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Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards

Chicago, Dec. -Cattle-Beeves,
.$34OM7.60; Texans, s3,35@4.25: West
ern cattle. $2.25@5.5o; stockers. and
feeders, $2.G00475; cows and hefcrs,
$1:5O0D4.S0; calves, $6.0o@S.25. Hogs
Light, $4.9o@5.60; mixed, s5.15@
5.77k;,. heavy. $5.2O@5.S0;; rough,
$5.2O@54o: good to choice heavy,
$5.4OW5.S0; pigs, $3.50@470 Sheep,
,32.50@4.f6y year]ings, $4.00@4.9o;
lambs, $4.50@735.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
Two-9tory 0ranary.

level ground this can be- done without
= great deal Of. expenditure of labor
with the use Of road scraper. z:si.
The entire building must be raised
upon; piers about four feet high so that
the bottom of the bins is not much
lower than the bottom of the wagon
box, allowing the entire contents Of
the bins to be drained into the wagons
without lifting. &. q.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
Minneapolis Boy Drowned.

The treacherous river ice claimed
the first victim Of the skating season
in s. Minneapolis when, DESPITE the
efforts rof Ia boy com mpanion who i'm
periled his own life to EACH his
drowning conrad E, Edward Mcsshane,
sSJr., ten. years old, skated into ran air
hole Just south Of the Twentieth ave.
nue. north bridge and was drowned. t,
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16

ar are used used to- support the frame, being
held in position BY a :cleatswh hch passes
under the 2x4's, and is secured by the
hook catching at the top OF the box.
This frame answers every purpose for.
one man in husking bundles If two
men are. to work 9 similar frame il
plac I'd on the opposite side. 55 si5s5s.El
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
chicaoo Grain and Proxl.l.n..

Chicago, ,Dec.$ 14.----Wheat dec. .,,s% 81
o0;a May sl.o47sm1.05; July, s71s@>
s79sc; Sept, 94h1ac. Corn-Dec., ,1577c;
Jan, 57az44 c;;z May, 81 Nc; July 615sc;
Sept. 61Ac. Oats-Dec.,. 503sc; May,
5211sc; July, 47kc; Sept, 40h @405sc.
Pork-Dec., $14.45; JAM, $15.721s;
May, S16.07 Il. Butter-Creameries, %
@30c; dairies, 211S025c. Eggs-32c.
Poultry-Turkeys, 1Sc; chickens, so
.10c; springs, 10c.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
j Officer: Saves Five Lives. ),

Only the quickness OF Wit and
promptness Of action Of Omcer Kinds
Of the Ducas street station, st:
Pau, saved Mrs Max, iRubenstein
and her four children from death by
coal gas, poisoning. AS itSwas when
the officer rescued the woman and her
offspring the fumes had almost done
their work and, with the exception of
the mother, who was moaning weakly,
the other victims lay helpless and al
most lifeless. ,.. ,...' -.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
Pimple on Nose Causes Death.

Z: John Mailer, aged forty, well known
attorney and Mason of St. Paul,
died at the city hospital from blood
poisoning starting from pimple on
the nose. Mr.. Mailer was taken to the
hospital two weeks ago, after the in
flammation from the pimple had
spread over his face. The victim had
been associated for nineteen years
with the law firm of Durment &
Moore ~. ...s>. -
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
I Earmer K illed i by Train.

y. Benson, a farmer living at
.Inver Grove, Dakota count was in,
sstantly killed and James lacDevitt Of
the same place was painfully injured
when Rock Island freight train 1l
/ struck the buggy they !, were il at u
CROSSING near Inyer Grove. The horses
escaped injury but the buggy was
q 6duced to- kindling wood.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
ki lied by Boiler Explosion.

John Reich of Minneapolis was
so badly injured by the explosion
of a boilHr in a concrete block fac
tory in Tat city that he died few
hours LAR. Part of the, boiler, was
driven tn ough roof and hurled fully
200 feet "a the air. ''- I'd '-~ ''2"'@
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
Clover in Orchard.

I Clover is one of the best orchard
crops. Seed is cheap, this year. If your
orchard soil is not adapted to red
clover, try alsike. 1t will grow where
red. clover will not. The seed now is
more expensive, but it will go twice as
far, making the cost of seeding Of 4
definite area as cheap as with red
clover. h 5a~5 ,.5...s: l.>> j. '*.-.~. T.. y.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
Deer Hunter Killed.

