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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1907)
- - - , - " - - r ARABLE LAND LIMIT , , . . I HOW _ ONG CAN THE - DESERT I HOLD DACK THE FAnMER7 .1 - - - - - - - - - - - Ii , II Science Ir.cre slng the Tillable Area I I of the Seml.Mld Region-Ex. perta Co Not Acree on What , Is th ArId Lmd , I Oio or the mool hltert'sUng contro- ' ' ( of .clcuttllc In that \'oQ $ n ; 11nturo which . -.an\oo \ to the IImll or the : , nr\bi. klId In tllo : ultJ nnlt scmlnrhl I' IlorU of the \Y's ( 'rt conlln'nt. Il Ii Is C\1ftDt t l1ltl1 lImih ot the desert ! nro UtO\"bJo : md lhnt sclonce Is heh ) ' " Itto / mo\"o the limit hack nt n rapid II ( \ rnto. Hul 010 scontlsts and the Irac. .1 :1 : lIenl rnruors do not n ; reo on how to define Ue limits , I Under the rlltn : ! \ of the gonornl I:1nl1 orneo at Wns1lnton ! Il has hoen lell1 : that where the l1'l1clllltatlon , or' ' fall oC rain nnd snow , Is l'ls than 20 I luchqs an nil all ) ' the 1I1'Ovisions 'of the I' desert land act nppl ) ' . In other words nuy COllull' ) ' or scllon where nnturo hns not. Jlrovldcr ! nt l ( { Ist 20 Inches oC water nnnuall ) ' 15 a de.lJert , It Is In this re Jon oC low preclpltntlon that the IrrfsaUon tno\'ment h ; accom. llllshing so much Cor Arnol'1cm agrl. I c\lllure. \ The O\'e\'ltment \ lu spcndlng mllllo.s of dollars for the reclamation ; iJf the arlll lands h ) ' Irrigation I'ojects ! ar.d It Is esUumted that when nil the II water avallablo for Irrigation has \ i l1eon use , ' at least ten lIeI' cent. of the arlll landa will be used. I : I But Is all land where the rainfall Is \ less than 20 IncheN to ba reg\I'dod as II desert ? 1'1Iat Is a Question Which Is , . made Important IJ ) ' the work done by t lu'acUcal farmers of the west. The I plain f.arinol's are not nI'eed with the I collcgo farmers , ' ; Prof , H , ' 1' . French , of the Unl\'ersl. ) I t ) . of IIlalio , slatca that "on account of I , the wonderf\ll I\dvanccn1ont In our ! I undorltullIlng { of lho Rclonc ot soli : : clIIUv tlon and coil metnbollsm , It Is I. 1108Slblo to-day to grow crops where : n few : .year..1 110 : It was deemed an I ! utter .lmIJOsslhlllt ) . . . . Prof. l\1l1ton \ . Whitney , of ho United States hureau I of soils , was nalonlshcd to dlscovor' ' I that III Cnllrol'nla the ) ' are farming I where , the rain censes almost entlrel ) " , In the summer. Yet the scientists . . have been holding fast. n long tlmo \ to tho. theor ) ' that an'thlng les3 than 20 Inc\les of rainfall means a , desert I i nnd slIch ll1nd can only he made by T Irrigation. Prot. , W. 1\1. Jardine , ot the United , State .bnreau of ) Ilant IItdu3tr ) ' , states II that a region "Is consldered al'\l \ when I the tdtnl IJteclllltation Is 15 Inches or : J less , " but 110 has heen ont wesl look. j Ing nt condition ! ! I\S the ) ' are and ho I finds on Investigation. that "recenl In : I I veaUgatlons In dl'y farming , 01' farm. , Ing wllhout Irl'lgnUon , have demon. t I j , , I stratad that II ylng C1"OlN can bo pro- dUCOll In regions \Thoro the annut'.l I precllJl Uon Is as low ns ten Inche3 , I thus hrlnglng under culUvnllon mil , I I lions of acres which U)1 ) to the llresoat limo hnvo been consldererl useless ex. : cetlt tor ran go 1)\\1'110809. \ " Prot , II. W , Cnmpboll , of Lincoln , Neb. , who repre'ents the ) lrJlcllcal fnrmors In llovelopnwut of the bellt s'stems or farming for the west , has 110t ) lretonllerl thnt farmlllg coulll be Ilono with slIccess every ) 'onr on gl'oUlIII with as low :1S ten Inches ot rnlnrl1ll , bllt he has been Cor over 20 ) 'cars stoutly IlIslsting that good flU'mlllg can