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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-02-20

In THIS respect hey we ST mas more
than her share. / shall attempt to
describe two of Key Vests best
known citizens. Remember / said,
attempt to describe,-I know that
canno. describe them, the thing is
impossible. they are indescribable.
Some writer's might refer to these |
two characters as sights, or land
marks, or something like that, and
let the matter drop; but~somehow |
think they are too good to pass over
lightly.
Mr.. Bonaparte Albright, the own
er of the Steam Laundry in Key
West, is fairly well-to. do, and is
both respected and feared by his
fellow citizens. Nature has been
very unkind to this man as he is a
hunch- back, not more than five feet
high. with very long arms and legs
which are entirely out of proportion
to his compressed body. He is
more than ugly. he is grotesque; be
seems to be all arms and legs, and
when he walks be has reeling,
winding, sideways motion; hence
his sobriquet: Boni the Crab" This
name fits him, as he looks as nearly
like the shell-fsh, called the crab as
it is possible for a human being to
! look. Besides, his face is as terrible
as his body, and as Cap. Rockstone
said in reference to him: He shore
is some specimen. But even with
the handicap of his awful physical
deformities, Boni the Crab is always
just about lap ahead of his fellow
Conchs, and he usually gets what he
goes after.
About three years ago Boni the
Crab became famous il that section
of the country over night; that was
the night that the Belle of Key
West, the prettiest and sweetest
. girl in town was missing. 1t was a
. curious fact that Boni should be
missing at the same time but no one
though about him nor did they care
if he never came back, but the peo.
) pie turned out in body to search
t for the girl. They continued the
] search until noon the next day, wheI
: a cablegram was received from Bon
Q at Tampa, stating he and the girl hac
: been married there. The Conchl
t say they don't know why such {
s beautiful creature as that girl, elop
' ed with a blunder of nature lik,
e Boni the Crab; but no one knows
r for that matter, perhaps she hersel
' doesn't know. 1t is problem fo
f the scientists.
!, The drollest person in Key Yves
q is J. VIM. Rockstone, the proprieto
|, of the Dixie Restaurant" Thi
n party is over six feet tall and is YER
n thin, and, like Boni the Grab, he ha
d peculiar walk. only, Rockston
il comes down the street with hea'
d thrown back and lifting his fee
d high and planting them down agai
# as if he were stepping over hurdle:
el Mr.. Rockstone is very relie ious, an
II preaching is a side issue of his
d He also is somewhat cratic in hi
s. manner of dress. One of the oil
W citizens in Key West told me tha
s. Rockstone hadn't changed his styl
y of dress in twenty years. He is a
le ways dressed the same; always th
II same white duck trousers whic
in costs him $1.25 per pair; he woul
st consider it a sacrilage to pay NOR
y for pair of trousers, he wears blac
D. alpaca coat and tops his customs o
with black, broad -brimmed, low
a crowned hat. When R &C k st 0 n.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-02-20
Key West
Alvarez Quintero.

Most of the cities in our United
States are progressive, but Key
West is not one of them; it is city
whose clock stopped forty years ago,
and hasn't started since. The in
habitants of Key West are called
"Conchs" and they have about as
much..ambition as the Univalves that
abound in the surrounding waters,
from which they get their name.
Key West attracts very few tour
lists or travellers, rarely does one
meet person who has been there;
the reason is that in this town
there are no attractions OF any nat
ure whatever. OF course, now that
the Florida East Coast Ry., has been
extended to Key West, and over
which the first trains were operated
in January 1912, Key West may ex-
pect to have more visitors. But, l
dare say none of these visitors will
repeat the call. The extension of
the East Cost Ry. is marvellous
piece of work, and the +. E. G. Co.
advertises extensively and issues
attractive booklets telling of the
glorious trip over sea by rail, and
all that sort of thing, while as a
matter of fact, if one is to get a
good view, and be able to appre-
ciate the engineers skill, he should
take trip along this railroad in a
gasoline launch, a d in that way
get a side view Of the wonderful
concrete arch-work.
In Key West there is but one
modern building, namely: the Gov
erment building which is used as
the post office aud custom house.
Practically all of the other build
ings, both business houses n d
dwellings, are the plainest an d
cheapest kind of frame structures
There is no building in Key West
equipped with an elevator The
streets are unpaved. There is no
water works nor sewerage system
Duvall street is the principal thor
oughfare, and the Duvall Theatre il
the only place of amusement, and il
is very primitive theatre in which
moving pictures are the chief attrac
tions. There is not tree in th'
city that towers above the house
tops. In fact there are no trees a
all. The Conchs say the hurricane
blow them down as fast as the.
grow up. But more likely thes'
enterprising citizens have neve
thought OF planting trees to beautif.
their city. There are couple o
automobiles owned in Key West
but these cars must have been anon,
the very first models manufactured
and when one of them is in motiol
the noise from it's exhaust pipes ca
be heard from one end of the islan'
to the other. One evening a res
sure-eaough motor car was lowere
from the side of Mallory liner an
remained IN Key West for couple 6
hours or So, or as long as it took th
steamer to discharge and take on be
cargo. The people crowded aroun
this modern car as if it were circu
They held there breath as they sa,
it glide noiselessly about the street
The people down there are wa
behind the times. Perhaps not on
fourth of the population had eve
seen locomotive or passenger trai
until the completion of the Ea
Coast Ry.-and Key West is cit
of about twenty-five thousand ii
habitants.
Every city and community has
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-02-20
sTILLwATER MINNESOTA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20. 1918.