Mistaken for q deer William Myrtz
was accidentally shot and killed ~
his brother-in-law John Richter, e
Pine Knoll. where the two men wsrs
out hunting. IS H3E 5533
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
Famous Engineer Retires. ::

Jim Root the oldest engineer on the
Northern Pacific railway. system and
who has become. known the country
over. for his heroic work at the time
Of the great & Hinckley fire, has
been laid of and: his days of active
ratlroading are cnow over. Although
Root has ssceased3to:work he will, how
ever still continue to draw his pay
the same as though he was running
an engine, in payment of q debt Of
gratitude that the. railway Zconpany
owes to him.. Root is now. seventy
three years of age.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
4, 81. Pa,,i union Stock, Yards.

St Paul Dec j 14,- Cattle 1900 odr;to:
choice steers. $500 SO; fair to good.
$3.50 5.25; good To- choice COWS and
heifera, $3.50 "a 500 ;vealsg, b25 @s.0o.
Hogs IS. 90 al SIS: Sheep ethers,
{4.266p4 .50;s II yearllngs. $500 @ $50;
spring lambs, $s:25@6:75: II 8 .5s. =.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
GRAIN AND PRO Isl On PRICES
Min polls Wheat.

Minneapolis. Dec. Il heat Dec.,t
$1,o4ssss; ss S. V 4 $1:o
On track--N 5. 4 Northern, 81. .06 y J;
No. Northern, $1.O47s @1.06 e,
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16

4 ts5MVVeUs ~ pSlA& FsQuSnR IIOm tH64
bins into the wagons In the lower
driveway. j Ifsblilt upon . hillside the
!. Job Of making the Alls will not be ae-ss
rtous, says Farm and Home. Eyen q;
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
FOUND J I GUILTY Of MURDER b r.

William Schneider Convicted by Jury
4 E?.31 ~. at Duluth. : ~. -
William Scheiber was found guilty
of murder in the first degree
at Duluth. He killed Frank Mas
sapust, a settler, near Ashawa, last
February. Schneider tried to cash a
certificate of deposit belonging to
Massapust, which led to his arrest.
The house in which the murder was
committed was burned on the night
Of the tragedy and the body almost
consumed. The, defense contended
that the commission Of any crime had
not been proved.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
RACK FOR DAIRY UTENSILS.
Will Prove More Convenient Than
w. ..,'. %%: Table. #a

a most convenient rack for summing
and drying all utensils used in the
dairy is shown in the accompanying
l illustration It viii be found much
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
Dashed to Death on . st,,no,..,.il ,.,.il

George. Hessing of Dora, Otter
Tail county, was instantly killed on
the road between his home and the
village of Vergas. His team ! ran
away, throwing him from the sleigh.
In falling his head struck stump
and death resulted instantly.
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16
- :HusklNG RACK: FOR WAGON.
It 10 Easily Adjusted to the Side Of the
Wagon Box. 1 Z, s5@@

Here. is a plan fora husking rack
for a wagon. writes correspond OF
Mower County transcript., 1908-12-16

Prairie ;lstl:.j Farmer. l
take two-inch strips
alb about Oh five feet long
for side pieces and
t two pieces of the
same 9 !: ve., material ate j for
the ends Two 9YA,a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-09
will worS if offered il at fair remunera.

will WORK il offered IL at fair remunera-
tion, and experience has shown that in
South Dakota that he usually accom-.
plishes IL III a satisfactory fashion
When Major Brennan took charge OF
the Pine Ridge reservation four years
ago. he abrogated che ration system for
every Indian between the years of Is
aud As. At first there were indications
Of trouble, but when the sioux found
he was IN earnest. thy accepted the
new order witlon' mu'mur, All
bitches and the Ike was gwen the mex.
perienced aborigines aud some light
building work at 81 3 u dav, or 50 80 a
day when the Im,iian had n team
There they made thar start To-Day
between 400 aud 500 Jniians are
employed. They are divided into gangs,
the most competent being soon pro-
noted to gang foremeu. Then they
branched out into railroad construction
and later Major Brennan secured for
them emplos ment on ranches aud stock
farms, where their work seemed to
develop all their latent capability aud a
spirit of Independence and system never
before noted ia the redskln When the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad
asked for laborers 70 build its Casper
Wyoming, division, a large party OF
young Sioux was sent. AT their head
rode American Horse Two sons of old
Chief Sitting Bull. killed by the gov
eminent as an uuregeuerate hostile, are
today employed on the Northwestern as
section forem n white sons and nephews
of the late Chief Red Cloud are also
doing railroad work and the Crouch
line is employing large force of the
rebellious Utes
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-09

