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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-18
FATALITY in A WRECK.
Fireman Killed and Several others
injured.

Emerson, Neb., Nov. 14.-ln head-on
collision between freight and pas
senger train on the Chicago, St. Paul.
Minneapolis and Omaha road al
Thurston last night, Firsman Stauf-
fer of the passenger engine was IN
stantk killed; Engineer McClaire
Mail Clerks O'Neill. Mute and Ram
son, Conductor George c. Young and
brakeman Harrington were injured
Miss Sutherland of Tekamah ano
Mrs. l.. M. Peterson of Emerson were
the only passengers hurt.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-18
Fail to Find Andree,e Crave.

Washington. Nov 1.-THE Knights
Of Labor yesterday elected john ".
Hayes. general master workman
Washington. D. c.. L. H. Sanderson
general worthy foreman, Toronto
Canada: l. D. Chamberlain. general
secretary and treasurer. Pueblo. Col
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-18

member Of the crew, was missing. 1t
is believed that he fell overheard and
drowned. He was 35 years old and
shipped with the Widlar at Ashtabula
His home is in Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-18
Sailor Lost Overheard.

Sheboygan Wis. Nov. 14.-When
the big steamer Francis Widlar
cleared port Thursday evening for Du.
luth it was found that ]. B Rogers, a
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-18
DIVORCE LAW is MODIFIED.
Dakota Law Changed by Action of
Voters at Recent Election.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 1.-THE
new divorce law, increasing the peri
cd of residence from six months to
one year carried on Nov. 8 in South
Dakota by two to one, according to
the unofficial figures compiled yester-
day.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-18
BIG BANK cLEARINes.
Increase More Than Billie. Over a
Year AGO.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE total bank
clearings compiled by Bradstreet's for
the principal cities of the United
States the past week was s3'579,5l7,-
0ee against s2370.4s7,oO0 the same
week last year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-18

for this work will be the four years
course.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06

