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The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
LUMBER TARIFF
Increasing Demand for Its Re-
mOyal Is Evident
PRICES PROHIBITIVf
Lumber Bsr0ns and C0ngressmen
Are Gradually Getting In Line
With Peoples Demands

Especial to The Herald)
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3O.-A keer
interest is taken by Minnesota peo-
pie in the discussion OF the lumber
tariff which is now attracting SO much
attention throughout the country.
Not long ago Minnesota was one of
the leading lumber producing states
OF the country, but it has now fallen
to the ninth place on the list, though
it is still first in the production of
white pine. Only nine years ago Min
neapolis was the greatest lumber
manufacturing city in the world, but
today there are a dozen places that
surpass it in that respect and its tot
al annual cut has fallen from 600, ,0O0,-
600 feet to less than 200, 100000. There
are many smaller cities in Minnesota
which were once fragrant Of pine and
vibrant with the roar of saws that do
not now turn a wheel to make a
board. Minnesota is merely repeating
the history of Michigan and Wiscon-
sin, in each of which, with the pass
ing of the white pine forests, the
glory of lumber manufacturing has de-
parted, even though hundreds of mills
continue to nibble away at remnants,
second growth and species of timber
not commonly used ten or fifteen
years ago.
In his annual report for 1907, j. E.
Rhodes, secretary of the Northern
Pine Manufacturers Association, made
this striking statement:
Since 1895, 2S4 firms, representing
an aggregate annual output of pine
lumber of four and one-half billion
feet, have retired from business, due
to- exhaustion of their timber supply
Plants representing approximatel!
SOC, ,000, 900 feet capacity, which sawco
in 1906, will not be operated in 1907"
The whole great business of turn
ing white pine trees into lumber
reached its climax in 1890 and has
ever since been dwindling, until today
the output of white pine for the en-
tire country is not half what it once
was. At one time there were a hun
dred saw mills on the Mississippi riv-
er between Minneapolis and St. Louis
and the great river was alive with
the RATS of logs that floated down in
a perpetual procession to feed the
humming saws that never stopped
Today there are not more than two or
three mills in that whole distance
and they will soon close forever. Once
there were 120 steam boats employed
in towing logs; today there are only
five or six
A large part of the region in which
the great white pine forests stood was
well adapted to agriculture, and hence
the destruction Of the majestic for
ests that occupied them since time
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
A MOTHER in ISRAEL
Sketch of the Life of Mrs. Olivia D.
OehIer, who Died Recently :.
in Wisconsin.

Mrs. Olivia d. Oehler, mother of
Rev. F. II. Oehler, who passed away
a week ago last Saturday in Water
town, Wis. was known to number
of people in this city from her visit
here two years ago last summer. She
was then 81 years old, having been
born in 1925, and many remarked her
vigorous strength for woman OF her
age.
Born nearly 81 years ago in North
Carolina, of Hugenot-English stock,
she early removed with her parents
to Bethlehem, Pa, where she grew to
womanhood in the religious atmos-
phere of the Morayian church. Noted
the world over for its missionary zeal.
Therefore it is not to be wondered at
that when in 184S she married the
Rev. G. F. Oehler, she entered hearth
ly into the plans and spirit of her
husband, who had just been called to
undertake mission among the In
dians i'm the territory of Kansas.
With single intermission they con-
tinued there until 1860, passing
through many hardships, with their
lives in danger from both the Indians
and the so-called ''border ruffians. .
for it was the time of slavery agita-
tion.
The ill-health of Mr.. Oehler COM
PEELED their return to the east, where
he filled two pastorates and superin-
tended the financial management of
the Moravian college in Bethlehem,
Pa. 1t was here that Rev. F. IL.
Oehler was born. In 1870 Mr.. Oehler
removed to Lake Mills, Wis. to as
sume the pastorate of the Moravian
church there, remaining ten years,
after which like work was under
taken in West Salem, Ills.
Her husband died there i'm 1897, but
she continued to live i'm her home at
that place until last summer. when
after a severe illness she was persuad-
ed to remove to her daughters home
in Watertown, Wis. Here she inn
proved in health, but never fully re-
covered, and shortly after the New
Year she rapidly failed, dying in the
faith of Christ as she had lived.
She had seven children, one of whom
died a few years ago. Four of them
were present at the funeral, who with
two grandsons acted as pall-bearers.
Two children, who are missionaries in
the West Indies, could not be present.
For period of nearly 45 years Mrs.
Oehler stood faithfully at the side of
her husband in the work of the min
istry. knowing both its joys and sor-
rows. When she was 50 she was still
teaching class of boys in the Sum
day school. Many besides her own
children will arise to call her blessed.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
The Secret OF Long Life.

