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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-19
Obituary.
MRS. ROLLIN CHILD.

Mrs. Rollin Child of McGregor, Iowa,
died at the home of her nephew, 81. w.
Child, on Saturday last. A few weeks
ago she came here on a visit to relatives
in Edgerton and was taken sick the next
day after her arrival aud a continual de-
cline ensued The encroachments of
age with a general breaking down of the
system contributed to the cause of her
death She was IA years of age. The
relatives were notified of her condition
and Mr.. Child arrived Sunday. Two
daughters and three sons survive, neither
of whom were able to attend the funeral,
except daughter, Izora. from Dennison,
Texas. The remains were taken to
Clinton Junction Tuesday for interment
in tbs family lot. Before their removal 20
Iowa the family were residents of this
county.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-19
Shearing Sheep by Machinery

Although the winters grasp is still
upon US and shearing sheep about as
unreasonable thing as the average
farmer can think of at present, down al
the Shepard feeding yards in this city
sheep are being shorn of their wool al
the rate of about 500 day. Talk about
tempering the wind to the shorn lamb il
you like, but zero weather makes no diff
ference with the western ranchmen and
the clipping goes on just the same, and
the work is being done by machinery
too. Four expert operators Of shearing
machines have been brought here, who
are taking the wool from 125 to TIE
sheep each per day. A small b. p. gas
oline engine furnishes the power neces
sary to operate the machines which are
the style of the ma
chine horse clippers, and the work is done
more expeditiouslywh at the same time
there is less ngersofs.cutting the ami
NAL than by the old method. About
$500 sheep will be sheared at present :
those that are to be put on the market
this week, and later probably all will be
shorn before leaving the feeding station
Nearly So worth of wool is secured per
head from the best fatted sheep, while
the difference in price on the market is
only fraction of a cent whether sheared
or not, so the percentage is in favor OF
shearing before shipment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-19
Tobacco VS.. Sugar Beets.

Some light upon the comparative
profits of growing sugar beets or tobacco
was given The Reporter recently by Mr.
Thos. S. Biggar, former superintendent
for the big Canadian distillery firm of
Walker & Co. at VAUDEVILLE, Canada.
Their farming operations are located in
Ontario, across the river from Detroit,
Itch. where 81 acres of sugar beets
were grown, as we'll as over 100 acres of
tobacco. The soil for both crops is kept
strongly fertilized and in fact kept as
rich as possible with liquid fertilizer
from the cattle feeding business run in
connection with the distillery. A strict
account is kept with each crop pro-
duced, charging against it all the ex-
penses of cultivation, harvesting, etc.
Rent Of land is charged at ST per acre,
and SIS per acre for sheds, while 10 per
cent. depreciation is figured on all the
tools used in growing each crop. The
sugar beets averaged 26 tons per acr 9
and tobacco 2250 pounds per acre for 19
years past. After figuring all expenses
against the crops, the books of the COM
pany showed that the sugar beets re-
turned profit of S32 per acre rs against
S67 for the tobacco. Mr.. Biggar consid-
ers this very fair test of the relative
profits under the best agricultural con-
ditions.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-19
Early Morning Wedding.

Monday morning the Rev. Father Har-
lin performed the marriage ceremony
that made Mr.. William McConnon oil
La Prairie and Miss Alice Kealy of Full
ton husband and wife. TIE newly mar
ried couple will make their home in the
town of La Prairie, where the groom has
been prosperous young farmer. The
young lady has been employed as teach
er in the Indian Ford school and has the
respected esteem Of allswho know her
Their many friends extend the h-artiest
of congratulations to the newly married
couple.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-19
Tobacco Notes.

0. r. Pomeroy arrived home from the
sanitarium at Prairie du Chen Wednes-
day, where he has been recuperating
from severe fall received at Readstown
recently.
Mr.. August Eisenlohr of the Philadel-
phia firm of Eisenlohr Bros. arrived dur
ing the week to look up the situation
regarding the new crop. The firm will
probably pack a few thousand cases in
this market.
Mcintosh Bros. and Ell. w. Child
opened their warehouses for the handl-
ing of the new crop Monday, each start
ing with light force to be increased
later as the deliveries become more fire.
quent
Keep in mind that this Office can sup
ply all the needed stationery used by
packers. Our special form packing
books, weigh books, contract books, re-
ceiving books. ETC., are in most general
use. Orders promptly filled.
A meeting will be held at the City
Hall, GAINESVILLE, Friday afternoon, Feb.
rs, for the purpose of organizing mu
tual fire insurance company that will as
sure tobacco risks. More than 100 sub
scribers have been obtained to the move
ment and 100000 of risks pledged.
For SALE OR RENT. A good tobacco
warehouse at Viroqua, Wis. Inquire of
0 FL. Helgeson, Viroqua, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-19
RAILWAY TIME CARD9.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE d ST. PAUL.
Eraina Leave Edgerton Station aa Follows
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

