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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-06-17
SIXTEEN INVESTIGATIONS
ORDERED 1Y CONGRESS.

Fifteen investigations Of pub
lie departments and their affairs
are now being conducted by con-
gressional committees.
The steel trust, Mr.. Stanley Of
Kentucky, chairman Of the in
vestigating committee.
The sugar trust. Mr.. Hard
wick of Georgia. chairman.
The postoffice department, Mr..
Ashbrook of Ohio, chairman.
Expenditures In state depart
ments, Mr.. Hamlin of Missouri,
chairman.
Expenditures In treasury de-
partment, Mr.. Cox of Indiana,
chairman.
Expenditures In war depart
ment, Mr.. Helm Of Kentucky.
chairman.
Expenditures In navy depart
ment, Mr.. Hardy of Texas. chair
) man.
Agriculture, Mr.. MOSS or In
diana, chairman.
Commerce and labor, Mr.. Roth
} ermel of Pennsylvania. chair
man.
Interior department, Mr.. Gra-
ham Of Illinois, chairman.
Department OF Justice. Mr..
Beal of Texas, chairman.
Public buildings. Mr.. Cline OF
!, Indiana. chairman.
The wooden trust, Mr.. Francis
, of Ohio. chairman.
Indian appropriations. Mr.. Car
ter Of Oklahoma. chairman.
Special boards and commits
sions. Mr.. Clarke of Florida.
chairman.
The above Investigations were
authorized by the house. There
has been Lorimer investigation
ordered BY the senate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-06-17
MONKEYS TO PICK COTTON.
Experiment Will Be Made In Georgia
by French Experts.

py TFonCO GNpeFSS.
An attempt is to be made in Fulton
county, Ca. by French cotton ex-
perts to teach monkeys to pick cotton.
IL the experiment succeeds colony of
monkeys will be imported and put to
work
The idea was suggested by the antics
Of pet chimpanzee carried by farm
er boy into the fields. The little ami
NAL, after frisking around for a time
and watching the negroes at work, be-
gan Of its own accord to pick the cot.
ton with almost incredible rapidity.
Animal trainers find it very easy to
teach monkeys to perform any manual
trick or labor. By utilizing monkey
labor the cost of cotton harvesting
would be infinitely less than with hu.
man labor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-06-17
Fole'y's Kidney Remedy Acted Quickly

M. n. George, Irondata, Ala. was both
cred with kidney trouble for many years.
81 was persuaded to try Foley Kidney
Remedy and before taking it three days,
l could feel its beneficial effects. The
pain left my back, my kidney action
cleared up and l am 50 much better /
do not hesitate to recommend FOley's
Kidney Remeky. For sale by all Drug
gists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-06-17
HoNoRs FOR BLIND STUDENT
otands at Head Of Glass at High 6chool
commancegnant.

At the graduating exercises Of the
high school class In Milford. O., the
honors were carried OF By 9 youth
who has been blind ever since he en-
tered school
Mahss AdamA aged seventeen. was
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27

plum or cherry scale. the zebra cater
pillar of the cabbage the cucumber
beetles. bilbugs. locust flea beetle.
corn ear worm. cotton cutworm. south
ern fig eater. codling moth and boil
weevil and. in addition. are great con-
sumers of injurious weed seeds.
The black headed grosbeak halls
from southern Mexico and invades
North Dakota and Nebraska. 1t fills
the same place in the west that the
grosbeak does in the east. 1t is a foe
TO the worst pests Of horticulture. the
scale insect composing a fourth of its
food.
The blue grosbeak breeds over the
southern two-thirds of the United
States and is greatly destructive to
weevils. grasShoppers. locusts. caterpil-
lars and worms.
The gray grosbeak inhabits Texas.
Arizona and New Mexico. 1t is con
sistent enemy of the boil weevil and
cotton worm. 1t also consumes great
quantities of harmful weed seeds.
The bulletin in its plea for the pro-
lection Of the grosbeak says: present
Investigations prove that the services
OF the grosbeak in destroying insect
pests are invaluable. Each kind pays
especial attention to certain pests
which If unchecked would cause enor-
nous loss Few Of our birds are to
be credited with more good and with
fewer evils than the grosbeak. and
none more clearly deserves protection
by the practical farmer"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27

