Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-02-24
,.tofice Department Men Have
'''I romnleted the Difficult
Investigation.
.,sFa RATES MAY BE RESULT
..,,tt at National Press Club
''' .s,.ss Kills plan to Erect Re-
'"'', ,.orv Near Mount Yer
onqworth Wins
His Long Fight.
-. GEORGE CLINTON.

F'H w., n the railroads of carrying
S1 @.,toa states mail. The work is
II has been the hardest JOB
9.', ovor has bean undertaken by
'l@ lament officials bent on getting
'''4 a1,,ros The attempt has been
's "a 70 ont what it costs to carry the
a.' oynr every life Of railroad in
~ United States, main lines and
.,b lines with T. view to finding
"' ~is+bo carrier companies are charg-
rnoIo Sam too much money for
- work which they do.
W ono knows to just what use the
.h,mation will be put, but If 1t has
a.n found that the railroads are max
more than a due profit, they prob
NV will be made to reduce their
.,,caa and the saving which will
,,no IN the government will be put
,orvce betterment uses, possibly IN
4. vay Of reducing the cost OF first
J,ss postage or possibly in increas-
n, tbe efficiency and number OF rural
ruteS.
For some time the postoffice officials
,,ro boen considering the advisable
Nv nj sending the magazines Of the
United States by freight instead OF on
No fast mail trains as at present. Tne
gnIanation is that magazines will still
as mail matter and will be dellv-
ned BY the postoff1ce department, just
.tbey are now, and that therefore no
rotest can stand. II such mails are
sent by freight the cost of carrying
them will be much less than it is now,
and It is possible that the plan Will
put into effect if the protest is not
strong enough to make the officials
4 change their minds.
Bernhards at Press Club.
4 At the National Press club in Wash
hgon, Mr.. J. NJ. Jusserand, the am
aSSador of France to the United
States, and Nine. Sara Bernhard, the
great French actress and perhaps the
greatest artist in the world, were the
guests of the members a day or two
ago.
Nine BoTnhardt speaks English fair
/ y well and understands it perfectly,
but she never will speak it, or any
ether language except that of her ma
tive land, if she possibly can help it.
1t has been said that she has the most
S01derful voice with which nature is
capable Of end0wing one, and, it is
Understood that this now aged woman
aaS maintained all her life that to at
Tempt conversation in any except her
native tongue would injure the carry
Ing and the resonant qualities Of her
voice and destroy some of its power.
be this as 1t may, the madame spoke
aFFeRcA and among other things said
ual she would return to America in
Sl5' would visit the Panama canal
aug witness its opening. The actress
went to Panama with the French en-
queer, de LeSseps, years ago, when
ue french people started to dig a
'aNama canal On their own account,
4 attempt which ended in failure.
seographers Eat New Vegetables.
"Aen the National Geographic soci-
sF Ae4d It's recent dinner, a new veg
SaOIe called TIE dasheen was served
pace Of the ordinary potato. The
,@SUeen was brought into America
u0& some far off place by the officials
.ne bureau Of plant industry, with
We" TO finding out if the American
ss,5 'ocA kindly to it, and if it would
g." well in American soil.
., IKE d2Sheen, which in flavor is some
,a IKE the potato and in appearance
T. ''i oe.ns cooked very much like it,
Fonnc producer, SO prolific that
y supposed that when it once gets
"otAo.d it will produce enormous
S'ys and that as a sequence it can
" sod Very cheapIy.
'-e officials Of the plant industry bu-
f,.. nave found out that it takes some
sg u, 10 cultivate a taste for new eat
q, l4ey have brought in one
ro, ,"o 'AIngs which people at first
r~, -.0 nave none of, and yet after a
r ~. a liking for the strange edible
Vas developed.
c, NC hetornatory at BeIvoir.
H. ,.-SFess has refused to sanction
Il, v,C5s O! the commissioners of
n,t district of Columbia to estab,
w.. ryormatory upon the old
rIos s.','" estate of Belvoir, which is
p,s.,, w Mount Vernon Sentiment
bs yta'l.d IN the matter and no penal
h,,s .'~',oh VIII be erected near the
!, VI VI me Father of His Country.
F.s,:>,1 1ElaA county, Virginia, where
hsr, --1Sl'n rests, the land is rich with
AM mS''SS u the kind which patriotic
han r''''ans held in reverence. Gunston
H. " coIonia! dwelling erected in
t,i,. s%' 100 by George Mason of his
crr. ,alAe' still stands. In an &C
h. u the construction of the dwell
,r W. Years ago, it said:
opo;. o'i>h mansion, with cut stone
CHI, sSela0reI roof and four great
q s,oL:,.S' represents no special type
b. ro ,.-''ec(pre, but evidently was built
Of -. Mason 10 suit his own ideas
Cd 's.e and convenience. Carved red
Ees lite columns connected by lat
W.T. '"Fo,d the pretty portico,