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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25

held the reins OF The mighty empire We
was hewing out for her. Love is q
thing of strength, of power, of desire
which shakes. and burns, and con-
sumes with fever! Do you suppose
that, with such love driving me on,
any objection which you may make
will stop me? No! | SCI out to at
tain you as the summit of my desire,
the only thing in this world ] want,
and will have!"
Again that great fear of nina pos
sessed Gail. She feared many things.
She feared that, in spite OF her deter
mination, he would still have her, and
il that possibility alone lay the other
fears so gruesome that she did not
dare see them clearly! She knew that
she must retain absolute control Of
herself
Il shall not discuss the matter any
further" she quietly said, and walking
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25
tTo BE Continued
WOULD SERVE TWO PURPOSES
Proposal of Miss Butterfly TO Go as
Army Nurse Met Little Opposi-
ton From Meti1er.

The modern well-to-do mother said
to her daughter:
"Have you scattered everything
about your room until It has a hope
less air of confusion?"
II have, mother"
"Have you taken all the towels out
Of the linen closet and streWn them
over the bathroom 1oorT
Eyes, mother"
Have you had a lot OF extra things
charged to your dear papa that he
doesn't know about?"
"Yes, mamma"
"And exceeded your Allowance
"Yes, mamma"
Then don't you think you ought 70
do something serious?"
81 do, mamma, and | think ii would
be just beautiful to be Red Cross
nurse. You know. l read aloud quite
well, and it would be so delightful to
sit by the bedside of those charming
soldiers and smooth their brows. And
it would help to bring out my charac-
ter, wouldn't 1t, mamma!
Her dear mother was thoughtful for
moment. Then she replied sweetly:
"Yes, darling; and, besides. Ii would
give us such a rest."-Life,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25
AS Ordered.

The menu Of certain restaurant is
O thing of wonder to strangers. 1t
contains several pages Of various
dishes, all classified, mostly with
weird French names.
The country visitor eyed 1t up and
eyed it down, but could make nothing
Of it. And the waiter stood silently
by his side.
At last, in despair, the diner dabbed
his finger in the middle Of ono page.
and said:
"Bring me some O. that"
"Oui, m'sieu!" replied the waiter
"That ees mayonnaise dressing, sar."
81 know that, my man" snorted the
countryman. 81 can read"
"But, m'sieH," said the waiter, apollo
getically, what will you have it On?"
The diner glared.
ION a plate. Of course, you idiot"
he roared. do you feed your guests
In troughs at this restaurant"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25

stops at nothing! HIS even robbed
Market Square church Of six million
dollars!"
Calls head suddenly went UP In
startled inquiry. She wanted still to
defend Allison; but she dreaded what
was to come.
1--WE wouldn't sell him Vedder court
at his price; so he took 1t from us at
six million less than he originally Of
fered. He did that by trick, too"
All three women looked up at him in
breathless interest.
"He had the city condemn Vedder
court" went on Sargent. IF he had
condemned it outright for the Munich
pal Transportation company, he would
have had to pay US about the amount
of his original offer; but his own pri-
vate and particular devil put the idea
into his head that the Vedder court
tenements should be torn down any
how, for the good of the public! So
he had the buildings condemned first.
destroying six million dollars worth
of value; then he had the ground con-
demnedi Tim German probably got
about a million dollars for that hu-
manitarian iob!"
A wild fit of sobbing startled them
all
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25
CHAPTER XXI.

AIIIson's Private and Particular Devil.
The free and entirely uncurbed en-
SCyed an unusual treat It had a sen.
sation which did not need to be sup
ported by a hectic imagination or a
surld vocabulary. Yedder court had
been condemned for the use of the
Municipal Transportation company! A
70 be constructed through Crescent
island to the mainland!
Grand climax! Through this tube
and into Vedder court, at the plat
forms of the surface and L and sub.
way cars, were to come the passenger
trains of the new Atlantic-Pacitic rail-
road, line three hundred miles short
er than any now stretching between
Broadway and the Golden Gate! Any
reader of the daily press, of whom
there are several, knows precisely
what the free and entirely uncurbed
did with this bit of simon-pure infor-
nation. The glittering details began
on the first page, turned on the sec.
Dad, continued on the fourth, jumped
over to the seventh. and finished back
among the real estate ads. 1t began
early In the morning and it continued
until late at night, fresh details piling
apon each other in mad profusion,
their Importance limited only by tie
restrictions of type!
Extral The trick by which the A.-P.
pan through the mountains over the
INLAND Pacific track!
Extra, extra! The compulsion by
which the Midcontinent was brought
TO complete the big gap in the new
!A.-P. system!
Tremendous extra! The contracts
of .rnighta1c. subject strictly to the
:nao4 .ta.- -emmerce law. between
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25

