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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
FOR Farmers Boys and Girls.

Milwaukee Free Press.
To these patrons of the little country
schools, greeting:
We have suggestion TO make to
them, which they are bound to take
kindly, though indiferently. 1t is that
they talk over among themselves the
poor, unattractive appearance of their
district schoolhouses and yards, and
agree to devote a few hours this year.
and again next year, to improving their
appearances.
Here and there. scattered about the
state, there are school districts where
starts have been made toward making
the school grounds something else than
the bleak, bare, cheap-looking affairs
that are found in tremendous major
ity of school districts.
We know OF sehoolhouses located on a
halfacre of unfenced ground possibly
there is barbed wire fence around it
that haven't a tree or a shrub or a
flower within sight, 1t is not because
the districts are too poor to afford TO
make their school grounds pretty and
attractive
There is published by the department
of education at Madison an instructive
pamphlet entitled "The School Beauti-
full, " which may be had for the asking
There are suggestions in covering the
defects of which we are complaining.
Here is what we would like to have
the boys and girls of these country
school districts do; organize to get and
plant in the school grounds three or
four trees yearly. DO not bother with
evergreens, or cedars, or soft naples.
or cottonwoods, or poplar, or mountain
ash, or horse Chestnut SO long as the
elm, bass wood, ash, birch beech. but
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
Vanishing Public Lands.

Az the beginning of this government
the public lands amounted to 2, 295, 600
600 acres. The quantity of land that
has passed in the last twenty four
years from the government to state,
individuals and corporations is equal,
says The Outlook, to a strip Of terri
tory across the continent including all
of New England New York, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Ohio Michigan In
diana, Illinois. Iowa, Minnesota, Wis
conin, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,
Washington and Oregon.
Since 1867 there have been 100, 600,
900 acres taken up in homesteading.
Where has the remainder of the public
lands gone? To railways, lumber com
panies, cattle companies and specula-
tors, and large portions have been al
lotted to the states.
1t is generally admitted that if the
depredations upon the public lands had
not been checked in 1903 by Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, backed by courage
Gus president. the end of the present
administration would have seen the ma
tion despoiled of all its remaining agri-
cultural lands that are susceptible Of
irrigation and of its richest remaining
treasures in the forest and in The mines.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

SERIOUS consideration is being given
to the suggestion that a new star be
added to the flag by the formation of a
new state. The new state proposed
would be in what is known as the inland
empire and would include liberal slices
of the three states Of Washington,
Idaho and Oregon Lincoln is the name
proposed for the new state. Spokane,
Wash, is the chief city Of that terri
tory The agitation for remodeling the
states mentioned arises from the diver
sity and antagonsm Of interests in each
of the three states involved. Washing
ton is divided into two parts by the Cas-
cade mountain range, which intercepts
the moisture from the Pacific so as to
cause a much greater rainfall over the
western portion than the eastern. The
western section is chiefly interested in
numbering and shipping, and in their
development the great cities of Seattle
and Tacoma have been built. Eastern
Washington is decidedly agricultural
and it's development along industrial
lines has made Spokane a great distri-
buting point.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
Notice of Order for Final Settlement
TEsTATE ESTATE
CTATE OF wISCONSIN-IOWAC COUNT
- COURT-IN PROBATE.

STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
- COURT-IN PROBATE.
Notice is hereby given that at regularterm
OF the Iowa County Court, 10 be held in and for
said county. at the court house. in the city Of
Dodgeville. IN said county. on the 4th day OF
June, A. ID. 1907. being the first Tuesday OF
said month. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said
day. the following matters will be heard and
considered;
:, The application of Mary O'Neill. executrix OF
the last VIII and testament of James O'Neill,
late of said county. deceased. for the eSamtu.
alton and allowance of her administration ac-
count and that the last will and testamen,
or SAID deceased be construed and the assign.
ment of the residue of said estate to such per.
sons as are by said will and by law entitled to
the same.
Ard il is further ordered, that public notice
thereof BE given TO all persons Interested by
publishing, copy of this notice for three weeks
successively, prior TO said day of hearing, in
the Mineral Point Tribune a weekly news
paper published IN said county.
By Order of the Court:
AbDRO jerks. County Judge
Dated Dodgevile, Wis. April 80. 1907.
Fielder & Fielder. Attorneys 1sw3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
Notice to Creditors.
STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOW COUNT
4 l'OIrRT-IN pRDR ArE

STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
:. COURT-IN PROBATE.
- In the matter of the estate of Nicholas
Tredinnick Sr., deceased
Letters OF administration, with the will an
neXed. on the estate of Nicholas Tredinnick
Srr.. deceased. having been issued 10 John 4.
Tredinnick
Notce is hereby given. that the creditors of
said icholas Tredinuick, Sr deceased are al.
lowed aud limited by order of this court, until
AM an. inclndlhs the first Tuesday of November
1907 being the 9th day of said month. TO present
their claims and demandsagainst said Nicholas
Tredinnick Sr., deceased. tu the county court
fol. examination and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given. that the claims
so presented will be examined and adjusted
by this court. al n office of the County Gudge
at The court h"nse in the ctv of Dodgeville. i'm
1907.
Dated this 10th day of April 1907
BY the Court
l7wi ALDkO jerks, County Judge,
Fielder d Fielder. Attorneys,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

CTATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
- COURT-IN PROBATE,

CTATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
- COURT-lN PROBATE
Notice is hereby given that at a special term
or the Iowa County Court, to be held in and
for said county, AT the Court House. i'm the
city of Dodgeville, in said county. IN the 2lst
day of May. A. d. 1907. being the third
Tuesday of said month. at 10 O'clock in The
forenoon of said day. the following matters
will be heard and considered:
The application of q. g. Rewey 10 adj.
nit 70 probate the last will and testament
OF Margaret Davis. late of the village
of Rewey, in said county. deceased.
Ana II 10 further ordered. that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interes ted bv
publishing acopy of this order for three week
snccesssiyely. prior 70 said day of hearing. in
the Mineral Point Tribune, a weekly news
paper published in said county
By the Court:
7w3 ALDRO IENKS, County Judge
Dated Dodgeville, Wis. April "a, 1907,
Fielder & Fielder. Attorneys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

Arrangements have been perfected
whereby the Mineral Point Tribune
and the Milwaukee Daily Free
Press can be had for $500. This
is for both papers one year. re-
member. No better opportunity
to get, with your home paper, a
first class daily cheap.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

less feed. In the ten years during which
the experiments have been conducted
eighteen trials have been made with a
total of $50 pigs, half receiving shelled
corn, and half corn meal. All the pigs
fed on corn meal consumed an average
of All pounds of grain per 100 pounds
of gain, which was 80 pounds less gram
than was required for the same gain on
shelled corn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
Best form of Corn for Pigs.

Experiments to test the relative value
of sheled and ground corn as feed for
pigs have been conducted by Dean W.
A. Henry and Professor d. II, Otis of
the University Of Wisconsin college Of
agriculture at Madison. The results are
about to be published in a bulletin en-
titled THE Relative Value of Shelled
Corn ana Corn Meal for Fattening
Pigs. These are the last of ten years
experiments at the Agricultural Expert
ment Station. The work for the past
year was conducted in a series of three
tests. In the first test on q pigs it was
found that the dozen fed on corn meal
consumed 40S pounds more grain and
gained % pounds more in weight than
the lot fed sheled corn. These required
6 pornds more feed than those fed on
shelled corn to make 100 pounds gain.
In the second test 10 pigs were used,
with the result that the lot fed corn
meal consumed $40 pounds more grain,
and gained l52 pounds more in weight
than those fed shelled corn. Thus they
gained 100 pound on % pounds less feed
than did the lot fed shelled corn. For
the third test IL pigs were selected. The
result showed that exactly the same
amount Of grain was consumed 10y each
lot. but the pigs fed corn meal gained
l6s pounds more than the others, pro-
ducing 100 pounds gain on 81 pounds
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
Notice to Hear Petition for Administration
STATE OF wISCONSIN-IOwA COUNTY
- COURT-IN PROBATE

STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
- COURT-IN PROBATE.
Notice is hereby given that at a special term
or the iowa County Court. to be held in and
Tor sald county, at the court house in the city
OF Dodgeyille, in said county. on the 2lst day
OF May. A: ID. 1907, being the third Tues.
day OF said month. at 10 o'clock in the fore.
heard and considered: - w
The application of Stella Cushman for the
appointment of an administrator de bonis non
wlth.the VIII annexed. of the estate of David
county. deceased "
And i is further ordered that public notice
Thereon be given to all persons interested by
publishing copy of this notice for three
weeks successfully, prior to said day OF hear.
ing. in the Mineral Point Tribune. a weekly
newspaper published in said county.
BY order of the court
11w3 ALDRO jerks, County Iudpe
Dated Dodgeville, Wis. April "A, 1907
Fielder 4 Fielder. ATTORNEYS,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

THE reported illness Of Mr. Carnegie,
although said to be not serious, is
reminder that he and several Of the
other enormously rich men Of this coun-
try are fast growing old and will soon
have to shuttle off, leaving their mil
lions behind for lawyers and heirs to
quarrel about.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

+ The German Med. Co., will open an
engagement Monday night May 18th, at
the Opera House. This company has
the reputation of putting on the clean
est and most meritorious show of the
kind on the road including singing,
dancing, novelty gymnastic, instrument
tai music, moving pictures, illustrated
songs, and good, clean, wholesome
Comedy. The admission on the opening
night is two cents. So come early and
avoid the rush.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

THE interstate commerce commission
has ordered the United States Express
Co. to reduce certain rates from New
Jersey points to New York city 40 per
cent. There's still a large field for re-
auctions in express rates; yes, right at
our home door
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

When newspaper man has yelled
himself hoarae trying to pursuade peo-
Pile to patronize home merchants, and
incidentally stumbles onto the fact that
some of the fellows he is trying to pro-
tect are sending away for their job
printing, or using printing matter sent
out by baking powder houses or other
concerns, it rather shakes his faith in
mankind, and makes reciprocity look to
him like lead dime with hole in it. -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
Mss Neffje v. Wallis,

Graduate of the American Conserva-
tory of Music, Chicago, will give piano
and organ lessons For terms inquire at
her home in this city. Phone go. 26tf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
White Wya1dOnes.

Eggs and chicken for sale prices
low. In case of failure in Matching will
duplicate setting free.
l6w4 j. u. OATES.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
Notice to Hear Petition for Administration
STATE OF wISCONSIN-IowA COUNTY
- .GOI RT-sS In PRNRAIE

- COURT-ss IN PROBATE.
Notice is hereby given that at a special teri,
OF the Iowa County Court, to be held in and for
said county, at the Court House. i'm the civ of
Dodgeville. in said county. ON the 18th day of
May, A. ID; 1907, being the second Tuesday of
SAID month. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon OF
said day, the following matters will he bnor vi
and considered: '"i'
The application of Jinnifer c. Perry for IN O.
appointment OF an administrator Of The
Mine cal Point. in said county. deceased Ivy Va
And It Is further ordered that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested Inv
publishing copy of this notice for three week :
suceessively. prior to said day of hearing, i'm
the Mineral Point Tribune, weekly news
paper published in said county.
By. order of the Court:
Dated ALDRO jerks. Conn+v .T,,ac,o
DoueeVIile' WIS" aprll y 1877. tjw3
j.. b. Reynolds Attorney.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

TWENTY-FIVE congressman have sail
ed from San Francisco on a junketing
trip to the Hawaiian islands What a
lot Of special elections it would cause if
anything should happen to that ship.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1907.

OF course the longer the senatorial
contest lasts the better it will be for
the hotel men and boarding house keep
ers at Madison.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
Pasfuragc.

| will pasture cattle or horses by sea-
son or month. Good water and good
grazing. Half mile north of city.
lSw4 w. w. HUxTABLE.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
For Sale al q Bargain.

