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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
Dogs In Ecclesiastical Decorations.

The stained glass representation of
the ''Peddler and His Dog' was remov-
ed from Lambeth church quarter Of
a century ago owing to the alleged in
congruity of introducing the figure of
a dog in q church window. Quite re-
Gently Chancellor Prescott of Carlisle
refused a faculty for stained glass
window in a Westmorland church be-
cause the design included dog, and
perhaps the only existing examples of
dogs used for ecclesiastical decorations
are to be found in Lord Brownlow's
private chapel at Ashbridge. In this
church one stained glass window de-
picts Tobias and Sara in bed and
dog sleeping on the quilt, while in an
other window Job is shown being
Knocked by three men. one Of whom is
holding dog by chain.--Westmin-
ster Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
A Strange Colony.

The Colonia Cosme, on the Paraguay
above Asuncion, is one of the most GU
rious in the world. The members Of
the colony make or grow everything
they want and import nothing The
workmen have seven hours work a
day and earn, not money. but time.
Their wages are hours and half hours.
These they sometimes save up till they
have a week in hand and then go off
on an excursion. If man wants a
chair or table he pays for 1t in hours
Of work. which are deducted from the
balance to his credit Three men went
off up the river in canoe for a three
weeks holiday They sold their canoe
at Asuncion for a pound and came
home overland in ten days. lodged in
the best houses in the villages on the
way and yet had some money in hand
at the end.-London Spectator
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
peerfeld

Mrs Lars Johnson of Cottage Grove
passed from this life on Wednesday OF
last week after long siege of illness.
Tobacco asserting began in the Sim
Onson warehouse Wednesday, and the
Brictson warehouse will open Monday.
Circuit Judge Stevens with Attys F
w Lucas for the commissioners and
Robert Nelson for the demonstrators,
came down last Monday to view the
lands of Sam Nesthus, n A Lee, M
Sevefson and VIM Zechzer, who have
filed circumstances. The Judge with
the attorneys and the parties interested
walked the creek aud jumped the boys
all the way from Sam Nesthus' to the
Deerfeld bridge and back to town. The
Judge seemed as fresh at the end of
the long walk as when he started, and
was just as expert in skipping over the
bogs as we that were brought up in
the marsh,
The jury which tried the case of the
Rattlesnake Drainage District against
the Electromagnetic Creek Drainage
District, wherein they sought to reduce
the assessment made upon them, last
Friday evening, after about five hours
deliberation, brought in verdict find
ing the benefits to the Rattlesnake dis
trict at $15,015. The assessment for
construction in the Koshkonong district
is % per cent of the benefits, which
means that the actual amount to be
paid by the Rattlesnake district is
$3303.30. The jury raised the assess
ment for benefits SIS, and it is said
they did that to make sure the Rattle.
snake district would have to pay the
costs of the suit.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
Stouahton

Albert Torgerson of Pleasant Springs
has sold his farm of 80 acres to John
Melaas for $125 per acre and contem-
plates removing to Stoughton on April
l. He bought this same land 16 years
ago at $50 an acre.
Although the city of Stoughton voted
to buy the mill property, six months or
more may be required in which to make
the necessary alterations and secure
the money through the advertisement
for bids on the bonds, so that the grist
mill will continue grinding as formerly
until the power is needed for other pur-
poses.
DIR G R McManus and wife have re-
turned from Chicago where they have
been since the 9Th of December where
the doctor has had his right hand treat
ed by the noted surgeon, DR. Ochsner,
for the blood poison with which the hand
became affected through the scratch OF
pin. The condition of the hand was
very alarming when DR. McManus went
to Chicago, but it is now healed nicely,
although he will be obliged to carry il
in splints for about six weeks longer.
But for padded cap that he wore,
Alfred Brattlie of Dunn might have
Jared pretty badly last Friday when he
was struck in the head with an az
welded by Andrew Swenson, who fol
some years has made his home with the
Martin and Abner Halverson families.
1t seems that jollifcation was hello
Friday afternoon at Martin Halverson' s
place in honor of the finishing of the
tobacco stripping, and in the course Of
the forenoon more or less impromptr
scuffiing took place. In one Of these
bouts, Swenson had pulled Brattlie off
from his opponent and accidentally hac
scratched him. When later in the af
ternoon Swenson was taking nap
Brattlie came over to him, jerked hin
onto his feet, and kicked him, which 81
exasperated Swenson that he grabbed
an ak standing near by and with i
struck his tormentor over the head, in
fiicting scalp wound. The cap, how
ever, acted as buffer, so that tn,
wound was not serious.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
Cambridge

