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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11


Milwaukee Free Press.
improvements in the postal service
OF the United States has been wonder
full during the past few years. The
government has at all times felt its
way, carefully, and so far has never
undertaken to do anything and after
wards had to give it up as impractic-
able.
There is hardly a country road along
which people live, today, but has its
daily delivery of mail This means
much to the family living miles from
the postohice. With the rural delivery
and the telephone line, connecting all
Of the families of the county with the
county seat and other villages, life on
the farm is not what it was but few
years ago.
The money order business has been
so simplifed that an application for
postolfcc draft is made and filled with
as little wait as there would be in a
bank. We have had 2-cent postage so
long chat probably a majority Of the
people have forgotten that it ever cost
3 cents to send a letter even to the
next town.
Foreign postage remains what it has
been for many years; 8 cents to great
Britain, and cents to many points on
the continent
But come oct. /, next, the rate
between the United States and all.
parts Of Great Britain and ireland is
TO be cents. That is the announce
ment made in Washington and in|
London on Wednesday by Postmasters-
General Meyer and Buxton. Thenego-
tjations have been perfected by these
department heads and Ambassadors
Reid and Bryce, who are the recipients
of warmcst congratulations from AM
quarters.
The rates of postage will naturally,
in time, be reduced TO all European
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11
Still More Bribery.

by EN.Gov Hoard.
Six of the leading citizens of the city
OF Rockford, ILL.,, members of the COM
mon council have been indicted and
have confessed to the crime Of being
bribed in the passage of certain meas
ures relating TO contracts
This crime of bribery is getting to
be a crying sin even in small munich
palities. 1t is a low order Of treason
and should be followed not with a fine
but with Imprisonment and loss of
citizenship When a man turns traitor
to the body polite, be it ever SO small,
he should not be allowed to vote or
hold office,
1t is well for the citizens in all mu-
inequalities to be yigilant and watchru
of those matters. Corporations. vino
have supplies TO sell. do not scruple to
bride public officials if they can secure
sale thereby. The disclosure at
Rockford has proved a great shock Is
the people Of that city
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11
From Homes to Hotels.

Oshkosh Northwestern.
1t is claimed there is a pronounced
tendency on the part of many well-to-
do people who reside in the larger cities
of this country to abandon home life
and flock to the hotels and apartment
houses. The larger the city the more
noticeable is this tendency, and so it
follows that the most striking example
of this change of living method is to
be found at New York, although it is
noted that Chicago and several of the
other larger cities are not far behind
in this respect. Millions of dollars are
being invested in modern hostelries and
apartment houses to house these people
who are anxious to give up private
home life, and it is predicted that if
the tendency continues to increase it
will not be long before majority Of
the people who can afford the luxury
will prefer the hotel to the home.
Several reasons are advanced for this
condition Of affairs In the first place
it is pointed out that moderate sized
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

Preliminary to the annual wheat har-
vest Free Employment Agent Grow
has issued a call for 81 500 men and
/ 1876 teams to help the Kansas farmers
get in their crops of waving golden
grain. The demand is unusually heavy
and IS day is the prevailing price for
man and team.
The harvest will begin on the south
ern edge of the state about June 10 to
Is: in the central section between June
Is and 20, and the northern harvest
about July l..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11
Congress and its Appropriations.

Congress and its Appropriations.
Philadelphia Press.
The appropriations of the session have
swollen to a portentious total. They
were made for expenditures which, for
the most part, majority of both par
ties deemed necessary and wise. Unhap-
PLY, they are coincident with a period
of shrinking revenue and the threatened
deficit places the dominant party on the
defensive. This is the price Of response
bility. While both parties joined in
swelling the appropriations to .he great
total reached, the majority party alone
will be called upon to Justify it.
The government of our growing and
expanding country becomes yearly in
creasingly expensive in its administra-
ton. AS population inyades the unoc-
cupied area, as we acquire new posses
sions and assume new responsibilities,
the necessary expense of the govern
ment increases with them While it is
easy to criticise the total, it is not at
all easy to show how it could have been
very greatly reduced without leaving
some public need or just demand unpro-
vided for. In six months Congress will
convene again and can then legislate
with clear knowledge of the full effect
of this sessions appropriations,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11
Notice to Creditors.

GTATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
- COURT-iN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of Jane Batten
deceased
Letters testamentary on the estate OF
Jane Batten, deceased, having been issued tC
Elizabeth Jane Rule and Emma penhallegon
Notice is hereby given that the creditors OF
said Jane Batteu. deceased are allowed
and limited by order of this court, until
sud including the first Tuesday of December
1905, being the Isl day of said month, 10 present
their claims and demands against said Jane
Batteu, deceased, TO the county court for
examination and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given, that the claims
so presented viii be examined and adjusted
by this court at the office OF the County
Judge, at the court house, in the city of
Dodgeyile i'm sand county. ON the first Tues
day of january, 4. d. 1909.
Dated this 5th day Of May 1908.
By the Court,
20w4 ALDROJENKS. County Judge.
Fielder x Fielder. Attorneys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11
Notice to Creditors.
STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
> COURT-IN PROBATE.

GTATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
> COURT-IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of BENJAMIN
+. HaiueS, deceased.
Letters Of administration on the estate of
Benjamin +, Haines. deceased, having been
issued to Anna Haines.
Nouce is hereby given, that the creditors of
said benjamin +. Hanes, deceased, are al
lowed and limited by order of this court until
and including the LIST Tuesday of December
1905, being the 5rd day of said month to pre-
sent their claims and demands against said
Benjamin +. HaineS. deceased. 70 the county
court for examination and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given. that the claims
so presented viii be examined and adjusted
by this court, al the Office of the County Judge
at the court house in the city of DOdgeville i'm
said county, on the first Tuesday of Jan
uary 1909.
Dated this 10Th day of May 1905.
By the Court.
22wi ALDRO jerks. County Judge,
Fielder & Fielder. Attorneys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

things in the nation. Yet when it gives
up the comfort and congeniality of the
home for the Injuries and dollhouse liv-
ing of the hotel, this element ceases to
be source of hope, anda becomes a
source of danger. What, for instance,
can be expected of children denied the
wholesome surroundings of a comfort
able home, and brought up under the
communicating, unnatural and utterly
false influences of a public hotel?
1t is perhaps fortunate, in a way,
that the people who prefer hotels to
homes do not have children The aver
ag,e family in the luxurious hotels aud
apartment houses consists of two
man and wife. Here and there one
may possibly find spoiled child, but
the merry ring of child voices is seldom
heard in the places for which these
people have forsaken the American
home.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

aside, while the entertainment of many
guests is ordinarily avoided, friends
being less apt to impose on the hospi-
tally of people who themselves "pay
board" and who of course are COM
PEELED to foot the bills of their guests,
thus affording a constant and forceful
reminder of the actual expense of such
entertainment. Thus the features of
economy, convenience, additional luxu-
ries and avoidance of small worries all
figure in the attractions of hotel life,
and to these may be added growing
desire on the part of many people to
enjoy constant companionship such a.
is to be found in hotel life, with the
change and variation, and also the en-
tertainment of gossip incidental to such
life.
Yet it will scarcely be denied that
this tendency is much to be regretted
for reasons that at once suggest them
selves. To say nothing of its perni-
cious influence on morals, its encour-
agement of idleness and the Sinking
of individual responsibilities, it also
means, so far as a large element in the
population is concerned, the utter de-
struction of the home life upon which
we have prided ourselves so much and
upon which much Of the nation S
strength has been built. The element
that is abandoning the home for the
hotel, too, is the element that is best
fitted by virtue of its wealth to pro-
vide a strong impulse toward better
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11
For Congress, Third District.

/ hereby announce my candidacy for
the nomination for Member of Con-
gress on the Republican ticket before
the Primaries to be held next Septem-
Der and earnestly solicit your support.
Should | be nominated and elected |
will use my best efforts for the best
interests of the district and state.
Respectfully,
ATTY PETERSON.
Grove, Wis. 22m3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11
Legal N Offices.
Notice to Creditors.

