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Morris tribune., 1916-11-10

more efficient for the teaching of these
vital subjects than four years ago.
Four years ago there was a tiny
structure where the $3.50 engin-
eering building that was completed
this week stands. This building was
called the engineering building by the
students and faculty, but stranger
would unhesitatingly have called it a
very mediocre blacksmith shop. 1t
had dirt floor, was poorly lighted !;
so inadequately heated that 20 de-
grees below zero in the building was
no uncommon occurrence. In the
winter time the students would light
their FORCES and as there was no
means of blowing the smoke from the
room, the boys would rush to the
outdoors coughing and gasping from
the effects of the smoke in the room
which was so dense that it was impossi-
BILE to see from one side of the room
to the other. This was the former en-
gineering building.
The boys taking mechanical draw
ing and farm mechanics were obliged
to meet in the Easements of other
buildings. The farm mechanics class
met in the basement of the agrOnomy
building, in small, dark cold room.
For equipment the boys had corn
planter, and two plows to work with.
Escaping steam in the room made it
continually moist and unhealthy. The
mechanical drawing classes were held
in the basement Of the agronomy lab
oratory. The students were compelled
to carry their drawing boards and in
struments more than 100 yards back
and forth to their own room between
classes in all kinds of weather.
Previously the physics department
had no demonstration table, no water
and dirty equipment. The wood work
ing and carpentry classes "like. the
cats kittens always on the move"
said 0. O. Bye, instructor, "when
the boys came in October they did not
know where the class would be meet
ing next week. For awhile we met in
the basement of the boys dormitory,
only one third as large as their pre-
sent quarters, dark and poorly equip
ped"
This then was how the engineer
ing, physics and wood working de-
partments were forced to offer courses
of instruction, until the present time,
when with the addition of the new
engineering building the West Central
experiment station is now able to offer
courses of instruction with equipment
and accommodation that is second to no
similar institution of it's kind. With
a description of former conditions a
better understanding and appreciation
of the need and equipment of the new
building is understood.
The new building has been one year
in the course of construction. 1t is
a brick structure, two stories in height
45x11O feet, with two wings 25x95
feet respectively. In the main struc-
ture are laboratories for farm mach
inery, gas engines, cement and drain
age work class rooms and Offices. In
the two wings are located the forge
shop, wood shop and store rooms. The
farm machinery laboratory located on
the ground floor of the engineering
building covers 3. 900 square feet of
floor space and is we'll supplied with
an assortment of the best of modern
machinery. In place of the two plows
and corn planter, the former equip
ment, the new equipment for the
Morris tribune., 1916-11-10

Try that new fascinating drink
DR.. Pepper. Bottled only by the
Morris Bottling Works. advtf.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06

has not been learned yet. Mr. O'Day started from his camp at Fourth of July with twenty cords of wood in tow, in "cord raft' for this side of the bay. With difficulty he managed to anchor tl'cs raft about a half mile off shore near the lagoon, but morn ing. found that 1t had disappeared. It is thought that the anchor rope gave way, due to the heavy strain. MT. O'Day has hopes that the raf; was washed ashore at the head of the bay, whence he went this morning to search for it. If the raft broke up the whole twenty cords will be d complete loss Seward.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06
the dogs left for, the front.
 Has Trouble Getting Back.

It was when he started for home that trouble began. "1t's easy enough to get into France but it's difficult to get out again. On the advice of Kenneth Marr, who had picked up the lingo, Allan went to see the American consul.
 "Well, we fused and fussed,' said Allan, getting pictures taken and Identification papers, and per mission from this one and that one, for three or four days. If I'd followed my own hunch I'd have been all right. My idea was to % straight to the prefect of po- lice, and that's what we had to do anyway, but thought Kenneth knew all about it. He jabbered a good deal with the Frenchmen.' ,
 Allan does not hold some of the officials over there in very high
 egard. Neither the Frenchmen nor the American consul knew
 what to do in a case of Allan $ kind. He met A. w. Schneider, mother Nomeite, who is now run hing a big packing establishment md furnishing meat, to the sol
 diers at the front, btu he didn't seem to know any more about what should be done under the
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06
SWEDE HIGHLANDER
 PICKLES SC0TTY ALLAN
l. ]. Underwood in Seattle Times.

