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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10
Winter Road Making.

jefferson Couuty Union.
The present winter with its serious
blocking of the roads has cost the com
munity at large very heavily in the loss
Of business. The chief trouble is that
we have no well organized system
among us for keeping the road passable.
They are worse a good deal than they
We're 40 years ago, in the days of oxen
and heavy OK sIeds. Two or three pairs
of oxen on a heavy sled loaded with
men and boys would break a road in
good shape In New Hampshire they
have a system of winter road making
that is worth considering. The SHOWS
are deep often four feet. Every path
master is obliged by law to keep the
roads open to travel The following plan
is used in some cases: Immediately aft
er a heavy fall Of snow, thepath master
starts out with a couple of teams, draw
ing a heavy nine-foot harrow. He passes
up one side Of the road, dragging down
the snow To m even consistency and re-
turns ON the other side of the track
making dragged roadway lis feet wide.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10
That's the kind
THE TRIBUNE PRINTS

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W. W. HuNtable, manager OF the
Stratman Vehicle Co. returned Satur-
day after weeks business trip through
Dane, Green and Sank counties and re
ports a large sale OF milk wagons for
TINS summer. The company received the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10
Bombastic Bancroft.

Members Of the Loyal Legion cele-
brated the one hundred and first ami
versary Of the birth Of Abraham Lin
coin in Milwaukee one evening last
week. The speakers were Levi II. Ban
croft. Richand Center; Neal Brown,
Wausau, and Gen. Arthur Macarthur.
A rather gloomy picture Of America
was painted by speaker Bancroft, who
denounced the press, the business meth
DDS and professional people Of America,
declaring they were all dishonest Some
Of the startling utterances were:
america is known the world over as
a nation Of dishonest people. It's people,
it's press and everything is dishonest.
This worship of the almighty dollar is
sweeping the people into a maelstron
of civil war. Nothing can save it but 4
regeneration of fundamental honesty
such as characterized by Abraham Lin,
coin.
The speaker attacked the clergy the
lawyers and doctors with vitrolic abuse
and mentioned names Of people in Wis.
consin who, he said were busy chasing
the elusive dollar and had no time to be
honest.
And notwithstanding all this, who is
there to gainsay that Mr.. Bancroft is
not thorough going American?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10
DODGEVILLE NEWS.

From the Chronicle,
The Dodgeville canning factory will
be sold at auction Feb. Is, at 2:3Op. m,
at the factory in Dodgeville.
VIM. H. Little of the town of Dodge
vile recently sold hog to Cunningham
& Weekly of this city that weighed 46l
pounds.
Mrs. c. f. Phillips has returned from
Prairie du Chem where she has beer
receiving treatment for rheumatism.
She is considerably improved.
Dr. j. A. Manning Of Adams, N. u,
an experienced veterinarian, recently
has decided to locate in Dodgeville and
will establish veterinary hospital here.
He will move his family here this spring
Miss Shirley Il. Kendall, of Madison,
formerly of this city, who recently took
the civil service examination, passed
with a high mark and has been awarded
position in the agricultural depart
ment at Washington, ID. c., at salary
Of 81 900 year. She left for the east
Sunday.
From the Sun-Republic.
Archie Hahn, who is well known IN
Dodgeville. as he is native of this
place. is distinguishing himself in Ath-
letics at the University of Wisconsin.
His name is prominently mentioned as
coach for the track team at the ~"
during the coming season.
The biggest social event Of eN cry WIN
ter season il Dodgeville is the Annual
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10
NATURES WARNING
Mineral Point People Must Recognize
and Heed IL.

Kidney ills come quietly-mys ter-
iously,
But nature always warns you.
Notice the kidney selections.
See if the color is unhealthy
If there are settings and sediment,
Passages frequent, scanty, painful.
It's time then to use Doan's Kidney
Pills,
To ward off Bright's disease or dia-
betes.
Doan's have done good work in Min
eral Point.
Pat Whalen, living in the southern
part of Mineral Point, Wis, says: 81
was troubled with rheumatism and kid
ney complaint for eight or ten years.
The secretions from my kidneys were
unnatural in appearance and also con-
tanned sediment. | had a great deal of
pain in the small of my back which
caused me much misery and upon hear
ing of Doan's Kidney Pills, | procured
a box at Ivey's Pharmacy Since using
them | have felt stronger and better in
every way and it gives me pleasure to
give them my endorsement.
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) and
take no other.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10

