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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1910-12-22
Rhubarb SWeetmeats,

To three pints of rhubarb cut fine,
add one pint red raspberries, the juice
and grated yellow rind of one lemon,
one large cupful nut meats and two
pounds sugar. Cook together until
thick.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1910-12-22
To Transfer HOGS.

desirable for persons to pass without
allowing stock to get through. Such
a gate will need no latch as it will
strike against the post on either side
and admit of the passage of any one
without allowing even pig to get BY
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1910-12-22
PETITION

In the Matter of the Petition of p.
Z. FeIsted ct al for the Orqani-
cation OF Herd District in Thom-
as Precinct.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1910-12-22

Dec. /. At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21
Inquiry Regarding Status.
Caledonian Club Outing Friday.

Arrangements have been completed
for the thirty first annual excursion OF
the CALIFORNIAN Club, to be given Fri
day, at Marshall Hall.
The steamer Charles Manchester will
make three trips to the resort, at 10
o'clock am. and 2:30 and $50 O'Clock
pm. Athletic contests are to be held,
for which prizes are offered. Medals
for prize dancing are also to be given.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21
ST. so Under
skirts .

WOMEN Ms LONG
Skirts, beautifully designed with nm
val lace, clusters of tucks, etc; Sl.o
value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21
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ACTS LIKE MAGIC
Burning, SWeaty Feet

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louses, Soothes and Heals Bunions. Prevents
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know what real foot comfort means.
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a. cakes of Johnson's Foot Soap at once. At
times have been unable TO stand on my feet. hut
since using your soap they are In first-class
shape. Yours truly. Mrs. Helen NJ Lady, 80
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LARGE CAKE, IS CENTS.
All Drug and Department Stores.
Money returned il not satisfied.
". A. WEIGH. Sole Distributor, 905 Flatron
Building, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21
BOARD is CONSIDERING
PROJECT OF IRRIGATION
Army Engineers Charged With Duty
of Supervising Expenditures
in Session Here.

The board of army engineers who was
designated by the President to supervise
the expenditure of the $20.OO0,0O0 in GER
tificates of Indebtedness to complete or
extend the existing irrigation project
held Its first meeting in Washington to-
day.
The board first reported to Acting Sec
rotary Pierce of the Interior department.
and then undertook to outline plans for
it's extensive work. The meeting was at
tended also by Gen. William l.. Mar
shall, consulting engineer to the Secre-
tary of the Interior for the reclamation
service. through whose hands will pass
all the reports and conclusions of the
board for his comment and observations
before being submitted to the President
Inquiry Regarding Status.
After organizing the board consulted
Director Newell and other officials Of
the reclamation service in regard to
the present status of the irrigation
projects.
The members of the board are Lieut..
Coils. John Biddle and William c. Lang
fit and Majs. William w. Harris, Charles
w. Kutz and Harry Burgess.
Secretary Ballinger expects to re-
ceive the report of the army engineers
in time to submit it to the President
in the early fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21

The wisdom of the policy I have de-
scribed is not to be doubted, and it is in
striking contrast with the history of our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21
End Of Feudal Strife.

sian control has been to put an end to
the incessant feuds and fighting between
the various tribes. such as used to &C.
cur between rival tribes of Indians in the
United States. While the term 'Turko-
man. is applied to the inhabitants of the
entire country west of the Oxus river, at
least seven distinct peoples are included
in that category, each with it's own his
tory, individuality and peculiar GUS
toms. They are all Mohammedans
North American Indians and the Bed
ouins of Arabia, have to follow their
fiocks and herds as the pasturage i'm
proves or is exhausted. Each tribe has
fixed villages of mud huts. usually beside
springs and rivers where the land can be
irrigated and cultivated
Russian influence and discipline and
the construction of the railway have pre-
served peace and created a larger de-
mand and better prices for everything
that the Turkoman tribes produce, and
they have therefore practically abandon
ed their nomadfc life. The majority have
settled down in villages and their fiocks
and herds are sent out under shepherds
and herders, like those of the farmers in
more civilized countries. Those who stay
at home cultivate the fields and engage
in other industries. 1t will not be long
before the population, which was entirely
migratory twenty-five years ago, becomes
settled in permanent communities.
Although no census was ever taken.
the native population of Russian Turke-
stan is estimated as high as 12.5O0,OOO.
That is probably excessive Perhaps 10,
O0O, GOO is nearer the fact. There are about
two million Russians in the country, not
including 135 O(O soldiers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21

