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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
MORE MONEY VOTED
FOR HEATING PLANTS
At a Special School Meeting
Held Monday Evening.
Total Appropriation is Now $4,000
and Will Enable Board to In
stall First class Plant.

At the special school meeting held
Monday evening it was voted to
provide for an additional loan Of $4,000
toward the construction of a new
heating system on the south side and
also alterations in the north school
plant. This with the previous ap~
preparation will amount to a sum OF
$40, 600 to do this work, which, OF
course, includes new buildings at both
schools to accommodate the plants.
The meeting was more largely at
tended than the regular meeting held
several weeks ago. William E.
Webb was chosen to act as chairman
and the purpose of the meeting was
then stated. z. B. Ziegler and E. B.
Goodsell told something of the nature
of new system that they contemplated
installing on the south side. 1t is
what is know as the Lewis & Nc
Kitchen steam system and is giving ex-
cellent satisfaction in several schools
of this section, including Platteville
Normal and Dodgeville high school.
Mr.. Cox. who was representing
the Lewis & Kitchen Co., was
present with figures and plans and
spoke at some length on the general
nature of the plant and its many
advantages over all others. He stated
that his company would give surety
bond guarantee on 100 per cent of the
cost of the system that their plant
would give excellent satisfaction
throughout the year and in the coldest
weather heat any part of the building
to temperature of 20 degrees: this
bond to renewed yearly until the
citizens were satisfied.
After some discussion a resolution
to provide for the extra appropriation
asked for, was voted upon and carried
80 to Is.
Without a doubt the Lewis & Nc
Kitchen plant Will be installed at the
high school 1t has been entirely
satisfactory wherever 1T had fair
trial. A building to contain the
boiler etc. will be built along the
south side of the building and will
run nearly the whole length.
Tee plans shown hY Mr.. Cox pro-
vide for an excellent system of forced
ventilation by which the air in each
room will be etiraly changed once
every six or eight minutes. BY So
counteracting arrangement the windy
side of the building can be kept uni
formly heated with all other parts Of
the school house. These are but two.
of the many advantages of the Lewis
q McKItchen system Work On both
sides will be started as soon as pos
sible in order to have everything in
readiness for the opening of school In
September
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
THINKS TARIFF BILL
WILL Be A GOOD ONE
State Chairman Edmonds Com
mends Presidents Attitude.
Believes the Whole Country Will APP
prove the Bill in the Shape
1t Will Finally Pass.

when a tariff bill bearing the
endorsement of President Taft is re-
ported to congress by the senate and
house conferees. do not believe that
any loyal Republican Will vote
against it,
This was the opinion of E. A. Ed.
monds, chairman of the Republican
state central committee, who arrived
in Milwaukee Yesterday. Mr.. Edmonds
returned from an extended visit to
Washington recently.
Il think the whole country APP
preciates the splendid generalship and
tact President Taft has shown
throughout this extra session of CON
gress, said Mr. Edmonds; land l
think. too. that the country approves
the stand he has taken in the matter
of revision. He has spok zen at time
and in a manner to assure the con-
fidence of the people that he means
to see to it that satisfactory tariff
measure is pastel.
"People who have been so quick to
criticise and complain perhaps do not
realize the delicate position in which
the president has heen placed during
this long session. And by the same
token think the people who were
loudest in complaint now realize that
he has taken the course best calculat,
ed to bring about the passage OF a
satisfactory bill.
"While the discussion was on,
there were so many interests. SO many
states and sections the interests of
which were in conflict, that no man
could say just where the right of
proposition affecting the tariff lay.
But the president occupied an S.
pecially fortunate coign of vantage,
hearing all sides and observing the
struggle among the various sections
for the advantage. l believe now
that every one sees the consummate
wisdom of the man, and every one
realizes that before he consents to the
passage of a tariff bill that bill will
bear the approval of the best thought
and sentiment of the Republican
party
Mr.. Edmonds said that the difficulty
in framing a tariff bill which will
meet with general appreciation lies
in the fact. as Gen. Hancock said,
the tariff is local ISSUE
Every section of the country, :"
he said, wants high tariff on its
products and low one on the pro-
ducts of other sections. Senators and
representative in congress have been
deluged with letters and kilograms for
weeks, and naturally they have tried
to get what they could for their home
industries. But believe that be-
fore the report of the conferees is
finally adopted President Taft will
bring about solution of the problem
which will be just and entirely
satisfactory to the whole country. =
Milwaukee Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
Another Floating Theatre.

