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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

brogans and he would laugh at his brother red
skin who took to wearing animals skins on his
feet There few tribes in the world today, ex-
cept in the darkest portions of Africa. who still
spurn the wearing of shoes in some form or other
OF course, every nation has its own special kind
of Shoes some OF which consist of nothing more
than fiat piece of board and strap. That
sort are classed under the general caption of
Sandals"
Hundreds of years ago. when people wore no
shoes they never complained of rheumatism; they
had ingrowng toenails, neither did they
cultivate corns and seldom could they boast of an
attack of govt. They called it evil spirit" then
But the advance of civilization had its drawbacks
The feet clothed. but at the same time the
wearing of the shoes brought on disease of these
supports and some authorities doubt whether
civilizations feet are any better off today than
they thousand years ago when they were
filled with slivers brambes and the like, but
were not nearly as wide topic for discussion as
they are today for then people didn't mind the
little Inconvenience. To-day, great progress hav-
ing been made in that line, smaller ailments OF
the feet source of complaint.
The most civilized portions of the world have
developed a tenderness of the feet which has be-
come a tradition in the circles which have made
the greatest progress People who wear pointed
shoes are compelled to suffer the agonies
that would come if their toes bound together
with adhesive tape and they were compelled to
walk about thus conditioned Others who
shoes too small have swelling of the feet when
they take off their shoes. Shoes too large produce
corns, just do small shoes.
Young ladies and older ones who follow
the fashions with good intent, equip themselves
with Frenchheeed shoes, which raise the heels
into the air from three to six inches. This OF
course gives them beautiful nstep they claim.
and IT also keeps them walking their toes. 1t
twists the spine and exerts pressure upon the
base of the brain which brings fearful head
aches if the practice is kept up for any length of
time each day. Skeptical persons with set ideas
on shoes are talking of asking the next session
of congress TO put tariff French heels which
will effectively bar them from this country. But
there are so many wives of congressman and SEN
ators who declare that French heels far more
comfortable than half-inch heels, that the bill has
about rs much show the traditional SNOWFALL.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23


a shoemaker. Hans Sachs. the most eminent poet
Of Germany, cobber So William Gift
ford. the famous editor Of the Quarterly.
Shoes. as we know them are purely a western
institution. But there Is reason and incidentally
a queer juxtaposition Christian takes his hat
of when he enters church or a house, an Asiatc
shows his reverence by taking his shoes off. OBJ
viously 1t would be quite a nuisance to stoop down
and unace your shoes every time you called on a
friend to church. So the Asiatics
shoes that be kicked OF easily
remove our hats
Some made with straw soles and sell for
about ten cents pair: others are made of wood;
while still others made of leather of various
kinds. When shoes are reduced to such simple
proportions 1t Is but natural to expect some rather
crude effects. Peasants often cut strips of wood.
fasten a thong about the big toe and the board
and trudge along comfortably the man who
buys the ready made shoes Of America. and in some
cases more Another scheme Is to use
block Of wood and stick knob in it SO it will rise
between the big toe and its neghbor and by
dexterous and practiced of the toe muscles, 1t
answers very we'll indeed
In Brittany the making of shoes is a village
cupation. The whole family chips in on the work.
from the six year old child to the great grand
father, and between them they make the most
of the wooden shoes that are on the market An
American boy would probably fall down and skin
his knees II he were to try to play in wooden Shoes
but the little Dutch and Belgian boys romp about
the streets to their hearts content in them and
never even drop them of.
We have been wearing practically the same kind
of shoes for many years that we are liable to
forget that they varied in styles as radically as
women's hats do now. During the time OF Edward
w. in England. the parliament had to pass law
regulating the length of shoes Some OF them
were made so long to be dangerous Princes
sometimes them even two feet in length,
with the ends stuffed out with straw. One worthy
Scotch king doubled his back and attached the
points to his belt. But of course that style was in
vogue before the days of trolley cars.
Then, in the next generation when the law pre-
vented long. pointed shoes they began to broaden
and this continued until they had to pass another
law to stop the broadening. 1t was at about this
time and later that choppines came in These
we're high supports under the soles, lifting the
some six or eight inches nearer the clouds
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

