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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

Persons living in towns along the
route of the Rock Island Railway, in
Missouri and Illinois, witnessed Of
tire college being moved by rail. A
train load Of college departed from
Trenton, Mo-, at s o'clock that morn
ing, arriving in Chicago in time for
the collegians to eat supper. Ruskin
College, the celebrated socialistic in
stitution founded three years ago by
Walter Vrooman, was aboard the
special train. All the students and a
part Of the faculty were on board. The
baterial equipments of the school and
the personal effects of the students
and professors were taken along.
No interruption to the regular col
lege work resulted from this extraor-
binary move. The various classes
were separated in different cars and
the professors taught as the train
rolled on. In one car the students
were reciting, in spite of the noise of
h train; in another examinations
were going on, and in a third a teach
er at the blackboard was working out
problems in mathematics. Instruc-
ton was only interrupted for meals.
At the usual recreation hour the stu
dents lounged in the cars until the
time was up to resume their studies.
By this one move the school at
Trenton ceased to exist and at Chi
cago Their vas a material addition to
what is to be called "Ruskin Univer-
sity."
Ruskin College was a socialistic
school founded by Walter Vrooman,
prime mover in the Western co,opera-
tive movement, of which so much was
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
Feet Performed by the Faculty Of Ruskin College

tho Methodist Episcopal church one
vear ago. He has been writing ana
preaching socialism ever since.
# is the intention Of Prof. VIII 10
start n new school at wichita. Kan"
70 he known as the American Socla''
list College. Mr.. Ross and Rev MI
Lowther will be connected t~hereNlth'
n. G. ROGERS.
most professors were "let out alter
a long and fiery discussion
the opposing forces. President Geo
McA. Miller, his wife and son. some
of the lesser lights were on the train
that went to Chicago. Among those
rejected. presumably because oil thelr
rash doctrines. were some
men.
Prof. Thomas z. Will Is a frequent
contributor to magazines on sociology
cal topics, and his views along these
lines form the motive force OF ms
life. This is his third experience oil
this sort. His chair in Lawrence Uni
versity, Wisconsin, was declared va
cant in 1898. Some years later GOV.
Stanley of Kansas strained his auth
ority TO remove the professor from the
presidency of the State Agricultural
College, after a long conflict with a
Populistic board.
w. A. Ross, principal of the bust
ness college, is a prominent socialist.
He is said to have been largely in
strumental in checkmating Third As
sistant Postmaster General Madden in
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

said and written a year ago., but
which Is now abandoned. The school
was patterned after Ruskin Hall, Ok
ford, England, of which Mr.. woodland
was also the patron saint. 1t pro-
posed to give educational facilities in
exchange for student labor and to
derive its revenue from the associated
industries. 1t was first launched in
100, the building at Trenton used by
Avalon College, then suspended, hav-
ing been secured by lease. After a
checkered fortune of three years, and
having been closely associated with
the cooperative bubble which burst
in the fall of 1902, it has now been
transported to Glen Ellyn, a suburb of
Chicago, where it is to be merged with
a number of small colleges under the
name of Ruskin University. All the
schools are in the vicinity of Glen
Ellyn.
During the entire three years Rus
kin Colleges most distinguishing
mark had been the socialistic ideas
of its faculty and students. All the
public festivals rang with the theories
of a universal brotherhood and the
bitter impeachment Of private owner
ship of capital. Speakers were
brought from abroad almost every
week. All were of socialistic CON
victions. 1t was more and more bold
ly announced, as the disciples be-
came sure of their ground, that Rus
kin stood for" public ownership of
all the implements of industry, the
adjustment of wages and the leveling
of the nabOb and hobo.
When the cooperative movement
first came upon the conservative lit
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

The President Of the United States
has been happily compl.mented by the
gold miners of Idaho, who have
named a new town for him in the
Thunder Mountain region. The town
of Roosevelt is a typical mining camp
of the great West-such as Bret
Harte wrote of and Mr. Roosevelt
himself knew we'll in the old days
when he was a cowboy and ranch
mar on the frontier.
Roosevelt has but one street as yet;
that is, of course, Main street, though
it is probable that Theodore avenue
Rough Rider boulevard and Teddy
terrace will follow shortly. AS the
town grows and takes on dignity, per-
haps presidential plaza viii serve for
the public square and the Executive
Hotel will be the leading hosiery. In
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
A Model Irritation Scheme.

