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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14

work, but he carried the case to court
and had the copy of the proceedings
published and circulated all over the
township. This stimulated a great
deal of interest in dragged roads.
DR.. McCaskey became a candidate
for supervisor and was elected. With
the cooperation of farmers in his To-
cality he began a systematic use of the
road drag on the roads under his juris
diction. Farmers were employed to
drag the roads contiguous to their own
land, payment being made at the rate
Of 40 cents per hour.
The result of this effort is that East
Lampeter township has some Of the
best dirt roads in the country. Resi-
dents described roads which now APP
pear to be in fine condition as former
ly practically impossible a part of the
year. Corrugated iron culverts are
used for drainage, stones have been
removed from the roads. and the gut
tiers are kept clear of distractions. All
the roads are apparently in good con
dition, we'll crowned and consequently
well drained.
The surface is hard and readily
sheds water where the road has been
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
INTEREST IN GOOD ROADS
MOVEMENT INCREASING.
Delaware Company Proposes Highway
Between Now York and Washington.

That interest In the bctterment Of
roads is growing steadily in the United
Stntes has been evidenced by the al
most simultaneous publication In tho
newspapers Of the country Of two
items Of news which should bring Joy
to the heart Of automobilists and users
Of humber means OF conveyance.
One was the announcement of the
coming incorporation In Delaware OF
n company that proposes to build n
great boulevard between New York
and Washington
The other was the offer OF General
T. Coleman du Pont, president of the
Du Pont Powder company, to build n
fine highway across the state Of Della
ware, distance Of over 100 miles.
For short part OF the way the
route OF both these proposed highways
may he made identical. Tho promoters
Of the New York Washington road are
in communication, therefore, with Cen
eral du Pont in the hope Of making
some arrangement for Joint construc-
ton work along the stretch where their
proposed highway and that of the mil
lionaire powder manufacturer will CO.
incide.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
RAISING MONEY FOR ROADS
Missouri Women Hold Ice Cream So
ciabIe to Procure Funds.


An ice cream sociable was held at
st. Charles and Handley roads, In
Lindhurst, Mo-, Aug. IL, for nm unusu-
al purpose. The Mothers club of that
district, affiliated with the National
Mothers Congress, has set out to build
a good road there and to raise the mon
ey with which to do 1t.
While their purpose is to mako the
roads passable at all times for the sake
OF child welfare, yet any road building
which they may do will naturally be
of wide interest to the motorists of
st. Louis and vicinity.
The Mothers are also encouraging
the organization of road scout troops
among the boys of their school district,
These scouts are pledged to patroi the
roads around about their school for
eight or ten miles and to report to the
road overscer or the county engineer
any bad spots or broken bridges which
may DO found.
The money which was realized Mt
the sociable Aug, l. was turned over
ut once to the county court to apply
&c to building the road.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14

copyright. 1911, by Henry M. Nicely.
Copyright In Great Britain and Canada.
All rights reservod.l
~ EW aviators will admit that
they have any fear in flying,
Yet ! venture to assert that
there isn't u man using an
aeroplane today who does not feel a
sinking sensation either just before
he mounts his seat or shortly after
ward or many times after he gets
well into the air.
The late Ralph tombstone exhibited
less fear than any man | have ever
known. yet he admitted to me that he
frequently found himself on the verge
of panic while performing some Of his
most dangerous evolutions. He, how
ever, was the type Of man who kept
absolute control of himself. and he
never allowed this feeling the upper
hand. He unconsciously Illustrated
this power Of control when shortly be
fore his unfortunate end he told me
one day Of plan he had Of turning a
back aOmersGult I'm the air.
II want to get up about 5000 feet"
he said, drawing diagram on piece
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
GREEN COUNTY FAIR
To Be Held at Monroe, Wisconsin.
September Is. IA, Is, Il Is.


