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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17

classes, the sites chosen being always
in the most fertile valleys and close to
rivers.
nccond-Cave dwellings, caves arti-
ficially enlarged, often closed and
strengthened with stone or adobes of
kneaded clay dried in the sun, such as
are still used by the modern Pueblo In
dian5 for building their huts.
Third-Clif houses, true fortresses
to which the people of the valleys
probably retired when danger threat
ened
1t may be well to state here that it
is the opinion of most recent investiga-
tors that the lowland cities and vii
lagos we're inhabited by a different
people from those of the cliff dwellings
proper.
These valley towns were laid out
with great regularity, usually in the
form of parallelograms or circles. ap-
parently with the intent Of affording
the best protection from the invader
or the sandstorms peculiar to that re-
gion.
That the inhabitants of these ruins
we're the agricultural classes there
seems no doubt, for we find indisputa-
BILE evidence of their irrigation works
as well as of city water supply. The
arid deserts were reclaimed through a
system of storage reservoirs by dam
ming the mountain streams and con-
Quoting the water to the lower plains
in canals in the same manner as the
government is now doing in many arid
sections of the west. When we con-
slider that they were constructed with
out the aid of our modern excaYating
machinery and explosives, or even tho
common pick and shovel, we are COM
PEELED to admit that here is evidence
of an intelligence far in advance of
that ever shown by any of the Indian
tribes.
1t is the cliff dwellings proper, or the
ruins of the cliffs or canyons that are
by far the most interesting and the
sour of the greatest speculation and
wonder Mai Powell, United States
geologist, expresses his surprise at
seeing nothing for whole days but
perpendicular cliffs, everywhere rid
died with human habitations which re-
semble the cells of a honey comb more
than anything else" Unlike the low
land or valley ruins the walls Of the
cliff dwellings were constructed almost
entirely of stone cut to shape, well laid
and joints properly broken. Being un-
acquainted with tho use Of lime, they
replaced it with a mixture of clay and
cinders and sometimes charcoal often
colored to match the stone and to-day
on this mortar the marks of the tools
used and even of the fingers Of the
workmen are plainly discernible. 1t is
truly wonderful to note how well this
peculiar people turned the decaying
canyon walls into account. By the
natural crumbling and falling away of
the softer strata, caves of all shapes
and dimensions were formed which,
when partitioned off into rooms and
the opening walled up, formed an
adobe safe from fire, storm or flood;
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17
Medical Graduates Decreasing.

While the number Of persons en-
gaging in the practice of medicine in
the United States has decreased some
what in the last two or three years, 1t
is still large enough to provide for the
public needs. 1t appears that $3.50
physicians were examined last year
for licenses to practice, as against
1904 in 1910, 1887 in 1909 and ITO
in 1908. OF the $3.50 applicants for H.
censes last year nearly 20 per cent,
failed to pass examinations. In the
states of North Carolina, Massachu-
sets, Mississippi Oregon and Ten
nessee, in which non-graduates of med
ica1 schools are eligible to examina-
ton, $50 applicants we're examined
and more than SO per cent. of them
failed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17

death recently while answering an
alarm from the quarters of engine
company No. IT..
Rex was only a dog and he was nc
pretty dog, either. - was bull, with
heavy jowls and legs which spoke
strength and not beauty, but for foul
years he had guarded the frenousG
night and day when he was not or
duty at some blaze or shifting about
in search of fire.
There Is new horse on duty in No
II house. He is a big roam, fractions
and difficult to handle The alarm
sounded. The roam took his place by
his mate and dashed out of the house
The driver managed him with diff
Guilty, but Rex ran along beside him,
barking when time came to t1rn cor
ners and endeavoring to show the new
horse the way to answer an alarm.
Suddenly there came a corner to
turn. The roam was slow in answer
ing to the reins. Then he hurled his
body to one side, dragging the engine
after him, and tho wheels Of the
heavy vehicle passed over the body OF
the faithful dog.
The f1remen buried Rex with all the
honors due hero.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17
Saved From Dreadful Death.