A French scientist has discovered
one secret of long life. His method
deals with the blood. But long ago
millions of Americans had proved
Electric Bitters prolonges life and
makes it worth living. 1t purifes,
'enriches and yitalizes the blood, re-
builds wasted nerve cells, imparts
Life and tone to the entire system.
Its godsend to weak, sick and de-
bilitated people. Kidney trouble
had blighted my life for months, !"
writes W.. NJ Sherman, of Gushing,
Me-, sBut Electric Bitters cured me
entirely" ouly Soc. at Hanson g.
Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04

immemorial was inevitable and prac-
tically praiseworthy. But much OF
tie land that has been denuded of its
forests in Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota is better adapted 10 raising
trees than any other crop. The con-
sequence is that today there are vast
tracts in these states of "cutover" and
burned-over lands that are veritable
abomination of desolation
The destruction of the forests and
the ruin that has followed. together
with the high price of lumber thai
has naturally resulted, has awakened
intense interest in these states in for
est conservation and in the repeal of
the lumber tariff, which is generally
regarded as intimately associated
with conservation. In fact. many Of
those deeply interested in forest con-
servation regard the tariff Of 81 to
$3.50 per thousand as virtual reward
for the more rapid destruction of the
remaining forests. The better grades
of finished lumber are entirely kept
out of the import trade by the tariff,
and the volume of lower grades i'm
ported is greatly restricted by the 81
tariff. So, with the demand for lum-
Der growing 10 per cent per annum
notwithstanding the introduction of
cement and other substitutes, the ten
dency is to apply the axe and saw
without mercy to the timber that still
stands.
Few persons, even regular buyers
of lumber, fully realize how greatly
lumber has increased in price in re-
cent years. According to a lumber
trade publication white pine has as
cended in wholesale list price all the
way from So to 1s9 per cent in the
last fifteen years. AS the cost of la
Dor and other items entering into
the cost of production has not at the
outside increased more than 25 per
cent, this tremendous increase large
lv reflects the diminishing supply OF
white pine and represents profits eth
e: for the manufacturer or the owner
Of the timber.
In view of the facts it is not sur
prising that the effort to retain the
duty on lumber, meets with little en-
couragement in this part of the coun-
try, even from lumbermen. One OF
the greatest lumber manufacturers il
| the United States remarked the othel
day that while he would prefer to
have the tariff stay where it is, he
didn't have the nerve publicly t
commit himself to the opposition to
the repeal of the lumber tariff An
other big lumberman, who occupies
much the same position and is doing
little to encourage the agitation beins
conducted by the lumber trade fol
| the retention of the tariff on lumber
! is illustrating by his own activities
the effect of the tariff on the conser.
vation or rather, exhaustion of Amer
lean forests. This lumberman, Thorn
a., Shevlin, and his associates, hap,
| mills on the Rainy river on the Min
nesota and Ontario sides, with about
the same capacity, 60,000, 900 feet oi
lumber per year and with about the
same amount of timber tributary te
each. Originally it was intended to
operate both mills to their capacity
but owing to the limitations of the
Canadian market the Minnesota mil
will this year run to its full capacity
while the Ontario mill will produce
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
Rsvslts AZ Cold Steel.

-'Your only hope. said three doc
tors to Mrs. NJ. E. Fisher, Detroit.
Mich. suffering from severe rectal
trouble, lies in an operation, "-''then
/ used DIR. Kings New Life Pills, =
she writes, still wholly curedsn They
prevent Appendicitis, cure Constipa,
tien, Hsaiaci1e. 25c. at Hanson &
Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
lt nependa.