The duty of the young man toward his future
self is the greatest duty that he has. 1t is greater
than his duty to parents, friends society, for
it includes all these. We should live that our
future selves shall have nothing to reproach
for Keep clean, keep the body clean from vice,
from drink, from drugs. Keep the mind clean.
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OF many cobblers Of the m
present day know that they e
have a patron saint, but hH
they have. Saint Crispin W"
was his name and he held
forth way back in the third century
preaching Christianity In the day
time and making shoes at night.
Some said he stole the leather. while
others declared that he got it from
heaven. The former assertion was
probably instigated by the less
sanity cobblers, for st. Crispin sold
his shoes very cheap.
The shoe trade had quite high
station in the old days. George
Fox, the first of the Quakers, was
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-12

it was redrafted in the presence of
all who had enough interest to come.
And there were more than a hundred
present on the last day of the meet
ing. 1t was originally thought the
thirty section of h bill could be
worked ove in a day. 1t took two
full days to accomplish the eat
Almost every section of the propos-
ed act was changed in some respects.
Some we're but slightly altered. The
Task of reproducing the bill in accord
ance with the orders of the meeting
is a big one and was put in the hands
of the following committee:
w. G. Hamilton, of Roswell; w. w.
Elliott, of Dexter; DR.. R. l.. Casburn,
of Roswell for Hagerman; w. j. Nc
IInnes, of Lake Arthur; VIM. Dooley,
of Artesia; Mr.. Feemster, of Lake
wood; w. c.. Reid, at large. This
committee met this morning in the of
flee of Arthur Stevens, we'll supervi-
sor, to accomplish h work. In &C.
cordance with the vote of the meet.
ing just before adjournment, the re-
draft will be placed in the hands OF
a committee of three with Chairman
w. M. Atkinson at the head, and tax
en- to Santa Fe and it's passage urged
by the present session of the Legisla-
ture.
Thursday afternoons session was
full of interest ITO every well man pres
ent. 1t brought up several important
points in the new law and many argu-
ments followed. Section s was slight
1y amended. Sections % and % were
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was a section creating a county ar
tesian we'll board, to be elected by the
we'll owner and to have entire con-
troll of the we'll questions of the dis
trict ard TO act as a board of arbitra-
tion in case of disputes. This section
also takes from the governor the APP
pointing of the well supervisor ana
puts it in the hands of this board. The
salary Of the supervisor was raised
; from $500. fiat to mot to xceed So
GEO for both salary md expenses"
! Another section reported by COM
mittee and adopted was to limit the
| amount of water used on land for ac-
tual irrigation to Sc inches a yea.
limiting the time allowed for filing
reservoirs, and limiting the amount
! of loss by seepage and evaporation TO
Is per cent.
The third section adopted from a
, committees report refers TO the cas-
ing of wells. 1t provides that in plac-
es where there is more than one flow
in a well, each flow must be properly
feared cared for in the casing. 1t also
provides that a well must be cased
i with new casing and the old casing
used in drilling must not be used for
permanent protection.
The law, as ii will be presented to
the legislature, will be ready in a few
days and will then be published in
the Record in fun.
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Paving the business section of
Main street and that portion of Fifth
street from Main to the railroad sta
tion is being agitated again; and this
time the matter is brought up dn the
proper form. The start was official
ly made yesterday afternoon at a
meeting IT the streets and alleys com
mittee of the city council, held at the
office of Mayor Richardson. In a.
tendance were Messrs. G. L. WHY'S
and A. L. Whiteman, members and
Mayor Richardson, member ex-of1icio.
j. w Thomas was a third member of
this committee until he removed.
The decision of the committee was
to have a petition and agreement
drawn and presented to the owners
of property abutting On the streeTs
that are to be improved. The petit
tion is to ask the city council to order
the Improvement and the agreement
is to stipulate that the signers are
willing to pay their proportionate part
of the work. The city is to pay for
the street Intersections.
The law recites that in case the
owners of one-haH the front footage
on a street petition for such an i'm
provement, it is the duty OF the coun-
Gil to order 1t put In. It does not take
majority OF the owners Neither
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-12

