Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-05
TRADE AND INDUSTRY

A strike of $50 actors and actresses
employed at moving picture shows in
Chicago marked demand for $25
weekly for single acts and $50 for dou-
bles
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, in
his recently published report, estimat-
ed the value of farm products for 1908
at the sensational sum of S7,77S,000,-
00O During the past nine years there
has been a gain for agriculturists of
$3,061. 10000
The new grand stand at the State
fair grounds in st. Paul will cost $685.
000 This is an excess of $4,000 over
the appropriation for that purpose. The
fair board intimate that the Legisla-
ture may be asked for an additional
appropriation.
Kansas has two forestry stations,
each of which has considerable num-
Der of young trees at the disposal of
those who want them. The only cost
MS the expressage and guaranty that
1.-THE receiver will care for them a GER
tain number of years.
The township of Highland. not far
from Aberdeen, S. D., was visited by a
destructive tornado, which destroyed
half dozen barns and one house.
Carl Harrington Hanna, grandson of
the late Senator Mark Hanna, is work
ing in Cleveland to learn the ore BUSH
ness. He is in the'employ of the Mark
Hanna company and tolls twelve hours
daily.
Acting Secretary of Agriculture
Hays has issued an order which re-
leases from quarantine, on account of
scabies or mango in cattle, that portion
of North Dakota lying south and west
of the Missouri River.
About $500 acres of cotton were
planted in California as an experiment
with such satisfactory results that it is
predicted that cotton will become one
of the staple crops of the Imperial val
ley. The first cotton crop is being har-
vested now.
Contractor William Horrab bin, of
Grinnell, Iowa, has begun work on the
biggest paving contract ever let in the
State of Iowa. 1t comprises $4,000
square yards and will cover all the
business portion and several of the fin
est residence streets of the city.
The Northwestern line has ordered
125 cars from the Pullman company
which will be of fre-proof construc-
ton, made chiefly from metal with
asphalt floors. They viii be built of
compressed steel to withstand the most
violent shock in the case of a wreck
One of the most beautiful exhibits at
the Minnesota State fair was a replica
of the famous capitol building executed
in pure, luscious. golden butter. II was
the work of a St. Paul dairy firm.
I'VE are going to have good crops, "
says James ]. Hill. That will lay a
sound basis for a general revival Mr..
HIN is quite optimistic since experi-
encing a recent trip through the North
west.
George G. johnson. State Treasurer
of South Dakota. claims that with the
present systematic methods of farm
ing there is no danger that the won
derful yielding qualities of the soil of
South Dakota viii ever be diminished.
Hogs and sheep assessed in Mime
sofa show considerable decrease. Ac-
cording TO the county returns there are
only s54.s3s hogs in the State. valued
at s1.071.ST5: last year there were asa
647 hogs. valued at sI,z60.27s. a de-
crease in the number of animals of
12s. 7os. and in valuation Of sass. 401.
Malcolm F. Ewing and George H.
Tomlinson. of Chicago claim to have
discovered a process by which drink
able alcohol can be made from saw
dust The process win enable the aIco-
hol 10 be placed on the mariret for :
cents per gallon as against az approx
mate cost of IS cents per salon for
! the grain alcohol