davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
TRUE WORDS.

Truer words were never penned than
the following which appeared in last
weeks True Republican, OF which
George D. Cline is the able and fear
less editor:
"The tendency of sentiment now is
not at all fatter1ng. The only hope
is that the pendulum has gone too far
and is near the end Of it's swing. The
raid that LaFollette has made on
capital has swept the cutters for re-
cruits to his support and his victory
has brought to the front a dissatisfied
element that represents nothing but
want. The party cry has brought
these men together just as the sound
of corn brings pigs TO the trough.
Small communities are suffering most,
for these irresponsible men at their
best. One of the cries by which re-
cruits are gathered is the common
people" 1t is an unfortunate cry,
since this country is founded on the
principle that all are common people.
Talk Of this kind tends to line up
people In different classes which is
the first step toward the overthrow Of
the republic. 1t is not wealth that
makes station in life and the sooner
this is understood the better. The
people whose reckless display OF
wealth has helped inAame those who
are earning an honest living are not
aristOcrats. Many of them are out
n ha yyin hU
any person who is earning an honest
living, for the countless divorces ex-
pose a domestic unhappiness unknown
to the ordinary citizen. The Ameri-
can people have wrong ideals. In
stead of enjoying the happiness within
their reach many of them are clamOr-
ing for the miseries others. Talk of
of class distinction makes class dis
inction, and no one has right to
assume a subordinate position and
then complain about 10. The one who
has a self pride and the satisfaction
of honest work is so intrenched in
equality that he is equal to a king.
This is the spirit Of the true Ameri-
can. He proclaims himself from the
hOuseJOp, not from the gutter; from
the latter he cannot be heard so low
and he has no weapon but gutter
slums. The politicians who make
recruits by engendering envy are lead
ing the way to the torch aud the
bayOnet. The true American has
nothing to envy. The robber ricn
should not be tolerated. They should
be punished as law-breakers not by
the common people but by the citizens
of the United States who are equal
unless the voluntarily leave the ranks
and take to the cutters"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
Wisconsin Fish Hatcheries,

Milwaukee Sentinel, April 81:
wisconsin will have the finest brook
trout hatchery in the United States,
when the hatchery at Wild Rose is
completed" said former Calvert
Spensley of Mineral Point at the
Hotel P6ster. THE new hatchery is
located in an ideal spot for the pur-
pose with plenty of clear, cold water
coming from innumerable springs
which gush out of the ground in every
direction. The fish commission spent
a year and q half looking for the
proper location for the hatchery and
finally found this spot and secured the
land. Work on the hatchery is going
forward and we already have several
dams in for the purpose of forming
ponds. In addition to the small
brooks formed from springs in the
surrounding hills, we have a half a
mile along the Pine river which
stream will be used for ponds. When
the entire plant is completed it will be,
as | said at first, the finest hatchery
other can compare with it and [ have
visited hatcheries in different states,
therefore feel safe in making this
statement. Wisconsin is doing a
great work in keeping the streams of
the state stocked with fish. Though
we have quite a number of hatcheries
now the demand for stock is growing
all The time and we may have other
hatcheries in time. All the commits
sioners, however, feel that in the
Wild Rose hatchery we have an ideal
spot and all the natural requirements
for a perfect hatchery for raising
trout. The streams and ponds will be
entirely free from all refuse or sedi-
ment, the water being clear and cold,
the natural conditions for breeding
these trout. The Delafield hatchery
is equally good for bass and will
make model hatchery for that fish. "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
Costly Leaks on the Farm.