At Wichita Falls, Tex, in the dry
region where the rain mostly falls in
the winter and not during the crop
season, there has been carried out to
a most successful completion, a model
irrigation scheme which will raise the
value of 10000 acres of land from $40
to 500 per acre. This plant is of
special interest as being one which
depends upon flood waters stored in
a reservoir for its water supply. A
through which winds a little brook
ten or twelve feet wide, usually dry
during the summer, has had a dam
thrown across it from bluff to bluff,
and there has been created, with just
the food waters of last winter alone,
n lake or reservoir covering 1000
acres Of land with a depth of water
Of ten to twenty feet, an ample sup
ply to irrigate 10000 acres of land.
The enterprise was done by private
citizens of Wichita Falls and cost
complete about 1925 900 In a modest
way it is a most interesting exhibit
of the possibilities connected with the
irrigation law passed by the last con
gress providing for the %impounding of
the waste food waters of the dry sec
tions of the country. This plant is
well worth visiting by any who is in
terested in the reclamation of dry
1op1c
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

tie Missouri city there was great wall
ing and gnashing of teeth. For a
while the movement threatened to
sweep everything before it, and local
capitalists were much disturbed. 1t
then spread to Kansas City and other
towns. In six months the money was
mostly spent and Vrooman looked up
on a wasted fortune, an unpopular
industrial revolution and a sea OF
financial complications. All that is
left in Trenton today to tell the story
of the american Oxford movement
is a large farm, estimated at 500, 900.
and a small drug store. The former
belongs to Mrs. Vrooman and both
are for sale. The chain Of stores and
factories has been disposed of at a
sacrifice and these enterprises merged
with local establishments or are being
run as Independent enterprises under
other names. Mr.. Vrooman is in an
Eastern sanitarium for nervous troub-
les.
Perhaps no other town in the state
would have resisted more doggedly
this socialistic conquest, than did
Trenton. Grundy County is a Re-
publican stronghold, and the prevail
ing public spirit is conservative to a
fault. The political and religious
ideas of the Vroomanites were at once
decidedly distasteful to the local peo-
pie, and the business enterprises
could not give ground against the
strong feeling already aroused toward
the college ideals.
Ruskin College was almost boycott
ted by local people. On this account
it emphasized more boldly it's sccialis-
tic principles, in order to attract at,
tention abroad. Almost the fifty or
more students who were moved TO
Chicago were representatives, of a large
majority of the states of the Union
and Of several European and AsiGtic
countries.
The last days of the college at Tren-
ton were stormy. Realizing that the
prominence given to radical socialo-
gical teachings had been an obstacle
to success, the new management de-
cided to put a check on it. The
the noted APPEAL to Reason case
a year ago. Both he and Prof. Will
had contracts with Ruskin until Sep
TENDER next, but were informed that
their services would not be needle.
They attribute their removal to the
facts stated.
Rev. Granville Lowther, pastor of
Ruskin College, Vas not retained in
the new deal. He is given to unor.
thodix and socialistic utterances in
the pulpit, and was dismissed for
heresy by the Kansas conference of
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

stead of the Grand Central, which
name always graces the first hotel in
a wild western town.
Though but a few weeks old, Roose-
welt, Idaho, is a thriving place, with
several stores and a Red Light sa-
loon, where such Dan Quin characters
as Doc Poets, Enright and Cherokee
hang out" nightly. The presidents
itinerary of the West missed Roose-
welt, but that was not the fault of the
president.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

Cold storage is revolutiOnizing the
methods of handling and distributing
the apple crop of this country. Never
before has there been so large a guam
tity of choice apples on the market
during March, April and May as this
year. The glut and awful waste of
fine fruit so common in the past are
thus in the future to be largely avoid
ed, and, as with butter, eggs, dressed
poultry, game and other products of
a perishable nature, the apple crop
will be saved, with profit to the grow
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
QE3
@8GC
Wouldn't Be Necessary.

