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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
Astronomers Theory.

While the most of US are attribut
ing the floods to the neglect of men
and their governments to take the
necessary precautions in dealing with
the rivers, Camille Flammarian, the
eminent French astronomer, suggests
theory that puts the disaster over
and above the power of man to pre-
vent. We say that men have erred
in narrowing the river channels and
building bridges over them that IL
flood time serve as dams. He says
that the disaster is due to the move
ment of the earth's crust. 'The
whole of the western section Of the
great lakes region" he says, "is
slowly but surely sinking in a south
westerly direction and then he tells
us that somebody has computed thai
if the subsistence continues five cen
turtles hence, Lake Michigan will enf
by running away into the Mississippi
That may be. But in the meantime
it will be we'll for men to deal with
the rivers intelligently and with fore
sight.-Columbus Dispatch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
WILL ENTER ARCTICS
]. K. Cornwall viii Guide Expedi-
ton on Mackenzie.
Party of Writers and Artists VIII Ex'
pIore the Far North That lite
Resources May Be Made
Known to All.

Edmonton. Alta.-James K. Corn
wall of Edmonton, member Of the pro-
vincial parliament for Peace river,
will conduct party of writer's, artists
and picture photographers
down the Mackenzie river, in the him
terland of Alberta, to the fringe OF
the Arctic circle, to show the life OF
the Indian, fur trapper traders and
settlers and the development of the
country. A film company will send
two machines and an operator The
party will return about the end OF the
year.
Among others the party will in
clude Mr. Cornwall, who has passed a
quarter century in the northland;
Charles Russell, the Indian artist or
Montana; Emerson Hough, author and
special writer; P. K. Miller, scientist
and George Fraser, chronologist.
The route is from Edmonton TO
Athabasca Landing by rail, along the
Athabasca river to the Mackenzie
river by way of Lesser Slave ana
Great Slave lakes, down the Machel-
zie to Porcupine, to the Yukon, VISIT
ing Dawson and Whitehorse and 60
ing thence to Herschell's island.
The explorers, travelling In scoWs'
skiffs and steamers, will visit the nu-
merous trading posts in the north,
and it is probable that several photo
plays will be worked out by the real
pioneers of the country.
Mr.. Cornwall, who is financing the
project, is the head of the Northern
Trading company, which operates
line of boats on northern waters. He
has been over thousands Of miles or
the virgin territory, and is known
among the dwellers of the north as
far as any white man has yet pene-
trated the interior.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

All the outdoor sports so dear to
Americans are now in full swing. Wet
days are giving place to sunshine ones,
increasing the enjoyment for the
young and old who delight in being
In the open air. The athletically in
clined who have been exercising in
gymnasiums all winter are now able
to get the needed practice in the open
air. Gymnasium work is excellent,
but all instructors are pleased when
they can send their charges outdoors
to get into real action in some fas-
cinating sport. The athlete is never
ir the best possible condition until
be has outdoor training The pure
fresh air is also invigorating for those
who do not indulge in physical stunts.
The indoor worker should try to get
all the fresh air he can at some period
of the day. Then he will be able to
maintain his physical strength at nor.
NAL and can enjoy life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

"The small navy Of the United
States is entirely the reason for this"
he said. Japan is supreme on the
seas right now and has everything It's
own way. 1t is impossible for the
United States to make the Japs come
to terms, and all we can do, as l see
it, is to take what Japan chooses to
give us.
1.-TWO years ago l was in favor of
sending a fleet to the Pacific ocean,
and have been an advocate of this
plan all the time. 1t is too late to do
anything now, as the Panama Canal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
TENDERFEET WIN
WORLD CHAMPIO NSHIP
HILL AND SONS, THE DAT CHAM
PIONS, ARE COCKNEYs BORN
AND BRED.

