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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
EnameIing a Bicycle Frame

Make an enamel by mixing two
ounces burnt lumber with one quart
mixed oil, heating, and then adding one
ounce asphaltun. Keep the mass hot
until thoroughly mixed, says the Mas
ter Painter. Thin with turpentine
while still hot.
Use a camels hair brush for applying
the enamel and allow IT to set; then
place the article in an oven, bake for
six or eight hours at temperature of
$50 degrees Fahrenheit When cool
rub down with steel wool Apply a
finishing coat and allow it to bake
eight hours at $50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Rub down with a soft rag, varnish and
bake again at 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
Heat and cool the frame gradually each
time. Black enamel is easiest to APP
ply and bakes hardest but requires a
temperature of 800 degrees Colors
can be baked at from zoo to $50 de-
grees.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

given the peculiar name by the other
boys.
Jimmie's brain was in a maze all day
Even Sam Andrews cleaning knife
failed to produce the usual thrills
Never did two small boys work harder
than Jimmie and Peewee that eventful
day. Never for moment was the fire
allowed to die down or the supply of
empty pals to diminish. Jimmie for
got even the ,aoon hour. Only the glow
of dying embers beneath the great ket-
tie, the flush of anticipation upon the
cheeks of two weary but altogether
happy small boys told at the close Of
day the labor they had performed
Thereafter. each with a hand upon
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
By Woodbury. S. BrintnalI

y Id sam Andrews home in Hog
~ vonfsa activity. \ great It iron rom
kettle hanging from a tripod
was giving on clouds OF steam in the
crisp morning hour. Little spurts Of
angry coiored lame Kissed against its
hiackened sides. glowed in sullen hate
aoouN the melting fat and expired in
pufs Of acrid smoke.
Jimmie Sanders, watching the various
1hltial processes Of converting, corn fed
:fog lnto sacculent green hickory
smoked sugar cured hams and other
oelicaeies- including quantities Of leaf
ARD white as freshly fallen snow.
Eazed upon the various operations with
unfeigned interest
since the time some months past that
Pop Sturges had given Jimmie the
money 10 buy long dreamed Of watch.
new vistas of life had opened. He sill
was prone to display the shining nickel
case with pardOnable pride. but. unlike
The nrst few days, he did not feel abso-
iuteiF hurt were ne not personally
asked 20 tell the time.
sam Andrews. bent Of back with
clothes that more closely resembled =
series OF holes covered with time worn
patches than garments; his beadv old
eyes ceniered upon the business Of the
moment. reminded Jimmie Of the ogre
IN The fairy story. There was some
thing about sam Andrews that Jimmie
had never been able to solve some
= times be imagined the old man as a free
and wicked buccaneer Of the redoub+
able KID s" time: again. a sword slash
-ing creature who rode over the hin and
vale 70 plumber and kill
Perched on the top Of an empty cider
barrel. Jimmie viewed his approach
with some apprehension.
armed with an enormous butcher
knife, bandana bound about his fore
head and wearing high topped boots
andrews seemed the personification OF
n wicked freebooter. rather than a quiet
Old man who saw AT TO end his DAYS in
peace and comfort butchering hogs
sam Andrews had no love for small
bows. Nobody had ever told Jimmie
Only sam Andrews and his own small
hoy self had been necessary TO demon
strate the fact.
Jimmie carefully drew his plump
-egs out of Andrews way as he passed.
ne Ole man shot a glance at him. OF
What was. 10 Jimmie, malignant hate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