STATE OF WISCONSlN-IOWA COUNTY
q COURTS IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of Phllipa
Sara, deceased
Letters of administration on the estate OF
Phlllipa Sara, deceased, having been issued
to Phil Allen, Ir.,
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors OF
and limited by order of this court. until and in
cludiug the first Tuesday Of January 1909
being the 5th day of said month. to present
their claims and demands against said Phil
lipa Sara, deceased to the county court
for examination and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given, that the claims
so presented will be examined and
adjusted by this court, at the Office of the
County Judge. at the court house in the city OF
Dodgeville, in said county, on the first Tues
day of February 1905
Dated this 2nd day of June. 1905
By the Court.
23wi ABDRO jerks County Judge.
Spensley, Mcllhon & Priestley. Attorneys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11
For Member of Congress.

| hereby announce that | am a candi.
date for the nomination for Member
of Congress on the Republican ticket
before the Primaries to be held Sept
1, 1908 If nominated and elected,
assure you, that will do my utmost tt
faithfully serve the people of this dis
trict.
Your support at the Primary win be
greatly appreciated.
Respectfully yours,
d. 0. MAHONEY.
Viroqua, Wis. 24tf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

SEATTLE took care Of 200, 600 visitors
during the welcome to the fleet and now
feels ready for the Alaska Yukon-Pa-
cifc Exposition next year 1t shows
commendable foresight in Seattle to be
giving attention to this part of the
show.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

For ten months ending with April our
trade with Germany amounted to $3.50, :
600, 600 exports and 1921 600, 600 imports
a large gain in five years. 1t is a
promising commercial sign when both
sides are good customers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

THE United States, whose population
is "a, OOO 600, had 81 600, 900 inhabitants
in 1860 These are figures to be gemem-
bered when honors are paid to the men
who infexibly held that the nation
should not be divided
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

LITTLE eredence is given by politi-
clans to the report that James Mona
han, former international revenue col
lector, is aspiring for the United States
senatorship to succeed Isaac Stephen
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

IT is stated that the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, which reduced its train SER
vice a few months ago on account of the
financial situation, will net II per cent
this year on the par of its stock. Conf
dence, it is hoped, has been restored
along the Lehigh
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

Hon. A. w, KoPP Of Platteville, the
gentleman who delivered such an clio.
quent, historical and patriotic address
in Mineral Point on Memorial Day, is a
candidate for congress, subject to the
expressed wish of Republicans at the
approachins primary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

THE new currency law, the one under
which the emergency" currency may
be put out, requires national banks to
pay interest to the government on
government funds deposited with them,
the present amount Of which is
$72, 900, 600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

PACIFIC COAST papers note the
youth and sobriety" of the battle ship
crews. The armies of the civil war were
largely made up of American youth, but
where were ever better soldiers seen?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

CTATE OF wISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
~ CIRCUIT COURT.
Elizabeth A. Nicholas, PlaintjG,

40 CIRCUIT COURT
Elizabeth A. Nicholas, Plaintn,
VS..
J, W. Salladay Eliza W. SMIaday and Henrietta
Hanson, Defendants.
By virtue Of and pursuant 70 a Judgment of
foreclosure and sale rendered In the above eu-
titled action on the 2}rd day of April A. ID
1907, iu said Iowa Count Circuit Court, / will
expose for sale and sell at public auction TO
the highest bidder For cash 40 the front door
of the Hotel Royal in the city of Mineral Point.
Iowa County. Wisconsin, on Monday. June Is.
1905, at two o'clock iu the afternoon of said
day the following described premises 70 raise
the amount of said Judgment. interest. costs
and costs of sale 70 wt;-Lots numbers two
hundred forty three 243l, TWO hundred forty
four l2+i two hundred forty five .2f5l two
hundred forty six l2iGl. and two hundred for
~ seven go i'm lryin's Addition 10 the vii.
lage .now city, of Mineral Point in Iowa
County. Wisconsin
Dated at Sherins office Dodgeville Iowa
County, Wisconsin, this 9th day Of April
A. d 1905.
fsw6 JAMES MICHIGAN.
Sheriff of Iowa County Wis
Fielder & Fielder, attorneys for Plaintiff
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