Alexander A. Allan, better known as "Scotty," the frost scared hero of many a hard fought battle on the northern trails, could see nothing unusual about trip to France, whither he journeyed with 40 malamute dogs which are now being used by the French Alpine chasseurs, until one day, Kenneth Marr, another northern musher, who went along to help with the dogs, said:
 "Say, Scotty, come with me, want to show you something"
 "Well, sir, you could a knocked me dead with feather,' said Allan, describing the experience. right there in the front rank ot a regiment of kilted Highlandcrs, stood that great big Swede who used to work for the telephone company at Nome. Him a Scotch man! Why he could scarcely speak United States the last time l saw him up north"
 Like almost every Alaskan AL Ian couldn't remember the 'Swede's name. People in Alaska have habit of calling a man by one of his characteristics, such as Long Shorty" or "Sawed-off Smith" or Mike or Joe, or Gus, and letting it go at that.
 Northerners at Front.
 There's lot of the Nome fel- lows scattered around the differ ent fighting fronts. There's Fox Ramsey, who one time cleaned up the Nome gang for about $2oo,- GOO on the All-Alaska Sweep stakes and Bill Vint, who was badly frozen on the Noxapago divide, and Father Bernard, the Catholic priest, and lot of others but Allan couldn't find any of them.
 They won't tell you much about what's doing or where peo- ole are," Allan confded. He has a brother Somewhere in Fance." " but he couldn't pick up his trail He did, however, meet anothe> brother at Edmonton on the way over. This brother won the Vic tor:a Cross in South Africa, and wants to enlist again, but he does not think they'll take him.
 "He was shot up bit" said AL Ian. "but he doesn't look much different. His face is changed some WI cle the tullets hit, hr : that's about all. Otherwise you couldn't tell the difference"
 Marr stayed in Eurone driving an ambulance. Allan didn't know how to drive an automobile, so his services were not considered. He remained in Havre ten or twelve days, teaching the French men how to drive the dogs and make the tow lines for them. He took sleds from this country when
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06

The Cook Inlet Pioneer says the public schools there are now organized and that four teachers are employed with a good attend ance of pupils.
 In organizing the schools at the new town an unusual condition presented itself, as the pupils were found to have come from widely different parts of the American continent, where different systems of teaching had prevailed.
 Attending the Anchorage pulp lie schools are former pupils of schools in Panama, in the canal zone, British Columbia, Washing ton, D. C., North Dakota, Okla homa, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.
 Washington state contributes a larger number of pupils than any other state in the union-four- teen.
 Alaska contributes the largest number of pupils, there being in attendance pupils from Cordova, Valdez, Seward. Latouche and Nome.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06

]. L. Heron arrived in the city early in the week from the lower Kuskokwim, and left on the return trip on Thursday last, says the Iditarod Pioneer of Jan. Ist. While here Mir. Heron who has recently been appointed U. 5. commissioner, with headquar- ters at Reindeer city, in the Can yon creek district, made arrange .ments for qualifying for his posi- ton.
 A new recording precinct has been created which is included in the Third division. For some ! time past there has ben a contro- veray as to where the boundary line between the Third and Fourth divisions ran, the miners of the Canyon creek district maintaining that that creek was in the Third division, while others contended that It was in the 4th division. The result was that there was some confusion with regard to the recording of claims.
 It is believed that the judge of the Third division has put the matter at rest by deciding that i. the territory is in the Third divi- sion and the result is the creation of the new recol ding precinct. The new arrangement will be a great convenience to the miners in the promising Canyon creek district and adjacent territory.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06
than did Allan him.
Dogs May Understand French.

Dogs May Understand French.
 The northern musher doesn't think the Frenchmen will have any trouble with the dogs because of receiving commands in a diff ferent language than that of which they have been accustomed.
 "Instinct teaches the dogs what you want 'em to do" explained Allan, "and the language doesn | cut much figure. You can drive dogs without swearing at 'em.'
 Allan has been driving dogs for more than twenty years and prob ably knows more about the char acteristics of dogs than any other man living. He received letter from Vilhjalmur Steffansson, the Canadian explorer, a few months ago, telling him that the dogs which he furnished for the expe- dition had given wonderful ser vice in the Arctic regions. AllaS leaves for Berkeley, Cal, to spend the winter with his family, regret ting that he can't get back to Nome in time to compete in the races there next spring.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06