relations with the aborigines of our soil
and that of the English in South Africa.
An autocracy can thus be made exceed.
ngly useful. for without dictatorial pow
ers IL would have been impossible to have
carried out such a plan.
l Will not attempt to enter into an
chronological description of the kirghis,
the khivans. Sarakhs. Sailors. Yutelans.
Iekkes and various other distinct tribes
that are included under the generic term
or Turkomen because what is said OF one
applies generally to the other. although
each has its own distinct interests.
They are becoming settled, as ] have
said. in permanent villages. each under
the Immediate control OF a native chief.
who Is responsible TO tie Russian mill
tary commander for the good conduct OF
his people. Most OF them are cultivating
the ground and raising cattle. horses.
sheep and camels with remarkable sue
cess. Railway stations have been locat-
ed at frequent intervals convenient To the
towns. which. however are only clusters
of adobe houses surrounded by adobe
walls. and II a gentleman from Arizona
or New Mexico or the northern part of
Old Mexico should happen to come out
this way he would find himself among
familiar scenes.
I suppose all deserts are more or less
alike and that the people who dwell in
them are apt TO do the same thing under
the same circumstances. Some years
Lake Titicaca. Peru, where Adolph Ban
delier. the celebrated archeooglst. was
digging among the ruins of the Inca
cities and turning up pots and kettles
and other things that are almost exactly
like those found in the buried cities In
Egypt. And when l asked him II il were
possible that Peru was settled by Egyp-
tians he explained that human beings
OF whatever race and OF all ages felt the
same needs and had the same require
ments and. as their intelligence was cul-
tivated, developed the same tastes and
ideals. Therefore. under the same cir
cumstances they would be apt to do the
same thing, whether they lived in Egypt
or In the heart of the Andes.
That explains the similarity between
the products. the buildings, the arts and
habits of the Chinese. the AZtecs of
Mexico. the Mayas OF Yucatan, the lncas
of Peru and the other native races of
America with those of the older cultures
of Syria, Central Asia and Egypt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21
PROFIT IN TRAFFIC
Railway in Central Asia Does
Big Freight Business.
LINE is 1900 MILES LONG
Built by Russia for Transportation
of Troops and Supplies.
CITIES GROW AND FLOURISH
Government Encourages Cotton
Growing and the Purchase Of
Land by Immigrants.
CITIES GROW AND FLOURISH
BY WILLIAM f.. CURTIS,

BY WILLIAM T.. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
ASKHABAD. Turkestan. June, Is. 1910
The Central Asia railroad was originally
intended as military enterprise, a
strategic feature of imperative impor-
lance for the subjugation and the Rus
soficatiOn, il / may coin a word. OF
the inhabitants Of the half dozen
or more Khanites which composed
the territory now known as Turkestan.
1t was intended to transport troops and
supplies to various points in Central Asia
as they were needed. and the commercial
consideration was not regarded of i'm
portance. But 1t is now doing an enor-
nous freight business for a distance OF
more than twelve hundred miles on a
direct line, and has caused numerous
small new towns to spring up and An
cient towns and cities to grow and
flourish. The traffic is increased at almos,
every station by camel caravans, which
bring in freight from the surrounding
country on both sides of the track.
Business has developed enormously. II
was originally estimated that the main
tenance of the road would cost the war
department not less than $20O.OO0 a
month, but the freight revenues alone pay
for maintenance and the operating eX-
penses. Passenger and freight rates have
been made low in order to develop bust
ness, especially outgoing traffic, and
third-class fares in order to tempt the
natives to travel. This furnishes a
healthful diversion and is said to have
more influence than any other modern
innovation the Russians have introduced
in civiizing the natives and making them
contented.
The Central Asia railroad is altogether
a remarkable example Of the success OF
government control. but you must re-
member that all the railways in Russia
including the great Siberian road, belong
to and are operated by the government,
and they are as we'll managed as are any
railways in the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21
Explains the Similarity.

