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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
DOMESTIC.

4 wireless message sent from q
battleship was received 1000 miles
away.
The souther Pacific railroad and
steamer company were indicted on
the charge cf rebating.
Indiana Methodists refused to elect
Vice President Fairbanks as dele.
gate to conference.
Governor Deneen named commits.
sion to study and investigate the com
mon school system of illinois.
A woman and three children were
burned to death after the collapse OF
a building near New Haven, III.
Vivid green hats after the King Ed
ward style are worn by European
travellers returning to New York.
Fifteen men were killed and twenty
injured in a wreck of fast Chicago
train on the B. & o. at Bellaire, Ohio.
Frederick Goebel, the spurious ba-
rOE with whom Marion Dougherty of
Philadelphia eloped, got a hot recep-
ton by the girls parents.
A retail jewelers. convention re-
Vealed a conspiracy backed by the
railroads to force all trainmen to buy
trust watches at excessive prices.
Better time is made by canal boats
than by railroads was a statement
made by Congressman Martin B. Mad
den Of the Illinois Manufacturers as
ISOLATION.
In Concord, N. H, at special ses-
sion of the Superior court Judge
Chamberlain granted the motion to
dismiss the suit of Eddy VS.. Frye,
died August q. This was the next
friends" suit instituted by George w
Glover, son of Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy, for an accounting of the affairs
of the head of the Christian Science
church. It's dismissal ends the litiga-
tion then begun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

Kentucky colonel, said, where are
we at?' On 20 acres:
Wis. $172 less $50 =S122. ...S2,440
Ky. 81 less $50 Ill.,. $40
or over seven times as much net in
come in Wisconsin as in Kentucky.
Now where should a man go who
who wants to raise tobacco? He GER
tainly wouldn't leave Wisconsin.
As to the Future.
[ am not an expert on tobacco, I
am merely endeavoring to interpret
the figures of experts and to place
some facts before the readers of many
paper in southern Wisconsin. Now
there are many who tremble for the
future. l do not. 1 am an optimist on
this subject. / believe that tobacco
culture il Wisconsin is on a firm ant
permanent basis. Why?
The above figures are based upon
normal production and relative prices
They indicate the pulse of a normal
market. Relatively these comparisons
are indicative OF the future. Oyerpro
ductfon? 1nat is aIWays-at least usu
ally-possible But, look again at the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

The march to fame has always had
its up and downs. 1t is SO with per-
sons, and communities, with states
and nations. Even the ages have
their lines of demarkation, their
periods of advance and decline. The
small boy who was denied an apple
by the larger ones and whose final
plea was answered with the announce
ment that there amt going to be no
core this time" finally reached that
point in development when he could
care for himself. 1t Is so with to-
bacco culture in Wisconsin.
The time was when Wisconsin to-
bacco growers were at the mercy OF
an occasional buyer, a bad condition
aggravated to some extent by lack Of
experience that prevented the produc-
ton of a desirable article. The in
dustry was in it's infancy and the
grower was lucky il he was as forum
ate as the small boy who got the ap-
PIE core.
But times have changed. Wiscon-
sin tobacco, through various influ-
ences, among which proper culture is
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
CARY NAMES
VISITORS Of
STATE NORMAL
Madison, Oct. s.


State Superintendent Cary yester-
day announced the appointment of the
boards of vis1Lors for the seven state
normal schools, ACCORDING to law, for
the year 19O7-08. The appointments
are as follows:
Milwaukee-M. H. Jackson chair.
man, Grand Rapids; Professor w. E.
Dearborn, Madison; Mrs. M. N. Nc
liver, Oshkosh.
Observation-Disclosures G. H.
Landgraf, chairman, Marinette; s., j.
McMahan, Amigo; Principal w. T.
Darling, Florence.
Platteville-Principal 1. B. Davies,
chairman, Delavan; Mrs Emma S.
Wyman, Ripon; Superintendent Syl-
vanus Ames, Stoughton-
River Superintendent 7. ].
Hooper, chairman, Ashland; S1perin-
tendent w. H. Schulz, Eau Claire ;
Superintendent May McNely, Phillips,
Stevens Observation-Disclosures L.
d. Harvey, chairman, Menomonle,
Superintendent E. NJ. BeeMan, Nee
nah; superintendent G. W. Swartz.
Chippewa Falls.
Superior-F. T. Showers, chairman,
Stevens Point; Superintendent Jennie
Nj. Bracket, Menomonie; Superintend,
ent T. H. Lage, Barron.
Superintendent B. E
| Nelson, superintendent, Racine; Prtn
cipal Fred w. Helm, Horizon; Miss
| Gertrude Zeininger, GAINESVILLE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
CARELESS MOTHER
FAXED TRAMP TALE
SAID HER CHILD WAS MURDERED
WHEN DEATH WAS AC-
CIDENTAL.

