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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

their aweinspiring depths Its deserts, in
vastness of area, in potential wealth OF soil
and climate, and in rivers of constant supply,
are sleeping empires awaiting exploitation a.
development Here nature offers to every
man his birthright-a wide sky, the sunshine,
the wind, and sure reward for intelligent
effort. Here things are writ in characters too
vast for human pen
The late Gov. John A. Johnson well said
the west symbolzes homes for the homeless,
food for the hungry. work for the unemployed,
land for the landless, gold for the penniless.
freedom for the enslaved adventure for the
restless dangers for the brave unknown
world to conquer, and room for ALL"
Irrigation has wrought its miracle and 49,
100000 acres reclaimed are annually produ-
cling harvests valued at more than s250.Oo0. 900
and supporting in homes of their own more
than 100000 families. The wealth of that por-
tion of the country which great statesmen in
Websters day were wont to declare worth
less is greater now than that of the entire
nation in 1860.
In the swift march of national events dur
ing the past decade, the development of the
west has focused the attention of the world.
1t furnishes one of the most inspiring pages
in the annals of our commonwealth. 1t is
story of progress and human achievements
battle with nature in her sternest and most
forbiddng aspect
Future writer's will record the irrigation
movement as an epoch in history the far
reaching influence CT which overshadowed in
Importance any other progressive movement
since the opening to settlement of the Missis-
sippi valley The reclamation of vast areas
of our arid and semiarid regions. which is
being promoted by the federal government and
by large corporations working in conjunction
with several states. is of profound economic
tn the nation.
The additional opportunities thus created
for home makers are already serving to check
the undesirable eAlux of the country people to
the city Millions of acres of desert, I'M
leached by rain and storing In its bosom the
fertility gathered there by centuries of wash
ings from hills and mountains, are being
quickened by hfe-giving water.
Cities. popuious and great. have sprung up;
rural communities, attractive and prosperous.
broad vistas Of fertile fields and poisoning
orchards whose yields prolific beyond CON-
parison replace the wastes OF sand and sage
brush.
Economic forces are at work today in the
country. and particularly in the arid west,
which are gradually but surely shaping our
AGRICULTURAL development along new lines. In
many parts of the irrigated country agricul-
ture now occupies q position Of greater dig
nifty among the vocations than ever before.
Its place among the scientific professions is
now recognized and it is calling more strongly
every day for the best talent and brains
the nation affor.ls.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
IN THE ANTE-BELLUM DAYS

please" pay the amount specified. Egg
gleston says: This custom OF paying
By caeck so strongly commended it.
self to certain unworldly parson OF
my time that he resorted to it on one
occasion in entire ignorance and inno-
cense OF the necessity OF having a
bank deposit as preliminary to the
drawing OF checks. He went to Rich
mond and bought q years supplies for
his little place-it was too small to be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

GUS sales water rentals, ETC., Sl.6S4.S44.rh
collections on water rights. $8l4,l45.54 ms
does not include any of the moneys collected
for the water rights which were due and pay
able April 1, 1910.
Among the several large projects, one OIL
especial interest is located IN northern wy
oming. When the springtime showers and
sunshine fall upon the snowy peaks OF the
lofty mountains on the eastern rim OF yell
! Iowstone park thousand streams will rush
downward to fill to trimming the swift-nowlng
Shoshone river. An important physical change
will occur at that time. The food that once
unchecked and uncontrolled, swept madiy
through the rock-walled gorge will beat Itself
To stiffness against a massive wall OF concrete
with which man has blocked the canon
beautiful lake, 100 feet deep and covering ten
square miles, will appear.
In this wonderful cash In the mountains
with nerpendicular walls a thousand feet high,
tbe government has erected the highest dam
in TIE world 1t is wedge OF concrete S2S
feet from base to top. Its height can only
be appreciated when compared with that OF
some welknown structure. New Yorks IA
nous Flatiron building would not reach within
Al feet of the top of the dam, and the tp-top
of the dome of the United States capitol would
fall short q feet of the parapet.
In the summer, when the crops are thirsty,
the big gates will be opened and the pent-up
floods will be released into the river below
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
whx shs souIdn,t Accent.

