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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31
RooSEvELT'S JOURNEY TO EAST
AFRICA LIES THROUGH
GRAND COUNTRY.
LAND OF WONDERFUL MOODS
COURSE OF SIX MONTHS
TRIP.
MAkINDu, 5000 FEET ABOVE SEA
LEVEL, OUT OF TROPICAL
LAND.

New York, March 23.-British East
Africa-that part of the dark CONT
nent in which former President
Roosevelt with the Smithsonian Afri-
can expedition VIII hunt for wild ami
mails in the interest of science for the
next six months before pushing north
ward to the Mediterranean tidewater-
takes on it's greatest charm with the
coming of spring and will tender a
rare tropical welcome when the party
disembarks in the latter part Of April.
The Roosevelt party win make its
way through a country wonderful in
its moods and phases, a strange com
mingling of widest jungle and a
strip of modern civilization-the
Uganda railway, 1t is along the line
of this railroad, which penetrates the
Jungle, plains and mountains. that Mr..
game of the region for specimens for
the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington His route has not been def
nitely determined, for though game
abounds plentifully. it shifts con-
stan&ly, changing its locality because
of drouth or scarcity Of food. Enough
has been learned of Mr.. Roosevlts
itinerary in the African wilds prac-
tically TO trace today his course in the
six months hunt along the Uganda
railway.
On April p, on the steamer Admiral.
of the German East Africa line. Mr.,
Roosevelt and party will reach Nom
hasa, a squat island city, the largest
seaport of British East Africa, bask-
in a hot. tropical sun, its Moorish
walls rejecting the light and contrast
ing brilliantly with the stately palms
ard the gold mohur tree, With its rare
red blossoms Nesting in this tropi-
ical luxuriance are the European
bungalows. or native villages. Nom
hasa has two hotels. and in the public
gardens stands a statue Of Sir William
Mackinnon. one Of the greatest bene-
factors Of East Africa
Leaving Mombasa. the Uganda rail-
way runs past Kilindini aid dips
down to Salisbury bridge, fine via
duct 100 feet long. connecting the is
land Of B7ombasa with the mainland,
and then begins the steep climb TO
the small station OF Changamwe. The
FIRST leg into the wilderness will be
made by the Roosevelt hunters by
train 70 Machakos. some two hundred
miles from Mombass. where Mr
Roosevelt will visit FOR fortnight with
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

ing places and even suspected meadows
with disiufectants. into streams, thought
capable Of having been infected. for
maIdehyde Is poured and not vestlge
IS left unburued Of the hay, oats. corn
or any other food which could possibly
have been muzzled over by the diseased
animals
Ne especial hardship is worked by this
Strengthening OF infected animals and the
stern destruction " every possible source
OF contagion. The national government
has sensibly and Justly taken the stand
that what the constituted authorities de-
eide must be destroyed for the common
coed Of the ration should he paid for out
Of the common funds. SO the diseonso-
late farmer or stock herder whose vaIu-
able animals have fallen q prey to
aphthous fever is not only protected from
future infection bus Is promptly paid
a fair market price for the animals de-
stroyed.
Difficulties Are Tremendous,
Tremendous difficulty ia sometimes en-
countered In getting the diseased ami
mails into such quarters that they can be
killed Even greater difficulty has been
experienced IN getting sufficient labor to
cNcavate the vast graves which must he
dug deep to hold the carcases Of the
slaughtered anlmals and to put an effect
I've layer Of earth between the living and
the Infection that can so swiftly be alb
sorhed from the dead
II Is Only IN rare cases In this country
thnt the disease progresses 10 II stage
where the animals froth AZ the mouth
Usually "a high fever sometimes MS much
ms l06 degrees has been encnnnterea IN
foot and mouth disease hut whor, the
deadly Inflammation Of the Term has
reached this extreme hisl pold recovery
Is out Of the question owing 70 serious
chemical changes ln the blood among
them a vicious tendency tn congulation
III" 0nal though; ia the pathological
search after the germ aud the nature Of
aphthous fever is that the bacillus must
he some inaulfcshnuIlr minute vegetable
parasite which defc~ the ordinary tests
for germs HE those ri consumption fY-
phold fever ptc It's ntiuu,cucss is prnf-
ably the cause ~ she Tremendous ease
With which ihn disease cfn spread itself
Nothing known 10 medical srirncc Is 81
easy Of propagation as foot aud mouth
disease.
Carried Inside Doctors Hair.
II can be Carried on the insldvs OF
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

