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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
FOREIGN.

The famous Holbein portrait of
Christina of Denmark. which has
been in the national gallery in Lon
don for twenty-eight years. has been
sold for s33O,000.
Juliana Louise Marie Wilhelm ma
is the name of the new princess OF
Holland The condition Of both
queen and princess is declared 70 be
highly satisfactory.
The name OF La Baca, the PACING
terminal of the Panama canal, viii
be changed to Balboa, in honor OF
yascO Nunez Balboa, who q scoy-
cred the Pacific ocean.
The imperial German revenues. for
the year ending March 81 show a
deficit on the estimates amounting
to $4,000 900. the receipts amount
ing to 1915 go. 900. instead of s314,-
100000 as expected
Sir William Perks. who is on his
way to Canada, hopes to obtain the
sanction of the Dominion govern
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
S4OO,OOO PROPOSED
FOR GOOD ROADS
JONES, MEASURE REPORTED TO
LEGiSLATURE-S HIGH :
WAY COMMISSION.
REYNOLDS SUBSTITUTE PRO-
viDEs FOR COUNTY HIGH
WAY COMMISSIONERS.
Madison, May 5.


The legislature is now face to face
with the mooted good roads PROPOSE
ton. the ONLY one of the five pig sub
jects left to be solved this session,
the other four having been referred
to the special session to be called by
the governor next winter.
The committee on roads and BRIDGE
reported in yesterday morning to the
assembly the Jones bill providing for
a state highway commission, co-opera-
ton with the counties and. towns in
carrying an appropriation of 100000
annually for state aid in the building
of model highways.
The measure came in with an
amendment increasing the powers or
the state highway commission and
with the recommendation that the
bill as amended be passed.
Immediately after the report ON the
bill, Mr.. Reynolds submitted a sub
stitute. 1t provides for the election OF
county highway commissioner by
the county board to oversee all road
construction in the county, and the
levying of a special tax which with
the addition of any regular road funds
shall amount to one-half OF the cost
of any main travelled highway inn
proved. In December of each year
the county highway engineers of the
several counties shall make a report
to the state treasurer of the number
of miles of main travelled highways
constructed and shall state the amount
of money expended on the work The
state treasurer shall then forward to
the treasurer of the county an amount
equal to one-third of the total cost OF
construction. For the purpose of car
rying out the provisions of the bill
an appropriation of 100000 is pro-
vided
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
PIXIES PEAK.
The Remarkable Task of GETTING the
Exact Hejuht

The Remarkable Task of GETTING the
Exact Height.
Detroit News Tribune various
federal surveys of the country are
carefully determining all the high
points, the elevations or well known
mountains and those of other import
ant places, and are in many instances
shattering prior notions of the heights
of certain prominent landmarks. Per-
haps it has not occurred to every one
how these accurate elevations are Sc
cured, how, for instance, is found the
exact altitude above the sea level of
some peaks in the Blue Ridge, or in
the White Mountains, or Pixies peak,
or Mt. Shasta, or Mt. Whitney, the
highest peaks in the United States.
1t is done by a simple system of lev
cling, practically the method used by
the first crude surveyors employing
spirit levels. Of course the instru-
ments for sikhting and determining
an elevation to hairs breadth are
vastly different from those used a
JuOuSduu years dSO, Dul Tue pIIHClpl0
is the same.
In other words, all surveys to de-
termine elevations or attitudes begin
at the sea shore, if accuracy is de-
sired. From there sight is made
through a telescope to rod placed a
few hundred feet inland and then
from that point on to another rod
and so on for miles and hundreds of
mics until the point desired or the
other ocean is reached But it means
a great many sights and very won
derful accuracy to get so far away
from the Atlantic or the Pacific as
Pixies peak and be able to say that
the apex of that famous mountain is
so many feet and so many inches
above the sea level This, however.
is what the geological survey has done
the past season, correcting the for
merly established attitudes, the first
of which was shown to be in error by
more than 100 feet
This does not mean that the sur
veyors have run line of levels during
a single season all the way from the
ocean to Pixies peak. They simply
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Livestock.