Miss. Heoken--Which do you pre-
fer, hrunettes or blondegs !. :
Mr.. wise--It Aepends altogether .
the girl am with" .
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
THESE WERE WE'D

From page /
imie, aunt of the bride, all of st. Paul
Park, Minn.; and Mrs. Ella Goodhue,
Winona; Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Caugh-
rem of Osakis, Mr.. Caughren being a
brother of the groom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Caughren were the
recipients of many useful and beauti-
full wedding gifts.
Both the bride and groom have
grown up in Sauk Centre where they
have many warm friends who join in
wishing them happy voyage through
life. The bride has resided in Dn-
luth the past three years, graduating
last June as a trained nurse from St.
Luke's hospital of that city. The
groom is railroad contractor and a
rising young business man. Mr.. and
Mrs. Caughren will be at home to
their friends in Spokane after March l.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
X A.
n..,..h. >Ihe Kind You Haze AINays Bes
as,;:'" !; I1zZSsZs<

knaYes and Fools.
We are willing to be knaves In order
to acquire wealth and fools III orAsr
that e may not bore us.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14

st. Johns, n. F.-Tragedy in the
Icy wastes Of the Far North formed
the burden of the news brought to
this port by the Hudson Bay Com
pany's steamer Adventure. which ar
rived with the crew OF the lost Dun
dee whaler Paradox. in the story of
an Eskimo, driven to cannibalism by
starvation, who ate his child and shot
several neighbors who attempted sum-
mary punishment.
The Paradox. one OF the fleet of
Dundee whalers, met the fate of her
companion ship, the Snowdrop, which
was crunched in the merciless Jaws of
the Ice foes off Baffin Land early in
August year ago. The crew, with
scanty provisions. made their perilous
way over the broken ice toward the
mainland and were picked I'D by the
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14

cHiS Nixon Says Currents Flashed Through Air Battle Method of ueN
LANCER lr1m AlShipS-DeSruCiOn So Terrible Thai kaOnS
Will Be E0rCediio International Peace

New "crx City. - Lewis Nixon.
shipbui!de-. graduate of the United
States Naval Academy and for several
years one Of the chief constructors of
the American navy, fouts the theory
that the airship in any OF its forms
Will become formidable war ma
chine.
Instead, Mr.. Nixon believes that
the death-dealinS terror of the war OF
the future will he the electric shock.
This conclusion has been forced
upon his judgment by q careful study
or the subject of lew war agencies
and by closely watching the manoeu-
vres CT the Wright aeroplane as 1t
sailed up the Hudson and circled the
representatives CT the worlds great
est navies.
In Mr.. Nixon's OPT ;on warships
can guard against tn. ianSe. of ex-
rlosives that might be dropped upon
them by airships by specially pre-
pared armo-. He believes. though.
that sooner or later there will be per-
1ected gun or some other piece OF
mechanism for hurting thu2derbolt
that will shock to death every man
ABOARD a warship, irrespective of its
protection.
II AN convinced" said Mr.. Nixon
" iCpoIlST, lndC the tn1ng could
be done now, but the mechanism is
SO crude that the thunderbolt, or cleo
trio impulse, would kill the man who
should release 1t. as we'll as the en-
emy. 1t Is possible, of course, that
some foreign nation already has per-
1ected the necessary machine with
which to hurl this deadly bolt. I
nope, however, that it has not been
done. When the principle is mast
cred the result will make war so hor-
ribly destructive that the human race,
through the sheer force of natures
hrst law - self-preservation - will
abolish war.
The aeroplane is mainly interest
Ing now on account CT the fact of
what may grow from 1t. Possibly we
snail see them like swarms of giant
locusts flying over and beyond armies,
TO occupy nositions and to cut of
communications.
For purposes of observation they
VIII be OF great use. The helicopter.
owing to its smaller dimensions. seems
best adapted to such uses. especially
to be carried on men-of-war.
Insofar as I can see, the dirigible.
which will combine much that the
aeroplane is now proving out, is the
ship Of the future.
Count Zeppelin has already crossed
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14
CREW OF SCHOONER RELEASED
Had Been Held in Mexican Prison
Since September tSchooner Held
on Charge of Poaching

