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The Greeley tribune., 1909-03-31
$1,000 SUBSCRIBED
FOR COUNTY FAIR
PLANS OF FAIR ASSOCIATION
Committee Optimistic Ms to Outcome
-&6.OOO More Needed

ID. J. March. the secretary appoint
d to take subscriptions for a perma-
nent Weld county fair association.
is meeting with fair success. although
the weather has been so bad that
few of the farmers have so far been
interviewed The organization will
not be perfected until $4,000 has
been pledged. and then every man
who has subscribed will assist in the
formation
OF the $4,000 Mr. March has al
ready secured $4,000 and some
$4,000 of this has been secured in
Greeley. The idea is to get enough
this year to procure permanent
grounds and instead of erecting cost
ly buildings this year. use large tents
and temporary arrangements, and
with the proper results the enthus-
iasm next year will double the num-
ital.
One of our local capitalists, who
is also a booster, has made the pro-
moters the proposition of a long
time lease on the finest location in
this vicinity, just outside the city
limits. The city no doubt would
tender the use of Island Grove park
but the association does not care
to erect large buildings. not knowing
what exigencies, political or other
wise, might arise in the future
Every farmer in this county should
subscribe at least 500 as the bene-
fit and advertising will be worth ten
times that much to his farm. 1t Is
now certain tnat the Greeley mer-
chants WI do even more than their
share
The Greeley tribune., 1909-03-31
STORM INELICTS
HEAVY DAMAGE
AL TELEPHONE Inns .o"N
ID. NJ. Lewis Of lAaSalle Lose ANU
able Live 6t0cS
(LaSalle Special.

(l.aSalle Special
LaSalle has storm story th"'
sounds like mild cyclon yarn
hut il is one that will pronaaiy Dc
Iparalleled by other lows rs soon
as telephone communtca' io' Is -
established A private c. pear'hf
train dispal hers is inatala1 mere
keeping the trains unta ana
will probably remain all d. .s mere
is little chance OF getting dispatches
through before night.
d. NJ. Lewis reports the largest
damage to stock. owing to the fac'
that a shed roof Oh his ranch fell H.
crushed by the weight Of the snow +;
but as many parts Of The district
are still cut of from the world. there
may have been equally serious loss
OF life on other ranches.
Between Evans and LaSalle five
poles are down on one side OF the
road and on the other six poles, all
belon Eing to the Bell Telephone Co.
One Of the poles had been struck BY
Between Laaalle and Den
yer the snow was % heayy and wet
that the telegraph lines are down
everywhere, and necessitated estab-
fishing train dispatchers here.
C. b. Norris. whose ranch is sit
uated about = mile from LaSalle.
reports a calf killed by stroke "f
lightning.
The disaster on the Lewis ranch Is
s distressing story. Lewis's place
Is well stocked. and the big barn
on the place does not furnish ac'
fer all his horses. With
he big storm coming on he realized
he need OF getting the animals all
Inder cover and considerable num-
,er were driven into An old stable.
During the night, when the storm
vas at its worst. the roof fell. One
mule was killed outright, one horse
injured so badly that 1t will die. n
,aluable saddle pony crippled for
ife and all the other animals con-
ined in the place were badly cut
md scratched.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01

out of their dens, coiled up in the
sunshine The bucks would poke the
first RATHER with the liver on the long
pole. A. RATHER, unlike common
snakes, always shows fight in prefer
ence to escaping.
The snake would thus repeatedly
strike at the liver with its fangs until
its poison was all used up, whereupon
it would quit striking and try slowly
to move on. The bucks would then
hunt UP another RATHER and repeat
the performance. keeping UP the work
until the liver was well soaked with
snake poison.
Then the pole was carried home and
fastened somewhere in an upright po-
sition until the liver became as dry as
bone. The liver was pounded to a
fine powder and placed in buckskin
bag, to be used as needed for the ar
rows. This powder would stick like
glue to any moistened surface.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
Ballot for Women Would
increase Perils of Democracy
So Declares President of Smith College

the Restoration blush, and ever since
she inaugurated female fiction the
most prurient and disgusting writer's
of the sensational school have been
women.
I'VE might have supposed for in
stance that the admission of women
to the stage would have banished OBJ
scenity from the drama. On the con-
trary, morals became more corrupt,
and plays more Indictment when the fe-
male characters were no longer per-
sonated by boys but by women. Did
the presence of woman purify the
Courts of Love among the Trouba-
dours? Did the young ladies in b.
caccio's Decameron, which, although
fiction, is a historic picture of mediae-
val society, make indecent stories
seem improper in their presence?"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
Hero Worship.