A second hand hot-air furnace, ,19ood
as new. Burn hard or soft coal or Wood
Inquire at this office 1Sw4s
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
livingston Potatoes.

A few bushels of those celebrated
Livingston Potatoes for Seed. 81 per
bushel. l8w2 j. U. OATES.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
OF THIS THE PUBLIC is AWARE
...APPEL'S...
BARBER SHOP

LONG has been still is, and will continue 10
be the best and most popular establishment n,
its kind in Mineral Point. BECAUSE 1t /,
elegantly equipped. and always employs first
class wcrAinen guaranteeing satisfactory ser
vice to every customer. Ladies hairdressipo
and trimming given special attention.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09
DAILY STAGE
BETWEEN
MINERAL POINT 4 D0DGEVllLE
Morris Proctor, Proprietor.

Stage runs daily, except Sunday, leaving
Mineral Point at 7;.5 a. m, and Dodgeville be.
tween and 2 p.m
Connects al Ooageville with trair on CAN
W R'y. for Msiison. Milwaukee. etc. and a,
Mineral Point with $50 y. IN. train on {. NJ a
ST. p. R'y for Pls'teyille Darlington. Shnu.
burg Monroe and GAINESVILLE.
Calls left at the Hotels. Mineral po,n,
will receive prompt attention. ssFARr a.
Phone f3s.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-05-09

Wanted, at Winn's barber shop, a
boy to learn the trade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-07-19
A SMALL SECRET.
Couldn't Understand the Taste OF
His Customers.

Two men were discussing the var
ious food products now being supplied
In such variety and abundance.
One. grocer. said. Il frequently try
a package or so OF any certain article
before offering It TO my trade. and in
that way sometimes form different
idea than my customers have.
For instance, thought would try
some Postum Food Coffee. 10 see what
reason there was for such a call for IL
At breakfast didn't like II and supper
proved the same, 50 l naturally con-
cluded that my taste was different
from that OF the customers who bought
II right along.
"A day or two after. / waited on a
lady who was buying a 25c package
and told her couldn't understand how
one could fancy the taste OF Postum.
81 know just what is the matter
she said. you put the coffee boiler on
the stove for just fifteen minutes. and
ten minutes OF that time II simmered.
and perhaps five minutes 1t boiled:
now II you will have 1t left to voil full
fifteen minutes after IL commences to
boil. you will find delicious Java-like
beverage. rich in food value OF gluten
and phosrhates. so choice that you
will never abandon It. particularly
when you see the great gain in health
We'll. took another trial and sure
enough | Joined the Postum army for
good, and life seems worth living since
| have gotten rid OF my old time stcm-
ach and kidney troubles"
Postum is no sort of medicine, but
pure liquid food. and this. together
with relief from coffee worked the
change. There's a Reason"
Read THE Road to Wellville." In
pkgs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-07-19
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Mysterious Signal.

so Locke. as well as Forbes, had
Traced us TO Alterhofen, Was their
arrival here. SO soon after ourselves
merely a coincidence? Or could they
nave travelled together? Locke had
certainly given me to understand that
ne had never seen Sir Mortimer or his
mother and sister Nor had reason
20 suppose that he knew the king s
hessenger-at least two days ago.
u u were true that he had met none
y these people previous to my leaving
Lhcerne, If 1t We're true that he did
uoi know them even now-what could
nave brought Locke hither?
one Of three things might have hap
pened.
Locke may have been keeping a Wig
uant watch on the movements OF the
Countess Sarahoff.
captain Forbes might have traced
VI here yesterday and have joined
forces with Locke.
w Locke may have been watching
Me' rather than Madame de WARMER.
'nu nave posted after me, rather than
-i.ef herself and her companion.
y required htte imagination to rea.
son out the affair.
Wo days ago he had seen me con
"Islng on apparently intimate terms
-"h The Countess Sarahoff. a noto.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-07-19
SOMEWHAT OF A REFLECTION.
Naive Comment Of Debutante That
Amused Hostess.