And that explains why this country. in
the heart of Asia, resembles the high
plateaus of Chihuahua SO closely and
reminds continually the traveller of Arr
zona, New Mexico and the southern half
Of California.
The surface of the ground is incrusted
with alkali: the barren ranges OF noun
tans along the border of Persia in the
distance are covered with snow and
every now and then the train passes
through village of adobe houses or a
herd of cattle or a flock of sheep. Elk
cepf'nE the enormous adobe fertilization
which the Turkomen thought would en-
abe them to resist the Russian invasion;
the camels and the fantastic costumes
which the people wear, central Asia
looks exactly like Arizona. and the SINH
larity is emphasized now and then when
the train passes through oasis with
orchards like the orange groves around
Riverside. and fields of grain and alfalfa.
and vegetable gardens wherever water
has been brought.
Back above the far horizon we can see
the source of this life and luxurianee-
the snow banks that fill the hollows in
the mountains which might irrigate much
larger areas and increase the wealth OF
this country to very great degree IL
capitalists would come here and invest
their money In irrigation systems. There
Is room for many millions of people upon
land within twenty miles on each side of
the railway track, and the bright green
spots on the landscape show what they
might do.
Soil Is Productive.
The winter wheat is growing we'll and
large areas of alfalfa, oats, rye and
other crops are almost ready for the har-
vest. Every day we see hundreds of
farmers blowing with camels and oxen,
and sometimes they have a camel and q
horse or a camel and an OK hitched to-
gether. We see immense fiocks of sheep
and herds or drOves of camels. which
ever term is right and baby camsls that
follow their mothers just like colts. They
are awkward-lookng objects, though,
with their long necks and long legs that
look as slender as pipestems, and they
lift their noses and gaze stupidity at
the train in an Indifferent sort of way.
At every railway station caravans are
loading and unloading merchandise that
has come from or Is intended for the viii
lagos in the interior.
1t didn't cost much to build this part
of the Central Asia railroad. for there
are few grades and few curves, few cuts
and few filings. The steppes of central
Asia are like the prairies of Kansas, and
the railway track often runs in an abso-
lutely straight line for long distances--as
far as you can see ahead-until the two
rails come together at a point where the
blue sky and the gray earth meet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-08-03
AUTOISTS' ASSOCIATION
MEETS HERE NEXT WEEK
Fourth Meeting of the Association to be
Held in Schreiner's Park Lam
caster, August 9th.

The next meeting of the South
western Wisconsin Automobiles AS
ISOLATION will be held in Lancaster on
Tuesday of next week. August 9th. A
meeting was announced for last even
ing to arrange program but at the
hour of The Herald's going TO press
full particulars were not obtalnable
1t is understood, however that there
will be an automobile parade ON the
streets in the afternoon, followed by a
meeting in Schriener Park to take
place at o'clock. President Moore
of the state Autoists Association, who
lives in Milwaukee. Congressman A.
W. Kopp of Platteville, and others
will deliver addresses at the park and
an interesting program relative to
good roads will be there rendered. All
citizens and farmers who are interest
ed are cordially invited to attend the
meeting.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-08-03
Found Dead in His Bed.

Edward Mccormick died Monda,
night, at his home in the second ward
M. Mccormick was a man of Is
vars OF age and was in fairly gooc
halth up to few weeks ago. He
rtired Monday evening feeling quite
vii. Tuesday morning he did not
spear at breakfast, and when his wife
ent to discover the cause of the
clay, she found that he had passed
way quietly during tho night.
DR.. Doo1ittle reported later that
oath was caused by heart failure,
I'd that it had probably occurred be-
re midnight.
His son Charles and family were
re from Barron, and the latter with
9 brother Ray were of party that
tt early in the morning for a fish.
g trip at the river. They were sent
r Immediately and overtaken near
Q Potosi landing.
Mr.. Mccormick was born in Ire
Ind, and came to this country in
|64. He lived for many years near
berty, and moved from there to
title Grant. From there he moved
Lancaster where he has lived in the
bond ward for the past twelve
Rrs. He has had six children, one
whom, daughter died some
Rrs ago. The sons are, John, |
larlie. George, Edward, and Ray. |
Mr.. Mccormick has made many |
lends during his residence here
d his sudden demise came as
eat shock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-08-03
SON OF FORMER RESIDENT
DROWNED AT SEATTLE