r HOSE wise old Egyptians VINO
lived IN the time OF Moses and
could do architectural stunts that
still amaze US. who knew almost
as many secrets OF the stars as we
With our fne telescope and higher
mathematics DO today, also knew
thing or two about raising crops. solv-
ing problems that have puzzled a hun
ored generations OF farmers since.
Recently discovered Egyptian carv-
ings and inscriptions have proved that
long before the Christian era the farm
ers made the almost rainless lands OF
the desert yield abundantly without ir-
rigation, and the methods they used
were almost identical with those by
which an American has recently been
reclaimsng part Of our own billion acres
OF semiarid land.
These ancients knew the value of
packing the soil TO retain moisture.
though they used the hoof beats of the
herds instead OF our subsoil packing
machine; they understood the value Of
the soil mulch" and systematic tillage
20 a nicely.
So that-alas. for our pride-we find
that one Of our most precious and po-
tential discoveries which It has taken
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les extending through parts Of New
Mexico. Colorado. Wyoming, North Da-
kota, South Dakota. and Montana. The
entire area OF this belt Is close 20 q
billion acres. OF which, II Is estimated.
about 20 per cent will produce good
crops under the Campbell system.
The semiarid lands OF the world have
never been accurately computed. but
there are thousands OF square miles ot
such lands in Mexico. South Africa.
Australia. Canada, India and Egypt,
where the first dry farming was
practiced a few thousand years before
the discovery Of America. The general
application OF the principle would seem
the production OF wealth beyond COM
putatfon.
But in the meantime the dry farm
ing'' OF the western states Is solving
an economic problem Of our own which
was beginning to press. With the
rapid growth OF our population the
supply OF the old system has become
well nigh exhausted. Great irrigation
projects have in recent years reclaimed
many thousands OF acres OF arid lands,
but these. even with irrigation carried
to It's limit, would make but a small
part OF the area productive
Now comes a man who shows Us that
even these deserts contain enough
water to grow our crops--ff we can but
conserve and use the water that is
there. Further, he shows as how 1t can
be done.
Some Of the best results obtained un-
der the Campbell system are seen on
the Pomeroy farm In Graham coun-
ty, western Kansas. The farm was
owned by ]. p. Pomeroy, now OF Colo
rado Springs. who had just one sue
cessful crop and Is failures in IA years.
Seven years ago Mr.. Pomeroy heard OF
Mr.. Campbell and engaged him to su-
perintend his soil culture.
Last season the sixth successive crop
was harvested under the new system
and all these crops were from two to
five times as large as those OF adjoin-
ing farms where the old methods were
used. Mr.. Campbell got as high as 40
bushels Of wheat to the acre when
others got from 13 down TO nothing.
The average yield for Kansas Is only IL
bushels.
other grains and standard fruits
yielded equally well under the Camp
bell system. Shade and fruit trees were
produced where trees would not grow
before.
The potatoes grown by dry meth
DDS are somewhat smaller than those
grown In irrigated districts. but are
claimed to be better in quality because
there is no excess Of moisture.
So these things have been made evil
dent regarding farming in the semi
arid regions. Crops can be grown each
year regardless Of climate or rainfall,
but they require more knowledge and
better farming; farming with scientific
soil culture Is not more expensive than
with ordinary methods. Steam ma
chinery Is not necessary, but the pio-
neer should have sufficient capital to
tide him over the first year should the
season be too dry to break and prepare
new ground with success.
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grow, estimating conservatively, az
least $4,000. 100000 worth Of products
each year.
The name Of the man who has made
this possibility is Hardy w. Campbell
Of Lincoln, Neb., and 1t will some day
be enrolled among Americas great. for
this man has practically doubled the
useful area of the union, in fact. of the
whole land surface of the earth.
Dry farming" has become familiar
term throughout the west in the last
FIVE years. Mr.. Campbell. it's inventor.
says there Is no such thing as "dry
farming" and calls 1t intensive farm
ing. But the average man thinks II
may fairly be called dry when he
sees the fields green and fiourishing
without watering through the long, hot,
rainless tsummers of the plains. II he
is not a farmer he thinks the means
when it is explained to him too ab-
surdly simple to do the business"
while the oldtime farmer, with his
fixed ideas of tillage that had done
for him nigh on 80 year" simply cannot
fathom the mystery.
Twenty-Five years ago Mr.. Campbell
was small and not especially success
full farmer in Brown county. South Da-
kota- He had gone there in 1879 from
Vermont. There were years of.drought
and years of plenty. In the former he
shared with his neighbor an almost
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cisco who has always from earli-
est childhood been able to see
names in color. when hear
a name see it's color. and have al
ways done so as far back as my recol-
lection extends. When I was a small
child used to see the color in vivid
flash, but after I had learned to read
I began to see the name printed In
color. and am still able TO do So"
When asked to give concrete exam
pies of how names looked. she replied:
Mary is the whitest name--pure
snow white. Hilda and Alma are white
names but tinged with yellow--creamy
white Anna, Emma and Margaret are
pale yellow. Laura Is golden Eliza
beth and Edith are light blue Nellie
is deep blue. Kate and Helen are pink.
while Florence is deep. rosy red.
Bertha, Pauline and Elsie are pale
lilac. Susan and Julia deep lavender.
while Louisa is rich royal purple Some
names are dark and somber and sug-
gest brown and brownish red shades
Such are Josephine, Sarah and Joanna
A name and Its diminutive are not
always of the same color. For In
stance. Elizabeth is light blue, while
Bessie is one Of the brown names. The
color association has nothing to do
with the sound. so tar as I have been
able to discover. Names like Gladys,
Edna and Hazel which I never heard
In childhood, as they belong to a newer
fashion, in nomenclature, Nevertheless.
when first heard. had their appropriate
colors Gladys appeared amber yell
low, Edna blush lavender and Hazel
pale yellowish brown. Masculine names
have also thei= colors- John Is darz
reddish brown. George light red
Henry medium yellow. Harry lighter
yellow, Thomas pink. Charles and VIII
liam blue. Alfred white. Robert red and
Paul lavender.
Strange TO say. I have never seen
a green name. and yet green Il color
to which 1 am very partial and which
affords me great delight
"All my life ! have been much las
cinated by color and It's associations
One of my earliest amusements was to
copy the pieces of descriptive poetry
found in the old time school readers.
In doing so l. following rule OF my
own. used TO begin the names OF colors
with capital letters When taken to
task for thus violating the rule on the
subject. my defense was that the words
were so pretty they ought to be thus
distinguished
The symbolists have been ridicuIed
for their claim TO see things IN color
and color in things. Sc- really there Is
something more than mere nonsense
in their pretensions-
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US 80 or SO centuries TO make is. after
all. but a Ted;scoVery
But this does not detract from the
values OF the find.
Dry farming" as ii is called, has
opened to cultivation at least 100000
900 acres Of hitherto nearly useless
land IN the United States alone Allow
ing 40 acres 10 farm. this means that
room has been made for 17.500.ooO more
farmers in the United states who could
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thought and study that resulted In
what has since become known as
packing the soil"
But the problem was not as simple
as 1t looked. Mr.. Campbell found. after
years experimenting, that any method
Of surface packing caused the moisture
to rise and evaporate more rapidly
than ever Then came the conclusion
that to retain the moisture (which is.
of course, the purpose of dry farming)
the subeoil only must be packed This
resulted finally in the invention OF q
new implement. the "subsoii packer"
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PACKING THE SOIL WITH COATS ).
AFTER SONM/lMGi \

