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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
No. I'll. Al Published June {, 1909
CHAPTER 299, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to amend subdivision Of section
948 Of the statutes, relating 20 snoscrlP-
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented In Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows:
Of the statutes. relating 10 subscriptions
by municipalities to railroad stock, Is
amended to read (Section 946.) 1. With
in three months after the filing OF any such
proposition with the proper clerk the rail-
road company may, by written request,
require notice to be given 0y sucn clerk, IN
the manner hereinafter provided for giving
Osition. that after a date In such NOTICE
named not less than thirty nor more tnan
sixty days from the date OF notice, peIi-
ton to the proper autnoriIles ~ S t;o,.
NAV be accepted and carried into .eHecl,
will be presented for their signatures TO tne
male resident taxpayers thereof. which peti-
tion embracing copy OF secR prSbpo nntica'
If thereafter, within four months from Cne
filing of such proposition with sucn cIerk'
the railroad company snail desVsf c so S"e Of
such proposition and bearing the signEi1g,L ras
of "a majority of the male persons resiuing
In such municipality who were assesseH io a
tares ON real or personal estate therein rs
shown by the last assessment roll, which
majority SO signing shall own more Chan
One-half of the taxable property tnereoL rs
shown by the said assessment l po'i: f, WIT vit
of some person who witnessed the MAKING
of the same, then such proposition snaiI De
deemed accepted after the same snail nav nav
hper on file in the office OF the salo ci"FF"
of least ten days. and the proper coynty
hoard town beard village board. board 81
trustees or common council shali cary Ia
same into effect In the manner nerelnalref
Section 2. This act shall take effect ana
he ia force from and after its passage ana
pupilcatIon; 80 = 1ooo
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20. All. 81 GPublished June 5. 1909.
CHAPTER 291. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to repeal sections 1747-S1 to
1747-s7. inclusive. and sections 1747-
81 to 1747-99 inclusive. of the stat
utes; to amend enc sect,,.is l6a2-l 4i94,
create sections 1684m-1 to 16S4m-66,
inclusive. of the statutes. providing for
laws as te warehouse receipts uniform
with those of other states
The people of the State of Wisconsin. rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section /. Sections 1747-s1 to 1747-
ST. inclusive. and sections 1747-91 to
1747--99 inclusive. of the statutes are re-
pealed.
Section 2. Sections 1675-1, 4194, 4424,
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No 5tOSl FPublished Iune q 1909
CHAPTER 3O2, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create section 223Ha a0t the
titles to real estate.
The people Of the State of wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as 'ows: "a
Section /. There lis added to the stat.
utes new section to read: Section 223Sa.
Aftidavits stating facts touching the fdehti,
ty, Of party to any conveyance of record
may be recorded In the Office Of the register
of deeds in any county where such convey
ance lis recorded. and the record Of any
such, affidavit. or a certified copy THEREOF,
shall be prima facie evidence Of the facts
touching the Identity of such party, WHICH
are therein stated.
Section g. This act shall take enect
and be in force from and after Its passage
and publication.
tAnnrOYed June 5. 1909 I,
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zoe The preceding provisions relating to
the construction of water mans In whole
or In part at the expense of AUDITING own
ers shall not apply except in cases where
the clty owns the works: and in cases
where the water-works are now owned or
may hereafter be purchased By the city
the extension of mains after such
purchase shall be made at the expense of
the city at large or at the expense of abut-
ting property as the council shall deter
NINE.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after Its passage and
publication.
Approved June 3, 1909.
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No. 500, S. IPublishd Inn. K 1909
CHATTER 292 LAWS QE 1lnQ


AN AT t9. create subsection Of section
Ioiu OF the statutes. relat ing to district
attorneys ass Stants In counties contain
Ing city of the first class.
LIE people OF the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented In Senate and Assembly. do enact
Section 1. There is added to the stat
utes new subsection Of section 75ld of
the statutes to read g. The district at
eorney is hereby authorized to appoint one
or more clerks and one or more stenogra-
piers. the number and salary Of whom Is
to be fixed by the board of supervisors at
any meeting thereof
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be 10 force from and after its passage and
publication
Approved June 3, 1900.
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No. 2s1, ST. [Published June {, 19oS'
OHAPTER 300, LAWS OLE 19O9.

