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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08
.pproved May y, 1909.
No. 1874. 81 Published NAV ~ 9Ol
CHAPTER 116, LAWS OF 1903

No. 1874 s Published Nav ! B. 1909
CHAPTER 115, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 1865 OF the stat
utes. relat.ug to highways.
The people or me State OF Wisconsin, rep
resented in senate and Assembly, DO enact
rs follows
Section l. Section 1865 Of the statutes
Is amended 10 read Section 1868 When
for a homestead under the laws Of the
United States. occupying the same, residing
In any town shall wish to have a highway
laid out, Widened, altered, or discontinued
In such town they may make application IN
writing to the supervisors If the town In
which they reside for that purpose: and the
widen. alter discontinue such highway II
in their opinion the public good viii there
by be promoted provided. however. that no
town board shall discontinue any state road
without laying out and opening town
highway connecting the portions OF such
state road separated by such discOntinuanCe
of such state road. unless the portions OF
such state road so disconnected BY such
dlscontinuance are already connected with
a highway In existence at the time Of such
disContinuance and provided, further, that
no town board shall have power or author
ity TO alter, change, or discontinue any
highway laid out by the county board. Pro
ylded further that this act shall not apply
to that part Of any state road IA any town
where an action or proceeding Is now pend
ing against the town where such road Is sit
uated TO compel the town to restore or re-
pair such highway. When any highway Is
sought to be altered under the provisions Of
this section. and all OF the abutting owners
on the part Of the highway so sought to be
altered desire such alteration. and the board
of supervisors is of the opinion that the
nuhItc viii not be materially affected by
such alteration such board may make the
same end may take into consideration do
nations Of money, land, or services by such
AUDITING owners for the making OF such al
Annroved May II, 1909
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08

Approved May 70, 1909.
No. 4OS At IPublished Nav IL 1909
CIAPIEE LIZ. LAWS OE Ia0a

No. 4OS Al 1PuhUshpd Nav IL 1909
CHAPTER ia, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 3O4O Or the stint
utes. relating to dIscUntlnuance or dis
missal Of writ Of error or Of an ap-
peal.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin. rep
resented in Senate and Assemble, do enact
~ follows
section / Section 2O4o Of the statutes
Is hereby amended TO read Section %O4O
No disroutinuance or dismissal Of a writ IF
error or an appeal shall preclude the party
from suing out another writ Of error or tax
ing another appeal IN the same cause with
In the time limited by law.
section Z. LhIs act saaIl take ehect and
bubiICa ton.
hDUrOvpd Nav 70 1909
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
SIZE OF COAL ROADS GRAB
Manipulation of Rates by Carriers
I'm he Coal Mining In
dustry.

Numerous inquiries into the nature, ar
rangement, and profitableness of the busI-
ness of railways which both produce and
transport coal nave been occasioned by the
decision OF the United States Supreme
Court on the commodities clause" One
OF the strongest complaints against the
exercise by roal railroads Of the dual func-
summed up in the terse statement, heard
occasionally in the trade, that they get
too little for the coal and too much for
hauling IT," The meaning OF this is that
the railroads derive their profit not from
the mining of coal, but from the transpor-
tation Of it. The coal-producing business
which they own or control may be con-
Quoted at a nominal profit. II any, and the
railroads receive a high rate for moving
the output to market The Independent
coal producer must get his profit, il any.
on the coal itself. and he is, therefore. at
a disadvantage in competition with the
coal companies, owned and controlled by
the railroads. who produce coal without
profit and pay the railroads high rates
for its transportation.
The allegation is worth ex- inning. OF
the several coal railroads named as de-
PENDANTS IN the governments action TO en-
force the commodities clause of the Hen
burn act, not more than three furnish sta
tistics sufficiently full TO show the rela-
ton Of the rate on coal to that on other
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

freight, including merchandise. etc, bear
ing in theory a much higher transportation
rate than coal. In the case OF the Reading
the average rate per ton mile on coal is
lower than upon other freight. but it will
be noticed. too. that its average ton mile
rate on coal alone is lower than In the
case Of either the Lackawanna or the Lee
high Valley. This is que in part IL the
fact that about IS per cent. OF the Read
ing's coal tonnage consists OF bituminous
coal. which bears a lower ate than an
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