but the precaution was useless. In
less than three months her father was
dead.
Girls are especially particular in
their work on wedding dresses, for If
a tiny drop of blood from pricked
finger should fall on the gown the
bride would surely die before the end
of the year Then there is green
thread. Whether the customer is there
to see it or not. no dressmaker will
keep green thread near spools Of an
other color. Green thread used for
basting means the return Of a dress
for alterations, and there is enough
trouble of that kind in dressmaking
establishment without deliberately bid
ding for it.
"Women who are themselves super,
stitious are never surprised or offend
ed at a sewing girls untidy couture.
The girls tumble their hair about on
purpose when working on large or
der. for it is q sacred belief among
dressmakers that hair inadvertently
worked into the garment shows that
more work is coming soon from the
same customer"-NewY York Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
WISCONSIN STATE FAIR
To be Held i'll Milwaukee From
September IL to Is, Inclusive.


As September rolls around each year
and the annual State Fair becomes the
topic in agricultural circles, the oft re-
peated phrase this years State Fair
will be greater than any of its pre-
decessors" sounds familiar to those
interested. To certain extent this
statement has been true each year. but
in lettering some departments or some
features of the states big educational
and agricultural institution in the past,
other features and departments have
been organized to the point when the
greater than ever" phrase becomes
permissible. The State Board of
Agriculture has gone at this years
Fair more deliberate and on broader
principles than heretofore and as
result the grain growing farmer, the
dairy farmer and the beef breeding
farmer will find something in every
minutes, time spent at the Fair in
Milwaukee, September 10 to Is, that
will compensate him many fold for the
time and expense INDUCED in during a
visit to the states agricultural show.
The State Horticultural Society will
demonstrate to the landseekers that
Wisconsin offers better apple grow
ing field than any of the western states.
In tent separate from the regular
horticultural exhibits, Secretary Crane
field of the State Horticultural Society
will make an exhibit of apples grown
in Wisconsin for the commercial mar
ket. In this apple show, the first of
its kind to be held in Wisconsin, there
will be more than 800 exhibits of
bushel or barrel of apples of every
variety grown in the state.
The State Immigration Commissioner
also in a separate and distinct exhibit
from the regular county exhibits, will
show collection of grasses and grains
developed i'll the cut over counties of
Northern Wisconsin, through the CO.
operation of settlers and the University
of Wisconsin Agricultural College.
The State Fair Board through it's
special attraction committee, will
provide variety of entertainment for
the visitor to the Fair. One of the
attractive features for every day of the
Fair will be an exhibition of the pro-
gross of aerOnautics
The women of Wisconsin are TO come
into their own during State Fair and
one of the days of Fair week will be
turned over to them, during which
programme, in which man can only be
a listener and onlooker, will be rem
| dered
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
A Hospital Nurses Hands.

AS an example of trademarks have
you ever noticed the hands of the hos
pital nurse! The soft white hand
which in fiction is occupied in cooling
fevered brows does not exist and could
not 1t is a skilled hand. but it's work
makes it rough and chapped. Try
bathing your hands in disinfectants
twenty times day and you will find
that, look after them as you may. they
will soon be scanned with cracks,
which an east wind often turns to
bleeding cuts. And as they are work
ed hard for some twelve or thirteen
hours a day the nurse takes a some
what larger size in gloves than most
women. If you ever see the photo
graph Of a hospital nurse you may OBJ
serve that she prefers to keep those
hands behind her back.-London Chron-
icle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
Eastern Paper Champions Uni
versity of Wisconsin.

That the University of Wisconsin
costs nearly one million dollars less
each year to maintain than Harvard
University, while rendering service to
the people of the state greatly in ex-
cess of those rendered by Harvard, is
the gist of an editorial recently pub
lished in the Springfield, Mass, Re-
publican.
The yearly cost of maintenance of the
University of Wisconsin, the editorial
declares, is 81 1877 800, while the yearly
cost of maintaining Harvard University
is $2,678 800. 'It would appear" the
writer continues, chat on a basis of
comparison with Harvard, the Wiscon~
sin institution is not conducted extrav
agantly; indeed, the financial compar-
ison seems highly favorable to the state
university.
1.-The University of Wisconsin I'M
doubtedly renders the state services
which cannot be measured by money.
It's activities are far reaching among
the people, in ways of which nothing is
known at the leading private institutions
of the East. 1t is great, a valuable, a
paying investment. Massachusetts has
nothing to compare with it in popular
and civic usefulness"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
Orchard and Garden.