Allen has a strong admiration for
soldiers. He seldom misses mill
tary parade and his childish fancy has
so idealized the boys in blue that he
considers them little short of perfec-
ton.
Not long ago his mother took him
to see an elderly friend of hers-a
sweet-faced, silver-haired lady who is
the widow of a veteran of the civil
war. Before arriving at the house Mrs.
Parker told Allen this bit of her
friends history, and consequently the
boy accorded this beautiful woman
the most reverent attention.
In discussing certain current sub
ject for literary interest the two ladies
had mild difference of opinion, and
Aliens regard for brass buttons would
not long permit him to listen in 81
lence.
Mama he asked in gently re-
proachful tones after he had fidgeted
a moment in his chair, s'don't you
think a soldiers wife ought to know?'
-ii0usekeeper.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
CAN'T AFFORD TO ANNEX CUBA

The American public habitually be
comes aroused on the actual levy OF
extraordinary taxes, even when those
departures are made in national pol
icy which involve the levy as inevl-
tably as the night follows the day, the
Boston Transcript says. People now
talk glibly of the annexation of Cuba
and look forward hopefully to third
Intervention there. Perhaps this is
desirable, but the $60,O00,000 a year
which the Cuban sugar now pays into
the treasury would have to be picked
up somewhere else, perhaps not the
first day of the annexation, but shortly
after. Whether the new sources OF
tribute would be easily found is a
question which should be decided
along with that of annexation itself.
The extraordinary taxes now levied
would have been wholly unnecessary
had the treaty of Paris been rejected.
1t is quite likely that all these map
making changes are worth what they
cost, but as an element in them the
cost ought to be taken into account
when the contract is signed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
Orchard and Garden.

Destroy all cocoons and all egg
clusters found on tree trunks,
branches, etc.
Choice, hand-picked winter apples
each one wrapped in paper and stored
in cool place, will keep a surprising
ly long time.
Late in the fall plow a furrow down
through the orchard between every
two rows of trees if the ground IS
apt to be wet. The trees will do a
great deal better for this drainage.
In mild climates November is the
time to prune grapevines; but in very
cold localities it is safer to delay the
pruning until severe cold is practically
over.-say the latter part of February
Cut back new wood so as to leave
only two buds on each cane.-Farn
Journal,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
BONUSES FOR BABIES.

France, being still uneasy on the
object of race suicide" has decided
} take drastic steps to remedy mat
3rs and in the autumn session of
rliament proposals to increase the
}pulation will be put forward.
The two schemes which have at
acted the most attention are those
avn up by M. Paul Leroy Beaulieu,
/ eminent economist, and Prof.
ichet of the Academy of Medicine.
M. Richet proposes that the state
lall pay bonuses on every baby ex-
ept the frstborn. A second baby
ould bring a payment of a hundred
GLARS and every succeeding one a
bonus of $780, M. Richet believes
hat under this system the number OF
births, which is now ESQ, 900 per an.
lum, would increase to 1000, 900.
This would cost the state about $780,.
100000 a year. The professor pro
poses to raise the money by imposing
4 heavy death duty of SO per cent on
all collateral inheritances and all es.
.ates left by parents to an only child
NJ. Beaulieu suggests that no civil
servant or municipal official should be
appointed to his Office until he is the
,arent of three children. This st1pu
iation would apply to women officials
IS we'll as men. NJ. Beaulieu also
advocates an annual reduction of the
alaries of bachelor and spinstel
officials.
A bill has been placed upon the
table of the French chamber making
it a punishable offense to refuse te
accept or to send away tenants from
dwellings, because of their having
.hildren-New York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
Womanly Wisdom.