freight. The Central OF New Jersey Rail-
road does not separate earnings; neither
does the Pennsylvania. The Erie separates
coal traffic earnings from other freight
earnings, and also shows the tonnage OF
coal and freight. respectively, but not the
ton miles. The same is true of the Della
ware AMI Hudson. II is possible o=!y in
the case OF the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, the Lehigh Valley. and the
Reading to obtain a fair comparison OF the
average rate per ton mile received on coal
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
Transit and Levels Repaired

The Wurn Optical Co. have added to
their lens grinding shop the services OF
q man who Is an expert on repairing ana
adjusting all kinds OF surveyors, engtn-
GERS and field instruments. We would
like a trial at your repair work
Right on the s. w. Corner 10th ano
Farnam SITS. Tel. Doug. SssS-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

thracite. whereas the I4ackawanna and the
Lehigh Valley are essentially anthracite
roads. Also the Readings average ton
mile rate on general freight. compared
with the others, is remarkably high.-New
York Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Kemper. Hemphill & Buckingham,
All Kinds Of Plating.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

with that received in the average for other
freight. The comparisons are:
Coal other
freight. freight.
Del, Lack. a. VEST. .873 cent. $50 cent.
Lehigh Valley .......... TAI cent. $40 cent.
Reading ........b......... $50 cent. 1883 cent.
Thus, the average rate obtained for haul
ing one ton OF coal one mile is nearly q
per cent. higher in the case OF Lackawanna
and nearly 81 per cent higher in the case
Of Lehigh Valley than the average rate
obtained per ton per mile on all other
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Bigger. Better. Busier-rhat's what ad-
vertising In IT Bee does fog your
business.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

We are exclusive agents for the BOhn
Syphon PorceIain-lined Refrigerators-best
refrigerator made.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

We are exclusive agents for the Vulcan
Gas Stove-the kind that saves gas and
is Odorless.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30
TactIess SaIesqirIs.

1.-The lack of tact shown by some of
the salesladies in the millinery depart
mentS almost kills me- said Il woman
who is very sensitive concerning her
weight. Il don't see how they ever
get anybody to take anything they
have to offer. One of them brought
out fright of a hat for my inspection
the other day. regular beehive.
wouldn't be seen in it in a huckleberry
pasture. And when | rebeled she
seemed to be offended.
you've got ro6nd. full face said
she. and il you'd do your hair differ
emily, carry it out behind. this would
be becoming on you
Now. nobody has to so much as hint
to me that my face is round and full.
though it isn't so round and full as it
was I've lost four pounds in the last
six months. And as for doing my
hair. do it as l please. I've paid
for it,
But the worst was yet to come.
When | told her that another hat she
brought out was too staring she said
that people who didn't have anything
else ought to dress showily. The ele-
vator was going down about then. and
/ took it,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30
No Law For Newest Woman,

Not all women in these days of suf-
fragette excitement are generous to
their sex. For instance. utterly self
ish" is the hard indictment found
against modern women by the secre-
tary Of woman's club. "Civilization
is producing new woman" she writes,
mot the short haired creature who Is
dying to look like man. but the jew
eled woman in Partisan finery who
recognizes no law but her own. She
walks airily over the rule that the last
conner must take the last place in the
box Office line or at the railroad ticket
office. She occupies with her beauty
bags and other accessories twice the
room she is entitled to in the railroad
car. She talks in loud tones in the
theater and at concerts and refuses to
take off her hat for the convenience Of
the person in the rear seat unless the
rules Of the place absolutely compel her
to remove it. Altogether woman is be-
coming very lawless. and if she is balk-
ed in her lawlessness she complains
loudly that mans chivalry is waning"
All Of which has more than a grain of
truth
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30

