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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-09
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nv the great rivers Parana and Para
guav or their tributaries, which fur
nish transportation to many interior
parts of the country and provide
abundant irrigation and adequate
drainage. The soil is typically fer
tile, consisting for the most part OF
red clay mixed with sufficient sand
to make it porous, and covered with
rich alluvial deposits. The area Of
the country is estimated at about 100
600 square miles, and it Is dividel
into two parts blythe Paraguay river.
The southeastern part, which is in
closed by the rivers Paraguay, Parana,
and Apa, contains most of the white
population. The northwestern part,
known as the Gran Chaco, is inhabited
mostly by nomadic tribes Of Indians,
and contains vast expanses of grazing
land and immense forests awaiting ex-
ploitation. The resources of the
southeastern section alone, however,
are sufficient to engage the attention
Of the Inhabitants for many years to
come. 1t is estimated that the coun-
try has about 100000 inhabitants,
and the government has been encour-
aging immigration as much as posi-
BILE. Immigrants who have settled in
the country have done well, especially
those from Europe.
The climate is happy medium be-
tween temperate and tropical, the av-
erage temperature being 70 degrees
Fahrenheit Summer begins in Octo-
Der and lasts until March; winter
starts in April and lasts until nearly
the end of September, with an average
temperature of "a degrees. Rarely
have there been frosts and on few
occasions has the thermometer regis
tered as low as "a degrees.
Asuncion g Busy City.
Asuncion, with about $4,000 inhabi-
tants, is the capital and principal bust
ness city Of the Republic. 1t is about
$50 miles north of Buenos Aires, and
is located upon bay-shaped enlarge
ment Of the Paraguay river, about two
and a half miles long and one mile
wide, which affords ample shelter and
accommodation for many vessels. Be-
ing at the head of river navigation for
the larger river steamers, and the
place of transshipment for points
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-09

up N order to study the trade situation
in Paraguay. M. Drew Carrel, COM
IS mercial representative of the
III Buenos Aires branch of New
York bank, recently made a trip
through that country, and in The
Americas he writes entertainingly of
what he saw there. His article is thus
summarized in the bulletin of the Pan
American Union:
The only practical routes Of access
to the country, the heart of one of the
richest agricultural regions OF South
America, are the river and the rail-
way running from Buenos Aires,
thousand miles away if Asuncion, the
capital and chief city of the republic,
be taken as the travellers destination.
There is direct connection between
Buenos Aires, via the Argentine Cen
trail, Entre-Rios, and Paraguayan Cen
trail railways, and Asuncion. Through
trains leave once a week each way.
Off from Buenos Aires betimes, the
train arrives at Zarate early in the eve
ming. some sixty miles up country
where the expanse of the River Plate
has narrowed into the Parana. Here
all except the engine is run on to a
huge iron ferryboat. for a four-hOur
voyage up and across the river to
Ibicuy on the eastern shore. Nearly
all day Saturday is spent journeying
through the fat country Of Entre-Rios.
The orange groves increase, with here
and there tobacco fields, giving way
as the tropics are neared to numerous
royal palm trees.
Posadas, the last station in Argen-
tina, is reached and the train Is again
run upon a large ferryboat and car
ried across the upper part of the Parana
river to Encarnacion in the Republic
of Paraguay The level of the deck of
the ferry is some fifteen feet below the
level of the roadbed, on both sides of
the river, and it is necessary to lower
and raise the trains down and up an
incline by means of cables and steam
winches to the proper level. After
running over a switch-back on the
Paraguay side, Encarnacion is reached,
some $50 feet above the level OF the
river.
Room for Many Immigrants.
Ali through Paraguay to Asuncion
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-09
CONCERNING MAN WHO LOVED
He Showed Affection for Everybsuy
and Everything Except -Neisnpor
on Party Telephone Line.

