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Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

THE appearance Of new spring neck
ties doesn't seem to effect the size OF
the snow drifts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23
Light Franchise Passed

The electric light franchise, which
was voted on Tuesday, passed by a
vote Of Isl to IA. The following is the
vote by wards:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

THE old saw, faint heart meier won
fair LADY, WI presume is also apple
able 10 brunettes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

Is q man making game OF bis wife
when he calls her "birdie.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

The young mar is not addicted to
the liquor habit nor is he subjec. TO
h~alucinatiOns, but when he went to
take his sweetheart to a dance On .
rainy night be couldn't find the girls
home ever after the caoman drove
him to the desired residence. But
then the old a says, "Loye is blind"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23
LOOK AT THE DATE
opposite your name on this
paper. What does 1t says

DOES reputation, like whiskey, i'm
prove with age.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23
IS HEAD OF LIVE STOCI

8 head OF horses, 4 geldlngs J
mares, one mare with f0al, v
ranging from 1900 to 1900 lbs, !
ling draft colt sired from the ID
ed company horse.
yearling steers
with calves by side, 10 COWS all
calf 5 steer calves 3 heller calvei
thorough bred Poled Angus bull
HoGS-2l head OF brood sow
have had one litter of pigs and
pig by thorough bred boar, y
with pigs by side and ! DnrOc Y
hoar
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23
The Vote For United States Senator

Ledger Special by Buium Telephone Co.
JEFFERSON CRY, Feb. 22.-The
following senatorial ballot was taken
to-day:
COckrell, 70
Niederinghaus, "a.
Kerens, u.
Mckinley, 5.
Pettll0hn, !.
osseniort J.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

Three chunks Of colored glass.
Three tin boxes.
One buckle from a skate strap
One iron bolt and two nuts
One walnut and three hickory nuts
One piece OF candle, 2 inches long.
Three knives, containing altogether
two and a half blades.
Three pieces of colored glass.
Two fishing hooks and pieces OF
string, when tied together they made
a line forty-fve feet long.
One whistle.
Four nails and a broken tack ham.
mer.
No kind reader these do not include
the contents Of a junk shop but we're
taken from n pocket Of a 10 year
old paper carrier. Because OF lack Of
space we are unable to enumerate the
contents Of the remaining pockets
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

~ IlGhO We LAVE SIVu'
HORSES AND MULES-lbyl
sixteen hands high, six years Old,
single and double, good saddle
an extra good running. walker
dust mare seven years old, j
hand, In foal to jack, is a u|
mare Tor a farmer; 2 horse mus
teen and a half hands high, ioaI
five years old, black In color \
boned and good style; 2 mare /,
three and four years old, dark
fifteen and three-quarter hands
2 mare mules, two years old, I
fifteen and a half hands high.
steer calves, 10 !
calves, l yearling steer, | thfal
old steer,4 yearling h~elfers,I3 tv
ling heifers, l red COW, five yel
with calf by side; l red COW, thra|
old, calf by side; | roam COW, iOu
old, will be fresh In March; | dI
HOGS-l6 hogs, weight add
pounds; 7 shoats, weight ADD
pounds; l extra brood SOW, wi
last Of March.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

We cannot vouch for the truth Of
this little tale, but IL was told Us in
all sincerity. Last summer n Of
Centralia's business men took a day
of and went to the woods angling for
members Of the inney tribe. That
night when he had returned home,
removed his old clothes and the CRIME
collected during the trip he seated
himself in his easy chair smoking bis
favorite cigar and told his little six
year-old son to bring him the face
lotion because the sun had given his
nose a rather suspicious tinge. Several
days elapsed and the colored pro-
boscis began to assume large proper
tlons SO that the business man felt
worried. That night as he was max
ing the daily application he discover
ed that instead Of face lotion he was
using bis daughters bust-developer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23
HEET--o IdI bHttp anu YEA
FARMING IMPLEMENT

