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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-25
EDUCATIONAL.
BY w. Z. LARSON.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION OF INDIANA.
The State Superintendent of Indiana
is elected for term of two years The
election takes place in the fall of every
even numbered year. The different
political parties nominate their candi-
dates In short, the system is just as it
was in Wisconsin up to the time the con-
stitutional amendment was passed five
years ago. The salary of the superin-
tendent is $4,000 per year.
The superintendent is assisted by the
assistant superintendent first and second
deputy superintendent, and the various
clerks and stenographers. There are APP
pointed by him.
Indiana has something Wisconsin has
ot,-and that is the State Board Of Ed.
ucation. 1t consists of the following / /
members:
State Superintendent, ex officio; Presi.
dent of the State University; President
Of the Normal SCHOOL, President Of Pur.
due University; Superintendent Of the
3 largest cities In the state; Four other
appointees, one Of whom shall be a
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The Lurid Glow of Doom

was seen in the red face hands and body
of the little son Of II. NJ Adams, of
Henrietta, Pa His awful plight from
eczema had, for five years, defied all
remedies and baffled the best doctor who
said the poisoned blood had affected his
ungs and nothing could save him. But"
writes his mother. seven bottles of
Electric Bitte,s completely cured him
For Eruptions, Eczema, Salt Rheum.
Sores and all Blood Disorders and Rheu.
matism Electric Bitters is supreme
Only 5Oc Guaranteed by Henry Hinrichs.
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Mr. Frank Jindra of Mishicot was q
CALLER at the PILOT Office Saturday.
Mr.. Fred Rahr is home from Lake
Forrest to spend his spring vacation.
Mr. JOS Hostak of Cooperstown was
caller at the PILOT Office Tuesday
G. H. Kiland, deputy state fire mar
shall, spent Sunday at his home here.
VIM. Hess returned Tuesday from d
trip in the northern part of the state.
Mr.. Anthony McNulty of Liberty was
a caller at the PILOT office Saturday
Senator Randolph who spent Sunday
at home returned to Madison Monday.
A son was born Sunday to Mr.. and
Mrs Herman Spoentgen, Buffalo street
WIN L. Stricken and wife of Sheboy-
gan were in the city Saturday on visit.
JOS. Willott, Jr., is at Waupun to
visit his cousin John Gething, who is i'll,
Atty. A. J. Wyseman was at Green
Bay Wednesday on professional business.
Mr.. Wencel E. Wondracek of Kossuth
was caller at the PILOT Office Monday.
On Saturday Kerscher Bros. shipped n
cheese vat consigned to a party in Nor.
way.
Mrs. John Staudt returned Tuesday
from visit with relatives at Sturgeon
Bay.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Schmidtman were
at Sheboygan Saturday visiting rela.
tives.
Miss Matte O'Brien left for Detroit
Saturday, where she will abide in the
future.
Mr. Wencel M Doubek of Coopers-
town was a caller at the PILOT office
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Rahr returned
Tuesday from their honeymoon trip in
the east.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Briggs of Wausau
arrived Saturday for visit with rela.
tives in the city.
Mr. Chas. Cheney of Kellnersville
was in the city Friday and made the
PILOT Office call.
Gust Stole, who has been confined to
his home for several months, is again
able TO be around.
Mr.. Jos Knox of Liberty and Mr.. JAS.
Morris of Newton were callers at the
PILOT Office Friday.
Mr. John Weinert attended meeting
of Wisconsin bakers at Milwaukee the
fore part of the week
Mr. Owen Fenlon of Morrison, Brown
county. was in the city Monday and made
the PILOT office q call.
WANTED-A boy to learn the trade of
painting and decorating. Apply to
CHAS. j. OFT at ST. Nazianz, Wis 80
Miss Olive Albers of Sheboygan, form
erly teacher of short hand in the business
college here, returned home Tuesday af.
ter a few days visit with friends in the
city.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. j. C. Hejda is visiting relatives
at Chicago.
Mr.. VIM. Torrison is here from Chica-
go on visit.
Mrs. Frank Cook visited at Appleton
last Thursday.
Prof. j. A. Book was at Racine Satur
day on business.
Mr.. Thos. Higgins took trip to Mil
waukee Monday.
Mr.. B. j. Dempsey left Wednesday on
a trip to Chicago.
Mr.. Berlin Hall took trip to Milwau-
kee Wednesday.
Mr.. Alex Fischel took trip to Mil.
waukee Saturday.
R. C. Douglas was at Madison last
week on business.
Mrs George Weaver is visiting with
friends at Chicago.
Mr.. Norman Larson left Tuesday for
Chicago on business.
H. l.. Junge was at Green Bay on
business last Friday.
Mrs. II. F. Liebenow was a visitor at
Chicago last Friday
Mr.. George Wits was at Milwaukee
Saturday on business.
Mrs. w. S. Carr is visiting with rela-
tives at Stevens Point.
Mr.. Thos. Higgins left Saturday on a
business trip to Chicago.
Mr.. Chas. Spindler left Tuesday on a
business trip to Chicago.
Mr.. Edward Larson was at Milwau-
kee Tuesday on business.
Prof. Paul g. w. Keller was a Mil
waukee visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Horstman were
Milwaukee visitors friday
Mr.. John E. Plumb left Tuesday on a
business trip to Milwaukee.
MIR. NJ. Meyer of Kansas City is visit
ing with relatives In the city.
Miss Mary Wernek left Tuesday for a
visit with relatives at Chicago.
Mr.. Ira Boyer of Mishicot was call.
or at the PILOT Office Tuesday.
Mr.. Emil Schmidt of Sheboygan visit
ed with relatives here Monday.
Mrs. E. Hermann left Saturday for a
visit with friends at Sheboygan.
Mr.. Theo. Miller of Cato was caller
at the PILOT office Wednesday.
Mr.. Robert Schlei left Saturday for a
visit with relatives at Princeton.
A daughter was born Wednesday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Pasewalk.
Mr.. and Mrs E. H. Stanton and sou
are visiting friends at Green Bay
Mrs. G. w. Kemper left Saturday for
visit with friends at Milwaukee
Mrs. A. j. Wits and Mrs. M. Franz
were Chicago visitors Wednesday.
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county superintendent.