There was once a man who tried to
love his neighbors. He began WIN
those next door and succeeded in lov-
ing them very satisfactorily, although
one of them kept chickens and the oth-
er one was a rival and perhaps supe-
rior gardener. From these concrete
examples he proceeded to demonstrate
his ability to love the abstract var
riety of neighbors which includes ev-
erybody and everything. He not only
loved his neighbors' chickens, but ne
loved his neighbors' garden-even the
arrogant tomatoes that bloomed anu
fourished there while those in bis own
garden pinned away. He loved the Ice
man and the light and gas ana water
men and he would have loved the man
who cleaned the streets If he had been
certain of his existence.
He loved the gentleman across inc
street who tinkered with his motor
car all day Sunday, and he loved the
woodpecker that hammered the water
spout outside his bedroom window at
five o'clock each morning. lie IoVeu
the neighbors' children, although they
pulled his pansies, and he pretenoeu
that he loved the beetles that red on
the hearts of his rosebuds. He loveu
hot weather and cold weather, and ex-
pressed a peculiar affection for the
weather man.
All these he loved, and many more,
but there was one neighbor that ne
could not love. 1t was the neighbor
who was said to be on the same party
telephone line with him. 1t is doubt
full if anybody has ever succeeded In
loving that elusive, ever-present some
body who seems to live on his party
line. It has long been matter of re-
gret that one half of the world ala not
know how the other half lived. by
means of the party line we have found
out all about it, and a very unprofita-
BILE piece of knowledge it has been.
We know too much about the neigh
Dor on our party line, and he knows
too much about US.
This man might have succeeded in
loving his neighbor on his telephone
line If he had met him over the gar
den fence, but they were forever as
saulting each other with unexpected
and irritable "helloes," and with vehe3
ment requests from each to the other
to "get off the line" When he called
up his wife in the morning his neigh
boris wife answered him, and when
he tumbled down the stairs to answer
his telephone in the night the neigh
Dor sent him back to bed Inundated
And then his wife and the neighbours
wife met at luncheon where the lat
ter induced the former to listen to a
weary recital Of the telephone habits
of the folks on their party line" or
course there was no chance after that
1t seems that it cannot be done. The
party telephone lines connect us too
closely with our neighhors to permit
us to love each other
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-09

scene such as this is not uncom-
mon in the countries stricken by the
war. This picture vas taken in one
Of the picturesque hamlets of the
Spreewald, one of the outskirts of Ber-
lin. The natives of this part of the
country are descendants of a very an
cient race, the Wenden. They still
speak among themselves the ancient
language of their ancestors. The
children, at an early age, are trained
in household duties. This custom now
shows it's real value to the country
for the young children, together with
the older women, knit stockings for
the men at the front.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-09
POTATOES FOR THE POOR
Welcome Relief Promised for Desti-
tute Families in Hartford
City, Ind.

Hartford City, Ind.-On the sugges-
ton of M. M. Weller, a prominent bust
ness man, the Magazine club of this
city will put into operation plan
which, 1t is believed, will afford wei.
come relief for many poor families in
Hartford City next winter.
The club will obtain permission
from the owners of number of va
cant lots In the city to plant potatoes
II is believed that from 600 to 500
bushels can be raised in this manner
during the summer. Next winter,
when calls for help are received from
destitute families, the potatoes will be
distributed. Mr.. Weller has agreed to
donate the services of several teams
and men and also to permit the club
to use several lots owned by him.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-09

