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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
The City of Great Britain.

Unless we command the sea we can
not keep open the roads by which our
people are fed. Britain has in effect
ceased to he country. She is now,
considered from the political and mill
tary point of view. a city, though a
city with very large parks and pleas
aunces and kitchen gardens in which
to grow her flowers, fruits and vege-
tables. A city. from the point of view
of war. may be described as q place
which if besieged long enough must
fall since supplies once consumed can
not be replenished. Britain answers to
this description. The moment the SCI,
roads to her are closed by an enemy
she is, ipso facto, in a state of siege
Face to face with need so imminent,
it would be madness for us to give
any consideration to what we hope or
believe are the intentions of this or
that foreign power All that we can
rightly do in considering how to secure
our national safety and independence
is to count ships and guns and to com
pute the units of naval efficiency
London Spectator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
The Central Wisconsin
Trust Company.

The Central Wisconsin Trust Compa
ny is one of the strongest institutions in
the state. Among those connected with
it may be mentioned Col. William f.
Villas, Magnus Swenson, President of
the United States Sugar Beet Company;
L. S. HANKS, President of the State
Bank; J. M. Boyd, Cashier of the Bank
of Wisconsin; Senator r. M. LaFollette;
Charles r. Van Hise, President of the
State University; E. G. Dodge of Lake
Mills, T. e. Birmingham of the Drifting
ham & Hixon Lumber Co. and A. L.
Sanborn, Judge of the United States
District Court. D. G. Converse and
George McKerrow are also interested.
While the chief business of this com
pany is to act as executors of wills, ad-
ministrator, guardian, receiver and so
on, it also receives money and pays in
terest at rates from 215 to per cent,
according as it remains four months or
year. The company is equipped to do
business by mail. 1t is only necessary
to obtain bank draft, express or postal
order and mail it to the Central Wiscon-
sin Trust Company with your name. An
interest bearing receipt will reach you
by return mail.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
Petroleum.

The first mention Of petroleum in
America was made by Father De la
Roche Fallen, a Franciscan, in 1929.
1t may be surprise to many people to
know that both the product itself and
the names petrol and petroleum were
familiar at least as far back as the
middle of the fourteenth century. In the
Sloane manuscript Fifteenth century,
mention is made both of rock oil and
of the correct derivation of the name.
which is medieval Latin and of
course has nothing to do with Peter:
Petroleum, oleum est factum de petra
G(allice), petroille.' C'Petroleum is an
oil made from rock-in French, pc
troille.') The property of drawing
fire had struck the Imagination long
before the work quoted IL Mature"
was published In 1896 Lodge used it
in a metaphor: LAS the clay petrol
draweth fire, so the looks do gather
affection" The word petrol Tor petreoD
disappeared from English and did not
return until the days Of the motor car
industry, when it was reintroduced
from the French in the sense of refined
petroleum.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
STEAMER MANISTIQUE SAFE
Arrives at Port Arthur, Ont, After
Hard Fight with a Lake
Storm.

Duluth. Dec. II. - The steamer
Manistique is safe at Port Arthur. Ont
She made that port after terrific bat
tie with the seas which were running
mountains high. She first got into the
shelter of Isle Royale and lay to until
the wind abated
A message was received here 10y
Captain J. S. Reid. owner of the boat.
from Captain c, d. Brown, of the Man
1stique, stating that the steamer ire
land broke adrift off Sand island, but
that in view of the fact that the steam
pumps of the Manistique were leaking
badly it was impossible for the Man
istique to pick the vessel up
A dispatch from Ashland. Wis,
states that the Ireland has been sighted
riding ut anchor eight miles northeast
of Sand island and that she is appar-
emily safe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
A Shooting Gallery Secret.