RUITON LODGE No. SO F. & A. NJ. meets
4 in Masonic Hall every 1st and Sd WedneS-
day of each month
pOYAL NEIGHBOR LODGE No. 246O meets
N in WoOdmen Hall the I'd and 18th Wednes-
day evenings of each month.
EDGERTON LODGE No. 146, K. P, meets
- every Tuesday evening at o'clock.
- TION meets second Wednesday Of each
month.
FDGERTON BRANCH AMERICAN FED
~ GRAFTON OF LABOR meets in Wood
man hall first and third Friday evenings OF
each month,
EDGERTON CAMP No. $40, M. w. A meets
~ in Woodmen Hall the 1st and Sd Thursday
evenings of each month.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-19
PASSED TO THE BEYOND.
E-< w. Babcock Dies In California-Funeral
Here Sunday Afternoon.

e ". bADCOcK DIGS III CAIlIOfniA-Fu noral
Here Sunday Afternoon.
A telegram received here Monday con
veyed the sad intelligence that Mr.. e.
w. Babcock died at his home in Los
Angeles, CAL, at o'clock that morning.
To his son. Clarence here the news was
not unexpected for he had been fire.
quently apprised of the critical condition
of his father, whose heart affection had
been the cause of much concern to the
family for several months. To his Ed
gerton friends not acquainted with all
these details the news comes as shock
and causes deep regret.
Gunnison news-champion., 1904-06-17
VIOLENCE sEOETsvaIEN1

~ Presses
Aaa rEas Hegsh7aV base shase
E.I7rI.szaziall- as-sl silss nslsss a.szzef-
aas psusr iheV hasc esassa s.lr
9aseruar g. aizc.ara u@rt...i .-N lu
eaaulias ghere as el8ieaoe had IS.
auFred usk Uhich rlle esrd aush1rl
t.rse eful4 uas aua lia uss caF.e
ihEauEh hlm tley nave Pl.aed trasfs
in tna-C eaaafIes ~ass have sFurnea
the clra aasharlties. lnclailnC the
Judiciary sua asmini-ierci clVl az
iaars lH ablecf aic5ionec O. che o.
iers vi tile eurpssati8us th.lf pl4cea
siieu taarc They have sspproz-ad
newspapers far erfIazlnR thsu
They base placed a nlilisary cunsar-
shlF over news reFsFts "a their d.
Iugs. even EsiHg o. che cxten. Of for
bidding the telephaung 1r telegraph
a. Il any reports WAaseser u che
lacal situation They have ieported
citizens e1mng from other States
and esIica established Residents
lAfy have arresfei mcn without
warrant ana wlfAaui csuse and hold
them ID pris3u n defiance 10 the
COURTS Al thi- moment they bid
ln fu-ia.ly the president If the Mes-
tem Miners Federation ar ua other
reason chan that be- - the Hre-ilent
.f f.lat la.iv. and faa ~aHremr l1art
One IHlE dIz-ar fiHr H.Iis fHaf ha
r1Wrz are legally a- wal as pav-
aal.v r1werIa-s o. RELEASE trm tu-
tI Lhe MILITARY fla1-e o. laf Lm u
ahi.t means aae4riIuC tatbr AIw
ut Grnarai- IlsaIHsur garI tlr
m.1ea FvuluE corporations consent.
hf cannot le released AIl bis rights
as d citizen are iH allowance lf be-
death were desired he could o. exc
UtcI -ummsrly So tde supreme
c1lU hali- auI without rsspm-I-
b.HJv Dr. anyone What is true af
lm BE- ai course true li aHvaua else
whose arrest these muf-1wuiug cor
paauw= may desire u any part Of
the state. wherein DO may cause
plant governor. however uuueres-
sarlly t1 suspend the civil law
The man who is surprised at assas-
siuatHg dynamite explosions under
these circumstances would De sur
prised If lac caught small pox in
pest house
Gunnison news-champion., 1904-06-17
HIS POSITION