! The excellent prospects for record
breaking crowds and the completed ar.
rangements, elaborate as they are for
their entertainment, are affording the
officers great satisfaction:
The old adage Nothing succeeds like
Success" will be realized, for from
every direction comes the report 1--WE
are going with the crowd, and we will
all be there
One gratifying feature is that it pro-
misses to be an evenly balanced Fair,
for while it has been known for some
time that the entertainment feature
will be ample, the success of the Fair
from the display standpoint is now as
ured; and for several days entries have
been pouring in at a rate which has
necessitated night work in the Secre-
tary's Office.
The success of the races is now assur-
ed by the largest list and speediest
horses ever secured by any county fair
in the state. (See entry lists)
A Kentuckian, who arrived with
horses today, walked entirely around
the track and pronounced it the best
half mile track he had ever seen.
The long list of free act, which we
have previously mentioned, have been
increased by adding balloon ascension
each day, making eight free acts alone
Space will not permit more detailed
account; but just bear in mind that
1. 1t is four day and five night
Fair.
2. There will be eight free acts
appearing twice daily.
3. Music will be furnished by three
bands daily
4. $500 will be paid for base ball
games.
5. $500 will be spent for horse
racing.
6. $4,000 is offered in premiums
payable on the grounds Friday after
noon, and Saturday.
7. 1t will be reached by twelve
special trains, besides regular splendid
train service.
8. A telegram from the Carnival
Company advises that they will leave
the Indiana State Fair by special train
Saturday, arriving in Monroe Sunday.
and that they will require $50 feet
frontage on Midway.
9. 1t is spending $4,000 in all.
10. 1t is the Fair of the Hour,
offering a good time for everybody
something doing every minute.
COME and you will continue to COME.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
MWyAERoPLANE
49, ADVENTURES
'" J.ARMSTRONG DRExEL
IV.-Fiehtin9 Fear In Cloudland

Up and up he climbs. and soon ne
enters the region Of the clouds. He
seems to be whiZzing through an i'm
mense void with neither sides nor top
nor bottom. and the unreality of 1t all
and the immensely of it Cypress him
and the nerves begin their unpleasant
little tremors that tell of approaching
fear.
Then above the clouds he bursts
into the glaring. brilliant sunlight. and
here again he meets conditions that
increase the nerve tremors. Sudden
gusts Of wind catch him. They are
quick and dangerous just above the
clouds on n sunshiny day, and they
give no warning of their approach, so
IT means every faculty on edge to pre-
pare for all kinds of contingencies,
and the strain begins to tell. So one
grits ones teeth and sits tighter and
looks to the whirling propeller or the
thermometer or anything to take ones
mind off the loneliness and the vast
ness and his own impudence In com
ing up so high into region in which
he has no rights.
When Fear Laughs at You.
Up near the top Of the climb. when
the last few mad minutes of plunging
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
REPAIRS POOR ROADS
County Farm Manager Does Good
Work Fixing Country Roads.

Sun Republic: Supt. Ed. Perkins Of
the County Farm, together with force
of men have recently repaired about
fifteen miles of the road around the
Asylum. Repairing has been done on
the roads from Linden to Cobb and
from Cobb to Dodgeville. Due to the
extremely poor condition of the roads
this year. the work was timely, and
and Mr.. Perkins deserves much credit
for action taken. When he and his
force of workers start to do anything
they surely make things fly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
Fer Good Roads.

Fennimore Times: Hereafter for a
time The Times will devote a column
to the subject of good roads, how to
secure and maintain them. Satisfies
show that of the 2,151. so miles of
public roads in the U. S. but seven
miles out of every hundred are i'm
proved also that this country is way
behind the times in road building,
even the ancient Romans having a
better knowledge of road construction
than we. The benefits derived from
good roads are also very manifest to all
close observers and will greatly en-
nance the value of all property.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
WAKING UP.
Wyoming Business Men Plan Build
ina New Roads.