home and one or more parks III the
northeast and extending the boulevard
around to the beginning in Potomac
park. making Il grand drive OF thirty
or forty miles"
Seen al Oak Hill Cemetery.
A rampant of vaults crowns the hill
overlooking Rock creek. once known
as the rock of Dumbarton. but now
so fifty GATED flum the beautiful trees
Oak Hi! cemetery. Somber they seem
from their silent tenants-and cheer
loss. while they rest i'll the shadow.
but the sun Just sinking into a tieecy
cloud bed. yildS these quiet houses of
the dead. symbolic Of the never fading
glory beyond.
Many heroes are gathered in this 81
lent city. Two brothers. Albert Nathan
iel Smith. commander United States
navy. and Joseph Bryant Smith. who
was killed IN tile while in command
of the United States frigate Congress
Gle Died Doing His Duty" is his sim
pie epitaph, lie side by side. Neither
had reached his prime. Not far from
their graves lies an unmarked tomb of
shipmate. When they last parted it
was at the marriage Of the latter.
when Captain Joseph Smith was best
man." Then came the civil war. and
one plate bears the letters u. S. n"
the other &c. S. ~"
A Militant Minister.
Another tomb marks the last resting
place of the famous pastor of the First
Presbyterian church within the Dis
trict. Stephen Balch was shepherd Of
his flock for tifty-three years. From
the time he took charge of the only
Protestant congregation between Alex
andria and Rock creek to the day or
his death he welded immense inf]u-
ence in local affairs. He held proba-
bly, the first open air service in the
city. and it was in memory of General
Washington. whose death had but re-
Gently occurred. He drilled the boys
of the town into so good a company
that they and he took part In the bat
tie of Badensburg.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Sarcasm wins a lot of admiration at
the same time that it is very busily en-
gagged in losing friends.
Love laughs at the lOcksmth, but
fights shy of the iokesmith.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30


One OF the latest society tads is
reading character by the finger nails
Here are some 1T the rules:
Long Nails. When the uailS are
long the person Is good uatnrtd. hut
pIaring little confidence in others.
Narrow Nails - rhe person With such
n3ils is de>IrnuS of attaining knowi
edge in the sciences, but is never at
peace long WIN Der neighiIOrS.
Broat \ailS. Il hey who have their
nails hr,nd are at Il gentle disposition.
baShtu "nd AFRAID OF speaking before
their SUnpr,rrS or indeed to any Que
without n">itatinn ana n doWucaSi AIR.
Little NaiiS. Little round mans dis
cover II PERSON to he ObStlnateiy an
Cry. seldom pienseh. lncllniug 10 bate
every one rs c"'lrrivinS herself supe-
rior to Others, though wit hout any
foundation tor such conception.
tlnshv Nniis.-A calm person and
idler. loving to steep. eat and drink.
not delighting in hustle and a busy
lite. one VINO prefers Il narrow income
wit hont industry to one OF oplIence to
he acquired by activity and diligence.
Pale or Lead Colored NailS.-A mel
archoly person. one who through
choice leads Sedentary life and
would willingly give up all things for
the sake OF study and to improve in
the learned ana metaphysical branches
OF philosophy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30

home aud one or more parks in the
northeast and extending the boulevard
around to the beginning in Potomac
park. making Il grand drive OF thirty
or forty miles"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30
Wor1lan'sWorld
A NEW OCCUPATION.

Miss Corbett, St. Louis Girl, Acts as
Professional Bridesmaid
For pretty. stylish looking girls there
is new occupation-that of profess
sional bridesmaid.
The work is certainly not arduous.
and at smart weddings the check sent
to the professional bridesmaid is said
to be generous.
Miss Edna Corbett of East st. Louis
is the only pioneer in this kind of So
cial work. one might call ii. During
the fall Miss Corbett has acted as
bridesmaid at seven weddings. and her
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30