What will be the largest show boat
in the world when completed is be-
ing built by W. r. Market of Parks
burg West v, for use on the Missis-
sippi river Il will be 100 feet long
and 46 feet wide and will have a
seating capacity of 1900 people.
1t is expected to launch the boat by
September 1st but of course it will
not reach the towns of the upper
Mississippi until next season.
The theatre portion of the boat
will be fitted up elegantly, the en-
trance being lighted with $500 in
candescant lights. An ice plant will
be kept in operation on board and a
special water system will furnish
ample pressure for fire protection and
fresh filtered drinking water.
The theatre will be replica of the
magnificent Majestic in Denver,
Colo, and alone will be worth going
miles to see.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
New Invention in Novel Post Cards.

The advertising manager of a big
business house in Philadelphia has
invented a postcard, which has been
patened in this country and all over
Europe and will probably be widely
used for advertising and souvenir
purposes. It consists of an ordinary
postcard with a round hole in the
middle about the size of a quarter,
and collapsible figure of rice paper
pasted on the back. This figure may
be any shape desired and may lie
printed with the likeness of historic
buildings or other things it is desired
to reproduce. A puff off the breath
through the hole fills out the rice
paper figure. which assumes the
wanted shape and stays that way
until again folded. It is an interest
ing novelty and particularly we'll
adapted to bear figures of buildings of
historic or other interest. The
collapsible card will also be made in
the form of bank, with a slot for
coins.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28

fieas were arrested charged
with robbery.
At place called Walnut the
women of this tribe touched a man
by the nj me of Shuffnet for $50,
simply picking his pocket while
telling him his fortune. and then
made their getaway from him. But
before leaving one of the damsels
called at ]. P. Stephens livery barn
and told his fortune and stole fvs
dollars from him. To make sure that
he would not follow her she grabbed
the bottom of his trousers legs and
tore them so completely that he was
not properly attired to follow her.
They also touched DR.. Hopkins of the
same place.
From Walnut they FASTENED to
Deer Grove, where the station agent
was relieved of five dollar bill so
quickly and nicely that he did not
discover it for an hour afterwards.
He formed posse and caught them
on the Colder road and being backed
by shot gun, got his money back.
Galena officers should now be on
the lookout for some of these out
laws. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
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the state board of health, has been
visiting his relatives in West Grant.
Mrs. Harry Elton and daughter
Mrs. Schafer of Canton, S. D. are
visiting in this vicinity. They
formerly resided here.
John Jeidy was over from Lancas-
ter Friday.
W. o. Smith and Willis Edwards
expect to start Wednesday for Mis-
soula, Mont, to register in the land
drawing.
Walter Burns, formerly of Beetown,
was in town Saturday. Mr.. Burns
now lives in Dakota
Mort. BARLEY, dental student, is
home from Chicago for visit.
Jas. Sprague and George Kinney,
who are building a house for John
Gockel near Glen Haven, were home
Sunday.
NJ. E, Woodhouse and wife were in
Chicago a couple of days last week.
Prof Headley and wife are visit
ing relatives in ILdiana.
S A. Hatch went to North Dakota
with E. D. Beeman last week. He
liked the country.
R. N. Hoskins is placing a steel
ceiling in the postoffice.
Rev. ]. T. Taylor, pastor of the
Baptist church of this place. went to
New York last week and met a young
lady from England. They were mar
ried on 'the ship that brought her
over, and she landed on American
soil as Mrs. Taylor. They are ex-
pected home soon.
Miss Stella Smith of lancaster is
visiting here.
Mr.. Pinkerton of Wyalusing cut
his foot quite badly.
Frasier's Stock Company, mention
ed in this column last week, begins
week IS engagement in the city hall
August 9th. The company has high
endorsements and presents some one
night uccesses, such as Lost in the
Hills" and A Merry Chase
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
HISTORIC
WISCONSIN FARM
Marks Place of First Settlement
in Dane County.
Located Near Blue Mounds on Famous
Old Military Road From Mil
waukee to Prairie du Chen.