NEWS has reached Wisconsin that
former Congressman Babcock is i'll at
French Lick Springs, Ind
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

Choice veal; we select the best
calves out of ten to fifteen head killed
by us each week, for the home trade.
Call up GRADERS. Phone ). Ia
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

THE Mormon church during the past
fifteen years shows greater increase
than any other church in the United
States, according to an address made
by E. c. Knapp, Of Chicago, before
the state Sunday School convention at
Neenah, this week Mr. Knapp showed
by figures the comparative growth Of
the different denominations during
the past fifteen years to e:-Mormon
l07 per cent, Catholic 73, Episcopalian
81, Lutheran 49, Baptist, Presbyterian,
Congregational and Methodist between
80 and 49,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11

THE Standard OH company sttll finds
use for that 500, 2lO, 600 in its business.
Graham guardian., 1908-01-31
JANUARY 81, 1908
VERY IMPORTANT DECISION
Copper Queen Mining Company
Must Pay Its Taxes for 1901,
Says the Supreme Court

Following is a decision of the
Supreme Court written by Judge
Nave and concurred in by all the
other members Of the bench. The
decision is of so much Importance
to the tax payers of the territory
that we publish the decision in full:
This is proceeding brought in
this court by the Territory of Ari-
zona upon the relation of the At
torney General to compel the tax
collector Of Cochise county to in
stitute suit pursuant to Act 92 of
the Laws of the 22nd Legislative
Assembly to collect delinquent
taxes from the Copper Queen Con-
solidated Mining Company, cor
poration. The issues before us
are of law; the facts appearing in
the pleadings of the respective
parties. The more important aver
ments of the petition are that IN
1901 the Copper Queen Consoli-
dated Mining Company, corpora
tion, was the owner of certain real
and personal property situated in
Cochise county whereof it made
return to the tax assessor; that the
property was assessed by that
officer; that the board of equaliza
tion Of that county, upon due no
tice and hearing, added to the as
sessed valuation thereof; that the
total valuation as increased was
S3,833,034.76; that the territorial
board Of equalization in that year
fixed the rate of taxes for territor.
ial purposes at Sl.17 on each 800
valuation; that the board Of super
visors of Cochise county levied for
county purposes tax Of s2.03 up
on each $4,000 valuation, where.
by there became a total levy for
county and territorial purposes in
the sum OF. $500 on.each $4,000 |
valuation in said county; that the
assessment roll was made and du
plicate thereof placed in the hands
of the tax collector; that the total
taxes levied as aforesaid on the
of said company amount
ed to the sum of s122, ,657.U9; that
the said company paid to the
county treasurer in partial pay.
Graham guardian., 1908-01-31

any suit or proceeding for the COL
lection of any tax or taxes, be and
the same are HEREBY ratified and
confirmed; provided, however.
nothing herein contained shall be
construed or held to mean that the
said Boards Of Supervisors shall
hereafter have any right, power or
authority to rebate, adjust, settle,
compromise or diminish any tax,
taxes, tax values, assessments or
levies, or any suit or proceeding
for the collection of any tax or
taxes upon any property except
as Board of Equalization in the
manner prescribed by law
"Tbis curative act, though not
re-enacted in the revision of 1901,
its purpose having been served, in
an implicit recognition by the
Legislature that such compromises
by Boards of Supervisors were
without authority of law.
at is fitting still further to
point out that Sec. 81 of the reve.
nue. law, as amended by Act 90,
supra, specifies conditions under
which the Board of Supervisors
may compromise taxes. That Act
took effect on March 10, 1908, and
therefore was in effect at the time
of the attempted compromise. The
compromise was not based upon
any conditions upon which Il com
promise may be made under the
autho ity conferred by that sec,
tion, Even if the Board of Super
Graham guardian., 1908-01-31

visors, by virtue of the provisions
of Par. 973 r. S., bad possessed
the power to compromise taxes,
the enactment of statute specify
ing the terms upon which taxes
may be compromised, would have
the effect to restrict the authority
formerly possessed by 1t.
Under Sec. sc of the Revenue
Law, as amended by Act 92. it is
the duty of respondent, in the ex-
crcise of which he is without dis
cretlon, to bring SUIT to collect the
delinquen. taxes in question.
"The peremptory mandate will
issue as prayed.
Graham guardian., 1908-01-31
FROM THE ANTILLES