Thought q minute he'd "a fallen, the
way his feature twitched.
Then he give hearty chuckle an
says he: "Wcll, I'll be switched!
Why. that takes me forty year
back" An he give my hand a
shake
TIL ny arm from wrist to shoulder
for q good hour felt the ache.
So we chatte1 for a little, an at last
lie says to me:
II II rretty lonesome fellow. Can't
y"1 core an dine with me9"
An TAT cveilin' I went over. (Su.
,A2'a Children had hop
In TIE! vorry folks made a bed
L: =. Were I didn't care to stop.)
I'd a r,ia',:.tty pleasant evenin,' an I
fo-nH cut-well. it's strange
ho" you call VIC UD nclSnDOr
when you meet hir just on
change!
I've heard fro, other rarties-he'd
have never told himself
Gurley's get son,e square IDEAS about
other things than pelf.
He had just that very ncr:lin' sent
the children's home check
An had helped an CID time school
mate of whom drink had made
wreck.
Beats all how some folks can do such
things an keep their face tart.
What's the open hand at Christmas,
though, without the open heart?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30
NEW YEARS EVE.

BY FRANK H. SWEET.
Copyright. 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciation.j
NE thing the old years
d d brought to me, an that's
W real good friend.
Who'd thought. that Neighbor Cur.
ley, now, could ever quite IN
bend?
Three years we've lived here side by
side, the calendars aver,
An not a word had we exchanged
except Good evenin,' sir"
Well, I met him Chris'mas mcrnin'
as we came along the street.
I was just e-reachin' my door an he
his. We CHANGED to meet.
So I tried him with a smile. Says
I: well, neighbor, howdy do?
Merry Christmas, an I'm thinkin'
I've got Chris'm gift ON you"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30

SrSStS Il idi 20 Wir'lrODe or uHlnry
bridesmaids gowns and Il fine assert
ment of presents from the different
brides and brideSrooms she has attend
"d to The altar.
ire professional bridesmaid imag-
inrd by Sir ". = Gilbert III his opera
"Ruddi"Ore" has become an actually.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-30

IA
Kind O. cast iron grin his smile was.
but he thawed out when I
spoke,
An to make things kind O. easy I
worked off a little joke.
Why, he fairly keeled with laughin'.
an he slars me on the back,
An before an hour was over we VA
calm Seth an Jack,
Settin' cheek by jowl an tellin'
bout the times when we was
young,
The huskins an the quiltin's an the
old time songs we sung,
The coastin' an the sleigh rides an
the dancin' in the barn,
An at tellin' old time stories he
could cap me, every yarn.
But before I left we made it up to
meet tonight ag'in,
For we're bound to set the old year
out an see the New Year il.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-16
SQUARE REvERs.


Big revers were a feature of the
directoire fashions; but while the cut
away coat, the N%apoleonic collar and
cuff and the high girdle have passed
away, the revers have returned and
are knocking for admittance.
Many of the newest cloth gowns are
made with big square revers, but
they are not stiff. They are merely
shaped pieces of the material allowed
to fall away from the V-shaped neck,
and to ripple gently at the lower edge
in a way that suggests limpness
more than anything else. While they
are a feature of the new street cos
tunes, they must of necessity be made
of q material the raw edges or SEW
age of which may be used in an I'M
finished state. A canvas OF lining
would merely spoil the big revers and
take from them all the style they have.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-16

Makers have again put forth this
thrice-turned-up brim. and now there
seems hope of its passing on into a re-
liable fashion.
But before this hat is fairly on its
way to the millinery workrooms there
Is a whisper of its modification. Just
the merest suggestion. we are told. Of
a roll at the back. although one mil
lines boldly promises that her own es-
pecial hat-she always stakes her or
tune on one Shapes to be the up
turned back. This march of the fash
ions is interesting to those who keep
in line, and to the watchers on the
curbstone as we'll.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-16