An extraordinary scene occurred II
the cemetery at Zuraw1ca Galicia, dur
ing the funeral recently of local land
owner The priest had given his last
benediction to the departed and the
coffin had been lowered into the grave
and the family and friends were
throwing clods on it, when suddenly
hollow cries for help broke from the
grave. Most of the mourners ran away
panic-stricken, while the priest and
sections got out the coffin and opened
the lid. To their amazement, they
found the supposed dead man alive. He
soon recovered and was able to walk
home unaided. He Is now perfectly
well.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17
SEES BIG WAR CLOUD

Petersburg for the Earring note of the
discord which was dimly heard by
those whose ears are always pressed
against the ground.
Russia wanted to put an end to the
war between Italy and Turkey, but she
wanted something herself from the
government in Constantinople in ex-
change for her friendly services, and
she hoped, naturally, to be backed up
by France. In this hope she was dis
appointed, and the closing Of the Oar
danelles, which followed, caused the
greatest irritation in St. Petersburg,
because it brought home very forcibly
to the Russian statesmen the immense
disadvantage and danger Of their en-
pire not controlling the outlets from
the Black sea. Now, of course, the
Dardanelles are once more open, but
many a statesman's head will lie I'M
easily until the Russian sphinx has
spoken and made known its plans def
nitely. Meanwhile it is admitted that
the continuance of the ItaIo-Turkish
war is not free from danger.
Italy cannot think of an advance in
Tripoli until the autumn, and may not
be able to do so even then. Nor can
Italy withdraw with honor There is
an impasse which European diplomacy
will have to remove. But no states
man has yet found way, and all that
M. Sazanoff's attempts have so far
achieved is the diplomatic sensation in
Paris
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17
Monster Taken by Fishermen Weighs
5000 Pounds and Is Twelve
Feet Long.

Point Isabel, Tex.-Mexfcan fisher
men had an exciting encounter with a
manatee, a giant sea-cow, in the shall
low water of the Laguna Madre near
here recently. 1t was captured only
after one of the men, Ramon Rodri-
guez, had been seriously hurt by one
of its fiippers.
The creature was IL feet long and
weighed more than 5000 pounds. 1t is
being kept alive and promises to sur
vfve for some time.
The sea-cow is supposed to have
come up from the more southern wa
ters of the gulf. Ft entered the Lagu-
ma Madre st the pass which separates
the island from the mainland and was
seen by the fishermen struggling in a
shallow part of the strip of water.
A boat with three men went out to
capture it. When they got close to it
Rodriguez climbed out of the boat and
attempted to put a rope around the
manatee's fins and was knocked I'M
conscious by a blow from one of it's
fippers. He would have drowned had
he not been dragged into the boat by
his companions. The rope was finally
fastened and the manatee was towed
ashore. 1t is the second of it's kind
captured in the Laguna Madre in the
last few weeks.
These animals are quite numerous
along the coast $50 to 200 miles south
of here. They are adapted to both salt
and fresh water. A strange feature OF
thair appearance in the waters along
the coast is that they are usually ac-
conpanied by a school of sea devils.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17
RIMS orr NORG0TTEW RE0IZE

80 He fascination of mystery still
hangs heavily upon the pre-
historic peoples of the Ameri-
can southwest. While science
is busy about them and has
been able to read in the ruins left by
them much of the pursuits, customs,
habits and religious beliefs of the
builders, it is silent as to their origin
AMI final destiny.
What is now southwestern Colorado,
central and northern New Mexico
northern Arizona and southeastern
Utah, comprising a territory of 100000
square miles, was at one time, hum
dreds, yes, and perhaps thousands or
years ago, the home of a race of peo-
pie who from the peculiar location OF
their dwellings, are known as the Cliff
Dwellers, writes W. c. Mcbride in the
current number of the Pacific Monthly.
A better conception of the term Cliff
Dweller is obtained by bearing in mind
the fact that the country wherein they
dwelt is unlike any other on the globe.
This territory drained by the San Juan
river and it's tributaries, and part1cu-
larry thai part known as Four Corners,
where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona
anC Utah form junction, is without
doubt one of the most rugged, broken,
arid and desolate appearing regions In
the continent. The zigzag water
courses, most of which for the greater
part Of the year are absolutely dry,
flow ct the bottom of deep gorges and
canyons, shut in by perpendicular
sandstone walls, towering at some
place to the height Of $500 feet. From
the main canyons others branch off in
various directions, and from these still
others until one becomes lost in veri-
table labyrinth Of cracks of Mother
Earth; = intricate system Of canyons.
On he high deserts or mesas the other
extreme is met, for here on every hand
rise immense cliffs and crags of all
colors and at all angles, single and In
groups, one upon the other in bewilder-
ing confusion. Worn By the action OF
the elements into every conceivable
shape and semblance a landscape view
from a high point is magnificent,
gorgeous, sublime. Here is a natural
bridge beside which the famous arch
OF Virginia is a toy; there is cathe-
ldaI or temple. many times larger than
st. Peters; JUST beyond, baronial
castle with towers and turrets, while
still beyond, down near the horizon,
is a city with it's domes and spires
twice as high as the Washington mon
ument
First Known to History.
The first historical accounts of the
relics of this interesting people come
from the Spaniards and from informa-
ton collected by them we learn that
the ruins of to-day are the same as
they were 365 years ago.
Prof Holmes, of the Smithsonian In
stitution, one of the first to study the
ruins from a truly scientific method,
makes the following classification.
which has generally been adopted by
students. First-Lowland villages in
which dwelt the purely agricultural
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17