Il. -. -
Nv CHAPTER 800, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 1926 OF the stat tat
utes. providing that cutting hair ana
Shaving boards in barber shops on sun
day shall not be deemed work OF neceS-
sity or charity.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
. Sc tom /. Section 4595 Of the statutes
IS amended to read Section 459o Amy
person d who shall keep open his shop. ware
Rouse or vorkhouse, or shall DO any mai
ner of labor. business, or work. except OILY
works of necessity and charity; OF d 9e
show or entertainment or take part an IN any
snort. game or play. on the 1rst cay %
the week shall be punished by fine MOI r e3
eeeding ten dollars, and such Gay snap pc
understood to include the time between ehe
mdnlght preceding and the m II, hrod fel
LOVING the, said day. and no civli pfosess
s sJsiIs he served or executed on said day.
Provided. however. that keeping a,r ooen a e
harber shop on Sunday for the purpose o.
cutting hair and shaving boards snaai uot
he deemed a work of necessity or cnariCy.
Sact:on Q. This act shall take enect anu
he in force from and after its passage ana
pup" Approved June 5. 1909.
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No. PAL, ST. Published June 5. 1909.
CHAPTER 289, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create section 42O2m of the
statutes, relating TO statements, repre-
sentat,ons, and warranties in insurance.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly. do en-
act as follows:
Section L. There is added to the stat.
utes new section to read Section 42O2m.
/. No oral written statement, represen-
tatlon. or warranty made by the insured or
In his behalf in the negotiation of a con-
tract of Insurance shall be deemed material
or defeat or avoid the policy, or prevent its
attaching unless such statement, represen-
tation, or warranty was false and made
with actual intent to deceive or unless the
matter misrepresented or made q warranty
Increased the risk or contributed to the loss.
2. No warranty incorporated In a con-
tract OF Insurance relating to any TACT prior
to loss shall defeat avoid such policy
unless the breach of such warranty In
creased the risk at the time OF the loss, or
contributed to the loss, or unless such
breach existed at the time Of the loss.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after It's passage and
publication.
Approved June 8, 1909.
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a sworn statement of such expenses. II
such vouchers are approved by the COVER
nor the secretary Of STATE shall issue war
rant therefor and they shall be paid by the
propriated
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
pc ID, tUfce from and after Its passage aud
Approved June 5. 1909
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1t Is stated that the goods received will be
delivered to the depositor, or to any other
sps section is resep s wses
It Is stated that the goods received will be
delivered to the bearer or to the order of
any person named in such receipt IS ne
gotiable receipt. No provision shallkbe In
serted In a negotiable receipt that 1t Is nom
negotiable. Such provision, II inserted, shall
be void.
Section 16S4m-7. When more than one
negotiable receipt Is issued for the same
goods the word '.duplicate'' shall be plainly
placed upon the fare of every such rece pit,
man shall be liable for all damage caused
by his failure so to do to any one who
purchased the subsequent receipt for value
supposing 1t to be an original, even though
goods by the warehougeman to the holder
Of the original receipt.
Section 16S4m--8. non-negotiable re-
ceipt shall have plainly placed upon Its
face by the warehouseman issuing It mon
negotiable or mot negotiable" In case
of the warehouseman's failure so to do. a
holder Of the receipt who purchased 1t for
value supposing it to be negotiable. may,
at his option. treat such receipt az impos-
ing upon the warehOnseman the same liza
bilities he would have incurred had the
not apply, however. to letters. memoranda
or written Acknowledgements of an informal
character. II"
Section 1GS4m,-9 1. A warehouseman
in the absence of some lawful excuse proyid
ed by this act is bound to deliver the goods
upon a demand made either by the holder
of receipt for the goods or by the deposit
tor, II such demand is accompanied with
G) an offer to satisfy the warehouse
mans lien.
(2l An offer to surrender the receipt II
negotiable, with such Endorsements as
would be necessary for the negotiation Of
the receipts, and
(3) A readiness and willingness to sign,
when the goods are delivered. an acknowl-
edgment that they have been delivered If
such SIGNATURE is requested by the ware
houseman.
g In case the warehouseman refuses or
with demand by the holder or deposItor
so accompanied. the burden shall be upon
the warehouseman to establish the exist
cnce of q lawful excuse for such refusal.
Section 16S4m-1O warehouseman Is
justified in delivering the goods. subject to
the provisions of the three following Sec
tions to one who M
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
Motorcars for Polar Expedition.