farther north, as we'll as the place
from which the principal highways
and trails into the interior diverge,
it is a center of commercial activity.
1t is the terminus of the railway from
the south. 1t has four banks, numer-
Gus industrial plants, including saw
mills, ship repair and building yards,
soap and candle factories, shoe and
cigar making establishments, two
breweries, and many pretentious
wholesale and retail mercantile
houses.
Most of the larger cities and towns
of the country are located either on
the Central Paraguayan railway or on
the Paraguay river. The most impor-
tant of these is Encarnacion, at the
southern boundary Of the republic,
where the railway trains are ferried
10000 inhabitants. The principal in
dustries of the district are grazing,
Underwriting and the preparation Of
yerba mate. Encarnacion is port
of entry and is the distributing point
for the southern portion of Paraguay
The town of Paraguay, north of En-,
carnacion of the railway, has a pop
ulation of about 1900, and is located
in a rich cattle and timber region.
Luque, town of $4,000 inhabitants,
short distance from Asuncion, is in
| district from which tobacco and
| miscellaneous agricultural products
| and alcohol come. The other places
along the railway range in size from
shipping points for large estates to
small communities more or less inter
ested in grazing, agriculture and tim.
Der cutting.
On the Paraguay river from south
to north among the places Of impor
lance may be mentioned Pillar, with
about 1000 inhabitants. North OF
Asuncion is Villa Hayes, with pop
ulation, including that of the adjacent
country, of 10000. 1t is on the west
side of the river in what is known as
the Gran Chaco country. The princi
pal industries are grazing and agri
culture, including cane-sugar mill
and distillery. Farther north on the
river is another cattle district in Con,
cepcion, having about $4,000 inhabi
tants.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-09

the road runs across vast tracts OF
luxurious grazing land, broken here
and there by liues of low, timber-cov-
cred hills. Buildings and other evil
dences of development are few and
far between, compared with the ex-
tent of the country, and one is i'm
pressed with the fact that there is
ample room there for thousands of
home-seeking immigrants from the
congested districts of Europe, who
would find an agreeable climate and
soil fertile and extensive enough to
feed not only themselves but many of
tie other inhabitants of the world.
Timber is so plentiful in the Para
guayan country that the railways use
it for fuel At every railway station
are huge logs and squared timbers
ready for shipment. On the hillsides
where clearings have been made, as
we'll as in the bottom lands, besides
the rich grass, the corn, the alfalfa
and the tobacco, healthy sugar cane
is seen.
Arriving at Asuncion at p. m. Sun
day, the train runs into large termi
nal station which, though modern in
appearance, is said to be the first rail
way station built in South America
A British engineer constructed it about
fifty years ago, and the Orders ano
other parts of the framework, which
at a hasty glance one would say are
iron, are in fact wood that is as SOUND
today as when the building was erect
ed.
Asuncion is an important port fol
river movements. The larger vessels
from the River Plate bring their car
goes to Asuncion, whence merchan
disc is taken overland or transshippeC
in smaller boats for points farther w
the river. Although it is a river port
over a thousand miles from the sea
coast. the size and number Of large
vessels at the dock, or at anchor
awaiting their turn to go to the docks
and the many smaller craft, as wei
as the large and commodious harbor
give it much thu appearance of sea
port
Enclosed by Big Rivers.
The Republic of Paraguay is al
most completely surrounded by wa
ter. being bounded on nearly all side:
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-09
LlberatIng Gagged Birds.

Writing On this subject in Bird
Notes and News, Mr.. w. H. Hudson
mentions the common idea that a
Gagged bird when liberated is speedily
set upon and ill-treated by wild birds.
1t appears that the Royal Society for
the Protection CT Birds receives
many letters of inquiry on this sub
ject from persons who would like to
pursue the humane hobby OF freeing
birds from captivity. The writer men,
lions several observations of his own
and of others which appear TO show
that there is no truth in the popular
potion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-09
Manhattan's Only Farmer Dead.

New Observation-Disclosures only farm
er who every day took truckload OF
garden produce to market. is dead on
his four block farm at Fort George
and Audubon avenues.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
FOUR HENS TO SETTLE CASE
When They Decide "Thls 10 Our
Roost," Litigation VIII Come
70 an End.