assumed proprietorship Of the res
taurant there was a buffet in con-
nection, but this feature grated up
on his conscience SO he closed it,
and ran for "a while what he called al
Temperance cafe. Finally, when he
saw that his patrons were rapidly
drifting away, he stretched his con-
science to the extent of allowing his
guests to be served with drinks
that were brought in from a bar
across the street.
Mr.. Rockstone is a great talker
and is a whlrlwind in debate.
He is more than match for the
ordinary person in an argument on
any subject, be it religion. financial
or social. His knowledge is gener-
al. When well groomed New
Yorkers come down to Key West.
Rockstone holds them in kind of
curious contempt. He thinks they
are, to put it in his own words,
nothing but plain born fools, nor
will he hesitate tc tell them so if
given an opportunitys
! Key West believes in the policy
of giving people what they want;
if they wish to gamble, they may
gamble, and the clubs are open day
and night. In other words it is a
wide open town.
! 1t might be said that Key West
| practically belongs to VIM. Curry s
Sons. Quite all the industries in
| the city, with the exception of few
cigar factories, are in their hands.
Years ago, even before the Civil
war, this firm began business as
ship chambers, and to this business
they later added that of wholesale
/ general merchandise. Then when
, artificial ice became known, they
started plant for its manufacture
) and also for condensing salt water
which they still sell to the people
{ for about three cents per gallon
! This firm now has two large plants
> in operation and they make all the
; ice and condense all the water used
: in the city. Surely their position il
enviable. They are the Rockefelleri
4 of Key West.
e In Key West every other man or
q the street is Captain" of some
i thing or other. The word Captiar
has a wide range down there. /
s may be applied to the owner of ,
a small gasoline launch, or to tht
: foreman of a dredge or pile-lriver
g Any man who has any kind of ,
s position is entitled to the prefl
f Cap"
+ In this narrative | have been fai
to Key West; in fact / have no
It painted this town as black as j
r really is. 1t is a town that is wors
IS than the worst words that can b
Y said or written about it. But il
Is closing [ wish to add that Key Yves
e has many unfavorable conditions t
d fight against. For one, there is tn
It expense of obtaining fresh water
n another is that the Key on whicl
). the city is situated is small and un
d productive; not even vegetables ca
s. be easily grown there. And per
is haps, what is the most damaging O
d all is, that Key West lies directly i
at the path of the tropical hurricanes
lie But now that the Florida East Coas
l. Ry. has been extended to Key Wes
lel there is every reason to believe, an
h hope, that she may be able to ovel
ID comein part least some Of her natu
re raj difficulties. Therailroad has helE
k ed this port more than anything els
fl could have done. Key West wi
v now become great receiving poir
9 for perishable tropical fruits that n
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13

