The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22

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largest returns to the policyholders.
1t affects $4OO,000,0O0 and involves
more people than any other case ever
before the court The surplus of the
Equitable company alone is 81, 5000, 600,
which is rolling up at the rate of $S,-
100000 or $10,0O0,00O. The case is
to be tried on it's merits Feb 8. 1t
must then 60 forward, and there may
be a decision before the summer vaca-
ton. Our supreme court will be the
cynosure of all eyes. III. w. Chyno-
weth and the Winkler firm of Milwau-
kee have the prosecution in hand. with
big New York experts as advisers. 1t
is not unlikely that the whole question
of fife insurance will be brought un-
der review with the evils growing out
Gf the enormous competition. especial
y between the big companies.
More Knovlege for Old Farmers.
The university idea, in its compre-
hensiveness, climaxes in a new
course offered by our agricultural
school for farmers. There are now
more than 500 students IN the agricul-
tural course. The shortest of these
courses lasts twelve weeks and the
next covers two terms of fourteen
weeks each, while the longest lasts
four years. Professor Henry is now
after the older men-the real farmers
of the state. For them there will be
a course lasting from Feb. to Feb.
Is, inclusive. The annual meeting of
the various agricultural societies is held
at Madison Feb 2 to 4, 1904. No per-
son under % years of age will be ad-
mitted Each day instruction will be-
gin at 8 o'clock there being two morn
ing lectures, which will take up the
time until 10 o'clock. Professor
Moore has secured large number Of
samples of corn and will drill the stu
dents in corn judging Each farmer
is asked to bring ten ears of seed corn.
A number of farm animals will be
slaughtered and instructions will be
given on the carcasses and different
cuts of meat. No fees will be charged
to residents. Non-residents of the state
will be charged $40 fees. Room and
board will cost about S. per week.
Farmers are urged to bring their
wives with them.
Work of the Prohibitionists.
The Prohibitionists will convene in
national convention at Kansas City in
June and at our own state convention
in Madison a month later. The Wis
consin committee expects to engage
the Menley quartette of Chicago, Tate
of Tennessee. Emerson of Kansas,
Mills of Pennsylvania, and other
speakers to be in attendance thereon.
There are more than $4,000 men and
women in this state who believe in the
prohibition cause. Says the official APP
peal: IF Illinois Prohibitionists can
give $4,000 in an off year. as they
did in 1908, and will give $4,000, as
they propose to do the current year,
Wisconsin Prohibitionists can give at
least $4,000 for the campaign of 1904
University Finance.
President n. B. Van Slyke Of the
First National bank, Madison, has thus
put together some figures as to Wis
consin's early dealings with it's state
university, which should be preserved
in this form: BY act of congress June
2, 1862 10000 acres of the public
lands were donated to each of the
states for each representative and SEN
ator Wisconsin then having eight, re-
ceivcd 100000 acres as its share to-
wards establishing a college of agri~
culture and mechanics arts. April y.
1866, Wisconsin enacted the law
whereby to effect the reorganization of
the university, and authorized Dane
county to issue $4,000 of bonds in aid
thereof, which bonds were issued and
subsequently paid. For the year end
ing Sept 80, 1866, the total income of
the university was $15,S25.03 and the
disbursements to that date were $1O,-
323 5Cr--S5 O24 GA Of which was for sal
aries, leaving $5,5O1.47 unexpended,
Its entire property at that time, con-
sistng of real and personal, was 20
672 acres of university lands. valued
at S46,30S. 05; 240,O07 acres agriculture
al college lands at 100000. &c; 40 &C.
100 acres of university grounds at $16,-
252, 90, with buildings costing aitogeths
err $104,339.47. totalr aggregate of
$4GG, TOO 49, The furniture was inven-
toried at $2O95.25; all apparatus ana
fixtures were valued at $2,564.35, and
the cabinet of minerals, etc at $15,-
900, the latter three items totaling
$4,000 G0--and total value OF every
thing being $4S6,36S.7S. In 1870 the
legislature made its first appropriation
of state funds in aid of the university,
being $4,000 for the erection of fe-
male college which. was completed the
year following at cost Of $46,57O.3G
So, 429G4 less than the appropria ton,
This nearly finished the building. Next
came the appropriation of $4,000 for
"Science hail. which was constructed
within the appropriation, and by fire
destroyed, with most of its contents
some few years after. Such is the
brief history Of the early reorganiZa-
ton, showing how, from the acorn Of