City.bred in the worlds greatest
metropolis and unframed as to thingt
agricultural, were j. G. Hill and his
three boys when they settled on hone
steads at Lloydminster, in the Prov
tnce of Saskatchewan (western Can
ada), eight years ago. Today they
are the recognized champion oat grow.
ers of the North American continent,
having won twice in succession the
silver challenge cup, valued at $500.
at the Fifth National Corn exposition
Columbia, S. G.. The Plate, officially
known as the Colorado Dat trophy is
emblematic of the grand champion.
ship prize for the best bushel of oats
exhibited by individual farmers or ex.
pertinent farms at these expositions.
The Hill entry won this year in the
face of the keenest competition, hun
dreds of exhibits being sent by expe
rienced farmers from all parts of the
United States and Canada. The oats
were grown OF land which was wild
prairie less thar four years ago.
When Mr.. Hill and his three sons,
who probably never saw a wider acre.
age than the hills of Hampstead
Heath, or the parks of London, came
to Saskatchewan eight years ago, they
had little more capital than was re-
quired for homestead entry fees. They
filed on four homesteads, in the Lloyd
minister district, which straddles the
boundary of Alberta and Saskatche-
wan. They went to work with will,
ripping the rich brown sod with break
ing plows and put in a crop, which
yielded fair returns.
They labored early and late and de-
MED themselves paltry pleasures, glad
to stand the gaff for a while in rising
to their possibilities. They talked with
successful farmers and studied crops
and conditions and profited by both.
The new life on the farm was strange
but they never lost heart, handicapped
as they were by lack of experience
and capital.
The farm house, modern in every
respect, compares favorably with any
residence in the city. The Hills have
substantial bank accounts and their
credit is gilt-edge from Edmonton to
Winnipeg and beyond.
There is nothing secret about our
methods nor is our plan copyrighted.
We first made thorough study of
climatic conditions, soil and seed"
said Mr.. Hill. 1--WE tended our crops
carefully and gradually added live
stock, realizing from the beginning
that mixed farming would pay larger
and more certain returns than straight
grain growing. We have demonstrated
that fact to our satisfaction and the
result is that many of the farmers in
the district are following our exam
pie"
The land that the Hills work is Of
the same class as may be found any.
where in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or
Observation-Disclosures.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
MANY LOST ARTICLES HERE

rings with brilliants and two hats of
naval officers.
On another occasion an employe at
the opera found bracelet with dia-
monds which formed part of the
crown jewels, and belonged to a mem
Der of the Orleans family.
A general once found purse in the
Bots de Boulogne. He handed it to
the policeman, and year later the
same purse was restored to him with
the Injunction that he was, according
TO the law, to be it's depository for
thirty years, after which time, in &C.
cordance with the statute of limita-
tions, he would become the definite
owner. The purse contained $1.25.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

an intimation that he was not to
marry her. He provided for all of her
expenses, including two operations.
She was compelled to withdraw from
Central college because the president
disapproved of her acquaintance with
Faucette and she went to Springfield
Mo. While in the latter city she re-
ceived several endearing letters. This
was after she had copied, at Eau
cette's request, she testified, letter
releasing him from their engagement
She said that he asked her to do this
l. erely to please his family. He would
still regard her as previously.
Faucette's defense was an attack on
Miss Anderson's character.
Attorney Chamberlain, for the plain
tiff. in summing up the case to the
jury, drew his argument from the play
"Everywoman," and quoted the play
freely. Attorney Blackwood, for the
defense drew picture Of the bust
ness man as prey of designing wom-
en-.
Judge Trieber in his charge to the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
SEE NO KISSES IN 2O13
Mrs. Barney Hemmick Declares WON.
en- VIII Then Wear
Trousers.

Washington.-In 2013 A. d. men and
women will both wear trousers and
kissing will be lost art, according to
the prophecy in new playlet written
by Mrs. Barney Hemmick, the fairy
godmother of Washington society.
Mrs. Hemmick will produce the play
for the first time as the curtain raiser
to her suffrage play.
In addition to the above noted
changes, Mrs. Hemmick predicts that
in 2013 character as we'll as health
certificates will be required attach
ments to marriage licenses.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
INcREAe,NG THE CROPS.