Telephone operators who plug wrong
numbers or get the wires crossed
sometimes are responsible for very
embarrassing situations. as was ex-
emplifed by broker
The broker called up his home
number and said to the person on the
other end OF the wire:
Hello. dear. is that your"
yes. I've been thinking about you
ali morning ! want you to come down
town and meet me for lunch and wen
go to a show this afternoon"
well, that would be very NICE" re-
Piled the person on the other end.
and I should dearly love to do so.
but my husband Is home and I'm
afraid he'd object Don't you think
you've got the wrong number9"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

called a plantation-and for each mr.
chase he drew particularly polite
check. When the banks threw these
out on the ground that their author
had no account the poor old parson
found the situation a difficult Que to
understand. He had thought that the
very purpose OF banks being was to
cash checks for persons who hap
pened to be short OF money. Why. II
I'd had the money In the bank he ex-
planned, 1 shouldn't have written the
checks at all: / should have got the
money and paid the bills Fortunate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

science and religion. Science was to
take as its province the known. and
religion the province OF RS aGSnow-
able. The proposed terms resembled
those OF husband with his wife as
this basis of domestic harmony, that
he should take the inside OF the house
and she the outside. Had Spencer
been in closer touch with the religious
sentiment he would have recognized
that such q theory OF reconciliation
would simply distract public attention
from his attempt to apply the key. OF
evolution to the secrets OF the mate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

candy. and invariably wears a small
hat, veil. and corsage bouquet.
He's clean shaven. and wears. be-
sides immaculate linen, a careworn,
worried expression.
He pulls out his watch. presumably
to see how much Of the honeymoon is
left.
When he registers at the hotel the
"and wife" is written twice as large as
his own name
She never fails to ask how many
Jumps OF sugar he takes In his coffee.
Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

a ton OF the heavy pieces as easily as
a man could one.
II is said that he ordinary cost Of
handling ton of pig frsS hy hand la
Dor is from FIVE to eight cents. ssspend-
ing upon the carry" The liftiSS
magnet win do the work for half
cent per ton and isn't half as apt to
go on a strike.
When currert Is turned on the mag
net literally grabs a mouthful of the
iron chunks The instant the cur
rent Is switched OF tas magnetism de-
parts and the magnet drops its load
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

rial universe. In this later days he
felt that his system had been preju-
diced by his theory OF the unknow-
able. and in conversation he used to
emphasize the view that his philoso-
ply Of the Cosmos was quite distinct
from his theological opinions, and
should be judged on its own merits
Making due allowance for defects
rising oct OF the personal equation.
the fact remains that Herbert Spencer
was one of the great creative intel
iects OF the nineteenth century. In
many particulars his cancellations
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
Hla Claim TO Prominence.

At social gathering certain man,
intent on knowing every one. was in
troduced to Senator Julius G. Burrows
Of Michigan.
"The name Burrows is very famll-
lar &c me-" he said. 81 am certain
that you are man of some promi-
nence"
YES" replied Senator Burrows, Il
am the man that died at first just
before Casey came to bat In that cele-
brated ball game in Mudville. Sue
cess Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
Didn't Care for Expenses.
how xuara eaatad at sha hrea lfa 4

They were seated at The breakfast
table
this is my birthday"
I'm glad you mentioned It, darling"
rejoined her husband I'm buy you a
present the first thing when | get
downtown"
We'll" she said, II hope you won't
get any cheap 9S-cent affair"
"Of course / won't" he replied.
why, would be ashamed to present
you with anything that cost less than
a dollar"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

Another dam, a
low structure OF
concrete, will d.
vert the waters
through a tun-
mel 3A miles
long into a canal
which for 40
miles pas S e $
along the upper
edge of a broad
and fertile valley
containing $780,
900 acres.
Two years ago
it was a desolate
waste. Today it
contains m o r e
than 200 farm
houses and three
thriving towns.
Ten t h o u S a n d
acres produced
crops last year
on this project.
With 16 farm
b Gus es along
each mile of the
main highways.
the valley al
ready has a sub
urban appear
ance.
More than $50
farm units of 40
to 80 acres each
are now avail
able to entry and
offer exceptional
opportunities for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
inheritance Of peep ereathlna.