Jeweler Stephen went toPhelps
Thursday on business.
Amigo VS. Eagle River at the
ball grounds Sunday at 800 Pm.
HI. Wheeler Of Clearwater was
a business visitor in town Thurs
day.
John Wakefield and Otto Deck
ert have our thanks for subscrip-
ton renewals this week.
Regular meeting of Owls next
Wednesday night. Attorney
Roderick will defend a brother
accused of a serious charge.
Miss Clara Finan returned to
to her home at Kenton, Mich,
Thursday after spending several
months with her sister, Mrs. E.
HI. Adams.
O.C. Luther wentto c Clearwater
Monday to do some work in the
paper hanging and painting line
for N. A. Colman, after being out
of commission for six weeks re-
sulting from a fall from staging.
The county board al its last
meetingadopted an ordinance(pub-
lished in another column, which
redistricts considerable part of
this county. Roughly speaking
Eagle River stands to lose terri
tory to the amount of five full
townships by these proceedings if
carried QUITO the extent now
planned.
Milwaukee as expected, B5s
einched the State Far Fair for an
indefinite period, though we do not
believe that city the most conven
lent of access tor the majority of
state fair goers, it is no doubt
the best prepared to accommodate a
large crowd. Whether they will
now patronize the fair more large
ly than in the past, still remains
to be seen. At all events, the
fair management and farm jour
nails should cease to kick if they
do not
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13
Plymouth Man
some Fisherman

Aug. Besserdick of plymouth
is enjoying a two weeks vacd
ton at the home of his brothel
in-law, ]. III. Keuhne, He is ID
expert angler and annually pud
in his vacation here. AT a Did
mic party up the river the Othd
day it devolved uponMr Besse'
dick to furnish the meat suppl
for fifty or sixty hungry souls
that item of diet having in thu
haste of packing, been left II
ing on some good HOUSEWIFE
kitchen tables. He rose to thl
occasion in a happy manner fo|
after a half hours fishing, he rd
turned with two musKies, one q
them being estimated by mani
present to weigh at least Is los
Although in the absence OF AM
scales the weight could not b
recorded, though it fed TIL
pleasure seekers abundantly fol
which Mr.. BesserdicK received
an enthusiastic vote of thank
from those present.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13
Friday, June IS, 1913
News From Our
Neighboring Towns.


Frank Gallagher was bust
ness visitor at Eagle River Tues
day.
Chas. Phelps of Grand Rapids,
Mich, arrived in town Saturday
to look after business matters OF
the firm.
Miss Mary Mccormick arrived
home Saturday from Wausau
where she spent the last year at
tending high school.
Miss Jeska and Mr.. Wallila of
this town were married Satur-
day June 7th. The wedding
took place at the Waliila home
three miles from town.
The Sixofus Club of Milwau-
lxee are enjoying two weeks
vacation in camp on Jansens
land bordering on Big Twin lake.
Il. L. Gish, VIM. Luitink, VIM.
Scherr, George Christensen, +.
-Rhubesky, Chester Rissenow,
are the party ably chaperoned
by E. A. HIM.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13
Just
Received!
A New and Complete Stock Of
Mattresses, Springs, Beds,
RefrigeratOrs, Baby Carriages,
GO-CaFts Window Shades etc.
At PRICES that can not
be questioned.
Gall at GAFFHYS
And be CONVINCED.
PROMPT attention
given to Undertaking
Calls.

Application for Retail Liquor Dealers License
State of Wisconsin, County Of Villas. town
OF Eagle River.
To the honorable board OF Supervisors OF
the town of Eagle River:
hereby make application for license to
sell strong, spirituous, malt, ardent and intox-
icating liquors in the town Of Eagle River,
County OF Villas, State of Wisconsin, on the fol-
lowing described promises; Lot2 block 2, ne
NV, sec. 3d. town 40 range 10. east in the vii
lage of Eagle River. Ny bondsden are the
National Surety Company of New York
JOSEPH STEPANsKI, Applicant.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13
Watersmeet.
Miss Marie Kelley of Monico
is visiting friends here.

Miss Marie Kelley of MOnico
is visiting friends here.
Rev. F. C. Leib of Chicago is
here again fishing for trout.
Joie Pennington visited Anti
go and Elcho the past week.
Frank Verbryk, engineer from
Amigo, came up to Watersmeet
to catch trout the past week.
Engineer Pat. Donahue and
DIR. Eugene Donahue came up
from Amigo Saturday to fish.
A Dance will be given at the
Hall Thursday evening, the pro-
ceeds to 90 towards identifying
the hall.
Miss May Grant VIII return
home Thursday from Ripon
where she has been at college
the past year.
Engineer Ellsworth Of the
switching crew went TO Kauka-
ia Monday for medical treat
ment for throat trouble.
Brakeman Harry Johnson of
the Monico Scoot is transferred
to a run out Of Amigo, and
brakeman Byrne takes his place.
The second annual commence
ment OF the Matersmeet High
School was held Wednesday eve
ming, and fine program was
rendered, The three graduates,
John Maher. Frank Nc Donald
and Blanche Grant, delivered es-
says and several fine musical
numbers were rendered by the
Misses Wulk, Miss Myrna Cliff
ford and Mrs. j. o. Vantwood,
assisted by Miss May Maher.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13
Three Lakes.