GAINESVILLE Gazette The state Of Wis
consin recently sold for junk forty tons
Of books and reports accumulated dur
ing the year, representing an extrav-
agant waste Of money. In the house
cleaning now going on at Washington,
the janitor is trying to dispose of one
thousand tons of the same kind Of liter
allure. The business ability displayed
by the government in handling print
shop and in making contracts for haul
ing mail at nine cents per pound, indi-
Gates that the peoples representatives
ought to own or control the railroads
and everything else in sight. don't you
think
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10

strong's Addition in the city of Mine Al Point
The undersigned constitute three fourths of
the resident lot owners.
Dated this 10Th day of january, A. ID. 1910
Fred " GRADER,
w. G. Buckingham,
Richard II. James,
c. W, Hutchinson
Louis GRADER,
&. f. Martin,
W d. Brown,
Della Hughes.
The council proceeded to an informal
ballot to ascertain the filing of the
members in regard to changing salaries
of the city officials.
Informal ballot for Mayors salary:
Result votes for 800; l vote for
$50; votes for $50.
Informal ballot for Aldermen;
Result "A votes for $50; l vote for
s35; votes for $25.
Moved by Alderman Johnson that the
Mayor salary be 800 per year.
Vote: Ayes Weidenfeller, johnson,
Blewett, Jeuck, Frieden, Engels.
Nays Crawford Shepard
Moved by Alderman Blewett that the
salary of Alderman be $50 per year.
Vote Ayes Jeuck, Blewett, John
son, Frieden, Engels.
Nays Weidenfeller, Crawford, and
Shepard.
Moved by Alderman Jeuck that the
salary Treasurer be $4O0 per year.
Vote Ayes Weidenfeller, Crawford,
Shepard, Jeuck Blewett, johnson,
Frieden, Engels.
Nay No vote.
Moved by Alderman Weidenfeller
that the Clerk salary be $500 per year.
Vote: Ayes Weidenfeller, Shepard,
Crawford, Jeuck, Blewett, Johnson,
Frieden, Engels.
Nay-No votes.
Moved by Alderman Blewett that the
Assessors salary be 5000 per year.
Vote Ayes Engels, Frieden, Jeuck,
Blewett Johnson, Weidenfeller.
Nays Shepard Crawford.
Moved by Alderman Blewett that the
Marshall salary be 5000 per year.
Vote: Ayes -Engels. Frieden, John
son, Blewett, Jeuck, Shepard, Craw-
ford Weidenfeller.
Nay No votes.
On motion council adjourned to Mon
! day, Feb. IA, 1910.
Attest, EDWARD BROWN,
VIM p. BLISS, City Clerk. Mayor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10

THE national Republican committee
has opened up cannery in co. oction
with its literary bureau, and requests
editors to masoniar the following
words: Regulars, irregulars, insur-
gents, progressives, reyisionists, stand
patters, reactionaries, Cannonites, anti
Cannonites, boilers. We are for can
ming the literary bureau.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10

was few years ago. This is a sub
iect which interests so deeply the peo-
pie of small income, who make up
ninety-nine-one-hu of the total
population, that they do not wish to
wait for the tardy conclusions of in
vestigating committees. They would
like to know why prices are so high
and who are the benefcaries, so that
they may apply the remedy if the stu
alton shall admit of one. The Tribune,
aware of their Impotence, has been
making an elaborate investigation,
whose results have been published day
by day.
Food and clothing are the two items
which touch the wage Garner most
nearly. That they have become dear
er during late years is undisputed. 1t
is not necessary to quote figures here.
Every housewife knows what the adj
vance in food prices has BEEN But
readers of the Tribune articles must
have noticed how everybody who could
possibly be concerned in the advance
swears that he has derived no undue
benefit from it and is not responsible
for it. The farmer. the cattle raiser,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10