Cattle-Receipts estimated at 1000;
market strong; beeyes, 500@715;
Texas steers, 460@5.75; western
steers, 4.70@5.75; stockers and feed
ers, 360@5.O0; cows and heifers, 2.4O
@625; calves, 5.5O@7.5O
Receipts estimated at II 900;
market sc higher; light, 6.s5@7.30;
mixed, 7.00@7.40; heavy, 7.00@7.45;
rough, 7.OO@7.15; good to choice
heavy, 7.15@7.45; pigs. 5.75@6.75;
bulk of sales, 725@7.35.
Sheep-Receipts estimated at r.
600; market strong; native, $500
$50; western, 3.SO@6.35; yearlings,
6.25@7.225; lambs, native, 6.O0@S.75;
western, 6.25@900.
Butter-Firm creameries, 23@27c;
diaries, 191a@241ac.
Eggs-Easy; frsts, 21c; prime
firsts, 22c.
Cheese-Steady; daisies, 15@151ac;
twins, 14h@15c; young Americas,
14A @14kc: long horns, 14A @14hc
Produce.
Potatoes Steady; choice to fancy,
S7c@ LOO; fair to good, 93@95c.
Poultry-Steady; turkeys, 17c;
chickens, 15c; springs, 15c
Veal-Steady; so to so pounds
weight, 5@5hc; SO to ,S5 pounds
weight. 6h@7c; IS to 10 pounds
weight, 71a@9c.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
OLD SOAKERS
Get Saturated with Caffeine.

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When a person has used coffee for a
number of years and gradually declined
in health. it is time the coffee should
be left off in order to see whether or
not that has been the cause of the trou-
Bile.
A lady In Huntsville. Ala. says she
used coffee for about 40 years, and for
the past 20 years was troubled with
stomach trouble.
81 have been treated by many physi-
clans but all in vain. Everything failed
to perfect a cure. | was Frustrated for
some time, and came near dying. When
| recovered sufficiently to partake of
food and drink l tried coffee again and
it Soured on my stomach.
II finally concluded coffee was the
cause of my troubles and stopped using
it. 1 tried tea and then milk in its
place, but neither agreed with me, then
commenced using Postum. | had it
properly made and it was very pleasing
TO the taste.
81 have now used it four months, and
my health is so greatly improved that
l can eat almost anything I want and
can sleep well, whereas, before, I suf-
fered for years with insomnia.
81 have found the cause of my trou-
bles and way to get rid of them. You
can depend upon it l appreciate Post
UNI"
There's a Reason" Read 'aThe
Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full Of
human interest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
DOM ESTIc.

John Brown and P. w. Brown, his
son, negroes, were electrocuted in the
penitentiary at Richmond, Va.
Professor William Sayer of the
Michigan Agricultural college was
drowned at Lansing by the capsizing
of his canoe.
Miss Eta Nowottny, wealthy sun
ragette, was found dead in Cincin-
natl with her throat cut. The po-
lice say she committed suicide.
The house of William Reihman, two
miles south of Sturgis, S. D., caught
fire and burned to the ground, burn
ing to death a boy years old and a
girl years old
J. c. Juggensen. formerly chief en-
gineer of the Hotel St. Regis, New
York, has been appointed to the chair
of engineering plant instruction at
Columbia university.
Edward A. Lacey, a Hoboken, n. j.,
cigar dealer, will receive $4,000 from
the estate of Theophile Regnaud OF
Paris. He advanced $40 to Ragnaud
several years ago.
Harotoon Gastanian, an Armenian
who was shot by his uncle. DR.. G. X.
Beyajian, died in Detroit. The shoot
ing fol owed quarrel over the affec-
tions of the physicians wife.
Three negroes were taken from the
jail at Marshall, Tex. and hanged by
a mob. They were accused of having
killed Deputy Sheriff Huffman and
wounding Deputy Sheriff Cargill
Rich Americans sailing from New
York and other ports are registering
their jewclry and other valuables with
customs officials TO thwart the plans
of foreigners to smuggle French
finery into the United States.
The announcement has been made
at the University of California that
former President Roosevelt will de-
liver his first public speech in this
country upon his return from his Al
rican hunting expedition in the Greek
theater at that institution.
Johnny Davidson. wealthy young
woman, VIII killed Roy Ramsour at
Neosho, Mo-, on June 8, 1908, follow
ing a quarrel at the Davidson home
in which it is alleged Ramsour ap-
piled and epithet TO the girl, is on
trial. Miss Davidson's plea is seIf-de-
Tense.
Nine lives were lost, six persons
are missing, although they may have
escaped. and fourteen are in the hos
pitfalls as the reason of an incendiary
IRE which Quilted the six-story double
decked tenement house at 81 Spring
street in the heart of the Italian quar-
ter of New York.
Il believe l had better make a gen
eral order to the effect that anv wo-
man who marries Tubbs hereafter
shall be entitled to a divorce without
further action said Judge F. w. So
yer in granting a divorce from Terry
Tubbs to Mrs. Gertrude Tubs at Fort
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