In personal letter to Ray Stan
nard Baker commenting ON his dis
cussions Of the struggle between
capital and labor, President Boose-
welt says.
Il believe in corporations ] be
heve in trade unions. Both have
come TO stay and are necessities in
our present industrial system.
But where in either one there de-
velops corruption or mere brutal
indifference 10 the rights Of others
and shortsighted refusal to look
beyond the moment gain. then
the offender. whether union or cor
poration, must be fought. and if
the public sentiment is calloused
to the iuiquity of either, by Just
SO much the whole public is dam
aged
The sentiment is probably both
true and admirable, but it is a little
more than a glittering generality.
Unquestlonably there must always
be great corporations and inquest
ionablv the trades union has come to
stay Unquestionablv brutal iudif-
ference 10 the rights of others must
be fought, but how? That's the rub
There is not in the public suCges-
u0ns Of Roosevelt a real live answer
TO TINS query SO far as we have been
able 20 discover unless the "publici-
N' method be it. Publicity is good
81 far as it goes but totally made
quate Look at the publicity Denver
election thieves have been getting.
yet they continue to steal elections.
and that was a local matter easily ad
lusted Roosevelt says not word
against tariffs that once protected in
FAINT industries but now only enable
gigantic rubber trusts 90 sell nearly
everything we wear and use cheaper
abroad than Co our own people. Ia
fact he uphoIds them. Roosevelt
used 1000 words In his last mes
sage TO congress yet did not mention
railroad rebates that more than any
other one thing enable the trusts
to crush out competition and then
levy fearful tribute against their rne-
mics. In fact he accepted during
the last year over a hundred thou
sand dollars In value from these rail
roads I'm the shape of free special
trains. Theoriziug and high sound
ing phrases don't bust any trusts.
Roosevelt as a man has many quail
ties that appeal to Americans but as
president in this crisis Of our nation
we must have fearless and clear
sighted friend Of the people.
Gunnison news-champion., 1904-06-17

1T must be Peabody" saws the
Lake City Times. Thank Heaven
1t must and the workingmen Of Col
orado viii get their chance at this
curious old anarchist in the COVER
nor : chair We were beginning to
fear he wouldn't he nominated.
Gunnison news-champion., 1904-06-17

The Paonia Booster is the euphon-
Ious name oithe publication launched
tins week by Clinton Oliver and c..
H. Adams. Ii has excellent adver-
tisIng patronage and Is full Of
news
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
DRAMATIC SCENE.

New York. Nov. 20. "A dramatic
scene occurred at the New York hos
pital this morning when Guy Roache
was told his end was near and that
unless he made a statement AZ inno-
cent man might be accused of shoot
ing him. He then asked that Stewart
FELTON, be brought to his bedside.
FELTON, IS the man who was arrested
for shooting Roaohe on the street last
night during a quarrel after they had
left Felton's gambling house on 36th
street When FELTON, was taken to
Roache's bedside the latter asked the
detectives "Do L cash in?' 81 am
afraid You do. - he replied.
Then Roache said: "That man,
FELTON,, shot me and he did right.
would have shot to kill had / been in
his place" Roache then wanted Fell
ton 10 shake hands with him but this
FELTON, declined to do and walked out
of the rom.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
wiz THE POOR LWAYS
BE BLIN ID?

In an Kansas paper, Socialist in
philosophy, appear these words:
"One free lodging house in New York
City fed and housed Al, 900 men out
of employ menr since the drst of the
year A majority of the inmates are
work-mt WHO want WORK but can
not get it. The average age of these
men is forty-o one years. This is the
sort of prosperity which the great
mass of mankind votes for-home
men, men willing work House
less in eat city teeWng with mil
lions of dollars of wealth. | wonder
if men will always be SO blindY' On
reading these lines woman in Conn
ecticut writes Indignantly to a news
paper that in the country, where
she lives back from the railroads,
no sal ions there is plenty of work,
good beds, good food, and good wages,
with men in constantly greater de-
mand than supply, winter as we'll as
summer. Undoubtedly, it is in the
cities that subversive tendencies have
their strength. aud it is in the farm
ing districts, in every country, that
the present order of things has its
surest protection. The farmer and
the farm hand work hard for what
they get, but they live, aud they have
an Independence and hard sense which
remove them immessurably from uto-
pias They would remedy discrimi-
nations and unfair privileges. They
are the strongest supporters OF moder-
ate refovmers like Folk and La Fol
lette. But very few OF them share
those Grass notions of creating new
universe which usually have their
breeding grounds in city slums Gel
lier's Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
THE BID IN PEA CE.