Lieutenant Shackleton, the leader
of the English execution to the An
tarctic Circle, who begins the story of
his remarkable experiences in the
September McClure's, writes interest
ingly of the requirements of cam
paigns in the Polar region:
THE first essential was a hut for
the winter quarters, since it was pro
posed that the Nimrod should not re-
main in the ice, but should return to
New Zealand after landing the ex-
petition and the stores.
THE hut was constructed of wood,
and was taken south in sections, all
carefully marked, so that 1t could be
erected speedily on arrival at the
winter quarters. The outside meas
urements of the hut were nineteen by
tnirty-three by twelve feet, and it was
insulated with cork and felt as pro-
lection against the cold
-Four and sweetstuffs, such as jams
golden syrup, sugar, bottled fruit,
and dried fruit, formed considerable
part of our supplies; for in the in
tense cold of the Polar regions there
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
AUTO Tosses BOY INTO A TREE

Younuster Thrown ~ rect, OUT Iitt'S
Hurt-Car Speeds On.
Passaic, N. j., Aug 27-Hurled
twenty feet in the air by a speeding
auto near his home in Monroe Street
Yesterday. five-year-old Andrew Ter,
iikik landed in a tree and escaped
with a few bruises.
In the touring car were three wo-
men and two men. Tney were dllV-
ing at a speed of twenty miles an
hour, and after striking the lad, In
creased their speed and escaped.
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Not All Farmers

Statistics are said to show that q
majority of the voters of Vermont are
not farmers, meaning that the bust
ness of the majority is not strictly
and exclusively farming. This may
be true. for various reasons and yet
Vermont is emphatically an agricul.
tural state. The business of the
great majority where they are regu.
larly engaged in any business, is that
of farming. Vermont is a state OF
farm homes which never will be Civ
en- over to anything else. In hoe sig
no vinces. '-Hardwick Gazette.
This is a pleasing sentiment, but il
| Is not fact The business of the great
majority cannot be farming when sta
| tistics say it is not. unless the Stats.
tics lie. The simple explanation is
that the esteemed contemporary APP
pears to understand the statistics to
say that majority of the voters" are
not farmers, whereas the fact is that
the United States census of 1900
shows that less than 81 per cent of all
the inhabitants of the state ten years
old and over engaged In any gainful
occupation of any kind. were engaged
in agriculture.
While agriculture is indeed. the
mother of the arts and Vermont may
well afford to be proud of the hardy
men and women tlat follow husband
ry in this state, yet the sober lesson
of the past is that Vermont mas suf-
fered from retarded growth and de-
velopment in all ways, material and
social. largely because she so long
shut her eyes to her own condition
imagined she was a farming state and
nothing else, placed the whole en-
phasis of her customs, laws. and gov
ernmental policy on that sphere of
activity.-and drifted. In later years
she has been arousing to understand
better the true situation and to real
ize that 1t is only in the upbuiding
of greater variety of business and
industrial interests that the common
wealth can truly prosper to the fullest
extent. And the farmer himself is
coming to appreciate now as never
before that it is better for him TO be
N the minority and have great
army of workers in other fields de-
pendent upon nim for food.-St AL |
Dans Messenger
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WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO.
Their Unceasing Work Keeps Us
Strong and Healthy