New Departure Cultivation
teen-inch Breaking Plow; | ioV1
inch Breaking Pillow, | si1teei
Riding Pillow, ! Intersection I'D
| Deering Mower, l new Daln y
Sulky Rake, l Dain Stacker ID
new / Corn Planter and seye1
Sewers, Also some Harness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

The man has been drin king whiskey.
He has a nice red strawberry on bis
nose that his friend has been trying to
light a cigarette on for an hour. Yes
they are real accommodating They
are afraid the telegraph pole will fall
so they are holding it up, or maybe
they are mad at the pole for hitting
them when they tried TO pass. Serves
the pole right, it should not act that
way. Perhaps they will have it
arrested for assault and battery.
Don't laugh son he is not trying to
poke his friends eye out, he is count
ing the number Of moons 10 the frma-
ment. Tomorrow he will likely write
a treats on astronomy which will sur
prise the whole world. At the pre-
sent moment be does not know a golf
ball from a quinine pill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23
RAILROAD

EXCURSIONS, LOW LATEs, Et'


MARDI GRAs FESTIVITIES.
s21.3 30 to New Orleans and return.
On sale March LIST to 9Th inclusive.
Return limit March 18th. Extension
of limit to March 18th, 1905, for so
cts. additional. Also low low rates to
Mobile, Ala, and Pensacola, Fla, on
the above dates.
/. M. RICHARDS,
Ticket Agent,
Union Station.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION.
S24.90 to Washington, d. O., and re-
turn. Tickets on sale February 2Sth
to March End inclusive. Return limit
March Sth. Extension of limit to
March 18th, 1905, for 81 additional.
|. NJ. RICHARDS,
Ticket Agent,
Union Station.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23
SAL
MONDAY, FEBRUARY ,

Having rented my farm, Eng
the old Gave farm, 3 miles sd
Benton City, | will sell at publ
tion on Monday, Feb. q, The \
ing described personal propertv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

The house was the comfortable
residenc Of a pastor OF n of the
largest churches in the city. The
minister is always well clothed as are
his family and everything surrounding
his home speaks of comfort. Yet as
we approached we discovered a sign
tackled upon a tree 10 the front yard.
1t bore the good mans name and an
nounced that chairs we're mended
here. What was this, we stopped in
amazement. Could 1t be that be was
neglected and had to resort to manual
labor to support himself and family.
But then a light began to dawn upon
us for signed to this announcement
was the name Of the young son Of the
pastor whose youthful mind turned to
mending chairs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23
SAL
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "a,

Having sold my farm | will, d
Chas. Schoeneman farm 4 miles
east of Mexico and l mile east oil
ellis Ford, sell the following pea
DrOpertV.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

The eye requires ns much rest az
any other organ. Gresn Is the most
reatful color.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-23

BY A CUB REPORTER.