The celebrated meeting of %artesian
water users from all over the artesian
well district of the Pecos Valley, call,
ed together by the Water Users Pro-
tective Association for the purpose of
re-drawing a proposed lev %artesian
well law, ended its labors late yester-
day afternoon, finishing its big task
and practically every faction of the
many that sprang UP owing to the
many different questions, going home
satisfied with the result of the con-
ventdon. A bin had been drawn for
presentation to the legislature and,
meeting with disfavor in some points
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does it take more than half the front
footage. Considering these things
the committeeman believe there will
be no trouble in getting the required
number of ~signers. Many big proper
ty owners nave already expressed
themselves as being in favor of the
Improvement .-.-
The order Of the committee yester-
day was to the city attorney and he
is to draw up the petition n agree
|ment at once and 1T will be presented
to the property owners without delay.
The district to be paved will be
Main from Walnut to Fifth and Fifth
from Main to Railroad avenue.
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adopted as a
Section 26, relating to bringing OF
suit by the district attorney was
adopted, amended so as to limit his
fees to 10 per cent or $25.
Section 81, providing penalties for
violations, was adopted with an amend
ment making h fine not les than So
nor more than 500.
The last section were adopted with
little change and the reports of the
three special committees, each return
ing a draft OF a section for the consia-
Grafton of the meeting. One of these
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-12
Presidents by the Thousands,

Presidents by the Thousands.
The question was asked yesterday,
What authority has the school board
to send Snpt. Brasher to the meeting
of superintendent at Chicago at the
expense of the tax-payers?" Today it
is answered by a member thai the
board did it on their own responsible
ty as a good business proposition,
thinking the benefit would justify the
expenditure the same as h benefit
of making any expenditure. AS for
precedent the convention is made OF
thousands of superintendent sent by
other towns and cities who think the
move a good One
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-12

R. E. Lund returned last night from
Santa Fe, where he has cen working
for the local option bill for h Anti
saloon people. He reports that con-
ditions are favorable but that there IS
nothing definite to give out at this
time.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-12
TAFT WANTS KNOX FOR
a CABINET MEMBER.

Washington, Feb 12.-President-el-
ect Taft has telesraphed Senator
Hale urging that congress remove all
doubt Of Senator KnoX's eligibility to
the office of secretary of state. and
saying that the loss Of MIR. knox from
the cabinet premiership would be a
public misfortune.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-12
Odd Fellows Notice.

Roswell encampment No. Z, of Odd
Fellows will give a banquet on the
night of Wednesday, February nth.
all members of Encampment No. I
and members in good standing are in
vited. All those expecting to attend
please notify the Scribe, w. w. Ogle.
=. -. S9t6
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Army.

At 7:15 tonight special service in
the street led by Captain Henderson
500 O'Clock in the hall very special
service, led by a young lady from
Minneapolis. Music and good sing
ing. Everybody is cordially invited.
Captain Simpson II Lieutenant Stem
mark, officers in charge.
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4 WIRELESS FROM THE
BATTLESHLP FLEET.
PHONE 2s14.

New York, Feb. IA wireless
Message direct from the b~attleship
1eet was picked up at the station in
he vicinity of New York harbor early
Today. The message was sent by the
Tender Yankton, and after giving the
latitude and longitude of the fleet,
said they hoped to arrive at Hamp-
ton Roads ON Wednesday,. This prob
ably Ia a week from Wednesday.
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California and eastern grape vines
and all kinds of shrubbery at the
Fairchih Nursery. 91t6
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$500 900 to Ioan on irrigated farms.
long time loans. interest payable an
lually with privilege to pay off loan
before due. B. Herbst. Financial
Agent. 2O2 ". Main. ODD p q
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Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Fraser left this
morning for their home in Kansas
City after a short visit with MI. and
Mrs. A. B. Macdonald.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-12

