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The Springdale news., 1908-05-22
HARMON.

May Miss Carrie Blair Of Osage Mills, was visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Oma Thompson. satur- day night and Sunday.
 There was q musical at Mr. Farley Saturday night. The
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22

had their eyes opened in prae- teal manner to the fact that there k money i'll the Big Red Apple grown in Northwest Ark auSds.
 MuKIN, NICAWRER.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22

A girl gets mad at you for squeezing her hand 50 you'll know she likes 1t.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22

l here would be some sense i'll love affairs if nature hadn't in- tended otherwise.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22
DIST..NO. u2.

WILKINS MICAWBER.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22

May 1.-The apple crop i'll this section will be light on ae- count of heavy frosts and cold
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22
Bad Attack of Dysentery Cured

ONO
Arizona republican., 1908-10-16
FOR SALE.

Orange land, large or small tracts. Alfalfa land, improved and raw. Land for cantalOupe and truck gardening
 Houses and lots, any part Of city
 MoRFORD & BARR.
 West Adams St
Arizona republican., 1908-10-16
FOR SALE.

Groom brick house in good loca- tion, modern Improvements; ? city lots. good shade, etc, for $S500; easy payments.
 broom house with city water, good shade. fence, stable and chicken yard for $950; terms reasonable.
 3-room house close in with good shade, fence, large lot, for $575; easy payments.
 3-room frame house with city wat CT. shade. etc, for 5000; easy pay ments, $50 down and $10 per month 4-room frame house for S325; easy payments, $10 down and sf0 per month takes the house and Soft. lot
 FOR RENT.
 broom brick house on north side, near car line, furnished, for $30 per month
 4-room furnished house on the av- enues, for S35 per month.
 4-room furnished house on north side for $25 per month.
 3-room brick house furnished for light housekeeping, for SIG per month.
 3-room furnished house on car line, rent reasonable.
 Broom portable house, with six lots fenced with chicken wire, chick en house, etc, for S10 per month. This is partly furnished.
 1-room portable house in good loca- ton, for S5 per month. g. G. PEcKA, 51O-512 w Washing ton St, Real Estate Loans and In surance. Phone Red S995.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-16
A Telephone from Roosevelt
Hello. Say! Is this Massie S

hellO.
 Hello. Say! Is this Massie & Sons?
 Yes; this is Massie talking.
 Well. say, sMassie, it is getting aw full cold up here. I want you to send me up a pair of those large Blankets, and two of those big Comforters like the other two I got. And say, I've married since I saw you. so I feel pretty tony. want nice Dining Chairs, and a Round Extension Table, two nice Parlor Rockers, and one of those SKIP Administer Rugs in the oriental design and six shades. Say my wife says send her that nice Princess Dresser, and a Ladies' Dress ing Table. And send that Mission Earlor Table and f Mission Chairs. Ship them up to me and I will send you the money. Ia, Ia.
 Many orders come to us like this. Some by phone and some by mail. We ship to Tempe and Mesa and pre- pay the freight. We also ship to Wickenburg and Wenden many of our large orders. Send your order. Come and get prices. We will have a car load of iron beds in a few days
 See our 5c, 1Oc, 15c, 20c and 25c tables-an armload for $1.0G.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
Indian Days in Sauk
OWNERSHIP and DEMOCRACY
By V. s. PEASE

AS seems to have been the rule with
nearly all the aboriginal tribes, the
Sauks reorganized no such thing as in
dividual ownership Of land, every kind
OF real property was held in common.
No one had cornfield or melon patch,
these belonged to the nation, and the
products were the common property
to supply the physical needs of all
alike. Until recently, when the feder-
al governmentbega forcing individual
ownership upon the Indians, especially
in Oklahoma and Indian Territory,
this rule has prevailed among the
primitive American people. And
even the five civilized nations, ad-
vanced as they are in education, resent
this one encroachment of white mans
methods to this day. The old-time
Indians, commonly called "blanket
Indians" because they yet wear
blankets instead of coats, steadily re-
fuse to make selections of land and
take definite piece Of ground out of
the common area. Among The
ChOctows not more than one-fourth
have selected the 32O acres to which
each is entitled. They are not hunter
tribe, but all efforts to civilize them
stop at the matter of individual owner
ship of land.
A century and half ago, when the
Sauks inhabited Sauk county and
were making their imprint on the gen
erations of whites that were to come,
this same practice was in vogue. All
the crops were planted by general
bee of the squaws, they were tended
by them in common and there was no
partiality shown when the harvest was
made. Food was put into a common
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN GONE.
Herman j. Wagner Dies at His Home
at Prairie du Sac on We'd
nesday.