Potosi, Wis, July 25.-John ].
Tobin, of this place received a tele.
gram from Sam Fl. Hedges, of Seattle
Wash conveying the sad news of the
drowning of Mr.. Hedges 16 year old
son which occurred Saturday, July
18th. The particulars Of the sad
accident taken from a Seattle paper
will be found below. The news
caused great sorrow among the Potoei
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Hedges who
are we'll known in this community,
and they have the heartfelt sympathy
OF everyone in their bereavement.
Mr.. Hedges was for a number of years
connected with the Clinton Bridge
Company and with the Chicago Bridge
and Iron Company and with the as
sistance of his friend Mr.. Tobin con.
tracted for and erected number of
OF Iron Bridges in Grant county.
Mrs. Hedges who was Jessie Jack
son was born in Potosi and is a
daughter of the late Christopher
M. and Martha jackson. early resi-
dents of Potosi. The particulars of
the tragic death of the young man are
as follows: Caught in a swirling eddy
in the Skykomish river near Monroe.
Wash. and sucked into it's vortex be-
fore his companions could reach him,
David j. Hedges, son of Samuel Fl.
Hedges head of the Puget Sound Bridge
and Dredging Co was drowned. His
body was recovered one and a half
hours after the drowning. a half mile
down the river from where the acct
dent happened. He was crossing the
stream with young companion
named Dowd when in some manner
the craft caught on a Great Northern
pier jutting out into the water and
was overturned. Dowd swan ashore
without difficulty. Hedges shouted
that he was all right and for
his companions on the shore, mem
bers of a surveying party to
which he belonged. not to worry. AS
the lad was good swimmer, they
did not believe that he was In danger,
until suddenly he seemed to be caught
in powerful current which drew
him towards a whirlpool. short dis
lance down the river. Before his
Mortified companions could make
move he was fast in the grip of the
maelstrom that carried him swiftly
down to destruction He was a bright
and popular boy and graduated from
a high school last June, and had
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-08-03

vitations. The many friends of Dode
and family in this city deeply sym.
pathize with them in their bereave-
ment.
A baby daughter is reported at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nor
rissey.
Fred Edwards wife and daughter
and Gus Seipp and wife expect to
start this week for Texas, where they
will visit relatives about Plainview
W. Fl. Jordan and wife came up
from Glen Haven in their new auto
mobile, the Gilmore. Sunday.
Dave Ballantine is learning his new
Lambert auto in hurry.
A. E, Smith, Of Viroqua. principal
Uf the Vernon County training school
for teachers, and wife and daughter
Edith were guests at the S. E. Pear
son home. Mr.. Smith was teacher
in the Viroqua schools at the time Mr..
Pearson was uperintendent.
F. /. Greer depal ted for Fergus
Falls. Mimi, Sunday to attend the
funeral of Miss Faye. eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. q. H. Woodhouse.
John Hite was home over Sunday.
Mrs. George Pearson and daughter
Viva of Lancaster visited the S. Z.
Pearson family last week.
Griffin Hickok passed several days
visiting with the family of his son
Harry at Belmont last week. On
Sunday they went to Platteville and
attended the chautauqua.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-08-03