The following members of the cleo
ton board were presented by the Mayor
and confirmed by the Council:
FIRST WARD
Inspectors William N. Curry H. S.
We'll, F c. Weidenfeller.
Clerks--Wm G Horn, R. j. Martin.
Ballot Clerks Charles NJ. Cox, J. B.
Prideaux
SECOND WARD
Inspectors H. Terrill, S. E.
Shepard, Lawrence Gibbon.
/ Clerks John Peters, Jr, Arthur V.
Jacobs
Ballot Clerks. c, Mckee, Richard
Hoare.
THIRD WARD
Inspectors Gorgen, John Frances,
Edwin Willard
Clerks Nicholas Treweek, Richard
Crawford.
Ballot Clerks-James Prince Jacob
Dresser.
FOURTH WARD
Inspectors VIM j. Jeuck, Jerry
Crowley, John Dave
Clerks Ed Ellingen A. H. Potter
Ballot Clerks J l.. Trevilhan, VIM.
Cmmpton.
Moved by Alderman Jeuck. city at
torney be directed to look up the as
sessment of George Richards horsees
and if found worcestershire to refund
the tax. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Engels. claim of
]. Thrasher for fees in Justice Court
cases be referred to the committee on
claims. Carried.
The following petition was presented
and referred to the committee on
streets and sidewalks;
To the Common Council in the city Of Mineral
Point:
The undersigned respectfully petition your
honorable body for leave 70 construct a side
walk. pursuant 70 the ordinance OF said city OF
Mineral Point, beginning az the Southeast cor
ner of the intersection OF Ridge and Doty
Streets, running thence east along the south |
side Of Doty Street 70 connect with a sidewalk |
in front ot the residence Of Ernest C Fielder on |
Lot in Block Thirty 90 in Strong Addition /
The property which win he affected by the /
laying Of such a sidewalk Is as follows:
Lot One a.. Two a. Three 81. in Block
Twenty nine go and Lots 0ne AK Two II
Three 81 and Four and the west Forty 40
feet % LIT Five in Block Thirty 80 in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10
COUNCIL DOINGS
Regular Monthly Meeting Held on
Tuesday, February |.

Mineral Point, Wis, Feb. /, 1910.
A regular meeting of the common
council was this day held in the council
chamber.
Called to order by Mayor Brown.
Members present: Aldermen Weiden-
Teller, Crawford, Shepard, Jeuck, Blew
EFT, Johnson, Frieden, Engels.
Minutes of last regular and special
meetings read and approved.
Report of City Treasurer read and
on motion of Alderman Engels was ac-
cepted and ordered placed on file.
The following bills were audited by
the finance committee and on motion of
Alderman Shepard were allowed and
ordered maid.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1910.

It would prove a great blessing to
this or any other community if such
winter roads were made All it needs is
a little intelligent organization in every
road district. The tools, the harrow and
roller, can be found on almost every
farm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10

the railroad manager, the packer, the
retailer, each of them says in turn, that
he is not the man.
There is no question that the farm
ers are much better off than they were
in 1896. They complain of the high
price of labor, agricultural implements,
etc, but they would not exchange
present conditions for those of fifteen
years ago. Their wheat sells now for
twice what it did chen, but it is the de-
mand that regulates the price. The
farmer is in no pool or trust. He is
robbing nobody.
Nor does it appear that the retailers
of foodstuffs are doing so. They ask
more for goods, but they have to pay
more Their operating expenses are
heavy, largely because consumers make
them so. If everybody took home his
own groceries, the grocer would not be
put to so much expense for wagons,
horses and drivers. They are a con-
venience to the consumer for which he
pays.
I The tariff cannot be blamed for the
advance in the cost of living. The
rates have not been changed mater
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-10

Entered at the postolice in Mineral POM
Wis. as second-class matter.
The broad ax., 1910-02-12

Requirements for y4dnIssiOa:
1 A voice of fair effectiveness a
correct ear, some knowledge of muS;eaI
notanon, and regularity in the attend
anee upon the rehearsals.
2 An annual fee of One Dollar Is
charged to active singing member.
WHICH amount must accompany appli-
The broad ax., 1910-02-12

MUFUI AHouLs
Ths globe trottsr. Il seems TO ne.
y very much Ike q restless hea.
He doesn't eat IN one place. yOu -.
Bat takes . bite anywhere he nay b.
Chicago N0WA
The broad ax., 1910-02-12
Certainly Not Present.