If congress makes the neces- sary appropriation for the con tinuation of work on the govern ment railroad about I,5oo idle men who are wintering at An chorage, will be ptu to work i'm mediately. The railroad engi- neering commission has let it be known that there will be enough work for the men now at Anchor age, if congress ratihes the esti- mates submitted to the appropria- tions committee by Secretary Lane of the interior department,
 A demented man whose name is unknown is now roaming the hllls around Mile Twelve road house out from Anchorage and is said to be in very serious con dition. He has apparently got it into his head that he was the man responsible for the capture of bootleggers and is laboring un- der the hallucination that they are after his scalp. Word about the man has only just reached tie city and an attempt to take him will probably be made at once. - Gateway
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06
ALASKA NOTES

to look into the matter of the growing of sugar beets in the Matanuska valley. For the in- formation of MT. Bruner the Pioneer will say that sugar bects will grow like wild mustard in a Washington farm in this rich val ley. A test that proves it has been made. The qualitative test has given good results. The quanti- tative test will do likewise Cook Inlet Pioneer.
 Word has just been received by Duncan Michie, we'll known Dawson and Fairbanks mining man, who is spending the winter here, that his brother, William, was killed recently at the Oar 1anelles. William was with the Western Australian contingent. at Gallipoli but one of them has just been order to England, and probably will be transferred to the western front. Murdock Michie, we'll known. Klondike miner, now engaged on Allgold creek, near Dawson, is another brother.--Dawson News.
 Twenty cords of wool, belong
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06

Our esteemed contemporary, the Seward Gateway, says that a Mir. Bruner of that town proposes
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06

Twenty cords of wool, belong ing to Tom O'Day, went adrift in the bay night before last Whether it will be a total loss
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-06

The Family Paper is the Nome Daily Nugget.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-08-17

Mr. and Mrs Richard Correll of Lin
den and Mr. and Mrs w. @. Correll of
Spring Green were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs w. II. Correll Sunday.
DR. and Mrs W. G. Hales and daugh-
ter Ellen, Mrs Downs of Kansas City,
and Miss Lillian Hoskin motored to
the Dells and visited at Madison Sun
day.
Zelma, Milo and Rella Ferrill of
Waldwick are visiting their grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs Richard Jackson
Miss Alva Lakings of Hurley, S. Oak,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs Alvin
Mitchell.
Henry Dresden is very i'll at his home
here. His many friends hope for a
speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Gribble and
family motored Wednesday to Milwau :
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-08-17
HARKER

Mrs Frank Van Hecker and children
were Mineral Point callers Saturday of
last week.
Anna, Hugh, Ralph and Hazel
Thomas spent Monday evening at
Powell.
Mr. and Mrs Harvey Brown and little
son, Miss Marie Brown, Isaac Brown
and Will Grace visited at the Will
Fader home Monday evening.
Michael Mick attended the picnic at
Calamine Tuesday.
Thomas Thomas was Mineral Point
caller Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Simon Harker spent
Wednesday evening at the Thomas
| Thomas home.
Frank Berg was Mineral Point
caller Wednesday.
A party was given for Mr. and Mrs
Milton Dolphin at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs William Dolphin
Wednesday evening.
MI anu NILS 1uOudS 1HOHdo oAo
little son Donald spent Thursday after
noon at the home of her parents, Mr.
andMrs John H. Jones, of the Settle
ment.
Mrs Alfred Verch, and two sisters-i in
law spent one day during the week at
| Harker, with her husband.
Mr. and Mrs Will Stoner and children,
Miss Anna Thomas and Ben Butteris
were Linden callers Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Newton Gibbon and son
Willie visited at the Thomas Thomas
home Saturday.
Hugh and Ralph Thomas were Lin
den callers Saturday evening.
Several carloads of cattle were
shipped from Harker to Chicago Sun
day.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-08-17