Last Thursday evening on his way to
do the chores, John Ellickson had the
misfortune to fall on the ice and break
his collar bone.
Edward Anderson has purchased the
40 acre farm of M A Flom, lying one
mile north of Utica, possession to be
given the first of April. Consideration
SIS, 600.
Bert Haight has purchased the farm
formerly owned by Elmer Warne at
Miller, S D, and will move there the
first of March. We have not learned
what Mr. Warne expects to do. Mr. S
Haight will hire help and run his farm
here alone.
Cambridge is to have n1id-winter
gala occasion-a farmers institute and
poultry show, Feb 21-22. Extensive
plans are being made to make these
two days decidedly entertaining and
profitable to all, and the reputation
Cambridge has made at the home-com
ing and harvest festival is sufficient
guarantee of what may be expected at
this time.
Pwo prisoners, John Buckley of Lake
Mills and Frank Lundquist of Oakland,
broke jail at Jefferson last Friday night
and went to regions as yet unknown to
the sheriff and his deputies. Lundquist
was sent to Jail for larceny for term
of 80 days at the beginning Of the year
and his time would have expired in a
few days. Buckley is charged with
robbing man at Lake Mills, but was
considered trusted prisoner and moved
about quite freely. His case was set
for trial at the February term of the
circuit court.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
SKI TOURNAMENT ON FRIDAY.
Stoughton Steel Slide to be Dedicated
on That Date.

The greatest ski tournament ever
held in the United States will take
place at Stoughton on Friday when fifty
of the most skilled runners will COM
pete to break the American record of
140 feet, incidentally solemnizing the
formal opening and dedication of the
steepest and highest ski slide in Amer
lea, the largest steel ski scaffold in the
world.
Francis Kempe, present professional
champion of America, and Barney
Kelley, amateur champion for the past
three years, and all the ex-champions
of the last ten years, together with the
best sliders in the northwest, will COM
pete Friday for $500 in prizes. That
the United States, and possibly the
worlds record will be broken, is scarce
ly doubted by those who know.
Stoughton's scaffold is the highest in
America, being seventeen feet higher
than it's nearest rival, that at Coler-
aine, MINI. 1t is sleeper than any
other.
Among the experts to be seen at
Stoughton Friday will be international
champion of Norway and France in
1908, Carl Solberg, and his younger
brother, Hedge, recently from Norway,
two of the prettiest sliders ever seen
in this country; Ole Feiring of Duluth,
former professional champion and hold
er of the unofficial record of IA feet;
Oscar Gunderson of Chippewa Falls
and Oscar Haugen of the same place,
botn bright lights in skidom; John Ev-
enson of Duluth and Chris Bjornson of
Colfax, two of the most graceful ski
artists in this country.
Special train accommodations are be-
Ing made.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10

Take advantage of Kaufman Bros.
wall paper bargains being offered now
on remnant papers.
-Dressmaking wanted. Apply to
Julia Pierce. Telephone No. lac. 8tf
Those wall paper bargains will not
last long at Kaufman Bros. Remnant
bundles at these prices are bound to
move off fast.
Remnant wall papers at Kaufman
Bros. for S1.0O per bundle just price.
To LET. "A good farm of 80 acres,
in town of Porter, all under pillow, good
buildings and good orchard, to let al
cash rent or ON shares. Inquire OF
Daniel Mccarthy Edgerton, Wis, R.
D. No. 5. 1913
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
.
The Giants Staircase.