do you see this glass ball?" said
the shooting gallery man 1t was
ball of hollow glass, an airy glass soap
bubble. that had swung all season at
the end of a thread in the foreground
Of the clay pipes, bells and what not
that had made up the gallery's targets.
''This glass ball. the man went on, sis
my great money maker. All season
long people tried to hit this ball-it
was bigger and nearer than any other
target-and everybody failed. Thou
sands of bullets were fired at the ball.
thousands of nickels were spent on it.
yet here it is, still untouched, my best
breadwinner. All wise shooting gal
lery men have a glass ball like this. 1t
makes such a tempting target, yet it is
never hit 1t is never hit because the
air that precedes a gun charge is suf-
ficient to blow the ball aside. out of
the way. You might fire hundred
shots at it, but, like living thing, like
a timid soldier. for instance, it would
dodge each shot,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
Golf and the Liver.

Golf is the greatest of all games. It
is the only recreation that is at one and
the same time health giving and u
complete preoccupation without being
unduly physically exhaustive. But I
am profoundly convinced that it is far
better for a mans liver that he should
play poor game than a good one. l
know from personal experience that it
is far better for the liver to play a
really bad game. Nothing stirs up the
liver like the irritation, the excitements
and the paroxysms of a really bad
game-LOndOn Graphic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
YOUNG MEN WANTED

For Firemen and Brakemen. Experience
unnecessary. Over 500 positions open at
the present time. High wages. Rapid
promotion to Engineers and Conductors.
S75 to 5000 per month. Instructions by
mail at your home without interruption
with present occupation. We assist each
student in securing position. Don't de-
lay. Write today for free catalogue, in
structions and application blank.
National Railway Training School, Inc.
Boston Block. Minneapolis, Mimi, U. s. A.
S9E i6m4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
4 Rrnye Singer.

II tell YOU" said one man to another
as they emerged from the dimly light
ed corridor of a concert hall. Il envy
that fellow who was singing"
envy himr echoed the other. We'll
if I were going to envy a singer I'd
select somebody with a better voice.
His was about the poorest I ever
heard
ITS not his voice l envy, man." was
the reply ''It's his tremendous cour-
age"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
Will of a CHICAGO MERCHANT.

Chicago. Dec. 1.-THE will of Otto
Young. the deceased millionaire mer-
chant. has ben filed. 1t totals about
S20.OO0,000 i'll property, which is left
in trust for his grandchildren. not to
be divided until the youngest is p
years old. AS to public requests the
Chicago Orphan asylum gets $4,000:
Home for the Friendless, $4,000: Old
Peoples Home, $4,000; Poor Hand
maids of Jesus Christ, $4,000, and
Chicago Home for Incurables, $500, 900.
He had given during his life very
largely to charitable institutions. He
provides for several sisters, and leaves
his wife and daughters luxurious in
comes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
Blue Eyes.

That the color of the eyes should af-
feet their strength may seem strange,
vet that such is the case need not at
this time of day be doubted, and those
whose eyes are brown or dark colored
should be informed that they are
weaker and more susceptible to in
Jury from various causes than gray
or blue eyes. Light blue eyes are gen.
orally the most powerful, and next to
those are gray. The lighter the pupil
the greater and longer continued is
the degree of tension the eye can sus-
tain.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
First Arrest Under Meat Law,

New York, Dec. 1S.-JOhn T. Walk
or, a prepairer of meat extracts. was
arrested by secret service agent on
the charge of having used counterfeit
United States meat inspection labels
or his beef extracts. The arrest was
the first of the kind since an act pro-
viding that all meat or meat products
had been inspected by government in
spectorS went into effect on July list
last
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
She's tho ssIf.S

The lancashire clergyman who re-
Gently left the word obey out of the
marriage service gives as his reason
that be does not wish women to start
married life at Il disadvantage But it
really matters little in practice. 1t has
long been understood that, though q
man and his wife are one. the wife is
that London Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
Rogers Threatened with DEATH.