Miss Olga Bell of Rockford is the
guest Of Miss Rachel Jacka this week.
Mrs Charles G. Neal and three child
rem are enjoying visit with her moth
er, Mrs Moser, at Dubuque.
Mrs S. G.. Lanyon, Miss Isabel Lam
yon, R. l.. Williams and N. V. Ander-
son visited relatives at Hazel Green
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs John G. Martin of Madi-
son are visiting at the homes of Walter
S. Martin and Albert Johnson.
Miss Marietta Williams Of West
Chicago is visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs W. w. Williams.
Mrs Joseph Manley and Mrs Nelson
PEBBLES visited at Darlington Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Bowen and
daughters Barbara and Lula and son
Thomas of Dodgeville, and grandchild-
rem Morris and Florence Trepkow of
Milwaukee and Miss Edna Holland of
Dodgeville were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs Edwin Woolrich Sunday.
Mrs J M. Fenwick and two daughters
of Goldfeld, Nevada, are expected here
Wednesday, as guests Of Mr. B. L.
Prideaux and daughters
Misses Anna and Mary Becker Of
Chicago are spending this week with
Miss Mary Elligen and other relatives.
nd
daughters of Dodgeville visited her
sister Mrs Nelson PEBBLES here last
week.
Mrs Laura George of Madison and
Mrs Richard Gundry and daughter OF
Milwaukee are spending this week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs w. G. Benson
Mrs P. Meuer and family, Mr. and
Mrs Walter Groth and daughter, Mrs
John Miller and sons, Mr. and Mrs P.
P. Marlborough and daughters, Mr. and
Mrs Robert Burghardt and daughter
and Mr. and Mrs George Schaaf and
family enjoyed picnic dinner at
| Crystal Lake Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Earl ROM and two
children Of Spring Green and Mrs and
Mrs George Rohr of Dodgeviile visited
at the home of Mr. and Mrs William
Tregilgus Friday.
Mrs Cary Noble of Ladysmith is here
visiting her father William Skinner
and sister Mrs John Ostrander.
Mr. and Mrs A. T. Williams Of
Dodgeville were recent visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Fred erase.
Mr. and Mrs Clyde Woodbury. and
daughter of Dodgeville visited at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs George Grange
Sunday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-08-17

R. J. Penhallegon for safe invest
ments.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-08-17
;. VIM, j. Chamley and G. Treweek

G.. VIM, j. Chamley and G. Treweek
homes.
Miss Leila Miller of Evansville is
spending few days at the home OF MI
and Mrs W. F. Molitor.
TT. Sullivan of Depue, ILL.,, is visit
ing among friends here.
Rev. F. Cookson, wife and two child
rem of Waldwick were week end guests
of Mr. and Mrs Richard Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Maust and son
Billie are spending few weeks vaca :
ton in the east.
Mrs Harry Coll and son of Milwau :
kee visited several days last week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs William
Evans.
Miss Nettie Engelhardt of Chicago is
visitor at the home of Mrs Urlah
James.
Miss Laura Vickerman of milwaukee,
is visiting relatives here.
Ralph and Jack Quirk Of Milwaukee
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs Charles
Gilman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs Peter May and family
visited at Spring Green and Dodgeville
Sunday.
George Hornung of Washington, D
c., is the guest of Donald Fielder.
Miss Harriet Snow of Platteville is
the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs NJ II. Snow.
The following people from here en-
joyed picnic and supper at Crystal
Lake, Dodgeville, Sunday: Misses
Alice Dunn, Kathleen Padon, Irene
Mitchell, Mae Prince. Fife and Hazel
Tonkin and David Jackson.
Willard Cant of Hollandale is spend
ing this week with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs George Richards.
Miss Isabel Ellery returned Monday
from a visit with her sister Mrs M. +
Jacobs at Aberdeen.
Mrs James Weber of Beloit is here
visiting her daughter Mrs George
Richards.
Joseph Ellery, Jr. of Aberdeen is here
for week visit with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs E. G. Fielder returned
Monday from a weeks stay in Milwau
kee.
Mrs Henry Brandt and two children
of Chicago are visiting relatives here.
Mrs Thomas Hible and Mr. and Mrs
Frank Duncan of Jonesdale are visiting
here.
Miss Catherine G.. Tonkin Of Chicago
arrived here Monday to spend her vaca-
ton at the home of her parents, MI
and Mrs Benz. j Tonkin.
Miss Gertrude Schmit is spending the
remainder of her vacation with her
sister Mrs Matt Schmit at Willow
Brook farm in Kendall.
Miss Susie Pickar of Madison and
Mrs Alloys Pronold and children OF
Genesee are the guests OF their sister
Mrs Frank Unterholzner.
Miss Hazel Ray of Calamine is the
guest of Miss Eva Schmit.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Bechtel, Mrs
Frank Ivey and son James visited at
Linden Sunday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-08-17
MINERAL POINT OF TODAY
NOTES BY THE DEMOCRATS
NEWS CATERER.