Pensacola, Fla, Special.-After be-
ing held in Mexican prison at Pro
gresco since September 1 and for the
first seven days not allowed to even
communicate with the American con-
sulate, Capt. Joe Sclease and seven
men of the fishing schooner Caldwell
II. Colt of this port were released
Tuesday, according to a telegram re-
ceived by the owners of the vessel
from the American consul. At the
same time letter reached here from
Progreso from tn captain who states
that he is not allowed to communicate
with the American consul nor will
the officials tell him why he has been
arrested.
The Me1icans have refused TO give
up the schooner, having lodged q for
NAL complaint against her of poach-
ing. The master of the schooner
claims that he was caught in the gulf
storm Of nearly three weeks ago and
so badly damaged that he went into
Progreso for repairs, but was seized
Immediately.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14

the Alps and MADE lonS yoyaSes
against adverse conditions in all sorts
of weather. His airship is larger than
the steamship of thirty years ago and
more speedy than those that are now
crossing the ocean IN record breaking
time. I look to see airships OF the
Zeppelin type half mile In length.
They will not come down to the earth
any more than the Mauretania will
anchor in a shallow stream. but will
be anchored up in the air, possibly a
thousand feet or more.
Explosives will not be dropped
down, as you could rot hit tug with
an apple from the Brooklyn Bridge.
which is only 100 feet high. Electri-
cal guns will be used, of course, and
heavy ones like our present powder
guns.
Ships at anchor will send u, ball
looms or kites to carry special illum-
inants, and In time of war the heavens
all around will be brilliantly lighted
with special forms of rockets
"Mer-of-war will be protected best
by sDecial armament tor attacking air
craf:. The airsh!p, however. will rap
idlv develop as n peaceful device and
Will soon be as much a necessitv of
modern civilization as the automobile.
AS oNti iFSlioA VI De-
Ing condition Of matter, may soon
be compreh~lded in such a way that
the repulsion which some way or
some how balances attraction may be
utilized to mans advantage.
The gas engine has made the air.
ship possible. Years ago the French
found that each horse power could
lift thirty-two pounds. so as much as
we develop our horse power below
this weight so much net lifting power
shall we gain.
"Eut you asked me as to the MILL
trcy possibilities" continued Mr..
Nixon. I'VE are on the eve Of = tre-
mendous and far-reaching change in
warfare. AS long ago rs 1900 I
pointed out that soon thnnderbolts
would be thrown. The significance
OF a news item published about q year
ago OF man receiving a shock which
nearly proved fatal while talking over
wireless telephone was not then
fully appreciated. 1t would be possi-
bile at the present day to shock to
death every man on 4 vessel at FIVE
miles distance. but so far the impulse
cannot be projected ct any one mark.
But direction and aiming will be mas
tered after a while. and then thun-
derbolts will be thrown just as shells
are thrown now"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14
EXPERTS TO ADVISE p1I>rsBURG.

Pittsburg. - The Pittsburg Civic
Commission. fathered by Andrew Car
negie and H. c. Frick, announces that
soon there will arrive in Plttsburg one
OF the most important and high priced
trio OF experts to be had in the coun-
try Tor the purpose of giving advice
on Pittsburg's bad street car system,
ner river front and on plans for lay
Ing out the 100000 park which
Frick has given the city of Pittsburg
through his daughter Helen. Those
who have been employed to come at a
salary of $500 a day ago are Bion ].
Arnold, of Chicago; James r. Free
man, Of Providence, and Frederick
Law olmstead, of Boston.
Mr.. Arnold. who is an expert on
street railways. will do his best to
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14
Nferingucs.

To each white of egg allow two
ounces Of sugar. Whip whites till
on taking away the whisk the egg
froth stands up in solid points or is
SO stif that it can be cut in two with
knife. Stop beating at once when
this point is reached; stir in two
ounces of sugar to each white of egg.
Lay 1t in spoonsful on a baking sheet
rubbed all over with white wax. Dust
them with a little icing sugar and
leave them in an oven for two or
three hours, or until quite crisp and
dry. The oven should feel Just warm
to the hand. If to be filed with
cream or jam take them out of the
oven before the bottoms are quite
firm, press each of these into hollow
with the back Of a spoon, then return
them to the oven, bottom side upper
most this time, to dry them properly.
When quite dry put aside to cool be-
fore filing them. These meringues
can be kept If put in tin.-Washing-
ton Star.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14