New York, Dec 18Th. III. Rogers,
of the Standard Oil company, received
a letter in which the writer, who
signed himself "A Trader" and. de-
scribed himself as broker who had
lost heavily on the advance in ST.
Paul stock, threatened to kill Mr..
Rogers Mr.. Rogers offices in lower
Broadway are guarded by police ds-
tectiyes in consequence.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21

Caller-You call this garden scene
June but the leaves are all on the
ground instead Of on the trees. D'Aub-
ar-They were on the trees, but the
nicture got such whitening criticism
from the committee that they curled
up and fell off.-I4ondon Tit-Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21

First publication Nov. %, 1865 weeks.l
Summons.
CTATE OF WISCONSIN-In Circuit Court
- for Rock County.
Sylvia M. Beebe-Plaintiff
vs.
James HI. Reigart, Mary Louise Reigart, his
wife, Susan Brinton Bingham Fred G. Reig-
art Annie S. Reigart and Emma Cheney
eigart-Defendants.
The State of Wisconsin TO said Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service Of this summons ex
elusive of the day of service and defend the
above entitled action in the court aforesaid
and in case of your failure so to do Judgment
will be rendered against you according to the
demand of the complaint, of which a copy is
herewith served upon you
CLANCEY q LOvERUD,
PLAINTIFFS Attorneys
p. 0. Address, Stoughton, Dane County, Wis
cOnSin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
Defense Is Working the Techni-
caIity for All 1t Is Worth,
1t Appears.
ONE POINT Is SHUTDOWN UPON
Same Point Immediately Comes Up in
Another Case.
French Restaurant Keeper SwearS
He Had to Give Up Cash for
"PrOtectiOn" in His
Business.

San Francisco, Dec. Is. = Judge
William z. Lawler Overruled a techni-
cal objection opposed by Supervisor
Fred Nicholas and Peter M. Duffy to
the indictment found against them for
graft by the grand jury. 1t was pro-
nounceG by the judge that the alleged
incOmpetency of Il juror, Wallace {.
Wise, does not violate fundamental
right of the defense. The objection
was made that Wise had served on Il
trial jury within year and was there
fore barred from serving as a grand
juror. Attorney Murphy, for the de-
fendal,tS. gave notice tnat the defense
would intcrpOse a demurrer to the in
dictment.
Grand Jury Worked to Death.
No sooner had the Nicholas Duffy
cases been disposed of than an attor
ney asked to have the arraignment of
Nathan VI Adler q restaurant keeper
charged with perjury. postponed until
the members of the grand jury could
be summoned. Judge LaWter replied
that the grand jury had Deen bothered
enough in the Indictment cases. and
the reply was made that the point was
peculiar to the Adler case. The hear
ing in the Adler case was then post
poned until . o'clock Monday.
Crime Laid to the Three.
Adler was the proprietor of French
nd ictn
jury OH the charge that he withheld
evidence in the examination regarding
the alleged extOrtiOn practiced by
Mayor SchmitZ and Abraham Ruef.
Supervisor Nicholas was indicted on
the charge of agreeing to receive a
bride, while Duffy, city hall janitor.
is accused of perjury.
Had to Pay for "Protection.''
The members of the grand jury re.
sumed their sessions after a recess,
ard again began probing into the
charges of eXtortion from the French
hebuau. one of the proprietors of
French restaurant that fiourished on
Pine street, near Kearney, before the
fire appeared as a witness. He de-
clared that he had been approached and
told he would have to pay for prOtec
ton if he wished to continue his bust
ness. He said that he first resented
the effort to secure money from him.
but finally agreed to assist in collect
ing protection fund.-" and with two
other restaurant men paid $500 a year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
First publication Dec. s, 1906 ]
Notice to Creditors.
TATE or WISCONSIN,.