county superintendent.
Among the other duties of the State
Board these are the following specific
ones:
(a) The Board has charge of the State
Normal School and has thus the func-
ton of our Board of Regents.
(b) This board inspects the High
Schools of the state and thus performs
the functions exercised by our High
School Inspector and University In.
spectors. There are no official university
inspectors to place high schools on the
accredited list.
1t will thus be seen that the State
Board of Education of which the SUI
perintendent is the president, is really
the head of the educational system as it
has charge of the various departments.
The use of filthy language in the
school or on the school grounds is mex.
cusable and should not be tolerated. 1t
is better for district to have its
school closed than to have vile language
heard on the premises. In most cases
parents are to blame and these ought to
be gotten after as we'll as the children.
In fact there are creatures who have
sunk so low that they think it smart
when young boys use expressions unfit
for anybody. Such people should be
prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
S ometimes it may be necessary to use
violent measures, but it ought TO be
done. Fumigation is resorted to for GER
tain things, but it will not kill the bac-
terra of immortality. Teachers, school
officers and also parents should be vigil
ant in this matter.
Paren is who believe their children in
capable of doing anything wrong and
who without investigation takes the
child part on all occasions, are showing
their offsprings the shortcut to the peni-
tertiary.
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Who makes the best liver pills? The
J. c. Aver Company, Of Lowell, Mass.
They have been making Ayers Pills for
over sixty years. you have the slight
est doubt about using these pills, ask
your doctor. Do as he says, always.
-Msde by tho J. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-08
mansion on high.

The subject OF this sketch spent
the days Of her childhood and youth
In Michigan, her native state. In
early womanhood she was married to
Lucian Bagg at Coldwater. Michigan
in the year 1869. Five children were
born to them. Three. Of these sur,
yive, John. Lewis and Mrs. Guy
Doty, who are here to-day to mourn
the loss of a mother who was mother
indeed. For a numter Of years Mr..
and Mrs. Bagg resided in Kansas,
moving from there to La Junta in
1894. 1t is now almost three years
since Mr.. Bagg was suddenly sum.
moned to leave his earthly home and
his unfinished tasks to another.
Since that time Mrs. Bagg has been
practically father and mother to the
home, the pillar upon which all have
leaned. But the strong staff is sud
denly broken and death claims the
one who has been the comfort and
the stay of an aged mother. two
grand children and brother, as we'll
as to her own children.
She was patient. self-sacrificing,
devoted mother. bearing burdens of
more weight than those who stood
nearest her could realize. until sud
denly her rugged form gave way. and
her system collapsed under the swift
ravages Of pneumonia. Her going
from us leaves an aching void In the
hearts OF those. who knew her, as well
as In the home Of which she was
the life and center May the spirits
comfort, in fullest richest measure. al
lay our grief and soften the sorrow
that has swept Ike surging billows
over the home.
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-08
Congressman Martin Expianattonizes
Himself.

