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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-11-05
The Blot On Our Seuteheon.

Inter Ocean.
Montana just now is startling, as
it should be a SOLDERING, example Of
the danger of making an indestruc-
tible state Of the American Union
out of community in which the
power of few men is or may be-
come so great as absolutely to con.
troll the political, social and econ
omic life OF the people.
Politically Nevada is rotten bor-
ough, but its corruption affects so
few that 1t is practically innocuous
to the nation. South Carolina has
so decayed in social righteousness
that it is unable to do common Just
| ice upon common criminal, but at
least the economic life Of its people
goes on.
Montana's social life has been de-
bauched, its political life corrupted.
and its economic life is now threat
ened with destruction, by the war
fare Of a few men whose moral ideals
differ little from those of the robber
| barons of the middle ages.
! Montana's Legislators have been
shown to be the hirelings of one or
another of these men. The Judges
on its bench have repeatedly been
accused, with too much evidence of
truth, Of being but their servants. If
justice be not openly bought and
sold in Montana, it is administered
in such manner that it often appears
to be.
AS result, such things come out
Of Montana as the Clark Sena-
torial election and the present pros.
tration of the mining industry in
Butte. And the misery of it all
is that the righteousness of
the nation has pledged itself not to
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-11-05
Farm for Sale

Consisting of 100 acres prairie and
8 acres timber land, situated 6 miles
southeast of Mineral Point and 3
west Of Waldwick postoffice. There
on are one large two-story house,
large basement barn and other build
iugs, cistern, well and windmill.
Schoolhouse on the farm. For par
ticulars inquire Of Mrs. John Harker,
Waldwick. 39tf.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-11-05

interfere = to leave Montana as. Il
sovereign state alone to its degreda-
ton.
This blot on our national sclltcheon
is u concrete example OF the prac-
tical application of the policy that
answers every public question with
the inquiry, "How mucb?"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-11-05

F. w. Dave offers his dwelling
adjoining the residence of William
McNieI, south of the New High
School for sale. More than Z acre
of land, 6 large rooms besides closets,
pantry, good cistern, large barn, and
beauti s.rnbery and.surrouudinr-
For price and terms see -. b. Rev.
noldS 3otf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-11-05

THE death of Emma Booth-Tucker
is "A sad blow to the Salvation Army
in the United States, She is said to
have been her fathers favorite child,
and was q wom10 ofraro eloquence
and practical in M z us well as of
beautiful ch
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-11-05

Report of John Jeuck. treasurer,
accepted and ordered fled
The saloon license of Perie Kieffer
transferred to Henry Keffer.
The estimate of $500 as made by
the school board for running the
public schools for the coming year
ordered entered in tax levy.
On motion of Alderman Potter, the
clerk is instructed to send Mr..
Van Ryn the sum of $4,000.
The following petition and remon-
STRANGE is referred to street committee
to make further investigation.
To the Common Council of the City
OF Mineral Point:
The undersigned respectfully petit
ton your honorable body for leave
to construct a sidewalk pursuant to
the ordinance of said city of Mineral
Point, beginning on Church Street
from the south west corner of Alex
McNie's property running thence
east along the north side of said
Church Street to Pine Street.
The undersigned constitute three
fourths of the resident lot owners
along said street where said sidewalk
is asked to be constructed.
Dated November 3rd. 1908
Peter Palskill,
William p. Gundry,
Harriet Dunn,
John May,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos Huppert,
Miss Emma Harris.
70 the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council OF Mineral Point, Wis.
We, the undersigned, owners of
lots abutting on the north side of
Church street, IN blocks nineteen (l9)
and twenty (20), in Strong's addi-
ton to the city of Mineral Point,
and lot l26 in Harrison's survey, and
especially we who reside and own lots
in said block 10, hereby object to the
laying Of a walk on the north side of
Church street by our lots, and file
this remonstrance asking your hon
orable body not to lay or cause to be
built sidewalk by our said lots.
Dated November 3rd, 1908.
A, MCNEIL,
Owner of lot t, in block 10.
ELIZABETH HAMBIY.
Owner lots II, 10 and II, in blk 10.
Mrs. X. FISHER,
Owner lot; 10, II and II, In blk %.
also Of lot 1875, Harrison's survey.
On motion OF alderman Weiden-
Teller, street foreman Ovit2 In in
structed to oversee digging trench for
sewer, rocking up sewer shaft and
grading,
Moved by alderman Ellery, that
Mr.. Chas. Curtis be paid 100000 on
extra work at school building.
b. II. PRIDEAUX,
Attest; Mayor.
Ed. BROWN, Clerk.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-11-05

OHIO, Iowa, Pennsylvania. Massa-
chus4tts, Y ebraska, New Jersey and
Colorado went republican, Tuesday,
Ohio.leading with 5,000"plurality.
Kentucky, Virginia, Rhode Island
and Utah were captured by the den.-
OcratS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-11-05

TAMMANY again rules New York
city. Tuesdays election resulted in
Mcclellan being elevated to the
mayo.ship by ever 81 900. a4a -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29
HYBRIDs AND NATURAL LAW.