ho done \Vllh less limn o Inches of rainfall. Ho would hnrd. H , W , Campbell , thc Apo.tle of "Dry FarmIng. " Iy fix a limit , for the limit Is de. pendent on things ether thnn the ac. tual number of Inches of water per year. Ho has gene on demonstrating yenr by year that the apll.lIcntlon ot some common sonso. to. tbo sclenco ot sol\ \ . . cultivation and Intolllgont ( ; al'O of th . wntor which fnlls on the so. called seml-arlll roglon , will onnblo a farmer to do business year atter yenr. If the practical farmers , under the , leadership . , of Proto Camp boll , go on as they have In the ) last , encronchn ! upon lhe des'erts , lho gcnol.'al land of. fico al Wnshlngton will be torced to revlso Its rule In regard to what Is desel'l and what Is not. The 20-lnc11 mark Is not right , as the fnrmo- : : have alr ady domonstr ted , and al. ready It Is a question whether the lIi. Inch marlt would ho any hettor. Ce. . taln It Is that Carmlng Is being suc. cessfully carried on' by thousrntds of flrmers who n not favored by as much as 20 Inches ot precipitation each ) 'ear. The truth Is that the do'sert land cf Amorlca Is growing beo.ullfllUr Jess each ) 'ear , nud It Is only a question untll'lt Is aU to bo wiped oft thp maJ. 4 ORA WILLIAMS. 111 ESQUIMAUX' DOOM.ED. - CONTACT WITH WHIT RACE BRINGS PECULIAR DAN.GERS , I , ! Increasing Number of Exploring Expeditions - peditions Multiplies Chances of Spreldlng Dlseascs Harmless I . to Us 'but Fatal to'Them , - Arctic oXlllorntlon Is uot ouly Imzard. * ous and UeaG' ; ) ' to the white man , bul to the Esqulmau , as woll. , The In. reaslng numlle'r of polar cXllcdltions has multiplied the chanccs of carr'lng the dlseasos of tlio white race among these primitive races of the north , a condition which threatens the gr vest disaster to the trlhes which Inhabit' tbat reslon , for they lacl. Inherited , Immunity from the dlseas s which to . " - . , r 'I , II I I 1I 1I 1 I I ! Ii - - , - . . - . . . , A 'Four.year-old Esqulmau Child , \IS are almQst harmless , such 1\8 mea. slos , chlck.enllox , whooping cough , etc. This tnct Iluts 1llnge of sadness to evel' ) ' elTort put rorth to explore the Arctic . , regions alld discover the 11010 , _ , 'Dr. Grenfell , whose great worl. fOI the Ileoilio In Labrador has mnde him mown all over the worll } , and whos I \"QsJ ence In U\at fal' north countr ) .J "s ! J : r.dcd 111m ollllOrtunltleB 01 ud.tng this IJecullar llbaso of arcUl , CK11101'atlons , sn's that tbere won'l liE ' : . \ : squlmnu living In 1few ) 'Oarf unless Ute Ijemllng of OX1Jellltlons Inte "tho far 110rth cen es , tIll Is not tlH white mRns ! hurl1en. It Is that ot thl Esqulmau , I can 111'0\0 that oClllor ! log 110l'tles commit awful HillS ngalns the northern natl\'os , 'rho } SIUlmal "ns a'I'nco Is 1.100med . , ' 1'hoso that wen to Duffnl and dblcago nnd the fair of tll'O white II1ltn l'etu\'l1o < 1 to Hobro : with dI8e so. " 1 hato'to foe ; the oblllol'nUon c any race. The } squlll1au Is goln mQ'ty tlIl1es faster Ulan your Amer , f".U dlon , and when tlt J whlto wan' ' \ " - sins are not 1 < l1IIng him he Is dying 01 tuherculosls. " Dr. Grenfell toole [ talns to sn ) ' that 110 referred to no particular explorer , saying that whllo lhe explorer himself may not "commit pecullal' crimes lho l1Ien , under him do , This statement does not apply , however , to the Penry expedition , for the hlgb character of the me ; concerned In It ami tbe rigid rule enforced by the commander 101\\'es no ground ( or criticism. Dr. GI-onfoll's criticism ' , therefore , do os nol hl\vo to do 'wlth.the Peal'y } < : Jnq\ll. maux , They nre the last of tbeh' line , 'now