Ny. the interesting stories some of
these stoves, that are daily surrounded
by loafers, could tell and at this time
Of year they fairly want to melt and
run because Of the many miraculous
rabbit stories that they are forced to
hear, hour after hour. The Sub"
usually tries to spend a short time
each day listening to the village
"Munchsusens, - who try to make An
nanias turn in his grave and feel that
II he hould live to-day he would have
no fame as a liar. One old timer
whose hoary head was bowed with the
weight OF years and contained as
choice 9 stack Of stories as is possible
to collect in 'three score and ten,"
tapped his cane upon the floor and
drew the attention OF the assembled
box whittlers to the following tale:
oval 1t amt been SC very fur back
that old Pete Skinner an me went
chasin' arter cotton-tails an in them
days we was the best in the neighbor-
hood. One day we took the oil mans
hlnt-lock an started to clean out all
the rabbits around, we amt gone fur,
TIL Pete, he, dropped the shootin' iron
in the crick an got it 80 ALFRED wet
that it wouldn't go off. Wall we ies'
made up our minis that we amt goin'
to go back without some game. Pete
had some pepper an said he once heard
tell OF how a man played a trick on the
little chaps and caught a big sack of
them. We went nosin' aroun' TIN we
found a rock ~projectin' out, an about
six inches above the groun'. Pete
took an apple an put a little pepper
ont, stuck IL under thu rock an took
me back In the bresh to watch it.
Amt long fur a rabbit come err long
an see in the apple 1t look all about
then start to it kin a slow like, as If
it was afeared some one might be
hiden' in the weeds an bresh, by an
by he takes a bit of it an no sooner
did be get a Whit of that pepper than
be sneezed an knocked his brains out.
We carried 81 home with us an il we
hadn't taken that apple every rabbit
in the county would have killed them
selves" This brought forth many
outlaws and made other seat warmers
grow reminiscent and wish to dis
tinguish themselves in the field Of
sport. So the afternoon passed and
when evening anne they rose as IL
they were leaving a loved one for
always, but not so here. Bright and
early the next morning you will find
them in the same spot ready to argue
on any important issue OF the day and
show you in a short time where the
chief executive of this Nation has
made many mistakes and what he
should have done to have settled the
matter in the best way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02

molasses Is thrown out through the
holes in the sides, leaving the sugar
sticking to the gauze. The sugar Is
washed by spraying cold water and air
against it as it whirls, little bluing
being added to give it brilliancy. The
machine is stopped and the sugar now
white and moist Is dropped from the
bottom of the machine and conveyed
to the granulator, where it is dried
This granulator is large horizontal,
revolving cylinder, heated by steam.
While drying is in process, the fine
dust of sugar Is drawn out by sue
ton blower. The sugar passes out Of
the granulator through screens at the
end, which removes the Jumps. The
sugar is now placed in bags ready for
shipment.
The molasses which has been
thrown from the centrifugals, Is either
mixed with fresh syrup and boiled
again, or Is boiled alone and once more
| passed through the machines. The
brown sugar resulting, is refined by
mixing with fresh syrup.
LII dlA USSL AdClOAlCSp ShCl1ANoAS pay
an important part, and the laboratory
might be called the heart of the fac
| tory, as it Is through the agency of
chemicals that the sugar is extracted
| from the beet. All beets, Juice, syrups
and boiled sugars, are tested, and the
analysis of every pound of sugar is
known, and every loss located and ac-
counted for. The values Of different
soils and fertilizers for beet growing
are tested, as are also all coal, coke
and limestone used.
At Rocky Ford, in Southeastern Col
| orado is located one Of the largest beet
| sugar factories in the country. The
buildings are built Of brick, and are
surrounded by fine grounds and fine
residences, where some Of the officers
Of the company live. Like all other
factories, this one runs day and night,
seven days in week, and only stops
| in case Of an accident or to clean up.
| This factory, on an average, converts
LOO tons Of beets into sugar every
| twenty four hours. One ton Of beets
will make 26O to 275 pounds Of sugar,
and from LOO tons, this means about
$50 tons Of sugar each day.-Williams-
| mort (Pa) Grit
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02