Please write to your girls and tell
them to think a very long while before
they refuse the good home a good man
offers them, simply because they do
not love him." wrote a bachelor girl.
Ten years ago." she went on. Il re-
fused a thoroughly eligible man who
love him and l thought l would be
happier to keep on with my work than
10 marry a man unless l loved him
with all my heart.
And now am an old maid and 1
know 1 have made a mistake. My
father n mother are dead and my
two sisters are married. They love
me. of course but l am not by any
means a necessity to them. I am al
ways welcome in their homes. but /
cannot help feeling that I do not be-
long.
II have a host of friends that
times seem SuillCleHl,, Dul every oLIc
in awhile it comes over me that the
are only friends, that while they are
necessary to my happiness 1 am only
incidental to theirs-not a comforting
thought.
When / am working / an usually
pretty happy, but one cannot work
all the time. I tried it once, SO l
know. And into the hin between
all the pleasures and all the work you
can possibly put into your life, the
bitterly empty m are sure to
creep.
o course, | do not positively
aknow. but I am as sure as I want to
be that l would have been infinitely
happier in making a home for that
thoroughly good man whom I liked
and respected and who loved me than
I am now
Please tell your girls not to follow
my example"
wouldn't dare say quite that to
my girls, Blu I do ask them to at
least think over her experiene.
To marry the man she loves with
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-16
F. EVENING"
.CHT-CHAT
Bly,.
Ruth
Cameron

/ all her heart is undoubtedly the best
thing that can happen to any woman.
But unfortunately the chance to DO
| that does not come to every woman
and isn't it possible hat to marry a
good mar who loves her n whom
she likes and respects may be a better
thing for some women than never to
marry at all.
Mind you, / don't say for every wo-
man. l think it is a good deal a mat
ter of temperament. For the very
emotional woman, for instance, such
a course would be dangerous. If such
a woman were tied to a man she didn't
love she would be pretty apt to hate
him.
But for the woman who is essen
TALLY a mother-woman, a homemaker
| and a home lover there may lie great
| happiness along this path.
L uOn I lll1h dHS WOIldH OuSlt w
marry a man unless she felt she SIM
ply could not live without him." said
a very intense young woman to me
once.
That is all very we'll for her type of
woman.
But there are other types.
There are so many considerations
| that enter into a matter like that
how much the woman likes the man.
mis- circumstances, his disposition, her
circumstances, and a hundred other
things-that I cannot say outright
that 1 should advise any who
is considering the subject to marry
a man she did not love. But I can
say that I should advise any woman,
especially any woman over Is to look
we'll to the future, reckon fully her
chances of meeting the right man,
ponder carefully on her ability to
stand being alone and not belonging"
before she says to the good man who
loves her,
Il cannot marry you because l do
not love YOU"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-16

To a young girl just beginning to
gu out and about among men and
women there are many little points Of
etiquette which seem obscure. Child
ish are not those of grown
ups, and the young girl must have
midway between the two.
Where she formerly stood at the en-
trance of every older person she may,
when she has arrived at the age OF
Young girlhood. remain seated except
in the case Of an older woman or a
man who has reached the age of her
grandfather.
There is a country, ABOUT which little
is known, where eacr Ia mas a anne
added to his family name to show
his generation. In this way any one
can tell if the stranger he meets is of
his Own generation, of his fathers or
his grandfather's. There, too. the chill
MICH "a ' 1AAoN III W ~ III tiAC
presence OF a generation older than
their own. so you see there could be no
question of disrespect. no doubt about
the proper way to behave.
4 young girl cannot be too deferen-
tial to her mother and her father. This
Is not childish nor unbecoming in even
4 groWn She must be polite,
Of course. to any girl that she meets
and she must always rise to greet a
hostess, no matter how young she may
be. On the other hand, there is nc
necessity TO make particular effort fol-
any man of her own generation. He
may stand and talk to her while she
sits down. She need not shake hands
with the man she has just met: it is
better to reserve that for the sealing
of friendship. The mistake most girls
make is in being too polite to mer
and too rpde to ONE
IAAS IL Lul Only at variance Win al
accepted rules of etiqVette, which al
ways take the woman and place hel
upon a pedestal for man to care for
but il is also a great social blunder
for a girl who is disliked by women
as I have told YOU before, cannot hope
TO be an acknowledged favorite. ANY
ma will say that he likes a boy;sh
woman. a good sport. yet when il
comes TO marriage. he will incariab-
~ pick out the womanly woman. whose
manners are pleasant and who is no,
lacking i'll Difference n respect to
women as we'll as men.
Most girls, wheni they first go about