Thin fruit trees if they need it; this
is a better paying method than prop
ping branches.
Placing a small heap Of rich stable
manure around the base of each tree
in the young orchard will prove to be
a little time and labor we'll spent.
1t is a fine plan to have the materi-
ais always on hand for making Dor
deauX mixture and then to mix up a
spray and use it when you have a
spare hour.
If trees need water pull the soil
away from around the roots, give each
tree a pailful and after it soaks in
replace the earth. No use to apply
around the tree.
If YOU observe that the shoots on
your trees grow only five or six inches
every year you may know that the
soil needs to be enriched. The growth
ought to be from fifteen to thirty
inches every season.
Tent caterpillars are bad pests when
they get on some of your pet trees.
Watch out for them and when seen
burn them with a torch. A kerosene
soaked rag wrapped around the end
Of q pole will do for a torch.
Cultivate the spring set strawberry
bed regularly and often. Keep the
soil loose and mellow and let no weeds
get foothold. After enough runners
have rooted cut off surplus ones the
same as if. they We're weeds.
If your apple trees are affected with
scab be sure to spray with the boiled
lime sulphur mixture just before the
buds burst. and always before rain.
because the spores Of blight can be
carried by the wind to other trees.
Place a two pound paper bag over
each bunch Of grapes when the fruit
is the size Of small shot. This pro-
tects the grapes from insect and bird
injury and insureS extra choice clus-
tiers. Fasten the mouth of the bag
wire or string
When picking blackberries get them
out of the sun as soon as possible or
they'll turn red in spots and not BE
so salable. Hurry them into the
crates and then into a cool cellar until
time for shipping or selling. Fill the
boxes full and pack neatly in clean
packages. If you want fancy price
make the crates look attractive.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
WASHING AWAY THE LAND.
Erosion Of the Drainage Basins of the
United States


1nvestiga tons by the United States
geological survey of the erosion OF
numerous drainage basins Of the Unit
ed States show that the surface Of the
country is being removed at the aver
age rate Of about an inch in 100 years.
Though this amount seems trivial
when spread over the surface of the
country. it becomes stupendous when
considered as a total or even in sep
arate drainage basins. The Mississip-
pi river for instance, carries annually
to the sea 1876, 100000 tons Of dissolved
matter and 34O,5OeOOO tons Of sus-
pended matter. and Of this total the
Ohio river carries S3,350,OOO tons and
the Missouri river contributes more
than twice as much. The Colorado
river. which has built up for itself a
vast delta. brings down more suspend
ed matter than any other river in the
United States. delivering annually 3S7
tons for each square mile Of it's drain
age basin or a total of 1OO.74O,O0O
tons.
The rivers of the United States car
ry to tidewater every year 27O,OOO,O00
tons Of dissolved matter and $4,000
600 tons of suspended matter. This
total of 7S3.O0O,OOO tons represents
more than 35O,OOO,OOO cubic yards of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
i arm ana
Garden
GROSBEAK is OUR FRIEND.
Much MaIisned Little Bird Is Active
Enemy Of Destructive Insects.