Nervousness can be cured by form
ing the habit Of breathing deep and
long. and one medical authority pre-
scribes 1t In his schedules for nervous
women. All singers are invariably
high-chested and free from colds or
chronic coughing spells. 1t Is because
they have learned to breathe from the
waist instead OF the top OF the lungs.
as the majority OF people do. To
breathe deeply Is to stimulate the
heart and circulation. 1t means a full,
high chest and broad shoulders. II
means practical immunity from the
dangers incurred By exposure. II
means a good carriage and wsll-poised
head. And best OF all. 1t means per-
feet physical health
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
SDENcER'S GREAT INTELLECT
Philosopher Laid Broad and Deep the
Foundations Of the Theory OF
4 Evolution.

II Is q matter of regret. writer
says, that Spencer prefaced his scien-
tifc philosophy OF the Cosmos with
his famous theory of the unknowable.
In the recognition OF an unknown
power inscrutable to the human intel
Cellect Spencer fancied he had found
the basis of reconciliation between
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

will be modified by advancing knowi-
edge. but this at least must be claimed
for him, that he laid broad and deep
the foundations of the theory of evolu-
ton. Among the sceptered immortals
Herbert Spencer holds high rank
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
Supply of Ready Money a Matter OF
{ indifference to Rich and
Poor Alike.

According to George Cary Eggles-
ton. virginisns of ante-bellum days
showed great Indifference in money
matters. Money IN the form of coin
was rarely seen: the planters were In
the habit of writing checks on a slip
of foolscap, instructing the bank to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
M.one. for unloadlno Pic Iror

Pig iron Is pretty heavy stuff and 1t
takes lot OF tedious. bacA-aching Ia
Dor 10 unload car OF It In the old
way. by hand The modern method Is
by the use of the electro-magnet at
tached to crane. which VIII pick up
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

" the matter came to the knowledge
of a well-to-do and generous planter
who knew Parson j.. and who hap
pened to be in Richmond at the time
His Endorsement made the checks good
and saved the unworthy old parson a
deal of trouble"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
WEAK KIDNEYS WEAKEN THE
WHOLE BODY.

No chain is stronger than It's weak
est link. No man is stronger than his
kidneys. Overwork, colds, strains, etc,
weaken the kidneys and the whole
body suffers. Don't neglect the slight
est kidney ailment. Begin using
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

had an abscess of the kidneys and an
operation was advised. thereupon
began the use of Doans Kidney Pills
and gradually improved. Soon an OPP
Grafton was unnecessary as my kid
neys were we'll"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

Doan's Kidney Pills
at once. They are
especially for sick
kidneys.
Ted Hiatt, Oswe.
go, Kans., says: For
many years / suf-
fered from kidney
disorders. l was
treated by specialists
In Kansas City and
Chicago, was told I
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
Nothing poinu.

Miss Millyuns. Angelina he plead
ed. could you. oh. could you marry a
poor. penniless chap like me?"
Sure | could" replied the fair An
geline, coldly. but let me inform you
right here and now that I'm not go
ing TO"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

. L
land of boundless dis
Itances the altitude is
stimulating, the air is a
tonic, giving health to
the infirm and courage
to those who have failed
elsewhere. It's constant
Sunshine encourages OPP
timism and cheerful
mess. The giories of its
opal-tinted dawns. the
Iindescribable beauty of
its sunsets and the
nameless witchery of its
twilight softly melting
into night are the work
Of a divine painter.
There Is a mental
and spiritual uplift In
its mountains, whose
SUBMITS are In regions
of perpetual snow. Its
sapphire lakes, excel
ling in beauty those of
Switzerland, open up
a wondrous field Of in
terest and pleasure to
the sightseer and those
in search Of rest and
recreation. The mon
archs of its forests cast
their shadows on the
earth before the coming
of the gentle Nazarene.
It's canons, sculp-
tured during uncounted
centuries by wind and
wave, are unrivaled in
their wonderful and
Varfad 0nInrinn onI q,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
Specialization.