Herman J. Wagner died at his home
in the village of Prairie du Sac on
Wednesday afternoon after an illness
covering several months. He under
went an operation at Madison for gall
stones and with this were a number of
complications which have since caused
his death.
Mr.. Wagner was 2 we'll known auc-
tioneer and had circle Of friends in
Sauk, Dane and Columbia counties.
He was born in the town of Rox-
burg, Columbia county, July 13, 1924,
and afterwards resides in Honey Greek
and Sumpter in this county.
Besides a vile he leaves son, Ar
thur, and daughter, Miss Alma.
Funeral Saturday afternoon.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18

stove, from which each family drew to
supply its needs. This aversion to
individual ownership efectually fore
stalled wealth, and kept the members
of each tribe on terms of equality There
were no note shavers, money-lenders
or mortgage brokers. The influence of
wealth was not known; the crimes of
graft, perjury and bribery seem to be
peculiar to people who extol the rights
OF the individual above the interests of
the masses.
This, perhaps, more than any other
influence kept the Sauks in system
OF government representing the purest
democracy. Each person of proper age,
maleor female, had a voice in all matters
OF tribal Importance. Each had a vote
and right to speak on every subject
before the council for adjudication.
Even-handed justice prevailed, and
there was no favOritism or immunity
because of rank or station. In fact
there was no station, and rank conferred
no special privileges. Their leaders
were more servants than masters, ac-
cording to the theoretical rule of all
republican forms of government.
80 who shall say that the republican
form of government that has been
demonstrated as practical over large
area and applied to large and complex
people, was the creation of white man?
May we not rather believe that it is but
the adaptation of the aboriginal form
to the needs of the whites? That it is
better and more convenient than the
simpler Indian system is undoubtedly
true;but their own institutions are tend
ing to as pure democracy, as did theirs
may be matter of discussion.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
DELAYED
IN DIZZY CASE

In the case of the state eX rel Rev.
Goddard VS.. the city council which
has grown out of the alleged gambling
in the Dizzy saloon, there has come a
delay on account of the alternative
writ of mandamus as prepared on the
side of the plaintiff, not being within
the power of the court to grant upon
the plaintiffs showing. The plaintiff
states tnat new writ demanding the
council to hear the evidence
will be gotten out Saturday. The $40
costs will be paid and the case will be
submitted to Judge Stevens again.
The directions for the order sustain
ing the demurrer to the alternative
writ,as handed down by Judge Stevens
is as follows:
By the Court: Realtors contention
that he is entitled to a peremptory
writ commanding the common council
to revoke the license in question is
based upon the assumption that under
sec. 1869, Stat. 1898, the complaint
should be taken as true if the persons
holding the license do not appear and
deny the complaint. The statute
simply provide that the complaint
should be taken as true in case the
person summoned does not appear. To
construe the same as if it read "appear
and deny" would add material ele
ment to the statute and take from the
holders of the license their recognized
right to question the sufficiency of the
complaintwithout either admitting or
denying its allegations. State ex rel.
Sullivan VS.. Tomah so Wis. 1913. State
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
MRS. RYAN SURPRISED
Friends Gather at Her Home on Birch
Street to Celebrate Her Eightieth
Birthday
lFrom Wednesdays Daily.)