warm In winter, cool in summer; but
more than all fortress behind which
the lord and master of this aerial man
sion could protect his family against a
horde.
A Great Palace.
1t is this style of ruin that is most
numerous, being scattered promiscu
ously throughout, the region; in caves
as above described, in the beds of can.
yons, sufficiently elevated above high
water mark, and on the open mesas;
in fact where one would least expect
to find human habitations, these mys-
ferrous relics confront US. A few con-
tain but a single room, othsss, 10, 20
and as many as so, while the great
Palace of the Mancos originally en-
braced not less than 1000 rooms with
in its walls. One on the Mesa Verde
covered an area of 100000 square feet
and contained 100000 cubic feet of
masonry. Great skill was shown in
joined the walls to the cliffs and in i'm
itatirg the coloring and aspect of the
neighboring rocks, indeed, in certain
narrow gOrges one must needs have
good pair of eyes to detect them amid
their rugged surroundings The win
dows and doors are small, the latter
being very narrow and rarely exceed
ing for or five feet in height. This
has given rise to the opinion held by
some that the Cliff Dwellers were a
race of pygmies. But their mummiied
remains show them to have been Ct
the ordinary stature.
The cave or cliff jewellers are found
from 200 to 500 feet above the bed OF
the stream. Holmes mentions some
so high and we'll concealed that with
the aid of telescope they can hardly
be distinguished from the surrounding
rocks Imagination is lost in at
tempting to account for tie means EN-.
ployed in conveying their construction
material and the every day necessities
of life to those lofty homes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17
BLAMES GLASSES UPON CAPS
Doctor Says Freshmen's Practics In
jures the Eyes-Are Unpro-
tected From Sun.

ithaca, N. Y.-Dr. Melven Dresshaoh
of Cornell has compiled figures BY
which he shows that 27 per cent. OF
the men at Cornell wear glasses. He
labels the habit of making the fresh
men year little caps without amy
visors as a vicious habit and declares
it should be abandoned as the caps
furnish no protection to the eyes from
the sun
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17
Relatives Meet After Many Yesr.

Relatives Meet After Many Years.
New York.-Mrs Ethel Plonskey,
aged one hundred and eight, was rec
ognized by her nephew, Moses Lazar-
owitz, aged eighty, though they had
separated in Poland forty years ago.
The meeting took place in a Jewish
synagogue, where Moses spied In front
of him an old woman who looked fa-
miliar. He learned her name and rec
ignition followed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17

own roads when l needed EN-. Jim"
he added, turning to the chauffeur,
hoist in those barrels of gravel and
cement and Wen be of. "-Harper's
| Weekly
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17
WELL KNOWN FIRE DOG DIES
Rex Was Bulldog and Hero of the
Department-ls Buried With
Honor.

New York.-Rex, fireman, life saver
and as faithful to duty as any member
Of the department, was crushed to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17

DeathIess Dame Nature.
States fall, arts fade, but nature
doth not die.-Lord Byron.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-17

warm in winter. cool in summer; but
more than all fortress behind which
the lord and master of this aerial man
sion could protect his family against
horde
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10
Occupation Tax is Wrong.
Shreveport Journal.)

Il IL.
That the state of Louisiana could
pay the doctors for their charity
work by renting the insignificant
sum paid for this occupation ia, Or
license is, Of course, stoo ludicrous
a suggestion to be given considera-
non; there are manv physicians who
40 charity practice worth hundreds of
times the amount of this animal
license. But the abolition of this tav
would be a compliment to the med;ca]
profession and recognition of their
patriotism and their philanthropy
Ihe truth of the matter is that tho
Louisiana occupation tax is all WRONG
IN principle. and ought to be abolish.
ed entirely. Surely the physician
who gives the world and humanity tho
benefit OF the knowledge gained in his
study and practice, and gives # free,1
and without cost, should be exemnto,,
from the provisions of the law.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10
D. r. READ, EDITOR.