You want to learn to spell better,
Bessie said her mother, looking over
her school report.
"Oh, | don't care, mamma"
But you don't want to grow up and
not know how to spell, my child, do
you?"
Eyes. ] do; I'm going TO be a type
writer, mamma" - Yonkers States
man
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

necessity in the coming years. owing
to the obliteration of the forests. Rail
way ties will be made of some other
material than wood-steel or possibly
cement. Steel wire has already dis
placed wood in fences, while paper in
some form or other is likely to take
the place of boards in building.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

Don't eat potatoes, peas, macaroni,
cream, olive oil, pastry and bon ons,
II you want to lose flesh.
Don't go to bed hungry. A glass Of
milk or a cup of chocolate will refresh
you.
Don't eat hot or fresh Tread, If you
want to be healthy and beautiful.
Don't eat cold starchy foods, like
potato salad and cold porridge, unless
you have strong digestive organs.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

George NJ. Gould, an eminent ocu-
list of Philadelphia, in Biographical
Clinics, proves to his OWN satisfac-
ton, apparently, that De Quincy's
opium habit, Carlyle's poignant com
plant and Browning's vertigo were
due to eye strain from slight squint.
The doctor advises that printing be
on black paper with white ink and
the doing away with gilt picture
frames.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

Ten COWS, costing 500 each, of any
standard breed, will, if properly cared
for. bring the owner in more money
in ten years than if he started with
thirty common COWS at 1898 apiece
We have seen this thing tried.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
Farm, Orchard and Garden Notes
By J. S. Trigg, Rockford, Iowa. Copyright 1903

The roadside may be properly term
ed the farmers show window, and the
merchant who would pile all his old
truck in his front window is not more
to be criticised than the farmer who
lets the highways bordering his farm
become weed tangles and rubbish
grounds.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

In the course of a chatty magazine
article on how and where to make a
cheap six weeks tour to Europe Lii
ian Bell says that if she were asked
to mention the most beautiful object
in nature she would be obliged to say
An Austrian cavalry officer"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

About 300 pounds can be added to
the weight of a steer by giving him
proper feed and are up to the time
he is a year old, AID then we think
breed will add another 800 pounds.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

The central Wisconsin sawmills,
which a few years ago cut nothing
but white pine, last year cut 1G7. OOO,-
600 feet of hemlock and GS. 100000 feet
OF hard woods, againsC G2, 600, 900 feet
Of pine.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

A lot of tpewr.tten matter was
stored in a slightly damp vault for
six months. On removal the paper
Ind all ink signatures were il the
best OF condition, but all trace of
,ypewriting had disappeared.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
D. N. w., DAVENPORT, IOWA.
lnHexible.

"I1l speak to them again!"
"Oh, you shouldn't get as cross as
that, Flossie!'
mo, 81 won't speak to them again,
and III tell them so every time I see
them!"-Puck.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

One could hardly believe that the
practical and steady going Dutch
would even get so carried away by a
speculative craze as to give for a sin.
gle tulip bulb four tons of wheat,
eight ions of rye, four fat oxen, eight
pigs, twelve sheep, two h~ogsheads Of
wire, four barrels of beer, two barrels
of butter, LOCO pounds of cheese. a
bundle of clothes and a silver pitcher.
Yet this was actually done in the year
1887, when the tulip craze seized the
people of that country.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

A change in the administration of
road work in a western state makes
the township the unit and requires
the payment of all road taxes in cash.
AS a result there are many advertise
ments in the papers for men who are
competent to intelligently supervise
the road work of q township.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

When eggs can be bought for 10
cents a dozen no nal living in town
is justified in keeping a lot Of hens to
worry and fret tAj l.fe out of his
neighbors.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.

If the rabbits are bad in your yicini-
ty, protect your shrubs by tying paper
around the stems up to Is inches from
the ground.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

Mineral wool, which is used for
packing around boilers, furnaces and
pipes to retain heat, to deaden walls
and to keep out cold, is made from
furnace Stag by blowing air through
it while molten.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

Don't go to bed without brushing
the teeth, for it is at night, when the
tongue is in repose, that the acid of
the saliva gets in its work IN the
teeth.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

About the toughest thing in the
way OF a debt is where the father
has to put a mortgage on his home to
get a hayward son cut of some
scrape. We have known cases of this
kind, and the thing which is harder
to bear than the debt so contracted
is the feeling that had the boy been
brought mp as he should have been
the trouble wnuld have hean eue--A
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
BEAUTY DON'TS.