Mai II vi w lCCONSlN,
- County Court for Rock County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at regular term
of the County Court, to be held in and for said
County, at the Court House. in the City of
GAINESVILLE in said County, on the first Tues
day of june A. d. 1907, being the 4th of June
1907, at Q o'clock a. M, the following matters
will be heard considered and adjusted:
All claims against Mary A. Mckinney late
of the City of Evansville, in said County, de-
ceased. All claims must be presented for
allowance to said Court. at the Court House.
in the City of GAINESVILLE, in said County, on or
before the 3rd day of June, A. d. 1907, or
be barred
Dated December 3rd, 1906
By the Court
j. w SALE, County Judge.
l.. E. GETTLE Attorney for Executor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
Mans Debasing Influence.

This African explorer whose expe
riences are being published in some of
the papers says parrots are delicious
eating. l always thought they were
very tough
But he refers to wild parrots. It's
their association with men that makes
most parrots tough" = Philadelphia
WANTED:-by Chicago wholesale and mail
order house, assistant manager oman or WON
am for this county and adjoining territory.
Salary $40 and expenses paid weekly; expense
money advanced. Work pleasant; position
permanent No investment or experience re,
Quired. Spare time valuable Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self-addressed
envelope. Address.
GENERAL MANAGER, 1874 e. Lake ST., Chi
capO. "a
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-21
Notice!
TO The People of Edgerton and Vicinity:

The R. Falk decided permanently locate
in with Mr. Frank
block will be devoted
will always be kept
ON hand,b
The purchasing firm great other the
We n O employ commits
from 20 to 80
overt less five months
nandu a similar
that
dorina class instrument
TheBu i VIA o
We be moderate
tnefing
puuha
We the
January
a
The r. O. Falk Piano Company
EDGERTON, WISCONSIN,
P S-Afe samplec be al
Christmas
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-06

to the community, as well as the
cause of good roads in general, is
found in Madison County, Tennes-
see. The county is small, having
q population of only about $4,000
and an area of 512 square miles,
the total tax aggregate amounting
to only about Sc, 100000. No
stone or material suitable for road
building purposes is found in the
county and all of it must be brought
by rail, the greater part of it
coming from southern illinois, a
distance of 130 miles.
"The county issued thirty year
bonds amounting to $500, 900,
bearing four per cent interest,
which we're readily seld at par.
A splendid organization was per-
fected for safeguarding these
funds. the work was placed in the
hands of a competent engineer
who has charge of all construction,
the employment Of all labor and
the purchase of all materials. The
work is progressing satisfactorily
and some forty miles of excellent
road have been built, which will
favorably with anything
which has been done elsewhere.
The community has been built up,
and more than million dollars of
actual visible, taxable values have
been added to the wealth
Of the county. The dream of the
most optimistic road enthusiasts
has been more than realized and
perhaps no single piece Of work in
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-06

retrace your steps. This is an op
portunity for your county.
"It would be we'll to make tes
with your own material.
81 am here upon the invitation
of Judge Lawson. He was a friend
of my father. | have no interest
in the matter except the good OF
the country, and while | live in
Madison County | am willing to
give Obion all the aid | can. Five
years of good roads will prove the
greatest investment you ever made.
"Only a few men in this country
have been trained for, and properly
understand, the art of road build
ing. Road building has not been
taught in either our schools or
colleges. Only within the last few
years have few institutions of
learning added this course to their
curriculum.
"To the average mind it would
seem an easy matter to grade a
road, and subsequently spread on
the stone to the requisite depth,
but observation and experience
teach different lesson.
sMen must be found as rapidly
as possible who are honest, intelli-
gent and capable of directing this
great work. Nothing Injuries or
will retard so much the improve
ment of our highways as poor and
hasty construction, with the use of
materials.
"Some communities have under
aiken the construction of roads in
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-06

