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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27
JAMES MARVIN To
SUCCEED WA, SYKES
AS CHIEF CLERK or STATE
BOARD OF FISH COM
MlSSiONERS.

The board of fish commissioners
has elected James Marvin of Minoc
qua chief clerk to succeed W. A
Sykes, who has recently resigned. Nh.
Marvin comes TO the commission btgn-
" recommended ana no doubt wal
be able to ill the position with credit
TO himself and the state. Mr.. Sykes
who, for seventeen years, was chler
clerk in the Office OF the state hsn
commission, was granted year S
leave of absence last July on account
of ill health and removed to the
state of Wyoming, where he has Iarge
property interests, in an endeayor to
regain his health. He was a very
valuable man to the commission. as
he had grown up in the business and
knew the ins and outs in detail of al.
branches OF the work. lie was yars
thorough and eXacting in eyerytnlus
he undertook to do and his departure
is personal loss to superintendent.
Noyn as The Office work was left aI-
most entirely TO him.
The outside work has increased Is
such an extent that it is more luu
superintendent Neyin can possibly
give his personal attention to. there
now being six hatcheries in the STATE
! that require his supervision. Tnc
commission has given him an assist
ant Mr. b. 0. Webster, who was in
charge of the Wild Rose hatchery
was appointed 10 that position ana
transferred to Madison. In the iu
ture he will look after the outside
work of collecting eggs and dtstrtbut-
ing fish which will give the superin.
tendent more time to look after the
details than he has had in the past
The demand for fish is constantly
on the increase and the commission
is endeaYoring to keep pace with the
demand. The commission has now
more orders on file than the United
States bureau of fisheries at Wash
ingtoh had, by their last published re
port with some thirty hatcheries scat,
| tered throughout the United States
1t was recommended that no more
ttshWays be ordered in dams unttl a
! thorough test is made of the number
of fish that pass through the nshways.
that are now in use 1t was recon-
mended that tests be made of the
| tishWay in the Menomonie dam across
the Cedar river in Dunn county, also
| the fishWay in a dam in Barron cOun-
ty at the foot Of Long lake These
tishWays were built by the Wisconsin
! Power Co. and are good ones. They
will have a trap made at the head OF
these to catch all fish that come up.
having a man placed in charge, whose
duty it will be to keep a daily recora
of the number Of fish. and varieties
that ascend the fshway for two
months from April IS to June Ii. AS
this is a very important matter the
| commission wishes to make n very
/ thorough test Of it's benefits as the
! demand for fishways is large and the
installing Of them is very expensive
| The commission made a thorough
/ test for two months from April Is to
June Is last year when fish are sup
! posed to ascend the river to spawn
and only seven suckers went
up the fishWay The plan Of the
| fshway that the commission has
adopted to be used in this state IN
one Of the most practicable known.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27
FRIENDS Of WALSH
HOPE FOR VICTORY

Chicago, Jan. 23.-The hope that
John r. Walsh will be liberated as a
result Of the decision in the Heinze
case, was expressed by friends of
Walsh last night.
John S. Miller, counsel for Walsh,
declined to state definitely that action
will be taken based on the assertion
that an unauthorized person was pres
ent in the grand jury room when
Walsh was indicted, but stated that
the New York decision will be thor
oughly gone over, and it's application
to the Walsh case considered.
District Attorney Sims said:
''The time for such a move has
passed. Motions to quash the indict
ment have to be made before the be-
ginning Of the trial. In the second
place, there was no unauthorized per.
son in the jury room"
Ask for Pardon.
Chicago, Jan. 23.-W. r. Dickinson,
the receiver in charge of the property
of the Chicago Chronicle, said last
night that he would next week circu-
late petition asking President Taft
to pardon Walsh.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27
Ask for Pardon
THREE BROTHERS
DEAD AT Chiffon

NeeEah, Wis, Jan. 25.-John RAJ
leigh Of Chiffon, aged As, and unmar-
ried, died in the Clark hospital Thurs,
day night from injuries received in the
log yards of the Menasha wooden
ware company, where several logs feL
on him, crushing his vital organs.
One brother burned to death six
months ago in Chiffon, and another
dropped dead while eating a meal
several days ago at Chiffon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27

burned to death in a wreck on the
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific rail-
road ten miles east of Wister, Okla.
While a freight train headed for FL
Reno was crossing an eighty foot
bridge the structure collapsed. Ten
cars were thrown into a river. Two OF
the cars contained acid and three oil.
The acid exploded setting fire to all
Of the cars The tramps were impris-
oned in the debris and could not es-
cape
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27

TOWNS AND COUNTIES GIvEh
INITIATIVE UNDER DIRECTION
OF STATE COMMISSION.
APPROPRIATION OF $4,000 FOR
PERIOD OF SIX YEARS
OTHER PROVISIONS.
Recommendations of Committee.

