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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-03-28

/. Prescott, so-called in honor of Philan.
: Ger Prescott, became the county seat.
Before the division of st. Croix into
two counties, Hudson, now the county
seat was called Buena Vista. Pierce
county contains in the neighborhood
what is known as the st. Croix valley.
with it's heavy black loan and clay
4 s:,b-soil, is widely famed as one OF the
best farming sections in the Union.
4 When ST. Croix county was created i'll
1 1870, the board of county commission
-.ers at that period granted license to
Philander Prescott to establish a. fer.
~ across the st. Croix lake near its
mouth, meaning the point of which
this sketch is now written. The ferry
was established and the present city
this beginning. Philander Prescott,
whom the city was named after, was
born in 1901 at Phelpstown, Ontario
county, N. Y, and came to Fort Smell
ing in the fall of 1919. He continued
in that vicinity the greater part of his
life and from constant association with
the Sioux Indians along the upper
Mississippi river. he learned to speak
; their language nuently. In his young
manhood he married H. woman Of that
tribe and this adde: largely to his in
Tok>
man OF high character, his services
v were of the utmost value to the Off
GERS of the fort, and to others as we'll
at that period. In 1885. while acting
as an Indian interpreter, he came to
Prescott, or it's site, where he laid
claim to considerable territory and
made improvements in shape of log
buildings. In 1S49 he pre- cmpted sixty
B acres or more and laid out what he
called the city OF Prescott. From that
/ time on until his death, which occurred
4 in 1862, he spent the greater part Of
his time between Prescott and the
Fort. Some of the older settlers yet
living in the Wisconsin city speak of
him in most kindly terms. In 1862
.vhen Mr.. Prescott was sent by the
q government on peace mission to the
Indians then in rebellion, he met them
not far from Mankato, Mimi, where
they brutally murdered him, the man
& who had SO often befriended them.
4 About two years ago his wife died in
Minneapolis.
rae In 1888 a trading post was establish
edEhere and the first school building
erected in what afterwards became
I location. The teacher was mission
& cry by the name Of Denton. In 1851
Miss Oliver taught private school
years later, in 1858, tho first dis
q trict school was instituted. The school
Il board was comprised as follows: Di.
e rectors, M. Craig, George w! McMur-
ply: treasurer. N. S. Dunbar; clerk,
81 nr. o. T. Maxon; teacher, Miss Math-
ews. The school building of that day
8 was little log house across from the
Old Harwell home. M. Craig, H. A.
b NY and Prof. Geo. Gibbs and wife were
also teachers back in that period.
s in the journalistic field Prescott has
hem well represented. Sometimes it
has had two, but more often one news
paper seeking support and encourage
Il tnent. One has always been able to
succeed financially as well as other
Mise, while with two to divide the
VI Business it has not been slow to re-
suit In survival of the fittest. The
b mt paper published here was in the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-03-28