We are in receipt of an epistle
from John A. Martin, congressman
from this district, in which he gives
reasons, very satisfactory to us. for
stopping our paper" We are sorry
that his assignment of Junk" is not
of sufficient dimensions to go around
The letter is as follows:
House of Representatives, Washing
ton, d. c., April 80, 1909.
Editor Tribune: ! beg to acknowl'
edge receipt of copy of Tribune OF
April cath, containing marked editor
ial about the Congressional Record.
1t Is true the Tribune was cut off The
mailing list, but rather as a matter
of necessity than choice, and not
with any desire to stop your paper"
Each representative gets sixty cop
les of the Record. Naturally, found
my predecessors list made up large
ly of his party newspapers. assure
you that had the allotment been suf-
ficient, l should have placed my party
papers on the list without disturbing
the others, but the Second Congress
sional District is huge proposition
from every standpoint, and SO was
compelled to make changes. 1t Is
gratifying to learn that any of the
papers which have been placed on
the list deem the fact worthy of
mention, since the impression that
The Congressional Record is only junk
is not confined to yourself by any
means. / have other communications
10 the same effect.
In conclusion, it shall be my prac-
dee whenever there is stuff enough
to go around, to send it out to all
papers In the district. not for the
purpose of currying favor or seeking
support, but as a matter of right.
Very truly yours.
JOHN A. MARTIN.
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-08
Great Irrigation p-ojee. Completed.

Something like ten years ago the
officers OF the United States geologi
can survey were at work in Otero
county. They were surveying The
then raw prairie. a cowboy came to
their camp and. 1t being nightfall,
they extended him the hospitality Of
their tent The cowboy stayed With
the outfit for few days and gave
them the benefit of his knowledge of
the surrounding country. In return
they showed him one of the best
reservoir sites in the country. told
him how the water could be obtained
and the country 1t could be utilized
to cover, That was the inception of
the Timpas Creek Reservoir, Ditch
and Land Company, and the cowboy
Is the present president, II. L.,
Brannon, Of Rocky Ford
For ten long years Br. Brannon
had nursed this project. Difficulty
after difficulty came up only to be
surmounted by that western grit and
energy which has been an important
factor in the development of this
western country. MIR. Brannon has
made this his life work. Men Of less
courage would have given up. but he
started to irrgiate 10000 acres OF
land, and to-day he has succeeded.
The canals and reservoirs are FIN
ished and water Is now pouring into
the reservoirs in manner that
makes glad the heart of every citi-
zen Of otero county.
The Timpas Creek Reservoir. Ditch
and Land Company has its system In
OterO county, near to the town OF
Timpas. on the main line OF the San
ia Fe railroad. Its water supply Is
secured from Timpas and Dry creeks,
both of which have drainage OF
about 400 square miles. The supply
ditch from Timpas creek to Bran
non reservoir" Is three miles IN
length, with carrying capacity oi
655 cubic feet per second OF time
1.-The length of the canal from Bran
| non reservoir 10 TeSeINoh nv. &c
five miles. with carrying capacity
Of 1928 cubic feet per second OF time
the amount OF earth in the dam OF
l"Brannon" reservoir Is 100000 cubic
yards, and in No. reservoir l55,0Ol
cubic yards. The holding capacity
OF the reservoirs is sufficient to ir
rigate 10000 acres of land. Tota
length of lateral canals is about
twenty-five miles. All construction
work is now finished. water Is run
ming into the reservoirs. and th'
farmers are plowing all over the dis
trict
The inception of this great enter
prise is solely due to the work o
MIR, III. L. Brannon. A man OF grit
energy and honesty. he has worked
not only faithfully toward completing
this Irrigation system. which mean'
SO much to Otero county and thu
state OF Colorado generally.
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-08
shssp Men in Clover.

News from sheep circles on the
north side is to the effect that Iar-
~ Weller and John Updike have just
sold their wool clip at fabulous
prices. Weller sold his wool crop
for 21A cents per pound, and Updike
for 21 cents. The former averaged
from five to seven pounds per ami
NAL, and the latter seven to nine
pounds. Weller has about $500
sheep. and Updike $500 The sheep
men seem to be in clover this year
of grace. Last year l6 cents per
pound was considered q pretty good
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-08
Obituary.