Sir Alfred Pease. who mas hunted
with him in America. Sir Alfred
lives twenty miles from the railroad.
Fruit vendors swarm about the
train at Changamwe selling the pro-
duce of the plantations, with which
the country is thickly covered. Here
also is obtained a magnificent view
of the arms of the sea that enfold
Monbasa Port Reitz stretching three
miles inland from Kilindini, looks like
a beautiful lake, with its verdure clad
banks and the Shimba hills in the
background The ascent is sharp and
though the distance is still shorter
from the coast, the traveller can OBJ
serve game from the car windows.
At Vol, which is 1900 feet above sea
level, the American party will have
an opportunity to see Mount Kiliman-
iaro, one of the highest peaks in
Africa, rearing its mighty crest 10000
feet into the clouds This huge sugar
loaf mountain. clothed in eternal snow
will not be visited by the Roosevelt
party unless the present rlans are
changed.
The jungle railway then passes
through undulating and fairly open
country until the train reaches Tsavo
station, on the banks of the pretty
Tsavo river A peaceful place it will
be found, but its memories are sinister
and terrible to the engineer who built
the Uganda railway. No less than
six hundred lives were lost in the
building of the Uganda road by man
eating lions. and thirty natives were
killed by two man eaters at Tsavo.
This fearful pair of maneaters held
up the building OF the railway for
Leaily six weeks
run of some fifty miles further,
through fairly 1ren country, will find
the hunting parry at Makindu, little
over two hudred miles from Mombasa,
and ever three thousand feet above
will now be out of the tropical level,
and the air is cooler and fresher.
Nairobi, the capital of the British
East Africa protectorate. 326 miles in
land from Mombasa, will be reached in
May. and here the expeditions head
quarters will be established for the
greater portion OF the hunt From
Nairobi short trips OF from a week to
three weeks win be made in various
directions in pursuit of suitable speci-
e. feg
this point that most of the hunting
trips vill be made.
October will find the party moving
inland 10 Port Florence, on Lake Vic
toria Nyanza. the end of the railway,
where a short stop win be made The
railway from Nairobi takes a sharp
ascent to the pinnacles OF the Kihuyu
escaipment. where II IS possible TO
look down some 1000 feet into the
Great Rift valley. Swinging down
ward. the railroad enters a country
changing from hills and forest 20
grass land sheep farms and other
evidences of civilization meet the eye
of the traveller in the run to Nakuro,
44s miles from Mombasa- which is In
the midst Of a pastoral country.
After a journey Of another hun.
dred miles Mr.. Roosevelt's party viii
arrive ar Port Florence. a trip 70
Mount Elgon is planned which il
sventy-fye miles north Of the rail-
way terminus. Two modern steel
steamers. OF 800 IONS burden. navi'
gate Victoria Nyanza, and on one Of
these steamers the expedition will
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

Santa Claus hospital is the name to
be given to the hospital for children
which the women Of Denver are rails.
ing money to erect A good part OF
the money has been gathered by the
children of the city under the leader
ship Of Mrs. T. s. Hayden, president
of the association. and Miss Adelaide
Reynolds Haldeman. vice president.
This childrens branch Of the Hos.
pital association was named the lie.
gion Of Honor and even babies OF 2
and 3 years wore its white cross
badge and took part In the entertain.
ments employed 10 get the necessary
funds
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31
INTERESTING INFORMATION.
Detective Who Learned From One
Man How to Listen TO All.

Man How to Listen 10 AIT
1--WE can learn from all men, eveu
from the humblest," said H. K.
Adair a detective, according to the
Saturday Evening Post. Turn a
deaf ear to no man The lowIiest
tramp may have information Of in
credible interest for sou.
II we'll remember a walk / once
took down Market street As /
strobe along. proud and happy a
ose in my bu.tonhole and gold
headed cane in my hand, drunk.
en- man had the impotence to stop
u'.
u.Aint you Mr.. Adalr?" he said
Yes said /. what Of it?H
Mr.. Adair. the detective he
hic-coughed
yes. yes. who are won"
asked impatiently.
."Mr. Adair. said the onfid,
wretch as he laid his hand on my
shoulder to keep fron falling ~
tell you who I am. Mr. Adair Tn
hic-the husband Of you~ wiie's
washerwoman
Wei. wha, Of taat2' said J.
scorniu1ly
MY scorn broueh a .neer to the
mans lips, and he said
You see. you doa't know every
thing Mr Adair
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