all The first lot Of water turned I'M
takes out 90 per cent Of the sugar, and
the second lot takes 30 per cent OF the
remainder. This Is repeated ten times,
and In the end has exhausted all the
sugar from the slices to within one
tenth Of one per cent The slices re-
naming after this process are dropped
from the tanks and run through large
presses, and the partly dried pulp is
deposited in cars and wagons to be
used for feeding cattle, it being q
great milk and flesh producer.
The juice remaining is Of a dark
brown color, containing much organic
matter not sugar. 1t Is run into tall
tanks holding couple thousand gal
lons and here the lime solution which
takes out the organic matter, is add
ed. 1t now goes through a series OF
boilings, filtering and clarifying pro-
cesses, which leave the fluid a moder-
ately thick syrup, ready to be boiled
down to sugar. The syrup Is pumped
up into large round vacuum pans. In
side these pans are coiled large copper
steam pipes, and large air pump
produces a high vacuum and removes
the evaporated water so that the syrup
boils very rapidly and at very low
temperature. This boiling mass IL
watched through glass windows in the
sides of the pans, and when small
grains begin to appear they are fed by
adding fresh syrup until they reach the
required size. When the size Is right,
and the water evaporated sufficiently,
the steam is turned off, the pump
stopped, and the mass is allowed to
run into the tanks below, by opening
valve at the outlet in the bottom Of
the pan.
The syrup at this stage has the ap-
pearance Of dark molasses, thickened
with graduated sugar, and is so thick
that it will barely run. This is put in
to the "centrifugals," large whirling
drums having their sides perforated,
and lined with gauze AS these ma
chimes whirl around. the sugar rises
along the sides of the drum, and the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02
Bills Passed Senate.

No. 253A (Mr Bletcher), regulating
the examination of insurance companies
with amendment by committee on
finance, banks and insurance and con.
rec. by committee ON claims).
sos (Senator Frear), lating to illegal
voting and fraudulent registration.
523S committee on judiciary, to legal
ize certain acts of town board of Wash
burn.
157A Crowley, relating to dependent,
neglected and delinquent children.
1854 (Huber), relating to appointment
of court commissioners.
29SA Crowley, relating to election
polls in Milwaukee to be open to 7 ..
m. and bond of county or district super
intendent of schools.
620A committee on State affairs, re-
lating to bond of State treasurer and
making appropriation.
653A page authorizing county boards
in counties having over 100000 popula
ton to purchase voting machines.
2S3A Committee on education), pro-
viding that salary of district school sup
erintendents shall be the same as that
fixed by county boards for county super
intendents icon. req.
334A (Mr. Norcross, by reques0, to
provide a plan for a history of Wiscon-
sins part in the Civil War with amend
ment and con. rec.).
462A committee on education), reiat-
ing to certificates for primary teachers
icon. rec.).
727A COMMITTEE ON education), vail
dating actions taken in respect to organ
izipg high schools icon. rec1.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02

horse and culhvates two rows at a
time. 1t Is mounted on two wheels,
each about 80 inches in diameter. Be
hind these wheels are two horizontal
bars, connected by two other bars 10
the axle. on which they have free up
and down motion. There Is also a
pivot which allows a side motion, con-
trolled with handles by the operator.
With the cultivator are several sets Oh
knives. shovels, ETC.. any Of which can
he fastened to the horizontal bars, the
grower using whatever kind Is ADAPT
cd for the kind Of cultivation he wish
eS
When plants are a couple Of inches
high they are thinned out, leaving
n1ants six to ten inches apart. Inls
work is usually done by contract, the
nrice maid averaging from Sc to VI
per acre.
In removing beets from the ground
large plow or litter is used. Inns
NOW has a depth of IS inches or more
made necessary by the great depth TO
which the beet penetrates the soil. IL
is drawn by three or four horses anu
raises the beet partly out OF the
ground SO that it can be picked up ny
The heets are taken by local freight
n the factory, where they are dumped
into long bitches, which have stream
If water flowing through them. These
stitches, which are lined with cement
s,ono toward the factory building, near
which they converge into one large
one The water in these dltches serve
the double purpose Of carrying ana
.or+,o,1v cleaning the beets. AT the
end of this large ditch, the beets are
raised from the water by an eie7aune
onnoratus. which deposits them In a
20 washing machine. This consists
If an immense spiral revolving IN a
round iron box, placed in a horizontal
position. and with a stream OF ciear
water flowing through IT. The beets'
rol1inq and tumbling, are pushed TOT
I'D through this water, and coming
w. froa from dirt, are deposited in a
screw elevator and carried to the top
20 tho factory Here they find their
wav into an automatic weighing ma
chine then dumped into the s1cer
wbare they are cut in small pieces.
On the next floor below the slicer Is
located the diffusion battery, which is
oomnosed of number OF iron tanks
n1aced in a group The tanks are con
nacted with each other by large pipes
and each tank is capable of holding
three or four thousand pounds OF tne
slices The first tank is filled WIN
slices and has water turned into IL
This is allowed to stand while the
second tank is filling with slices. Ihen
+ba valve connecting the first tans
with the second is opened. and the
wafer in the first tank, having ABSORB
cd some sugar from the slices, Is
forced into the second by fresh water
being pumped into the first Inis
wafer passes from tank to tank aD
sorbing a little more sugar from eacl
t tsnr. untl 1t has gone through them
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02
IRRIGATION PRODUCES swrers
D' ensar Making in the West :. !.
very Interesting Process

