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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-06
of Wheat Land i
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WILL MAKE YOU h''

50 bushels per acre have been cen sr nart dth,,
average greater than in any other l Ri + !. pe5
tinent. Under New Regulators Lsa and adS1
secure Homestead Of 100 acres l'''
100 acres at $500 per acre. ,,+rrha
THE development Of the he c % a rstst
made marvellous strides. ~ settlenS
ton, a record OF conquess t+r ~ from o.
that is remarka bic. "- .l~aI Editor,
respondence of a NatlonaIt. st.
visited Canada in Angus. ''o ranyb5@I
The grain crop Of 1908 will I ne. sis v
5000 to $500 per acre, -. the prncRaaiis
tries. Climate is excellent oUOTnnseo1ualled 81
best: Railway Adyan tag at hand. j
Lands may also be purchase i
and Land Companies -ST YVES
pamphlets. maps ana n .;,r rr' Rates, apf
how to secure lowest h"A ,.rt Of Immg+j
w. D. Scott, superinteHGd' GTarrie. RoO9s
Ottawa, Canada, Or T. r Zee Wis, Au'"
Government Agents. ,,,,srtissment
Please say where you saw tht'l-~--
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

of statue in that hole in the ground
was part of the Park Commission
plans; that the placing of the Gen.
Grant Statue there would be the enter
ing wedge, and SO you have it.
So it happens that the statue to our
greatest General is lost sight of in the
quarrels of two Commissions and their
rights to do something that Congress
has declared it would not have done.
There is just one place in the city for
the Grant Statue tc stand, and that is
on the plaza between the magnificent
new marble Union Station, in the broad
sweep between it and the white marble
Capitol on the gentle slope at the other
end of the Avenue. 1t is an ideal spot
for the splendid creation, on high
ground, overlooking the city, with MOTH
ing to mar the approaches to it or to
hide or belittle its beauties. 1t will
certainly be an outrage to hide it on
the banks of the walled-over Tiber,
which runs close TO the surface in the
Botanical Gardens, where you couldn't
tell whether it was whitewashed con-
crete or falling to pieces mast unless
You walked up and pushed aside the
branches that are bound to obstruct
the view. Congress will probably de-
eide that, modest as Grant was, his fame
that he stand out in the open
before the generations to come, as he
stood out In the open in the awful days
of war, a conspicuous figure at all times
tho quiet and even taciturn.
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

brush on the side of a steep canyon
which the road assembled. Col. Whipple
had with him about $4,000 for the
payment of troops.
Thinking that the funds were in the
escort wagon, the robbers allowed the
ambulance to pass, and opened with a
volley on the escort wagon, a few yards
in the rear Immediately the occu-
pants of the ambulance opened fire on
the robbers, while they were making a
rush for the escort wagon, thereby
drawing the fire of the robbers upon
them, resulting in MORALLY wounding
Serg't Coonrod, wounding the driver and
knocking him off his seat, Kidding the
ambulance with shot, and wounding
one of the mules. Fortunately, Col.
Whipple had the funds under the seat
of the ambulance. Alone with the dy-
ing Sergeant his clerk having jumped
from the ambulance, Maj. Whipple
gathered up the reins let fall by the
wounded driver, and, urging his team
to its greatest speed, managed to es-
cape and reach SCOTS Ranch, seven
miles away, thus saving the Government
funds.
1.-The robbers having left their horses
concealed in the timber. some distance
from the scene of attack, were unable
to overtake the ambulance after having
searched the escort wagon and relieved
the escort of their arms.
WORD was sent by Maj. Whipple
from the ranch to Fort Buford, 40
miles away, and CAT the time
sent with my troops to the rescue of
his party. arriving there at daybreak
the next morning. Maj. Whipple and
his party had remained on guard all
night with two carbines and shotgun
belonging to the ranch. hourly expect
ing an attack by the robbers.
1.-The saving of the funds was alone
due to Col. Whipple's courage and de-
termination"
Secretary Taft and Maj.-Gen. J.
Franklin Bell, the Chief of Staff of the
Army, are considering the ACCESSIBILITY
of recommending that Congress enact a
law providing that the term Of duty of
staff officers in Washington be limited
to four years.
OF all the scrapping matches that
have taken place in the National Capt.
tai. nothing has equaled the war of
words that has been going on over the
location of the statue of Gen. Grant
The Commission for that purpose locat-
ed the statue in corner of the Botani-
cal Gardens. an obscure corner right
under the Capitol, and within a stones
throw of a hideous thing called the
Peace Monument" which stands at the
foot of the Capitol slope. The spot for
the statue is low, marshy and unfre-
quented up to now, filed with various
kinds of prize underbrush and a num-
Der OF trees that were set out by prom
inent statesmen from rs to SO years
ago. These are all against the placing
of a statue to Grant, which really ought
to stand on a hill overlapping the dome
of the Capitol. There would have been
no Capitol dome to-day had there no:
been an unconditional Surrender
Grant. There would have been no Ma
ton spelled with a great big IN" The
funny part of the whole business is that
nobody seems to be caring a rap about
the statue itself 1t has gone clear out
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

