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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05

ssTATE OF WlSCONSlN-IOWA COUNTY
> COURT-IN COUNTY COURT
In the matter Of the estate of Nicholas
Fank, deceased
Notice is hereby given that Oh the 3lst day
OF October, A. y. 1911. at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of said day Mt the Court House in
the city of D0dgeyille in Iowa County, Wiz.
consin. the following matter will be heard and
considered.
The application Of Clarence l. Cushman,
trustee OF Elizabeth Hendrickson for an order
authorizing and directing him to pay to said
Elizabeth Hendrickson all of the trust funds
remaining in his hands as such trustee aud
for his discharge from his trust.
Dated this goth day OF September. A. ID 1911.
By the Court,
ALDRO jerks, County Judge.
Fielder & Fielder. Attorneys. 3gwS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05
Legal Notices.


CTATE OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL
> COURT-IN PROBATE.
Notice is hereby given that 81 a special
term OF the County Court to bk held in and
for said county. at the Court House in the city
of Dodgevile ia said county. On the 3lst day
of October, a, b. 1911. being theffth Tuesday
of said month, AT 10 o'clock IN the forenoon OF
said day, the following matteps will be heard
and considered.
The application Of James w Hutchinson to
admit 70 probate the last will and testament
of William II. Cole. late of the city of Mineral
Point in said county. deceased
And il is further ordered that public notice
thereof be given TO all persons interested by
publishing copy of this order for three weeks
successfully, prior 70 said day of hearing, in
the Mineral Point Tribune. a weekly news
paper published in said county.
BY the Court
ALDRO jerks. County Judge.
Dated Dodgeville Wis., ctober 3rd. 1911.
Fielder & Fielder AttOrneys. lOw3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05

STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
= In COUNTY COURT.
~ the matter of the guardianship of James
Williams, alleged to be incompetent
Notice is hereby given that on the 3lst day
of October, A. ID. 1871. az ten o'clock in the
forenoon of said day. at the Court House In
the city of Dodgeville. in Iowa County. Wis.
consin. the following matter will be heard and
considered
The application of James w. Hutchison
guardian of James Williams, for the examina.
ton and allowance of his account as such
guardian, and the assignment Of the residue
Dated this Goth day of September, A, ID. 1911.
By the Court
ALDR0 jerks, County Judge.
39w3 Fielder & Fielder Attorneys
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05

Milwaukee Journal The railroad
commission might well drop all other
trivial matters and devote about two
weeks to ordering warning bells for
every deadly crossing in the state.
Then if booze were cut out of some Of
the funfests, the warning might be
able to do it's benefcent work.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05

MANY men are losing their lives in
aerial experiments, but the fatalities
were greater in the middle ages in the
experiment of rescuing the Holy City
from the Infdel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05

THE Steel trust works it's men seven
days in the week, twelve hours each,
at a wage of sixteen to eighteen cents
an hour. If they didn't do it how
could Carnegie build libraries and Nor
gan show his appreciation Of art?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05

The Sherman law has one merit,
though it may be the only one. 1t
makes its violators pay attention" to
the government. Nothing else ever
seemed to.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05

The railroads are going to try and
have freight rates go up again about
Nov. /. this time class rates. 1t is
suspected that the generous rail mag
mates however, will not sanction a
large wage increase in advance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05
Miss Nettie v. W alIis,

Graduate of the American Conservatory
Of Music, Chicago, will give piano and
organ lessons. For terms inquire at
her home in this city. Phone ". 30tf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05
J. B. REYNOLDS
Real Estate Agency

Property will be listed and advertised for
sale free of charge in this column unless sale
is made. II sale is made only the usual com
mission win be charged.l
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05

SO the tariff is to be the issue. What
do you know about the tariff?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05
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EWEEKLYM MAGAZINE

This publication is devoted to
public interests, upon broad and
progressive lines. 1t will discuss
Men and Measures fearlesslY, and
publish the records Of public off
cials and political parties generally.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-10-05

Senator R. M. La Toilette, Editor
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
Champ Clark's Revision Rainbow.