AdOlph Wehrnlan, Charles HOlStein,
Andrew Blaisdell, John Candles, ia
cob Cook, r. c. Cumby, Paine Con-
verse, John Dudley & Co, George New
ton, John Murray. William TAFT, Win.
Leseman, Peter Lair. William Reese.
William sonderman, Fred Meincke,
Chas. Virgins, John NJ. Rice, Cole Pu-
ct, w. Fl. Holman, VIM. S. Lockwood.
a. Edwards, Seth Ticknor.
While Philander Prescott made some
improvements here in the shape OF log
buildings on ground he laid claim to
before 1910, credit is nevertheless CIV
an to George Schaser as being the
first real settler at this point. Mr..
Sc haser came here in 1841 from st.
Louis. After a short time he returned
to the Missouri city and married Chris
tiana Henrietta Bucher This was in
1912. Then taking up their home in
Prescott, Mr.. Schaser built the first
Crane house here in 1914. The first
white child born in the county was
Eliza Schaser and her brother Henry
Is said to have been the second. Eliza
in after life became the wife Of Il. w.
laviland. Both are dead now. as we'll
q. Mr.. and Mrs. Schaser. Among 9TH
CT of the old settlers who came here in
the 4o's were j. NJ. Bailey. the Cornell
son brothers, John M. Rice, Hilton
Doe N. S. Dunbar, Lyman Smith and
Joseph Manese. Ephriam Harnsberg-
err came in 1S47; George W. McMurphy
in 1s4S, while Dr. Beardsley and w. !.
Cepp became residents in 1850. Mr..
Harnsberger is about the oldest living
inhabitant here now. In this class
comes also to mind w. II. Holman
Cyrus Covell j. r. Gardner, T.. d.
Newell and Carlos McCray. Cornelius
Meacham, Abraham Gray, Peter Glenn
ers, James Manion. John Ninstadt
Patrick Casey and Herman Drewes,
yet hale and hearty, will hardly be
counted out when looking back for tho
old settlers, and there are others.
The act creating the county of Pierce
was passed in March, 1853, Prescott
becoming the county seat At the first
county election in November Of that
year 40 votes were cast. w. ]. Copp
was chosen county judge; N. S. Dun
bar, sheriff; ]. r. Freeman, treasurer;
clerk of court. S. r. Gum; district
attorney. P. v. Wise; register Of deeds,
-. M. Whipple. The salary Of the dis
trict attorney at that time was fixed
a, forty dollars per annum, not an
overly extravagant figure.
The city charter was granted in the
winter of 1867. The first set of Of
flcers were: John r. Freeman, mayor;
Dr. ]. w. Beardsley. city clerk; alder
men: First ward, N. S. Dunbar. Thorn
as Dickerson and Seth Ticknor; Sec
ond ward. Hilton Doe, Geo. NJ. Oak
Icy and n. A. Miller: city attorney, P.
v. Wise; city surveyor, VIM. Howes:
superintendent of schools, Thos. Dick
erson. Lyman Smith was chosen city
marshal. In 1869 the city was divided
into three wards. Among the early
lcstmasters were ]. r. Freeman. DR..
j. NJ. Whipple, o. T. Maxon, Carlos
McCray, Andrew RAIDER, Geo. A. Dill
and G. L. Bowman. Frank X. Havens
is the present official.
Across Lake St. Croix from Prescott
is Point Douglas, named after Steph-
IN A. Douglas. The first postmaster
at this point was Levi Hertzell in 1871.
The village was plated in 1S4e and
some of the settlers before 1850 were
Levi Hertzell, Oscar Burrix, w. B. Dib-
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the resident district in the main. At
this elevation. looking TO the east or
'"est, in fact to any part of the COM
pass, the sccne'is picturesque in the ex-
tremc. The "father Of waters" and
Lake st. Croix at this point of view
Tar outstrip ih'fattractiveness any of
cur far famed beautiful bodies of wa
Ter here at home and that is saying
TIE beauties Of Lakes Minentonka and
White Bear are considered.
With the advent of the Milwaukee
road in 1873 and:ihe Burlington which
first reached this peint in 1886, the riv-
"r trade was largelys transferred to the
railroads and a cha hge, not at all for
the better was wrought in the river
tr WINS. But that has passed and an
era Of progress1@uch as has not been
'.nown for years .issbelieved to be in
store for towns along the Mississippi
and its tributaries, and in special
manner will this reach the section of
which we speak. One Of the most i'm
portant conventions Of the past year
was that held at Moline, ILL.,, October
% and % looking toward the improve
ment OF the Mississippi. John Caulfield
cit. Minneapolis. Il. Longworth and
J. w. Howes were in attendance from
Prescott, the former being on the ways
and means committee and the latter on
committee on resolutions. . At that
meeting Mayor j. G.. Armson Of Still
water was chosen vice president Of the
association and it is but a few weeks
ego that the saltwater executive made
d request of the city council, as vice
president for Minnesota of the Upper
Mississippi River improvement asso-
citation, that resolution be adopted
urging that Congressman Stevens and
the other Minnesota Representatives
and senators in congress be asked to
give active support to the joint resolu-
ton contemplating an early and COM
plcte survey of the route for a canal
connecting Lake Superior and the Mis-
sissippi river. The council took the de-
sired action, and while this is not to
he accomplished in q day it neverthe-
less points unerringly to that spirit
which is becoming SO manifest at this
time. No one who has studied the sit
uation can doubt the feasibility of a
csnal between Lake Superior and the
Mississippi river. When that time
comes, and it may not be so far dis
;ant. the palmy days of 1.-The father Of
waters" will have been restored be-
yond measure. While the figures have
not been given out, all estimates Of
cost are based on a canal 800 feet in
width by fourteen feet in depth. Com
pared with rail it is claimed that
freight to st. Louis and the Gulf points
can be carried at less than one-half
the rate by waterway.
An enterprise that will prove of more
or less value to this city and its pro-
jeet tors is the light and power plant
recently put in at Clifton. some eight
miles from Prescott. 1t is to be of a
5oo-horse power. the transmission of
the same to be from the Kinnickinnic
sam. Herman F. Mercord and Mich
elias kohle are in charge and they will
soon be in readiness to furnish power
on a large scale to manufacturing
plants. The business Of the city hav-
lrg already grown beyond the capacity
OF the present service it has been
deemed wise to put In plant such as
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-03-28

