROMISE.

ManitowOc Corporation Does Not
Wish to AntagOnixe Public.
Under an order issued by the State rail-
road commission, gas rates in Mantowoc
are advanced to $1.50 and a uniform rate
is established for fuel and Illuminating
gas, the former 81 and the latter $1.25
under the old schedule. The decision has
created a strong protest and will be con-
tested in the courts unless the city and
gas company get together in compromise.
a suggestion that has been made by the
company, officers of which declare that
they are willing to meet the city half
way, rather than antagonize the public
and start a controversy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
BoYNToN TAKES AN APPEAL.
ManitOwoc Man Charged with En-
bezxIement, Gains a Respite.

~
Prescott Boynton. Civil War veteran
and former wealthy resident who was
brought back to Manitowoc from the
South ON an embezzlement charge. will
probably gain respite in the postpone
ment of his trial in January as result of
an appeal that has been filed in the orig
inal case against him, a civil action in
which $4,000 judgment was given
against him. Boynton's attorneys have
appealed to the Supreme Court and will
ask that the embezzlement case, which is
the outgrowth of the civil action, be de-
layed pending the decision. Boynton was
ordered to pag $4,000 to Mrs. Hetten-
Daugh. his sister. the court finding that
he had accepted thai sum from her twenty
years ago. Boynton claims the money
was returned in installmentS Should
he win the appeal it may defeat the en-
bezzlement charge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29

The predicted paper famine which. il
vas thought. would result from the long
dry spell. will not materialize. as the mills
now have all the water they can use. The
Ne.nah and MenaSha Water Power Com
nsnv. which controls the fow from Lake
Wsnnebzgo into the Fox river. has notified
me mill owners thar taey may have the
full 100 per cent Of the normal how.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
Hamilton Company win. suit.

Decision has been handed down by the
federal court at Toledo. Ohio, in favor g
the Hamilton Manufacturing Company
against the Tubbs Manufacturing Com
pany of Ludington in an action in which
the Hamilton company alleged infringe
ment upon patents in the manufacture Of
wood type and cabinets. and an injunction
will h. issued by the conr.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29

State Banking Commissioner NJ. G..
Bergh has issued a charter to the STRAIT
ford State bank of Stratford. Marathon
county. The new institution has a capi-
tai stock of $4,000 Its president is r
Connor and its cashier Waiter Oby. The
commissioner also issued charter to the
Fidelity savings bank Of Amigo. with q
capital of $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
OLD LANDMARK BURNS.

James House Livery at Burlington
Destroyed by Fire.
The Jones house livery barn, one OF the
old landmarks of Burlington. was totally
DESTROYED by fire. The FIRE is supposed TO
have been started by tramps sleeping IN
the haymow. William F. Gill. owner OF
the livery, saved several horses and Vehi-
clos The loss is estimated at $1,000. par
TALLY covered By insurance
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29
WRECK ON NORTHWESTERN.
Broken journal Causes Smash-Up
at Sheboygan.

A broken journal on a freight train. be-
lieved to have been caused by hot box,
derailed ten freight cars on a main line
of the Northwestern road at Sheboygan,
and piled half Of them in a shapeless mass
which blocked the main track foy hours.
Passenger trains and freights were not de-
layed, however, being able to pass through
over the new belt line. The wrecked train
was bound for Chicago from Green Bay.
Two cars loaded with paper we're smashed
The oiners were empties.
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a,a,v, on Head with shotgun.

Sahn Fritz. generally known as the
..icenan.' and well known character in
the city of Peshtigo, took his life with
shotgun. The mans head was bali torn
away by the shot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-29

A defalcation of $4,000 has been dis
covered in the First National Bank Of
Somersworth. y. II. The cashier has been
arrested and the directors have asked the
bank examiner to take possession Of the
institution. with a view TO voluntary
Humiliation