The most wonderful things that APP
peal to us in the study of bird and ami
NAL life are the Indebtedness and GER
tainty with which nature preserves
the different varieties of the same spe-
cies. Nature very rarely indeed pro-
duces hybrids of any kind. Only I'M
der the demonstrating care and manip-
ulation of man are hybrids produced.
For instance, take the family of fincheH
or fly eaters in birds, with q score or
more of separate and distinct varieties,
some so closely allied to others that
only the marking Of few feathers or
crest or a fractional difference in
length of wing or size marks the varia-
ton, yet the law Of selection and mat
ing is so carefully observed that each
type of family is, always has been and
always will be kept distinct. So rigid
and certain is this natural law that
hybridization is practically impossible
under 1t. Nothing in nature is to be
found like the blending Of types Of
man SO common all over the world.
The mixing Of white men with Ethio-
plan, Malay, Indian, the hybrid prod
uct Of the race to be found In a hun
dred types, is a violation Of natural
and wise law, evidenced by the uni
formly inferior quality Of such by
birds. Twerc well did man follow ma.
lures law In this matter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29
A CARNIVAL OF CLOVER.

A peculiar phenomenon has been
noted during June Of this year in the
remarkable development Of white
clover In all blue grass pastures in
Iowa. Minnesota and Illinois-such a
dense growth Of the clover almost to
the entire exclusion Of the blue grass.
and a mass Of bloom such as we have
never before seen. making the pasture
lands look as though a snow had drift
ed over them. and the air filled with
delicate fragrance suggestive of a
Adaintily gowned and trigged lady
whose perfumed presence arrests at
tention. the bloom and its hidden
sweets making high carnival for the
bees. a harvest feast such as they sell
dom have. 1t is interesting to ask
why this clover should this year make
such a remarkable development. Was
It the wet May or just one of Mother
Natures periodic freaks? Was the seed
lying dormant awaiting some oppor-
tune May resurrection time? Can any
one tell? Be the cause what II may,
1t was fragrant, fertilizing, funny
/, freak.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29
ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS
STOCKS GRAIN
TWENTY AND ONE SPECIALS
ST. PAUL
STOCKS

This is the title of a neat little
hand book which is now ready for
distribution. The book will be es-
pecially interesting to bankers, bust
ness men and others DESTROYS of learn
ing of the manv good opportunities
now offered for investment in stocks,
bonds and gilt-edged securities. Only
such railroad and industrial stocks
are included as are in our best judg-
ment absolutely sound and will prove
profitable investment. Great care
and a considerable sum Of money has
been expended, and you can depend
upon its reliability. If you are in
terested and desire free copy, kindly
call at our nearest Office at once and
leave your name, or in case you prefer,
send direct to our main office, Room
A, Manhattan Bldg, st. Paul, Mimi,
and until the supply is exhausted, we
will be pleased to accommodate you.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Birds quit singing and caroling Just
as soon as they are through with the
business Of mating and nesting, in
which respect they very much resem-
BILE good many married couples whom
we know. ,,s,ss,,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Weather conditions have cut down
the early estimates Of the wheat crop
for 1903, which fQrecasted the largest
crop ever produced, but even with all
losses counted out the crop - likely
- be bumper" one. 49, L:1v
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

At points on the new Siberian rail-
way the finest wheat is produced and
sold for the small sum Of 80 cents per
bushel, this wheat raised by peasant
ry not as yet possessing a single mod
ern implement or tool for the produc-
ton of the crop. !, ~ -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

A father sitting In the car seat be-
hind us a short time since was busily
engaged In showing his ten-year-Old
son how to match pennies. The boy
learned easily, and II the father In a
few years has to mortgage his home to
pay q poker debt contracted by his son
he will have nobody but himself to
blame. We do not understand what
excuse a man has to offer for being as
big fool as this.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

We noted lately long row Of round
willow posts about six inches in diam
eter which had been set this spring for
q fence. Every last one Of these posts
because Of the excessive moisture Of
the month Of May-has gone to grow
ing and is now rapidly developing
into a tree. We know Of no other va
riety of timber with which this could
be done.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