The Dodgeville Sun-Republic last
week contained the following article
telling of the Brigham place which
Grant county citizens, especially
early settlers, are familiar with,
it asian early and historic land mark !.
The Oldest and II ost historic farm
in Dane county Is the old Brigham
place mile east of Blue Mounds 1t
is remarkable fact, too, that while
the oldest farm in the county it never
has passed out of the hands of the
family since first acquired 1t is a
broad estate of over 600 acres, lying
at the east end of the muonds.
The home is on the famous old
military road laid out from Mil
waukee to Prairie du CHEN i'll pioneer
days and which In the main follows
the southern water shed of Wiscon-
sin. Here it was that the first
permanent settlement within the
limits of the present Dane county was
made by Ebenezer Brigham in 1928.
The site of the original log cabin Is
now marked by a comfortable frame
farmhouse, the third building on the
historic site.
The Brigham cabin was isolated
enough. The nearest settlement was
at Dodgeville, twenty five miles west.
To the east the nearest was the cabin
of Solomon Juneau at the mouth of the
Milwaukee river, to the northeast
Green Bay, to the southeast the
village of Chicago.
Ebenezer Brigham was quite a
character in the early day history of
the state. He was born in Massa
chusetts April %, 1899; came west,
attracted by the lead mines at Galena.
In 1927 he visited Platteville and in
the spring of 1923 settled at Blue
Mounds. Maj. William Deviese, an
early day character, and others had
visited the place year or two before
and one J. B. Skinner had operated
small lead furance here for a time.
Lead had been discovered and mined
by the Indians long before this time.
But these were all gone when Brig
ham came to the Mounds. The first
post-ofice in Dane county was also
established here with Brigham as
postmaster and was known as Mound
Vile. Brigham also was a member
of the territorial council from 1886
to 1841. was a member of the first
state legislature in 1840.
Charles Ilsley Brigham, the pres
ent manager of the farm, is grand
nephew of the Original Ebenezer. "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
Gypsy DepredatiOns in Illinois.

. Further complaint of the gypsy pest
comes from Illinois. The last num-
Der of the Galena Gazette tells of
their depreciation in that state as fol-
lows:
Gypsy men and women are COM
hitting many depredations in sur
rounding towns. At Dixon yester-
day one of the women grabbed a roll
of bills from farmers hand tearing
some of them in two. She proceeded
to run but the man caught her.
At Savanna another OUTFIT stole
whatever they could in the stores of
that city. Usually two or three would
enter the store and while one to two
engaged the attention of the proprie.
tor and clerks the third would manage
to "swipe'' something. At Morrison
another gang of nine men and women.
nineteen children, twelve horses. tour
wagons and six dogs with at least
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
FlattevilIe Chautauqua.

The Platteville Chautauqua opens
next Thursday night, July 80, with q
concert by the Cleveland Ladies'
Orchestra. Several hundred peul !e
will be camping on the grounds as a
large number of tents have been
ordered. The Normal band will
camp on the grounds and give a short
band concert each evening before the
regular program.
Next Sunday afternoon Governor
Hanly of Indiana will speak. He is
one Of the foremost men of the ma
tion ard great speaker. On Thurs
day, August s. the Kryl band of forty
members will give concerts both
afternoon and evening. The band is
assisted by eight operatic singers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
The August Housekeeper.