a New Yorker was visiting Boston.
Seeing parrot in cage. he asked:
Does Polly want cracker?"
Il require no sustenance from Won
whatever replied the Black Bay bird
with hauteur.
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street commissioner, Frank Murray;
city marshal. Roy Howe.
Near the city park, in which every
citizen here feels just pride, is the
Prescott graded school building. 1t is
q neat brick structure containing five
large rooms, and has a library, labor
atory and gymnasium. The building
cost $4,000 and was erected in 1887.
1t took the place of the modest frame
c iifice built in 1857, together with the
L" of 1860. James Goldsworthy is
the present principal, having served in
that capacity since 1901. Mr.. Colds
worthy also held the same position
here from 1888 to 1898. The present
school board is as follows: M. T. Dill
clerk; +. Eichman, treasurer, and Mrs.
Annie Burns. director. Some 26O schol-
ars are in attendance and from results
o. tanned there is every evidence that
tie city's school is in good and ca
pable hands. OF the principals who
lave preceded Mr.. Goldsworthy we
are enabled to give the following: Pro.
fessors w. T. Hatch, Lockwood, Sam
uel Morrison, R. L.. Reed, L. P. Gage,
Matson, Long, E. S. Reed G. l.. Bow
man, D. Fl. Tandy, r. B. Hazard, r.
f. Mclean and j. Stirratt. One woman
teacher served as principal, a Miss
Potts by name. She seems to have fol-
lowed Prof. Gage. r. L. Reed, who still
resides near Prescott, came from
Watertown in 1862 and some time after
became principal of the schools here.
He was elected county superintendent
in 1868 and was succeeded as principal
by Prof. Gage. In passing from school
matters here, it is but just to her kind >
ly memory that the name of "Aunty''
Bailey, who taught in old mo. L." be
mentioned.
In 1858 the first bank was organized
with Charles Miller as president and
w. P. Westfall, cashier. This closed
in 1862. The present Bank of Prescott
was established in September, 1903. It
J is an excellent financial institution. F..
H. Welcome is president; Daniel J
Dill, vice president: Edward Long
worth, cashier: L. r. Caldwell, assistant
cashier. George S. HOLSTER, H. B. Nc
Cray, H. c. Cotton and H. L. Platte are
its directors. 1t will not be amiss to
mention here the Commercial club, a
recent organization Of the Business
men of the city, in which all are en-
rolled. Edward Longworth is presi-
dent and Ed. H. Wallace is secretary-
treasurer, and the aim and object in
view. most laudable one. is the up
building and general advancement of
the city's interests.
In attempting to give a list Of those
doing business here at the present
time some may be overlooked. There's
the NJ. T. Dill Grain Co.. also handling
lumber and all kinds of building ma
terial: H. L. Platte, dry goods and
groceries; ]. H. Wenzel, groceries; j.
c. Meacham, dry goods and groceries;
w. F. Buschman & Co.. dry goods;
WEIGH Bros. drugs; H. G. Buschnau,
groceries. boots and shoes; Brende-
-muehl & Bethel. groceries: McCray &;
Co. drugs, notions and furniture;
Hoist & Mercord. hardware: Jacob
Freese. farm machinery and undertak-
ing: F. Eichman. boots and shoes:
John Saxine. jeweler: Miss Maudc
Miller. millinery; n. Swanstrom, mer.
chant tailoring: j.. F. Brown. meats:
Fred. Saxine, merchant tailor and fur
nisher; Edward Priestly, livery; Will
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Even the children Of japanese may he
Japan Will not be permitted policy has been aptea
IS said One that all people at home
and the other relating believes that there are
sa japanese hore of the plantations
End Of
matter mill
e Oahu the oldest which been ruin for
sold
co. ana vi" be reduced The metal Of the
old mil viii weigh about 100 Scotland an
erected here n
Commission
Inc Land Law Commission begins public hearings September
There viii be public hearing September Lhu Sep
emb
Waianae
The Tax Appeal
Wanae Sugar Company $4a6es4
assessed 100000
Brewer Building
The plans Superintendent waterfront con
templates the building slips
either side the whar mauka.
Output
The Kauakalua Maui
gallons Of wine this
distilled fortfy
First Blast Breakwater.
The blast September
Lyman in dynamite
the actual work this great enterprise has begun
C. NJ
Cooke president OF the Bank Hawaii Alameda
from short trip the
from being they steadily improving.
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DEGREES ENTERED.