Don't think one tooth brush enough.
Three are needed. One should be
rather hard and one moderately soft,
while the third should be small and
round.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

Government by irrigation is every
way to be preferred to government by
injunction.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22

. Special Train Carried
Ruskin College From
Trenton, Missouri, to
Glen E1lyn, Illinois, All
Recitations Being Heard
En- Route Without In
terruption and Arriving
AT Their Destination the
Evening Of the Same Day
Of Their Departure. Ma
terial Equipments Of the
School and Personal Eff
fects Of Students and
Professors Taken Along.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
Agt Uncle ST Haskins Co.

The writer is supposed to be the
advance agent OF u show TO appear
at Dodgeville Saturday evening Of
this week. If the shows enlighten-
ing and fascinating powers are to be
judged by those of its agent, we
would not advise any one to hire a
livery rig and drive eight miles to
witness the performance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
Gathered for tho Masters Kingdom.

From Staples, Mimi, paper we
learn of the death of Mr.. Henry
Toms, which occurred early morning
Nov. q, 1903, at the home of his son
George at Perham, that state.
Mr.. Toms was pioneer settler Of
Mineral Point. coming here from
England with his bride in lS47. Here
they resided until about eleven years
age, when they removed to MINES
ota to be with their children. Mrs.
Toms died eight years ago. and now
these two, whom every one of this
community learned to love and re-
spect for their real worth as upright
christian citizens, lay side by side in
Evergreen Hill cemetery at Staples.
Mr.. Toms was born September 3, 1920,
hence he had passed the eighty-third
mile stone. He is survived by four
children: John j. Toms of Omaha,
George B. Toms of Perham, Mrs. J.
!. Palmer, of Staples, and Mrs. J. w.
Willett of Seattle, and all were pres
ent at the funeral except the latter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
MINERAL POINT WISCONSIN. THURSDAY DECEMBER TO- 1908

The Christmas present that
would please the Tribune publisher
most is for all VITO are in arrears on
subscription to pay up, and 1t is
hoped that general desire to make
us happy by doing this will take hold
of and be carried out by every pa
iron, whom we wish u Merry Christ
mas and IA Happy New Year.
The NJ. T., church folks did the
right thing last week when they pre-
scented Mr.. Il. j. Hughes with "A
handsome chair in recognition of his
valuable and gratuitous services as
a singer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10

New neckwear at store of Gun
dry and Gray Co's.-Tecks, fourth
hands, New Putfs, English Squares,
Strings, etc.
Remember the Bazaar and Pantry
Sale to begiven by the Young Ladies'
Society of the NJ. +. church, next
Saturday, Dec. II, in the Gilman
building right next door to the pub
lie library. Sale will open at ten
o'clock. Everybody come.
AS weather predictor Roach is
now as silent as the bronzed ass OF
Venice This seems the proper time
however for him to take politics un-
der consideration so that he could
post his friends on how to place their
money onnext years results.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
Supper, Bazaar, Entertainment.

The workers of the p. M.
church will hold a bazaar and log
tea in the lecture room of the =. M.
church, Friday evening, Dec. llth.
Tea beginning at 5 o'clock, will con-
tinue until all are served. Candy and
pop corn for sale. A fine display OF
Silhouette pictures of people present
will be made during the evening.
These pictures will be sketched by
artists skilled in the line of work.
Many of the pictures may keep one
guessing for some time while others
will make you feel sunny" for days
to come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10

A glass or two OF water taken
half an hour before breakfast will
usually keep the bowels regular.
Harsh cathartics should be avoided.
When a purgative is needed, take
Chanberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They are mild and gentle in
their action. For sale at Vivian's
Phn macy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10

The snow storm Of Tuesday was
one Of remarkable gentleness
and very pleasant TO watch-through
a window.
Miss Effie Erly accidentally fell
down a stairway at her home one
day last week, sustaining painful
bruises Of the head and hip.
Married, at the residence OF Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Hauk, on Thursday,
Dec. 3rd, Mr.. Elias J. Jacka and Miss
Dora L. Hauk, all Of the town Of
Mineral Point. After the ceremony
a sumptous repast was served. A
goodly number Of guests were pres-
ent, several being from this city. The
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
The Local Field.