Genevieve Frances Miller was born
in Batavian, Michigan. January 10.
1851. and died in La Junta. Colorado.
Aprfl 30, 1909. Fifty-eight years.
three months and twenty days com
mass the time OF her earthly go
journ.
How brief is life. We scarce be-
ein to live before we awake to the
consciousness that moving day is at
hand. and we must vacate the tab
ernacle in which We have lived For
tunate II We have arranged with the
King and are ready TO move into our
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-08


aside.
1T is contended that this bar APP
plies to the voters of that precinct
In such way that even the city
which includes the precinct could not
call upon the voters OF that precinct
to vote again under twenty-three
months. But 1t seems to me IL the
\ legislature had intended any such
meaning rs that they could and
would have said that a vote under
cinct on this question shall be q
bar to the voters OF that precinct
in any manner being called upon to
vote again upon that question inside
OF twenty-three months, II does not
say that. II says vote In a pre-
cinct on this question shall be bar
to the submission Of this question to
the voters thereof as applied to
that identical political subdivision
only. Now this rule as applied to
that Identical political subdivision
only seems to me was a limitation on
the bar to the voting on that ques-
tion again for twenty-three months.
II is the voters OF that precinct that
are barred. 1t seems to me, 1t clear
" means no more than that the
Identical subdivision, the precinct It.
self, cannot vote on the question
again for two years. But that does
/ h,r th. x,Nfa NJ ha rtfv from
voting on that question within two
years, because the principle of con-
struction is that We must give a
meaning, and consistent meaning,
II possible. to every word used"
4 Members OF the city council do rot
take much stock In Judge Rizer's
opinion. They have received eminent
legal advice. both in Denver and In
La Junta. that this city is not anti.
saloon territory, and the saloons will
continue to do business as they nave
from time immemorial until deci'
sion is made by the supreme court
Of the particular point at issue. In
view OF the recent decision OF the
supreme court knocking out The
booze annex of the Elks' Club al
Canon City, the prospect of favor
able decision from that body permit
ting a wet precinct in dry town
does not look very fIattering.
. Under the local option law it Is
unlawful to grant or issue license
within the limits Of any political sub
, division whilee the same is In anti
saloon territory, and II the decision
. of our supreme court makes La Jun
ia anti-saloon territory the fate tha
awaits our city dads is something ap
palling to contemplate. The penalt,
for violating any provision of the
local option law is a fine of not less
than 500 nor more than 5000. or i'm
prisonment In the county jail not less
than ten nor more than thirty days
or both, in the discretion of the
court. For the second offense the
penalty is a fine OF not less than
5000, nor more than $500, AND i'm
prisonment in the county jail for moi
less than thirty nor more than nine
ty days. In the event that the deci
sion Of the supreme court makes La
Junta dry territory our city officials
will be liable under the law, and as
they have committed six separate
and distinct offenses In granting II
censes. fine of not less than 1920
nor more than $4,000. and Jail sen
tence OF not less than 180 days nor
more than $40 days. stares them in
the face.
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-08
Is La Junta Wet or Dry?
"A Judicial Opinion


The supreme court did not render
an opinion in the local option cases
last Monday, and the people OF La
Junta are just as much in the air On
the question as to Where are We
at" as they were on the morning
after election. The frs, Monday in
each month Is decision day In he
supreme court. and II is probable that
a decision will not now lie given by
that body until the first Monday in
June. The question at issue is MS
10 whether there can be any such
a thing as wet precinct in dry
ward or city.
Judge Rizer. In the injunction pro-
ceedings instituted against the city
clerk of La Junta. to prevent him
from printing upon the ballots Of
the recent city election, the question.
Shall the city of La Junta become
anti-saloon territory7'' which the
Judge denied. discusses this feature.
He says this Identical point was not
before the court in the injunction
proceedings, but that it was some
what indirectly involved.
The paragraphs in Judge Rizer's
opinion, in which the point to be de-
cided by the supreme court is dis
cussed are as follows:
when precinct 10 in La Junta last
fall voted wet it simply left the
status of that precinct where 1t was
before. 1t seems to us that We
should give this provision Of the leg
islature. unless there are controlling
words in some of the sections deter
mining the matter. the meaning that
the local unit named should control
within its own territory the question
of prohibition: that each unit should
have the privilege of saying conclu-
sively that prohibition should pre-
vail, but not conclusively that 1t
should not This construction seems
to harmonic the sections SO as to
allow the act to stand. and to give
equal force and power to each anti
named.
'If precinct votes that prohibi'
ton shall prevail within Its territory
| 1t is not competent for another unit
to gainsay the matter. II, how
ever, a precinct votes against prohtbi
ton. that leaves the question so far
as 1t is concerned. as it was before
any vote was taken on 1t. But II
the city which includes this. precinct
votes in favor Of prohibition the whole
city thereby becomes dry. II. how
ever, the city votes wet. and the
precinct is previously dry, the pre-
cinct controls for itself. That Is
each unit for itself has the option
of putting the prohibition into effect
within its territory. and no larger
unit can control 1t. This Is the
only construction, it occurs to me
that will allow equal and uncontroll.
ed power to every one OF the hnits
| named in this act. The language OF
the act itself seems to force hits con-
clusion, for the reason that In Sec.
ton Z it is provided that II the .er-
ritory In any political subdivision. 20
wit, a precinct. votes that that ter,
it shall remain anti-saloon terri
it shall rmeain anti-saloon terri
tory until that vote Is reversed by
the voters Of that precinct tsielf. NO"
il that is true. then the votes OF the
city cannot control the votes OF that
precinct, because the statute says
the votes Of that precinct shall con-
trol. when 1t decides to be anti-sa-
loon territory until the voters OF the
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-08
Music study Club.