In the suit of May K Brown vs.,
Henry Holmes and others, for parti-
ton Of the leasehold of Makaha for
the life of John Dominis Holt, decree
was entered by Judge Lindsay yester-
day, appointing John Mareallino the
commissioner of the court to sell the
leasehold on October 6, and divide the
money according to the terms of the
decree.
Judge Lindsay also entered decree
of foreclosure in the suit of f. Z.
Clarke VS.. S Mahelona on a mortgage
of about 500. John Mareallino was
appointed commissioner to sell this
land.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.


Remnants, Kerr s tomorrow.
New belts and neekwear at Eblers,
Another $25 excursion to the vol
eano. See ad.
See the new skirts at Whitney &
Marsh's. No duplicates. :
Pure fo4 terrier pups are offered 70,
sale See classified column.
The furniture OF a ive-roona cot+aga
: Tor sale. Apply 1922 Fort street.
soom and board may be had in a
private family. Consult classified ads.
A furnished cottage of two bedrooms
s offered for rent. See classified ads.
r T. austin, manager Of w. c. Pea,
cock & Co, Ltd, Hilo, is in the eitv.
l. B. Kerr sells al remnants and
eod Ines left over from their big sale
desperately cheap next week.
The popular Indian Tree dinner pat.
tern Is on special sale. Set of so
pleees. $3.50; set of 100 pieces, s2s.50
". =. Dimond & Co.
A bundle Of laundry. with owner 5
name on same, was lost last Sunday.
rlnder please return to Chin HING.
Miller street, and receive reward.
New rain coats at Whitney &
Marsh s, from $3.50 up. >
Whitney & Marsh Announce tba
opening display of their new skirts.
These are made in the latest New
York styles and in many different ma.
terials. >
Old Jpn kais and ealabashes from
Foval selection; devil 3 wind bells:
wholesale shell novelties. Hawaii &
South Seas Curio Co., Alexander Young
building.
Mrs. c. L. Dickerson, being on the
Coast, has shipped per s. s. Alameda
some Of the very latest styles in hats
and novelties. Win be on display
Monday, Sachs block.
New wash underskirts, Kerr's.
Y. Hirana, japanese, driver of hack
number 131, has turned into this Office
an umbrella left in his hack yesterday.
Owner may have same by paying for
ad- IN this issue.
Good workmanship, good values and
prompt service are the points On which
H Cnlman, 1904 Fort street, com
mends his souvenirs and jewelry to the
public. See his ad on page Is.
Many new goods just opened at
Sachs Don t fail to consult today IS
aid. The Memo corset is among the
new arrivals and merits the attention
f every lady who appreciates style
and comfort.
Brilliant bedding bargains begin
this week at Blom 8. Irresistible
prices wiz govern the sale. Be wise
and grasp the opportunity offered.
Prices are down, but values are up.
See ad today.
Ladies who appreciate style in foot
wear should real the Regal ad this
week It shows style made by one
of the most exclusive custom sheemak
ers for women in New York and
copied by the Regal Company.
Attend Kerr 5 remnant sale for bar
gains.
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TWENTY FIRE FOUNTAINS.