THE dairy COW may be considered
as an animated machine that has for
her mission the conversion of feed
into milk and butter fat" says Prof.
D. II. Otis of the department of animal
nutrition of the University of WiscOn-
sin. His studies of a large number of
herds and of individual COWS show
that there is a great difference in the
efficiency Of COW machines. One herd
may produce from three to five times
as much as profit per COW as another
herd in the same community. In the
same herd one good COW not iufre-
quently produces as much profit to
the dairy farmer above the cost Of
feed and care as eight or ten poor
COWS.
In a comparison Prof. Otis made
between two herds of dairy COWS, re-
presenting the average of the cows
in Wisconsin dairy districts, it was
found that in one herd the two best
COWS produced 4l9 pounds of butter
per COW per aunum. Comparing the
production of the poorest COW with
that of the best two in the herd, and
averaging the three, the yield of but
ter for each COW was lowered from 40
to 313, a reduction of 106 pounds of
butter per COW for the year. In the
second herd the average production of
the poorest two best COWS in the herd
was 427 pounds of butter. A compar-
ison of the production of the poorest
COW with the two best showed the av-
erage yield lowered from 427 to sol for
a COW, a reduction of 126 pounds per
COW. In both instances the poor COW
reduced the average Of the entire herd
to two best cows TO the average yield
of the entire herd.
the investigation shows that it is
possible for few poor COWS in a herd
to so reduce the profits realized from
the good COWS that The entire herd is
kept either at a loss, or at but small
profit. The depressing influence of
poor cows will be eliminated when the
| dairy farmer keeps records of the pro-
duction of his individual cows so that
he may discover and remove as soon
as possible all "star boarGers."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
Shall We stultify Ourselves.

Milwaukee Journal: The board of
regents of the state university, the
university faculty and ali the true
friends of the university, would do
we'll to sit down in some quiet place
and think hard for little while con-
corning the proposed extension of the
Carnegie foundation for the pension
ing of professors to the state univer-
sity.
This is an exceedingly important
matter. It should receive the widest
consideration. There should be no
mistake.
At the recent meeting of the univer-
sity regents, it was voted to request
the extension of the Carnegie pension
fund to the university. Before this
request can be granted it will be nee
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30

essary for it to be approved by the
governor and by the state through a
formal vote of the state legislature.
The Journal considers the action of
the regents in this matter extremely
unfortunate and ill-advised. 1t was a
huge blunder and worse, on their
part. We are glad to note that three
of the regents, Trottman of Milwau-
of Appleton, were outspokenly OPP
posed to the acceptance Of this
graf, ity by the university authorities.
This opposition was based upon the
sound contention that is below the
dignity OF q great state university
like ours, which spends annually
about 81,1O0,0OO, to take such action
TO obtain benefits which amount to
about 50 900 year. Likewise it is be-
low the dignity of the sovereign state
Of Wisconsin to make formal request
through the legislature and the gov
ernor to have the university share in
this pension foundation. The whole
thing is, as it was commended, a
vicious glOrifcatiOn of man who
not only has gained far greater riches
than should come to any man, but
who has accumulated his wealth by
means that are condemned by the
great majority of our people. The
state of Wisconsin cannot afford to
stultify itself in this way; nor can the
state university afford to do SO.
There is another reason why this re-
quest shOnld not be made, as the re-
gents who opposed it asserted. The
university ought to be the leader along
sound moral lines of the entire educa-
tional system of the state, as we'll as
along practical, utilitarian lines. The
university has a responsibility in this
which should not be ignored.
1t is not necessary for the great
state of Wisconsin to ask for outside
help in this way to run it's university.
Wisconsin has plenty of wealth with
which to support it's schools. 1t will
be far better for the state to pay the
university professors salaries which
are sufficient to make it unnecessary
to provide them with pensions. But
if pensions must be provided, then the
money should come from the state.
BY no means should the state disgrace
itself by accepting money from An
drew Carnegie or any other man who
has obtained his wealth as Carnegie
has.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
University Scores Butter.

The college of agriculture dairy
school at the University of Wisconsin
received 107 entries for the April but
ter scoring exhibition, and the work
manship was very satisfactory. The
principal fault was in the flavors,
which were mainly from old cream and
milk and over-ripe or curdy favors.
The highest score, 97.08 was awarded
to Edward Torpey of Waterloo.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
University Gives $3.50 For
Tuberculosis Exhibit.