total loss. In the others he found II
hard to make UP for the failures. Hav-
ing a large family to support and the
active mind of the true pathfinder he
refused to give up and also to accept
his precarious lot as destiny. There
must be a way to get crops every year
and he would find it,
For a quarter of a century he has
watched, waited and studied. 1t has
meant hunger often and bitter dis
appointments a plenty. After long days
in the fields his wife and mother would
plead with him to turn to something
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FIELD Or vsssaTHE2 % 81 H4SEs III r Aa vsA gs EEw rEco

which has wedge shaped wheels that
cut into the ground and~(ompress the
earth.
But the earth still lost Its moisture
in spite of the subsoil packing. though
not as rapidly as before. One day a
fractious team with which he had been
narrowing started across field OF
young grain, dragging the harrow with
them. In q few weeks the narrowed
grain, which he had supposed would be
badly injured, was flourishing far ahead
of the rest. From this accident was
evolved the principle of the soil
mulch" which, briefly stated, consists in
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worth while" Often he promised he
would, but when another morning
came he could only say: IT cannot give
it up" and go off again to the fields.
Failure was the inspiration Of the
Campbell system" says it's exponent.
THE system has developed In adversity
and is child Of necessity"
One year Mr.. Campbell noticed that
wheat In q field of his grew inches
higher where wagon had crossed the
land. The tracks Of the wheels could
be traced In tall grain for the whole
distance. This started Q train Of
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06
Many Experiment Stations

In recent years the state agricultural
colleges of the west have been expert
menting with dry farming" and carry
ing on campaign OF education among
farmers with land in the semiarid re-
gions The Hayes government station,
run in connection with the Kansas
state agricultural college. was the pio-
rleer and since then experiment stations
have been established at Dickinson and
Edgley, N. d.; Highmore and Belle
Fourche, S. d.: North Platte. Neb.;
Hayes and Garden City. Kan; Chan
and Akron, Colo. for the study of soil
culture methods and seed selection and
one at Fades. Colo. for the testing of
new machinery suitable for the work
Ing of the hard western soils.
Another important factor in the de-
velopment of dry farming was the
Rock Island railroad system, which has
thousands of miles of track in the
semiarid regions of the west This
railroad gave the Campbell system al.
most it's first recognition, putting F. g..
White, it's agricultural and horttcul-
tura1 commissioner, in charge of extern
sive investigation which led to broad
campaign of education at its own exJ
pense The combined results have
been a remarkable development of its
tributary territory in eastern Colorado
and western Kansas and Nebraska and.
in turn, in rapid growth of the rail-
road IN the belt
1t is estimated that there are $780,
900 acres of semiarid land now under
cultivation in this region and in the
Dakotas, great part of which is be-
ing farmed under the Campbell system
The development in eastern Colorado is
typical. Three years ago there were
but 100000 acres and this year it has
passed the million mark, with large
crops being harvested each year
The semiarid belt was once part Of
what was known as the great alkali
desert, and lies just east of the Rock
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06

srOoTHNd HARROW, PACKER, sEEDERS, PLowS,
TRACTION ENGiNE; THE MODERN IMPLEMENTS
FOR DRT FARr1NGi
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06