Mr.. W O'Reilly Forgarty, who
is member of the city council az
Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies,
writes as follow: "One bottle Of
Chambe berlain's Cough Remedy had
good effect on cough that was
giving me trouble and | think |
should have been more quickly
relieved if | had continued the
remedy. That it was beneficial
and quick in relieving me there is
no doubt and it is my Intention to
obtain another bottle" For sale
by Stafford Drug Co.
Graham guardian., 1908-01-31
National Mining Exploration Company.

National Mining Exploration Company.
Directors Increased. December ~. 1905.
Extract from the records of the 1905 ann ual
meeting of the stockholders of National Mining
Exploration Company. held at the Company's
ONCE, in the town of Kittery, York County,
Maine, on December IL, 1905, at II O'Clock a. m,
when all the stockholders were represented by
proxy
ION motion. duly made and seconded. 1t was
voted that the number of the Board Of Directors
of the Company be increased from fyet5l to
seven "a and that the Clerk file Certificate In
accordance with such change"
], Jesse 4. Forsyth, Clerk of The Nat ioDa1
Mining Exploration Company, hereby ce rtify
that on the ilth day of December. 1905, vote
was passed by the stockholders Of said corpor a.
ton to increase the mum her of directors of said
corporation. and the above extract is true
and literal copy Of said vote pertaining 10 the
change In number of directors and the number.
JESSE X. FORSYTH. Clerk
National Mining Exploration Co.
State Of Maine. Ofice of Secretary of State.
Augusta. December 10, 1906.
Received and filed this day
Attest: A. /. BROWN,
Deputy Secretary Of State.
Recorded Vol. 5, page IS.
Graham guardian., 1908-01-31
!. Y. G. 4 N. RAILROAD,

TIME TABLE NO. 30
aking effect 1905 A M. June II, 1907
Graham guardian., 1908-01-31

(Ariz.) rs Pac 62l
estate v. G. p. r. II Co. New. 70.
jurisdiction to remit OF com
promise taxes we should fnd con-
ferred in express terms carefully
conditioned; it may not be pre-
dicted upon an inference We
conclude, therefore, that the at
tempted compromise pleaded by
respondent was void.
estate v. G. p. r. r. Co. 8 New.
70, 10 New. "a;
Sacramento Co. v. C. P. X r.
Co 6l Col. 254.
at is cogent that the Legisla-
ture, by necessary Inference from
lis enactment of Act 81 of the
Laws Of 1891, has given our stat
utes the same construction. The
parts of Par. 973 above quoted
aud the general system of the as.
sessment and collection Of taxes
(except as to matters of procedure
alone in the collection of deIrn-
quent taxcs) have been in effect
since 1887. Sec. | of Act 81.
supra, reads as follows:
> That 4 j rebates, adjustments,
settlements, or compromises here
tofore made by the Boards Of Sup
ervisors, in the various counties,
OF tax values, tax assessments, or
taxes, upon any properly or OF
Graham guardian., 1908-01-31
The Southern Pacific Ry

school eegaphy established and operated by the Southern
Pacific Company, Los Angeles about October s
the of providing telegraph operators for its service A
pcauts will be admitted the understanding that they will
positions Companys employ which will be assured al
who satisfactorily complete the of instruction Salaries paid
SOS S95 month according
ability of the service The profession pursued in
dustriou and ably affords excellent stepping
bic md remun positions n railroad service.
study will comprise all study
cegraphic education 1t w in addition include study
agency work. which,
also qualify them for future
the position of station
special feature of will be
Companys which will materially aid in acquiring
practical knowledge of the art
Graham guardian., 1908-01-31

Get your wood and coal from
the Stafford Ice and Creamery Com
pany Wood cut any length and
size desired. Al tt