In that array OF platitudes that con-
stituted Champ Clark's stump speech
accepting the speakership he reiter-
ated for his party the promise of IAN
honest, intelligent revision of the
tariff downward" at this session, and
added, BILLS are already far advanced
in preparation looking to the accom-
plishment of this beneficent end"
Nobody knows better than does
Champ Clark that the moving purpose
of the democrats is not for IAN honest
intelligent revision" of the tariff at
the present time, but that they have
been forced to adopt a program be-
cause of the extra session, which they
would much have preferred to have
delayed until the regular session in
December, and that whatever they
will be for political purposes only. II
the democrats were really imbued with
desire for IAN honest, intelligent
revision" they would have made some
manifestation of it before this. When
the last tariff bill was taken up they
had had ample notirR ~ It and plenty
OF opportunity to formulate a demo-
cratic measure for revision downward.
Had the democrats possessed any con-
structiVe ability they would have Of
fered a democratic tariff bill as a sub
stitute for the Payne-Aldrich bill and
gone to the country on lt, but instead
they contented themselves with oe-
cupying a position of negati0n, voting
in the interval to keep the duties NJ
on articles in which their respective
constituencies we're interested.
II is generally conceded that the
prospect for "an honest. intelligent
revision" OF the tariff would have beer
furthered by the creation OF a perma
nent non-partisan tariff commission
charged with the investigation OF pro
duction here and abroad and the pre-
sentation OF facts upon which tn,
duties could be properly adjusted an,
based. But the democrats in congress
wanted no such tariff commission, ant
by their votes prevented Its establish
ment, making necessary continuance
OF the temporary tariff board, whicl
is doing the work in the best way (
can. Even now while Speaker Clarl
refers TO bills in preparation for carry
ing out the democratic tariff program
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
Sticking tn. INSURANCE Company.


The decision of the NebraskH- SUI
preme court whereby a widow is de-
clared entitled to insurance on the life
of the husband whom she was con-
victed of numbering is understandable
only on the theory that it is always
legitimate to stick the insurance COM
pany. This may be good law, and
doubtless is, or 1t would not be so de-
clared by both trial and appellate
courts, but to a layman it looks like
putting up prize money to commit
murder If a pardon for the crime can
be later had The usually accepted
rule is to stipulate in the insurance
policy that there shall be no claim for
payment for death procured by the
beneficiary, but in this case, although
the beneficiary had been adjudged
guilty and was serving a penitentiary
sentence when released by exercise OF
executive clemeney, the insurance
company was not permitted to use the
record to establish it's defense.
The Bee has no disposition to de-
bate again the guilt or innocence OF
the unfortunate woman involved, but
It does not hesitate to disagree with
the principle that a murderer may
lawfully collect insurance on the life
of his victim. Such a rule as laid
down appears still less tenable here
where the money awarded the par.
doned convict comes out of a fraternal
insurance society which must, to pay
it, levy an assessment on hard-work.
ing, law-abiding members whose bur.
dens should not be made heavier just
out of misdirected sympathy.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
HARMONY.
Washington star

washington SlhTs
We're havin' heaps o. harmony at Pohick
on the crick.
We held a meetin' sos to help the wheels
OF progress click
And incidentally TO have some under
standin clear.
Bout who should get the offices, as va
cancies. drew near.
Joe Struthers had a Ratchet neatly tucked
inside his vest
81 simlin had the gun his father used to
tote out west:
And Ezry StiRgins, jes' TO help toward
gettin' at the Jacks,
Was carryin' behind his back q, sharp an
shin axe.
They looked at one another a. they opened
the debate;
The Kindness an politeness they displayed
was somethin' great.
81 squinted az Joe's hatchet an Joe peeked
at Ezry's blade,
And Ezry saw the gun that 81 by accident
displayed.
You should have seen ms all a-shakin'
hands and howin' low;
We knew 'twould be a riot n the trouble
once let 60
Il hope Il may continue. Compliments Is
flyin' thick.
The harmony Ia wonderful al Pohick on
the Crlckl
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
Camnaipn Promise Guaranty.