Wyoming Business Men Plan Build
ing New Roads.
Tho people Of Wyoming and espe-
cially the business men are awakiug
to the advantages of building good au-
tomoblle roads across the state. The
large influx of tourists In automobiles
this year has brought the good roads
question forcibly to the attention of
wyoming people, and state wide
movement looking to the building of
new roads and the hetterment of old
ones is being inaugurated
The people of Evanston, in the
southwest corner OF the state, have
Joined with Utah In improving the
road between Evanston and Ogden,
and as soon ms this work is completed
the work win DO continued eastward
to the boundary line between Uinta
and Sweetwater counties.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
Good Roads Boosters to Meet,

The greatest good roads gathering
the nation has ever known will be held
at Richmond, Va, Sept II to 10. The
FIRST annual meeting of the American
Association For Highway Improvement
will be held In that city, and President
Taft is expected to make the principal
address
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14

of paper. "Thcn | will begin the
somersault. The machine win 90 back
ward certain distance until it loses
the support OF the air. Then II will
drop straight down for about 1900
feet During that drop | shall manip-
ulatc my levers so that they will
bring her right side up again, and 7
win glide to the ground"
tombstone was perfectly serious
about It. He admitted that he was
afraid OF Il, but he was determined
that he would do It,
Captain Thomas s. Baldwin IA prob
ably as seasoned n veteran of air perilS
Ms Is alive today For many years h
went about the world ballooning and
parachute jumping and then he took
to the acceptance No one in Watching
him would think that he knew the
meaning of the word fear, Yet Il friend
of mine once asked him II he ever felt
nervous, and he replied:
Scared To death every timo take
my seat Some days my mechanics
have to shove me ON to the machine
Then. when | get her started am all
right and the fear vaulshes But am
baby until hear the motor going"
Different Forms of Fear.
Some men feel their greatest fear at
the thought of the engine stopping
suddenly and without warning. have
never been troubled by this, though l
have had 1t happen to me several
times. Each time, however, | man
aged to get down safely, and | have
always felt that there was Il good
chance In favor OF the aviator IL he
keeps his head and takes AS gradual a
slant downward rs is needed to give
him control OF his machine.
know several men. though, who
have never got over their nervousness
at the thought Of volplaning, as they
term coasting down without power,
The slightest sound in the engine that
hints OF trouble puts them In the same
panic that tho thought OF the tail ot
my aeroplane puts me when am out
for altitude records.
As man mounts higher and high,
er into the air the familiar OBJ
iects of earth fade from his sight
and he becomes overpowered with q
sense of being absolutely alone-of be,
ing cast adrift and dependent entirely
upon his own resources and upon q
power plant which he knows may fail
| him at any moment
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
Panic From Nothing to Do.

1dHlC from mourning 10 OO'
Before | had gone very far into aero
planning | had an experience in the air
which illustrates the point that the
many things Il man has to do while
flying and think about for safety's
sake as Il rule operate to keep his
mind away from fear.
| had been well up in my Bleriot
several times and had felt very little
nervousness when II friend in England
invited ME to accompany him and
party of guests on Il balloon trip. As
the ground sank away beneath me
tried to feel some OF the thrills that |
had felt in my good Bleriot But they
did not come. There was no merry
humming of the motor. no singing
rush OF the wind. no sense of great
power overcoming nature, nothing to
give me the idea that | was doing
some of the work and that skill and
courage were necessary to success.
1t seemed that we were only hung
suspended by a tiny thread and that
all OF us We're on edge, waiting for the
thread TO snap and the whole outfit to
go crashing below to the far distant
earth and to destruction.
could not get out Of my mind this
sense OF suspended fate-of helpless
waiting for something awful to hap
pen. | had never experienced it in
my Bleriot. There all was action.
Muscles, mind, nerves were constantly
occupied with the glorious battle.
l found myself looking at the ropes
that suspended the car. They were all
too thin and weak. 1t seemed to me,
for the weight of such party. l felt
my nerves going fast. l felt the need
Of fighting something. OF working e.
vers. of directing the thing, of doing
something or other that would give ME
chance, | was in a cold sweat and
my knees and teeth actually trembled.
l knew 1t was silly. yet | could not
help II. l was in a complete funk.
The awful stiffness. the oppressive
calm, the sense OF nothing TO do and
nothing TO be done-al so different
from the inspiriting struggle In a fight
ing northumberland my panic ev
cry minute. and | was never before
nor have I ever since been so glad OF
getting back TO Mother Earth as was
when we stepped from the basket.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
Home for Sale.