When roasting turkey stun the
breast with pared sweet potatoes
They get fine flavor from the juices.
Take time to put quietus upon
rafting windows and banging shutters.
They are not tranquilizing winter
evening sounds.
Have an old leather mitten to slip
on your hand while securing the top
of the stove and you will not be
troubled with the black.
When a cake recipe calls for two
eggs and eggs are scarce and high,
use one egg and sift one Tablespoonful
of cornstarch with the -four.
You may sometimes think that
mother is a little old fashioned, but
after a while you will acknowledge
that she is the best advisor you ever
had.
When you must go out in the rain
wrap your ankles above the shoe tops
in paper, draw the stockings up over
it and the dampness will not pene-
trate it.
Do not throw away your leaky rub
Der hot water bags. Get some clean
sand, heat it in pan and pour into
the bag by means of funnel The
sand keeps its heat as well as water.
Just little nick out of the enamei
of a tooth made by cracking nut In
the mouth, may spoil tooth forever.
When you have nuts to crack use
hammer or nutcracker and save the
teeth.
Although all linen is sweeter for
being dried in the air, if time
comes when you need to do it up i'm
mediately, try my emergency plan:
Wash the linen as usual, then dip it
in hot water and shake well; fold as
we'll as possible and run it through
the wringer; then wrap it in dry,
white cloth and iron at once without
starching.
Hen feathers answer well for pill
lows, cushions, or even for beds, If
the sharp quill ends are removed. The
easiest way to do this is, after the
chicken is killed, before picking it,
clip off with a pair of sharp scissors
all the desirable portion of the feath-
ers. This is quickly done and gives
a pan of fluffy, dry ends. The fowl
may then be scalded and picked, as
usual
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
Hints for Stock Owners.

The longer you keep sheep the more
fine, white clover you will have In
your pastures.
The best of the spring stock OF
lambs should be selected for breeders;
inferior ewes, wethers, lambs, etc.
disposed Of Ewes that have MOI
been profitable should also be turned
off.
1t doesn't make much difference
whether you cook pumpkins for hogs
Or not. Cornmeal and bran are both
good. to feed with them.
The fall pigs should be kept grow
ing but not too fat. They will pay to
winter for feeding next summer. The
early ones will go to market in Jan
uary and February, II well fed.
1t is not possible by any known
method to make dirty milk into clean
butter.
The use of the separator on the
farm if a good machine, benefits the
owner by close Swimming, makes few
utensils to wash, permits the use OF
the skim-milk, new and sweet, and
saves hauling a heavy load to the
creamery each day. If man has
but one or two cows and does not
patronize creamery, it will not pay
to buy a separator. With good, cold,
deep setting, the milk may be
skinned closely, and just as good
butter made as with separator.
1t will cost more per pound to
grow colt than a calf.
Put a blanket on the driving horse
now to keep his coat short and glossy.
There are several ways to break a
colt, but don't let the man do it with
a club.
Of all things, horse hates to lie
down in filthy bed. BY naturo he is
a cleanly animal. He is worthy OF
a good clean bed every day that he
lives.
How do you suppose a colt knows
what you mean when you say 'Whoa!
Back!" all in the same breath? Say
what you mean, and don't say any
thing more. Then the colt will get
through his head what you want him
to do.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
AUTUMN DAYS.

Beside tall ricks of corn, the weary
year
Reclines in ease, and Autumn's gen.
erous hand
Has filled her lap with tributes; bright
and clear
The berries CLEAN like gems of Sam.
arcand.
The predatory wasp, where purple
globes
OF haws swing pendulous, is slipping
wine;
Or mid the grass, with apple-scented
robes
Still deeper delves the sly wood
pecker's mine.
The flibustering crows and
squirrels break
The brooding calm above the fields
of corn;
Old furrowed fields a deeper stiffness
take,
When die the echoes of the quaiIs
far horn.
The brier-clad crests reflect the ashen
hues
Of fires that burn their grasses tc
decay:
The orifammes are drenched In night
ly dews
And beauty fades with each sue
ceeding day.
All things partake the silence; tangled
skeinS
Of droning gnats forbear louder
cry;
Or where the dark form of the vuIture
stains,
In circled flight, the autumn.paintet
sky.
Il seems see some ghost Of thai
fair day,
In golden rainment, wander from be
meath
The drifted leaves, and down the dis
lance stray,
AS Lear once did upon his cheer
less heath.
Farm Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
England and Pugiiism.