numbering abollt 207 , and ure , pure chlldron of nature , Innocent 01 the vices and Immoralltlos of clvlllza , tlon- and 180 miles o ( Ice separate them Crom the rest of the world. They hthabit the Greehla. . iinorthwest _ ons IIlte froll } Capo Yorlc , followlnl ; along Smith sound to Lddy FJaultllu liar. aud ne\'or have been known to CI'OSS to the American aide. Th y arc In ovel'Va ) ' qulto 1I1gsimilar to tlwh degenerate brothers , the La Jl'adol coast Esqulmaux. "I have publlshod tL census ot th Whale Sound Esqulmaux In m ) ' last hoole , 'Nearosl the Pulo , ' ' ' said Mr Pear ' . . " ' ' ' ) , a Cow.daYII ago. 1'hol'c' were 11 males , 85 rcmules and three In fants , sox unlearned , malc1ng a totn : of 207. On August 31 , 1905 , this trlb : numbered 253..140 : fl\alea I\ud 113 to males , "TlIo number was reduced to'171 In 1902 , whol1 an opldomlc attackel them. The amlctlun was the whlt4 man's amlctlon , brou ht to them , I au confident , o\'or thollsands of miles , bJ the wind. It was lIIco u fahn , a stOl'lt I III tbe Alps , and tt blow hea vII ) ' CI'OIl I the southeast , swoeplng from thl northeast of 'Europe over the Ice cap I of Greenland to the Whale sou tl die I trlet. I oxperlonced one In Feb1utrj' : 18 2 , The teJIworaluro was 45 or iii . degrees below zero whea the stor:1 began , and In 24 hourt the mercur : I'OSO to . .Iii ahovlI , with warm min. 'Y , were ut Red Cliff House at the tlm ( ntHl 0\01' ) ' ono ot Lhe llart ) ' , Includln the Esqulmnux , wu\t nttacleed with th real European gl'1p. ' ; 1n tbe fall al1l1 willter Qf 1895 ther was an opldomlc of a lIronchlal m ture , HO I learlH'd the following sun mor , In wlilch about 12 people of tt ! h'llJo died. 'rhon again In 1901.0 there was a visitation of lligesth trouble. . - ' ' ' 1'hoso Wlmlo sl\llld ES'1ulmaux a't l'adicull ) ' dttrerenl from other nborl Inals. They are ( Hlror an bealtble 'rhero uro 110 mougrels un\Ong thel' There Is no Intflmpl'r'lUCO . . . EDIJCATED DUCKS GEORGE TELLS OF HIS 'WONDER. . FUL BIRDS , I But When the Wasl11ngton Club Men Wlnted to Sce TheIr Tricks Their Owner Reminded Them It W.'J Qunday , Down on the l'atttcpnt ) river , a shart I dlstanco lIelow Vlliler Marlboro , ! George MacKenzlo occupies a cabin ovorlooklng UIO st p.iult , .relates the Wnshngton { Star. GeorlJtJ does some farming on 'a small scale and. ho also has charge of the homo of tlie Gloho cluh. 110 boasts that ho Is enour. of u poHtlclnn to throw the country to either Il0HlIcal purty , hut his loug sull' Is training dllcles , "I'm the greatest duclt trainer you ever hearll of , " ho tolll a gathering of cluh membel1J : nnd Cr"mds who' as. semhlell nt the homo of the club on a recent Saturday night. "I have six train ell ducks , and they are just the same ns members of my family , r\o money coultl buy thom , aud I want to ' If of ' kill sa ) any you aC'ildentally ono of thom you w11l hiwo to pay mo ten dollars for him , " I "What lEI thnt YUill' ducks can do ? " IntorrUIJtell ono ct the I1stouers. 'I"Anythlng I tell them , " was th earnest response to tholr ownoc.i'Two of them won't assoclato with the oUt. ers whllo they nro In the wnter , nnd these two go gunning with mo. When wo go to the rIver I toll thom to go' away and bring mo back some wild ducks , and they dn It. They will go dOW11 the rlvor and swim about until they get some wild ! lucks about them , and then they will statt back to' the 'bllnd where I walt for thorn. Deforo they got within shooting distance they ( Will fiutter ahout In the water to let mo s o them , and when they near the bllnd tbey will-swim away In order to ] ; ot where no al.tol will rec them. " 'r "Do