Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-20

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1t affects S400, 000.0o0 and involves
more people than any other case ever
before the court. The surplus of the
Equitable company alone is $4,000 900,
which is rolling up at the rate of S.
OO0, 900 or $10,000,000. The case is
to be tried on its merits Feb. S. 1t
must then go forward and there may
be decision before the summer vaca-
ton. Our supreme court will be the
cynosure of all eyes. II. 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 life insurance will be brought I'M
der review with the evils growing out
Of the enormous competition especial
ly between the big companies.
More Knowlege for Old Farmers
The university idea, in its compre-
hensiyeness, climaxes in 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
nj aio1 ;eL oI
at Madison Feb. 2 to 4, 1904. No per-
son under % years Of age will be adj
mitted. Each day instruction will be-
gin at s 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 So 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 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 ebelieve in the
prohibition cause. Says the official APP
peal: ''If Illinois ProhibitiOnists can
give $4,000 in an off year as they
did in 1903, and will give $4,000, as
they propose to do the current year,
Wisconsin Prohibitionists can give at
least 500, 900 for the campaign Of 1904"
University Finance.
President n. r. Van Slyke of the
First National bank, Madison has thus
put together some figures as to Wis
consin's early dealings with its 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-
ceived 100000 acres as its share to-
wards establishing a college of ~agri=
culture and mechanics arts. April II.
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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 30 1866. the total income Of
the university was $15,S2503 and the
disbursements to that date We're $10,-
1913 90 5000 GA of which was for sal
aries. leaving $5,5O1.47 uneXpended.
It's entire property at that time, con
sistng Of real and personal. was 90
672 acres of university lands, valued
at $46.3OS. %; 240,O07 acres agriculture
al college lands at $500, 900. &c; 40 6;,
100 acres of university grounds at $16,-
252 20, with buildings costing altogeth-
er $104 ,339.47, a total aggregate Of
S4G6. 700.1S The furniture was inven~
toried at $2O95.25; all apparatus and
fixtures were valued at S2.564.35, and
the cabinet of minerals, etc at 49,
600, the latter three items tOtaling-
$19,659 60--and q total value of every
thing being $4SG,3GS.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 $46,57036
Sc, 1864 less than the appropriation.
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 rcorganiZa-
ton, showing how. from the acorn OF
less than $500 600 the ma gnficent oak