a cord attached to a very young and
squealing pig, they came to a parting
OF the ways. On the right was the
road to Jimmie's home, on the left that
to Peewee's. Obviously the pig could
not be divided in his own house. There
was much discussion. In the end JIM
ME drove the pig home. Within the
confines of a carefully constructed pen
in the rear yard piggie grew and
thrived.
Another week and Peewee and pig
gle, traversing the highways again,
came to that small boys home and was
made welcome, fed upon the choicest
of the left overs and subjected to much
back scratching.
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den see the team coming along at
full pace.
My dogs were very fond Of me, ~espe-
cially around mealtime." After travel
ing for about two hours i started for
home. The snow was blowing a gale
and for moment I thought i was lost.
but my faithful dogs were taking me
to safety. for they never get lost, but
always find their way home.
Reaching home / gave them some
fish. They laid down beside me. and
licked my hands, for they like to do
that
After they had finished their meal
| went into our cabin. for I was cold.
/ had sat down while taking of my
shoes when I heard a scratch at the
door. Opening IL there were my dogs
looking at me as II to say. Its cold
out here: may we come in?"
felt sorry to leave Nome. Alaska
as / was going TO leave behind me two
faithful friends. Pat and Walchunik, OF
the Land Of the Midnight Sun.
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than are known to us. The great flood
of the bible story is the terrible re-
membrance of great cataclysm at the
dawn of history. Man and civilization
have always been at the mercy of
natures tickle moods, which hamper or
deter progress. We shall never know
what great calamities are buried under
the mountain chains and arid plains of
the earths continents. Science has
shown US that the white man discov-
cred America when the race of the red
man was in a stage of retrogression
as far as vitality and numbers are con-
cerned. But of the catastrophes that
may have wiped out whole civilizations
of other or that same race it knows
nothing.
The inventive and investigative
genius Of man is forever active 1t Is
bent upon the solution of many a prob
lem for the betterment of our life and
conditions in a material sense. There
seems to be no science or field of ac-
tivity deserving of greater encourag e-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
The Peeled Chicken

This is a truly true story" about
Little Dorothy, who was years of
age and a thoroughly city bred child.
All the chickens she was accustomed TO
see were the ones they bought at the
butchers, which were already dressed"
or perhaps we might better say ''un-
dressed" At any rate they were minus
their feathers, so when real live
chicken one day CHANGED to stray into
their yard, Dorothy, who was looking
out of the window, exclaimed in tones
of delight. "Oh, mamma. open the door
quick and let that chicken in that
hasn't been peeled
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totals all Christianity stands aghast.
Nor has the full death list yet been
reached Shiploads of fugitives. of
whom many We're mad through terror
arrived at Naples and other ports, and
the majority OF these were sorely in
Jured. Other thousands remain near
the ruins OF their homes or wander
half starving, half naked. over the
land. The forces that overwhelmed the
cities also destroyed the means of sus-
tenance.
This disaster has cost Italy more in
losses OF life than any of her wars for
independence, as her minister of war
Justly has remarked. Indeed the situa-
ton is much worse, as, while war is
always preceded by a period OF prep
aration, this happened within 40 sec
onds
The historic age is but a day in the
chain Of years of prehistoric times, the
unknown chapters of which proba bly,
have been divided up by catastrophes
Of even greater magnitude and horrors
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
The Greedy Boy

Sammy Smith would drink and eat
From morning unto night;
He filled his mouth so full of meat.
1t was shameful sight.
Sometimes he gave book or toy
For apples, cake. or plum;
And grudged if any other boy
Should taste single crumb.
Indeed, he ate and drank so fast,
And used to stuff and cram,
The name they called him by at last
Was often Greedy Sam.
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c. r.. wIRrH,

I41A CoI1inwUod Street, san Francisco.
Age 121z Years
n AT and Walchunik were Alaskan
II malamutes and two beautiful dogs
they were. They had fine, thick fur.
eyes
bushy tails. short ears and bright
One morning l got up bright and
early to take a "mush" out on the
TRAIL it was a cold morning; one Of
those mornings that make you feel like
doing something TO 1iven you up
went to the dogs house, harnessed
them up. put on my parka Ga fur made
by the Eskimos). got in my sled and
said, 'Mush there, boys; gee, haw.
that's right" and then cracked my whip
and was off on the trail
These dog teams are fine sight
when travelling. You hear the bells a
few miles away, and then all of sud
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minutes the earth opened and swal-
lowed Jimmie.
He reappeared in his oldest clothes
and accompanied by Pee-wee Peff1ecorn-
Pee-wee wasn't as good help as Skin
ME, but in such an emergency he was
better than nothing. Pee-wee slut
tered horribly. 1t was due to his
necessity of whistling first, in order to
speak, that the youngster had been
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kettle hanging from a trinod
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16