One reads with horror the account
OF battle waged number of wears
ago between semi-barbrOus natlOns,
in which the victors led every captive
to block and struck off his right
hand with a battle ak and sent him
away, bleeding cripple for life. But
modern civilization sits complacentIy
BY, while, according to statistics. an-
nually one hundred baby hands are
chopped and torn from baby shoulders
by unprotected machinery in the
sweat-Shops of America, where I'M
told thousands Of little children are
forced to toll from early till late for
pittance that barely keeps soul and
body together. VeriIv modern clviliz-
alton is glorious thing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10

Hon r, F. Broussard, of the third
congressional district. anponncos N . ;
III response to the numerous demands
mace upon him by his friends and
constituency he has consented to per.
n'' his name to come before the people
as q candidate for the National House
Oh representatives, for the term which
lnSeryenes between now and the timo
'na' ne will take his seat in the Sen.
ate to which he was elected at the last
election. '''
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10

AS a result of our splendid twentieth
century civilization. which is declared
10 De the greatest the world has ever
known more than three million little
children are toiling long hours in IN.
sanitary shops and factories in order
10 heIp support more than three mil
non men who are ont of employment
because child labor is cheaper than
adatt labor and the Interests must
save the pennies in order to swell
their millions"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10
Will Be Hard to Beat.
(Franklin Waterman

1t looks as though Roosevelt wop]d
peat TAFT to the republican non,na.
aon' In nearly every state whore
preientlal primaries have been held
'he ex-president has walloped the
present incumbent. He is a wonder
ful man, and is possibly closer to tho
American people than any other citi.
zen OF this country. He NAV he a
laWsmlth' but he is the most iudustri-
GUS booster this country ever nro.
duced, and ii he gets the nomination
he Will be q hard man to beat.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10

No. l of Volume |, OF the Country
Review reached our desk this week
and was read with good deal of in
terest The purpose of the publication
seems to be the promotion of rural
development in all its various phases.
The Review devotes considerable of
Its space Co the progress of our
schools, gives several articles upon
the right lines upon the subject of
cattle raising, touches upon diversif-
cation and in fact covers the entire
field of subjects pertaining to the adj
Vancenent of the farm and the farmer
and his family. The paper is edited ny
VIC. CheYis and published at Baton
Rouge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10

AS result of II maudlin sentiment
that the American people are rapidly
acquiring whenever a man of money
is concerned, and especially if he is a
debauChee who has ruined women and
possibly murdered men, Harry Thaw
is about to be set at liberty, it being
asserted that he has entirely recovered
from the insanity with which be was
afflicted at the time that he murdered
Sanford White. If Harry Thaw had
been just some poor devil not backed
bv the Thaw millions he would long
ago have been put beyond the reach
of this disgusting sentiment, which IS
Al disgrace to the American People.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10
low To Kill Your Town.
{Dodson 1'imes.O

NDOuSOn Ilnes.0
Buy from peudlers as much and rs
often as possible.
Denounce your merchants because
they make a profit on their goods.
Glory IN the downfall of a man who
has done much to build up your town.
Tell your merchants that you can
BUY goods great deal cheaper IN
some other town and charge them with
extortion.
Ii a ST. anger comes to your town
tell him everything is overdone and
predict a general crash in the near
future.
Make YOUR town out a bad Mace
ana stab it every chance YOU Get.
Refuse to unite in any scheme fo.
the betterment of the material interest
OF the people.
Patronize outside news papers to the
exclusion of Your own and then do
nounce yours for not being as large
or as cheap as the city papers.
Ii you are a merchant DON'T advar.
tlse in the home paper but compel the
editor to go elsewhere for ADVERTISING
and howl like a sorehead because he
does so. Buy rubber stamp and
use 1t. 1t may save you a few dimes
and make your letterheads and an.
Veiopes look as though you were do.
Ing business in one-horse town.
Ii you are a farmer, curse the Mace
you 1--we as the moanest on earth
Iaik this over to your neighbors and
ell them the men are robbers and
hleves. 1t will make your property
nuch less valuable, but you don't
are.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10

With the adoption OF the bill con.
tanning the proposed parish division
lines, we would respectfully recon-.
mend that the legislature add an ap-
preparation for getting out a special
atlas devoted to the line separating
Calcasieu from JEFF Davis parish, as
1t is so tortuous that it will take a
good deal of study for the AVERAGE
citizen living along the line to deter
NINE just how many times it crosses
his property.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-10

80 complicated are the descriptions
OF the lines separating the parishes Of
oalcasieu and JEFF Davis Ito bel. as
proposed by the recent "Committeen
tna' even cur esteemed contemporary
the Lake Charles Times was unabte
TO include them all in a two column
article on the subject, but will doubt.
less give the remainder of them in a
future edition.