Monmouth, Ill, Oct. 8.-The inquest
on the body of the four-year-old son
of Mrs. John Halfway of Oquawka,
ILL.,, was reported to have been burned
to death by a tramp who was refused
food by the boys mother, disclosed the
fact that the child met death by acct
dent. The testimony tended to show
that the mother had told the story
about the assault by tramp and the
burning Of her child to shield her own
carelessness. A negro named Williams,
who was arrested yesterday at Burling
ton, Iowa, because he resembled the
supposed tramp, was released by the
coroner's jury, as he was entirely inno-
cent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

test for honOrS with Dane and vernon
and Rock. Let us see what some are
doing up there:
Big Tobacco Results.
81 settled in Rusk county and cult
waited tobacco successfully from the
start. This year G90D I have five
acres of as good tobacco as | ever
raised in southern Wisconsin, where
I had long experience in tobacco cult
ture. My fiVe-acre crop will average
1000 pounds per acre, and at last
years price, 10 cents per pound, will
bring me $1,000. My f1ve-acre crop will
more than pay for so acres. This crop
is now harvested and curing in my
sheds. I consider my land superior
even to southern Wisconsin for to-
bacco."-A. ~. Aspenes.
Bruce, Wis, September 4, 1907.
Is Highly Pleased.
81 have lived in Dane county, for
many years and have owned and oper-
ated a farm for twenty-six years,
| have raised a crop of tobacco there
every year except the last two years
and believe that [ thoroughly under
stand the business. Two years ago
moved onto farm, which l pur-
chased, adjoining the city of Cumber-
land; l have successfully raised two
crops of tobacco here, commencing in
a small way as an experiment. Last
year | raised nearly one-half of an
acre On ground that was not properly
prepared and my crop was not attend
ed to as it should have been, but
received for the crop $500. This
year 1 was late in transplanting and
shall cut the first on the 10th of this
July, and some as late at the 18th
shall cut the first on the 10tho fthis
month (September), and all of il if
necessary. This crop will be of finer
grade and quality and is we'll finished
It grows larger here and will grow
quicker here than in the southern part
of tho state. After two years of ex-
perfence, ! can say hat I consider
this as good a tobacco region as any
of the counties in the ~outhern part of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
Try to Free Negro.

Philadelphia, oct. 9.-The latest
angle to the many-sided, salacious
Hartje divorce case developed yester-
day when lawyers attempted to OBJ
tain the release of William B. De-
Cost, a negro who testified that Mrs.
Hartje came to his tailoring estab-
lishment and shook hands and con-
versed with Clifford Hooe, another
negro, who was also named as a CO.
respondent DeCost is in prison for
perjury.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

perhaps one of the greatest, has
gained an established reputation.
b. The state has secured a rank of
|. which tobacco growers may we'll be
proud and to which the tarmer-folk
may well give heed. Let me illus
tate:
The state of Kentucky, the greatest
tLtecco growing state in acres and
pounds, received in 1906 6.S cents per
pound for her tobacco while Wisc0n-
sin farmers received 1&5 cents per
pound. North Carolina, the sec0nM
greatest in acreage, received TT cents
against our las cents per pound.
Virginia, a state whose literature
places tobacco to the front all the
time received SO GEMS. And of all
the states who practice the open
field method of production Ohio is
the only one approaching Wisconsin,
and received lis cents per pound,
ceI is less than Wisconsin growers
received, or on an average of I450
poundsp er acre, a difference Of S29
On each aGre-trulY a handsome, III
come of itself If Wisconsin growers
got only this difference between her
income and that of her nearest rival
they would be better off than raising
seven or eight dollars worth or
wheat, drinking alkali water aud as
ing their furniture for fuel on the dis
tant trackless prairie. Buk let rs
see what they do get.
The statistical abstract of the fed
eraI government, and that ought to
| be about right, at least relatively
| speaking between the states-giyes
| the following income peg acre in
| the several states for 1906
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
WISCONSIN