Recommendation of Committee.
State aid TO: roads, dirt or other
wise.
County commissioner of highways
and county system.
State highway commission Of three
members one Of whom shall be civil
engineer at a salary Of $4,000.
Commissioners to give whole time
to work.
Town and county have initiative
Appropriation Of 100000 for peri
Cd Of six years.
Five per cent. OF this amount fol
repairs.
twenty-five thousand dollars for IN
yestjgation, experiment and repairs.
All highway taxes to be paid in
money.
Registry Of automobiles with com
mission.
Rewrile town highway laws.
Ne reccmmendaticm regarding con
Wet labor
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27
DOMESTIC.

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'"''@u J." E,'7l O5I'lIaI hIne al Nor
way, N''n' was Iouuo. DOCTORS cIdli"
1oe Oo0E MAD Oeen dead only ie"
minutes before being found. 1t was
warm "heh louhd.
buIieo IN the collapse OF the first
moor OF a New England telephone sta
llS"n at brlghton, Boston suburb,
lnre' telephone girls were seriously,
perhaps fatally hurt and a score Of
"i'erS narrowly escaped.
John NeVeS. aged So, who Tell from
burlington train was found three
mics from Billings, Mont. He was
o+",l ~. %, .-, ,, \e''S was Oh nj" way
I w.t., ms uI"-,C ,, j. ON N''il7'7 10
D,..;', '''' "''"'" '"'o"S" d" ope"
''Tl'oI''
,. 800 ,','u L'o,'S " eSoNey' outer
vi 'I''9o'"7 81 were S'"'eIICeu
.n lS"'' "' court 10 TWO ana d man
s,'S III Lea, en-. Two, t." penIleiIIlaFH
H." Ct i'''' "l @-''0' lo' lo'dli"'i OF
''e laws governing the sale OF oIeo-
'".L. E''' me.
-oIonef HauSan Oh Fergus Fails
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27
Chicago Wins Checker Meet.

Bloomington, Jan. 23-The annual
tournament of the Illinois Checker
association was won by the Chicago
team. which took l5 finals, losing four,
tieing fiRgf
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27

The Poetry should be writ
ten on one side of the paper, shouldn't
it?" The Editor-"That depends on
the poetry; lots Of it shouldn't be
written on either SIDE"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27
PoUREN CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
Believed to Be Revolutionist-N in
New York City.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 25-Comt mar
tial at Riga yesterday condemned to
death Jan Pouren, accused of murder
ing Dr.. KatterfeId
Pouren is believed to be the revo-
lutionist who was arrested in New
York last year on the behest of the
Russian authorities, who desired that
he be tried for many alleged murders.
He successfully resisted extradition
and now is in New York.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27
County System.

county system.
The bill provides that the count
boards shall designate for improve
ment a system Of highways extending
throughout the county. Provision Is
also made so that the roads will CO
meet at the county line. When d
town votes at a town meeting a sum
of money sufficient to defray one-naL
the cost Of constructing a piece OF
highway with crushed rock or gravel,
or other suitable material the town
presents it's petition to the c,
board setting forth the amounts o.
money voted and the location of the
highway to be improved, and the
county board is required to appropri-
ate the other half of the cost. The
road is then constructed under the
Joint supervision Of the town chair
man and the county highway commits
sioner, upon plans and specifications
prepared by the latter. If the road
is properly built it is then adopted
by the county board as a county high
way and the county is thereafter re-
sponsible for its repair and for dam
ages resulting from injuries due to
defects in the road. The town ana
county each thus put in one-half OF
the cost of construction
State aid is provided for by the
payment by the state to the county
Of approximately one-third of the
amount expended in conformity with
the requirements, the same to be de-
termined by the commission.
State Commission.
The general duty of advising and
cooperating with towns and coun-
ties, and Of supervision of the states
funds is placed in the hands OF the
state highway commission. This
commission is composed OF three
members, TO be appointed by the gov
ernor for term Of six years, one OF
whom is to be a civil engineer. at a
salary Of $4,000 a year They have
power TO appoint three assistants and
a clerk who are exempt from civil
service. The committee thought II
advisable to follow the plan which
has worked so we'll in other depart
nents Of our state government, ana
provided for a commission modelled.
in a general way, after the plan or
the state board Of control, railroad
and tax commission, that is, the mem
bers are to give their whole time to
their work and to be held for their
services. The different forms of com
mission suggested are discussed IN
detail in the reoprt.
Dirt roads which receive state ala
can be built only where the commits
sion deems it advisable, and then
oDle IN the nannaF which II pre-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-27