Good improved 50 acres, AitkIn County Mimi
UVO0 esOta, $1,000 Blarn, Globe DbAG 81. Pail, MiHA
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25
photouraph Of Meteor Trail.

Perhaps the most remarkable pho
toeraph of a meteor trail that has
vet been taken is reproduced in a
recent issue of LAstronomie. The me-
teor In question was seen from many
noints in South Africa about 5 .. N.
on June 2, 1921. e., III broad day
highland the trail that 1t left behind
if remained visible until some time
after sunset, becoming more and more
conspicuous as the daylight faded
The photograph in QUESTION. whicL
shows the trail as an imDcsnsc scr
pentine ribbon in the stern SKY
was taken at Tempe, Orange F;rt
state about an .loui a1lsg Lac pa
sage OK the metm1s>
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25

the mountains by brilliant engineering
and at an almost countless cost"
isn't that accounted cleverT asked
| Gail.
$50 Is the work of a confidence man
or wiretapper" was the retort. But
they are sent to Jail just the same.
The Inland created something 1t built.
with brains and money and force, and
sincere commercial enterprise, line
which won it a well-earned supremacy
of the Pacific trade. 1t was entitled to
keep it; yet Allison, by making with
1t tricky contract for the restricted
use of the key to its supremacy, uses
that very device to destroy it. He has
bankrupted, or will have done so, a
two thousand mile railroad system,
which is of tremendous commercial
value to the country, in order to use q
hundred miles of its track and remove
1t from competition! Allison has ere.
ated nothing. He has only seized, by
stealth, what others have created. He
Is not even commercial highwaynan.
He is commercial pickpocket!"
Gail had paled by now.
Tell me one thing" she demanded.
Wouldn't any of the railroad men
have employed this trick If they had
been shrewd enough to think of it?"
"a lot of Them" was the admission,
after an awkward pause. Does that
make it morally and officially cor
rect?"
you may be prejudiced, JIM" inter
polated Aunt Helen. moving closer to
Gail. ''If they are ali playing the game
that way, / don't see why Mr.. Allison
shouldn't receive applause for clever
play"
"Y0u bet I'm prejudiced!" snarled
Sargent, overcoming his WEAKNESS and
pacing up and down the library floor
HE came near playing my road the
same trick he did the Inland Pacific
He secured control of the L. & c., be.
cause it has twenty-year contract
for passage over fifty miles of our
track. He'd throw the rest Of our line
away like peanut hull. If he had not
promised Gail to protect me. I'm an
object of charity!"
"Oh!" It was scarcely audible cry
Of pain. Aunt Helen moved closer,
and patted her hand. Gail did not
notice the action.
why did he make you that promise,
Gail?" demanded her uncle, turning on
her suddenly, with a physical motion
so much like her fathers that she was
startled.
"He wants me to marry him." fal-
tered Gail.
Aunt Grace sat down by the other
side of Gail.
Have you accepted him, dear?" she
asked.
There was a lump in Calls throat
She could not answer!
She'll never marry him with my
consent!" stormed her Uncle Jim
"Nor with Miles! The fellows an un-
scrupulous scoundrel! He's made Of
cruelty from his toes to his hair! He
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25

straight towards the door, passed by
him, quite within the reach Of his arm
without either LOOKING at him or away
from him. Something within his own
strength respected hers, in spite of
him. 81 have said all that have to
say"
$50 have l." he replied, coming
closer to her as she stood in the door
way, and he gazed down at her with
eyes in which there was insolent de-
termination, and cruelty. 81 have said
that mean to have you, and will"
Without a word, she went into the
hall. He followed her, and took his
hat
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25
CHAPTER XXI.