lightly, yet she had deep sympathy
for others sufferings, and exemplified
it by offerings of help wherever need
ed Only the Hand that sent so
severe blow can heal the wounds
now aching in hearts that lovevd her.
Our God never makes mistakes. He
doeth all things we'll, and "chasteneth
whom He loveth. - Elsie was excep-
tlonally fond of music, and richly
enjoyed the playing with and for
others. She had been her mother 8
ever loving companion and helper at
home, and together they had looked
forward SO happily to the hoped for
JOY. Alas, alas anticipated rejoicing
is turned to deepest mourning. The
childhood acquaintance that ripened
into stronger attachment and culmi-
mated in dearer ties, is now but
saddened, sacred memory. Loves
young dream is ended. And unto the
mother s home there comes a first
great sorrow. During the terrible
hours of her brief illness the stricken
girl seemed to have no conception of
her own danger. In the few inter\ ais
OF consciousness, her brave soul had
word Of cheer for the loved ones
watching so anxious1y about her bed.
In the absence of the pastor, Rev. j.
1. Morgans, who had officiated at
marriage. Rev Hannaford conducted
an impressive service at the NJ. E.
church in this city at two o'clock in
the afternoon of Sunday, July "a and
many followed to beautiful Hillside
where the sorIowful burial was made.
The pail bearers had all been school
mates of the dead girl.
With the bereft family there mourn
many friends who gathered in large
number to pay a last tribute of
respect, and to testify their sypmathy
In bereavement so severe.
1T singeth low in every heart,
We hear it each d all,
A song of those who answer not
However we may call;
They tbrong the silence of the breast,
We see them as of yore.-
The sweet, the kind, the brave, the true
VINO walk with us no more,
More hOme-like seems the vast unknown,
Since they have entered there.
10 follow them were not so hard,
wherever they may fare;
They cannot be where God is not
On any sea or shore;
Whate'er betides, Thy love abides.
Our God fOrever-mOre."
Mrs. Daley was a beneficial mem
Der of Beaver Reserve Fund
acknowledgements Colony No. 3O9.
B. d. S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-08-03
In Memoriam-- Mrs. w. E. Daley.
september.

mot now, but in the coming years.
1t may be in the better land,
Well read the meaning of our tears,
And there, sometime, We'll understand.
Well catch the broken threads again,
And finish what we here began:
Heaven will the mysteries explain,
And then, Oh, then Wen understand.
Wen know why clouds instead of sun,
Were over many cherished plan;
Why SOrg has ceased when scarce begun.
tbs there sometime, we'll understand;
Why what we long for most of all,
Eludes so oft our eager hand;
Why hopes are crushed and castles fall,
Up there, sometime, We'll understand"
One of those strangely saddening
visitations which arouse the tenderest
sympathies of community, and
whose import is shrouded in mystery
touched the hearts of the people OF
North Lancaster on Friday morning,
July 9th, 1910, in the untimely death
Of Mrs. William E. Daley, bride
Of little more than year. Stricken
with commissions in the very early
hours Of Thursday morning, she
suffered the untold agonies that only
mothers know, for twenty four hours.
Then God sent his angel of mercy to
end her agony. All that love OF
skill could do was brought to relieve
and save. But the stern Reaper.
whose name is Death, stretched forth
his relentless hand and claimed fol
his harvest these fair flowers. Like
a rose torn in fullest bloom from its
mates and stripped by the swift
ravages of a mighty storm of Its love
illness, she was cut down. with the
sweet bud for whose precious being
she paid so dear price. Together IL
the snowy casket they lay in sweetest
repose. 1t was sight to make the
quick tears start and arouse question.
ings unanswerable by human tongue.
Why, Oh why were plans sc
cherished so cruelty blasted Why
was fair young wife, an idolized
daughter. dearly loved sister,
cherished friend made so to suffer
and so early to die2 Those questions
like many others which in blinded
sorrow we are asking, cannot be more
truly answered than by the words O
the beautiful hymn above quoted
Sometime, Sometime, Well Under
stand. =
Elsie M. Maritime was born in Lam
caster, Wisconsin, July Is, 1887. Sh
was the eldest OF the three children Q
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Maritime. Sh
was married to William E. Daley
March "a. 1909 Those who knew he
longest and best testify to her happ
temperament, CHEEKY. sunny nature
her kindness of heart. She enjoye'
the rich blessing of perfect health
and life's sorrows had touched he