+ expression by the people that they
wanted q. law enacted so that the
state could aid the town and counties
in improving our rural highways. ana
the work of the committee has been
to draw a bill that would best &C
cOmplish this purpose.
The bill is of considerable length
but this is necessarily so because the
proposition as how to best improve
our country highways is. big one
The bill, however, if passed, will not
add to the number Of sections of our
statutes for the reason that it repeats
fifty or more old statutes relating to
highways that are out of date or rem.
dered obsolete by the bill.
Present methods Of road building
| the committee declares, are entirely
inadequate and will no longer be toll
Grated. 1t is great administrative
| problem and the only satisfactory so.
luton lies in a permanent commission
with long time service. This will give
| stability and consistency 10 the work
and result in placing the road-making
problem on a safe and sane basis
The committee dismissed the ex-officIo
| cOmmissionship plan as entirely I'M
worthy of consideration.
For State Aid.
The bill provides for state AID Tor
dirt roads as we'll as roads to be
constructed Of crushed stone or gray
81 or such other material In the
report the committee says it hopes
that ultimately Wisconsin will have
al its roads constructed of crushed
stone or gravel or some other mater
ial equally as good, but that at pres
ent i'll many parts of the state which
are comparatively new and thinly
settled the state and county should
aid in building good dirt roads, ana
in many cases should aid in reducing
grades and in making fills or, in
short, IN getting the roads in proper
shape TO be later covered with
crushed rock or gravel The f.
therefore, provides for aid in build
ing dirt roads in such places and iii
the manner that the commission
shall prescribe. In this way, the
dirt road, properly built, will serve
as the foundation for a first class road
to be built later, and the state viii
really be extending aid, in install
ments, in constructing in those parts
Of the state, first class highways.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-27