Dear SiI'-In reply to yours of the
Goth inst, asking for data on the sub
ject Of dry land farming, [ enclose,
herewith, little bulletin showing the
yields of my own crop for last year, al
so the yields of crops grown by various
of my neighbors as they have reported
them to me. The oat crops marked
therin were grown on lands prepared
under the Campbell system of arid land
cultivation, and they tell the story for
themselves AS to the other crops re
ported herein, including my own, the
prevailing system of summer following
was employed. Most of our farmers in
summer following their land pillow
about an average depth Of to inches.
We have discovered, however, that the
nearer we approach to the Campbell
System Of cultivation, the more perfect
and satisfactory cur crop yields.
No crops of potatoes have been re
ported in this bulletin. Yet for the
past three years on my dry farm we
have each year raised very satisfac-
tory crop Of potatoes, getting a yield
that would pay we'll on a commercial
basis Furthermore, the potatoes 50
raised have been of the very highest
edible quality.
In my farming experience, covering
a period of twelve years, we have oper-
ated both under irrigation and without
irrigation. While our irrigated crops
have given us more uniform yield
from year to year, yet, averaging the
poor crops with the good ones grown on
our non Irrigated lands l am satisfied
that we have derived more actual pro
fit from our non irrigated lands consid
ering the capital invested in them, Sthan
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16

years in the Yukon country and despite
its hardships she has thoroughly en-
joyed her life there, and with plucky
spirit she has again started out on the
long journey, to join her husband IN
this wonderful mining section of the far
north.
The W. G. T. y. will meet at the +.
NJ. church on Wednesday, Sept p, at
3 o'clock.
Frank c. Weidenfeller was taken sick
on Monday and by Wednesday morning
symptoms of appendicitis developed and
he was taken to Milwaukee to consult a
specialist. The community hopes for
his speedy recovery.
Mrs. William T, Penrose Of Spokane,
Wash, arrived here on Thursday to
visit relatives.
Mineral Point next market day will
be Thursday, October Z.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
LOW ONE-WAY FARES
TO THE PACIFIC COAST
Via Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway.

Every day, from September Is to
October 10, 1909, inclusive, this Rail =
way will sell low oneway colonist
tickets from stations on its lines to
Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane Portland,
Victoria, Vancouver, Butte, San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City,
Ogden, and to dozens Of other points
West and Northwest. Stop overs al
lowed.
Low one way tickets will also be ON
sale between above dates from stations
on this Railroad to Montana, Idaho and
Washington stations on the new line to
the Pacific Coast-the Chicago, Mil
waukee & Puget Sound Railway.
Stop overs will also be allowed on
these tickets, affording an excellent OPP
portunity to see the wonderful new
country opened by this new line.
For complete information regarding
cost of tickets, sleeping car service and
fares, routes and train service, see near
est ticket Agent of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway. Descrip
tive folders regarding the country along
the new line, from F. A. Miller,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16

Mrs. Bert Walker returned Saturday
after spending a few days at Platteville.
George Treweek left Tuesday for a
visit at Milwaukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Treweek left Tues
day for a months stay at Milwaukee.
Charles L. Ivey spent few days of
this week in Chicago
Harry Kleckner of Radcliffe, Iowa, is
visiting at the home of Fred Wenger.
Mrs. Frank Walker and Mrs. Morris
VanMatre left Wednesday for short
visit with relatives and friends in Man
chester, Iowa, and in Illinois.
Mrs. Emiline Weber left Tuesday for
a visit at Beloit.
Mrs. John Pierce returned Wednes
day from visit with Mrs. James Vial at
Linden.
Mrs. Sam Luxinger of Eau Claire,
who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs
Waldo Luxinger for the past week re
turned to her home Wednesday.
Mrs. Annie Grace left Wednesday for
visit at Milwaukee.
w. j. Penhallegon left Wednesday
for Milwaukee and Chicago.
Rev. and Mrs S. A, Bender and child
left Wednesday for visit at Kilbourn.
Mrs. E. Gemeinder of Madison and
her sister Mrs. J. Zimmerman of Mt
Horeb, We're here Wednesday and
Thursday visiting the formers daughter
ST.. M. Walburga.
Mrs. Will GRADER and family, who
have been spending the summer months
with her mother Mrs. Mulcahy, returned
to their home in Chicago, Monday.
Misses Edith Ellsworth and Ethel
Prideaux are taking in the sights at the
state fair this week.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
w. III, Iacka.