The following is taken from let
ter written by a Honolulu visitor at
the volcano, dated the 18th inst. Re
ferring TO the pit he says, "Last night
1 counted twenty new fountains COM
ing up one after the other, and twelve
of them were playing at one time, and
this was repeated though by less
number. Immediately following this
display the surface of the fire fell a
few feet and we saw tremendous slabs
of lavaf~fal in from the sides. The
pit is a few feet lower than it was
last night, but this has no depreeiating
effect on the display. Send your friends
mp and they win see show that can I
be duplicated in the world"
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Commission Government.

Throughout the Territory the qHes.
ton of the possible coming of govern.
ment by commission is still being
vigorously discussed. On Hawaii, par.
tieularly, where the county officers have
made such a mess of things, the voters
who represent seventy-five per cent. of
the taxable property would gladly see
commission or anything else that
would relieve them of the incubus the
county is now saddled with. there be-
ing little prospect of any betterment
for the next two years at least.
The matter of a commission is be-
ing talked about among the Home Rul-
ers of the Big Island and according to
a statement made to an Advertiser rep
resentative by tine official interpreter
of the supervisorial board that party
intends to make a campaign Issue out
of the affair with a view of binding
the Hawaiians together to vote an anti
,haole ticket. The contention will be
made that government by commission
is haoIe trick to rob the Hawaiian
of the franchise, therefore the Hawai-
ian must vote against any haole or any
haole thinker at the polls. That this
would be another invitation for the
establishment of commission govern
ment is not appreciated.
Republication is at a low ebb on
Hawaii just now and the fight is to
be between the Home Rulers and the
Democrats, with both parties claiming
that they will sweep the island
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LAND SOLD FOR A. SONG.

High Sheriff Henry yesterday sold
at. auction on Judgment and execution,
a large tract of land on Molokai owned
bv- c. c. Conradt. The property was
sold subject 70 a mortgage of s1l,00O-
Sing Yuen was the purchaser, the
amount realized being SO, which is
mach less than the costs of the pro-
eeeding.
The land is BY many considered val
uable. 1t is said to have great deal
OF water on 1t which at some time may
De valuable as a source Of water supply
for extensive irrigation schemes.
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"TRANSITION'
PERIOD ECHO
CONTINUED from Paxe one.l