people said it was only one mile
to jackson after they reached the
gravel road. Now we are going
to push our roads into neighboring
counties to get business. When
the 100000 is exhausted we are
confident that the people will pro-
vide for a con tiDuation of the
work.
Zone man earning $50 a week
said he was against the hard roads
proposition. Every fellow would
be hauling wood into town and he
wouldn't make anything. After
wards, when the road was COM
pleted, l met the same man. He
was hauling one and a half cords
at a load and making four trips a
day. He sold the wood at 81. 75
cord. He made enough in a day
to pay his road tax for FIVE years.
The farmers are now hauling
twelve bales of cotton over the
hard roads. Here you enrich your
wasted lands. Ia Madison County
nothing was put back. Manure
piled as high as q house could moi
be hauled away in winter and in
the summer the farmers were too
busy to haul it. Now the same
manure is worth rs cents a load
md there is little to SELL"
Mr.. Ogilvie asked the cost of
building and grading roads.
Mr.. Lancaster replied that it
would cost complete $500 q mile
It the outside. He made liberal
Continued on fourth page.)
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-06
"A EN- d q COMPANY
DAAE lTIGEIT
Mailing Corner. WE DELIVER THE GOODS

this country has attracted more
favorable comment.
"The history of good roads is
contemporaneous with civilization.
Romans We're the first people to
improve their roads and Rome
ruled the universe.
Lexington, KY, has good roads,
but they are using methods one
hundred years old. That is why
| was sent there. 1t seems an easy
matter to grade public roads, but
experience teaches a different les
son. The trouble in Shelby County
was that they didn't use maehin-
cry and the right kind of methods.
The foundation must be made cat O.
fully with about six inches of
stone in the center and four inc hes
on the sides. 1t must be rolled
evenly, otherwise the stone will
bulge through in places. Nothing
larger than four inch st one must
be used. 1t is asserted that there
are three essentials to good roads.
The first is drainage, the second is
drainage and the third is drainage.
'The roads in Madison County
are standing up in good shape and
in perfect condition. If you build
roads right they viii stand. If you
dump your stone in the mud it
will be a, wasteless use of time and
labor.
1--WE built roads first FIVE miles
in Madison County for the purpose
of stimulating fruit and truck
farms and intensified farming.
After the five miles were built
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-06

a level country on alluyial soil
which has cost under contract, and
local politics, an average of as
much as 5000 per mile, and even
more, being built of material
wholly unsulted for the purpose.
No preparation was given the
foundation, and many miles of
road were built without the use of
a roller, with the result that the
work is practically failure and
has injured not only that commun-
ity, but the cause of good roads in
all that section of the country.
"On the other hand, we'll built
road in any community is an in
spiration, and the greatest possible
advocate, even if it be only a very
short section, it will grow into
many miles of length.
80 many elements enter into
the problem in widely varying
localities that what is practical for
one, will be wholly unsuited for
the other. Each community must,
therefore look about and ascertain
what is the most feasible thing to
do, viewed from every standpoint
"The Office of public roads of the
Department of Agriculture is now
prepared to direct the efforts of
those communities who wish to
make start IN road building, sup
plying the necessary machinery
and supervising the work to the
extent of a half mile or more.
perhaps the most striking ex-
ample of the force of work well
done, and the good which it brings
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-06
GOOD ROADS.
S. c. Lancaster, Of Jackson, Addresses
County Court upon the Subject
of Good Roads.

very hard, and makes elegant
roads. 1t is angular and wedges
together. We have the cheapest
freight rates of any civilized coun-
try and the cost of material will
be very small. You may have just
as good material in this county.
Madison County is shipping its
stone from Illinois.
1.-The people haven't given good
roads much thought. The State
which first constructs good roads
will lead in many other improve
ments.
"The question must be studied
with reference to local application.
The eastern part of your county
is well supplied with railroads,
the west with stone and granite.
This granite may be used to prac
tical advantage. The government
will aid those who want to make
the right start. They will supply
steam roller and all the heavy
machinery necessary in counties
which cannot afford to buy them.
The Department is anxious to
serve you. If you will put in a
road that will stand, you will never