All the blood in the body passes
through the kidneys once every three
minutes The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day. When
healthy they remove about 500 grains
OF impure matter daily, when unheal-
thy some part of this impure matter
is left in the blood. This brings on
many diseases and symptomSZpain
in the back, headache. nervousness
hot, dry skin, rheumatism, govt, gray
ell, disorders of the eyesight and hear
ing, dizziness, dropsy, deposits in the
urine. etc. But If you keep the filters
right you will have no trouble with
your kidneys.
A. p Pierce living at 40 Gage
street, Bennington, VT, says: 81 have
known of the merits of Doan's Kidney
Pills for many years and they have
been my standard kidney remedy.
Some years ago | was suffering from
y severe attack of lame back and in
flammation of the bladder. / at once
began using Doan's Kidney Pills and
they soon restored me to my former
good health. This remedy never fails
to bring me prompt relief and | can
say it acts exactly as represented"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no otner.
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A Sick Headache Cure

AS sick headache is caused by irri-
tation of the stomach and as this If
ritated condition of the stomach is
caused by a disordered liver, then It
is obvious that the liver must be made
healthy. If this is done and the liver
kept in a healthy condition, sick head
ache will disappear. Rydale's Liver
Tablets are the best medicine to make
the liver healthy and keep it healthy.
they are the prescription of an emf
nent doctor who made life study OF
diseases of the liver, intestines and
bowels. Rydale's Liver Tablets are
sold on a guarantee. If they do not
nermanentIy cure sick headache the
money will be Observation-Disclosures
Pharmacy.
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Another move, or perhaps the
first in a series of moves, in the
campaign which the southern half of
Bennington county has been wagins
during the past few years for the
building of a new court house and
Jail, appeared in the report received
by Health Officer H. L. Stillson from
the State board of health. AT the
request of the local health officer
the State board recently made an in
spection of the county buildings at
Manchester and the findings OF this
examination constitute sweeping
condemnation of the building, partic.
ularly the JAIL from a sanitary point
of observation-disclosures Sitter
The Sitter is in error in thinking
that this was a deliberate move on
the part of the southern half of Ben
nington county. In fact 1t came
about entirely unexpectedly and by
chance. An unfortunate victim of
his own weakness claimed that he
had been made sick by confinement
in the county Jail here and com
planned to the health officer. Think
ing he might be accused of prejudice
in the matter Health Officer Stillson
took no action himself, but called in
the state board of health none of
whom are residents of Bennington
county and so have no feeling in the
matter The state board has done
the rest. The citizens of Bennington,
who were aware of the conditions at
the county building would probably,
sooner or later have made another at
tempt to remedy the existing evils,
but recent Developments in the mat
ter were as great surprise in Ben
nington as anywhere else in the
county.
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THE euNNIsoN TUNNEL
President Taft Will Open the Gates
September %