Mrs. A. G. Ryan was happily sur
prised yesterday afternoon at her home
on Birch street by 20 of her friends, the
occasion being her SOth birthday. The
stolen march proved success in every
way, the time being spent in profitable
converse and the presentation of many
cheerful tokens of which Mrs. Ryan
was the happy recipient. After a
sumptuous lap supper the surprise
party dispersed, wishing that many
more such happy days might be in
store for the hostess.
Mrs. Ryan has been resident of
Baraboo for many years. For 40 years
she was Sunday school teacher in
the primary department of the First
M. e. church and her work among the
children was very influential. The
urprise was an expression of the great
esteem in which Mrs. Ryan is held.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
DESIRES TO SELL LIGHTING PLANT
John M. Meisser of Prairie du Sac,
Offers to Sell to the Viii
Iage

John M. Meisser of Prairie du Sac,
desires to sell the electric light plant
to that village and has offered to take
$1,000 for it. He has also agreed to
furnish power, in case the plant is pur-
chased, at the rate of $500 per night.
According to telephone message from
the village Mr.. Meisser will retire from
the lighting business when the con-
tract expires in May even If the plant
is not sold. It is claimed that so many
of the business places use gasoline that
there is little or no profit after expenses
are paid. Mr.. Meisser will continue
the business of the feed mill which en-
joys large patronage.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18

ex. rel. Mckay VS.. Curtis 1870 Wis. 357,
1854.
The allegations of the alternative
writ show that the holders of the Ii
cense did "appear" and question the
sutficiency of the complaint. Such
being the fact, the relator is not en-
titled to the peremptory writ command
ing the council to revoke the license
under the proceedings thus far had.
This conclusion GispOses Of the de-
murrer without considering the other
questions raised.
Plaintiffs counsel may prepare the
proper order which will provide that
the lelatOr may amend his alternative
writ within ten days of the date of this
direction upon condition that he pay
$1,000 costs.
Dated March IL, 1908.
EDWARD H. SMITH
Official Reporter.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18

they think that the high rate of speed
might throw someone out. When a
man wishes to take car, he first finds
out if all the seats are full. He stands
on the sidewalk and calls out TO the
conductor, "Pueste?" place J.. If he
receives an answer Of "Hay", there
is he walks over and gets on the car.
One day the conductors response was,
"No", but before the would-be pas
senger could turn away, gentleman,
sitting in the center of the car, arose,
and lifting his tall silk hat, said, "Ex-
cuse me, sir, for presuming to address
you, [ alight at the next corner. If it
would please such a gentleman as
yourself,t to accept my humble seat you
are welcome to it now" And the two
gentlemen, presumably total strangers,
changed places, with much bowing
and exchange of civilities. And the
car kept on moving!
MAUDE NEWELL WILLIAMS.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
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Premiums.
AS a premium you may select ten
five-cent packages of seed from the fol-
lowing list. The seeds are furnished
by the reliable J. Briggs Seed House of
BarabOo.
Seed will be sent soon. Will not be
ready for some time.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
COMPETITION LIFE OF TRADE.
DR.. w. n. Thompson of Baraboo Ar.
rested on Charge Of No License.
(FrOm Fridays Daily.)

DR.. w. I'll. Thompson, who has been
doctoring horses and cattle in Baraboo
and vicinity for the last twenty years,
has been arrested on warrant sworn
out by l.. P. Helm, another veterinary
surgeon, charged with practicing as a
veterinary surgeon without license.
The warrant was issued from Justice
Sheldon's Court at Reedsburg, this
morning.
Attorney D. Ruggles for the defend =
ant moved to dismiss the case on the
ground of no cause for action. Th e
case has been adjourned to March "a,
9 a. m. in Justice Sheldon's court.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
Here's a Way to Save Doctor Bills.

Medical journals are reluctant to dis
cuss proprietary medicines. HalPsJour-
nal of Health, however, says: "Our
duty, is to expose danger and record
the means for advancing health. The
day for poisoning innocent children
through greed or ignorance ought to
end. To our knowledge Castoria is
remedy which produces composure and
health by regulating the system, not
by Supplying it and our readers are
entitled to the information"
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
Gone West to Raise Poultry.

81. B. Gregory, well known as Sauk
County poultry grower, has moved
from Reedsburg to Beach North Dako-
ia. He resides in Montana just across
the line and receives his mail at Beach.
Mr.. Gregory is practical poultry rails
er and with the high prices that pre-
vail in the west is bound 30 make a
success.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
WILL BUILD A new CHURCH
Methodist Episcopal People of Reeds-~
burg Will Erect S13, 900
Structure.