II was In one Of the colored schools
Of Baltimore, and the teacher was an
inexperienced one. There was talking
among the little negroes before her.
Il want absolute silence" she said
severely.
Etin the talking continued.
Il want absolute silence" she 70
peated again.
At the third demand one very small
girl spoke up boldly.
%Assalute Silence amt hyar," she
said. "She's got de toofaehe.'-Lppin-
cott'A
The broad ax., 1910-02-12

To @Hsr." With q Pair 81 o1ovsa.
On. little thumbs ana fingers. toe,
can but wish that WorO you,
0lnce you. unehid. nay clasp haP hani
TN her-but. no: ahs'n undarseandl
-DalinaafuF.
The broad ax., 1910-02-12
He swaInwsd X

This Is a bitter dose for an honest
man." said the trust magnats a. be
looked over the gratifying graft TO
suits.
But the pill Is nicely sugar coated,
laughed a profit sharer.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The broad ax., 1910-02-12
Whsn 70 Refrain.

Miss Prye-Mrs. Jones, your daugh'
tsr Just called me a nosey old gossip.
Mrs. Jones-I shall tend to her a
once. I've told her over and oveE
again not to speak the truth when it's
liable 10 hurt peoples feelings.-Ap-
pineott's.
The broad ax., 1910-02-12
ma Ysn i'd.

Ho-whsn shaIl We Sc marEisai
/. Bhs-oh. John, why DO y1a tahS Oge
engagement % ssEioally9 - O1aDO
nxaminsf.
The broad ax., 1910-02-12
The Post-His Explanation.

The Poet-His Explanation.
! sing for those who love a song
Nor care whoe'er the singer be.
But most I sing for those who long
To hear my song for love Of me.
Tor al sing as best can
M thoughts that haunt the heart Of man
Boston Transcript.
The broad ax., 1910-02-12
Al.

I know . lady who can write most lovely
poemS-she's neglected.
IL long since Bhe has hoped TO win tho
honor that she once expected
! know . lady who can paint A pretty
talent she Possesses.
But Oft she has 70 dine On cruBtn. - Bor-
rowfuily she confesses.
I know . lady for whose art the world b
glad 20 pay her dearly.
NJ does q dance In her bare feet and
otherWise q nude, or nearly.
Chicago Record Horal4
The broad ax., 1910-02-12

IL said . woman fans - -
Whan hnnaFs ksan - -
RHhaps - dossa'g Az -
SoaA
The broad ax., 1910-02-12

Jealousy.
ZEN pardon M pasasa. 4 I ~ ia I
4 nsiIS sSovs jon. I soar % . hs.sA.
Whleh 200 caznot FsacA n yow gassllno
"a o. automobns . ths ausoplanss
s1Su ~ . q toR but FiSaE h@s :
! As1s a. sAv.usasA / say ~h-s I
Mns Sou . No lsva h.vO en- =
SDr -
The broad ax., 1910-02-12

Man's lneonsistSney.
YES" said the woman who some
times thinks aloud, '1t's fact"
whats a faetY we queried.
That q man who growlS about hiB
Wtfe's cooking At home WIN cheerfuIiy
eat any old thing when he's camping"
answered the noisy female thinksE.-
chicago News.
The broad ax., 1910-02-12

Strenuous Society.
SSoeiety Il q funny thing"
WhyT
-After q coming out you are an n"
Harvard Lampoon.
The broad ax., 1910-02-12
Maxine IL Un.

Making u Up.
SHAME on you! You came home last
night actually tipsy."
so I did. my dear. I Just couldn't
resist the pleasure Of seeing two d
yUu at once."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-18
The FLAG of Denmark.

In the year 1919 King Waldemar of
Denmark, when leading his troops to
battle against the Livonians, saw, or
thought he saw, bright light in the
form of a cross in the sky. He held
this appearance to be promise of
divine aid and pressed forward to vic
tory. From this time he had the
cross placed on the flag of his country
and called it the Dannebrog-that is,
the strength of Denmark. Aside from
legend there is no doubt that this flag
with the cross was adopted by Den
mark In the thirteenth century and that
at about the same date an order.
known as the order of Dannebrog, was
instituted. to which only soldiers and
sailors who were distinguished for
courage were allowed to belong. The
flag Of Denmark, a plain red banner
bearing on it a white cross. is the old
est flag now in existence. For 800
years both Norway and Sweden were
united with Denmark under this flag.
-HOusekeeper.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-18

saying you go
U.
would
a good
hearn tell of milk being
the home What strikes
peculiarly
sell
nquirng
wide;
funny thing
chrome he will will
the
Dundrea
something
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-18
HoqO EngZis/ Society SAvks MoHerhood
By Father Bernard Vaughan