BATTLING NELSON AND NY
LAND ARRANGE A FIGHT.
San Francisco, Feb. 12.-P1ans
have been practically completed for
a As round battle between Battling
Nelson, the lightweight champion and
Fighting Dick Hyland.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-12
WELL LAW
IS DRAWN
END THEIR LABORS ON THE
RE-DRAFT OF NEW ACT.
TO LEGISLATURE

With all the Correction, Alterations,
and Additions the Proposed Act
Will be taken Before the Legisia-
lure by Committee of Three.-Last
Session Interesting One.
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American and japanese persim'
mons and pecans at the Fairchild
Nursery. 91t6
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The best printing at reasonable
prices at the Record Office.
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Correct legal blanks at Record.

Black Locust and Mountain Cotton
wood from five to twenty feet high
at the Fairchild Nursery. 91t6
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Rhubarb, asparagus and horserad
ish at the Fairchild Nursery. 91t6
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START TO
PAVE MAIN
PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE
GIVEN CHANCE TO SUBSCRIBE
TO AN AGREEMENT.
CITY PAYS INTERSECTION

Meeting of Streets and Alleys Com
nittee Yesterday Results in a De-
cision to Put it up 70 the Owners
of Property-Plan to Pave Main in
Business Section and Down Fifth
to Station.
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DIR. PRESLEY Eye. ear. nose
and throat. Glasses ntted: phone 130.
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Legal blanks at Record ONCE.
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Notice. Greek Letter Men.

Notice. creek Letter Men.
All members of National College
Fraternities, in Roswell or the Pecos
Valley, are requested to call at room
5. Texas block, to register.-Pecos
Valley Pan-HeIlenic. 85d12w2
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Best p-rinting-Record once.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
May Sale

Beginning Saturday, May l, for one week.
We again offer SPECIAL SALE on our
LACE CURTAINS, prices being 800 and
400 for ruf1ed bedroom curtains; O9c to
to 08c for good assortment Nottinghams,
215 to 3 vds in lengths; $1.40 to S4.08
for fine assortment Swiss, Net, Battenburg,
and Cluny Edge Curtains.
This being the time of the year for house cleaning
and repenishing, you should take advantage OF our
offers
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
A FINANCIAL STATEMENT

A FINANCIAL ) I AT EN- ENI
Of especial interest to the citizens Of
Mineral Point is presented in the Dem
ocrat this week being the report of VIM.
z. Bliss, city clerk, for the fiscal year
ending April 20, 1909. 1t shows as
total receipts during the year $53 ,41O.O1;
with total disbursements $46, 1872 90,
leaving cash in the treasurery $7,287,92.
The bond statement shows an indebt-
edness Of $28,OOO.OO, which less the
cash on hand would be only $2O,713.O8.
This is a fine showing. 1t would be
hard to find another municipality Of the
size and Importance Of Mineral Point
with so small an indebtedness.
Citizens, look over the report of City
Clerk Bliss and become familiar with
the figures therein presented. 1t refers
to your business and tells how much
money you paid in taxes last year, and
how it has been expended.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
~ Soc
LEAGUE CONILD,
At the Primitive Methodist Church
Tomorrow Evening.
VICTORY AT BASE E BALL
The Try Out for the Coming Field
Meet.
SCHOOL NOTES.