leave some time early in December
for Entebbe, one hundred and fifty
miles from Port Florence Entebbe
is the point of departure for tray
ellers to Lake Albert, down the Congo
to the West Coast, or down the Nile
to Khartoum, and here the party will
join a small caravan which will head
north toward the Mediterranean.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31
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Cattle plaques were Just as frequent in
the Middle Ages as those fri ghtfuI cpl
denies of diseases among men that
frequently swept the entire known
globe. starting in far Casters Asia
among the crowded hordes of the Cngo-
liam steppe and swinging from action
to nation until 1t died out in the Arctic
regions-no from the cold but merely
from lack of more material to creep upon.
The foot ana mouth disease. Known
likewise sphthous fever, epIzoot'c aph-
tina infectious aphtha. eczema epizootic,
is so far as science today is concerned,
closed book. both as to specific germ or
bacillus which causes the scourge and the
cause or cure thereof
Science Can To Little.
All that modern science can actually do
even to this day against foot and mouth
disease is a primitive and brutal exterB.i-
nation of the victims of the fever before
other creatures have become infected by
it,
LOeffier. a celebrated scientist of Ger
many, and today perhaps the man most
experienced in combating foot and mouth
disease, tried inoculating healthy cattle
with injections of infected material and
produced immunity in great majority of
his cases, but the animals thus treated
are sources OF eontagion during their ILL.,
ness and actually this incubation would
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

-
INHERENTLY the United States authori.
- ties were called upon to combat
~ and defeat aphthous fever, the
deadly and dreaded scourge Of the cattle
ranges and yards. All the tremendous re-
sources Of the national government were
exerted to cut off in detail the mysterious
forces of this unseen, yet remorseIess
enemy Of our greatest single source OF
national wealtt for no other kind of pro-
duetion equals in value the output of our
i've stock industry. including as II does.
over dozen important branches of sub
and by-prOducts, any one of them inyolv-
Ing a trade mounting far up in the tens
Of millions.
The live stock trade OF the United
States in a sir gle year runs close to a
easaiOn of dollars and when all this mas
been devoured there yet remains an In
vested capital of over billion more in
the form Of actual live stock or products
evolved from the varied and various
branches of industry. primarily depend
ing on cloven foot animals. In this class
are included cattle, sheep and hogs, for
each and every variety of animal that
walks on cleft or divided hoof is sub
ge~t W AHe uESdu fOOl anu mOuNG u.s.
ease.
Two Outbreaks Last Year.
In 1908 but two important outbreaks Of
foot and mouth disease las aphthous fever
IL called IN the vernacularl were chroni-
cled in the United States. The first was
n the Middle West and caused tnly local
disaster and was promptly stamped out
by sudden exterminatio OF the cattle In
volved. The second attack occurred in
the Middle Atlantic states and led to an
embargo Of exporting cattle from two
great seaports and the destruction Of
thousands Of dollars worth Of stock. In
both cases the United States authorities
took immediate charge OF the situation
and the national treasury was called upon
to pay the owners the value Of the cattle
infested and destroyed.
Before detailing the appearance of this
dread cattle disease which causes a con
slant standing expense amounting to sew
erEl millions annually, the origin Of this
epidemic is especially interesting. The
Grst outbreaks of foot and mouth disease
were simply termed epizootics by farmers
hundreds OF years back and the disease.
Ike every other known scourge but two,
originated in the crowded sections of Cen
tral Asia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

the fever.
In Germany. In 1890. there were OF
known eases actually located and identi-
fed SO as to enter into the statistics OF
the empire AZ .23a cattle. go. SEQ sheep
and goats and l53. SOS hogs During this
year the foot and mouth disease was
rampant in France. Italy. Belgium. Aus
tria Hungary, Switzerland. Roumania and
Bulgaria. In 1881 in England alone, the
losses from cattle infected with aphthous
fever ran as high as S5,O00.Ooo and com
pared to the United States. England pro-
duces SO little cattle as to be not worth
the comparison from financial view
point.
Germ Cannot he Caught.
The germ Of the d ;ue has been sought
by many scientists and in every known
manner. Numerous attempts have been
made to cultivate the germ aud stain It,
so as TO get "a suitable culture for the
microscope. Careful experiment has demon
strated that the bacillus will pass easily
through all the standard germproof filters
and even through some which at euor-
nous expense. we're especially invent
ed to catch and Isolate the tiny and slip
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