The traction engine is coming more
and more into use along agricultural
lines. 1t has found no more useful
field than in hauling the modern road
grading machine, furnishing steady
and even power which permits Of these
machines doing their best work. 1t
should entirely supersede the horse for
this work
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Paint worth SO and a weeks work,
partly put in by applying ths paint and
part in "clarin'" up, would add $500
to hundreds Of farm h9pesteads In
selling value and give evidence to the
public that civilized Christian gentle
man owned the premises. rsrat
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

What is known as sun blight or fire
blight in fruit trees, particularly apple
and pear trees, is highly contagious.
Appearing first in varieties of trees
specially susceptible to the disease. It
is readily communicated to others
which are not so subject. This fact
bars pears, the Transcendent crab. the
Tetofsky apple and other Russian va
rieties from our orchards.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

1t is well to discriminate in assigning
causes for the disastrous floods of the
year in the western sections. The food
which swept the Kaw valley in Kan
sas and, later, moving south, wrought
SO much damage at st. Louis cannot
be traced to the cutting away OF the
forests, as the country which these
food waters came from is not and
pever has been in any sense timbered
country, but vast reach Of treeless
prairies, and these destructive waters
were the result Of unprecedented rains,
long continued, all over the territory
drained by the Kaw and its tributaries.
The periodical floods in the Ohio river
may, however, be clearly traced 10 the
denudation Of the hill and mountain
country which II drains.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

The growing Of coffee at present
prices being Improbable to the Brazil
ian coffee grower, the government OF
that country is going to step in and
help him out by paying bounties Of $6,-
OOO, 900 to the producers. yH.yNk a.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

One important factor in the agricul-
tural prosperity Of the west lies in the
almost total absence Of hog cholera at
the present time. We can't recall a
time when there was greater immunity
from hog disease than there Is now.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

No single industry is developing with
greater rapidity than is the manufac-
ture of cement. From a total produc-
ton in 1892 of S.T5S,621 barrels the
business has grown to production Of
26,437 800 barrels in 1902. We are
rapidly coming to what may be termed
q cement age. 1t is taking the place Of
wood. tile, brick and stone in all direc-
tiOns.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

With cotton quoted at IS cents and
wool at 10 cents we can't see what
motive there can possibly be in adul-
terating wooden goods with cotton.
Under these conditions all named wool
en- goods should be all wool and yard
wide, airvA ~' -.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

There are thousands Of western pas
lures which this season are carrying
from So to $12 worth Of white clover
seed to the acre if there was any
means of securing it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

People will always want plenty Of
fresh eggs, good milk, fruits and veg
etables. and cny one who can produce
these things vii! never have to hunt
for buyers. errx
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Intelligent and sensible methods OF
agriculture will redeem many of the
seemingly waste places. for 1t is a poor
soil and most ungenial climate where
nothing can be successfully grown.
The Doggy marsh may be drained and
made the most productive acre on the
farm. the bleak and barren knoll may
be converted into a thrifty grove Of
pines and cedars, the duck pond be
changed into cranberry plantation
and the white sand, piny sections be
made to support thrifty farm popula-
tion by the Judicious combination OF
rye; clover, the potato and the cow.
The new agriculture works much on
this line Of redemption. recovery and
renovation of waste places.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

There never grew anywhere In all
the known world such a magnificent
body Of timber as may be found on the
westerly slopes Of the Cascade noun
tains In Washington. In this connec-
ton II is worth noting that there as
nowhere else will this timber quickly
reforest the mountain slopes as 1t Is
removed. and so make 1t possible I'M
der reasonable care and regulations
to maintain for all time great forest
reserve for the future use OF the
country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Prosperity follows Just as surely in
the wake of the COW and the creamery
as chinch bugs and soil paralysis do in
the wake Of the wheat and cotton
farming.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Japan absolutely controls the cam
phor production of the world. her re-
cent acquisition of the island of For
mosa assuring her this valuable monop-
oIy
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

, We would never put an organ or
piano in the home until there was a
good bath tub there.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Good roads are to community what
good clothes are to q man. 49,.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Unless a woman Is dead set on lug
ging in her supply Of water for use
from the we'll, and there are some
such women, every man should see II
there is not some way in which the in
dispensable matter Of water supply
can be furnished for the home in the
most convenient way. Where the wind
mill furnishes the power It is an easy
matter to arrange system of domestic
waterworks, making all the water
used pass through tank In the house,
when it may be tapped and used under
pressure.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

With us this year all vines Of the
squash, melon and cucumber tribe are
entirely free from insect pests. Last
year they were cleaned out root and
branch. ~,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Fire is the worst enemy Of the forest
sections, and it usually gets in it's de-
structive work as the result of mems
carelessness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

There Is nothing pleases Us more
than to see real lazy man get put
on short rations. We just like to see
him hustle for grub.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

Up in the north country they are this
fore part of July having eighteen hours
of daylight and sunshine, developing
great crops of the cereals. There Is
hardly darkness enough up there to do
old fashioned counting.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