of sight in the ruck of talkee-talkee
about Park Commissions. Statue Com
missions and the rights of the "MaisteI
| of the Botanical Gardens canny SEQ
by the name of William Smith, whose
creation that beautiful bit of plagiarized
nature is.
Quite naturally, Mr. Smith, who has
mad charge of those Gardens for sc
years or so, and who loves them. is
averSe to having any of his trees cut
down. his shrubbery torn up by the
| roots. his flower beds ruined and his
palm houses destroyed, just for a statue
which will be as out of place in that
locality as would the peach blow vase
in a pig stye. Not that the Botanical
Gardens could be called a pig stye, but
they are mighty few PAGES removed
from that, for it was once a swamp
round there, and at times of high water
one could cross it in boats. SO the oldest
inhabitants say. These Gardens are
now almost the only link between the
old Washington and the new. They
are truly delightful place, walled in
with stone and high iron picket fence
topping that, and filled with trees and
shrubs from every part of the world.
In the center of these grounds stands a
Bartholdi fountain. On one side are the
famous palm houses, with their wonders
of tropical vegetation, finer than any
thing else in this country. These gar
dens should be left exactly as they are
for all time.
Now, once upon time the President
authorized some gentlemen, mainly per-
sonal friends of him, and among them
artists and landscape gardeners of re-
nown, to make for him a plan of a
City Beautiful" taking for the starting
point the United States Capitol, and
sweeping to the Potomac. The Com
mission did its work, and did it we'll.
But when an attempt was made to get
Congress to sanction the wiping out of
existence of the Botanical Gardens, the
Agricultural Grounds and perhaps the
Washington Monument in the far dis
tant future, when the 5000 600, 600 have
been spent for the Panama Canal and
the country is ready to spend $500, 000,-
900 more on the City Beautiful, Con-
gress kicked. 1t did, indeed. Congress
said that it had never authorized the
Commission, had no use for the Com
mission. and it was perfectly useless to
come to Congress to get it to make an
appropriation for the Commission, be-
cause Congress wouldn't pay it a-wel
a single cent. Just like that. The
President fastened to say that he had
ePPShieSu tfiC DtCduSe ne
wanted to see what could be done along
the lines of a "City Beautiful" and paid
from some contingent fund.- it is
thought, the Commission slowly faded
from the minds of men. Suddenly, a
year ago. the Grant Statue Commits
sion located the statue on the ground
mentioned. A protest went up by tree
lovers. The Commission doggedly went
on with its work, and only an injunc-
re hX-
young man of Washington stopped
things till the power of Congress could
be invoked. Then it came out in the
hearings that the Statue Commission
was working in the interest of the old
Park Commission, and that the location
The National tribune., 1908-01-30
The Roanoke Association.