Hammock stories for hot days fiji
the pages Of The Housekeeper for
August. Some Of them have such
startling titles as Matching the
Serpent's Egg, by A Gordon
Ogilvie, Seen Through the Tele-
scope, b" and 1.-THE Life Book of Uncle
Jesse. . ga Case of Art and the
Common People, by Edmund III.
Wuarpel, is the interestingly true
story of st. Louis. All sorts of ad-
vice is given about managing the
home in hot weather and the sugges-
tions are valuable, economical and
helpful. The Housekeeepr Corpora
tion, Minneapolis, MINI. Seventy
five cents year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be received by the Build
ing committee of Dist. No. 3, Lancas-
ter, Wis, up to Monday August 8, at
noon, at the office of DR.. Hassell for
the erection of boiler and fuel room
and chimney for the high school
building. Plans and specifications
may be seen at DR.. Hassell's Office on
and after Monday the End day of
August next. Building Com.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28
Some New State Laws.

If the Grant county Board of
Supervisors acts upon the authority
granted it by an act passed during the
last Legislature, there Fill be some
second hand stone crushers for sale
bereabouts,
By this legislation all county
boards of the state are authorized to
provide rock piles and implements at
the county jails at which all prisoners
shall be employed not more than eight
hours each day with the exception, of
course, of legal holidays. Exemption
under this law is made, of course, of
female prisoners and those DECLARED
to be physically unable to perform
such labor.
The stone will be used for road
making.
The passing of this law suggests
the possibility of partial solution of
the tramp problem in many counties.
A new law, becoming operative
after July, 1910, provides that the ap-
pointment Of the members of the
police force and fire departments in
all cities of the fourth class shall be
made by a police and fire commission
of five members appointed by the
mayor. Not more than three MEM
bers of the commission shall belong
to the same political party when ap-
pointed. These commissioners shall
receive no salary nor any sort of a
compensation.
The final section of chapter 1877
embodying this law reads as follows !:
"All provisions contained in the
charter or ordinances of any city of
the fourth class mentioned in the first
section of this act for the election
or appointment of chief of police,
policemen, marshal, or the chief
engineer of the fire department are
hereby repealed to take effect from
and after July 1. 1910, and no such
officers or memb ers shall be elected or
appointed to hold longer than until
July 1. 1910, from and after which
date the Office of marshal shall be abol-
ished and his duties performed by the
chief of police, and all other officers and
members of the police and fire de-
partments shall be appointed by said
board and hold their Offices pursuant
to this act -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-28

The new law relating to the in
spection of all oils used for power and
lighting purposes specifies that all
oils shall meet three tests by the state
inspectors or be condemned by them.
These are tests are called the flash
test. the burning test and the gravity
test
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-08
PLEADS GUILTY, BUT
BLAMES HIS CLERK
MeIrose Dealer Fined for an
Employees Mistake

SAN LEANDRO, Oct. Pleading
guilty to the charge of selling liquor
without license G.. Pellegrini of Mel
rose. who was arrested on the complaint
OF Deputy Constable NJ. Borge. was
fined $50 by Justice of the Peace j. n.
Frank.
Pellegrini was in the peculiar posi-
tion of being innocent of wrong intent.
but legally guilty. inasmuch as he him.
self had not sold the liquor. a clerk
having made the sale in his absence.
The Alameda county liquor law, un-
der which the case was prosecuted,
provides that any one who keeps a
mace where liquor is sold or given
away without license is guilty as well
the one who does the actual selling
or giving away
PeIlegrini admitted that the gallon
of wine and two bottles of beer had
been purchased by Borge in his store,
hut claimed that had he been present
M liouor would have been sold. He
declared the homemade wine and the
beer in the store were for his own use
entirely and that the clerk should not
have sold it.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-08
GRAND JURY VISITS
COUNTY INFIRMARY
Inquisitors Carefully Guard
Plans and Reach Institu-
ton UnannOunced