New York.-Under instructions from
City Judge Beall. Yonkers policeman
turned loose four hens and followed
them to see where they went to roost.
Upon the report he will make will de.
pend the judges decision as to the
ownership OF the fowl.
Mrs Mary KRtatch Of 2s6 Orchard
street and Luigi CitoTea of 900 Or.
chard street claim tho hens. They
went 10 court about Il and Judge Beall
quickly realized he would need expert
advice. lie decided that tho best ex.
perts were the hens themselves. and
ordered that they be- permitted TO
show which was their home,
y want you, oiiicer. 70 see that there
IL no interference with justice In this
case" said Judge BeAll 10 the police
man. we had a spaghetti hound case
here that could not be- settled because
someone ate the spaghetti intended for
the dog. We had pigeon case in
which someone got the birds drunk.
Don't let anyone interfere with the &C.
tons Of these hens"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
LEFT IN ORPHANAGE,
NOW SEEKS MOTHER
Lonely Girl Makes Pathetic kp-
peal for Help in Finding
Parents or Friends.

Philadelphia Weary OF being alone
In the world without knowing where
her mother and other relatives are.
Miss Emma C. Hayes OF BiuEhAmton.
y V, has. through letter. made a
pathetic appeal to Superintendent OF
Police Robinson to aid her In search
that she is making for her parent and
friends, w.
The young woman. according 81 her
communication. was placed In a local
Catholic orphanRge when a child and
kept there until she was eleven years
old, when she was indenturcd 70 a
family living az Friendsville. Suaquc-
hanna county. Pennsylvania, with
whom she remained until three years
ago when she decided 20 earn her
own living, She IA now nineteen
years old
Life without mother or at least
not knowing where to 1nd her. Is
somewhat ot burden" she wrote TO
the head OF the police department.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09

and I sincerely hope you will sue
coed In finding her for me. There 10
no question but that my mother had
deliberately kept her whereabouts a
secret, as far as ! am concerned.
while she practically turned tho adrift
in this world.
Il was born In Philadelphia, or at
least was told 30. and while child
was placed In st. Vincent'H home.
After had been sent there. my
mother and another woman, who.
was led 10 believe. was an aunt
called 20 sec me several times. but
their visits suddenly ceased Ny
mother subsequently wrote me. civ
Ing her address M No, ~ Oxford
street"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
SAYS MOVIES BROKE UP HOME
First indian Marriage ~ Reservation
In Iowa Does Not Turn Out
. Success.

MarshAiltown, lowa.-That the fret
Indian marriage contracted At the
Iowa Sac and Fox reservation at Tama
Is not success Ia forecast IA peti.
ton for divorce MED BY Josephine
Youngbear. q matron Of copper hue
from her lawful spouse. John Young
bear
The couple were married March IL.
1914. Cruel and inhumAn treatment
such an 10 endRnEer her life. IL ths
allegation made BY Josephine. John
denies the charge and says he has not
only treated his wife NJ a white man
should. but that be has put up pa.
tisntiy with lot OF nARginE
He also alleges that hts wife has be
come addicted 10 this movie habit
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
MiIIet Makes Good Bav

Millet makes good hay II cut at the
proper time. which is when # Is in
bloom. On good land IT will make
from two to three tons to an acre and
has about the same feeding value as
good timothy. But Il allowed to ripen
to seed it draws heavily on the phos-
phOric acid content Of the soil. Sow
one bushel to the acre. for If sown
thin on rich bottom land it grows too
coarse. The time to plant is from the
LIST to the 18th of June.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09

Two years ago the prediction Of war
was based upon the letter w"
Beginners among the students OF the
laboratory scofFed at the Idea that a
mere bug could advise "a advance OF
var, and merriment was quietly In
dulged in at the expense Of those
Who graYely shook their heads az they
contended 10 the contrary
The wings Of the 1914 locusts we're
marked With a w
Laboratory students this year, their
interest aroused BIZ experience. await
ed the coming Of the FIRST 1915 locust
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
asoo a. on. o., ~,

Pierre. s. d. - Fred Hanson. =
weller employed BY Fanehsra along
the White river 10 help clear that sec
tion Of gray wolves. has just collected
$500 for one days work hanson
tFalled a female wolf 10 her dta In
the bills. and BY digging captured the
mother and mine whelpa His contract
arica was Ss0'for each gT=s wolf car
IL
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
csnsor Requlres InterpretasIon.