Miss Florence Delaney WIS here
Monday.
Ole Siminson was at Webster
Friday.
Frank Stevens was at Webster
Saturday.
Jacob Geier went to Webster this
morning.
Chas. Rieger was over from Web
ster Monday.
Banker Egge was here from Web
ster Sunday.
Chas. Vehe was at the county
capital Saturday.
Carl Ratgen spent three days at
Webster last week.
Geo. Chamberlain had business at
Webster Monday.
Carl Mengert was transacting
business at Webster Monday.
Mrs. P. Hapsch was Tuesday
morning passenger to Webster.
Misses Mamie Gullander and
Hazel harrington were Webster
visitors Tuesday.
1t is rumored that the passenger
train on the south line will soon be
running on Sundays.
Will Tollefson and Miss Chapman
of Webster, were guests at the
STEELE home yesterday.
Miss Emma Chapman, Messrs
Will Tollefson, Alvin Compton and
B. Egge were over from the county
seat Sunday in an auto, the guests
of Misses Clara STEELE and Hazel
Harrington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-09

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Helligso were
over from Webster yesterday the
guests of his brother, G. Helligso
and family.
Miss Anna Moxness was home
from Webster yesterday as every
body at the court house was taking
holiday.
C. B. Knott, w. w. Knott and
their father, C. Knott, went down to
Jordan. Mimi, last night to attend
the funeral of the boys grandmother,
Mrs. Margaret Bryson who is 9l
years old. The funeral will be held
tomorrow.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-09

bottom of the river and sinking steel
tubes in the holes. These tubes, in
26O foot sections are bolted together
water tight. Around them concrete
is then dumped from barges until
the tubes are encased. At the same
time an interior heavy coating OF
cement is being built by crews IN
the tube. This is said to be new
idea 10 tunnelling. but the road is
willing to risk S10,0OO,OOO on faith
that the plan is efficient.
The Pierre Free Press on Dec.
18th announced that John l.. Erick-
son, the private secretary OF the
governor had gone to his home IN
Superior, Wis, to spend the holi-
DAYS. This brings out the inter-
esting fact that the private secretary
of the governor is not even voter
| in South Dakota. His family lives
in Wisconsin, and Mr.. Erickson
could not cast vote III South
Dakota without violating the cleo
ton laws of the state. One would
think that among half million
people the great and good governor
might have found man who is
resident of the state and who at the
same time was thought equal to The
task of being his private secretary
But with the administration which
sends outside of the state for thu
stone for the state capitol it is per
haps no more than fit that it shoult
also send outside of the state for it
private secretary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-09
CURRENT EVENTS.
Clipped from the Exchanges Which
Come to Our Table.

Clipped from the Exchanges Which
Come to Our Table.
1t must be said for Mr.. Taft, that
he delivers very good Theodore
Roosevelt speech.
"What is the grip "a germ or a
state of mind?" asks contemporary
Don't know; but whatever it is, it's
no lady!
Gov. Folks mother says he never
was whipped, but inst wait until he
gets into presidential race as the
democratic candi date
Florida has elected William j.
Bryan to the United States senate.
Although his name is blown in the
bottle he is not the genuine article.
BY giving sixty days notice many
depositors discovered that they
didn't want to remove money not
needed from place where it is safe
and drawing interest.
As the old year passed out, an
Atlanta minister smashed an empty
whisky flask on his church floor.
That was conservative, and not cal
culated to hurt anybody's feelings.
"Some day Tom Lawson will SUBJ
side. There is no cheating the
Grim Reaper" says the Milwaukee
Sentinel. Well, wouldn't that be
suspiciously like handing HIM a
lemon?
A Pennsylvania tin mill that sus-
pended operations few weeks ago
has notified its 800 employees to be
ready to resume work After care
full search on real panicky conditions
were found.
To test his theory that shopping
is a cure for insanity, a st. Louis
doctor released two insane patients
in Christmas rush. He reports
that they behaved just like other
people, and we do not doubt it.
join d. Rockefeller made another
princely gift to the University of
Chicago January End. 1t amounted
TO So, 100000. The sum of So, 000,-
600 is to be used for endowment
purposes and is in the form of
securities from which the university
will realize $4,000 annually accord
ing to donor.
After falling $50 feet from Black
wells Island bridge into the East
river at New York Thursday, Henry
Smith swan ashore not seriously hurt
by fall which ordinarily would
have been fatal. Smith was at work
on the bridge and tumbled off Of one
Of the great beams. He struck the
wafer feet foremost.
| Alexander r. Peacock, formerly
junic1 partner Of Andrew Carnegie,
ard whose fortune is estimated at
$l5,000,000, offered $1,O0O,OO0
last month at Pittsburg to any
physician who could save the life Of
Frank Ridgway, director Of the
department Of public safety Of
Pittsburg, and who died Of pneu-
monia. When Mr.. Ridgway first
went TO Pittsburg, be. met Mr.. Pea
cock aud the two became intimate
friends. Mr.. Peacock made the
offer Of 100000 70 the doctors
assembled At the bedside.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-30
DELEGATES AT-LARGE.