Frank Domek, a farmer living in
Marion, was shot and killed while
preparing for a hunting trip.
The state fire marshal has been
summoned to investigate fire in
the dwelling owned by Mrs. Thomas
Kenyon at Beloit.
After spending two months in the
Vernon county Jail, Ernest Smith,
charged with larceny of a pocketbook
containing $1,000 in cash and notes
from John Dempsey Of Readstowu.
pleaded guilty to the charge and was
sentenced to two years in prison.
AT Chippewa rails the Mississippi
River Logging company has received
messages that the Hoyt dam and
eighty feet of the south end of the
Shaw dam have been carried out by
the high water in the Thornapp1e
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
STEAM ROADS AFFECTED.
TroIIeys Cause Them To Take Off
Trains.

TroIeys Cause Them To Take Off
Trains.
Los Angeles, October 9.-Slowly
but surely the Huntington trolley sys-
tenn is crowding the local steam pas
senger lines out of the field. AS long
as two years ago the Santa Fe COM
menced taking off trains, but the
Southern Pacific held out until yester-
day, when it abandoned its passenger
traffic to and from Whittier, leaving
that town without q railroad so far as
carrying people is concerned. 1t is
understood that the Southern Pacific
will withdraw trains now running TO
various other local points,: including
even the beaches. The Salt Lake op-
crates only enough trains TO Tropico
and Pasadena to hold its franchises.
| Steam freight traffic remains heavy
to all points, despite electric compe-
/ tition.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
POLITICS.

A call for meeting of the repuD.
lican state committee of New York
was issued. The committee is to
name candidates for judges of the
court of appeals.
The independence league of New
York state nominated a republican
and democrat for the vacancies in the
court of appeals to be filled at the
next election.
Governor Hughes is a master poll
tician who is building up a powerful
machine, and may achieve the presi-
dency while making it appear that it
is being thrust upon him, said Senator
Platt in New York
Democratic leaders now in Wash
tngton privately are favoring the re-
nomination of Bryan next year be-
cause they believe he will be defeated
badly again and this will clear the
democratic atmosphere for a new deal
in 1912.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
The Poet Shelley.

He lived with ardor among ideas.
aspirations and passions in which
there was something at once irrespon-
sible and abstract. He followed every
impulse, without choice or restraint,
with the abandonment of a leaf in the
wind 90 lift me as a wavey a leaf, a
cloud" was his prayer to the west
wind and to every influence. Circum-
stances meant so little to him that he
was unconscious of the crueltv of
change to sentiment, and thus of the
extent of his cruelty to women. He
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
MORTuARY.

Joseph b Barnett, a prominent
Knight Of Pythia of Iowa, and former
ly editor of the Boone county Demo
crat. and well known politician, died
In Boone.
F.B. Converse. editor of the Christ
ian Observer. reputed to be the Oldest
religious newspaper In the world. died
in Louisville. KY, of heart attack.
He was II years old and had just
rounded out half century OF service
with the Observer. He was a cousin
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

aimed at moral perfection, but was
really Of a perfect asthetic selfishness
lie was full of pity and generosity
and desired the liberation and uplift.
ing of humanity; but humanity was
less real TO him than his own witch
of Atlas. He only touched human ac-
ton and passion closely in single
one OF his works; and he said of The
Cenci Il don't think much Of it. My
object was to see how I could succeed
in describing passions | have never
felt. Arthur Symons in Atlantic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
Harmon-Stone Marriage.

Marinette, Wis, Oct. 8.-Miss Kath-
crime Hartman and George Stone were
welded secretly at Winona, Mimi,
last week. The bride is the daughter
of M. S. Harmon, banker of Memo
minee, Mich. The brides sister, Mrs.
Taylor, is the wife of a university pro-
lessor at Madison, and is matron of
Chadbourne hall. The couple was to be
married a year ago, but the groom dis
appeared, it is said, being sick
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
Creamery Suits On.