Allison swept Gail into his arms.
and rained hot kisses upon her, crush
ing her closely to him. She offered
no resistance, and the very fact that
she held so supinely in his arms, made
Allison release her sooner than he
might otherwise have done She had
known that tE.= ~~Aa'~r&psl 0s-.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25
Wronu Method.

Charlie doesn't seem to be doing
very we'll at school," remarked his
mother. ellis reports show that he
has failed in nearly all his studies.
I'm afraid the teacher doesn't under
stand him."
I'm quite sure she doesn't" replied
the boys father II haven't noticed
any bruises on Charlie"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25
Reformed.

Arc you at all familiar with nau-
tical terms?"
Il used to know a few Of them. hut
haven't used them since / Joined
the church"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25

A dentist finds work for his own
teeth by depriving other people OF
theirs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25

To keep clean and healthy take DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21
A Versatile Profession.

There is more geography in the af-
fairs of any farming district than in
our textbooks on geography-and it
is related to the days work. There is
more physiology and hygiene in the
feeding and care and management of
live stock and poultry than in the text
books, and it is physiology Ind n.y.
giene in which all the family, and the
family's income are concerned. There
is more good training in language in
tue recording Of the local history and
the daily observations of the life of
the average rural district, than is to
be found in all the language books in
all the schools. There is more bust
ness arithmetic in the problems of
farming than in the manuals which
our textbook factories place in our
hands. There is more chemistry in
farming than in keeping a drug store:
more bacteriology than in practicing
medicine; more botany than in a high
school course; more physics than in
he average factory laboratory; more
mechanics than in any other life ex.
cept that of the machine-shop en-
ployee, and more kinds of mechanics
than in his.-Herbert Quick.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21

Rome wasn't built in a day."
Some Wisconsin farmers are finding
1t to their advantage to follow the
same plan in the construction of their
barns.
The completed basement of the barn
to-be, with tamarack pole shed for
hay and roughage, makes a satisfac-
tory beginning for the man of limited
means. The basement affords COM
Portable stable for the herd and the
upper structure of the barn can be
added as needed
In this way the total expense of
building can be more easily met. II
more than a basement and shed is
needed at the outset, F. NJ. White of
the College of Agriculture suggests
that the framework, side walls and
roof be put up complete, and the in
side work be added later. The first
consideration in building a barn under
these, or any. other conditions, he
thinks, is to make it of standard width,
which is SO feet The length may be
whatever is desired to meet the needs
of the farm.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21

but practical way to use concrete in
building a support for a metal mail
box The post in the photograph is
rather ornamental in design, but one
that is simpler and easier to make will
serve the purpose equally we'll
The post should be about seven feet
long. Planted at depth of three feet,
this would leave the box at conven-
lent height for USE The form for max
ing a concrete post is simply three
sided box providing for a post six
inches square The form is laid on
the ground in a horizontal position,
open side up, and then filled to depth
of one inch with well-tamped concrete.
Then three eighth-inch reinforcing
rods are placed at either side, leaving
about one inch space between each rod
and the side of the form. The box is
then filled to within one inch from the
top and two more reinforcing rods
are placed on the concrete. The form
is then filled to the top and the con-
crete is struck off,
One or more braces may be nailed
across the open side of the form to
prevent it from spreading when the
concrete is tamped down. Extra
pieces Of wood inserted at the corners
make a bracket effect at the top. A
simple post in the shape of letter
T, or perfectly plain post without a
projecting top would answer the pur-
pose.
To provide for fastening the mail
box to the post, bore holes through the
board at the top of the form Bolts
should be inserted in these holes with
the heads down, or inside the form.
When finished. the threaded ends of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21
Calvert Spensley, Attorney.

NOTICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND NOTICE TO
CREDITORS.
State of Wisconsin, County Court, Iowa
~ County: In Probate
In re estate of Lula M. Ross. deceased.
Notice is hereby given That at the Special
Term of said court to be held on the End Tues
day of November, A d. 1915, at the Court House
in the City of Dodgeville, County of Iowa and
State of Wisconsin, there will b. heard and
considered the application of Friedrich Ross for
the appointment of an administrator of the
estate of Lula M. Ross, late of the town of
Waldwick, in said county, deceased;
Notice is hereby further given, That at the
Regular Term of said court to be held at said
Court House, on the first Tuesday of April, A.
d. 1916, there will be heard, considered and
adjusted, all claims against said Lula M. Ross.
deceased:
And notice is hereby further given, That all
such claims for examination and allowance
must be presented to said county court at the
Court House in the City of Dodgeville in said
county and state, on or before the 18th day of
February A. D. 1916, or be barred.
Dated the 18th of October, 1915.
By the Court,
ALDRo jerks, Judge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21
READY FOR UNCLE
SANS DAILY VISITS

The rural mail box, located as it is
along the main highway, bearing the
name of it's owner, is mute evidence of
thrift or carelessness.
Dilapidated, broken wooden boxes,
or rusty, misshapen metal tubes, hang
ing askew from a crooked post, tell an
all too-eloquent story. Permanence
and stability are mighty good assets
and these, together with neatness,
would be much enhanced if our mail
boxes received just bit more atten-
ton.
Wooden posts are always subject to
rapid decay at the ground level. The
accompanying picture shows a novel
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21

STATE Of Wisconsin: Iowa County, In
~ County Court
Mineral Point Public Service Company, a
corporation, Plaintiffs.
Cyrus woodman, G. G. Washburne, Cadwallader,
G Washburne, David Keener, William H.
Kpener, Joseph w. Dickinson, Henry
Stephens, David B. Keener, Robert G. Hoard,
John Bracken, Joseph Read, Samuel Thomas,
James W. Hutchinson. James w. Hutchinson
execut of the estate of Mary j. Lanyon de-
ceased and all heirs at law and deviseeS of
Mary J Lanyon, deceased, and all persons
whom it may concern, Defendants.
The State of Wisconsin to the said Defendants.
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service of this summons ex-
elusive of the day of service and defend the above
entitled action in the court aforesaid, and IN
case of your failure so to do, Judgment will be
| rendered against you according to the demand
of the complaint of which a copy is herewith
served upon you. This action is brought to
quiet the title, remove clouds, defects and
irregularities therefrom, and effects the follow
ing described real estate situated in Iowa Coun-
ty. Wisconsin: Part of out lot number two
hundred twenty tv o (222) i'll Harrison's Survey
of the village, now city, of Mineral Point COM
mencing at south west corner of said lot num-
Der two hundred twenty two, running thence
east along the south line of said 10 one hundred
ninety tour feet nine inches, thence north
eighteen degrees east seventy one feet -four
inches, thence north eighty degrees west
one hundred ninety two feet six inches to the
west line Of said lot, thence south eighteen de-
grees west along the west line Of said lot nine
ing Also parts parcels Of lots Nos. one
hundred and fifteen and one hund ed seventeen
of Vliet's Survey of the village, now city, Of
Mineral Point, commencing at the south vest
corner Of lot number one hundred fifteen Of
Vliet's Survey, running thence north three
degrees twelve minutes west along Water Alley
one hundred fifteen feet, thence south eighty
two degrees east hundred seventy seven
feet six inches to the easterly line of lot number
one hundred seventeen Of Vliet's Survey, thence
south eighteen degrees west nlnetyS Xft ct eight
inches to the south east corner Of said lot one
hundred fifteen Of Vlets Survey, thence west
one hundred thirty two feet to the place OF be-
ginning. save and except right Of way through
the westerly part of above described part or
portion Of lot one hundred fifteen of Vlet's
Survey from north to south part thereof for use
of men and teams reserved III a deed from
Joseph w. Dickinson and wife to William Lam
yon, Jr. and Cyrus Lanvo" and ais any lights
the railroad may have acquired in said premises.
P. 0. address Mineral Point, Iowa County,
Wisconsin,
FIEDLER & Fielder, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21
When Cruelty Isn't Cruelty.

The magistrate of the department OF
Seine-et-Oise, in France, once gave Il
decision in claim of cruelty to q
horse which is remarkable as Il legal
subtlety. The law provides that the
offense is punishable only when com
mitted in public. If the sore is covered
by the collar. he holds, the Offense is
not committed in public. If it is not
covered by the collar there is no cruel
ty. In either event the case must be
discharged
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21
CORK FORESTS.
Money Making Trees That Grow In the
Poorest Kind of Soil.