The state university regents at their
last meeting appropriated $3.50 to en-
able the university to make an exhibit
in connection with the Wisconsin eX-
hibit at the International Congress on
tuberculosis in Washington next fall.
The exhibit will include models of
buildings, dormitories and class
rooms, showing methods of lighting,
heating and ventilation and means
employed to prevent tuberculosis in
lection, with charts and statistic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
From the Dodgevlle Chronicle, April "a, 1905
CARRIAGE FACTORY TO ENLARGE PLANT
The Hum of Saws and the Grinding of Machinery Gives Dodgeve
the Air Of a Metropolis.
THE NEW STRATMAN VEHICLE co.
The business of the Company Gaining in Every Department.

The writer had the pleasure Tues
day afternoon of this week of taking
stroll through the above company's
works on Iowa street. I must say
that l was much surprised, as well as
pleased, to see the right-about-face of
affairs that this plant has made under
its new management.
That this business has taken on new
life is in evidence everywhere, and
though it has been but a few months
since the new company started, and
Notwithstanding the prevalent depres-
sion of business in general every
where, the company's business is
growing in spite of all these hindran-
ces. Through the kindness of Mr..
HuxtabIe, the cOmpany's congenial
and energetic manager, the writer was
shown through every department, viz:
Blacksmith shop, wood shop, machine
room, paint shop, trimming room,
and repository for finished work, to
say nothing of the numerous out
buildings housing material to be used
in the manufacture of carriages,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30

There were s. entries scoring 80 or
over. There were 70 different towns
on the list OF those scoring above 90
1t was found that cream containing a
low percentage of butter fat soured
much more quickly than that of high
percentage. The dairy school sug-
gests that patrons be requested to
skim richer cream, provide better
cooling facilities, and stir their cream
at the farm.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
Geological Post Cards-Second

If you are collector or dealer Of
postal cards, you will be interested in
an attractive set Of eight cards just
published, showing the most valuable
wild animals in the Ringing Bros
Menagerie, a set will be mailed you
for Ice. Special prices in lots to
dealers. There is a great opportun-
ity to make money in selling these
cards to collectors or the general
public. Address The Evening Wis
consin Co., Post Card Dept, Mil
waukee, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30

wagons, farm trucks, milk wagons,
cutters, sleighs, etc.
Mr.. Huxtable informed me that the
present force of workmen and ca.
pacity of building are inadequate to
supply the demand they will build a
new and larger building to take the
place of the old one.
Taking it all in all, I must say that
under the present rate of increasing
business the writer is impressed with
the idea that it will be but a short
time when the business men of our
city will stand up and take notice of
the fact that we have at last an in
dustry in Dodgeville that is growing
into our idea of what business
should be, and as a citizen of Dodge
Vile feel proud of this cOmpany's
business, even as it now is. [ feel
like asking every man in Dodgeville
to join with me in giving this new
company our hearty cooperation,
knowing that their success, through
our efforts, is sure to result in making
for US a greater and better Dodgeville.
CITIZEN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
GEORGE .. MASTEN,

CENTRAL BARBER SHOP.
All work done In the latest and most i'm
proved manner. Opposite the First National
Bank. GEO ID. MAsTEN, Proprietor.
Fine BATH ROOMS in connection.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
STAGE LIN Il
MINERAL POINT-DODGEVILLE
Morris Proctor, Proprietor.

WOITIS IIUCtUI, IIUpI IStUI'
Stage runs daily, except Sunday, leaving
Mineral Point at 7:45 a. M, and sodgeville
between 1 and D. m.
Connects at =odgeville with train on
G. & n. w. R'y for Madison, Milwaukee, etc,
and at Mineral Point with 4:30 train on
c. NJ. & St. P. R'y for Platteville. Darlington,
Shullsburg Monroe and GAINESVILLE.
Calls left at the hotels, Mineral Point, will
receive prompt attention.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
BARBER SHOPS.