The American Ice company ad-
vanced the wholesale price of ice in
New York from So to IS ton.
Contracts have been let for mod
ern two story bank building at Della
van to be occupied by the banking
firm of E. Latimer & Co. The building
will be of reinforced concrete, brick
and stone
Six bids have been received by the
Sparta water commission for the cree
tion of new storage tanks for the city
water system with a capacity of 400,-
900 gallons. The bids ranged from
$1,000 to $500.
That the proposition to build a great
coal dock at Ashland is not dead yet
is the statement of Secretary Blair
who has returned from North Dakota
He is at work on plan Of reorganiza-
ton which promises success.
The damage case of Flaryan Gierc-
Yak against the Northwestern Fuel
company of Washburn was terminal
ed when~the jury returned verdict
lOI Tic VI Pl.AVUs GICl CLdh
was injured while at work in the hold
of boat.
The Oldest ranch in the Rio Grande
valley in Texas was sold to o. NJ
Pratt, Superior, Wis, for $250,000. 1t
is known as the San Juan ranch con-
sisting of 22,056 acres, situated in Hi
dalgo county. 1t was formerly owned
by J. d. Closner, sheriff of the
county. Mr.. Pratt expects to estab-
lish big sugar plantation on the
land
Owing to delay in the work, due
to the inability of the contractor to
secure sufficient help, it is not ex-
pected that the Clark Memorial hos
pital at Neenah will be ready for oc-
cupancy until Nov. L. Indications
sometime ago led to the BELIEF that
the hospital would be ready by June 1.
Mr.. Robinson of Chicago, who has
charge of the work at the hospital
states that he has had unexpected
trouble in securing skilled workmen in
performing the various jobs on the
building
Secretary John L. Ultermoehl OF La
Crosse has received a telegram from
Fred c. Vetter of the Hawkeye Pearl
Button company, Muscatine, Ia, that
he will be there soon to look over the
field with a view to relocating the
Muscatine concern. The company
employs 500 men. The company is dis
satisfied with Muscatine because
enough workmen can not be obtained.
There are number of button factor
les in Muscatine The Hawkeye is the
largest. Secretary Utermoehl will call
meeting of citizens to welcome Mr..
Vetter and offer inducements.
President Kim Rosholt of the Eau
Claire Commercial association, c. NJ.
Merrill head of the Eau Claire Gro
Ger company, and r. J. Jenkins,rep-
resenting the Chippewa Falls Pro
gressive league went to Minneapolis
to enter remonstrance with W. l..
Martin, traffic manager of the 500
railway, against the removal OF
trains Nos. 5 and 6 on the Wisconsin
division. To take these trains off,
they claim, would render a great in
convenience to the travelling men liv-
ing at the two cities and would other
wise handicap trade conditions at
Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
Embezzlemen. of $1,000.

Olympia, Wash, May 6.-Ortis Ham
ilton, former adjutant general of the
state of Washington, was arrested
here yesterday at the instance at Gov
ernor Hay, charged with embezzle-
ment and forgery. Hamilton is
alleged to have stolen $4,000 from
the state military fund.
The warrant charges the embezzle-
ment of 1900.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
Famous Singer Dead.

Lebanon, o., May 6.-News was
given out yesterday that Johanna
Poehlmann, famous opera singer, who
sang with Conreid, died at private
sanitarium last Sunday of pneumonia.
She held, at the time of her death,
$4,000 a week contact with Oscar
Hammerstein, the New York impress
ario, it is said.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
No More Fellow Servant Doctrine.

Lansing, Mich, May 6.-Both
houses of the Michigan legislature
have passed bill abrogating the fell
low servant doctrine in regard to &C
cidents on railroads and leaving the
question of negligence to the jury.
Both houses have also passed a bill
giving the state railroad commission
power to regulate rates of electric
power companies.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12

kidney troubles. NJ
back panied me terri
bly,. Every turn or
move caused sharp,
shooting pains. My
eyesight w a S poor.
dark spots appeared
before me, and | had
dizzy spells. For ten
years l could not do
hOuSaworE and for
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
Get Big Paper Mill Contract.