Censor Requires Interpretation.
The mysterious German word ..zu
gel recently produced trouble Ia =
family residing in coethsn Gays =
Hamburg dispatch. A son serving In
the German army wrote bis parents
that he was returning home on a leave
Of absence. He added that be would
stop over in Brussels and asked for
money to enable him 10 return TO Ger.
many. A few days later the family
received telegram: Send 100 marks
10 Victoria hotel ZuKei The par.
ents hesitated 10 send the money, ~
this was not their name They made
inquiries at the Office Of military ON
Gals. The answer came sZugel no
bunko steerer You can safely send
the money Zugel IN an abrevlation
added BY the censor. meaning .zuge
lassen' tpasBed1''
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
Murdsrsa lalr con,In.

ELLA. Gn.-AuAtin Wright. Who
killed hts cousin. John Wright. In thls
county p years ago. has returned and
surrendered himself 10 sheriff Hil.
ton Of Gilmore ounty. The wrights
we're ehams and In scutis Austin
cut John IN the leg. inhieting = wound
from which he blsI 10 death Aus.
Tin Immediately left and had never
been heard from until \ few days
ago
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
CONVEY MESSAGE OF PEACE
New Story Is Being Told BY Loeusts,
Whose Wings Forecast the Pres
ent European War.

That warfare is to give way to peace
is the message the locust brings.
Each year. according 10 students OF
entomology. scores Of whom are arriy-
ng daily at the Ohio State uniyersitys
ummer laboratory on the Cedar Point
peninsula. the locust bears a forecast
3n its WIS
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09

Church-A man aho has invented
many wireless devices has succeeded
10 intercepting messages slth needles
thrust into a potato
Gotham-It would seem, then. that
a potato Ii more communicative thzn
a clam.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09

The 1915 locust came. II uaa cap.
tured and examined On its wings
the letter 'P. standing for Peace.
Was clearly outlined. OHIO.
Special to the Washington Post
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
nla Ain

"on the cattle ship on which M
friend worked an or got loose on
the voyage and roamed about before
they could capture 1t
Maybe the OF vas looking for the
steeraRe
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
Stop Chewing Habit.

Paint the neck and pole with kero
sene il the horse persists In chewing
them. II win stop the habit In the ma
iority of cases.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09

Herbert 8. Houston. ylce-presIdaat
OF Doubleday Page 4 Co. who vas
elected president OF the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World AZ the
recent convention in Chicago Mr..
Houston was born in Illinois and has
been In newspaper and magazine work
all his business life
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-09
Growing Pepper Plants.

The conditions the pepper plant de-
mands for favorable development are
very similar to those OF the tomato.
except that when young the peppers
are more sensitive to cold, wet or IN
favorable conditions of the soil. Pep
pers. like many other crops, bring Ihe
best results when their growth Is un-
checked from the starting seed to the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-15

Ing the first period (which closes july
10, three times as much as compared
to the last period.
Q. Who viii determine the win.
Iners?
A. The contest manager will make
the final count In the presence Of any
number of contestants who may de-
sire to assist in the final count.
O.. What are the necessary quail
f1cations to win?
A. Determination, as much organ
ization as possible among friends
confidence and an early start.
q. May contestants secure subscrip-
tons and have The v!rginian start
at some future date?
A.. Subscribers may be secured al
any time. but II is not necessary to
have The virginian start until their
subscription to another paper expires
@. Will sending subscriptions to
the contest department interfere with
any OF the boys now delivering the
paper?
A. Not in the least The same boy
will deliver your paper as heretofore
as he is employed by US on salary