The town of Alton, ILL.,, seems des-
tined to fame through its mayors. A
former one serving in the legislature
achieves notoriety by fathering the So
called stork bill to pay cash for new
born infants, and now a candidate for
the Office deposits $4,000 cash in bank
to bind his promise to close all .sa-
looms on the Sabbath If elected
This ambitious patriot seems to
have suggested something worth
while. We do not know but it would
be a good thing to exact SIMILAR Sc
curity of all candidates for office. Per-
haps the public would be able to
realize better on their investments If
the oficeholder were bound by a cash
consideration. 1t is only strange that
with all the flow of statesmen in the
republic it should have been withheld
so long from practical test. No man
who has given a thought to the nature
and conditions of politics may doubt
for a moment the utmost feasibility
of the plan. Some of the hypercritical
may fear its fruition because of the
obtrusion of other less loftily inspired
Office seekers; perhaps that Jealous
city councilmen or police officials
might obstruct the mayors perform
anoe. Or some sordid soul might even
say that special interests, that work
Tin mysterious way their wonders to
perform" in politics, might find II
practicable to reimburse the mayor
and let him forfeit his money.
But what use to ferret after reasons
why such an ideal plan should fail?
If it will add a feathers weight OF
actual value to the average campaign
promise accept it and put it to the
test.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.

Washington Post: The horde of famished
job-rustlers are chagrined to learn that
there are no salaries attached to those con-
gressional situations they used 70 read of
back home.
Philadelphia Record: Party makes
strange bedfellows. Unless reports are err
roneous, Senators Penrose and LaFollette
will grin at each other across the table OF
the committee on finance.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Sink or swim, live
or die survive or perish, It all depends on
whether they stick to the principles Of
democracy that won last November or tie
themselves again to the corpse Of Bryan
ism.
indianapolis News: 1t seems that q re-
count of the votes In Hunnewell, Kan,
has resulted in the defeat of the woman
candidate for mayor. Thus the interesting
plan Of trying a woman as chief of police
is also frustrated.
Houston Post: Oh, we want the demo-
cratic majority to run the steam roller
over the republicans every day the house
is in session. 1t is no time for magnanim-
ity with the sorrowful memories OF sixteen
weary years pressing upon us.
Washington Star: Mr.. Bryan is no longer
the graceful youngster of 49, slender. black
haired and bright-eyed, but a rounded old
ster OF ST. bald, and aforementioned. Still
he remains good to see and to hear and his
hold upon popular attention is extraordi-
nary.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
Nebraska,s 1e11 Legislative Harvest


1t is a little early yet to take stock
Of the work Of the Nebraska legisla-
tive session just adjourned Measured
by ordinary standards, the record of
the legislature, including acts of omis-
sion as well as acts of commission,
will probably be about the average,
but measured against the high water
mark of efficiency and reform of the
last republican legislature Of 1907, it
will be sadly deficient
The members of the present legis-
lature we're for the most part elected
on straight-out issue of wet and dry,
and as a consequence the democratic
majority crediting their control to es-
pousal Of the wet cause subordinated
everything to their one prime mission
of preventing further encroachment
or restriction upon the liquor inter-
ests. Incidently the railroad and
other corporate concerns, with posi-
BILE exception of the stock yards, ordi-
Inarily the focus of legislative assault,
have a right to congratulate them
selves on having escaped from the
melee with few scratches and no
bruises.
In one direction the activity of the
Lawmakers just adjourned will be
notable, and that is in the multiplicity
of proposed amendments to the consti-
tuition submitted for popular ratifica-
ton or rejection at the polls in 1912.
The initiative and referendum amend
ment and the home rule for cities
amendment are the two that have at
tracted most attention, but there are
several others of significant scope
that will demand most serious con
sideration. Never before since the
present constitution of Nebraska was
adopted, unless in 1895. when twelve
propositions we're submitted, have the
people been called upon to patch their
fundamental law in so many places at
one time.
1t goes without saying that the leg
islative harvest going to make UP the
session laws of 1911 will furnish
many other topics for further discus
sion.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
Is There a Lumber Trust Z