House and five lots, in south part of
the city House contains four rooms There is
a good spring on the place; good barn and
chicken house. Property will be sold at
reasonable price, and on reasonable terms
Inquire of the Mineral Point Real
Estate Agency, at the Democrat Office.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
Taxes for Lafayette County
Roads.

Eight towns in Lafayette county have
held special meetings to vote road and
bridge taxes to improve highways in
conjunction with the county and state.
The county, without special action,
will pay sum equal to that expended
by the towns, and the state will also
chip in a large amount.
The following towns have voted the
4.,.- IL +lAlni,.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14

When an equal amount is added to
this by the county and a tidy sum by
the state, a good deal of road improve
ment can be made. The interest of
farmers in road Improvement is proven
by their action in taxing themselves to
improve the roads. The sum already
set aside for this county by the state is
slightly more than 100000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
PROFIT AND LOSS.

Tho difference between good
and bad roads is often equiva-
lent TO the difference between
profit and loss. Money wisely
expended for this purpose Is sure
to return tenfold, and now that
the states are expanding In the
aggregate 100000 a day for
road Improvement conditions In
the country are likely TO be so
improved that the trend toward
the city will be stopped and the
overflow In tho cities will turn
TO the country.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14


Progress and prosperity.
:. Higher farm values.
4 Quicker transportation.
(. Untold wealth to producers.
4 Advance of civilization.
/. Economy Of time.
4 Less worry and waste.
/. Educational and religious prog
4 ress.
Z Better homes.
Happier families.
: Quick communication.
Development Of social centers.
: AND WILL BRING
Better schools and greater at
tendance.
Better health and quicker
medical attention.
. Better farms and more cult
waited land.
. Better crops and cheaper trans
. portation.
. Better economic conditions and
more producers.
. Better social conditions and
. less isolation.
. Better church attendance and
. better citizens.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14

dragged for any length of time. A few
of the roads lack solid surface. this
having been their first year under the
drag. A road scraper IS used at the
beginning of operations to shape up
the road. but is never used to work II
All the dirt that is moved toward the
middle of the road is put there little
by little by the use OF the King drag.
After two years Of road dragging
East Lampeter township finds that 1t
has roads infinitely superior TO the
best II could produce under the old
system. at an estimated cost of SD a
mile year for dragging. The av-
erage cost Of maintaining dirt roads In
Lancaster county Is about $40 mile.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14
ONE MANS WORK
FOR GOOD ROADS
Doctor Showed People Benefits
Of Dragging.
FARMERS OPERATION PLAN
Mccaskey's Work So Surprising In Its
Effectiveness That Road Dragging
Has Become a Steady Fixture In
Lancaster County, Pa. - cuIverts
Used For Drainage.

Lancaster County, Pa. - CuIverts
Used For Drainage.
In East Lampeter township, Lancas
ter county, Pa, the use of the road
drag has been more general perhaps
than in any other township in Penn
sylvania, says the National Stockman
and Farmer Several years ago DR..
Donald McCaskey heard Hon. Ralph
Gibson of Williamsport, Pa, tell about
the merits of the drag, Mr.. Gibson
having heard D. Ward King, the drag
enthusiast, lecture on this subject and
having followed Mr.. Kings advice.
Dr. McCaskey began to drag a road in
his neighborhood which was practical
ly impossible.
Although he had the consent of
majority of the supervising board he
was later forbidden to continue the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14