The fact that England, the country
where prize-fighting originated and
where pugilism has always been en-
couraged, has not produced fighter
of any international Importance for a
number of years, is brought out In
1.-The interpreters House" in the Am
erican Magazine. The author says
II won't attempt defense of pub
lie prize-fighting. It is, from certain
points view, indefensible, like war
early marriages and rapid eating. II
is a deplorable manifestation of the
instincts that haven't been civilized
out of us. Laws and fashions put it
down, but it appears again. It is apt to
go on as long as the blood of Irish OF
English ancestors flows in our veins
And even the so-called softer races
the Jews and the Italians-have their
champions.
"The northern Jews have historical
proof of their valor and finesse in the
ring, but in recent years the Jews from
southeastern Europe, who are popular
differences by pulling each others
hair and weeping, have produced many
clever boxers. But who would expect
italy to take hand in this great north
ern game? | have been there twenty
lines and l never saw blow struck
With the fist. Yet there are some
very competent Italian fighters. 1t Is
hardly possible to go to an entertain
nent at the club without seeing a
wop', as he is called by the votarfes
Of the game, matched against Q bruis-
er from the native land of John L. Sui
Ivan. The other day an Indian dis
5ulsed as Kelly was beaten by a Slav
allied Papke who had previously been
beaten by Pole named Ketchell So
UNIVERSAL is the taste and aptitude for
fighting. Even the Germans have
their champiens==lot great thus far.
But exhibiting the fine national traits
of stubborn courage and ability to take
punishment. And they get plenty of it.
All nationalities are represented In
pugilism in this country except the
English In fact, the English are
not well represented at home, which
seems strange considering the ancient
authority for the sport among them
and the deep interest they show in
pugilism. But every now and then
there comes barren space in every
art. 1t is a long time since England
produced Tom Crib but it is as
long since she produced Romney.''
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01

pump lust for washing carriages ana
wagons. Pressing even the softest
cloth on them will scratch the paint
By washing them thoroughly with the
pump first, we may follow with the
cloth with good results.
Now that the days are shorter you
will be doing chores sometimes after
dark. Make it rule never TO set the
lantern down on the floor. Hang IL
up where it will not be knocked over
It is an awful thing to have the barn
burn up. BY the way, harness snap
suspended from the ceiling by Dit
of old pump chain is good thing tp
hang the lantern on. Have II Just
above the reach of your head.-No'
yember Farm Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
Agriculture.

no pasture is furnished Rye and
wheat furnish the best winter pas
ture for hogs. Bluegrass, if not pas
tured too heavily in the fall, also
makes a good winter forage. Rye
should be sown in August and Sep
TENDER in order to give the best pas
ture. Wheat usually makes better fall
pasture, but is not as good for spring
use as rye. A good pasture for hogs
can easily be provided by using tenn
porary and quick-growing crops, such
as rape, oats, cowpeas, etc. These
crops should be planted in different
fields and one pastured while another
is growing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
Gnnnntion on the Farm.

The only man not deeply con-
cerned in good roads in your county
is the tramp who goes that way but
once
A good many folks will have cold
fingers before they are through musk
ing corn this fall. Don't let that
somebody be you
Keep a lot of bag strings hanging IN
the granary; and, many times, some
in the barn come handy. A broken
harness snap is a good thing to hang
them on.
The folks who do the most david
ing in the fine autumn weather are
often the most surprised when the
cold. wet season catches them with
their outdoor work half done.
A horse will do more, and do 1t ten
times more willingly, for the man
who has a kindly ring in his voice
and who says Get up!' as If ne
were going along, too.
! Some farmers are surprised the
first time their wives sell enough
eggs and butter to furnish the table
and the wardrobe, and after that they
are surprised if she doesn't keep it
up.
Save the beautiful things in nature
Don't cut down shapely pine OF
poplar just to see if the axe is sharp;
and when grubbing out fields, set the
fine. straight hardwood shrubs in
some forest tract for future USE
All rubbish about the place thai
would harbor insects and other pests
i should be cleaned up and burned. 4
it has not already been done, hotbeds
and cold-frames should be cleaned uI
and soil prepared for bedding.
There are life insurance, fire insur
ance, storm insurance and stock in
surance, all of them good enough Sc
| far as they go, but none of them quite
equal to the industry that insures
against unhappiness and want in ole
/ age.
We can afford to buy hand force
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
DANGERS WHICH BEsET MINERS.
Narrow Escapes Go Hand in Hand
with Death Unless Care Is Observed.