Some months ago il was said the
government would undertake to dis
solve the alleged lumber trust, and
now. on what seems to be reliable
authority, It is reported that federal
grand jury will be set at the work,
with an investigation within two or
three weeks.
When Herbert Knox Smith, commits
sioner of corporations, disclosed some
results Of his late investigation tend
ing to show the existence of a lumber
trust, Edward Hines, the big lumber
man whose name has since become in
volved in the Lorimer case, is said to
have requested the president to have
the full findings Of the commissioner
made public, to disprove the existence
OF a combine. An unbiased person
reading the summary of report of the
commissioner of corporations on the
lumber industry issued under date OF
February IS, 1911. will have a diff
cult time agreeing with Mr.. Hines
that it tends to dlsprove the existence
of combine.
The commissioner himself deducts
from the report these three foremost
facts" as having been conclusively
proved
1. The concentration OF a dominating con
troll Of our standing timber In a compare
lively few enormous holdings, steadily
tending toward a central control Of The
lumber industry.
2 Vast speculative purchase and holdin'
OF timber land far in advance OF any u.s.
| thereof
An enormous increase in the value o.
this diminishing natural resource, will
great profits 10 It's owners. This value, bl
the very nature Of standing timber tn
holder neither created nor substantially
enhances,
Only forty years ago. as this report
shows, at least three-fourths Of the
timber now standing Was publicll
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
Tom" johnson.

A stormy petrol" was Tom"
Johnson's own description of himself,
and IL seems to have been a graphic
one. But his love for a fight short
ended his life, in spite Of his assertion
that it was in the heat Of conflict he
enjoyed life most. lie was pow
erful fighter, formidable foe. and
yet when defeat came to cap the eli
max Of his long train OF triumphs it
fell with a crushing force.
Tom" Johnson was a man of pro-
nounced opinions, and it was. no
doubt, his eager willingness to fight
for the stakes of politics that made
him believe he enjoyed life most when
fighting. When lives like his are cut
short it cannot but remind us that
even such as they might have accom-
plished more to the world had they
been tempered in their fiery passion.
These spirits are not indomitable.
They fail as easily as less belligerent
ones TON" Johnson only thought
he loved fight more than peace
What he loved was to win the fight
But when his time came to lose
when he lost politically and financially
and nonetheless from the standpoint
OF princlple-he lost out altogether.
The life Of TON" Johnson reads
like a romance. He was a big man.
He had a big brain, as we'll as heart.
He had a strong hand and he attained
success at the age of II which most
men counted successful would be con-
tented enough to reach by 40 or as.
In business and in politics he never
failed to stamp the influence of his
dynamic character on whatever he did.
His chief fame, of course, was as
mayor for four terms OF Cleveland,
during which he forced the Inaugural
tion of the Scent fare for street car
service. In state and national poll
tics he made little Roadway, although
he had achieved a national fame.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
People Talked About

The wife on an Omaha newspaper man.
who has a collection Of 1s2 pitchers, can't
be induced to make an exhibit in Rourke's
park 1t Is understood she doesn't need
the money.
Salutations for the lady mayoress" of
HunneweH Kan, are premature. re-
count Of the ballots by ungallant men
pushed the hope Of the sex" off the
boards Ye that have tears TO shed, spill
EN- now.
Victor T. Noonan, a Creighton slumnus
and former contributor 20 The Bee has
become editor-in-chief Of the Free Press
Record a weekly published at Waverly
n. Y Stanley R. Osborn, also former Bee
man, Is doing special work on the Chicago
| Tribune.
The Maderos, one Of whom is leading the
Mexican revolution, are the richest family
in the country, being worth from $4,000, 90
10 $500 600 The spectacle of a mnlu-
millionaire bleeding for the poor poems Of
Mexico" surely IL enough 20 make the
angels weep.
Green tea drinkers will be glad TO learn
/ that they are not TO be deprived OF theiI
favorlte beverage after all on the first Of
/ May. provided II receives the preferred
tint through natural processes. As We hav,
/ already shown, Il is as easy 70 cure the
/ herb so that # shall be green as Il is q
make Il black. but the demand for Il hal
! led 70 artificial coloriag, and that Il what
Is TO be prohibited.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
INVADING THE INLAND EMPIRE.
Extensions of the Hartman and Hail
Lines I'm the Northwest.


