Electrify Roads Run Second Cable Across Winona
La Crosse Water Power plans to electrify the Burlington stub between Winona and East Winona and haul Green Bay trains with electric locomotives from Marshland Junction to Winona. Negotiations with Burlington for a second trunk wire over Winona draw bridge proceed while a similar setup would serve Green Bay Western traffic between Winona and Marshland Junction. Government terms require using a common bridge, with shares split Burlington two thirds and Bay Western one third.
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la Crosse
Burlington
Burlington and Green Bay
Winona
Water Power Company
East Winona
Water Power
Green Bay & Western
Marshland Junction
Bay & Western
Secretary of War
W. J. Ferris
Waterer Company
North Side
Hunter's Bridge
Galesville
Thirty Minutes to Weds Miss Louise Cheatham
Chicago dated report tells how Brigadier General Thomas S. Hutchinson wooed Miss Louise Cheatham of Clarksville Texas in thirty minutes. The pair wed this week after a Memphis reunion introduction by Governor Patterson. The bride and groom are described as a very happy couple.
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Chicago
Louise Cheatham
Clarksville
Tex
Thomas S. Hutchinson
Cupid
Tennessee Warrior
Extended option to buy La Crosse street railway held over
W J Ferris of La Crosse Water Power Co says investigations continue and no decision yet on purchase extended to Sept 20. If bought, plan calls for heavier rails rising from 72 to 99 pound steel to support larger cars, with immediate improvements to service.
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W. J. Ferris
la Crosse Water Power Company
Water Power Company
Ferris
Killed at Sunday School Picnic in Humboldt Iowa
A hayrack carrying several first Sunday school children toppled over an embankment near Humboldt Iowa. Two children died Pawcett age 16 and Almed Wilder 12. Robert Newton, a Sunday school teacher, was badly bruised. The accident occurred when horses began to back and the hayrack slid over the edge.
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Humboldt
Iowa
Pawcett
Almefa Wilder
Robert Newton
Wm. Walte
Wallace
Funeral for Thomas Skaten Set Tomorrow in La Crosse
The remains of Thomas Skaten, died after a brief illness, arrived in La Crosse this morning and are at Fess t Dahl's morgue. The funeral is planned for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Dahl's undertaking parlors and the Norwegian Lutheran church on Division Street, with interment at Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Thomas Skaten
Steumann
la Crosse
Uke Road
Fesst & Dahl
Dahl
South Fourth
aWegian Lutheran Church
Division Streets
Mtovee Cemetery
Jury to Hear Suit Over Meter Removal
A La Crosse Galada Electric company sues Harry Taggart for recovery of its meter. Taggart seeks venue change claiming prejudice. A six member jury will be selected and hear the replevin case Monday at 9, arising from alleged ten percent penalty for late payment and subsequent effort to remove the meter.
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Justice Court
la Crosse Galada Electric Company
Harry Taggart
Taggart
C. L. Baldwin
Court of Justice
L. Kleeber
Justice Kleeber
Foresters Meet Elects Anti New York Faction in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio at the Foresters of America supreme convention the New York delegation failed to elect any officers. The anti-New York faction swept all positions including longtime secretary E M Murt ry who was defeated for re election. New chief ranger Thomas M Don from Hartford Conn and secretary elect Nelly from Jersey City named.
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Toledo
New York
Foresters of America
E. M. Murtry
Hartford Conn
Thomas M. Don
Nelly
Jersey City
National Conservation Congress Opens in Seattle
Representatives from 45 states gathered in Seattle as the National Conservation congress opened at the exposition grounds auditorium H W Carroll chaired the event Joseph N Teale of Portland delivered the keynote praising conservation and warning against private interests dominating public wealth He lauded Gifford Pinchot Roosevelt and called for broad public support for public wealth and water power rights Also welcomed by Gov Hay Mayor Miller and others Pinchot and Pardee were listed as speakers with Ballinger's attendance uncertain
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Seattle
Wash
National Conservation Congress
Exposition Grounds
H. W. Carroll
Washington State Conservation Congress
Joseph N. Teale
Portland
Ore
National Joint Committee of Conservation
Washington
Oregon
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Gov. Hay
Miller
Chilberg
Shoemaker
State Conservation Commission
Libbey
State Conservation Association
Forester Pinchot
Congress
J Pinchot
Pardee
California
Ballinger
Roosevelts Big Safari Returns With Record Spoils
Roosevelt and companions emerge from Lake Naivasha area with a large collection of big game. They report twelve lions seven rhinos three hippos six giraffes five buffalo four eland and six topi, plus antelope and gazelle. Elephants and white rhinoceros not yet found.
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Warrington Dawson
United Press
Saigo Soi
Lake Naivasha
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
Kermit
Naturalists
Lgr. Barnes
Heller and
Loring
Attendborough Farm
Airship fete draws intense interest at Rheims aviation meet
Hubert Latham set distance and time marks in an Antoinette monoplane but canceled by fuel limits. Paulham expected to win the Grand Prix de la Champagne and Michelin prize for best duration. Curtiss, Bleriot and Fournier posted flights as the event showcased record attempts and accidents.
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Rheims
Hubert Latham
Paulham
Latham
Curtiss
Paul Tiscandier
Bleriot
Louis Bleriot
Glenn H. Curtiss
Henri Fournier
Latham and
German Airship to Fly 450 Miles to Berlin
The Zeppelin IIT is ready for an 7 o'clock start for a 450 mile aerial cruise to Berlin. Count Zeppelin will board at Bitterfield on Saturday and the Kaiser asked for a school friendly arrival to allow children to view the ship.
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Friedrichsh
Count Zeppelin
Bitterfield
Berlin
Government Aroused on Coal Lands Deal
Washington dispatch reports interior department action after Taft orders full reports on Cunningham coal land cases. Officials Gravis and Ballinger face scrutiny as the land office, forestry service, and White House push for a full investigation. Communications outline the department’s stance and the attorney general’s reversal of an earlier decision.
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Washington, D. C
Interior Department
Taft
Cunningham Coal
Department
United Press
E. R. Gravis
Seattle
General Land Office
Forestry Service
Land Office
Beverly
Ballinger
West
Pierce
Bennett
Schwartz
Forester
Pinchot
Price
Gravis
Frank Pierce
United States
Delegates named for river meeting in Wisconsin
Governor James Davidson appoints three representatives to the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association meeting in Winona on October 6 and 7. Congressman John J. Esch Assemblyman A T Twesme of Galesville and ex Assemblyman Fred J Bohri of Fountain City will represent Wisconsin. La Crosse plans three board of trade delegates and three from the Manufacturers club. Other cities may send three from each civic group, with a limit of fifteen per municipality.
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John J. Esch
A. T. Twesme
Galesvile
Fred J. Bohri
Fountain City
James Davidson
Wisconsin
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Winona
la Crosse
Board of Trade
la Crosse Manuffacturers’ and Robbers’ Club
Acres Added to Homestead Lands in Washington
The interior department designated 21,062 more acres under the enlarged homestead act in Washington state bringing the total to 3,597,976 acres for the state.
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Washington, D. C
Interior Department
Washington
Weather and Water: Coolest at La Crosse 70
Forecasts today for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa call for generally fair skies and continued warmth tonight and Friday. River will fall with stage readings showing slight declines at Reed's Landing and Prairie du Chien amid light winds and 0.1 inch rainfall.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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Pedition
Africa
Tribune
Friends
Fournier
Rope Walker
Glenn Curtiss
William
Gov't
Alaska
Interior Dept
Esch, Twesme and
Bohri
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