Narrow Escapes Go Hand in Hand
with Death Unless Care Is Observed.
Engineers in the Lake Superior min
ing region relate many incidents OF
accidents and deaths among the great
numbers of foreigners employed III
mining the iron ore, caused, as
rule, by the foolhardy way in which
they expose themselves to danger
even after they have been warned to
be careful.
Only short time ago a young Ital-
ian. newly arrived in this country,
was killed by falling piece Of ore
near Ironwood, MINI. The men were
in a new shaft where the work was
dangerous on account of the loose for
nation of the ore. This necessitated
much timbaring and careful handling.
Immediately above the point where
the work was going on there was dis
covered a rift in the ore formation
which aroused the suspicious of the
mine foreman. He at once ordered
his men to insert charge and blast
away the danger one piece above
them. One of the miners cid not take
the orders seriously, however, and be-
gan to hack away at it with his pick.
1t was only moment until the huge
chunk of ore, weighing over four
tons, was loosened and fell directly
upon the man, crushing him to death
The story of a hairbreadth escape Is
related by another miner in the same
region. An awful death was averted
only by the presence of mind of the
superintendent. A Finlander, who had
been at work in the mines for only a
short time had learned enough about
the blasting powder, containing about
35 per cent nitrO-glycerin, and pre-
pared in sticks about six inches long,
to know that it was most active when
at the temperature of ninety degrees
For this reason it was kept in an
iron-walled room at this temperature.
After blasting, several sticks were,
left over, reserved for later use.
These had been lying on the grounu
and had become cooled to a tempera-
ture at which they would not explode
readily. When the foreman called for
| several sticks of the powder, this man
I picked up these two and proceeded to-
warm them to the proper temperature,
applying his miners lamp directly to
/ the explosive. Every moment as the
stick grew hotter his danger increased
and he was on the point of being
blown to death just as the supenn-
tendent approached. One look told
him the whole situation and with a
quick thrust he struck the explosive
from the hand of the laborer saving
both his life and the lives of the
group of men standing near by
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
Very Very TactfuI.

Frederick Townsend Martins so
cial success is due partly to his tact,
said a New York man. Il told him
this in London at one of his must
Gales, and he smiled and nodded.
He said that in society man
had to be as quick and tactful as the
farm boy to whom his master growled
one morning:
Another rainy day, dang it,
but the boy answered cheerfully:
:. More rain, more rest, boss
What's that?' roared the farmer.
/" More rain, more grass, / sad
SIR
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
HOW ARROWS WERE POISONED.
indian Says They Used to Rob Rattle
snakes of Their Virus.

An old Cherokee Indian recently
told how the Indians of olden times
used to poison their arrowheads for
war purposes or for killing bears. Ac-
eording to the Denver Field and Farm
they took a fresh deer liver, fastened
it to a long pole and then went to GER
tain places where they knew they
would find rattlesnakes in abundance.
About midday the rattlers are all
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01

There is a widespread desire TO put
Honduras on solid basis. All. a
mahogany finish, so to speak
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-29

IN the good old days, before people
began TO even dream of automobiles,
when the faithful OK team and span OF
horses were the power in front of the
cart and lumber wagon early settlers
could .ell by the sound of the wagon
or cart as far as they could hear it
rumbling along in the distance who
was coming and the owner of the rig.
Later when the OK team gave way TO
the horses people could easily recognize
their neighbors for miles around when
their teams passed the farm house, but
nowadays with the automobile snufiing
by at thirty mile clip and it's occu-
pants wearing the up to date auto
head gear it is a conundrum for per
son to recognize their nearest neighbor.