Doctor-What can l do for you?
PATIENT have cut my index finger
Doctor-Very sorry; but am spe-
cialist on the middle finger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
How IL Hanpened

Mifkins-You say Garrison is under
obligations to you,
Bifkins-Yes. once let him do me
a favor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26
Bride and Groom.

He carries two new grips and two
umbrellas.
He offers her his arm
She carries nothing but a box OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

This is the most
critical period in
the history of ma
tional irrigation
since the passage
of the reclamation
act, in 1902. BY
public notices of the
secretary of the in
terror, issued last
year, hundreds of
water-right install
ments, involving ap-
proximately $1,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

lpire of unparalleled richness from the Mlssis-
sippi valley ete n q <
| Once a wilderness so unpromlsing that it
evoked derision ir the halls of congress- the
west has become today the land of fortune and
In
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-26

DE spirit Of the west Is
optimism and progress. 1t
is the spirit that fred the
hearts of our forefathers
who erected In the prime
val forests of New Eng
land the superstructure OF
the greatest nation on
Earth. 1t is the optimism
and faith which imbued
their descendants who
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-28
PROPOSED TO PUT MORE D. U. II
PROPERTY ON THE TAX ROLLS
HaIiy Says Lines am Which Fran
ehises Have Expired Should Be
Assessed on Ad Nalorem Basis,

Although IL Was stated last October
that the personal property of he ID.
L. r. In the lines on which franchis"
rights expired Nov. Ii, 1909, would be
come subject 10 taxation on the samc
basis as othey property this year no
move was made in that direction by
the assessors untfl after the board OF
review met, Thursday morning, Ala.
Vernon. by suggestion OF Corporation
Counsel Hally and the assessors. IN
troduced resolution providing ina,
81. 100. 900 OF H. l.. X. personal prop
erty. which has been subject only To
state and county taxation heretofore,
be placed on the city roll. This was
taken under advisement.
y IL place this property on the rolls,
the board of review viii not. II Ii con
tended. endanger the stoppage OF the
s. 90 per day rental now paid the city
for use OF these streets in which iran
cl Uses have expired. The eXpirei
franchises exempted the ID u. Z. from
paving taxes other than the percen'-
age OF gross receipts provided Tor IN
the franchise. Now that the grants
have run out. the tracks, equipment
and other personal property are open
tn taxation the same as any other per
sopal property The $500 per day Is
IN the nature of license fee Tor use
OF the streets by the tracks aud cars.
The board Of review had a hearing
upon the matter OF the George w.
Baulch estate. administrators tred
Each having objected to The assess
ment At the time OF George w.
Baich's death. he was on the rolls Tor
S 20. 900 assessment. Last wear the es-
tate was assessed for $4,000 in De
troll and $4,000 in Monguagon Owing
10 records found In the probate court
the assessors have jumped the Detroii
assessment 10 more than 5000 TheV
argue that. since Balch resided in De
troit when he died. his estate shout !
| be taxed only here.
The James JOY estate was placed on
the rolls at 100000
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-28
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROIT. April 2s-Close: There
auueav Ip be two sides tu the ma Net
i1st now and each has plenty OF arsd-
.uruts 300 its Own favor. The bulls a.
sure wheat viii De a short crop b"-
C,Hts, or tuc ABANDONING OF nearly We
90 lIIiou aCres iH kansas, and large
acreage iva Nebraska, hut this -
Thought 60 have been disc counted al %
r-Sdat did not cause aud SulpflN' -
tNr bears lu fact 10 was NOR" laFvl p
al o. chan tNty had anticipated TOT
dealers Ion those states have done NOM
ina bUt complain ana till OF hdl'lao =
lui The past two months. snow NJ ditd
the Kansas shortage much great
than 10 was estimated iu the rcPo.t
U,at came ou "Wednesday
Brar~. after suhtracunR the dbtt-
t6nrd acreage in the two bad states.
showing of wheat. and thaN the prese NJ
plItoH will APPEAR very ytghA Ions h Nt -
tore 'hdktest. In this they figure lagEe 70
lN ON tac -priuN WHEAT crop To Aelp
and prices are much too htRh int tN-
port Wheat was weak throughout tHc
.rrateT part of tho DAY. but made q
small gaiu az the finish Prices early
lost ic, and at the close We're -" Iot
cash and Mas. and isc for luiN and
- ptemb~r lower than "Wednesday :
. CLOSE.
Wheat quotations Cash No rpd.
Sl.Nr. Nav opened without change .tt
SI.o1 declined To StOG2i. end closed
cliued To ,Sl.ol p and advanced 10
Sl Ucti September opened az SID ..
st0ia. 40 white. si0i
No g. Goiec, No % yellow CIV az p2t
standard ltc No Whit,
42Ec
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-28
MEMBERS OF FAMILY ACCUSE
ONE ANOTHER IN COURT
Charges Of Misconduct Fly Thick and
Fast and Juctice Finally Fires"
Whole Party.