you renlly , mean that. theyV1lI do whnt you sny ? " asked n member . of the party. "Do I really mean It ? " echoed the , Prlnco George county man. "You watch the ducks In the morning , ' and thoI : you will see for yourself , and that ain't all they can do. I Cnn Bend ono of thom to the IOSt. office at Pig Point , more than a mile awny , " ho re. sponded , "and ho wUl bring back my mall to mo. " Nothing more was said a1l0ut the ducks until the next morning. Then George and tbo guests of the club stood on the bank overlooking the creek where the six ducks were sent out. They did as their owner hat ) said , two ot tbem' lert the four and wont down the rlvor , the four going In the oppoolto direction. George roe lated the story of how the ( our duck. would 'go to Pig Point and how , ono ot them wO 11l1 go to the post office and get his mnll. l. "And , " said one ot the Interested ones , "how d006 ho bring back th ! . ! mall ? " " "In his mouth , " was the . response of the trainer. "Let me see ) 'ou send him to the post office now , " suggestetl the for. mer. "Thero's no use _ ondlng him to-da ) ' , " Imld MacKenzlo , "becauso tbo omce Is not open on Sunday. First C mplllnt. For the first time In the history ot the Interstate commerce commission lhero was a complaint rocolved there lI ) ' telegraph. f It was trom the CaU. fornln Fruit 'Growors' association. , Just what the \\I'gency ot the case was did not appear on the Cace of Itj tlIOUr"I , of course , Calltornla is a good ( llstance art by mall , and this Is close to the shlpiling season Jor ItI'UB fruit. It wns concerning the dlst.Tlbu. tlon at frull cars by the Southern Pa. , clfic , and set out the grlovance of the association In full , 'fhere wore 1,3H I words In the complaint , and whllo , 01 course , that Is nol particularly lonl ] for n . , ne $ paper dispatch . .over th same distance , It Is rather long for IJ , business communication by telegraph It was , legally , n well.wrUten com ) ) latnt , too , much freer from legal vorblage. than the average comptalnt but sottlng' forth all the facts clear\ \ ) and conclsel ) " . Just how the signa I tures would stand Ii closely ques tloned In law would be a question , bul . the complaint has been regularl I , filed , and' . will bo 111ndo the bas.ls 01 . ! \ctlon as near In the future as may bo . . Could Bc Confidential , A day or two atler , George D , Cor tel'ou assumed the duties ot secrota of tho- treasury e was vI sUed by 1\1 eldel'l ) ' man who YlIlnted an appolut mMt as confidential clerk to on9 0 the assistant secl'etarles , Notwlth .standing tbe fact that he waa verJ busy at the time , Mr. Corte lOu gav the elderIlorson \ n hearing. On nc count of his age , Mr , Cortelyou saId ho felt that he could not comply wltl the request , So , gentiy but firmly , hi Intimated to. the old man that it wa about tlmo ( or him to go. Tbls. however over , did n9t damptn the lntter's SIlrl In tbe least. "Wh ) ' , sir , " said he , "hs ( eel m'sel ( peculiarly competent to fi1 ono of these confidential clerks1tlps hope that : , 'ou will further consider m alpllcatlon. Then wftg ng his hea mostlmIJreHsh'ely , ho ndded : "Oh , MI CQrtel'ou , 1 could bo so confidontlall : Too Much to Expect , The ) ' tell this ono about a sma boy who lives near Den , ! lake. H was fishlm ; , and his motbor bM to ca him five tlmos to make him hea Final ! ) ' , aho lanl\ed \ on him , and alm1 e Ing blm In a terrlblo manner , wante g. to know why be did nol answer. 