One of the most widely known geo
logical curiosities in the vicinity of
Cork is series Of knobs or Knots pro-
iecting from the face Of cliff. There
are sixteen Of these huge projections
all together, all regularly set in the
face of the cliff. one above the other,
forming series of such uniformity as
to give it the general appearance OF a
stairway. Since time out Of memory
this queer ascent and its projecting
steps have been known as the Gil
ants Staircase.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO ! :
TTICAC COIINTV -

AOCAS COONI1s
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F..J
Cheney & Co., doing business in the city
of Toledo, county and state aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
One Hundred Dollars for each and every
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. d., 1896.
A. w. GLEASON,
49, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and muc-
GUS surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. F. j. Cheney & Co,
~ Sold by druggists, 75c.
Tan~ IIa''s Family Pills for constipation
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
Common Council Proceedings.
EDGERToN, WIS, Feb. Z, 1!

EDGERTON, WIS.,, Feb. Z, 1911.
Regular meeting of the common
council. In the absence of the mayor,
Aid. Skinner was chosen mayor pro
tenn. Aldermen responding to roll call
were: Vickers, Hargraves, Skinner,
Dallman.
On motion reading of the minutes
was dispensed with.
Following bills audited by finance
committee were read and allowed, all
voting ave on roll call:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
For Rent.

The George Schmeling property in
the third ward is for rent. Large house,
good barn and a good garden. Inquire
of III. C. Schmeling. TIT
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
~
Notice

Having sold my market, all accounts
due me should be settled Immediately.
Those not paid by April 1st, will be
placed in the hands of an attorney for
collection.
1Ow3 JOHN MAWHINNEY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
Take No Chances.

Try HI. w. Bankers Cough Remedy
made at Sparta, Wis. Write for val
liable information. For sale by w. G..
Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
For Sale.

A good work and driving team, nine
years old. Apply to c. F. Stricken,
City. Aft
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
Newspaper Folder for Sale.

This office offers a secondhand fold
ing machine for sale. 1t is bargain
to any office that can use it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-10
Dictionary For Sale.

A Webster Unabridged Dictionary
late edition, for sale at sacrifice
Inquire at this office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19
RECENT PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANT
Gets TWO YEARS FOR BIGAMY;
THE WRONGED WIFE'S LAMENT

Antoine r. Freitas was sentenced to
imprisonment for two years and the
payment of a fine of ten dollars and
costs for the crime of bigamy by
Judge Clemons in the federal court
this morning. This was upon the plea
of guilty to the Indictment made by
Freitas on arraignment yesterday aft
ernoon.
In reply to the question if he had
anything to say why sentence should
not be passed upon him, Freitas re-
piled through the interpreter that he
did wish to say a few words. Being
told to proceed, he said that at the
time he was married in this Territory
the woman, the complaining witness,
knew that he had a wife in Madeira,
but she urged him to wed her, saying
that others had done the same kind
of thing and no harm had come of it.
In answer to the court, he said
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

BY the Associated Press cablegram
announcing Norman Smiths arrest,
the last indictment of the federal
grand jury on the secret file is made
public. At the federal judiciary quar-
ters a cablegram was expected every
moment from the office opening hour
this morning, in reply to Marshal Hen
dry's cabled request for Smiths ar
rest and for a statement from him.
The Associated Press anticipated any
official message, however, and District
Attorney Breckons was still awaiting
information from the federal authori-
ties in San Francisco up till noon.
Norman Smith left here last We'd
nesday as a passenger in the steamer
Wilhelmina. He came to Honolulu
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19
THE HONOLULU
JAIL'S WALLS
ARE OF SAND

