Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-01-23
Local Overflow.

| VIII Bechtel of Linden. roadmaster
of the M. P. & N. Ry., was here OH
Saturday.
The celebrated Regalia l0c Cigar
has never failed to satisfy the most
fastidious smoker.
We take subscriptions for all papers
and magazines and will meet any prices
advertised this season, j. J. Hanscom.
Mrs. Ed. Jenkm returned to her
home in Linden Tuesday. after spend
ing few days with relatives in this
city.
Miss Mae Bainbridge, who attends
school at Platteville, spent the first
part of the week with relatives in this
city.
Arthur Martin and Miss I,orena
Jacka drove to DodgeviIle Sunday.
They brought back with them Miss
Winifred Mathews of that city who is
enjoying the week among friends and
relatives here.
Some people who don't believe in
advertising win turn a table knife over
when first they pick it up to see if it is
Rogers Bros Why! Because every
body knows what this class of goods is
from the advertising.
David Jackson was in town Monday
after lay-up of two weeks duration.
the result of a horse that he was riding
falling and catching Dawes leg and
foot under him in such manner as to
result in bad sprain.
One of the best things that can be
done at this time is to provide work for
an industrious man out of employment.
He will naturally look for it with all
his might, and be glad of any hints
likely to be of assistance.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Bennett were
drawn hither from Madison by the Post
and Relief corps joint installation ser
vices last Friday They remained over
Sunday much to the satisfaction of
relatives and old neighbors.
R Porter. manager of the Federal
Lead Co., spent two or three days last
week inspecting the ore resources of
this district. He returned by way of
Galena, with much larger estimate of
the possibilities of the district.
What's become Of the old fashion
boy who sat with his eyes glued on
some girl during the entire evening
/ service, trying to screw up courage to
ask to see her home, and then oozed
out of church and didn't dare to ask A.?
81 think III pick out good sensi-
bic woman and get married." said
Lancaster youth the other day. ooh,
you do, eh?" That's what / said; don, t
you believe | will do it?' Nope; |
think if you pick out a good sensible
one, you'd get snubbed.
About the only successful method
that has yet been devised of keeping
the boys on the farm is to move the
farm into the city. And yet there are
engineering experts who say that there
are grave doubts about the practicable
ity of such an undertaking. Elk.
The famine in school teachers which
has affected the western cities for some
time past has now spread to the east
and is assuming national proportions.
Superintendent of Schools Cooley re-
ports that New York City has adver-
tised for 700 more teachers and that a
similar shortage prevails in Boston,
Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
A boosters club in any town, no
matter how large or how small, is one
of the best organizations in a common
wealth. and the beauty of it is that
all there is to organization is to let
every one just boost. You get good
results from the investment. If every
one would boost for Mineral Point there
would be profit in it for the city.
-Muscoda has had hard luck. The
mill dam at Balmoral gave out one day
last week and since that time the vii
lage has been in darkness, as the cleo
trio light plant got its power there.
Mill Greek valley was flooded with
water. The Democrat says the village
board has decided TO erect temporary
Golfer dam behind the break sufficient
for power for lights.
An exchange hits the nail on the
head in the following paragraph; The
newspaper is the merchants best
friend, the sharpest tool in his trade
and the very best method of defense
from the crafty attacks Of the mail or
der house. The editor looking for ads
is not a CRATER, but dealer with
legitimate trade to offer, and has work
is more valuable to the city than most
any other"
The doctors declare that the feath-
err buster is a storehouse Of microbes
and menace to health and should not
be permitted in the house. The made