CONTINUED from Page One.l
corpus. There seemed to be some I'M
certainty as TO which mittimus he was
being held on at the jail and a part
of the testimony to be heard on Mon
day is as TO whether credits for good
behavior were being computed on the
ten-year sentence or on the life SEN
tence which was committed to twenty
FIVE years.
c. c. Biting appears for Wade. his
contention is that Wade was discharged
from custody on habeas corpus by
Judge Gear on the first conviction and
mittimus. and that there has never
been any order remanding him to Gus
toady on that conviction. Therefore
he cannot be held on the first mitti-
mus. On the second mittumus for ten
years he has already served long
enough SO that with credit for good be-
havior he has served the sentence ana
is entitled to release.
Deputy Attorney General Larnaeh
for the Territory.
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as a candidate for supervisorship
early in the campaign, yesterday fern
ally withdrew, authorizing the Adver.
tise- to so announce. Vierra has
good deal of strength in his precinct
despite his withdrawal and it is re-
ported that he threw the hooks into
Willie Crawford at a caucus in the
Twelfth of rhe Fifth last night. The
report is that at this caucus it was
decided not to vote the unit rule in
convention and to dump Crawford in
his ambition to go as chairman of the
delegation.
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AN EDITOR DREAM.

We acknowledge the receipt of Ho-
nolulu papers through the courtesy OF
the Hawaii Promotion Committee.
Hawaiian papers are always interesting
TO Us, and we have dreamed for more
than a quarter of century that the
fates would be kind to us and enable
rs to visit those enchanted islands. We
still dream, but the reality seems far
Redlands Citrograph.
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LOCAL BREVITIEs.

Judge Andrews and wife are in n,
city. - 'h'
town. =
again Monday. se :
waii yesterday. IA
Forester Hosmer is back from -.
wilds of Puma. 'He
DR.. Eliot Of HiIo came down on the
Mauna Kea yesterday.
E. W. Barnard, Mayor of Launaboo
hoe. Is here on business.
Miss Jennie Maeaulav returned va
terday from a ten-day visit to Kilauea
Volcano. 10 NC q
D. E. Metzger, contractor for tn
construction OF Hilo breakwater. ar
rived yesterday,
c. F. Wright, manager of the Vol
eano Stables Co, was a Mauna Kea
passenger arriving yesterday.
p, c. Beamer, hardware merchant ~
Hilo, is IN town with o. W. Rose a.
delegate to the Republican convention.
One of~she Japanese immigrants de-
tanned at the immigrant station is re-
ported TO have escaped a few nights
ago.
DIR. s Y. Wilcox. director Of The
Hawaii Experiment Station. returned
yesterday from Hawaii by the Mauna
LOa.
Actual construction work was begun
yesterday on the HiIo breakwater.
The work OF preparation is well ad-
xaneed.
Fred T. P. waterhouse. who has
been inspecting the rubber trees at Ma
hiku, Maui, returned on the Mauna
Kea yesterday.
Many of the delegates from the other
islands TO the Republican Territorial
Convention arrived in town YESTERDAY
Others viii arrive this morning.
Joe Pritchard, manager of the Ha-
makua and South Kohala Telephone
Co. at Honokaa, is here, en- route to
Nova Scotia 70 visit mis- children.
Plans for Peter Lees new Volcano
Hotel are on exhibition in Harry
Armitage's window The plans indi-
cate a very commodious and pleasant
earavansary.
A settlement of the controversy be
tween citizens and the Hawaii Rail-
way Company over the Mahukona land
ing Is expected TO be arrived at soon.
Frank Thompson represents the rail
road company.
A japanese stevedore working for
McCabe, Hamilton & Rennie. on the
British coal steamer Romford, was bad
" injured about the head yesterday
afternoon while working out coal from
the hold. One of his ears was almost
tern off He was sent to the Queen s
Hospital.
Mrs A r. Ingalls,, Honolulu s IA
vorite violinist, promises her annual
recital early next month at Oahu Col
lege. where she is the instructor in the !
violin department.. She viii be assist |
ed by Miss Carolyn Sheffield, the new
pianist at the college, who is a pupil of |
Sherwood. one of America 5 most re
nowned teachers and himself a pupil |
of List.