'I'h ! r. wns bls reply. ; "I didn't hear you U : 11 , first throe tlmos , and the lIut ; Umo had n bltKansas City tar , , . . ' . . . . . DREAMED OF c.THEL. : Rcuer ! f Pr9aidcnt' . Daughter Doea , Not Recclve'arental Thank. , - "I dreamed last night that I had rescued - I cued Miss Ethel Roosevelt ( rom l\ " 01'1 dangerous position. I cannel remember - member just what It was uor where It was , hut I o remember that there was great danger of sonlClblng awful haPllenlng to her , and I caIne u [ , just In tlmo and got her out of trouble. rhen I rememher tbut the same do ) a message Cn1l10 tram tbo 'Vhlto House saying that the president wanted to see me and thank me f'Jr wbat 1 had done r . his daugbter. " 'rims 1hrlght little slx.'car.old YOlUlgster , the son of well.lcnown citizen of the nor.hwest , related to his father ono morning rccontly his oxperlences during n trouhled sleep , says the Washington Star. "Dut , papa , " ho Imld , "there Is somelbtng maI'o to the story , " and then ho continued - tinued : " 'Vo made arrangements to go to the White House , You and I started out together , You said : 'Archlo , wo bn-o lllenty of tlmo betoro 11 o'cloe.lt , when. the president Is to seo' us , and wo "wlll walk down Slxteonth street , going through Lafayette Ilarle. " Well , we did that , -and got to the White House just In time. The ) Jresl. dent canie dOW11 to see us right awny , and then , what po ) 'OU think , just as ho was ahout to thanlt me for saving 1\IIss Ethel's lifo , I wolee up and found It was all a dream. What a pity It ' was wo did 11ot talte n car and get to the president's house quickly , [ or then ho would lia vo had a cllnnce to thanll - mo. " FULL DRESS. But It Proves to Bc Very Much Mix Dress with the Men , . - "Tho ways or'men as to dress , " so.ll1 one of a group of talkers that formed one of the constantly cbanglng cen. tel's In the lou glng room of. a 'Yash. Ingto cl b , says the Star , "are mys. terlous. ' ; - "What Is the trouble now ? " Inquired ono of the listeners rather Impatient. I ) ' . "It seems to mo that when tbere Is nothing else going on , then some body starts some fad Idea of about how men ought to dress , just as If they did not have .enough bother now. As It Is these of us wh9 have not-been , bulldozed Into the habit of dressing tor dinner are practlcj111y now ohllged to dress If wo want to go to the thea. t r or even to n. leure. It Is , those confounded dlnnor coats that have done the trlclt ( or us. " . . "You 11eedn't worry , old man , " said the first speaker. 'I have no Intention of joining the forces that are OPlVess- , tng the men tolks , but I was merely going to call attentlon to the abuse 01 the dinner. coat , or rather the perfect Indifference o ( the average man to the conventional dress. At an evening gathorlng of both sexes ono is apt to see a dlnnor coat wllh while vest and a black or white tie , or else n longtall coat with a whlto vest and a blaele tlo and all the other combinations - tions which the IImlf d masculine -wardrobe ( or evening wear Is calla. blo of. ' "It fs very Interesting , of course , and _ everybody seems to be happy and en. joy the rather conCuslng mixture of costumes that III to be found these days at social affairs. As long as lbat Is the case why should anyone ' complain t" DarkleB Got to the Circus , Ho was about 12 years old , and a fine dmtrast of black skin and white Ivories. He was sitting on the curb at D street northwcst , crying so pltl , fully that It attracted the attention I of the pedestrians , sayaAboWashing. . I ton Star. One man rather good.n tur- . edly stopped and asked blm : . "What's the matter , bub ? " I The lIttle fcllow stopped , sobbing i long enough to say : "A 'nigger' don com an' stele ma Stars , an' Is 'frald to go 'omo. " "Never mind , bub , ' hero's a dlmG ffr you , " said the man as ho dropped a ten-cent piece. A tew : others thl\l had been attracted to the scene alse dropped in a few pennies' and nickels The lIttle fellow dried his tears nn went down , , John Marshall pinco at ( street , where ho mot another colorel' ' . boy "that had.a few papers under hI ! arm. "How much yer got ? " was the greet Ing he received. "Twenty-o' cents , " was the reply , I/Gvod , les JO round on do aveeno ( nu' I'll watch to de cops , an' WO'SI a.goln' tQ de circus t'nlght. " And of th y started to. . try .tho . avenue. Helped His Fa er , " -William , nged [ our , bad just rentee and moved Into a now house with Ull rest of the family , and ho was dlQtOI mined to help 1)I\1)a In every way pos sible. Th now house \vas for sal and It was 1)laln to bo seen that WII lIam , Sr. , was mucb anno'ed a day 0 two ntter all the family lOSsosslon had beln setUed . when a renl cstnt man brou bl.n possihle purchaser 0 : the grond. Tactfully bo suggesto that"ho know of apother house on th street at was Cor sale , and the c \tuO WIlUam , Jr" to th res uo wit the statement : uYe ! ; , Indcedy ; I'll toll you. how t hd It. It Is the houso'wlth a cherI' trco In the ) " . .nl'd , Don't you lIke che rl es 1" Poor Fellowl Tea tlmo at the club. "My It" band , " said a IIttlo' thing with goldo postlcbcs-posUc11es are those 11e' sausagc-shallcd curls-Umy husband I id . soIr'I11at\t3 mnn. " "Mlpo- " And t1J I , speaker's grim Ups relaxed In a smU Ie " - = mlno was made to order. " Abov 1 the tlnklo of the ten. things sOlUldc the hoartlest aplllnuse. . , " . . . . . , . . . , . . , . . , ' . , , . . . - . , , . . , , - ' ' ' --1M ' # , l 'j"'J " "r . ( ' : n. ' , " ; ' : ' " ' " . " ( ' < t"iIt' ! " ' " OJ' . . . . . , - " _ " iioOf' , . . r : r. ' > : . , . ' , / ' A NEW SOD. CANAL : ' . . : ; , > \ , INCREASE OF TRAFFIC MAKES ONE S6EM NECESSARY , , Commerce of the Grcat Lakes Ha : Grown So as to Require I ncr aBed Facilities Betwecn Lakes SuperIor - perIor and Huron , ' Under the remarkable dovcloJmonts ) of tbo ) I st two years , commercially and Industrially , during which tlmo th'o caJaclty ) of the See canal has been taxed to Its utmosl , It has ho. como apparent thnt some proVision must he made to take care of the In. croaslng demands of frolghtago through the great lakes. When In 1843 Senator Norvell , the first Unlled StLltes Benator from Michigan , Intro. duced a h1llinto the senate requesting a grant of land for the building of the gaull Ste , Marie canal , Henry Clay said 'that : 'tho money mlghl as well bo wasted for a project In the moon For a tlmo. after the oompletlon of the canal In 1855 , it looked as though the nentucky : statesman bad been right. DurIng the first year only 14,503 tons of freight , or lIttle more than t o tonnage carrIed by a single vessel at the ) Jrcsont tlm , passed. tbrough the canal. The million Ion mnrk was not reached unUI 1876 , . In 18 5 , the See canal hegan' Its race with Suez , and in 1890 , with a freight passage' of 9,000,000 tons , it cxceeded the Suez tonnage by more than 2,000,000. In 190Q , 25,062,580 tons of frolght passed through the canal : by th end o ( 1904 this had increased to , 31\546,106 tons. Then came the tremendous' growth of 1906-1906. In the ono season of 1905 , there W S an Increase of 12- 253,561 freight tons-an. Increase as great as that of the preceillng eight years. When to 1905 Is added the I increase of 19Q6 , ono arrives at-t o I a t'onlshlng fact that tho' lake ( relght' ' of the la t two seasons shows an In. creaNe ns gr at as that of tbo 14 years precodlng ! Estimating ( rom official figures made