st. Francis Xavier, three centurie.
and half ago, wrote thus about the
Japanese 1.-The nation with Nhicll
we have to deal here SURPRISES iu
goodness any of the nations ever dis =
covered They are of kindly dispo-
sition, wonderfully DESTROYS of honor,
which is placed above everything else.
They listen with great avidity to dis
courses about God ard divine things. -
Their spiritual interest is what the ma
lions rely upon now to counterfeit the
military side of Japanese nature after
the war is finished, and keep Japan
from being an obs acle to the world 8
desire for tranquil life. Mr.. Hay, in
his address at Boston, before the Peace
Conference, pledged the administra.
ton to 40 what it could for peace, but
pointed ont the reasons for holding
back certain steps in advance until
the situation charges in the Orient.
An increased desire for peace is IN
mistaksbe. Ii no country is the
charge shown with as much distiucb-
ness as in France. but il can be found,
IN varying egrees all over the orld
The changes, in the Orient, which
will inevitably follow sometime if
japan is victorious, such as the greater
equality Of Nhiua in economic rela-
tions to other lands, are likely to be
made without the necessity of another
fight. The present war looks like one
Of those decisive conflicts which, by
settling far reaching difficulties, in
crease the probabilities of peace. 49,
Golfers Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
DIED IN ~ I'ERB 4 X Y.

H. A. Bowman went to Waterbury
on Friday called by the death of
his mother, Mrs. Lorinda Nj. Bow
man, which occurred on Thursday at
fernoon at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. CLARA Sargent, in that town.
Cancer of the stomach was the i'm
mediate cause of death, although the
deceased had been in poor health for
several years.
Lorinda Merritt Bowman was born
in this city in April, 1885. She was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Nye
Merritt. Her early life was spent in
this city but since her marriage sew
eral years ago and the death of her
husband she had lived in various
parts Of the principal towns of the
State. Among the living relatives OF
the deceased are H. a. Bowman Of
this city, Fred W.. Albany, N. Y e,
Oscar b., Mortified, Misses Bell
and Eva Bowman and Mrs Clara
Sargent of Waterbury, sons and
daughters of the deceased. The fu.
neral was held on Saturday nom.
lug at one O'Clock.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
CABINET SPEECH MAKING

Washington. Nov. 25.-A commit
tee from the Union League in Chicago
called Wednesday on President Roose-
welt to enlist his good offices to pro-
cure the services of Secretary Hay TO
speak on Washington birthday not
having received an affirmative an
swer fr1m Mr.. Hay. President Roose-
welt took occasion at this time, in ex-
planning the reason why Mr.. Hay
should not be requested for the specific
occasion 10 say that he did not think
his official advisers should be called
upon to travel around the country and
deliver speeches as it took too much
time in the preparation as we'll as in
the delivery OF these speeches which
coming from cabinet officers have to
be prepared with unusual care He
thinks there has been too much of it
and Wednesdays remark was intended
as hint to the numerous commercial
and political bodies that are continu-
ally extending these invitations If
the hint is not accepted those sending
the invitations will find in every case
that the secretary invited will have
some good reason for politely declin-
inc
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
PHILADELPHIA MINT.