Mr. and Mrs N. H. Snow, Mr. an(
Mrs Leon r. Clausen, Mr. and Mrs
Calvert Spensley, Mr. and Mrs j. G
Lightbourne, Mrs w. a. Jones and
three daughters, Miss M. r. Gundry
Miss Lambertson and Mr. W. P
Gundry visited at Richland Center
Sunday.
Leon r. Clausen Of Ottumwa, Iowa
was week end visitor here with his
family at the home of Mr. and Mrs N
H. Snow.
Miss Marion Jones went to Racine
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs F. G.. Ludden and M. j
Ludden visited relatives at Blooming
ton Sunday.
Mrs O. S. Rundell of Madison is the
guest of her parents, DR.. and Mrs. j.
P Parmley.
Theodore Martin attended the fair at
Galena Friday.
Mr. and Mrs John Gold Of Fairibault,
Mr. and Mrs James Brewer.
Miss Marjorie Jackson of Chicago is
here for two weeks visit at the
Joseph Jackson home.
Mr. and Mrs Alex. Mcneil of Harlan,
Iowa, Mr. and Mrs Amos Vivian of
Wauzeka, and Leo Rowen of Freeport
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs P. O.
Vivian.
Clark Mack attended the fair at
GAINESVILLE Friday.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Bechtel of Kansas
City, Mo-, are here on their wedding
trip, the guests of Mr. and Mrs Frank
Burchardt and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs William Clemens and
two children of REQ Heights, S. Oak.
are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Richard jackson.
DR.. and Mrs Charles Ross were in
Milwaukee Thursday and Friday.
Miss Emily Sproule of St. Louis is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs S. G.. Ross.
Misses Leila and Florence Ludden of
Bloomington, who have been the guests
of Mrs NJ. j Ludden, returned home
Sunday.
Miss Mary Ivey has been spending
the past week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Walter Rule at Linden.
Miss Mabel Thomas of Platteville
visited friends here Friday.
Mr. and Mrs James E. Harris and
daughter, and Mr. and Mrs Robert
Jackson of Jonesdale were the guests Of
Mr. and Mrs Richard jackson Sunday
Mr. and Mrs Reuben Gribble of Mil
waukee are spending this week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs Edward Gr1bble
Mr. and Mrs w. R. Smith, and Nj
and Mrs Robert Smith visited Mis-:
Mabel Allen at Richland Center Sun
day.
Miss Helen jolly of Whitewater il
the guest of Mr. and Mrs w. r. Smith
Mr. and Mrs Jonathan Jackson, Miss
Kathryn jackson and Philip lvey Wis
tied at the home of Mr. and Mrs Arthur
Connaughton at Madison Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Whitford, ST..
Mr. and Mrs George Whitford and sol
of Beloit are spending this week at the
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kee, where they visited their son Reuben
until Sunday. Miss Gyneth Gribble
returned home with them.
William Dude returned Friday from
trip to Milwaukee.
Miss Ena Jacka was week end
visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Robert Parkinson at Willow Springs.
Mr. and Mrs J. M. Raymond and
son Raymond of Clinton are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs Ben Jacka.
Mrs William Rindlaub of Platteville
is here visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs William Tregilgus.
Miss Emma Whalen has returned
from a visit at Dubuque.
Dr. and Mrs Orville Treweek and Mr.
and Mrs Emmett Moore of Cassville
are spending this week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs Henry Weise.
Miss Hazel Wolfe of Mt. Horeb is
spending this week with Miss
Genevieve Meuer.
Mrs Earl Sllngerland, Mrs James
Nicholson and son Jean of Des Moines,
accompanied by Miss Isabel Brown,
arrived here Sunday for weeks visit.
Miss Beulah Wearing of Madison and
Mrs Samuel Wearing Of Milwaukee are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs Samuel
Wearing.
Miss Frances Grange of Darlington
is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Fred Zweifel.
Miss Lila May of Platteville is the
guest of Miss Jane Potter.
Mrs N. W. Hanks Of Westfeld is Wis
iting her sister Mrs Guy White.