The members of the Methodist church
at Reedsburg have decided to erect a
new building at the corner of Main
and Pine streets. 1t will be of pressed
brick and much after the design of the
First M. E. church in Baraboo. The
building will cost about $4,000, the
society owning the site which is one
of the finest in the city.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
FIRE IN WESTP0INT
Children Playing With Matches Cause
Some Excitement

On Wednesday while some children
were playing with matches near the
straw stack on the farm of Otto Baars
in the town Of Westpoint, the straw
stack was accidentally set on fire. The
blaze was very near the barn and it
was with great difficulty that the
building was saved. The Baars place
is not far from Prairie du Sac.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
MANY ACCIDENTS
At K|LBOURN DAM
TRAIN OF CARS RUN AWAY, DER.
RICK FALLS AND MAN
BURNS
{ Kilbourn Gazette. J


1t is wonderful to note the rapid
changes that are being made in the ap-
pearance of things at the site of the
dam and especially at the present time
in the concrete work. The headgates and
wall were completed yesterday and one
hardly imagined the immensity of this
structure without seeing it. The wall
is about forty feet in height and thick
in proportion to bear all the strain
that will ever be brought to bear on it.
The headgateS are like fancy lacework
moulded into piers and arches in an ar
tistic manner. Running through the
entire structure is veritable network
of steel rods that will add greatly to
the strength of the structure.
The concreters have begun work on
the rack piers al the lower end of the
pit and within a week the extreme
lower end excavation will be down to
solid rock foundation and the con-
creting commenced there.
There is every indication at the pres
ent time that there will be no great
rise in the river for some time to come
and with this condition work will be
rapidly pushed. The ice is rapidly
cutting up and leaving the river and it
is thought that inside of week it
will be entirely gone.
Cars Run Away.
Last Saturday was rather unfor-
tunate day at the dam and although
nothing serious occurred there were
several minor accidents in rotation.
A train of cars started from the top of
the dump with full load and in spite
of the efforts of the workmen, who de-
rallied truck two different times, they
climbed onto the rails again and went
down the steep incline with the speed
of the wind to the end of the track.
Warning was given the workmen and
nothing serious resulted.
At about the same time one of the
derricks on the edge of the pit above
used for letting down material for the
concreting gave way at the cable at
tachment and went over the edge
through a network of machinery and
very close to some of the workmen but
fortunately there was nobody injured
and none of the machinery displaced.
8 Gas ExpIodes.
Throughout the entire works on the
dam there has not been a workman
killed which is remarkable, consider
ing the immense undertaking and the
character of the work. This is due TO
a great extent to the watchfulness of
the superintendent and foremen who
are as careful of the welfare of the
men as they would be of their own.
John French was badly burned Mon
day while attending to his duties as
fireman for Bates & Rogers at the dam.
He had filled the furnace with fresh
coal and opened the door to see how it
was burning when accumulated gas
exploded thriving a sheet of flame
out through the fire door. The left
side of his face and the left hand were
badly burned and the services of a
physician were required.
One of The workmen at the dam had
the end of one of his fingers taken off
Saturday by hand pile driver used in
seating the sheet piling.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
Vegetables.

Vegetables. :
Asparagus, Watermelon,
Gale, Onion,
Beet, Parsley,
Mangel, Parsnip,
Sugar Beet, Peas,
Bush Bean, Pepper,
Pole Bean, Pumpkin,
Carrot, Radish,
Cabbage, Rutabaga,
Celery, Satisfy or Vege-
Popcorn, table Oyster,
Lettuce, Squash,
Cucumber, Spinach,
Endive, Sun Flower,
Egg Plant, Turnip,
Kohlrabi, Tomato,
Leek, Tobacco,
Musk Melon,
Flowers.
Sweet Alyssum, Nasturtium,
Astor, Petunia,
Candy Tuft, Pink,
Chrysanthemum, PhloX,
Coxcomb, Poppy,
Morning Glory, Portulaca,
Larkspur, Verbena,
Fever Few, Sweet William,
Hollyhock, Sweet Peas,
Mignonette, Wall Flower.
Seed Ready.
The garden seed are now ready and
all should call for them before March
21.
A Fine Calendar.
In case you do not care for the seed
we will send fine Draper print color
I'd calendar. They are fine. State
which you want, seed or calendar.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
CITY BUSINESS
TRANSACTED