Keeling took the letter. and fumbled in his pocket
for his spectacles, Lord Drexdae watching his man
euvres with growing impatence.
Damn it, man. he broke out 81 can't wait all
day. Give me the letter. I'll read it to you. It's
about Lionel"
u ceiling bowed. The Hon. Lionel, only of the
~ earl, was pale, nervous young man who had been
bullied through sckly boyhood by his father and
drifting aimessly about London. Keeling,
who had known him from his cradle, had affec-
ton for him apart from the fact that he DreX
dale. Lionel quiet and dhident, and quietness
and difIidence were a welcome change from the
common of mariners at the castle.
This is what he says said Lord Drexdale, TAX
ing the letter. iii skip the enquiries after my
govt Here is the part want you to hear 4 think,
if you feel well enough for the trip l should up
to town for day two, If / you. 1t might
be just well if you kept an eye on the hope Of
dined together at the club, Lionel in a communica-
tive mood, unbosomed himself to Not to break
it gently, the young fool has fallen head
in love with lady who, however attractive is hard
ly in the rank of society, from which, fancy, you
would prefer the future Lady DreXdale to be drawn
To be exact, she is of the performers in sort
of circus-spectacle which is drawing the youth
of the suburbs to Olympia. Lionel showed me her
photograph. She seems to be deucedly good look
ing and gather from Lionel that she rides magnif
Gently If these qualities are all you demand from
your daughter-in-law, well and good. IF not, you'd
better and stop the thing. / can't help YOU
l sail tomorrow for Egypt That is how the matter
stands. The next move is with you hope your
govt oh. never mind my govt That's ALL And
about enough. can't stir myself with this Internal
govt, and you're the only man trust look
after the interests OF the family You may be fool
don't cape, man!-but know you've got in
terests at heart"
eff might suggest your lordship-"
Perhaps a telegram, directing Master Lionel to
return-?"
Lord Drexdale jerked his head toward the table.
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of Austinville, Texas u. S. A. Mr.. Keeling, friend
of the bridegroom. acted best The bride
given away by her father. Both Mr. Trenton
and the Hon. Mrs Carr members of Colonel VIII
berforces Prairie Days Company, performing
at Olympia where the brides wonderful feats in
the saddle have been attracting much attention.
After the ceremony the happy pair left in auto
mobile for Wales, where the honeymoon will be
spent"
At eleven o'clock precisely Lord Drexdale made
coherent remark-his first. That remark was, "When
Keeling returns, send him to me-"
In rehearsing scenes in minds before they
take place. apt to chiefly regards the
attitude of the other party. We assign to him a
tain department and allow imagnations to run
accordingly. Such scenes rule, turn other
wise than have anticipated owing to the other
actors independent treatment of his role Lord
Drexdae made this mistake. Even when he had a
clear conscience Keeng's demeanor was wont to
Lord Drexdale expected him to crnge And he did
not cringe.
The Keeling who entered the room at fve-thirty
that evening subty different from the Keeling
who had left the castle three days before His back
seemed straighter. There curious light in his
mild eye. Almost the light of battle No good but
Ter is ever perky. If he were perky, he would not
be a good butler. But truth compels one to admit
that Keeling, he stood meeting the Basilick stare
in his ordship's protruding eyes, as near to
being perky it is possible for a good butler to
"Well?" said Lord Drexdale in a almbefore-the-
storm voice, which might have occasioned the bold
a tremor.
Your lordship has read the announcement"
Lord Drexdales feelings burst their dam. He
spoke his mind. Years of acquaintance with turf
circles had given him the power Of expressing him
self with certain generous strength.
"You old fool" he shouted. "You moth.eaten
monument of imbecility You stand there and calm
ly-You mummy! You dodderer! YOU"
eff your lordship-"
What did you get out of it? What did they ray
you Eth? No! You're too great fool to be
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-27

might and footmen might go, but he went on
forever.
study his best pace-for to the pres
in the afternoon meant that important matters
were Commissioning tapped upon the door
queruous below from within babe him enter.
John, twelfth Earl of DreXdale, seated in an
armchair by the window. He a short. red-faced
man, inclined to stoutness. He ragged grey
beard. Those who knew Keeings devotion to the
proud name of the DreXdales often wondered what
his opinion of the present earl might be- Both
regarded manners and appearance Lord Drexdale
would have made excellent bookmaker publ
In his youth his position and the blameless
reputation of his father cabinet minister and
famous phanthToplst, had led society to welcome
him with a friendly smile The friendly smile had
changed to blank stare within the space of four
years. and now the best the society papers could
find to call him that well known sporting
peer" Which polite of intmating that
his friends and associates today were the of
the course.
u UT whatever Keelings views may have been he
~ confided them to none Drexdale, however far he
might have fallen from the Drexdale standard, was
a sacred subject, immune from criticism
Come in, can't you? Shut the door. Don't stand
there half in and half out gaping at me like fish.
Ali"
The last remark elected by a sudden twnge
of pain in the foot which rested, swatned in band
ages, pile of cushions for his lordship suf
fering of his frequent attacks of govt.
Your lordship wished to me?"
"Of | wished to you. For Heavens
sake. man, can't you close your mouth? Is it abso
utely necessary for you to cape at me like that?
That's better Keeling want you to go up to Lon
don by the first train tomorrow"
Ito London, your ordshp?"
Eyes, London. You've heard of the place
suppose? Here, read this letter. This win explain
Curse the young fool, | might have known he
would be making idiot of himself if left him out
of my sight. Read it. It's from Colonel Brant, who
here for the shooting last year."
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solltlSs and his doctor fOrb1dS him TO
move. Tonsolitis! BAH / expect he's
sitting in the six-penny gallery, cracking
nuts and making sheep's-eyes at the girl
as she jumps through paper hoops"
Keeling received this vivid piece of
imagery in respectful silence.
Catch the first train tomorrow, Keel
ing. DO you see? DO you see man?
your discretion, If you have any. If the
girl has to be bought off, buy her off.
Never mind the figure. That's all. l
shall dine up here"
Keeling bowed, and left the room.
TT HE atmosphere at the castle was al
ways trifie electric on the occasions
when his lordship had one of his attacks
of govt, but the oldest inhabitant could
not recall more exciting hour than that
which followed breakfast on the third
day after Keelings departure. II was
his lordship's custom to read his Sport
ing Life" (ne subscribed to the Times
but he read the Sporting Life'O imme-
diately after that meal. On this morn
ing Tom, the footman, removing the
breakfast things, was surprised to hear
a sort of combination of roar and grOan
proceed from his lordship Looking up,
he saw that the latter's face was a rich
purple, and that his eyes were bullying
alphabetically. He was moving to Offer
assistance when the bullying eyes sud
denly met his, and the earl, becoming
aware of his presence, ordered him from
the room with a. stream of forceful
words Tom stood not upon the order
of his going.
The paragraph which had disturbed
his lordship so extremely was headed,
Interesting Wedding" And, in his
lordship's opinion, that did not over
state the case. The paragraph ran as
follows:
"A wedding of great interest to lovers
of sport was solemnized yesterday at st.
Andrews church, Walthamstow, when
the Hon. Lionel Carr, only son of the
Earl of Drexdale, the well known sport
ing peer, was quietly married TO Mar
garet, daughter of Nathaniel ]. Trenton,
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do you imagine l didn't think
of that? l wired the moment | got
this letter There's his answer.
He says he is very sorry, but he is
in bed with q severe attack of ton
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By p. G. WODEHOUSE $;RRi; i: s'G5