FASHIONABLE BARBER SHOP.
Everything irst-class and In the latest styIe
ADOLPH APPEL Proprietor.
High Street, Mineral Point
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
VETERINARY.
F. w. PHILIP,

DOCTOR: VETERINARY SCIENCE.
-, Graduate OF Ontario Veterinary College,
treats all diseases OF domestic animals scien-
Lihcally. MI calls promptly attended tG
day or night. Phone 1872
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
CHAS. WINN,
BARBER SHOP

Under N. T. Martins hardware store, corner
high and Vine streets, Mineral Point.
Tonsorial work done in the latest styles or
or the art Satisfaction guaranteed. Call
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
HERMAN WIESEN.

FASHIONABLE BARBER SHOP,
South side OF High Street Mineral Point. wis
Patronage respectfully solicited and salts
faction guaranteed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
w. j. MORGAN, D. D. s.

CARE OF CHILDREN's TEETH SPECIALITY.
Uses Nitrous Oxide Gas, which is safe and
absolutely painless.
All the latest appliances used in the pro-
feSStOn.
Office over the N T. Martin hardware
store Mineral Point, Wis.
Hours, 8 a. m. to 6 D. m.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
THE j. j. PENHALLEGON 90.

charge of branch house Mineral Point and wi
Farm Wagons, Milk Wagons and Buggies at the sam
prices for which we sell them at the factory.
Dodgeville, Wis NEW STRATMAN VEHICLE co.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
GEORGE PRIDEAUX.

second floor Amberg brick building. south
side of High street near post oflice)
Latest styles of work. Shampooing Give
trial.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30

LAWRENCE GIBBONS.

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Estimates furnished. Job work will receive
prompt attention.
Shop In the Ivey building on Commerce
Street. Phone IA
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30

Ask your doctor, "What is the first great
rule OF health ?" Nine doctors out of
ten will quickly reply, keep the bowels
REGULAR Then ask him another CUES.
ton, "What do you think of Ayers
Pills for constipation"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
DENTISTS.
DR.. G. @. HUBENTHAL,

DENTIST,
Coad Block corner OF High and Chestnut
Streets, Mineral Point Wis.
Prepared to give good service in all that
pertains to modern dentistry. 80
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30
COMMON COUNCIL DOINGS
Proceedings of Adjournd Meeting
Held Last Friday Evening.
THE ICE PLANT.

Mineral Point, Wis, Apr. "a, 1908
Pursuant to adjournment of April p,
a meeting of the common council was
this day held in the council chamber.
Called to order by Mayor Brown.
Members present-Mayor Brown,
n-Weidenfeller, Crawford,
Jeuck, Shepard, Blewett, Johnson,
Frieden, Engels.
The following report of the Fire and
Water committee in regard to the wa
ter bill of the Artificial Ice & Steam
Heating Co., and the ice plant ques-
ton was presented:
Mineral Point, Wis, April "a, 1908.
To The Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Mineral Point,
Wisconsin:
Your committee on water respectful
ly makes the following report in regard
to the water bill of the Artificial Ice
and Steam Heating Company and in
regard to the location of the Ice Plant
on the city premises.
LIST. We recommend that the differ
ence as to the amount to be paid by the
company for the ratio used be referred
to an arbitration committee whose
award shall be final, the Artificial Ice
and Steam Heating Company to furnish
security that the amount awarded will
be paid at once.
End. We recommend that the ice
plant be allowed to be located upon the
city property under the express terms
and conditions of the prepared substan-
tial form of contract hereto attached
and made part of this report.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
F. C. WEIDENFELLER,
JOHN FRIEDEN,
JOSEPH ENGELS.
Water Committee.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-30

This agreement made and entered in
to by and between the Incorporated
city of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, here
after called CITY, and the Mineral
Point Electric Light Company here
after called Company" is as follows:
1. That the city hereby grants per-
mission to the company to engage in
the business of making artificial ice
upon the following described premises:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-07