Justice Or attempted to untangle
q family row, Thursday morning. hut
SO confusing did the testimony be-
come that he fired the whole party
out of court.
The case was that of Julia kOlton
against her son, Alexander who runs
saloon at No. III Solvay-ave.. in
the Eighteenth ward. She brought
suit to recover sl2S. part of which
she said she advanced To him 10 bring
him out from Hungary. The son
claimed that he had cared for his par
ents in his saloon and that his hill
would more than Offset any claim they
had against him. Then the charges
started.
The mother testified that her son
sold beer on Sunday. and that his
father had become drunk there on
recent SUNDAY and broken his arm i'm
fall down stairs. A younger broth
er also told OF the Sunday selling. and
then the older son came back with
charge that his father and mother
had stolen funds from a Hungarian
society down in Lorraine. Ohio
Charges of this character were flying
thick and fast when Justice OFT threw
up his hands and ordered the entire
party out OF court
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-28
TAGGART MEN ROUTED
ON SENATORSHIP QUESTION
Indiana Democratic Convention ADOPTS
Gov. Marshall's Plan for Direct Vote.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April %
| GOV. Marshall was upheld b. a ma
.ority of the Democratic party in la
| diana after a bitter fight this after
noon, and his proposition 10 name
senators by direct vote was adopted
nv vote OF $50 ~ against sos Il.
Amid scenes OF Widest tumuit the
warning factions contested over the
question OF naming United states
senatorial candidate from = oClock
this morning until noon, each SIDE De-
ing given time for debate. The vote
changed but little on the several bal
lots. The Marshall men mustered
new votes on the last two ballots from
counties yielding To the protest against
lTaggartism and the progressives won
by a narrow margin.
Gov Marshalls administration was
commended, but he was not endorsed
for president The Payne-Aldrich tar
iR Law was denounced as master
niece of injustice and the Republicans
OF Indiana charged with cowardice Tor
their endorsement OF the tarin III
resolution unfolding Senator BeVer-
idce who voted against the law.
one plank of the platform favors an
income tax. The ship subsidy OH Is
vigorously condemned.
} The lndiscriminate use by the
courts OF the power of injunction Is
denounced aud the platform demanos
/ that the right TO trial by jury snail
not be denied defendants in cases
arising from indirect contempt Oh
such injunctions The Indiana sta'e
/ fedei alton OF labor was given near
I ing on this plank last night.