II yfsl.y ,E2SWvw - - -
Any man with a quarter section farm
and four or FIVE children In 6le home
will find $50 invested In good papers
and periodicals the very best invest.
%snt he he can make each year;
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

No crop which is generally grown
has greater recuperative power than
corn. Through the corn growing belt
the adverse climatic conditions Of May
and June may leave the crop on the
LIST Of July In a stunted, backward
and altogether unprOmising condition.
but IL 1t has been well cHtiyated up to
that time the tropical he& of July,
August and half of September will do
wonders with II and often insure fine
crop where ii had seemed impossible.
We are very much Of the opinion that
September is really the crucial month
Of the corn growing season. When this
month is hot and frostless 1t has much
to do with the filling Of empty corn
cribs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29
THE BOY AND HIS BANK ACCOUNT.

THE BOY AND HIS BANK ACCOUNT.
We know of a twelve-year-Old boy
who has saved up and has to his credit
in the bank the sum Of $50. While the
boy is not very big and the sum Of
money not large, yet the combination
the boy and the bank account-affords
an interesting study, as while the boy
is nursing the bank account the saw
ings are very sharply and clearly in
f1uencing the boys character; the boy
already has learned the value Of a
dollar-a big thing for boy to know.
He is fast learning that money itself
will work and grow If only given half
q chance. The possession of this little
nest egg makes this boy willing to I'm
prove the spare time and earn a little
Money to add to II and makes him
chary of spending money for foolish
things, both matters in the line Of
valuable training for successful
business man II may be said that
with many boys this course would re-
suit in making them Yassimonious and
mean, give them aB ihordinate love for
money, point which we think is not
well taken, for we will always have
ten young men who will spend every
dollar they earn where we will have
one Of these tight listed fellows. We
would by. all means teach the boys to
save as a valuable part of their BUSH
ness training and education.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

The GENERALIZATION Of the creamery
interests Of the country is progressing
at rapid rate, and the days Of the To-
cal creamery seem to be numbered. The
introduction and the use Of the farm
separator have made this process Of
consolidation possible. and without 1t
the change could never have taken
place The bad roads, which have for a
long period this year made the delivery
of milk at the creamery almost impos-
sible, are another factor In promoting
the change. Some Of these large trust
creameries are now drawing the cream
from distance of 300 miles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

sc This thing worked wrong: A man in
a western county thought to drain a
large slough by boring hole down in
the middle of it. The result was that
instead of draining the slough he de-
veloped an artesian well, a spouter,
which has made the problem Of drain
age more difficult than ever before.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29
WICKED WASTE IN WASHINGTON.

A short time since we questioned
whether there was now in operation in
this country any of the old wasteful
logging and burning business incident
to the clearing up of timber land. 1t
seems that there is, for letter from
Washington says that hundreds of men
have taken homesteads up in the noun
tains, where the giant frs and cedars
grow, trees $50 feet high, from four to
six feet in diameter and containing
from 5000 to 10000 feet Of lumber,
board measure. At present there is no
method whereby these giant logs can
be got to market or made available for
lumber, so the homesteader bOres two
inch hole horizontally to the heart of
the tree and another at an angle of for
ty-five degrees from above to intersect
It. He then fills the hole with dry grass
and sets fire to ii. In about four days
the tree will burn off so that IL will
fall. The same process is repeated to
cut the trunk into ten or fifteen foot
logs, which are then piled up and Who'll.
ly burned. The timber thus DESTROYED
Is worth more than all the crops which
will ever be raised upon the land, these
splendid trees being worth over 500
each if only there was some way in
which to get the lumber to a railroad
or navigable water. The justification
for this wanton waste of the finest for
est product in all the wide world is
found only in the fact that the home
steader must have a piece of cleared
land upon which to raise some crop to
enable him to live. 1t would be far bet
ter for him and the country could he
get his living somewhere else and leave
these forests alone until such time as
modern methods and machinery could
clear the land without such an awful
waste. We also nQted in q recent trip
down south that in east Texas there
was in the timbeTed sections much Of
the old waste in the clearing up of the
land for crops. The day. will Soon be
here when tree a hundred years old
will represent good deal of money.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

When the syndicate Of farmers who
had invested in $1,000 horse on the
strength of what they thought they
knew about horses sold the beast the
other day for $500 they fully realized
the truth Of the old saw about the fool
and his money y~N%s@sgv-xyyws
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

You have no idea what pleasure your
CHEEKY note gave. On opening the paper
my eye fell at once on your note on the
first page. I am sure that q man with as
much kindness as you have displayed
in this matter must be a good fellow to
know. and would like to know you.
FREDERICK uJynq0N