Grand Rapids, Wis, May 6.-Jacob-
son & McGuere, architects in this
city, have secured large contract
from the Menasha Paper company OF
Menasha, Wis, to erect % ton sulph-
ite plant. Also an eight grinder pulp
mill at Ladysmith, Wis, where this
company already has large paper
mill
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
FIFTEEN KILLED IN TENNESSEE.
Heavy Damage by Storm Reported
Scores Killed.

Huntsville. Ala. May Fifteen are
dead, several score injured and $50
houses are demolished as the result of.
the storm which struck Fayetteville,
Tenn, and vicinity Thursday night,
accordingto a reliable man who has
just reached Huntsville from that
section. Telegraphic and telephone
communication with Fayetteville has
been severed since early Thursday
night. The dead at Harms number
five.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12

two years did not get out of the house
The kidney secretions were irregular
and doctors were not helping me- Doan S
Kidney Pills brought me quick relief.
and finally cured me. They saved my
life"
Sold by all dealers so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. N.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
Death of L. G. Noble.

Neenah, Wis, May 6.--L G. Noble,
for many years general superintend-
ent of the Menasha Woodenware COM
pany. prominent commercially in Fox
river valley, died at Rochester, Mimi,
aged 6S, following an operation. He
will be buried in Menasha.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
A Memory.

Has your wife a good memory"
Il should say she has. Whenever
we go out to spend the evening she
can always remember dozen things
l forgot to do before I left home
Detroit Free Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
TEN YEARS OF PAIN.

Unable to Do Even Homework Be-
cause of Kidney Troubles
Mrs. Margaret Emmericf, of Gin
ton st., Napoleon, O., says For fiji
teen years I was a great sufferer from
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-05-14
EASY TO PLAY THE ROLE Of CRITIC.

The role Of the critic is an easy
one to play, says the esteemed va.
ZOO Sentinel, People are so apt t.
be imperfect that picking flaws re-
quires no art at all. In fact, if you
are able to please everybody, there
must indeed DO something wrong
with you.
Ii you are economical, you are
called stingy; If free with money
you art either e1trsvagant or an
easy mark" il you are careful
about your dress, you are vain; il
careless, you are slouchy. II you
are friendly, you are looking for
business or an office; if aloof, you
are a stuck up snob.
If you don't work, you are lazy;
ii you accept a mediocre place, you
are cheap" II you shift posi-
tions, you are unsteady; if you stay
on one job, you are ambitionless. II
you 90 to church you are a hypo-
critic; If you stay at home, you are a
heather. II you act jolly, you are
silly or else have been drinking; il
you draw a sober face you are a
crouch.
1t is indeed a difficult proposition
to try 10 please all the world. The
only way is to do the best you can
and then snap your fingers at pub
lie sentiment.
The other day a Wall Street bro
ker was asked by an old college
friend if all his ideals for happiness
had not been realized. The bank
er turned upon him and said, 81
was a poor boy, and now / have a
home on Fifth Avenue. | used to
walk and now | ride in an automo-
bile. But this morning | was car
looned by the press as a greedy NAL
and last night a fanatic at
'empted TO take my life with a
AT best, we are all frail human
We are all far from per-
'ect. None Of us have a snap If we
mount to anything at all. It's
'asy TO be q critic. The overlooking
II one another's faults is by far the
virtue.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-05-14
REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE.

Jackson, Miss, May 7.-Commis.
sioner of Agriculture Blakeslee has
a system of collecting crop stats
tics that is very liable to get close
to the true conditions in the sew
eral counties of the state, and he
has just put it to work on those
counties that are supposed to be
affected by the boil weevil and that
are threatened with the pests this
year.
Several days since postal cards
were mailed to the presidents of the
boards of supervisors and others in
all these counties, and the replies
that have come in show that the
farmers have taken time by the fore
lock and are making war on the
weevil by planting heavier Of corn
and food crops than ever before.
The reports are answers TO printed
questions as to the acreage in cot
ton, corn and forage crops in COM.
parison with last year, and are as
follows:
Adams county--Acreage in cot
ton, As per cent. Of last year crop,
corn, ITO per cent, forage crops,
200 per cent.
Sharkey county Cotton IS, corn
Is, forage 100.
Jefferson county-Cotton rs, corn
100.
Madison county IS, corn
ITO, forage ITO.
Copiah county--Cotton 80, corn
100, forage 100.
Warren county--25 per cent. less
than last year on all.
Wilkinson county - Cotton 20,
corn l20, forage Ito.
These estimates are from the
Of the boards Of super
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-05-14
bly lAso. soosI llV.