Who ever thinks of coming to Phila-
delphia without visiting the Mint?
exclaims the Philadelphia Record.
Except Philadelphians, there IS 20
person who could stay long in Pmla-
delphia without an overwhelming de-
sire to see gold and silver being con-
verified from molten masses il to money
for Uncle Sans capacIous pocket.
Everyone has heard about the people
who "coin money" 1t is worth while
to see money coined by the barreiful
and thousands of dollars heaped up
in the twinkling of an eyelash. No
descriptions. however vivid, can quite
supply the emotion that il created by
a sight of these mighty mills as they
grind out the alluring bits of gold
and silver for which nations sacrifice
their people and for which hundreds
of weak mortals sell their souls. To
the vast majority of visitors there is
no room in the Mint quite so fascinst-
ing as the press room. In this room
the unmarked pieces of gold and silver
are stamped by the thousands. Twenty
four presses do all the coming for the
Mint Pieces of small denominations
ike quarters and dollars are coined
at the rate of 100 pieces a minute,
while those of the larger denomina.
tions are coined at the rate of eighty
minute The largest output of
money in one day in the Philadelphia
Mint was six hundred thousand dol.
lars. There can be no calculation of
an average daily output, as no two
days are exactly alike in the kind of
coming that il done Sometimes all
presses do not work at once, sometimes
all work on silver or all on gold, so
that there is nothing that will serve
as the basis for calculation.
The counting board has attracted
considerable attention from all the
visitors tn the Mint. 1t is rather
unique device for counting money
that has come, into vogue within re-
4 cent years All the coins are placed
upon the board, and when every niche
is filled it is implied. Some of the
counting boards Measure out as many
as $500 worth of quarters at a time
1t takes but couple Of seconds to fl
the board aud then it is turned into "a
box, and $500 more is added to the
money stored up in the inaccessible
! regions of the Mint's safe deposit
vault. Nothing could be simpler.
nothing could be quicker, than this
! modern device for counting money,
! yet for great number of years d
| employees labored over the counting.
which was done in way that was
both cumbersome and expensive
! Thirty million dollars in double eagles
were coined by this Mint during the
month of May last This is the largest
amount of money that has ever been
coined by the local Mint. also the
largest amount of money that has
ever been coined at any single mint in
! the whole world During the past
fiscal year there was coined at the
Philadelphia Mint Sl17. 600, 900 - a
sum that has never been exceeded by
any mint.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
MONTPELIER and VICINITY

The Clerks Union of Barre has
voted to contribute $25 toward the
support of the striking millers in Fall
River. Each member Of the BARRIERS
Union will give one dollar. The
other unions in the city are expected
to take action in the matter at an
early date.
The following letters are waiting to
be claimed at the post-offioe: Mrs.
q. ]. Bisbee, Miss Della Carr, Mrs.
O. M. Colby, Miss Mary Costello,
Mrs. Nellie P. Glymer., Mrs Heggie,
Miss Annie Shield, Mrs. ]. r. Shear.
err. Goss Billie, John Delaney, Allen
A. Fsrrar, e. E. Harvey, William II.
Kendall, Milo J. Lang, Danell Nc.
Larghlin, l.. ]. Marshall, George G.
Morse, A. j. Baker, Rasohella Saliva
tore, d. o. Sargent, J. 7, Shepley, r.
G. Wamsley, J. Edward Warren, Har
ry Q. Webster
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
VILLAGES DESTROYED.

Mazatlan, Mex, Nov.2 5,-Advices
received from Tegucigslpa, capital of
Honduras. states that hurricane has
devastated the northern shores of that
country Entire villages have been
destroyed and crops of fruits and CO.
reals ruined The loss of life among
the coast Indians is said TO have been
considerable. Contributions are being
raised for the homeless sufferers in
various parts of the republic and the
government has ordered cargo of
corn, rice and beans from San Fran
cisco There is fear of famine in
the country. as crops in the interior
section were partly ruined by storm
some time ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
CZAR GIVES AUDIENCE.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 26.-The unex-
peoted may happen after all. The
meeting of the Zemstvoists, first Rus
sian Congress, as it is now called,
may indeed work the inauguration of
a new era for Russia Emperor Nicho.
las, the Initlator of the pan for uni
versal disarmament, may turn back
upon the r5actionaries and crown his
reign by granting to his subjects the
constitution which his grandfather
had already prepared when he fell By
the hand of an assassin
The basis of such possibility is
the significant fact that the Emperor
received in the palace at Tsarskoe
Selo four prominent members # the
Iemstvo Congress, and listened at
length to their views 1t develops
that when Minister Of the Interior
SviatoPolk- Mir,Ky pre-, ented the Zems.
two memorial aud resolutions on No.
vember "a the Emp, ror was so deeply
Impressed, as well 10y the contents of
the documents as By the character of
the signers that he Immediately ex.
pressed The desire to personally receive
a deputation of four.
The news that the delegation had
been given an audience by the EN-
peror sp ead Ike wildfre through the
clty and created ire 9 dous sensa-
tion, REJOICING anon liberals, and
amazement among the un mpromis ng
upp)rts rs of the old gime. Earlier
sn the day the report WAS current that
an immediats effect cf the Zemstvo
meeting would likely be the realization
Of the plans for giving two elected
Zemstyo representatives seats in the
council If the empire.