The bill passed in the Belgian par
lament giving women the right to
vote for the members of the conseils
1es prudhommes also gives them the
right to serve on these councils, re-
quiring that certain proportion Of
the councillors shall be women The
women of Belgium declare that this is
only an entering wedge toward OBJ
tanning equal franchise.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31
Rather Ambiouous

oh. just listen to me-" finally eN
claimed Mrs. Chatter. annoying ou
with all this talk abou Mrs Next
dore's shameful treatment Of me end
all my other troubles
Not al all nv dear" replied Mrs
Deepley. Tn glad to hear it."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

BrEa Ma~r may Obtain the genera.
education boards gift of $3.50 del
~hirh conditioned upon raising
f2S9ooo hy June. $40 The Alumni
have aIrrsde raised 500 coo. The
zif' IS ba most liberal given By the
board wbich was no doubt ndu.
anced br The fact hat money IS given
more literally to mons than TO WON
ems colleges
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

Miss Kate Gilmour is the only WON
an who has been honored with a
Lloyd's medal for Iife.saving at sea.
Miss Gilmour was stewardess on
the Sardinia when T. was DESTROYED
hy fire at Malta not long ago. She
stayed on duty I'll every woman ard
Child Nae taken off
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

Gibbs DO you believe that WISH
tors can come 10 les from the spirit
land?'
Dlbbs. From Kentucky, sure they
can"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31

Mrs Helen G. Talboy of Sioux
City, who was graduated last year
from Drake university at the head of
law class Of ,hirty-eight is now in
Des Moines taking postgraduate
course and preparing book on real
estate law. After completing her
course Mrs. Talboy intends TO enter
upon the active practice of her pro
fession.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-31
Concerning N omen

Lady Constance Richardson says
she is poor woman, but she is anx.
ious to found a school ia Scotland for
boys where they will be taught out.
door exercises as much as anything
else She dances for money for this
purpose and feature is the flowing
robe of the classic dance and bare
feet.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

-, ,.oior IS bright and not inharmon-
~. is sadly deficient III quality He
Ioss ..-ettv rather than beautiful portraits
cakes Galleries of the photo Secession
The n' amusing collection of caricatures by
cOntsh 7ovas Though he has no charm OF
NJ -. uses an expressive touch and there
style 30 .,o1-ar bits OF tone in his drawings.
sre SUI me place there may be seen a num-
:. very interesting color photographs or
ls' '-.,crnes' by Nj. ]. n Laurvik. interest
~sas00-- sa.,ss they show how near the camera is
% .o the exact reproduction or natural
dIs" r Hopkinson Smith has opened an
fsctN, of recent water coiors at the Noe
ezhio" Miss Anna Fisher is showing some
ssH.c in oils and water colors at the
lsn"s rarery. and at the Macbeth gallery there
pow selected paintings by living American
Se Yesterday M. NJ. E Blashki opened
,,,,.ion of his paintings at the Salmagundi
81 -ne Keppel gallery is hung with about
G@' 80 of Whistier's ctchings and dry
"- Tho current exhibition at the American
P."' Galleries is given to the objects of art,
Al ,o;en+al- collected by the late Baron
noS,' ,,on sternburg. German Ambassador to
slFN1 1-,;ie5 states The sale is set for the
ne 80 of January 13. IA II and 16 Mr..
81 Eraushaar announces the opening on
,.-,sry is Of a formal eXhibitlon OF works
- -, nu,ch uainter J. II. Jurres. one of whose
U - vas reproduced in this place a week
The nictlres by German artists shown in
~e f51rstratiors today are all from the ex-
80, ou- At the Metropolitan Museum which
-. - .vbs,,stiyely reviewed in The Tribune of
Tauusry G. H. Z.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