The session of the city council
Thursday evening was a short one.
Alderman W. H. McFetridge made
a motion to have a committee investi-
gate concerning fire escapes. Mayor
E. G. Marriott appointed the regular
fire and city buildings committee COM
posed of Aldermen Hofstater, chair
man, Efinger and Risley, and also AL
derman McFetridge to make the in
vestigation. It was agreed that, no
matter what the state inspector might
decide relative to the buildings in Bar
aboo, if the committee thought more
precautions necessary, they would be
taken.
No resolutions were offered and the
business was speedily done.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18

Claims.
F. Rote, ringing firebell. ell........$8.0O
Baraboo City Fuel Co.. .27.6S
g. HI. Evenson, supplies. ........ 1928
w. E. Baringer, disinfectants. :. .21. .O4
J. w. Towers, burying dog .... so
John M. Kelley, legal expenses. .21.8O
Fire department, fire, Feb. 26. .45.OO
J. E. Buckley, cleaning walks. $50
w. B. Blachly, supplies. $3.50
Eugene Dietzgen Co., supplies. .1.O4
Baraboo L'tg. Co., lighting streets
.......... .285. IA
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-03-18
To Delinquent
Subscribers.

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so that their subscriptions are paid to
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Baraboo News in short time as the
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oblige us. We greatly appreciate the
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wise. Let us hear from you.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-16

The American Medical Society has
just finished a compilation of the cas-
ualties resulting from last Fourth of
July celebrations. According to these
statistics the total number of deaths
and serious injuries resulting from the
celebration Of that day amounted to
5.62s. These are appalling figures.
indeed. They may not be absolutely
correct, but If there is any error il is
that the figures are not large enough
The physicians making reports Of
these accidents were not required by
law to do so. 1t is probable that a
number Of cases were not reported.
bt it stands to reason that no reports.
OF accidents were duplicated or that.
casualties were improperly charged,
to this account. So il the report iss
not accurate the error has been ira
not accounting for all the accidents
from this cause rather than the re-
ports exceeding the number of cases.
This is a fearful sacrifice for our
country to make as celebration
even Of such a glorious anniversary
as July 4th.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-16
DAME NATURES PART.
How the Production Of Monsters
Kept Down.
BY George K..elso.

The discussion on "mismating" is
enough TO provoke a smile on the face
or Nature. That estimable dame has
her little hobbies the same as the rest
or us, and her pet fad being the main
tenance Of the average she accom-
plishes her purpose by making ex-
tremes meet whenever they appear.
The vast majority Of tall men, for in
stance, mate with women Of medium
height or under, and the tall women
Except in comparatively few cases,
about the medium height for a mani
marries a man Of her own height or
slightly beneath it, and there is over
production Of neither giants nor
dwarfs.
But this. principle governs individ-
ual selection not only through anat-
omy but through temperament and
mentality as we'll. The crouch mar
ries the angel because he needs her
in his business. and the good natured.
easy going. manana type Of man mar
ries woman whose motto is "No
backward step" and who stands con-
stantly on guard at his spinal COL
umn to see that he doesn't sneak In a
couple when she isn't looking.
The individual of purely specula-
tive" tendencies, already mentioned in
this discussion. simply conformed to
this law, whether he knows it or not,
when he picked out a purely practi-
cal'' wife. She Is his ballast. and in
all probability IL he threw her over
board he'd perish Of starvation be-
tween the clouds and the stars.
I know just such another couple.
and perhaps a little incident from
their experience will illustrate the
interdependence that erists in such a
match better than any abstract argu-
fyin' can. They were walking along
the street one clear, cold night last
winter. The beauties of the sky
thrilled him.
How wonderful the stars are" he
remarked.
YES" she replied, her eyes on the
sidewalk, "but you'd better not step
on that ice."
She clipepd his wings, but saved his
neck.