waking in the West I. a
II interesting Process.
Al some Of the Western Sto+o.
Ia 10y wisconsin, Nebraska. Colorado
rno Inc western part of Kansas the
siowlng OF beets for sugar, has becomo
recognized industry. Large factories
lor the conversion of the beat into
sugar nave been erected. and hero orc
Employed large numbers of men during
the rall and winter months
colorado leads In the production If
Deees. This can be accounted for nv
Inc same reason that she il noted For
ner cantaloupes; that is, irrigation and
Tue large numbers of DAYS Of sun.
snlne. The sun shines on fullv eoo
oays OF the year and the beet is slim
ulateo to wonderful growth.
In growing beets the ground i. nro-
pared IN much the same way as for
cantaloupes, a thorough breaking and
puiyerizing Of the ground being neces-
sary Tor best results. After leyeline
the ground, which makes irrigation
easier, the beet drill is brought into
use. This drill Is on the order Of an
ordinary grain drill, with the excen.
tlon that 1t only plants four rows Is
inches apart at time, and has no at.
tachments for drilling in fertilizer. On
the drill are two small shovels. placed
so that they make two burrows be-
tween the two rows on each side
These burrows carry the irrigattne
water, which soaks back and moistens
the seed.
When through with the seeding. the
water Is turned into the burrows made
by the drill, between each two rows
The water is kept running until the
seed is thoroughly soaked, care being
taken that the water does not over
flow very much, as this causes the
ground to bake, and the sprouts cannot
force their way through the crust thus
formed. When plants have obtained
the height Of one-half inch to an inch
the cultivator is brought into use.
This cultivator Is drawn by one
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02
Mate News in Brief,