The Roanoke Association will cele.
brate the 46th anniversary of the cap
ture of Roanoke Island by the force
under Gen. Burnside by dinner at the
Revere House, Boston, Saturday. Feb.
s. The tickets to the dinner will cost
s1.25 each. F. L. Fuller. Secretary Of
the Association. 46 Cornhil, Boston,
wants the names and addresses of all
veterans who participated in that ex-
na5itiop
The National tribune., 1908-01-30
Arrears of Pensions,

James J. Reeves, Bradford Center,
Me-, wants to know why those who lost
legs and arms and We're given a PEN
sion of only $40 a month at the close
of the war are now held to be entitled
to SAG month. This shoulud be made
to extend back to the date of discharge
and the balance paid. If they are en-
titled to that rate now they were en-
titled to it from the beginning.
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

Sometimes ridiculous things are pa
9hetic, and then sometimes pathetic
s3hings become regularly ridiculous. In
Ill the headlines of the papers one day
Test week was one like this: Minister
Starved Ic; Death Repairing Church
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

Because of changed conditions from
those existing in 1905, when the minor
ity of the Board Of Consulting Engi-
neers ot-the-PanaIna Canal submitted
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

The State Department has received
from the Spanish Government the sum
OF $4,000 in full payment Of the prin-
cipaI of the Spanish indemnity claims
These claims were the result of the
depredations of Spanish privafeers up-
on American commerce and the wal
between Spain and her American colo
MES
In 1894 Spain agreed to pay to the
United States claimants the sum OF
5000 900, with interest at five per cen,
per annum on the claims arising be.
tween the years 1919 and 1894. At the
time of the Spanish War the interes,
payments were stopped for the timt
being, and at the close of the war they
were resumed again.
The Spanish Government. since the
treaty was negotiated in 1854, has paid
TO the United States Government the
sum of about s1,923.500 In interest
alone. or about four times the principal
of the claims.
Because of changed conditions from
those existing in 1908 when the minor
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

of sight in the ruck of talkee-talkee
about Park Commissions. Statue Com
missions and the rights of the MASTER
of the Botanical Gardens" canny Scot
by the name of William Smith, whose
creation that beautiful bit of plagiarized
nature is.
The National tribune., 1908-01-30
Thousands Nave Been Cured. Why Net yeu7

There many grateful honest people in all parts of the
United States who tell of health and strength wonderfully
restored by my treatment. They first read my offer, just
as you are doing now sent for my free treatment and
by magic chronic lingering and complicated diseases dis
appeared and glorious health renewed Today these
ne vigorous and strong and able face es duties
anew Their trust ability to them brought them
from sickness health.
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

In transmitting to the Senate the re-
port of Provisional Governor Magoon
on conditions in Cuba, the other day,
the President said:
Il am glad to be able TO say that we
can now definitely announce that by or
before Feb. /, 1903, we shall have turn
ed over the island 10 the President and
Congress TO be elected next December
by the people of Cuba. Our word TO
turn the island over to its own people
will be scrupulonsly regarded"
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

Funny things happen everywhere.
The other day Representative Bartlett,
of Georgia, wanted to get the eye of
the Speaker of the House. There have
been times when Representative Bart
lett got the eye. and the gavel of the
Speaker. as well as the Sergeant-at-
Arms and the mace, by throwing ink
wells, United States Statutes at the
heads of colleagues on the floor who
had displeased him, but this time he
wanted the Speaker for entirely AMIGA
BILE purposes. The galleries were pack
ed with people. the entire membership
of the House was there. and SO was Mr.
Bartlett He called Mr.. Speaker as
loud as he could yell-'Mistah Speak
an" just like that-but your Uncle Jo-
self was busy banging the gayel with
his left-handed lick, and did not see
well. anyhow, he didn't recognize Bart
lett, "of Gawjah. subj" so he shouted
again. but this time from the center
aisle. His voice was sill sticking round
in the crevices of the glass ceiling, when
a shout of laughter went up, and then
a howl, a yell of merriment swept GAL
leries and floor. Meantime BartIetts
friends were frantically motioning at
him. down toward his feet. Finally
Bartlett looked down. There met his
sight u neat SOCK we'll picketed to his
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

Charles Emory Smith. editor of the
Philadelphia Press, formerly Postmas
ter-General and former Minister t.
Russia. died suddenly and alone las
week in his home in Philadelphia A..
a newspaper man Charles Emory Smitf
stood high in the profession. He wa.
leader in the Republican Party, ant
stood high in the councils of the lead.
ers. He was Postmaster-Generalu under
President Mckinley.
The National tribune., 1908-01-30