In the death of W. H JaCka Mineral
Point loses another long time resident.
He died at his home at 12;30 o'clock on
Tuesday, Sept. IA. He was in his usual
health up to about two weeks ago, when
he became i'll from kidney trouble. His
illness became serious, but on the morn
ing of the day on which he died, he
appeared to be improving and hopes OF
his recovery were entertained. How
ever change came and his life closed
at the time stated.
William H. Jacka was born in Corn
wall, England on May II, 1910. When
three years of age he came with his
parents to America, and with the eX :
ception of four years in the gold fields
of the west, the remainder Of his life
was spent in Mineral Point. In April,
1869, he was united in marriage to Miss
Mary J. Blewett. To this union seven
children were born, six of whom with
the wife and mother now mourn their
loss. Inc tlueSJ daughter uI6u oOlllC
years ago. Mr.. Jacka held various of
fees of public trust including alder
man and city treasurer, the duties of
which he faithfully discharged. He
was upright in his dealings with his
fellow men and was in every way a
good citizen. The funeral will take
place from the family home on Friday
afternoon at 2 80 o'clock, Rev. W.. C.
Bond officiating.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
THE DEMOCRAT.
Subscription, SI.26 per year in Advance
TELEPHONE 74-2.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Carrie E. Smith and son Harmon
Smith came here from Chicago on Sat
urday. Harmon returned home on
Sunday, and his mother will remain
here fora visit at the homes Of her sons
w. r. and Robert d. Smith.
Michael K. Smith on Hoard street,
sets a good example. His large resi-
dence lot is always neat and trim.
Cassville Index, Sept. 8: Mrs. II.
Weise and her daughter Miss Henrietta
were in Cassville over Sunday and were
guests of DR.. o. N Treweek at Hotel
Denniston. They returned on Monday
afternoon to their home in Mineral
Point.
P. A. Hahn of Jackson, Michigan,
was here this week for a short stay at
the home of his brother in law A. w.
Thoma. 1t was his first visit to Miner
al Point and he was greatly pleased
with the appearance of the city and the
surrounding country.
Mrs. David Brown, Sr., who was
taken seriously i'll last week is now re-
covering.
A. e. WiIingssOn arrived here last
week Mr. and Mrs Wikingsson spent
the summer in visiting in England,
Wales, Norway and Sweden. Mrs.
Wikingsson is now in Detroit where
she will make Il short stay before re-
turning home.
Frank Vivian and sou Henry left
Tuesday for the state fair. While there
they will stop with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Kelly who are there.
Born, ON Friday, Sept. 10, to Mr.. and
Mrs J. r. Venning of Washington, D.
c., a son.
Mrs. j. w. Horn returned this week
from New York, where she was buying
for the Lenahan millinery store.
William Schin is now slowly recov-
ering from a severe siege of typhoid
fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Jenkin and
Mrs. Hiram Smith came here from
Kewanee on Tuesday, for visit with
relatives.
Mrs. j. w. Dickinson, who spent the
summer here at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. James, bid goodby to
her relatives and friends last week and
on Saturday left to join her husband
near Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada
Mrs. Dickinson has lived for several
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
PASSED FROM THIS LIFE
William G. Kislingbury


died at this home in this city at 7:15
o'clock on Tuesday evening, Sept. IA.
He had been in failing health for the
last four years and his death although
sad was not unexpected.
The decedent was born on August .,
1S48, in the house in which he ded.
On March /, 1878, he was united in
marriage to Miss Mary Jane Francis,
and the wife and two sons and one
daughter now mourn the death OF the
husband and father. He also leaves his
aged mother and one sister, Mrs. w. L.
White Of Racine. He was highly es-
teemed citizen and he bore his long i'll
ness with Christian resignation. He
was member Of Mineral Point Lodge
MOI, f. and A. M, Of Iowa Lodge No.
1,I.O. O. F., and Of George H. Legate
Post, G. A. R. The funeral took place,
this Thursday afternoon, with services
at the home, Rev. W. J. G. Bond Off
ciating. The burial was under the aus
pices Of Iowa Lodge No. /. The mem
bers of the post attended in body and
portion Of their burial services was
also given.
CARD OF THANKS.
The family of Mr.. Kislingbury desire
to thank all those who extended kindly
acts and sympathy to them during his
long illness and at his death.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
A MoNTANA FARM WHO HAS TRIED BOTH
IRRIGATED AND DRY FARMING.
(From Montana Farmers Bulletin No ~