at Sault Ste. Marlo , It Is qulto safe to say that 100,000,000 tons of freight have lIeen transported upon the ! great .lakes during - the lallt ; year. Unless sot o i In a way that the eye and the mind can selzo upon , the magnitude - nitude , of these fiJures can hardly bo apJ,1reclaLed , WMt does 100,000,000 tons , of"frolg t.mean ? - To.lumdle , ft rcqulred for olght months the servo ices of 1,600 lake capt&ll15 , 3,000 mates , 16,000 sa-llors , and 100,000 landsmen. It was 'nino times as great as' th tonnage that passed through the Suez canal : twice the combined annual tonnage of London and Liv r- pool , two .of the world's greatest sea. ports : and more than 50,000,000 tons In excess ot that which entered and left New York. If the total amount of grain which - - . KING'S BUSY SEASON'l l EDWARD OF ENGLAND ENJOYS OUTDOOR SPORTS. An Ardent Apostle of Fresh Air and Activities as Is PresIdent Roolle- veltyhosc Penchant In That DIrection' Is .Noteworthy" -I His new steam turblno yacht may be aald to comple" the u1pment of King Edward ot England as an BUt. . door man. There Is not a single ' phase of opon.nlr recreation In which he does not share , either as an active participant .1' as ono particularly tn- torested. POBslbly his wend rful - ' leal fitness and mental 'alertness Pbys-1 that sua fly and ta t for which ho Is I- Snapshot of King Edward and HI. Attendant - tendant In Partridge Field , dlstlngulshod , may bo tracctl to his unswerving devotloa to all forms of entortalnmont which carry him Into breeze and sunshlno. lie may not boast shoQtlng records comparable with tbose buill up 111 t110 teem In ! ; forests of Germany and Austria : bo may not have n kaleidoscopic succes. sion of vl\rylng deeds by l1otd nnd o flood as studiouslY recordel1 as the Y German emperor : but In a quiet , En . . r. 1Ish way ho has a record as I1n outdoor - door man that \TIlI bear inspection by the most confirmed lover of unob. scured skies. s- For 40 years Ule king spent all ho In derived In rent from Sandrlngham on W Improving the C\1lnte" It has become , Is theretoro , an Ideal homo for n sJorts. ) Ie man. Instead of the 9,000 head of e. ' game which It yielded annually 15 or 'e 20 yuars a o , It Is now good for 20,000 Id I bead , ot which two-thirds are IJheus. - , wns carried last - lIeason werli > made , . Into fiour , nd to It were added the . - : flour tonnage , the aggregate _ wouhl make 42,93G,683 harrels. From II , bar- , t rei of fiour 260 one.pound loavcs of , . . . bread can be I1Il1do. Estimating that .overy person eats an av.orage of one- " ' halt pound of br ad Ilally , tl\1s ir'c- : mondous supplY of brend woulll fledl 21,468,341,600 people Cor one day : or U would .supply a city of 1,000,000- ' . . adults Cor a period of nearly GO ream.1 , Last year 12,000,000 tons of coal . were cnrrled through the Detroit river' "J hy northlound ) hoats. Had this quantity - tity of coal been translJorted by ono . : - - train , calculating 60 tons to the carj'I ; : I ( which would requlro the larg lJl'l : ' ; ; : - - , I cnt" ; ! ) , ' 238,563 cars would have bccti\ " ; , ' called for , and the train would have ; - . , been 2,259 milcH In length , " " And desplto the treme ulous growth ' ,1 . ; : of the last two years , It , Is generallY : . - ' , " .j. . , I . : - ri 'I , ' . ; > ( I , ; ; , . : - . ' > 'j , . ' / I I . " I . . . . , ; . ; , . - \ t I . , . , I - Tuga Towing a Barge Through Soo" " Locks. conceded In shipping circles that the Increase of 1907 w1l1 bo even gteater. : 'fhls conclusion Is reached because or ( he fiood of ord s for big ships that - has poured In uJon shipbuilding com- pan.l.es , ' urlng' the last few montl t Only , recenUy an order was placed by the Laokawanna Steel company , c ll- Ing for eight vessels , to bo In com. mission. by August 1 , 1907. In point of number , this order may not appear' Impressive , especially to the railroad man who hears of car construction in . " . hundreds and. oven thousands , hut In reality the resuUs w111 swell the l1g- ures of next season. Flvo of the vessels - I sels are to be of 7,600 tons carrying 'It . capacity each , nd the litther three or 9,000 tons each. In othOl : : words , this . . . . .1 fieet w1ll carry. nn aggregate at 64,500 tons of frelgbt a trip , a tonnage that would requlro the use of more than I . , I iGOO ordl11ary cars , or more tban 50. trains. And yet this order for eight ships , perhaps the largest ever given , Is only ono of scores of orders durIng the year. And the question which Is facing lake vesselmen Is : W1ll the See bo able to glvo passagn to aU these new vcssels ? and If not , the Inevitable must. follow. There must bo a larger Soo. ants , 'tUld the relJlalnder partridge , snlJe ) , woodcock and wildfowl , to say nothing of hares and rabbits , . 111ld diversion Is posslblo 'at Duck- , Ingham palace , whore , should the kln'g yield to the desire to cast a fiy , he has now some wonderful rainbow trout In the lake. But.f . course Dalmoral Is ' , the great sporting aUernatlvo to Sand- , rlngham , unless his majesty be visit. , Ing. There he pas his own Jotf.lInks , . ' , I" and , during his visits , pracUccs wUb an assiduity and patlenco which are a model to aU choleric dlsc.1ples of the anc.lent game. Moreover , hero he has some fine l1shJng , at which , Uko most. of his boulle , he Is an adopt. t Is possible that thQ prince or' Wales Is a bettor. shot that his sire- he Is accounted ono of Ute best ten , sbotsln , the klngdom-nnd h may l1sh with rather more succ ss than the king , hut ho crtnlnly ! does not excel his majesty In zesl and eager enthusl- asm'for either sport. When ho was nt Chats worth shooting early this year , It was generally remarked that In his enthusiasm for the sport tbe king real- ly scorned younger than ever. I Dl\lmoral brings him within easy dls- tance of such deer-stalking ai1 : hQ may destre , He l arn d bls lessons In this art In tilO best schools ; and few men j of lJts years c n , with nicer sk1ll and certainty , stalk and bring down his. . . stag , . He takes ' the same rlsb with the rest of his'fellow8 , nnd leads no ' charmed exlstenco. Early In his career heVas taughl that sllort has its 1101'118 as well as pleasures , " _ His exporlence with big same In : ; " I India brought him faco' to fnce with . j now and moro tbrllllng dangers. s x years ago his love or yachting brought him Into Imminent danger at &loath. Whllo he was aboard Sir Thomas Lipton's ) 'acbt , Shamrock II" the boat was gaught In a sudden slual1 and the riggiD'"O ' ; colll\psed , craslll g down on the deck so near to w tore I the 1lng was. stationed that 1I1a escape seemed to these who wltne2se&1 the Incident - cident IIttlo sbort of a miracle. On nnQther occasion , on a dltreel'l1t craft , I the handle of a windlass , being accl- ' dentall ' released , harel ) ' missed his' majeltty's head. " How the king would have enjo'ell his Canadian and American experl. ences had ho then heen master of the . . fleet ot motor cars ot which ho Is no\ ' < the lJOsseslior : ! Denlell th m , ho madJ good uao of his oJportunlUes to aeo \ the rough as well as the smooth sldo . -.l. of lito on the American contlnent : , The one game the king never dl&l master Is cl'leket. } "ootball ho nvold. ed , excelll as a specta/or , -