Earl OF Drexdale, rose slowly from
the chair in which he had been en-.
joying his afternoon sleep, and toddled
off down the passage. The footman who
had brought the message watched him
pass through the red-barge door which
marked the boundary Of the servants
quarters.
Jane" he said to one of the house
maids, who had appeared from nowhere,
COW old is old Keeling?"
BLESSED if | know" said Jane 1--WE
been here since | was a little bit of a
ship of thing, and he was just the same
then.
Poor old feller," said the footman.
"Why poor old feller?"
Cos he's got to go and see his lord
ship"
rs his lordship in one of his moods,
Tom?"
His lordship," said Tom with empha-
sis, lis in about eighteen of 'em at once"
The guide-books were wont to assert
that the most interesting sight TO be
seen at DreXdale Castle was the thir-
teenth century crypt. They were wrong.
To the really thoughtful visitor the
chief object of interest was Keeling. AS
a matter of fact Keeling looked a good
deal older than the crypt. His air of
antiquity and permanence was more
marked. Nobody-not even James, the
head gardener, who had been at the cas-
tie for twenty-five years, knew when he
had first come to the place. When
James was a sprightly young gardeners
boy. Keeling had been exactly the same,
so James asserted, as he was now. Keel
ing was not mere butler He was an
heirloom, a part of the estate. II was be-
lieved that he knew more about the his
tory of the Drexdale family than any -man
Ilving. 1t was his hobby. He worship
ped the DreXdale blood. He knew the
family history back to the days of Ed
ward the Confessor. He dated events
by the length of time that had elapsed
since the present earl had fallen down
stairs and sprained his ankle or the
eleventh earl had fought furiously with
his small brother in the stable loft over
a disputed guinea-pg. The faithful old
servant of the melodramas was a par
venu compared with Keeling. Footmen
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-27
Providence and the Butte r

16TTlS Lordship wishes to see
you, Mr.. Keeling"
Keeling, butler to the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-26
Nsyicar Taking Kekaha.

/; stated il last sundays Advertiser
h. 1911 sugar crop has already start
a IA come in and regardless Of the
.,.- that tbs is supposed 70 he the
sstk part Of the sugar season. the he
EaE 7I3rratian has already harvested
avsr thousand tons. The American
H,r,aan treigbrpr Mexican will take
rar 4. the Kekaha output when she
ln,yts he Islands. She wall also stop
Il q-sa STAND ports ana pick up
fq'.5- The NatsOn steamei At-hel-
nina VII. take away some Of the ke-