keeping the top layer Of soil broken up
so that the moisture will find no cham
nels through which 1t can rise by capil-
larry action to the hot surface for evap-
grafton and which will readily take IN
and store any moisture that falls as
rain.
Still another incident directed Mr..
Campbell to third important princi-
pie. In 1888 he harvested good crop
from but 40 of his 800 acres. The 40
had been plowed IN the spring. the
rest the preceding fall His neighbors
had the same experience and decided
on spring blowing. But the next year
conditions were reversed. The fall
plowing gave by far the best returns.
The neighbofs gave up the problem In
despair. but Mr.. Campbell set out to find
the reason he knew was there. He
found 1t and here It is: Flowing
should be done when the ground Is
moist, regardless of season. Then the
moisture is conserved by the soils finer
consistency. Flowing dry ground
produces large, hard Jumps and q
greater exposed surface from which the
stored up moisture II quickly drawn by
the sun.
These facts but illustrate Mr.. Camp
BELLS problem and Its method OF solI-
ton. There were many other problems
ana some Oh tneIu, dCCOTulnB 10 MT.
Campbell himself, are still to be solved.
Scientific soil culture, as Mr.. Camp
bell calls 1t, Is thus epitomized: The
ground must be plowed at the right
time to save all possible moisture. the
subsoil must be packed to save all pos
sible moisture, and the surface soil
must be kept broken Up through the
nitro growing season-again to save
al possible moisture. All this means
hard work and pisnty of II. Hence the
term Intensive" farming. which means
concentrating your work on half the
area OF land and getting three times
the crop every season
Scientific soil culture finds It's most
spectacular field in the regions where
26 inches of rainfall year Is the max
imum. There, with the old methods,
the chances against getting fair crop,
no matter how rich the soil. were
about 10 to /. But the principles OF
the Campbell system are applicable un-
der any conditions though their appli-
cation will be varied. This has become
generally recognized and the soil
smulch" 10 familiar TO every up to date
eastern gardener.
But 1t has not been so long. Farming
rs proposed by Mr.. Campbell was for
many years considered huge joke in
the west. The agricultural colleges
and even the experts of the department
of agriculture were as skeptical as the
farmers. 1t Is but four years since
this branch of the government began
experiments along the lines laid down
by Mr.. Campbell on the semiarid lands.
TIL that time the dry farmer" was
looked upon as crank. an impractical
dreamer
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06
Color Names

- HERE Is a woman In San Fran
cisco who has always from earli-
est childhood been able to see
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-21

Come to the third floor today and buy good quail
ity muslin corset covers, the Kind that trim
med with lace beading and ribbon; in loose
tight fitting styles; 25 dozen of these; while they
Last at l5c each.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-21
ROYAL THEATER CHORUS
INSPECTS THE NEW JERSEY

The officers and crew of the U. S.
S. New Jersey, at Long Beach, are
willing to swear that there's only one
real theater in Los Angeles after their
experience of yesterday, and last
nights performance at the Theater
Royal found box partv resplendent
with the insignia of rank, made up
from the wardroom of the particular
vessel in question.
Why? The Royal girls descended
on the New JERSEY in a bunch yes
terday, firted outrageously with Off
GERS and men, scampered breezily all
over the place, and then gave spe-
cial eX-theatrO performance for the
benefit of their hosts.
Gladys North, the Royals pretty
soubrette, perched saucily on the ward
room table and caroled "Give Me Your
Love" SO alluringly that she had two
proposals from impressionable junior
officers before she left the ship. Then
the Misses Florence Leslie, May Tay-
lor, Lillian Hildebrand and Gladys
North tucked up their skirts and
danced a sailors hornpipe, and the
jack-tars (this exhibition was on deck,
amidships) applauded Justify. To top
things off the chorus gave an ensem-
Bile number or two, and by way of
climax, Miss Jennie Delmar sang
"Goodby, My Sailor Boy Jack Tar"
the chorus helping out in the refrain.
For two hours and a half the pretty
girls were the whole thing on the
battleship, and there wasn't a nook
or corner of the big fighting machine
thev didn't see.
When at last Manager w. M. Melton
marshalled the company into it's
launch for the return to their special
car awaiting them near the Long
Beach City park, there were hundred
invitations to come again." and as
the boat "chug-chugged" away, to the
refrain of "By, By, My Sailor Boy,
Jack Tar" the whole ships enroll
ment threatened desertion in a body
m follow
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-21
NOTABLES TO GATHER
AT REDONDOTONIGHT
TWO LIEUTENANT GENERALS
AMONG GUESTS
Chaffee, Young and Rear Admiral
Sperry to Attend Banquet and
Dance-Many cottagers
to Entertain