Poorest Kind of Soil.
The cork oak is kind of jack at all
trades among trees, and it's service in
dicates we'll the kind of new freedom
that trees may give us by their new
helpfulness if we will just give them
a chance. If the garden of Eden story
had been written in Spain or Portugal
I think the fortunate couple would
have been placed in possession of q
cork forest. If a man in either of
these countries has forest of good
cork trees you will find him in Madrid,
Lisbon or Paris. His cork forest works
for him, and he stays in town.
Cork trees grow on the rockiest and
poorest land. The poorer the land the
finer the quality of the cork. Every
eight or ten years the outer bark is
stripped from the trees to furnish the
ever more highly priced cork of com
merce. By dividing the land up into
blocks this decennial harvest will pro-
duce a fairly regular income.
These same oak trees produce acorns,
often heavily, which are sold to some
farmer, who drives his herds Of lean
hogs into the forest, where they har-
vest the acorns and turn them into
salable meat. A Portuguese hog is ex-
pected to gain two pounds a day for
ninety days when acornS are ripe.
More than this, there is beneath the
oak trees some heritage fit for goats to
eat. Thus the cork forest owner in Lis
bon gets income from three contrac-
tors-the cork stripper. the pork raiser
and the goat raiser. And with care
the forest lasts forever. The individual
cork tree is good for hundred years
or more, after which it is a fine big
salable tree, with enough young ones
near it to take it's place when it is
gone to market. In Portugal a cork
tree, ready for it's third stripping, is
considered worth $25. When in full
bearing an acre of these oaks will
yield from one to three tons of cork
at stripping, now worth about $40
a ton to the grower. Most of this is
profit. The pork is profit. 1t is the
common rule that the income from
the pasture pays the small cost of
caring for the fOrest-J. Russell Smith
in Country Gentleman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21
CLOTHES AND THE MAN.
TO Be Well Dressed Means to Be At
tired In Good Taste.

TO Be Well Dressed Means to Be At
tired In Good Taste.
Dress is a subject frequently in the
about it and some not enough. No one,
however brilliant in ability, even Il
genius" can afford to be careless i'll
this matter "He is best dressed" says
Trollope. whose dress no one OBJ
serves" Little touches of Individuality
In ones clothing are we'll, but it is not
in the best taste to adopt any peculiar
striking style that will make people in
the street turn their heads for further
observation.
One should beware of extremes in
fashion. Means and occupation should
be considered in choosing what to wear
Even the poorest garments, if Clean in
order and properly worn, give good
impression Of the wearer Women
should give sufficient attention to dress
and occasion and that it is rightly al
justed and no further attention.
To be well dressed is a passport.
opening doors otherwise closed.
To be lavishly dressed betOkens a
shallow mind. 1t would appear that one
thought his clothes the better part of
him. Even children's dress should be
thought of with care. Their clothing
should not prevent free action in their
play. Nor should it be so rich as to
give them an idea Of superiority to chill
dren less extensively dressed and so
make snObs Of them.
The carefully dressed man shows
more self respect than the sloven.-
Milwaukee Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-10-21
Fielder d Fielder, Attorneys.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT AND TO DETERNIIN
INHERITANCE TAX,

NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT AND TO DETERMINE
INHERITANCE TAX.
STATE OF WISCONSIN-Iowa County Court
~ I'm Probate.
In the Matter of the estate of Joseph T. Spang,
deceased
Notice is hereby given that at special term
of the Iowa County Court, to be held in and for
said county, at the court house in the city of
Dodgeville, in said county, on the End Tuesday
(being the 9th day. of November, A. D. 1916 at
the opening of court on that day the following
matter will be heard and considered:
The application of Allen T. Spang, (or adj
ministrator of estate) of Joseph T. Spang
deceased late of Mineral Point, in aid county
for the examination and allowance of his final
account, and for the assignment of the residue
of the estate of said deceased to such persons as
are by law entitlet thereto and for the deter
mination and adjudication of the inheritance
tax, if any, payable in said estate.
Dated October 18th, A. d. 1915.
By the Court,
ALDRo jerks, County Judge