A Washington dispatch announces
that Congressman Murphy and Weisse
of the Wisconsin delegation will be
candidates for delegates atlarge from
the state to the Democratic national
convention in Denver. Members of
the house from other states have been
urging them to become candidates.
Neither will come home to campaign,
although their decision to enter the
race is in conflict with the local idea
that the hOnors should be passed
around and that a seat in congress is
enough for Wisconsin Democrat for
one time.-News Item.
In choosing delegates, either at
large or from congressional districts,
the thought should not be so much the
passing around of hOnors as the
selection of men who will best repre-
sent the party in the national couven-
ton. The acquaintance of Congress
men Murphy and Weisse, at Washing
ton, with Democratic representatives
from other states adds greatly to their
qualifications for representatives in
the national convention.
The selection of Congressman Muir
ply as delegate at large to the
Democratic national convention
would certainly be wise. He is able,
we'll qualified, and is truly representa-
tive of progressive Democracy. His
speech IN the house of representatives
the other day let the country know
that he has the true American spirit.
Every Democrat in the third district
will enthusiastically support him as a
delegate from Wisconsin to the Dem
yer convention.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-30
Call for Democratic State
EnnUe ion

BY the direction of the Democratic State
Central Committee delegate convention OF
the democratic party Of the state OF Wiscon-
sin Is hereby called, to be held in the city OF
Milwaukee, Thursday, February 18th, 1903
at two O'Clock In the afternoon, for the pur-
pose Of proposing de egates to be voted Tor
at the primaries as SUCH to the Democratic
National Convention to be held at Denver,
July 18th, 1908, and to propose electors for
President and Vice-President TO be voted
for at the primaries.
All voters OF Wisconsin, irrespective OF
past party affiliations, who believe in the
primo Piles Of the democratic party, are
urged TO cooperate In electing delegates TO
this oDventIOn.
Iowa county is entitled to nine represen-
tatives, the apportionment being made on the
basis Of one delegate for each two hundred
votes or fraction thereof cast for the demo
cratic presidential candidate in 1904
Proxies will only be recognized when pre-
sented by actual residents OF the same county
as the delegates represented.
The credentials Of all delegates elected TO
said convention shall be certified to the State
Central Committee by the Chairman and
Secretary Of the respective county commit
tees and forwarded to the Chair man OF the
State Central Committee at Milwaukee I'm
rnediately after their election.
By order Of the Democratic State Central
Committee. II. Fl. MANSON, Chairman.
w. G. BRAWLEY, Secretary.
Wausau, January 3, 1908.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-30
Blight Canker of Apple Trees.

Bulletin II recently issued by the
State Horticultural Society gives de-
tailed description and methods of
treatment of very dangerous disease
of young apple trees known as Blight
Canker. This disease attacks mainly
young trees, to Is years old.
The disease appeared in the trial
orchard maintained by the society st
Wausau and destroyed several hun
dred trees before its nature was known.
1t isawidely distributed the state hay
ing been found in 26 counties.
The Blight Canker is a bacterial
disease. Too often injuries caused
by this Canker are ascribed to winter
killing. 1t cannot be controlled by
spraying. Treatment consists in cut
ting out all diseased bark, disenfect-
ing the wound with two per cent So
luton of copper-suIfate or a one
tenth per cent solution of corrosive
sublimate, and afterward covering
with paint.
The Bulletin consists of "A pages
illustrated with II engravings. A
copy will be sent to any reader of the
Democrat on request to the secretary
T. Cranefeld, Madison, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-30