| The great Gunnison tunnel, the
first project undertaken by the Unit
ed States government reclamation
service, work on which has been pro-
crossing steadily for four aud one-haiT
years, is now completed, and on Sep
| TENDER 23d President Taft will per-
sonally open the gates of the tunnel
| turning the flow of the Gunnison riv-
er into the magnificently constructed
bore, main and distributing canals of
this enormous project, which will ir-
rigate 100000 acres of choicest land,
now semi-arid
The Gunnison tunnel is located in
MOntrose county in the Uncompahgre
valley, in Colorado. The two gangs
of men boring the tunnel met at 5:45
p. m, July 6, 1909 at a point 1852
feet from the intake on the Gunnison
river.
The tunnel is 10000 feet (six miles,
| long 11x13 feet inside measurement,
and lined throughout with cement.
The main canal is 80 feet wide at the
bottom, SO feet wide at the top and
the average depth of water is 10 feet
The capacity is 1900 cubic feet of
water per second.
The cost of the tunnel and distrib-
uting canals when completed will be
over $5,000,00O and perpetual settlers
at approximately S35 per acre, being
based upon the actual cost of the tun,
mel. Ten years time will be allowed
for payment, without interest
The lands to be irrigated are suit
able for fruit growing and the raising
of all kinds of farm crops The wat
er, after it leaves the tunnel. viii
have S72 feet fall, which can be usel
to generate electric power sufficiently
to light every town and every farm
house in the Uncompahgre valley and
provide for all kinds of commercial
and industrial purposes.
The lands under this project will a. !
ford homes for all times to come for /
a population of at least 1000 Ameri- |
can citizens. Already there are three !
modern, enterprising and progressive |
TOWNSHIP, Montrose, Olathe and |
Delta-located in the valley and with !
the development of this vast area |
other towns will undoubtedly come in
to existence to meet the requirements
Of the rapidly growing population.
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is natural craving for sweet things
and for such dishes as puddings made
with -four We had supplies of timed
meat, fish, etc, but we largely supple
mented these by the use of seal meat
during the winter, as the fresh meat
would nelp TO. ward OFF that bugbear
Of all Polar explorers-Scurvy. The
chief article of food for the sledging
expeditions was pemmican, which we
procured from Copenhagen; and in
addition we had several preparations
Of a special character, designed to
give the maximum of nourishment
with a minimum of weight.
"A new departure was made by the
use of Manchurian ponies and mo-
tor-car. These ponies are probably
the hardest animals in the world.
They are accustomed to living In the
world. They are accustomed to liv-
ing and working under conditions of
extreme cold and to travelling over
snow and ice, and their readiness to
eat absolutely anything into which
they can get their teeth was often a
source of embarrassment to us.
They would eat their harness or each
others tails if tne least opportunity
were presented.
81 secured twelve of the ponies
from a Manchurian village, and after
a long voyage they were landed at
Port Lyttelton, in New Zealand. The
motorsear was a New Arroll Johnston.
specially adapted to meet the test
of rough travelling in low tempera-
lures, and though it could not be
used on the soft snow of the Barrier,
it proved of value in drawing sledges
over the sea-ice."
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MADNESS IN a pgNIrgNrlARY
Pennsylvania Prisoners are Without
Occupation much of the Time

Pittsblrg. Aug. 27.-The announce
ment is made that convicts are going
insane by the wholesale in Riverside
Penitentiary. Idle prisoners trays
with fellow convicts over real or imag-
mary wrongs, their plots to escape,
and their sullen attitude toward the
guards, together with the melancnolia
which has terminated in dementia for
many of the inmates, have forced
Warden John Franeies to take the
first step toward decreasing the popu-
lation of the Western Penitentiary by
Kidding it of nearly three score of CON
yicts who naye become mad since
their Incarceration.
The warden will ask that every
county which has prisoners in the
penitentiary appoint a commission to
inquire into the sanity of its convicts
and take away those who are hone
lessly insane.
1t is hoped in this way to get rid
of some of the dangerous men and
leave more employment for those
wac remain. Idleness, enforced by
the Pennsylvania laws which prohib
it convict labor outside of the prison
walls and restrict the use of machin-
cry even in the prison, is responsible
the prison authorities say, for the
condition of most of the demented
convicts.
Warden Francies hopes to have the
sanity commissions made permanent
so that Whenever a convict loses his
mind he may be taken away from the
other prisoners and may be put in an
institution for the insane.
1 here are at present about 1890 con
victs in the Western Penitentiary.
Only go per cont of them have work.
That means that over 900 are idle.
They work in turns and when a pris-
oner has finished his allotted time of
workabout week. it is more than for
ty days before he again has employ
ment. During the interval the unfor
tunat convict sits and brods in his cell
and in many cases becomes insane