A charming hostess of one Of the
big houses" as they are called by
those who are welcomed into them,
has the added beauty of premature
white hair That which seems TO her
contemporaries an added charm may
appear to the crudely young a mark
of decline, at least SO II appears in
one instance OF which the hostess her
self tells with enjoyment
The lady is a connoisseur of an
tiques. At one OF her teas a debutante
rich with the glow of youth, but sadly
constrained with her sense Of novelty,
was handed a cup OF tea the cup
was beautifully blue and wonderfully
old. The hostess desiring TO light
en- the strain on her youthful guest
by a pleasant diverting remark. said:
That little cup is hundred and IF
ty years old"
"Oh." came the debutante's high
strained tones How careful you
must be 10 have kept 1t so long,"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-07-19

rlCEs adventures. He came TO my
hotel 10 warn me against her: | had
received his warnings lightly enough
That very evening | dined with the
woman. ! took the boat for Vitznau, II
not in her company. in the company
OF DIR. Starva, whom he must have
often seen with her at Lucerene The
knowledge Of these facts would bring
him to the scene at Vitznau.
And then? The most startling dis
coveries might be his
Say that he had actually traced me
as far as Nitznau He would have
made inquiries yesterday for Ernest
Haddon. From whom else could he
make these inquiries but the con
cierge2 And he would learn-what?
The mysterious secret that it was not
really Ernest Haddon who had come
10 the hotel. but Sir Mortimer Brett.
passing under the name of Ernest
HaddOn. Yes: the concierge would
tell him the truth. according 10 his
lights. An old newspaper man like
Locke would be satisfied with no
vague evasions.
II Locke. then. had made certain
that / had entered the hotel the even
ing before. that | had occupied the
suite of Sir Mortimer Brett. the truth
would fash on him. He would then
be forced to one or two conclusions.
either that | was great fool TO be so
guileless a victim. or that | was a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-07-19

~ nrst thought some one nad faiien
into the river But the shout had not
come from below / could be sure of
THIS. because On the opposite side OF
inc Aare was "a narrow esplanade
benches were placed az intervals, and
there were beds Of flowers TO break
the monOtony Of the gravel walk The
esplanade was deserted but for one per-
son, woman, and she was seated, her
parasol shielding her from the sun
and from my view
Again heard the shout, and still
again. listened. breathless. But the
mysterious cry was no longer re-
peated
Puzzled stood al the window, lean
ing far out but ] could discover sign
Of no person al such OF the windows
as | could command. My glance fell
idly 10 the woman summing herself on
the opposite bank. And as | looked, a
tiny shaft Of light arrested my atten-
ton.
IL was scarcely larger than my hand.
but II seemed endowed with elfish in
telhgence. For IL moved it danced.
And always in the direction OF the
woman with the parasol.
Now II crawled slowly along the
grayeled walk in a direct line from
the river bank toward her. Now il
burned a shining mark, motionless.
Then II darted about in circles. and
always close to the woman as II 10 en-
gage her attention A minute. five
minutes passed. while | watched the
eccentric gyrations Of this extraordi-
narily intelligent shaft OF light. over
and over its antics were repeated
The womans parasol was tilted care
lessly back for a moment The mar
row beam Of light seized it's oppor-
tunity. II played Enthusiastically on the
dress OF the woman. Now at last she
had seen IT, 1t flashed upward toward
her face She looked about vaguely
then toward the chateau walls Now
| had seen her face.
II was Helena Brett.
I struck my forehead. impatient al
my stupidity. II was Captain Forbes
who had shouted. He had seen Helena
Brett he had vainly attempted e
make her hear But the roaring river
had drowned his cry. That | haC
heard it. proved that he was nearer tC
me than 10 her Yes; in this chateau
and a prisoner.
He was signaling that fact TO her
Every schoolboy knows the trick. Thu
reflection OF the suns rays on a riiT
ror will carry tolerable distance
But now that he had attracted he
attention would she look mp and SCI
him? Ii by chance that were possible
would she understand
Fascinated, saw the little beam o
light tell its story eloquently and in
geniously