Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-27

with others, but as an officer you are
dou6{y bound TO enforce the law.
We have had enough "houorable"
officers. Some of our officials in the
past have been mere putty men, and
miserable poor putty at that. What
is wanted is men of backbone, who
feel the responsibility of the oath
they take, and who, without fear or
favor, will do their duty; and unless
a man is willing to do this, he should
not deceive his constituents by ac-
cepting the office. Our police reg
ulatlons are in demoralized condi-
ton. Saturday nights are made
hideous by the howhugs of drunken
mobs, while the destcrators of the
Sabbath by the same element is of
common report; and although the
curtains are supposed to be drawn
aside,g yet there can be found more
drunken men upon our streets than
trade dollars in our pockets. The
cry often goes up, "Where's the
police?" and echo, only, answers
"Where?" 1t is folly for us TO cry
"Reform for county and state"
when our own doorstep is in such 4
disorganized condition.
MN
"W here there is a soW there is a
ray" Some SIX or seven years ago
a number of our business men were
called together, and the question of
establishing works for the manu-
facture of zinc oxide was discussed.
But two or three of those present
knew anything of the business, and
even their knowledge was quite
limited; but after two or three meet
ings were held it was resolved to
put up plant, and a stock company
with S35, 900 capital was organized,
and all the stock was at once taken.
The works were erected. The orig
inal company sold out to the present
owners, who at once put more cap
ital and energy into the enterprise,
and the result is to-day we haye an
institution of which we may and do
feel proud. The building of these
works have been the means of put.
ting new life into the mining inter
ests of this section, besides giving
steady employment 10 about SO men.
A little uer0e and enterprise on the
part of few of our business men
brought this about. There are
other enterprises equally good, the
resources for which we have all
around us, which with a similar
effort another permanent manutac-
turing business could be established
One of our citizens, in conversation
with large dealer in certain
product in Chicago, told him what
resources We had for producing that
article, and with much surprise he
asked: "What have your people
been doing up there for the last
twenty-five years?" Or mining
resources, also, are yet unknown.
The past has been mere surface
work. In some parts of our county
deeper works have been sunk, and
larger deposits Of ore found; and
we fully believe that right here at
nome an investment Of $4,000 70
s., 900 would reach valuable deposits
which would soon repay the amount
invested with good interest No
section of the country within our
knowledge presents better assur-
ances for safe investments than does
our own town aud surrounding
country, and yet like Micawber in
Dickens we are waiting for some
thing to turn up"
TIE clerks Of the Economy Store
got aroond to their posts Of duty
last Saturday morning 70 find that
the store had been burglarized dur.
ing the night preceding The back
door of the basement was found
open, but proved to be means Of
exit. Entrance was gained through
Ia side window of the basement.
This window had been boarded up
on the outside, cloth stretched over
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