Oxford. each fun OF atmosphere, and brilliant
series Of sketches in the Lake District Con
iston Old Man" must have made honely ap-
peal to Mr.. Ruskin. yet he rejected 1t as trial
sketch unworthy Of preservation among the
masterpieces "Dolbadarn Castle has sky
which offers promise Of the more brilliant skies
Of Turner's later years The welsh drawings
are pictures IN the making. The series en-
braces q rapid sketch Of Scarborough. draw
ing OF a rood-screen and gliInpses of mountain
roads and river shadows "Fonthiu Abbey
shows the white palace in Wiltshire looming
up over surges Of woodland
Turner'S earlier methods can be well STUDIED
in these sketches and trial pieces II the un-
finished works at the Tate Gallery enable paint
ers TO understand how he prepared his surfaces
and made his color schemes during his LATER
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

a month They are small pictures. painted
mainly scraps of mahogany veneer, and do
not have a wide range of either subject or
treatment The most decorative is the upper
rim of picture. Tree Tops and Sky" There
five impressions of Windsor Castle and
Eton there is a sketch of Newark Abbey, and
there are glimpses of localities not easily identi-
fed in Sunset on a River" River with Castle
and Village" and "A Town on the Thames"
These are studies in oil belonging to Turner's
early period. when he was a close observer Of
nature. The water color drawings are larger
and more interesting works These include IN
teriors of Durham Cathedral and Christ Church,
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10
MORE TURNER'S.
Some Fragments from the Cellars of
the National Gallery.

London, January >
c. Charles Holroyd. the director of the Ma
ii Gallery. has effectively rearranged the
T-.-ss in that institution. and has enriched the
-,..,;ons with some important works The
-4.,,Ing Of the lumber rooms which he has
-,r,otad was sorely needed, and has produced
- gaoj results But appreciation of his eff
- has been more than generous Recently
-, oil r,aintings and nearly three dozen water
o,lors by Turner have been hung upon screens IN
..a british section. and the director has been
--e..a5 with the honors Of a discoverer. The
e.+,s-v is overdone There are as many as
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

1900 Turner'S In the cellars OF the National
Gallery, and little more than an excursion
underground Is required for a continuous series
q discoveries to be made there. These frag-
msnts and discarded works form the bulk or the
artists beQuest 10 the nation Ruskin, his most
sympathetic critic, ruthessly rejected them ana
hey have remained In the dark for a genera
ton- But they have never been lost Every
vel Informed student has known Of their exist
elce and their whereabouts.
As the forty-seven sketches and unfinished
works are now seen II the overcrowded Turner
rooms they are remarkably fresh in color. The
g-eat canvases Oh the walls around them may
have faded under glare OF light, but darkness
has been favorable for the preservation Of the
qualities in these fragments. The OILS look as
though they might have been dashed of within
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

years, these drawings indicate the processes OF
growth in that period during which he was
learning how to work and turning his powers Of
observation to practical account. Other pictures
were in his mind and he was feeling his way
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

toward them, experimenting with unceasng en-
ergy in order to find the most effective method
of carrying out a shadowy and imperfectly out
lined design. Students clustering around these
badly lighted screens may be at a disadvantage
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

lery win supply the wall space required for re-
veaIng the painters methods in detail, as well
as adequately exhibiting his masterpieces with
out allowing them to damage one another, as
they now do In the Turner room. L N. +.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

in comprehendng the educational processes and
transitions of technique illustrated on them, but
the time is soon coming when every phase of his
art can be set forth in an orderly way. The
new Duveen wing to be added to the Tate Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
TO REPORT FOREST FIRES
FROM LOOKOUT STATIONS
Government Takes Precautions to
Prevent Conflagrations In
Western States

Working along the line of securing
the greatest results in protection
against fire, with minimum of eXpen-
diture, the forest service has decided
to establish on the most advantageous
points of the national forests in the
west a series of lookout stations, from
which news Of the breaking out of for
est fires can be telephoned to forest Of
fclals.
In most of the national forest states
the climate is very dry and the rain
fall light. Conditions, therefore, are
favorable for the spread Of
fire and extraordinary diligence is
necessary in patrolling dangerous
areas. To administer the vast area in
cluded in the national forests, approx
imately 95,000000 acres. the govern
ment has about 1400 men in the field.
If each man could be used for fire pa
troll he would have to cover approx
mately 1873, 900 acres. AS a matter Of
fact, however, the volume of business
on the national forests has grown 70
such proportions that less than 25 per
cent of the force is available. This
makes it necessary to spread an aver
age mans service over nearly four
times 1873, 900 acres, decreasing fire pro-
lection far below the point of safety in
many cases