Chicago, Oct. Arguments began
yesterday in the United States circuit
court Cpon the demand of IA cream
cry concerns in the middle west for
an injunction restraining IA railways
ami five express companies from put
ting into effect rates which the
creameries declare are excessive. and
imposed for the specific purpose o.
driving the creameries out of bust
ness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

l have said that the COW will keep
tobacco in the southern counties. 1t
is well known that fertilizer is an alb
solute necessity. A Dane county
grower this year was short On fertil-
izer. Part of his tobacco field had
none. His estimate of the difference
of the value of the crop on the fertil-
lied and unfertilized was more than
500 per acre. Here is where the Wis
consin COW comes into play. You can't
raise tobacco without the COW. Let us
get the figures again:
Wisconsin value per acre .......$172
Kentucky value per acre ..... 81
The cow sos
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

and more dollars per acre looks good
to farmers accustomed to $40 or s12.
1T is more work. said one. THAT Is
what l want said his neighbor, if /
am well paid for it,
Oconto has been raising tobacco in
a moderate way for some time; the
Indians In Snawano have seen the
light not visible to their white neigh,
bors; Rusk has some grand fields this
year and Washburn is doing nobly
And, after all, the serious question is
whether or not these new counties
with their virgin soil, will not con
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
GRIM c.

Indictments against six gambling
''kings" in Chicago are expected.
Richard Walton confessed murder
OF Mrs. Lillian White Grant In Chi
cago and promised to plead guilty.
Ex-Policeman Mckay, convicted OF
highway robbery, warned young men
against joining the police force In
Chicago.
Frank J. Constantine was hurried
to the penetentiary, from Chicago foi-
lowing a warning Of an alleged plot
for his escape.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
NINE LIVES
LOST IN MINE

Bolton, England, Oct. S.-Nine
lives were lost at Foggs colliery near
here yesterday, owing to a rope slip
ping off a pulley and precipitating
the elevator cake to the bottom of the
shaft. There was rs feet of water In
the shaft and into this the car plunged.
The occupents were drowned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

the state. find that 60 days is ample
time in which to mature it. / raised
one acre this year. shall go into it
more extensively hereafter.-Lars NJ
Engesether-
Cumberland, Wis. Sept. 8.
Another Big Success.
I'VE have grown tobacco for five
years with good success. In 1906 we
grew S1.112..uU worth (F. 0. B..
Oconto, In paper wrappers), from
eight acres of land. and after paying
all the expenses on same we received
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
DASHING FOR THE POLE.

DR.. Cook Trying to Win by New
Route.
New York, Oct 8.-A message was
received in this city yesterday by
Herbert L. Bridgman, secretary Of
the Peary Arctic club, from DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook, scientist and explorer
of New York, announcing the fact
that Cook was prepared to make q
dash for the north pole by a new
route through hansen strait. The
dispatch was dated Etah, August rs,
1907
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
WISE PROBATION.

French View of Sending Fleet to
Pacific.
New York, Oct. 8.-The sending CT
the battleship feet to the Pacific is
viewed by the people of France gen
orally as a wise precaution," accord
ing to Jusserand, French ambassador
at Washington, who returned yester-
day after a three months holiday
abroad
ut shows said the ambassador,
that the American people are ready to
stand by their guns. President Roose-
welt e right. You need one fleet on
the right hand and another on the
left"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