Brighten. Charles H Whipple. who
became PaymaSter-Generalo of the Army
on Jan. l, has seen considerable service
IN the field, on the Western frontier
during his earlier SERVICE and later in
lhe Philippines, Porto RICO and Cuba.
One of his exciting experiences. occur
ring in 1884, while stationed at Fort
keogh, Mont, is told ain5an official re-
port to the War Department by Brig
Gen. James NJ. Bell. who says:
Sol Whipple had "A Tong and ardu-
Gus service on the frontier in district
where long. tedious overland trips had
TO be made, being often exposed to the
intense cold and death-dealing billiards.
For many years while stationed at Fort
keogh he paid the troops at Fort BIZ
ford, where L WIS stationed, rs miles
from the railroad. and at Poplar River,
40 miles TO the northwest. On several
of these trips his party was caught in
billiards. of the utmost severity, and
only by the greatest perseverance and
good judgment did they escape death.
"On one of these trips. in May. 1884,
from Glendive, the point of departure
from the railroad. to Fort Buford, and
when about midway, his party, consist
ing of himself. his clerk, Serg't Coon
ROD, Ith cav. and the driver of the
ambulance, followed by three enlisted
men In an escort wagon. WAS attacked
by several road agents concealed in the
The National tribune., 1908-01-30

About every other day Bryan is nom
mated for the Presidency on the floor
of the House by some Democrat who
is making a record speech for home
consumption. and there is always a
mighty cheer, and then some other
Democrat gets up and makes a speech
and dominates some other fellow, and
there is another mighty cheer. Up to
now there has been no roll call on can
didates for the Presidency in Congress.
When there is the Sergeant-at-ArIls
will have 10 be sent out to round up
enough members to count quorum.
The National tribune., 1908-01-30
Sick People, Why Suffer I?

Just sit down and write your troubles, tell in
fdence what ais you fully freely and fanky-alk to
wife would talk to her husband, husband should
talk to his wife No matter what your ai1men of how
long standing will send you my trial treatment absolutely
free and also my letter giving you advice the same as #
ing from and how you 1t may be you have a
cough cold pain in the arms legs body perhaps
you suffering from the first symptoms of stomach
bowel trouble The neglect of early symptoms often paves
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-01-09
WINTER WHEAT.
Valuable Details From Experience at
the Kansas Station.

Valuable Details From Experience at
the Kansas Station.
In trial of varieties of winter
wheat at the Kansas experiment sta
tion hardy strains of durum wheats
sown In fall were nearly all destroyed
while ordinary winter varieties sur
yived the winter In good condition.
Observations made In 1904 on the
yield in connection with stooling show
ed that those varieties averaging six
or more tlllers per plant made an ay-
erage yield of 2S.45 bushels per acre,
while those averaging less than six
produced 2l.74 bushels.
During three years the varieties
OF the hard red Turkey or Russian
type OF wheat were the best yielders.
The highest average yield for the
three seasons, All bushels per acre,
was made by Bearded Fife. really a
hard red Turkey wheat Other yarie-
ties tested for three years and pro
dueing large average yields were De-
fiance, Turkey No. 4, Turkey No. o,
Malakoff and Kharkoy of the hard
wheats and Zimmerman and Fultz Of
the soft wheats. The two soft wheat
varieties averaged 3S.3 bushels per
acre as compared with 37SS bushels
for the eleven hard wheats tested dur
ing the same period
II Is stated that the hard wheats are
especially adapted TO fairly dry or up
land conditions, such as obtain In the
western two-thirds OF the state and on
the uplands IN the eastern part, while
the soft wheats give best results in
eastern Kansas on bottom lands and |
In some sections on the lower uplands. |
A selected strain of winter durum
wheat produced 42.56 bushels per |
acre in 1904 as compared with 1852 |
bushels, the largest yield from spring |
durum wheat. The following year, |
however. only about one-tenth of the
plants Of this strain survived the win
ter
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-01-09