Hudson Bay Companys steamer Peli-
can, which took them to Fort Church
Ill. where they remained until the ar
rival of the Adventure on her regular
fall trip. The Adventure also brought
several missionaries, surveyors and
prospectors from the Northwest coua-
try.
The Adventures report of the can
nfbalism says the Eskimo's fishing
and hunting season had been a fall
ure, and. driven mad by hunger. he
cut the throat of one of his children
and then ate the little victim. When
the mans neighbors learned of the
crime they attacked him. according
to the primitive law of their race. The
outcast beat off all assaults, shot sew
eral of the attacking party and es-
capped into the wilderness of ice.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14

ngure out way in which the trans
portation facilities Of Pittsburg can
be bettered. 1t is conceded that the
street car service Is about the worst
In the country. Mr.. Freeman is the
hydraulic engineer whom President
tart Is said to have paid $500 daily
Tor making the trip to Panama, and
ne Will take up the matter of Pitts
burs's water frontage and suggest
ways and means Of saving the city
millions yearly lost through the riy-
ers' overflow. Mr.. Olmstead will tell
the people OF Pittsburg how they can
best beautffy the park land giyen
them by Frick. 1t Is understood that
Mr.. Carnegie and Mr.. Frick share
equally the $500 day paid to this
trio of experts.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14
Scrambled Eggs With Asparagus.

Six eggs, two heaping tablespoon
fuls butter. one gill OF asparagus tips,
two tablespoonfuls cream, salt. pep
per, paprika and CRATE Of nutmeg.
Boil the asparagus tip in boiling salt
ed water until tender, drain we'll, put
them In saute pan with one table,
spoonful Of the butter, and saute over
the fire for five minutes. Break the
eggs in basin, add the cream, sea-
son with little salt. pinch of pepper,
paprika and nutmeg; beat up well.
put In a saucepan with the remaining
tablespoonful Of butter, stir over the
hre for ten minutes, then add the as
paragus. stir again until the eggs be-
gin to set. Dish up on a hot dish,
garnish with parsley and serve hot.
Slices Of cucumber in place Of aspara-
gus points will be found a nice
change. A pinch of sugar should be
added when sauteing the cucumber
New York Press.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14
HOUSEHOLD
0iHIN'TS o ="

To acquire a straight back remem-
ber to keep the abdomen in and the
chest out.
Cold water dashed on the face and
chest each morning gives the same
tonic effect as the cold plunge without
danger of shock.
When the skin becomes overheated,
as 1t too often does in summer, try
putting a little baking soda in the
water in which you wash.
Nothing relieves the sting Of mos
quito bites or the intense itching of
hives like bathing in a weak solution
OF carbol.c acid and water.
Learn to relax II you would be free
OF lines in your face and cheat old
age. Most of US keep ourselves at
tension, mental and physical.
If relaxing exercises will take the
kinks out of your face, relaxation
the kind best suited to your taste
will remove kinks from your soul.
II you overboil potatoes, you can
drain or the water and dry them out
over the fire. Afterward they can be
mashed and beaten in the usual way.
A good furniture polish may be
made Of paraffine, oil and turpentine.
Kerosene, too. is very good, while
crude oil may be used to darken wood
that has not been vanished.
Dandruff arises from different
causes, but when 1t is very much in
evidence 1t is usually symptom Of
depleted roots and the scalp needs
feeding with grease or tonics.
Brasses take a most beautiful
polish IL washed in mixture made of
one ounce OF alum and a pint Of lye,
boiled together and used while still
warm.
Worn brooms or whisks may be
dipped into hot water and uneven
edges trimmed with shears. This
makes the straws harder, and the
trimming makes the broom almost as
good as new.
Do not neglect the value Of fruit
In improving the complexion. Moth
ing equals the Juice of oranges and
lemons to clear up skin and brighten
eyes. The latter must be diluted and
taken without sugar; q half-iemon to
glass Of water. .---------s--
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14
Report of Bales Ginned.

Washington, Special.-There hae
been ginned to September 25 counting
round as half bales, 1862, 1888 bales
compared with 2,590,639 for 1908.
These. are the figures given in a report
Of the census bureau, issued last
week.
The round bales included this yeal
were 48,176, compared with 57,1O7
for 1908. The Sea Island cotton re.
ported for 1909 was 1896, compared
with 11,457 for 1908.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14
PIums, Fresh and Preserved.

While the Amer varieties Of plums
make beautiful dessert, being rich
and luscious OF flavor, they are not
quite 30 wholesome uncooked as their
next kin, the peach. When 1t comes
to picking and preserving. plums can
hold their own every time. The fruit
Is found in nearly every part Of this
country, and the provident housewife
feels that there Is something decid-
edly lacking If her store of preserves
has not Its usual good supply of
plum jam, plum jelly, plum cheese
and plum conserve. For there are
many delicious desserts to be made
from plums, fresh or canned.-New
York Telegram.