Much MaiIgned Little Bird Is Active
Enemy of Destructive Insects.
The grosbeak is very much malign-
ed bird and instead of being destruc-
tive to crops he Is. ON the contrary, Of
great benefit. according to farmers
bulletin 456. just issued by Secretary
Wilson. The bulletin states that seven
kinds Of finches commonly known as
the grosbeak, summer within our
boundaries. a majority Of these are
good friends of the farmer and de-
serve to be widely known in order
that their services may be appreciated.
The grOssbeaks are easily distinguish
ed from other finches by their stout
form. bright plumage, massive bills
and melOdious voices. They live
largely in agricultural regions and Sc
cure most Of their food about cult
waited lands. They perform invalua-
BILE service in destroying many of our
worst insect pests.
The rose breasted species is great
breeds over Kansas and the mountains
of Tennessee. The investigations of
the department show that the bird IS
fond of green peas. but invariably con-
sumes enough injurious insects to
more than offset the damage. He has
become famous for his preying on the
Colorado potato beetle. and no less
than One-tenth of the total food it con-
sumes has been proved to be the pOta-
to beetle 1t attacks the cucumber bee
tie. 1t has proved an active enemy Of
the Rocky mountain locust during that
insects ruinOus invasiOnS. and among
the other pest 1T consumes are the
spring and fall cankerWOrms, orchard
and forest tent caterpillars, tuSsOck.
gypsy and brown tail moths, plum cur
culio. army worm and cinch bug. In
fact 1t attacks the worst enemies Of
agriculture.
The cardinal or redbird species
ranges from southern Mexico. Lower
California and Arizona north to Iowa
and Ontario and east to the Atlantic
NCuoI' AACy ulC pei LCo1uChLo'
spending the summer and winter in
the same locality. 1t has been claim
ed that they pull sprouting grain. but
no evidence of damage to either grain
or other crops is shown from over 500
examinations. On the contrary, they
do much good. They feed on locusts,
periodical cicada, the Colorado potato
beetle. the rose chatter, cotton worm,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27

the sentinel Il trifle of fifty tons or so
Of granite. For near thousand feet
the bowlder fell sheer. swift and 81
lent: then. striking the cliff. it burst
like bomb. shattered into a myriad
flying shards and splinters and dis
lodged smother of fragments that
trickled down TO the valley in a stream
that lasted for minutes.
Then from the spot where the bowl
der had struck dust began to rise into
the sunny air slowly building up and
burgeoning like Il summer cloud and
every whit as snowy. 1t was the -four
of granite. powdered instantaneously
by the terrific shock.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
Band Concert at Darlington.

Republican journal: The Mineral
Point band, seventeen in number,
came down Wednesday evening and
gave our people a two hours concert
which was much appreciated by our
people, not for the beautiful music
alone, but for the spirit that brought
the boys down. We can assure the
band that nothing has happened in
Darlington in years that has been
more appreciated than the visit and
entertainment of the old Mineral Point
band. Several members of our local
band joined with the visitors in giving
the concert. The following is a list of
the visitors: John Anderson, Francis
Coady, Phil Paynter, James Doyle, Roy
Sieger, Quintis Brown, Harold Cum
mings, John w. Oates, Henry Bray,
Henry Hoare, Frank Wagner, Edward
Curnow, Will Norman, Ray Mess,
Henry w. Frieden, Ben Blewett, Ted
Hartley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
Drowned in Oregon.

Linden Reporter, July 20: Ezra, the
the youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Kelly of Montfort, and a
nephew of our townsmen Mr.. J. w.
Taylor, was drowned at Gresham,
Oregon on Monday of this week.
No particulars as yet have been
learned except that the body had been
recovered and will be shipped to
Montfort for burial. He was
graduate of the Montfort High School
in 1910 and left for Oregon to clerk in
store some time last winter.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
BOMB.
Jack Frosi :, -rled 1t Down Into the
,semite Valley.

Jack Eros; >, -rled 1t Down Into the
osemite Valley.
Delicate I oSi traclngS on the win
dow panes s,rem to be the work of fan
ciful and harmless sportiveness. but
the hand that forms them is capable
Of greater deeds and of other kinds
Mr.. J. Smeaton Chase. in Yosemite
Trails" describes an experience that
must have been wonderfully impress
sive to the spectator. He had been
spending some weeks in exploring the
Yosemite valley and the great rocks"
like Ell Captain. that wall it in.
Standing one day of late autumn
about the middle of the valley. was
startled by a report like cannon shot.
which filled the whole valley with
echoes that roared and doomed re-
piled and multiplied. in long contin-
ued. glorious tumult.
AS the deafening sound died away in
sullen mutterings under the viZor Of
Ell Captain | was able to distinguish
the point of attack by the long. clat-
tering descent of vast quantity of
rock.
The night had been cold one in the
valley. and on the seven to eight thou
sand foot levels Of the upper rim the
temperature must have dropped al
most to zero.
Frost. working quietly with his
Archimedean lever, had just succeed.
ed in shifting from the shoulder of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
GOWNS AND OhiENS.
Odd Superstitions That Darker the
Oressm aker's Shop.