Vast as are our American crops, the
immense bulk gathered from their ex-
tension can be almost indefinitely en-
1arged by careful selection of the
seeds. Despite the fact that figures
estimating the annual yield cannot be
properly realized, we are but just be-
ginning to understand the intensive
and residual force stored up in the
material handled. In former times,
beyond common prudence and gen.
eral survey, little attention was paid
to the condition of the seed. Rough
and-ready methods were sufficient
Today, with incest exactitude, this
material is being examined, ear by
ear, and the fittest only selected.
Characterization and seed selection
have become factors of great moment
In the modern agriculturist's vocation,
and applied science is working won
ders with cereals and other food crops,
adding more bushels to the acre, more
load on the harvest cart and millions
of dollars to the market. Wheat, for
instance, can be cultivated to meet
local conditions of soil and climate,
and it has been estimated that follow
ing out this "selective" hint, our AM
nual yield might be twice the amount
now quoted. A series of tests made
by the United States department OF
agriculture resulted in the statement
that rejecting the grains of low vi.
tality when sorting out seed means
a gain of IA per cent. on the crop. On
the basis of last years total grain
production this means 437,000,000
more bushels, or more than 100000.
600 valuation on the farms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
HAS MACHINE TO CUT SKULLS
Doctor Demonstrates Electrical APP
paratus for Trepanning-
Reduces the Pain.

Chicago.-Skull cutting by machin-
cry is the latest development in cra'
NAL surgery. And a doctor in Chicago
is the inventor. A secret demonstrat
ton was given at a meeting of a
medical society and surgeons who
were permitted to witness the opera
ton are said to have been greatly
interested.
The machine is cylindrical saw
operated at high speed by electricity
A patient can be trepanned by this
method in a fraction of the time re-
quired by the old chisel and hand
worked saw.
In emergency, it was stated, the new
machine can be attached to any KIND
of electric current. In cases requir
ing instant operation it is claimed that
the new machine will save many pa
tients who formerly would have been
considered hopeless cases.
It's greatest usefulness, however, IL
said to lie in the fact that the number
of operable cases will be increased te
include many whose weakness OF heart
action would prohibit them from be-
ing anaesthetized long enough for op-
Grafton by the old method.
His electrically driven saw will ro-
tate at an exceedingly high speed, cut
ting at a mere touch, so that in the
hands of a skilled surgeon the tre-
panning operation will be relieved OF
a great portion Of its danger.
The machine has not yet been tried
on a living subject, for the doctor
wanted an authoritative confirmation
of his own views.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
is GIVEN LOVE SUIT

jury stripped the case of romance and
sentiment and asked the jury to de-
eide two questions:
And was Faucette responsible for
Loda Anderson's moral standing?
The jury was out only thirty min
utes and returned a judgment for
100000, the full amount asked.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
BERRIES IN ALASKA
Strawberry Growing Is Possible
in the Far North.
Department of Agriculture Finds Cold
Resisting Plant Susceptible to Cui-
tivation-Tho "Tin Cow" No
Longer a Luxury.