Extensions of the Hartman and HAL
Lines in the Northwest.
spokanes Spokesman Review.
In the noiseless battles Of the railroads
one sees that peace hath its romance and
stirring conflicts as we'll as war.
The definite contract for construction
on the North Coast railroad from Spokane
TO Aver junction, involving the expenditure
Of approximately 100000 for eighteen
miles Of grading from this city to Cheney
through Marshall canyon, is not only an
important item in the history OF develop
ment in the inland empire, but It marks
another strategic move in the struggle be-
tween the Hill and Hartman interests for
railroad control of the northwest.
It Is interesting in this line to note that
with this invasion of the inland empire
comes the announcement from California
that James J. Hill is to invade California,
so long claimed by the Hartman interests,
from the vantage point he has gained
through the Desohutes valley to southern
Oregon. The gulf Of Mexico Is regarded
as his objective point.
Interesting and not a little thrilling, this
bloodless struggle for the transportation
OF the country, the combats with chain
and transit. the masked attacks for right.
of-way here, the flank movements for 8
rich market there. Courage, brains, gen
eralship, arc qualities as much in demand
as II prizes were battered standards and
the losses IN wounded and killed
But this II q war of construction rather
than destruction and the sharp struggles
Of competition bring material benefits "a
the people. As the railroads may be con
stderad fha arterieg Of commerce these
railroad conflicts stimulate the Commercial
circulation and tend to bring the glow
OF health to the cheek OF the land.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
Black Eye for Prohibition.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

The action OF the Alabama legislature
IN enacting a county option law 70 regu-
late the liquor traffic is the most serious
blow received by the prohibitionists since
the wave Of prohibition swept the south.
ten years ago. Alabama had the most
drastic statewide prohibition law IN the
country. The agitation since this enact
ment has been extremely acute. dividing
the democrats into bitter irrecOncilable
factions The ants finally succeeded in
electing a governor and the legislature
has now passed a bin which provides that
% per cent OF the voters Of any county
may petition for an election 10 determins
whether liquor shall be sold IN that county
by saloons, dispensary or otherwise.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12

owned. Now about four-hfths Of It is
privately owned And the price Of
lumber has increased with the degree
Of private ownership. Three concerns,
Mr. Smith points out. the Southern
Pacific company, the Weyerhauser
Timber company and the Northern
Pacific Railway company Including
their subsidiaries) combined own
23S, 900, 900 600 feet, or about II per
cent Of all privately owned timber
But, as the commissioner has indi-
Gated threatened monopoly in stand
ing timber is not the only menace in
this situation; after the timber is cut
off there is the monopoly in land. The
report is such as to bring forcibly to
mind a realization of what a trust in
timber means to the future of this
country II is therefore imperatively
necessary that the government disre-
gard what interested parties may say
to the contrary and find out for itself
If a trust really exists. and II so, dis
solve It and bring to fair accounting
those responsible for its existence.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
PntrIottam Before Partisanship,
Tgi.IIa Anlnhln L .aannr

To any democrat or insurgent In con-
gress seeking to make political capital out
OF the mobilization OF troops near the
Mexican border, only one word Of advice
need be given; Don't" One reason for
this advice is that there Is no capital to
be made by criticism OF action so com
pletely justified by known conditions. The
other Is that while such criticism would
have no effect at home Il would give
some measure Of encouragement TO for
eign critics. who misunderstand or mis-
represent the attitude OF the United
states This Is an occasion when there
can be no partisan division among patri
otto Americans.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12

he makes no reference to any bill for
permanent tariff commission, be
cause the democrats see no political
prestige to be gained by them in that
direction.
In view Of the events here recited,
too recent to be so soon forgotten, the
public is apt to look with suspicion
upon the revision rainbow painted by
Champ Clark and to refuse to take
promise for performance.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12

It Is expected that flights with aeroplsnes
purchased by the army will begin at College
Park, Nd, about May !. -Four hangers are
being erected to house that number Of
machines. A Wright. a Curtiss, a Burgess
and another machine will he used, and Il
is expected that two officers will be as
signed to each machine for instruction. So
far only one officer, First Lieutenant Roy
70. Kirkland, Fourteenth infantry, has been
detailed to this work at College Park.
Among the work which will be conducted
is the sending and receipt Of wireless mes
sages by seroplanes. The signal corps has
designed an experimental wireless set for
aeroplanes, which was given preliminary
trials al Washington this week.