been treated, would hardly stick to-
gether.
The metal bars, which are set so
apart that a man can easily get be-
tween, are not solid, but are deeply
grooved on one side.
The hole through which Rodrigues
crawled to his liberty is 12x14 inches
in size.
The partitions are Sx6 feet, and
there are twenty-five of them in the
ward from which Rodrigues escaped
There are ninety-six similar partitions
in the entire county Jail.
1t is not alone the partitions that
are fiimsily constructed The doors of
the cells are so thin that a pen-knife
can be stuck through them.
Walls Are Rotten.
The main walls of the cells are also
rottenly constructed, having appar.
emily been made of the crumbiy mud
brick for which Nuuanu Valley was
once famous.
Rodrigues went to Jail last April on
years sentence for robbery. His
term would have expired next March
Once, in company with Lopez, another
notorious jail-breaker, he took French
leave from the Jail, escaping by saw
ing through two 4-inch iron bars Of
the ventilator in a dark cell and ther
crawling through a hole 9x11 inche;
in size.
The annex in question was con
structed during High Sheriff Henry''
IHoptiDuoa an rooo oigt,t.N
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19
PARDON SELLERS PULLED FOR SIN

Two of TIE leaders of the new relig-
ion, the principal element Of which is
the sale of pardons for sin for filthy
lucre, have fallen into the clutches OF
federal justice. d. M. Kualii and
Rebecca Ulii were dragged from the
pious seclusion of Karratti lane this
morning by Deputy Marshal Sher-
wood, under a warrant originating in
the district attorneys office. and now
await examination before the commits
siOner.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

there was no child by his second wife,
she was living at her fathers home,
and he (defendant) had neither prop
erty nor business.
w. 7. Rawlins, assistant district at
torney having volunteered to give the
facts of the case and been so permit
ted, said that Freitas came here about
two years ago in an immigrant ship.
He had borne an unsavory reputation
ever since, having been in sundry cut
ting scrapes. Shortly after he mar
ried Rosina Marques here a letter
came from his wife in Madeira, which
the attorney had seen, protesting
against his unlawful marriage here
and complaining that he had never
sent her any money for the support
Of herself and their child.
Judge Clemons then pronounced sen.
Continued on page four.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

fusion of signals she turned and start.
ed back towards Koko Head. In com
ing about again, off Waialae, she then
fouled her towed target with the an
chored one and nearly an hours de,
lay was caused in Strengthening out
the tangle.
The four test shots were all fired
from the same mortar, without chang
ing the angle of range or elevation.
These were intended to prove the uni
formity of the powder, the accuracy of
the calculations, effect of wind, etc,
In all of these points the four shots
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

Owing to various unforeseen delays
the target practise with the big
twelve-inch mortars of Fort Ruger, had
not taken place at 1880 o'clock this
afternoon. The firing had been schOd-
uled to begin at a. m.
The four test shots permitted were
fired between 10:3O and 1870 a. m.
and We're entirely satisfactory. These
were at stationary target anchored
off Waialae Then the tug Navajo,
with another target in tow started
Eva way, until almost abreast of Dia-
mond Head light when through con-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19
WOULD REGULATE TRUCK GARDENERS

Commenting on the discovery Of
some cases of amoebic dysentery dis
covered here, DR.. Ramus Of the quar-
antine service says that DR., Norris Of
the Australian quarantine service on
his recent visit here, considered this
disease so dangerous that he declared
it to be his intention to place it among
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19
SOLVING the DRY DOCK PROBLEM

Today or tomorrow Civil Engineer
Gaylor of the navy department expects
to begin pouring concrete in the dry.
dock at Pearl Harbor. The term
pouring" is used advisedly, for the
concrete is poured into the bottom of
the dock through seven twelve-inch
pipes, this being the only way that
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

out of the department altogether
Il do not want to continue in a
minor capacity in this department,
said the Captain, though perhaps my
successor might find my good eyesight
to be of service, as well as the thir.
teen years experience l have had as
harbormaster."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

They ar not being prosecuted for
peddling bogus pardons, that being a
matter of gross cheat for the local
police authorities, but for violating a
section of the moral code of the
United States.
While the couple awaited further
disposition in the marshal's office, a
number of dejectedlooking natives
occupied seats in the corridor.
Fine Job Printing. Star ONCE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19
Paradise of Pacific El

proved exceptionally satisfactory all
four shots dropping within less than
100 yards of the target, and practical
ly in the same place.
The test shots were witnessed by a
large number of citizens some Of
whom watched the handling and firing
Of the great piece, from directly
back of the battery, but by far
the larger crowd lined Diamond Head
road from the lighthouse to Waialae,
in automobiles and other conveyances,
and on foot, Most of these, however
grew tired of waiting for the real
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19
CAPTAIN Trips EMPHATIC NO"