Odd Superstitions That Darker the
Oressmaker's Shop.
Women who wear fine dresses are
as superstitious as the girls who make
them" said dressmaker. IF the lit
tie accidents that happen in the work
room were not mercifully concealed
from the owners Of rich gowns they
would be sick with apprehension half
the time. l had one customer who re-
fused to accept Il very expensive dress
because a girl who assisted with the
fitting dropped a pair of scissors.
which fell point down and stuck in
the floor That meant an order for
mourning within six months. The Gus
toner hoped that by refusing the hoo
doc dress she could avert the calamity
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
Grain Specuiator Is a Curse.

It's the business Of the farmer to
raise the grain; it's the business Of the
grain dealer to receive. clean and
market the grain: it's the business Of
the miller to grind the grain. and it's
the function Of the Spectator to buy
the surplusage Of the 100000 900
bushels Of grain produced in this
country as a speculation. and any
farmer, grain dealer. miller. artisan or
professional who attempts to reap a
livelihood from fiuctuating grain prices
Is a quack speculator. a counterfeit
and a curse.-J. Ralph Pickell. Secre-
tary Council Of North American Grain
Exchange.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
An Afterthought.

"Ye-es," remarked a young husband
at breakfast these biscuits are pretty
good. but don't you think there ought
to be a little more
"Your mother made them" interrupt
ed the wife quickly.
-"of them?" ended the husband.
with a flash of inspiration.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
WE SHOULD GROW MORE RYE.

Ii Makes the Finest Bread In All the
World.
Rye is a grain that seems to have
been neglected by the American farm
er. We grow only about 24.000.000
bushels a year. while Russia raises
nearly 70OyOOO.OO0 bushels
1t is the finest thing known to be
grown for green manuring on lands
deficient in humus. 1t contains more
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27

her RYE BREAD WILL BE JUST AS PRETTY.
protein than wheat, and it's health or
''fuel value" is nearly twelve calories
per pound.
The black bread or 'pumpernickel''
of Germany is made from it, and it is
recognized as the finest army ration
in the world.
Rye is often affected by ergot and
is said to be harmful to animals, but
the fact that man has used it for
centuries with no evil result seems to
be proof that the grain is wholesome.
AT any rate. it is, when properly
milled and baked. the foundation Of
the finest food, especially for children,
that can be imagined.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
THE ANNUAL PICNIC
OF St. Paul's Congregation will
be held Wednesday, Aug. 2,
1911

bS w SahSSdeAJt mug
1911
at the Fair Ground Park, Mineral
Point.
A special feature of the picnic will
be line of entertainment furnished by
the young ladies of the city.
Dinner served from II 80; and sup
per at 4:30
Liberal prizes will be given for
sports, such as Peanut, Potato and
Sack Races, etc.
A splendid line of Refreshments and
Fruits will be served at the stand.
Cordial invitation is extended to all to
spend pleasant day.
Should the weather be entirely un-
favorable, picnic will be held on the
following day. REV. L. P. O'RIELLY,
A. w. THoMA,
THOMAS ToNKIN,
Committee.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27

rock or G1G000,00O cubic yards of sur
face soil. If this erosive action had
been concentrated on the isthmus Of
Panama at the time of American oc-
cupation it would have excavated the
prism for an eighty-fve foot level ca
nal in about seventy-three days.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27
A REAL RAT TRAP.

A neighbor of mine placed an
iron kettle partly full of bran,
buckwheat and meat scraps,
with a board approach conven-
lent for the rats to walk up to
the kettle until they were accus-
toned to feed there. Then the
contents were removed and the
kettle was filled to about the
same depth with water, with a
little bran sprinkled over for a
blind. Fifteen rats were found
in the kettle the next morning.
If any escaped they left the barn
in a hurry.-Farm journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27

Man is his own star. and that soul
th3t can be honest is the only perfect
manufacturer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-27

Cucumbers For Sale.
all sizes. Inquire of Reuben Ellsworth,
Jr, Phone 1911.