SO many years
ago, Abraham Lincoln, one of the
worlds greatest men, was born. Some
merely give the celebration thought,
but those who have made the life of
Abraham Lincoln a study, and those
people who live in Kentucky, Indiana
and Illinois look upon the birthday an
niversary as something more than the
mere passing of a milestone. Each
OF these states claims a right to being
the home of the man who has made
for himself an immortal name in the
history of the worlds greatest men,
Historians say that Lincoln was
born in Hardin county, Kentucky. In
fact, he was born in La Rue county,
which, however, is subdivision of
Hardin county. Chroniclers continue
with their biographies and say that
he, together with his father, mother
and sister, went to Indiana and en-
tered claim to a piece of land in
Spencer county. AS a matter of fact,
he entered a claim to piece of land
in Warrick county, but which has been
set aside and named Spencer county
The Lincolns went to Indiana in 1916,
the same year that Indiana was ad-
mitted to the union as a state. He
entered quarter section of land, built
log cabin and lived there until 1880.
1t was known that Thomas Lincoln,
father of Abraham Lincoln, was in
poor circumstances. To say that Abra-
ham Lincoln was the son of a poor
carpenter and farmer gives an insight
into hard conditions that little Abe
had to face when he was youngster.
When he went to Indiana he was just
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-07

edge he did, which inspired him to be-
come the lawyer he did, it is another
laurel for the little city in southern
Indiana.
Shortly after the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln a picnic party from
the little town of Dale went up to
Lincoln City to the Lincoln farm and
spent the day. The excitement was
so high at that time that old people
as well as young went to the farm and
enjoyed themselves visiting the his
torical places in and about the Lin
coin farm.
The cabin was still standing and but
a short distance up on the hillside was
a marble slab that marked the spot
where the good mother of Abraham
Lincoln lay beneath the sod While
there the picnickers went through the
cabin where Lincoln saw his mother
pass away and from which place he
returned to Kentucky to get minister
to come to Indiana and bury his moth
er, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. A few old
relics were found, among them being
an old knot maui and an old fashioned
mouidboard plow, both of which had
been left there when the Lincolns
moved to Illinois. The old plow was
brought outside and an old man by
the name of Gabriel Medcalf stood bO-
tween the handles while one of the
party caught picture of the old Lip-
coin cabin. The old man carrying TIE
pole was Joseph p. Haines, better
known as Uncle Porter Haines. The
was made from the original taken at
the time this party went to the home
along in the seventies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-07
ENTIRE STATE WAS IN PAWN.
Nevada Said to Have Been in That
Condition Five Years Back.

Five years ago Nevada was a state
in pawn. She had been stolen. The
entire population was not sufficient
to constitute third-rate western
town, and it was decreasing. 1t might
well have been asked then: Whats
the matter with Nevada?"
The trouble grew out of Nevadas
public land grant, amounting to 2,000,-
900 acres, which congress had care
lessly authorized the state to select
as desired. The Nevada legislature
practically put the land up at auction,
and the result was that few stock
men bought enough land to shoestring
and surround and absolutely control
every river, lake and water hole in
the state.
By doing so they became virtual
possessors of the rest of the state.
No one else could use the public land
or make settlement because of their
control of all the water, and in Ne
vada water is the life blood of the
land. Sixty million acres were con-
trolled and in effect owned by about
million acres, and not an opportu-
nifty for single 160-acre homestead.
Five years ago this was the situation
"a hopeless one. Public-spirited men
had attempted to induce immigration
and to encourage the development of
their state, but their work had come
to naught and they had to quit There
was no chance.
Yet all the time there was still a
great water supply running to waste
annually. The perennial flow of the
rivers and streams was entirely util-
lied, but the floods from the melting
of the mountain SHOWS swept away
uselessly to the sea.
Viewing the situation as it was then,
who would have dared to predict that
with the passage of the national irri
CATION act could have occurred the
great Transformation and development
of Nevada, and if it had been predict
ed, who would have believed it? OF
the $37,000,000 government reclama-
ton fund, Nevada has thus far re-
ceived her fair share, and the compile
ton of the great project upon which
the federal engineers are now working
will more than quadruple the already
increased population of the state.
The first section of the Truckee-
Carson project has been completed
and the settlers are now farming the
fertile land in 80-acre homesteads.
By next year 10000 acres of this
project will be under irrigation
Successful American