/
| T,eap1e Contest tomorrow evening.
Reserved seats at Ivey 5 Store.
The preliminary field meet, held at
the fair grounds last Thursday evening,
was a great success in spite Of the cold
and wind. The Sophomores won the
meet with So points; the Freshmen
were second with "a points; the Juniors
were third with % points. The highest
individual score was won by James
Knight, q points; Frank Stone second,
IS points; Courtney Sherman third, II
points. Following are the events to-
gether with the winners Of the first,
second, and third places:
100 yard dash james Knight, Harry
Crum, Frank Stone; time, III.
22O yard dash-Frank Stone, Harry
Crum, Courtney Sherman; time, 254.
/ miIe-Frank Stone, Eugene RiedeI,
Wilfred Paynter; time, BOT.
mile Courtney Sherman, Gerald
Salmon, Chas Jackson; time, 2:38I.
Mile Sherman, Salmon, Roger
Hanscom; time, 5:O84.
Throwing 12 pound discus-Knight,
Fessendcn Clayton Lewis; 90 #. in.
Putting 12 pound shot-Knight, Fess-
enden, Wearne Harwick; 40 ft. in.
Broad jump-Knight, Fessenden, Roy
Jacka - #. 3 in.
High Jump-Stone, first, Chas. Jack
son and Roy Jacka tied: #. in.
Pole vault Knight and Jacka tied for
first, v Ludden, third; s it.
Relay Race -Sophomores first, Fresh
men second, Juniors third.
Rhetoricals Friday afternoon were
well attended and the interest through
out testified to the popularity Of this
part Of the school work. The Seniors
have established a reputation as enter
tainers, and they certainly lived up to
their reputation last Friday. Each one
on the program was listened to with the
| closest attention.
The judges, Rev. Mr. Bond, Miss
Hutchinson, and Miss Weidenfeller, de
cided the Affirmative side on the debate
had the better Of the argument.
LEAGUE CONTEST TOMORROW EVENING
AT THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH
Reserved seats at Ivey's drug store.
Our high school boys are still feeling
good over their victory. They defeated
Platteville high school again last Satur-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
Transfer of Property.

Rev Thomas Kent came over from
Boscobel on Tuesday, when the sale of
Mrs. Julia DeahOfe's home was con
cIuded, Mr. Kent having power of at
to1ney for her. The sale was made
through the Mineral Point Real Estate
Agency to G. E. Martin of the Mineral
Point Lumber Company. Mr.. and Mrs
Martin are preparing to move into then
new and pleasantly located home.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
WANTS..

TOR SALE-Five Milk Cows, with calves by
Il their side. Inquire of Fred Motley, Line 22-
ring2.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
Legislative Work on Record at
Public Library.

The bills introduced into each house
of the state legislature, the journal Of
the Senate and of the assembly, togeth-
er with a weekly bulletin Of the pro
ceedings of the legislature are on file at
the public library. By consulting these
files you can learn what the Wisconsin
law makers are doing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
TOay
Grocery
Go.

Phone 20. FRANK SUTHERS, Prop.
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ely TN out and see what we are doing
tn team made up largely of new
material.
So many do not seem to know what
is meant by the league contest that per
haps a few words Of explanation may
be in place. The state is divided into
districts, each Normal School being the
center Of a district. Each district is
divided into Leagues. The Platteville
district is OWNED into seven leagues.
Our league will have its contest in this
city tomorrow evening. If five schools
take part in the contest tomorrow
evening, the best two will speak in the
district contest to be held at the Platte
vile Normal, May IA, at which time
the best speakers from all the leagues
in this district will speak. Leagues in
which less than five schools take part
will send only one to the district contest
at Platteville The best speakers at the
several district contests will meet later
at Madison in a state contest.
Music will be furnished for the con
test by the orchestra, the high school
giyIs' chorus, the high school boys
chorus, the high school mixed quartette,
and Wilbur Bergman, a member OF
the senior class.
Reserved seat tickets on sale at Ivey' $
store Plenty Of good seats left.
PIatteviIle did not get the special train,
50 the Mineral Point people will have
all the better chance to see the contest.
P. S. If you do not wish to attend
the contest, please purchase a 25c ticket
anyway and help us out financially.
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Additional Telephones.

Mineral Point Telephone Company
135 John Gorgen, Jr., residence.
366 Mrs. Martin Ryan, residence.
400 Llewelyn Dunn, residence.
3SS Chris Whitford, residence.
2O4 Hiram Stevens, residence.
Sc Townsend & Kidd, residence.
Cut this out and afix it to your di
rectOry.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29

New suits received this week-the Kup-
penheimer make. This brand Of cloth
ing is well made, and gives exceptional
long service. For the young man, we
have the suit carrying the extreme
features; for the middle age man, we
have the regular cut suit made from
medium patterns.
Cundry g. Gray Co.
MINERAL POINT, WIS.