III. .,-ErE-"I son Of Martin Ander-
IN d A..."n shot himself in the ankle
Pale hunting.
01.l@ Rasmussen Of Nepnah fell
" Il ..f" and broke both arms and
aonnI lis Euu.
lie COL. sheds of the Chicago. Bur
~. w. ALL 'lH@oy road ut Nelson burn
aoag.a- rattle.
~ I'VE H.. f ladder with which he
t%..--, Lawrence, the 2-year-old
]. o,. d, l II ..-f jackson of Colfax, was in
H. .:s a".1r # George Reirrick. an old
i, 'L... Wis found in Rock river.
To-. "...@. bridge. He is suppos-
'''- .4.'a Into the water.
",,'r..~aa Won the prize for catch
rm r.-".. black bass at Pewaukee.
49,, IT,. awarded 4 medal. The bass
,"' ~ ~"t tlrec-quarter pounds.
~' VILE # rac Rev. Charles Went
r, -i".aadl~t preacher of Sheboy-
NJ, '.'>' S.T" birth to twins. and the
En- ".' VIII meet to raise his sal
~% Alton. willie hunting secured
n ..''> "ta.n three miles of Elroy.
sr u" ..a female wolf and secured
7:r. s":> alive, He got a bounty for
b. "s."r. Il farmer at Rutland,
|i.,. ....a2 disc harrow, was
sn d. runaway of a three-horse
h, ''' y. badly cut by the machine
.rr r1 N-.'.", aged 40 years. a pioneer,
b, F., ,''." r, Whitewater while sit
,4ni ..t.r in which he had been
L No, ''-rF" him of sudden illness.
n '.'a'4@S1er for twenty years.
al ar., -, 70 secure clean streets
3a.@.. '> tie Kenosha Outdoor Art
.4I a. ""~ nrSonized a band COM
q >a,r VIZ t.lH9 school children. who
a,a,,i.. Us an auxiliary to the parent
is 5;.I county Judge S. Curt Sim
q, s ~.l III New Richmond. He was
!, c ~gsrgAjE-toree years ago in Vermont
| as 'S .' Hudson in the early days.
h ~.~.e resided in St. Croix coun-
A was we'll known as a writer.
q Gomez, @, chr of the Winnebago Trac-
! Con~r.,@@ was struck by a Wiscon-
MT c r.1l freight train at the High
he ,,oE>inS in Oshkosh and one side
ose,s VII was demolished. Seven pas
ta,e were in the car, but all escaped
A =. '~e collision.
"a in ' 81. States deputy marshal has
t5e surgeon Bay. securing evidence
cb9,lp 'o>eention of individuals who
sors ,sgd with removing timber from
lie b s,aInsnt reservation at the head
Or N.Y. N.Y. 1t is understood that Il doz-
af, IOse persons are implicated in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02

ar9 pprow the 7-year-old youngster
h, been keeping the Sheboygan
busy fur some time, played an
msas III a recent morning. He
-41 III electric street car while the
naa wulr into the company's of
mlnl the lever and started the
svn Maa He had gone nearly a
WIN he was stopped. He was
|1a v..Pri.- AMI then made his es-
~ Aa-a0r later Station Agent Bow
km..r lin it turning Il switch at the
|rlrg>tysa railroad yards. He was
Esrl aal is again occupying a cell
.albo..r station,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02
A BioeraphicaI Dictionary.

One Of the most helpful books to
keep upon your table, ready to be con-
suited as you read other books, Is a
biographical dictionary. Then, when
YOU come to some historical character
about whom your knowledge Is a little
faded, it will require but moment to
refresh your memory and make your
reading more intelligent. You have Q
right to the acquaintance Of these dis
tinguished men and women, and should
keep up at least friendly relations
with them, il for no other rea son than
in gratitude for what they have done
to make your life pleasant-St Mich
elias.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02

,tGrao a farmer living near Eau
w. p. y. . b and killed his wife. Game
..s-.s.l and the shooting is the
|. .slaasy. He shot the woman
il. back while she was fleeing
.m ,;rpr the shooting he threat
T, .. os.ihors with his rifle when
..,.rr-ri to arrest him. Later he
"a ~ N4nominee to surrender to
..,l+. tame was brought before
+. rr..as and pleaded not guilty.
,.r,.I man is between 50 and 40
,1l About three years ago Mrs.
-aa: preliminary steps to get a
y, hrr proceedings were dropped.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02
N0if Hunters Are Busy,

-'1'T s".".t in the history of Mari
@' 2"..y is being broken this month
ne number Of wolves brought in for
4ae>. Up to the other morning there
'"4 '1lr,y-oae claims since May I.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02

Gov. Johnson has fixed Aug. as the
date for the execution of William Will
liams, convicted of the murder OF Mrs.
T. g. Keller and her son John at St
Paul, MINI.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02

Eight men, composing the crew OF the
Danish bark Bertha, that went ashore off
Long Branch, were saved by the breeches
buoy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-02
5IDGER STATE.
MEEK CONCISElY
c:oNOENseO'

.,,,ty Farmers Are victim"
d: 'O' ;,dIers - Ha1f-Breed
;sSo'' Little Boy Keeps
D Lover Kills Himse, f.
gasy