A big Catholic picnic Sunday
in the park.
Miss Kane of Racine is visit
ing at the Reitz hotel.
Mrs. j. A. Small was in town
the fore part of the week.
A base ball game here Monday
Three Lakes VS. Sugar Camp.
w. M. Bomack has started the
Eddie Stonch house on Main st.
A big Dance will be given by
the Ogden Company next Satur-
day night. Every one invited.
Miss Beaversdorf has just
closed a successful term of school
and departed for her home at
Shawano.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCormy, Mrs.
Art. Kinney, Mrs. JOS. Reitz and
Miss Kane, all enjoyed a launch
ride to Long lake Sunday.
John Weisse and Jim. Nelson
are building a saw mill for Emil
Kloes, when finished it will have
cutting capacity of 10000 per
day.
The fire at the Kuney-P arreHe
saw mill took out a large crowd
from town to assist, but Frank
Donahue and Joe Brasck had it
already under control not much
damage being done
Watersmeet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13

Application for Retail Liquor Dealers License
State of Wisconsin, County of Villas town
Of Eagle River,
To the honorable board Of Supervisors OF
the town of Eagle River.
hereby make application for license 20
sell strong spirituous, malt ardent and intoxi-
eating liquors in the town Of Eagle River,
Comfy OF Villas, State of Wisconsin, on the fol
lowing described promises: Lot 6, block 4, plat
of ne NV village of Eagle River. sec. SO. town
40, range 10, east. My bondsnien are the Ma
tional surety Company of New York.
RoBERT FETT, Applicant
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13

First pub, June 6, last June 20, 1871
STATE OF WISCONSIN.
IN COUNTY COURT FOR Villas COUNTY.
In the mai ter of the Estate
of Ben Lee, deceased
IN PROBATE.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. That at the
regular term of the County Court to be held in
and for said County at the County Conrtrooms
inthe village OF Eagle River, in said county. on
the first Tuesday of July 1918. at o'clock p. NJ,
the following natterwill he heard and consid-
erred:
The application of John Lee for the appoint
ment of an administrator of the estate of Ben
Lee, deceased. late Of the. Town of Arbor Vitae,
in said county.
Dated June ith, 1913.
BY order of the Court.
AMOS RADCLIFFE
County Judge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DEPARTMENT. OF TIE INTERIOR.
u. S. LAND OFFICE. at wansau, wis.

U. S. LAND OFFICE at Wansau Wis.
May. 18th, 1918.
NOTICE is hereby given TINT John d, Murray,
of Phelps, Wis.,, who on June 4th, 1907 made
Homestead entry No. 1918, Serial, No O2375
for NEl SEN. Section g. Township Al N.
Range II E., 4th p. Meridian. has fled notice OF
intention to make i've year proof to establish
claim 10 the land above described, before the
County Judge of Villas County, at Eagle River
Wis.,, on the 9Th day of July, 1918.
Claimant names as Witnesses
James LAWYER
Robert Dyer,
ChDs. Chase ard
Axel Linden, al OF Eagle River, Wis.
JOHN W. MILLER.
Register.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13
Legal Notices.
First pub. May 30, last. July4.)
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT OF Villas COUNTY.
w. j Barter, Plaintiff
sust Lans. Defendant.

Gust Lans. Defendant.
NOTICE is hereby given that under and
pursuant to q Judgment of foreclosure and sale
rendered in the above entitled action on the
18th day Of May, 1912. in the Circuit Conrt for
Villas County, will on the 25th day of July
1913, at 3 o'clock p M. of that day at the front
door Of the Court House in the village Of Eagle
River in said County offer for sale and sell to
the highest bidder for cash the mortgaged
premises by said Judgment directed to be sold
and described in said Judgment as follows to-
wit: Lots No, five (5)and six (6) in Section
twenty-six ee8). Township forty (4O) North, of
Range eight (Sl east, in Villas County, Wiscon-
sin. Daten May 18th, 1912.
JOSEPH T. NEIAcnEcK,
Sheriff Of Villas County
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13
Guild Social.