Washington. - Native-grown straw
berries and cream in Alaska would
have sounded like comic supplement
joke a few years ago. But they are
now actualities, according to the ex-
pertinent station report of the depart
ment of agriculture. Of course, the
resident millionaires of the Klondlke
could afford to import strawberries
from Indo-China if they wanted to do
so, but they prefer to grow them local
ly, and If the present prospects hold
out they are likely to become reg
ular market commodity and within
reach of the common mine laborer
who makes only SIS or $40 a day.
The department of agriculture was
interested in Alaska fruit culture for
long time, and explorers brought
cold-resistant plants from all quarters.
Many of them did well, and the de-
partment is now experimenting there
with black currant that will live out
of doors at a temperature of -5S.
But the residents could not find a
strawberry that would stand the eli
mate and bear fruit inside the narrow
time limit allowed by an Alaskan sum-
mer.
Finally the plant breeders took hold
of the problem. The plant breeder is
one of the latest developments of sci
ence. He is the wizard of the new
horticulture. They found a little ma
tive member of the strawberry family
down on the coast near Sitka. The
orange, but it was a native and in
ured to the climate This was crossed
with a good fruit-bearing plant from
the states, and the result has devel-
oped as a cold-resisting plant that
bears a better fruit than either of it's
parents. The experiment station has
been growing them and next year
they will be generally put out in the
local gardens.
AS for cream, that is easy. The
day has passed when Alaska had to
depend on the 'tin COW" and get its
milk from the condensing factories.
The department started several years
ago with a small herd of the little
shaggy, black Galloway cattle and
found they took kindly to the soil and
climate of Kodiak Island. To be sure,
the big brown Kodiak bears that are
big as elephants ate few, and last
year there was a volcano over on the
mainland sixty-two miles away that
sifted ashes down on the pastures and
starved a few more to death. But the
cattle did we'll in spite Of handicaps,
and the department now is selecting
some of the best mixers and build
Ing up regular dairy herd.
Butter from the native cows has
sold at times in Alaska cheaper than
it was doing on the same date in
Washington. So the cream for the
native strawberries is assured. 1t is
true that the department has not yet
found a sugar cane that will grow
inside the arctic circle, and the Alas
kans' still have to import their sugar,
but if the sugar beet man is to be
trusted, he thinks in time he can de-
velop a sugar beet that will grow on
the Yukon. If that is the case, Alaska
will feel SO independent of the rest
of the country that the chances are
she will raise a kick in congress for
an autonomous form of government.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
Tramp Defrauded Lawyers.

Four Ammanford (Carmarthenshire)
solicitors were alleged to have been
duped by George Sullivan, otherwise
Murphy Finnegan, laborer on tramp,
who was recently committed by the
magistrates for trial on charges Of OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses.
Representing that he had been knock
ed down by motor car, he asked, 1t
was stated, each of the solicitors to
act for him in a compensation claim,
and they all gave him money when
he told them he was penniless.-Lon-
don Mail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
HAS BULL THAT GIVES MILK
Animal Was Raised at the Delaware
College Experimental
Farm.

Newark, Del.-The Delaware college
experimental farm has curiosity in
the shape of a Guernsey bull which
gives milk. Professor Harry Hay.
ward, director of the farm, admitted
the presence of the phenomenon say
ing: ut is unusual for bull to give
milk, but 1t is not impossible for
males of the bovine family to develop
mammary glands"
King Beda is the name of this bull
and his milk is rich in fats.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
Boards on Wheat as Lightning Rods.

Boards on Wheat as Lightning Rods.
Wheat growers in general do not
favor long-bearded grain, as the straw
made therefrom is not liked by farm
yard animals.
Still, in windy regions the beard of
wheat is found to act as a protection,
it's elasticity keeping the plants from
injury. 1t also checks the inroads of
birds.
But quite a new function of the
pointed bristles has been discovered
by Professor Lemstron of the Univer-
sity of Helsingfors, who points out
that the points of the bristles dissi-
pate electricity, acting somewhat like
miniature lightning conductors.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
"WILD" CATS KILL SONGSTERS
Wealthy Residents of New Rochelle
Park, N. Y, Alarmed by Acts of
FeIines.

New York.-The wealthy residents
of Rochelle Park, New Rochelle, have
become alarmed over the depredations
of band of wild cats that is making
raids on pantries and songbirds of
the park. The cats attack those who
chase them.
Most of the robins and thrushes and
the squirrels have been killed and
eaten by the cats. Among the cats
are valuable angoras and persians.
They have colonized in out-build-
ings of the old home of DR.. H. G.
Bumpus, formerly curate of the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History of
New York city. The band has in
creased to more than 100.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
Wives Like Unto Job!

At dinner party in New York not
long ago the talk turned on the
virtue of patience as personified in
the patience OF Job.
At this a French woman at the la
BILE exclaimed with comic pathos:
"Talk about the patience of the
late Monsieur Job! Any woman Is
entitled to a like immortal reputation
who has ever had a husband at home
with a cold in his head!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

is not opened and it's a long way
around by the water route"
Captain Hobson, however, is of the
belief that this experience with Japan
will serve as a reminder to the United
States that the navy is an important
thing.
"If we did have large navy now
and If we had a fleet near Japan that
country would soon come to our
terms" he said. "All we can do now
is to take what Japan wishes to give
u.s."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
Business Head.