An absurd report found currency
yesterday that Captain Tripp, the
veteran harbormaster, had consented
to continue in the department in a
minor position. The Captain declares
that this story is all "tommyrot," and
that when he is relieved ne will get
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

the bottom can be properly covered,
as there are forty or fifty feet of water
in the dock which the contractors
have found it impossible to get pumped
out. At first they attempted to lay
this concrete in sections by surround.
Continued on page five.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

for the first time, so far as known, the
early part of July last, remaining un-
til the first part of August. Then he
went back to San Francisco. He came
here again on September 2 and left for
San Francisco a week ago tomorrow
as already stated.
While here Smith put up at the
Alexander Young Hotel and conducted
himself in general way like tour
ist
Mr.. Breckons spoke TINS forenoon as
if he was satisfied that Smith had
made a statement to the officials. In
that case his refusal to talk, men
toned in the press cable, would only
CONTINUED on page eight.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

Either the contractors who built the
annex to Oahu prison, known as Ho-
nolulu Jail, in 1904-5, we're guilty of
criminal carelessness or they did some
effective grating. The supposed ce-
ment walls are sand.
The state of affairs in the annex re-
ferred to, which is now used as the
county Jail, as far as the places ut
ter unfitness as a place of confinement
is concerned, was brought to light by
the escape from the county Jail on
Sunday night of the notorious Porto
Rican prisoner, Rodrigues.
He bored through the partition be-
tween his cell and another, which was
unused, and, making hole big enough
to allow of his egress. squeezed
through into the empty cell, put his
hand through the wicket, reached
down and undid the outer fastening,
and made good his escape, first hav-
ing sent the guard in charge to an
other part of the building by means
of trick.
Partitions Are Weak.
Investigation showed that the parti-
tion in this and ninety-six other cells
in the county Jail are so weak that a
strong man could kick through them.
The partition which Rodrigues got
through is three inches thick and con-
sists of expanded metal lath rein
forced by Ax% iron bars set fourteen
inches apart and plastered on each
side by mixture mostly sand, and
which, were it not for the repeated
coats of whitewash to which it has
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

Tlght by W. NJ, LanBLOn.
practise at the moving target, so that
very few probably remained when
this actually took lpace.
Prominent Citizens There.
Among the visitors at the fort, be-
sides Brigadier General Macomb and
his staff, and other officers of the
various branches of the service in the
city, were many prominent civilians:
Hon. julius Kahn, Judges Robertson,
Perry, Whitney and Debolt, Secretary
E, A. Mott-Smith, s. NJ Damon, L. T.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19
OUTLOOK NOW PEAcEFU
WAS ONCE DECLARED
HOPELESS FOR SMALL FARMERS

1T makes me smile to see these
farming letters come out,
saying that things we eat can't be
raised here" said Allan Herbert yes
terday. They remind me of the talk
| used to hear about California being
an agricultural failure. | went there
before California became state. Then
we used to get our potatoes and -four
and such things from Hawaii and the
East. Everybody said nothing could
be raised in California The soil was
sandy, it looked barren, and for
months every year there was no rain.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

Southern California was a sheer des-
ert. But look at it now, when it's
cereal crops and fruit make it's gold
yield look like thirty cents. People
simply got in earnestly and went to
work, overcame the obstacles, sub.
dued the pests and made California
one of the greatest of agricultural
states. They didn't whine and stop
before they had begun. If they had
the state might yet answer the de-
scription of one Of its early governors
who said nothing could be raised
there but cactus"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-19

the quarantinable diseases in Austria
liam ports.
DR., Ramus says that up to the pres
ent time, except in a few sporadic
cases among Japanese, Chinese, and
FilipinOs recently arrived, It has not
Continued On page four.)