first table, and remember that tn G
prices are normal. Wisconsin ha s
won her laurels for quality. Now, f
prices go down (and if they do they
will drop relatively what. becomes OF
the industry in Kentucky. Look at the
table What becomes Of Virginia,
where my informant says, lis the
place to raise tobacco?" What would
become of North Carolina in a rela--
tive drop when she would be at zero
with Wisconsin at $114. per acre.?
Let income per acre drop $40, and
where is Maryland? Take another
glance at the table value per acre"
The Glover club of Philadelphia
adopted the motto, 1.-The Past Is,
Secure" Wisconsin's tobacco troubles
are in the past-they are also secure
The future is all right.
Dane County,
| have haen asked to state where.
Dane county stands on the tobacco is
sue. With meagre statistics, that is IA
problem. The statistical abstract gives
the total. for 1904 at s943, 956, with
one township exceeding $100, 900 and
several more well toward that point
But that was when Wisconsin was III
her struggle-before she adopted the
motto, The Past Is, Secure" More
recent figures would. be s,tupendous if
we had them with exacbness. The
secretary of agriculture has endeayor-
ed to give the acreage and average
per acre for the state. He has no
doubt got them as close, to the facts
as possible. His figures for Dane
| coun5y are: Acreage, 14,5E6; average
per acre, 1,450 pounds; price Is cents
| per pound. A Subsequent rise in price
warrants a figure of Is cents. So we
hare the following display when put
In tabulated form:
| Acres 5000. ......... >14,576
Production, pounds. ..21 ,131, 200
Valued at 15c per ID. .S3,170,280
! Virginia's greatest tobacco county,
/ according to a handbook Of Virginia,
is Pittsylvania with 100000 at
SIC per pound. So by comparison We
| have:
| Dane county,. -S3,llO,OOO
PittsylvaniA. 80. -. :. 1,394,O0O
1t is probably safe to say that OF
the counties raising tobacco in the
usual manner, Dane Is the greatest in
America. And she is still growing. Her
past is secure" Other counties, lead
by Vernon and Rock, are doing mag
nifcently. Southern wisconsin is the
greatest tobacco district in America
to the grower.
Moving Nortnward.
Or. rather. we may say that tobacco
culture is expanding northward-
for it is net leaving southern Wiscon-
sin-not at all-at least so long as
the cow remains. The COW will keep
the tobacco here Yet tobacco culture
has pushed northward. 1t reached
Chippewa, and Dunn and Marathon
some time ago, Barron is doubling. st.
/. Croix is taking heed. Two hundred
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
Wreck at Fond du LAC.

Fond du Lac. Wis, Oct. S.-Nine
cars filled with coal and pulp wood
and an engine were totally demol-
ished and thrown over fence when
engines No. 80 and 1913 collided head
on on Winneconne avenue, this city,
yesterday. Engineer w. Haitman
and Fireman Ronald Fletcher of the
switch engine saved their lives by
jumping.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

$S9.45 net per acre. All the labor was
hired and we paid good wages both
for men and teams. There is no doubt
but that Oconto county is as favorable
for tobacco growing as any county in
Wisconsin. During the five seasons we
have grown it, we have not been
damaged in the least by frost, hail or
insects.-Oconto Company, O. A.
Ellis, Secretary.
Oconto, Sept. II, 1907.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
NEW OIL Fans TO
FIGHT STRIKERS

New Orleans, Oct. 8.-The cotton
shipping business of this port was
tied up last night by strike Of g.
600 dock and cotton handlers. The
strikers have arrayed against them
all the business exchanges of New
Orleans, which have declared that
the commercial life of the port de-
ponds upon the outcome of this
strike.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
ODD FELLOWS HONOR LEADER.
Grand Old Man of the Order in Two
States.

Mount Pleasant, Ia, Oct. s.
Honors were paid to w. S. Burton on
the occasion of his sixtieth anniver.
sary as an Odd Fellow. He Is In his
88th year and is IoWa's oldest past
grand master. He was initiated at
Huntsville, Mo-, Oct. 4, 1847, and be-
came a past grand master there. He
removed to Iowa In 1854, and was
elected grand master in 1868. He Is
considered the grand old man of Iowa
Oddfe1Iowship
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
Socialists Chased.

Paris, Oct. 6.-Four Spanish social
lists, who came to this city for the
purpose of addressing the proposed
against the French and Spanish op
erations In Morocco were chased
away.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
NEWS I'm A NUTSHELL
WASHINGTON.

A distinguished party Of Episcopal
ians visited the tomb of Washington
including the bishop of London,
President Roosevelt and the lord
bishop of London assisted In cere-
znony OF laying the corner stone OF
the Episcopal Cathedral at Washing
tim
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

of John Fl. Converse, president Of the
Baldwin locomotive works. He leaves
a wife and four sons.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10
AGAINST DOPE FlEADS.

National Druggists Favor More Co.
caine Restrictions.
Denver, Oct. 8-The National Whole
sale Druggists association yesterday
adopted resolutions favoring; restric-
tons in the sale of cocaine to- retailers
and pledging the members to endeavor
to accomplish the adoption of legisla-
ton in their various states to- prevent
its sale to confirmed cocaine users.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-10

or more than two and one-half as
much income in Wisconsin as in Ken
lucky. And a fellow up north cooled
my ardor by telling me the place to
raise tobacco is in Old Virginia :"
The poor fellow would be s12 worse
off per acre there than in Kentucky.
Now let us suppose that under pres
ent high labor conditions it costs $50
per acre to raise tobacco, and as the
Mississippi congressman who had
been holding a social session with a