Old Bullion Con his deathbed)-
All my property is willed to you, but
I'm afraid my children by my first
wife will make a contest, and then the
lawyers will get it.
Young Wife-Don't worry, my love;
l can easily fix that. I'll marry one
of the lawyers"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
HoBsoN ASKS LARGER NAVY
Former officer, In Chicago, Says Mika-
do Presumes on Americas
Greatest Weakness.

Chicago.-The balance of power in
the California land question lies with
Japan because of the small navy of
the United States and because there
is no United States fleet in the Pacific
now, according to the views expressed
recently by Captain Richmond p.
Hobson.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

One employee of the senate, at least
,r change in admin
tbs Jul is DIS istration, and the
Safe 9S Ever chances are that
he will not be. He
is Charles N. Richards, 72 years old,
superintendent of the senate station
tft1eth year Of service.
Mr.. Richards entered the service of
the senate in the days when Charles
Sumner and Henry Wilson were the
senators from Massachusetts, his ma
tive state.
He was appointed to office fifteen
years before Senator Luke Lea of Ten
nessee, at present the youngest mem
Der of the senate, was born, and was
serving the highest legislative body in
the country long before many of the
present day senators had seen the
light of day.
This is the third time that the
Democrats have had a chance to lop
OF my official head said Mr. Richards
the other day, "and they haven't done
1t yet. What's the reason? Here are
three: First, am stationery clerk;
secondly, they want a sample of the
old rascals, to show just what a bad
lot we were, and thirdly, they seem
to want me to stay, and l want to
stay more than they want to have me.
There Is not a senator, member of
the house or member of the Supreme
court who was in office when l began
my work here"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

A woman physician says that bru-
nettes as a rule are steady "They
change less often and become special
lists. They stick to one thing rather
than the variety" However, the bru-
nette who becomes blond shows in
an unmistakable manner a tendency
to seek variety.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

"Hydrocyanic" acid gas as an agens
for Riding the house Of unpleasant in
sects is undoubtedly an effective agent.
But 1t has an inconvenient tendency
to wipe out the human being who ad-
ministers it, which is frequently incon-
venient.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
Wales Gets His Own Home.

The Pail Mall Gazette says the
king has purchased Stafford house as
a future residence for the prince OF
Wales
There has been considerable gossip
as to where the prince should be To-
Gated. The king did not feel that he
could afford to keep Stafford house
for his son, but strong hint was put
out that the labor and socialist mem
bers of parliament would oppose any
special grant for the prince of Wales.
The queen was also opposed to giving
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
Spoiled the. Wedding for Her.

How did you like the wedding?'
Not at all. The arrangements
were simply awful. Why, they even
showed the splendid present we sent
SO far out of sight that no one could
see 1t. and had hard work finding II
myself"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

After his spouse had, hit him in
Vulnerable times with a frying pan,
broken his arm, poured hot water on
him, scratched his face, pulled his hair
and left him seven times, a Georgia
she does not love him any more. Quick
perception, certainly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

A Philadelphia suggestion that the
navy department further amend that
substitution of right and left for star
board and port by making it "haw"
and "gee" would make it even more
familiar to naval rockies" from the
agricultural belt.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

A man who fell in love with a Chi
cago widow on account of her feet,
is now being sued by her for breach
of promise. Probably she had refused
to serve as substitute for the roller
he uses on his lawn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

Crossing the ocean in day is now
being considered. A tolerant smile
would one day have been the only
answer to this mad suggestion, but
in these times the quick reply is
why not?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

the young man any separate establish
ment until he was married.
The action of his majesty settles
the matter.-London Correspondence
New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

Tho barber who was given thrash.
ing by an actor in Los Angeles is prob
ably one of the kind that cuts you one
day and asks you whether you shave
yourself the next.