{ lgnwpj fl,e saxeestiaa
Docs 49, pant 20 ~ new y / said.
tio9@lns aifriiy iwtufu her
Deaf Tod abe said "Yea
mustht"
-She shha ~ IL she wants 20 DO !
DECLARED
Think u sH tie pians that hare
bern tilaee ier nee Tod imasWi r.
-pfal the iaaus iap shah ~ Just
ehai 500 WHut Just What yni year
self want wia
! leil hef haWd 90 az fiswNs Then
she dew ms toward her
= wasn't 10 he the little girl 10 blue
foaF hiiie Firl 10 blue" she said. with
something Ike q sob
Ia = minute she was Ia iuy arms
She dldbg die after an. / said ex
ultnutly
Nc, Tod dear They tried 60 kiil
her, bui they couldn't" she whispered
MON. now plrasr. let's have light"
Laughing | released her
@Ali right Let's have light" said
I. "And after we've got The light let's
call 10 the family lhercs bound TO lie
biz row over this. rbllllpa, 50 lets
get i Over as Sooa rs We can"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-01-09
Young Folks
The TOWER or BABEL.
sp,ns - Anslsn, structure reuna In
uAbylonia.

Rpins ~ Ancient Structure reuna n
nAbylonia.
MANY bows aud girls DO not know
I~rhaps that the afvhaeologlsts toe
people that are always del,ing Into the
pas, have. a. they believe located the
ruins " the tower " Babel. says the
Chicago News The Rirs Nhnrud, the
'ci,ndrl ~ Nimrod." 10 nabylonia. they
take 60 ~ the remnant 81 the tower
or Of temple that was built on th.
same site
This ruin seems 20 correspond more
nearly than any other with the ron
c.itcd notion " The tower II i Of an
ohlong shape the circumference lasng
about TG2 yards There Il derp fur
raw AZ the eastern end, that part "
the tower being not more than ffty OF
sixty feet Ia height, while on the west.
crn Side II rises 10 a height of i!lS feei
Ia a eonloal shape, ON its summit is q
solid pile Of brick, thirty seven feet 10
height hy twenty eight In width aud
diminishing IN thickness 10 the top,
which IS broken and Irregular aud rent
10y large assure,
The bricks are FIRE burnt. most OF
them bearing Inscriptions, and SO nrm
is the cement With which they are put
together that il Is almost Impossible
10 get brick out whole. There are
great fragments Of brickwork on othet
parts Of the Hill where the ruins stand
They are all tumbled together aud are
converted Into yitrlhed masses, as II
they had been subjected TO the action
OF fierce fire All this Is strange II
not suggestive when taken IN eonnee
ton with the ancient tradition that the
tower OF Babel was rent and over
thrown by fire from heaven
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-01-09
What NsrtY
BEAUTY HINTS.

A simple remedy for oillness Of the
nose IL 10 add a little washing soda
10 The water In which the face Is wash
ed. The rich foods which cause PIN
plies all aiiiict the nose. and the only
permanent cure Is return 70 normal
diet.
Clipping Is the wrong thing 10 do
II one Is trying 10 cultivate heavy eye
lashes. Their growth may be stimulat
ed By putting on tonic Of five grains
Of sulphate OF quinine aud one ounce
OF sweet almond oil Touch the roots
lightly with fne sable brush once Or
twice q week. and you VIII soon see a
decided change Ia their length.
Massage the scalp well every day
and get II lossened Up aud flexible, 50
that the hair may receive its rightful
nourishment by the blood circulating
freely OF the roots This VIII siimn-
late the growth and arrest The splitting
and breaking Splitting 81 the ends
always indicates poor n0arishment.
and nothing but massage Will relieve
the trouble.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-01-09
Thrift Taught Early.

"One o. the surcst ways" writes
Laura Braddock ID House and Home,
Ito ineulcute sincere economy IN chill
dren j. TO start them early 10 home
work for which they are paid and then
encourage the saving OF the earnings.
This y done 10 Germany and France
with success aud is why 80 few Ger.
man Or French children o. the middle
classes are idle or penniiess. The no
ti0n that child should work alto
geiler Without reeompense has been
done away with. aud these two nations
are therefore just that much more in.
dusirions aud prosperous Pay the
ehild FOR legitimate labor and make II
a c0worker with the parents Ia build.
lug log rainy days Let II have lis In
noeeni pleasures snd pay for them out
~ hs own funds. but educate IL 10
spend Q little less than II earns and 10
si~ays have 10 ieewsrd q balance"