The Music Study Club met Monday.
Nav Sd. at the home Of Miss Ada
line Albera. The subject for the
afternoon was Mendelssohn and
chopin. The programme was as fol-
lows:
Life OF Mendelssohn Miss WIZ
Confidence" Consolation" ;.
-. Miss Aibera
Spring Song -. Miss McNeen
Would That Thy Love
Mrs. Beerbohm. Mrs. Hess
Hunting Song -. CHOPIN
Miss Lee
Life of Chopin -. -. Mrs. Bragg
Waltz. Opus ~ -. Mrs. Edwards
Prelude. c sharp Minor fantasie..
Mrs. Hayes
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-08

Meeting adjourned to meet with
Mrs. Edwards, May 18th.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-08
RALPH
CRossLEY
KILLED

Total, seventeen transfers .......
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-08
Ok1ah0ma.
OKLAHOMA

1880 acres OF upland prairie, black sandy
soil near. Caney, KAN, price $50 per acre.
lSf-7M acres of agricultural land in one
body; some is leased for oil n gas and
some is not; COATED 8 miles southwest
OF Nowats; price S2 per acre.
7a-2S0 acres of extra good farm land, To-
Gated near Wann, Okl 200 acres OF this
Is as rich as you will find, 80 acres has
some draws I'm It.; and raised 60 blu. of
corn and oats to the acre: 20 acres Is
leased for Oil and gas and is paying 81
per acre advanced royalty; big bargain
at $40 per acre.
B9-l,O40 acres OF rich valley land, all
smooth and part of same is in a high
state OF cultivation; his land Is located
within three miles Of watova, Okl., and
six miles from Nowata, Okl, 500 acres OF
Il is practically in one body. and 30 acres
Is located three miles south. the land is
We'll worth S5 per acre; an exceptionally
good bargain at $50 per acre.
We have land In Nowata Co. in any size
tract you may desire from 5 acres up al
prices ranging from $40 TO SS5 per acre
There are A500 flowing oil wells in No
wata Co, Natural gas lie sold at &c Der
1000 cubic feet. You might get an OF
well with Your land.
Average rainfall in Nowata county, q
inches per annum; average from March
70 October ! "A inches and distributed
just as needed.
Good water is found from 20 to 20 feet.
Find Nowata county on your map.
The Oklahoma & Cherokee Central p n
east and west through this county il =
certainty. Land will probably double il
value within two years. You can't afford
10 miss this opportunity. Ask Mo. Pac
ticket agent about low rates to Nowata
Come in and see us or write.
NoWATA LAND AND LOT co.
Suite GA N. Y. Life Bldg.
dhons Hed 1898. Omaha, Neb
open evenings. (20)-M54O s
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-08
CUTS BANK, FLOODS LAKE
know Person Causes Damage to
BlencOe Farmers by Destroy
ing Dam.

ONAWA, Ia, June L-(Special .)-Farm-
ers east Of Blencoe were considerably
worked UP Saturday morning when 1t was
discovered that someone had dug out a
100 foot embankment, thus connecting
oliver Lake with the Little Sioux river in
order to relieve the Sioux from overflow
which meant a destruction OF crops along
its course. In connecting the two a large
amount OF water has been drained into the
lake and is being dumped onto farm land
at the lower end OF the ~uncompleted big
ditch now under construction. But as his
land has already been overflowed. as a
result OF recent heavy rains, the crops
were badly damaged prior to the turning
of the waters OF the Sioux in this direction,
The Board Of Supervisors had ordered that
this embankment be left until the big
ditch be completed. but some fellow thought
more OF his corn crop than he did of the
farmers at the lower end OF the big ditch.
The matter is being investigated and II
the guilty person or persons be appre-
hended II is likely they will be called upon
the carpet to explain matters.