Greenwood, in the delta, is per-
haps the lives. Town in Mississippi
IL has = hnstling business league,
and every man in the town has the
distinction Of being a worker. There
are no drones or moss backs. and
everybody is active. energetic and
~self-reliant. As q conseque
Greenwood has been exempt from
financial embarrassment and bus
mess failures through the depression
period.
The reason for this happy state
OF affairs may be assigned to the
fact that Greenwood has without
deviation based her growth and &C
tlvities upon land values and urged
and advertised the wealth OF her
soil. As the Greenwood Common
wealth eloquently and truthfully
points out.
Food. clothing and sheltera are the
unavoidable necessities Of mankind.
All these things come, directly or
indirectly, from the soil--from the
earth, and there can never be any
other source of supply. The pop
ulation Of the world is ever increas-
ing. This means an increasing de-
mand for the products Of the soil.
But there can never be any increase
in the supply of land. And the
commercial law OF supply and de-
mand, in its effect on prices and
values, cannot be evaded. There
fore in view Of these simple facts,
how true and forceful ia the oft-re-
peated saying: The safest and best
investment on earth is the earth it.
self"
What applies to Greenwood and
Leiiore county, just as forcefully ap-
plies to New Albany and Union
county. In the matter Of acreage,
our soil may not be quite 20 rich to
grow corn and cotton, but a proper
Investigation of cattle on a thous-
and hills" and hay, peas, potatoes,
truck and r~osy-cheeked chill
dren, sown broadcast over hill and
will loom up as vigorously
in Union county as in any part of
Ihe earth.
So it is, that in seeking invest
nent or inviting capital, the wealth
the soil that spreads out from our
very doors should not for a minute
be lost sight of as a foundation for
he wealth and prosperity that we
nay desire. -Union County Times.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-05-14
Notice to Contractors,

Contract will he let to tho lowest and
best bidder by the Board Of Supervisors
Of Lehore County, Mas, on the irst
Monday Of June, 1909, At public oatcry.
10 front Of the court house door, q IL
noon, In tho city Of Green wood, Miss.
for the following work. to-wit:
To build bridge over Rosbuck Lake
at Quito, and make al. 10 mako an b.
tween Marye's and Cockreli's place nssr
r n, about 90 feet long. TO mako OH
where bridge now stands across Marsh
Bayou near .. 1. \ D. q. Jones lin,
leaving : t~hirty-foot sp.ce for bridge
about csnter Of Bayou. Fill TO b height
Of present bridge when settled, Ii Il. 70
4 n, with 2o-foct crown. Rill acrcs
Marsh Bayou west 81 Fisher Avens,s
gin, opening about u fsst, 70 b brsAg-
a.
biddsss 70 givs bond u a anoant
equa1 70 tAsir I'D fus ~ faitAful pse-
1csmaaos u tAstr coatsast.
Board rsssrvss ~ right y sajsss ~
~ I'll blda.
3. v. CnockErr, Oh.
ss;..ss NAkCAaAAsA,n0
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-05-14

NOW TO XII EN-,

The Commercial Appeal says tina,
several friends have written 70,
copies Of the Daily Health Hint in
a recent issue in which flies were
discussed. This hint is how to kill
the flies. We reprint it for their
benefit and for the benefit Of every
reader Of this paper. We urge all
Of them to get busy and kill flies,
for flies kill more people than any
other agency. II you do not kill the
flies they will kill you. Here is the
article.
1t is important that the agency
used to kill flies that get into your
home, be non-poisonous or not dan
gerous to human beings. Espec-
tally is this true in homes where
there are children. A 7 per cent
solution Of bichromate Of potassium
made up with water and sweetened
with sugar. and placed in shallow
dishes throughout the house. will
kill the flies and will not harm the
should they get hold Of it.
This is cheap and may BE- obtained
at any drug store. A 3 per cent
solution ct cobalt chloride may b.
used. It il non poisonous, bu. Is
more expensive and hard 70 obtain.
Spraying ponds Of water with ker-
osene will destroy the larvae OF mos-
quitoes, and used in tho same way
in garbage boxes will destroy the
Of flies.