--Correll & Martin for clothing.
Edward Coad is here from Iowa.
% cents buys Red Trunk and
with it goes good smoke.
Miss Amy Jenkin is ia Chicago
this week.
file new things in Mufflers Mt
Gundry and Gray Cos.
Phil Allen went to Chicago Mon
day on business.
%. G. Rewey and wife paid our
city a visit Monday.
Mis- Nettie Gundry has returned
from pleasant visit with relatives
in Chicago,
The largest line of neckwear in
the city is to be found at Gundry q
Gray CO. store.
Mrs. Schneberger has returned
from Chicago where she enjoyed a
few weeks visit with relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Jackson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie Nancolas visited
with Linden relatives Sunday.
Smoking Jackets make desirable
Xmas presents. Complete assortment
for sale by Gundry and Gray Co.
}. G.. Martin d Son have taken
the agency for the Magic Smokeless
Safety Oil recently sold by r. j.
Hughes.
Mr.. r. j. Penhallegon, Jr., has
been confined to his home by illness
for week past, but is now able to be
on duty again.
While doing your Xmas buying
don't forget to call at G. Varlin's. He
is showing many articles for Xmas
presents.
H. +. Light, the popular horse
buyer, will be in Mineral Point mex
Monday, Dec. IA, to buy first class
drivers and heavy horses.
Mrs. Jones (nee Annie Treweek
is here from Oconomowoc and viii
remain throughout the holiday sea
son. This l. ia keeping with the de
sire of relatives and many friends
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
Pipe Organ Recital at N. E. Church
Dec. Is, 1908.

Messrs. Lyon and Healey of Chi
cago will dedicate their new pipe or
gan just placed in the M. +. church
Of this city, with grand recital on
Friday evening, Dec. IS, 1908, under
the auspices of the M. +. Church
Choir, for the benefit of the pipe or
gan fund.
Prof. H. W. Matlack, their expert
organist will render an extensive
program, demonstrating the capacity
of the organ in detail
Admission $50. Tickets for sale at
Bishop.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
J. F.HENDRA
Gall in Chunks.

To show what gall and ridiculous
propositions the publisher of paper
is frequently called upon to put up
with, nothing stronger than the fol-
lowing letter seems necessary:
"DoDGEvILL, Wis, Dec. 6.
Il. J. BENNETT, Tribune.
Dear Sir: Enclose you fine are
Press Shit. if you wish to run us
some Of those Press Notice in
your papar for some tickets do so
Enclose you will fine Four Tick
cts for the same Kindly run as
must as you can you can pitch
what you wish off Of are Press
Shit and kind mail a copy of the
paper to Centerville, Iowa, and
bring "A copy with you to show.
And Oblige Yours,
n pprNEA
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10

"A person who travels u goo ddeal
was heard to remark the other day
that the merchants OF Mineral Point
were up-to- date in every particular,
much more so than those Of other
towns OF this size. This IL only veri-
tying the Tribune's standing claim.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
Time Mover Stops.

Not built that way. MAS time is
almost here. when you will want
suitable presents for gentlemen. Buy
now when you have time 10 make
selections leisurely: A Silk Umbrel-
la, Street Gloves, a Muller, "A Choice
Tie, suit Case, Travelling Bag. etc.
G. NARLIN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
happy couple have 4 host OF friends
who extend hearty congratulations
among them the Tribune.

The following officers OF the Geo.
II. Lcgate Post were elected for the
ensum'ng year:
Commander, Alonzo ID. Macs.
Senior Vice Commander. Jos. Heathcock.
Junior Vlce-Commander. John Bishop.
Surgeon. A. j. Noble.
Chaplain, VIM. Coad,
Quartermaster. Jas. A Hoare.
Officer Of the Day. Geo. Jeuck.
Officer Of the Guard, VIM. g. Kislingbury.
Trustee for three years. Geo. Jeuck.
Delegate to Dept. Encampment. Jos. Heath
cock Alternate. Charles Cox.