OAKLAND, Oct. 7.-An unannounced
visit was made by members of the
grand jury at the county infirmary to-
day. Details of the expedition had
been carefully guarded. Supervisor
Fred Foss of Berkeley was summoned,
ostensibly as a witness, but once in
side the grand jury room he was di-
rected to telephone to Berkeley for
automobiles.
When the machines arrived the driv-
ers did not receive their. final direc-
tions until the outskirts of the city
had been reached.
The inspection of the infirmary
buildings was carried on with view
to weighing the policy of its admins
tration. The board of supervisors, co.
operating with DR.. w. A. Clark, the
superintendent regard the institution
as a hospital rather than a poor farm.
Inmates who are able to render serv-
ices receive small. salaries, ranging
from So to $40 a month, The total pay
roll is about 5000 a month to indi-
gents.
The existing conditions were also
examined with a view to determining
whether the per capita expense of
maintenance was excessive, and
whether the institution in its gradual
expansion to it's present size could not
be conducted more cheaply with a re-
organization.
Deputy District Attorney Leon Clark
accompanied the expedition
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-08
STREETCAR SERVICE TO
CAMPUS BEGINS MONDAY
Long Needed Improvement at
Stanford a Reality
Especial Dispatch 10 The Cain

PALO ALTO, Oct. Irregular serv-
ice on the new electric line between
Palo Alto and the campus will begin
next Monday morning. W. II. Yount,
manager of this division of the Penin-
sular railway company. met General
Manager E. E. Chaplin in San Jose yes
terday, and was authorized to announce
that the first car will start on Mon
day at 6:20 a. M, and that 10 minute
schedule will be maintained. Resi-
dents and students alike are express
ing satisfaction that the service so long
needed is to become reality.
The instructions issued state that in
Palo Alto the cars will stop on the
first or near crosswalks of intersecting
streets, and in the university grounds.
where signs are placed. reading, Cars
stop here"
Three cars leave the terminal at
Emerson and University avenuse at
$40 o'clock in the morning; one will
go to the campus, another to NARROW
and University avenues and the third
will go to the terminal at Waverley
street and Embarcadero road. The first
car leaves the campus for Palo Alto
1t $50 a. m. and the last car at
1920 p. m.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-08
COUNTY EXPOSES
INSANE ON STREET
Procedure of Courts Forces, I'm
fOrtunates Into View of
Broadway Loungers

OAKLAND, Oct. 6.-The spectacle OF
woman violently insane being
dragged across the street from the de-
tention ward at the receiving hospital
to the county courthouse, attracting a
crowd of onlookers who jeered at the
officials in charge, was repeated today
when Mrs. Mary Mulvihill of HAYWARD
was taken before Judge Ogden.
The practice OF exposing unfortu-
mates in this manner has arisen from
the opinion of superior judges that
formal arraignments and proceedings
in insanity cases are most properly held
in courtrooms. Warden Emlay of the
receiving hospital force has protested
and is now agitating for a change OF
procedure to do away with the exhibit
tions.
When Mrs. Mulvihill was in court
she kicked a document from Judge Og-
den's hand, narrowly missing him.
When her examination was set and she
was being returned to the ward the
assistance of two deputy sheriffs was
required. Inquiry into her mental con-
dition will be held tomorrow morning.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-08
WOMEN IN COURT
BOTH CLAIM BOY
Judge to Decide Whether Mother
or Foster Mother Shall
Have Child

. OAKLAND. Oct Judge Ogden
was called upon today to decide rival
claims for the guardianship of Grant
Hamilton, aged 5 years, filed by his
mother, Mrs. Pethrea Jensine Petersen,
and by his foster mother, Mrs. Ella
Hamilton. The boy lives at home in
the Santa Cruz mountains. conducted
by the Now people. headed by
Henry Harrison Brown. The lad is a
promising member of one of Browns
culture classes
Mrs. Hamilton alleged that she had
had the care of the boy since he was
days of age. and that his mother
had kidnapped him two months ago and
placed him in the Now home and
threatened to conceal him effectually.
She made serious charges against Mrs.
Petersen's character, which were de-
MED and referred to as slander.
Mrs. Petersen alleged that Mrs. Ham
ilton and her husband, Claude Hamil-
ton, had allowed the boy the freedom
of the streets, so that he was said TO
have picked up vile language on the
water front and to have had his leg
broken. The mother explained that
the boy had been given into her care
willingly by Mrs. Hamilton, and that
she had no plans for his secret re-
moval.
The rival claims came to the atten-
ton of the court by Mrs. Hamilton's
formal petition for his guardianship
and counter petition filed by the
mother. Consideration of the case will
be resumed Friday afternoon.