ers of children" There is no wealth
like human life, no health like that of
an increasing population; and the out
look for any country whose birth rate
is on the decreasing scale is black
indeed.
| wish did not find in the story of
our own times so many chapters that
recall Gibbons Decline and Fail of
the Roman Empire" but the points of
resemblance are so striking that no
student of history can avoid compar-
ing them.
We seem to be returning with in
sensate speed to the days of Roman
decadence, when so-called civilization
had reached its highest point of pag-
anism-a period which historians
wrongly call the "palmy days of civ
ilization." 1t was an age when the
inviolable character of welded life
was utterly ignored, when it's duty to
the race was regarded as an intolera-
BILE burden, to be cast aside like the
chains of slavery for the license of
free men.
And its end was this-that in the
reign of Augustus the very highest
and noblest families were dying out
for want of heirs, while the lower or
ders were desolating whole provinces
and Rome itself, by their practice of
self-infiicted extinction.
To such fate as this is society
blindly rushing in our own day. Eng
land, once known amongst the nations
as the land of beautiful homes" is
fast becoming the land of empty
cradles; and, as was the case in the
days of decadent Rome, so now in de-
cadent England-the unfit are the
most fertile.
A considerable amount of the cur
rent literature read by idle people
tends to encourage and foster this
dread state of affairs, but 1t is impos-
sible for Christians, in any walk of
life, to pretend they can persuade
themselves that when they are mar
ried they may, with perfect impunity,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-18
A LAND OF LEISURE.
The People of Guatemala Like to Take
Things Easy.

Just as Spain is the land of mana
na," Guatemala has been called the
land of no hay" These words mean
there is uone." and one hears them
wherever one goes. II the people do
not want to bother. declares n. o.
Winter in "Guatemaa aud Her People
of Today that will be their invaria
bic answer.
You might go up to house where
the yard was full of chickens. the wo-
man engaged in making tortillas and
fruit trees loaded with fruit in the
yard and yet have IA conversation
about like the following:
Have you any meat?"
"No hay" pronounced eye).
Have you any eggs?
mo hay"
"Have you house,"
mo hay
In such n case the best way to do Is
to enter the house and hunt round for
yourself and blandly order the woman
to prepare whatever you chance to
find. Then. if you leave a small sum
of money with her on departing. she
will not take any offense. but will po-
litely thank you.
Time is the only thing with which
they seem 10 he well supplied. 1t is
equally hard to get anything done. for
unless the party is willing to do the
work requested hn will find some plau-
sible excuse. An American travelling
across the country few years ago
found it necessary to have his horse
shod at one of the small towns. There
were three blacksmiths in the town.
OF these one was sick. but had sup
plies. second had no nails and the
third no charcoal AS there was no
lending among the craft the horse
could not be shod.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-18

Mere words are powerless to ex-
press the thrill Of horror which l feel,
as a patriotic British subject, when l
reflect upon the consequences to Eng
land of the ideas now in vogue among
fast married people concerning mar
ried life.
The very existence of love between
husband and wife has become bad
FORM" while the great sacrament"
instituted by God himself, has become
mere question of convenience and
personal expediency, and young per-
sons about to enter the holy state of
matrimony actually determine the
number of children they will permit
themselves to have, in much of the
same business-like fashion as they
settle how many servants they pro-
pose to keep.
The future of England, the unborn
generations that should populate this,
fair land of ours, are dependent upon
such petty trifles as new ball dress
or new motor.
Parents of today ridicule the notion
of having big families. Instead of
being proud, society is becoming
ashamed to own a nursery full of chill
dren. And motherhood, instead OF
being looked upon as a blessing, is re-
garded as a curse, and disregarded as
duty.
In one sense-the sense of the
child's well-being-I am sometimes
tempted to think this almost a good
thing rather than the evil thing it
really is. For what with club life and
club habits and club morality there
is little or no time for a modern So
ciety mother to look to her one and
only child. Fashion has decreed she
shall neither feed nor even see it saw
ing perhaps at tea time, when it is
brought down to show Off its fine
clothing; and 1t grows up almost a
stranger to its own parents, knowing
nothing OF a mothers love.
None the less, 1t is bad day for
our island home when women forget
their calling ito be the joyful moth