and rising, plunging and rising, begin,
fear seems to laugh at you for trying
to keep it away from you.
Now the nerves are gone. They
jump and strain. and you fancy YOU
hear and see things, and then your
fears concentrate ON noise behind
you, and suddenly you realize that
you are gone the tail has come loose!
IT is rafting on its broken wires now,
and at the next plunge it will be
wrcnched off completely and leave you
helpless In the one awful straight drop
down to the earth that is lurking UNI
der the clouds thousands Of feet be-
low you.
You take quick glance over Your
shoulder and find the tail in first
class shape. holding the machine to
her work and looking strong enough
to balance machine with two men
your size.
Completely treasured. you turn again
to your climbing. Your nerves are
terribly shaken by this few moments
or panic, but you make up your mind
that II shall not occur again. and you
grit your teeth and shove her nose
upward once more.
Usually the danger is over almost be-
fore the aviator can realize it, II
keeps him busy Every nerve and ev-
cry faculty is worked to the utmost to
overcome the danger and there is only
lghtniugfike passing sensation of
awful horror
A Flight of Torture.
But once in awhile we do get caught
under circumstances that make flying
long continued torture. and one of
these times that | shall never forget
occurred to me during the meet at
Lanark. Scotland. day or two before
| made the worlds altitude record.
rose gradually in big circles and was.
should say. $500 or 5000 feet high
when l suddenly heard above the
sound OF the engine an unusual and
most disagreeable Tapping sound at
my left
CHANGING along the front OF the
plane on that side, was Mortified TO
see that something was loose and was
being torn this way and that by the
pressure of the air. through which
was going at rate OF about sixty
miles an hour. | was suddenly over
whelmed with the Supplying realiza.
ton that the only thing 1t could be
was piece OF the fabric with which
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-14

copyright, 1911, by Henry M. Nicely.
Copyright In Great Britain and Canada.
All rights reserved
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-08-19
WELL KNOWN WOMAN
AUTHOR ENDS LIFE
Mrs Myrtle Reed Mccullough
Commits Suicide

Chicago. Aug. 19.-Mrs. Myrtle Reed
Mccullough, author OF Lavender and
Old Lace" Love Letters OF Musi-
clan" Love Affairs of Literary Men"
and many other books, WAS found dead
at her home from an overdose of sleep
ing powders taken with suicidal In
tent.
Mrs. McCullough's body was found
by Anna Larsen, her maid, to whom
she left note and check for $1,000.
Mrs. Mccullough was thirty-seven
years old and was born In Chicago.
That death was Intentional was in
dicated by the following note. which
the writer left on her maids dresser:
Dear Annie: ! am leaving you a
check for $1,000 for your true and
faithful service during four years. II
nay husband had been as good and
kind to me and as considerato as you
I would not be going where I am
now"
The maid found the note In her
room when she returned home. She
rushed into Mrs. McCullough's room
and found her dead.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-08-19
Life Saved at Deaths Door

II never felt so near my grave" writes
w. r. Patterson, Of Wellington, Tex, as
when a frightful cough and lung trouble
pulled me down to leo pounds in spite
of doctors treatment for two years. My
father, mother and two sisters, died OF
consumption, and that am alive to- day
is due solely to DIR, Kings New Discovery
which completely cured me. Now
weigh 1877 pounds and have been well
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its the best remedy on earth for coughs
colds, lagrippe. asthma, Group and al
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Druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-08-19
FOR VIOLATION OF
SIXTEEN HOUR Law
Federal Action Against Iron
Range Railroad

Duluth, Aug. IA suit has just
been instituted in the United STATES
circuit court by order of Attorney
General Wickersham against the Dl-
luth, Missabs and Northern railway.
on a charge of breaking the federal
law, which Is described as IAN act To
promote the safety of employees and
travellers on railways by limiting the
service of employees to sixteen success
sive hours"
The governmsnt demands damages
of $4,000. based upon the number oi
employees on the train. Il Is the frs:
suN of the kind fled In the state.
The petition was Aied by United
States District Attorney Houpt and
says the law was broken May 10, 1911
by the defendant company between
the stations of Proctor and Coleraine
Mimi.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-08-19
Tortured Tor Is Years

by cure defying stomach trouble that
baffled doctors, and resisted al remedies
that he tried, John w. Modders, Of Mod
dersville, Mich, seemed doomed. He
had to sell his farm ond give up work.
His neighbors said, "he can't live much
longer" @Whatover I ato distressed me"
he wrote, It'll tried Electric Bitters,
which worked suth wonders for methat
I can now eat thinGs could not take
for years. Its surely grand remedy Tor
stomach troubles" just - good tor the
liver and kidneys. Every bottle guar
anteed. Only 60c at Al druggists.