The St. Ignatius Guild will
give a lawn social at the home of
Mrs. Alfred Morgan, next Thurs
day afternoon and evening June
10Th. Ice cream and cake 10c
lemonade &c. Every one is cord
tally invited.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13
Milaocqua Sox
Easy Victims

Eagle River defeated Mlno1
qua in a one sided game playq'
here Sunday the score being
to 2. Minocqua's team playm|
al out in this form.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-06-24
FRANK STALL BELIEVES
IN NEVADA'S FUTURE

That the next four years will see a
marked development in Nevada in
both mines and agriculture, is the be-
lief of Frank w. Stall, of Winnemuc-
ca who is at the Golden today. G. E.
Stall, of Winnemucea, and John G..
Taylor, of Loveloek, are also in Reno,
says yesterdays Gazette.
Mr.. Stall said that while work is
going ahead at National and prospect
ing is being done at Masonic on the
properties in which he and his brother
are interested. there have been no re-
cent strikes of note he Stall broth
ers, while working lease, found the
bonanza ore at National. They
divide their time between Winnemuc-
ca, Reno and San Francisco.
Prospecting for ore, said Mr..
Stall, lis a proposition in which one
should not figure expenses. There is a
reason for the existence of ore where
it is found. The thing to do is to
figure out the why of it and then GO
to it, forgetting the expense end. As
money put in the ground is literally
sunk where it is put, never to return
one ought never to start prospecting
before figuring cause and effect in re
lation to the probable location of ore
bodies most carefully
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-06-24
J. BATEMAN & co. REPORT
TONE OF WOOL MARKET

In their trade letter, dated June 16,
j. Bateman & Co., the Philadelphia
wool merchants, have the following to
say regarding the market:
There has been some Improvement
in the demand for wool during the
past two weeks. A few manufacture
ers have shown disposition to take
on supplies of wool for future use.
Their operations have been chiefly
confined to old woods, and the remain
now been closely cleaned up. The
buying of woods indicates a belief on
the part of the manufacturers that
they are not likely to buy the new
woods as cheaply as they can now
secure the last years stock.
The majority of the manufacturers
are not willing to buy woods ahead of
their immediate requirements, but
even they are now coming into the
market as they have been pursuing
the policy of reducing their stocks to
the lowest possible point, and have
now reached a position where they
find it necessary to replenish their
supplies in order to keep their ma
chinery running.
Manufacturers as class are not
well employed although there are ex-
ceptions to this in the case of the
manufacturers of KNIT goods and
fancy dress goods.
As result of these conditions the
consumption of wool. is considerably
smaller than it was at this time last
year, but this has also resulted in a
small stock of goods in the country,
and is preparing the way for large
demand for goods later on.
Under the new tariff bill our manu-
faeturers will of course meet with
much harder competition than before,
but we do not believe that they will
allow the foreign manufacturers to
take away this market from them
without a hard fight. They may not
be able to operate at profit at first,
but we think they will make a strong
effort to run their mills.
This should make a demand for
wool during the latter half of the
year, for the majority of manufactur-
ers are carrying light supplies of raw
material.
The tariff bill continues to move
along at very slow pace in the SEN
ate, and the indications are that it
will be well into August before a final
agreement is reached. This uncertain
ty will probably prevent any active
buying in the market in the immediate
future, but will probably bring about
a more active market when the matter
is finally settled. There does not seem
to be much reason to expect that there
will be a decided change in the tariff
from the bill passed by the house Of
representatives, but We think that
American woods are practically on a
free wool basis today, particularly
for fine and fine medium grades,
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-06-24
Western Pacific Briefs.

The family of Conductor Scofeld
arrived in Winnemucca last evening
from Salt Lake City, being followed
by their household effects this morn
ing. They will reside in the Cary
residence on the bridge.
The Beaseley Amusement company,
that has been running a merry 60
round and tent show at the corner of
Fourth and Lay streets for the past
week, today loaded its effects on a
Western Pacific ear for Elko.
Four ears of mixed merchandise
were received this morning for local
merchants.
The building and bridge outfit of
Jake Linglebaugh, comprising six
ears, arrived last evening from Pronto
and left this morning for Redhouse.
Yesterday w. ID. Phillips, maga-
zine writer, and Mr.. Maxley, mining
mar, passengers on No. 3, wandered
away from the station while the train
stopped here to change engines and
ice up and were left. The gentlemen
caught the next train for San Fran
cisco, from which port they will sail
for Australia by the next steamer.