we have from the irrigated lands This
experience leads me to the firm conyie-
ton that dry land farming in Montana,
where careful, prudent methods are
employed in treating the ground and
handling the crop, etc, applied to vast
areas of our now unoccupied grazing
land, will give us results superior to
those obtained from the famous Red
River Valley lands of northern Mime
sofa.
My experience in raising winter
wheat upon non irrigated land covers a
period of eleven years, and in that time
the lowest yield per acre that we have
ever realized from summer fallowed
lands has been seventeen bushels, while
last year, as you will notice by refer
ence to my bulletin, 4t9 acres of Tur-
key Red wheat gave me M average
yield of fifty bushels; 80 acres Of this
crop belonged to a renter and his yield
was So bushels to the acre.
The average yield of winter wheat
for the period of time that | have been
engaged in dry land farming is about
30 bushels. Spring fife wheat has prov
EN- less satisfactory than the winter
varieties of wheat. Ny yields have
ranged from bushels Of spring fife to
40 bushels Our dry lands under the
usual system of cultivation will not
produce more than 90 bushels per acre
of spring fife wheat, one season with
another.
Any further information that | can
give you on this subject will be freely
accorded Yours truly,
(Signed) ANDREW J. WALRATH.
May 27th, 1908.
Mr.. Walraths address will be furn
ished on request.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
Patrick KearnS

died at four o'clock on Wednesday
morning, Sept Is, after only few
hours illness. His age was - years.
He was a highly respected resident of
the town of Kendall. He was born in
Ireland and came to this country when
he was about twenty years Of age. He
was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Howe, and to them were born nine
children, seven of whom survive the
parents. The burial will be in the
Catholic cemetery in Willow Springs,
but the time has not yet been determined.
CARD OF THANKS.
The children of the deceased wish to
thank their friends and neighbOrs for
kindnesses extended to them in their
sudden bereavement.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
Clothing Fables.

You can hear and read them
every day. All this drivel
about " handmade, " anti
fat-iron, - self shrinking
sleeps WOOL" is pure bosh.
The clothes we sell are
made partly on machines and
finished by hand, They are
pressed with irons; the cloth
is shrunk after it is woven;
and better clothes cannot be
made; i'll fact, good clothes
cannot be made otherwise.
Absolute satisfaction, or
money back is the way we sell
them, and you re the Judge.
@. Varlin,
Seller of Good Clothes.
Mineral Point, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16

A Trip to the Seattle Exposition.
Joseph O'Neill returned ON Friday of
last week from a trip to the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition ut Seattle.
At Seattle he visited his sister Mary.
whom he had not seen since she left
here A years ago. Mr.. O'Neill says he
had indeed a great trip and saw IA vast
amount of varied and wonderful and
many prosperous and promising towns,
all of which he enjoyed greatly. But
he returns thoroughly satisfied with
Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
The Mineral Point Library
Association

wishes to increase its membership and
thus raise the necessary funds to meet
the running expenses of the Free Pub
lie Library. BY paying one dollar each
year any one may become a member
and thus help to sustain an institution
which has grown to mean so much to
the community All wishing to com
tribute toward this object are asked to
leave any funds with the librarian. 1t
is hoped there will be generous re
Spouse to this request.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
FOR SALE
One of the Best Stock
Farms in Iowa County,
WISCONSIN.

containing $50 acres in the Pecatonica
valley, 81 miles south east of Rewey,
known as the David c. Davis farm.
1t has a good house and fair out
buildings; about 200 acres under cult
walton and hay meadow; balance good
blue grass pasture, with considerable
fine timber on it.
Will be sold to settle an estate.
For price and terms call on or write
David James, Montfort, Wis, or
G.. L. Cushman, Rewey, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-16
Picking VinegarS.
Wallace Bros. for picking vinegars.
Unclaimed Letters.

MINERAL POINT, Sept. IA. = Letters
as follows remain unclaimed at the
Mineral Point postoffce:
DR. o. A. Ross, Frank Kennedy,
Mrs Alice Kelley. Geo. NJ. Anderson,
Hugh Mawhinney.
in calling for above. please say advertised.
B. T. PRIpEAUx, Postmaster.