Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13

Dairymen Meet at Platteyilia.
The Dairymen's association will
meet at Platteville Feb. 1912. Mr..
Emery, the dairy and food commits
sioner, is president of the association
an G. w. Burchard, an associate of
Ex-Gov. Hoard, is secretary. The as
ISOLATION was started in 1872 by seven
men, among them Ex-Gov. Hoard, II.
E. Dousman and the Favills. During
this interval the value Of the annual
dairy products of Wisconsin has in
creased from $1,00O,OOO to $4,000, 600.
The sum Of 5000 will be chung up
for the best butter and cheese. and
the list Of speeches includes many of
the authorities of the state.
Scale of points for judging butter:
Flavor, 10; grain, 25; color, 10; salt
ing, 10; packing, 5. Total, 100.
Scale of points for judging cheese:
Flavor, %; texture and stock, 80: color,
Is; finish, 10. Total. 100. Cheese
scoring highest will become property
of association.
The sessions will be held in Platte
ville's $4,000 city hall. There are
fourteen creameries and three cheese
factories within ten miles Of the city.
The city claims a population at the
present time of nearly 5000 permanent
residents.
How Many Years in Congress?
Mr.. Blaine served twenty years in
congress, and Mr.. Benton served thirty
years, but we have no such records in
Wisconsin annals. Lucian B. Caswell
and Charles A. Eldridge, the latter
Democrat, are the only two cases in
the history of the state of members of
congress being elected for seventh
time Mr.. Babcock and Mr.. Cooper
have each served six terms az years.
and are candidates for continuance.
John F. Potter was in congress three
terms. Philetus Sawyer was in the
house Of representatives five terms.
Mr.. Guenther was elected four times.
He sought and secured election in two
districts.
Gave His Life to Imposture.
The prison record of Charles t.
Moore, forger, check raiser and conf
dence man, was closed recently by his
death. He was known in Wisconsin
through his securing $500 from the
GAINESVILLE School of Telegraphy.
Moore was one of the three most dam
gerous forgers in the criminal annals
of this country. For years he was
pursued by Pinkertons in the employ
of the American Bankers association.
Moore was born in 1862 in a rural
home not far from New York city.
His parents were comfortably estab-
ship was exhibited when he was but
a child. When of age he went to
New York city to seek his fortune.
This was in 1883. There he fell in
with evil companions, and on Decora-
ton Day of that year, when the
Brooklyn bridge was opened and great
crowds were drawn to the city by the
event, he yielded to the temptation to
increase his wealth by petty thievery
in the hotels and other public places.
While in the penitentiary Moore be-
came acquainted with convict whose
name he has never revealed, who in
the prison walls and under the very
eyes of the officials, taught him every
trick of forgery and the use of forger's
tools. Resuming his character of a
high-salaried travelling man at Cleve-
land, he became acquainted with an
attractive young lady, and after a
brief courtship married her. She be-
lieved for years he was a travelling
man, and he kept her well supplied
with money.
In 1892 and following large num-
Der of banks. building and loan asso-
Citations and other financial institutions
in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana were victimized by we'll
dressed well-mannered man with a
soft and persuasive voice. He became
the terror of banks in interior cities
and was known as 1.-The man with the
silver tongue He confined himself
to forged drafts and raised checks,
and it is calculated that he realized
an average of $500 a day for months
at a time. One of his valices con-
tanned a complete forgery and raising
outfit, comprising check perfOratOr,
self-inking pads, erasing liquids, a rub
Der dating stamp, magnifying glass,
colored crayons, black and red inks,
acids, erasers, etc., and large pack
age Of drafts and checks forged or al
tered, all ready to be passed.
This man in his career of crime has
wrecked financial institutions, driven
men to suicide and broken a loving
voman's heart Whether his parents
are living or not he has always refused
to say. 1t is his widows hope and ap-
peal that he may be no more men
toned OF remembered among me-. and
that she may be left alone with her
sorrow.
Comp elling Clean Foods.
The state dairy and food commits
sioner has issued a quarterly and semi
annual bulletin from his department.