to those institutions. Let the people
in the business, northern and western
portions of this city show their good
will toward the Acid Plant, not by de-
nouncing the property owners in the
southern part, but by sharing with
them what has been their loss and our
gain. Let US meet those people in a
spirit of fairness and they will meet
US in the same spirit. Let US appoint
a disinterested committee to appraise
annually the damages. Let us repud-
late the unjust and unreasonable
claims, but let US enter into a guaran-
tee that We will pay our share towards
the just and reasonable claims. Let
the property owners, who are benefit
ted by the Acid Plant indemnify the
Zinc Company. In short, let US show
a willingness to do our part instead
of denounciug others for not doing it
ALL ERNEST G. Fielder,
President of the Mineral Point Com
mercial Club.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-30
Tests STRENGTH of Concrete.

The results of an important series
of tests on the strength of plain and
reinforced concrete; made in the test
ing laboratory of the college of engin-
eering at the University of Wisconsin,
have just been published in bulletin
in the engineering series, entitled
TESTS on Plain and Reinforced Con-
crete", by Morton o. Whitney, in
structor in mechanics. The new
bulletin, which is for general free
distribution in Wisconsin to all those
interested in the subject, gives the
results of Investigations upon this
important structural material which
have been in progress for some time.
1t is illustrated by eight halftones
and twenty-six figures.
Tests were made to determine the
cOmpressive strength of concrete,
cubes, cylinders, and beams; the effect
of compression reinforcement in
beams; the strength Of over-hanging
beams; methods of preventing diago-
nal tension failures and the beams.
Effort was made to approach practi-
cal working conditions by purchasing
materials in open market, and mixing
concrete wet in accordance with stan
dard methods by experienced men.
The compression tests on some forty
cubes and cylinders show that the
utmost care must be taken in selecting,
grading, and mixing the materials,
and in curing concrGJe, in order to
produce uniform results. A coarse,
we'll graded sand and the wetting of
concrete at least once day for over
week after it is made, when exposed
to the air, was found very desirable.
Over forty over-hanging beams of
commercial sizes were tested to ascer-
tain something about the behavior of
continuous beams. Various methods
of reinforcing against the so-called
shearing stresses were tried. The con-
clusion reached was that in general
the failure of over-hanging beams
conforms to the same general rules as
those of simple beams of similar pro-
portions. The tosts of the beams of
various widths of fange and reinforce
ment are for value where slab and
floor beams are built together.
Considerable work was done upon
beams reinforcement both in tension
and compression. These are of value
in determining the proper amount of
steel which may be added to increase
the strength of the beam without in
creasing it's outside dimension-a
problem which frequently comes up in
building construction.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-30
State Aid For Highways.

In view of the general interest in the
vote at the general election on the
amendment to the state constitution
permitting state aid in the construc
tiOn of good roads, the extension de-
partment of the University of Wiscon-
sin has prepared a bulletin on the va
riOus systems of state aid. The pur
pose is to encourage the public debate
of the proposed amendment and of
questions growing out of it by debat-
ing societies and other organizations.
The extension division is prepared to
furnish material on both sides of this
question, which is of interest not only
to farmers, but to tax payers general
ly. The use of labor of inmates of
state and county prisons and penal
institutions in road building; in New
Jersey and Michigan the relative ad-
vantages of the systems of state aid
for road building; the question upon
whom the burden of building good
roads falls most directly; and similar
problems connected with the subject
are outlined in the bulletin, which is
intended for general distribution.
Material tor the study of these ques-
tiOns may be obtained from the uni
versity through local public librari-
ans, or from principals of local high
schools in communities which have
not public library. Loans of this
material will also be made to town,
village, city, or county clerks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-30
TOO MUCH LEGISLATION.

IL is not TO be wondered at that so
eminent scholar and statesman as
Ambassador James Bryce views with
distavor the tendency of the ages to
pass new laws without let or him
drance. In a recent address before
the New York Bar association MIR.
Bryce truly and aptly said:
AppsIling increase in legislation
during the last half century is one of
the salient features of our times. In
n country is the output so large as
n the United States, where besides
congress, forty-six state legislatures
are busy turning ont laws on all
imaginable subjects with faith in
the power of law to bless mankind
which few historians, philosophers or