Ae Redondo tonight will be given a
banquet in honor of Rear Admiral
Sperry and officers of the Fourth di-
vision Atlantic fleet at Hotel Redondo
at 1880 o'clock. At 9 p. m. a dance
will be given.
In addition to Admiral Sperrry and
staff and Capts. Veeder. Bowyer Hut
chins and Cowles among other notable
guests will be Lieut.. Gen. Chaffee and
Lieut.. Gen. Young.
It is not often that two officers of
that rank gather at one social function.
Regular cars will leave Second and
Spring streets at 6. $40. $40, z, 1880,
and $3.50 p. m.
Returning cars will leave Redondo
Beach at $3.50, 1910, 11:04, 11:34, II and
1890 o'clock.
Dinners will be given preceding the
dance by Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Aims
worth, Mr. and Mrs. r. Avery McCar-
thy, FIr. and Mrs. Hamilton Rollins and
other Redondo cottagers.
Many Los Angeles society people will
attend, including Mrs. Chaffee, the
Heron, Miss Huston Bishop, Miss
Louise Burke, Mr.. and Mrs. Nat Will
shire and others.
Special Cars Chartered
Many of these guests, including Gen.
and Mrs. Chaffee and Gen and Mrs
Young, will go direct to Redondo Beach
from Mrs. Miners garden party, and
for these guests a special car will be
run, leaving Second and Spring at $40
D. m. and Adams and Grand at p. m.
sharp, reaching Redondo in ample time
to dress for dinner. Dance invitations
will be good on this special car.
AnQe1pa- r adOp6n rai1waU
will inaugurate a five-minute service
to Redondo beginning at o'clock this
morning. There will be plenty of
launches at that city to handle any
crowd that may wish to see the battle-
ships.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-21
BIG PARADE IS
TODAYS EVENT
RECEPTION TO ADMIRALS AND
OFFICERS
TWENTY = FIVE AUTOS WILL
CARRY GUESTS
Long Route Over Business District and
Residence Section-PIan Originally
Adopted for "Fighting Bob's"
Benefit

The feature of Tuesdays entertain
ment of the great fleet will be the re-
ception parade. This feature was
planned when It became apparent that
Admiral Evans physical condition was
such that he could not hold a public
reception where the thousands might
pass before him and shake his hand.
He was then at Magdalena and the plan
was changed to an automobile trip in
which he would pass through the thou
sands that would assemble along the
route.
That this concession to the old hero's
physical incapacity will be in mind to-
day as the parade traverses the busi-
ness and residence section is not to be
doubted. Admiral Thomas, who came
into San Pedro harbor on the bridge
of the Connecticut as commander of
the fleet that Fighting Bob" had
brought from Hampton Roads to Mag
dalena bay, modestly declares himself
to be but the representative of Admiral
Evans in all these festivities. Admiral
Thomas is, like Admiral Evans, vet
eran in the service, much loved in the
navy and ranks next to the hero of
the terse sentences.
1t will be in spirit and essence a
Fighting Bob" parade without Eight
ing Bob" But the public has had am
pie time to adapt itself to the new
conditions and to greet the commander
with the true discipline of American
patriotism. Lieut. Evans the admiral's s
son, will ride in car No. 16.
The parade of itself will not be a
spectacle. 1t will include twenty five
decorated automobiles in the first of
{.Ia 80 f1o 40 10 90
Police Kern will ride. His appearance
will herald that of the first car con-
tanning Admiral Thomas, General Chat
fee, Governor Gillett and Mayor Har-
per-
The cars in the parade are to be
numbered and the list Of cars in their
numerical order, which follows. will
and citizens easy.
Will Keep to Right
The parade in its entire route will
keep neal the right hand curb and
those who choose places along the line
will be guided by the direction in which
the parade is going to gain the side
nearest the vehicles. The route is dis
played in another column.
The first hour of the parade will be
devoted to the route in the business
district. The parade will start prompt
ly at 10 o'clock from the Fifth street
entrance of the Alexandria hotel. The
block of Fifth street between Broad
way and Spring street will be inacces-
sibie to the public under police ex-
clusion for the use of the automobiles
and those who will occupy them.
One of the important parts of the
parade will be the detour to the high
schools where the pupils will be as
sembled and will greet the passing of
the officers with patriotic songs.
When the autos reach the residence
district the speed will be increased so
that the longer route may be traversed
within the two hours allotted, if pos
sible The arrangements for this pa
rade and the auto trip of the 200 Off
GERS of the fleet Thursday have been
made by Willis H. Booth and are exact
as to the details and rapidity of move-
ment.
The cars in the parade and their