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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
Perry, Peck and ~pi,ehfork.

Two horse-swipes stationed at the
fair grounds in this city INDUCED in
wrangling over some trivial affair last
Wednesday afternoon and, being loaded
with the eclipser of reason and good
fellowship, exchanged foul and insult
ing language. As a result one of them
named Peck knocked the other fellow
named Perry prone on his back with a
blow from his fist. Upon arising Perry
grabbed a pitchfork and stabbed Peck
in the back, three tines entering to a
depth of an inch or more.
Perry was Immediately arrested and
now occupies cell in the county Jail
awaiting the September term of the
circuit court He claims to hail from
Caledonia, III. Peck was taken to a
hospital, but at this writing has recov-
cred sufficiently to be out. His home
is said to be in this state.
If the stuff which is said to have
fired this rumpus had been rubbed into
the horses loins and limbs. instead of
dumped by these follows downs their
own throats, it is not at all likely
there would be occasion for notice of
this kind.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24

Mrs. Fred Hill and sons, Charles
and Ted, of Mowbridge, s. OAK, are
guests of her mother, Mrs. Josephine
Gilman.
Peck" Nc Murrough returned to
his work in Milwaukee Sunday, after
spending fair week among relatives
and friends.
After spending most pleasant
week at the Varlin home, Miss Jessie
Lane returned Friday to her home at
Gray Lake, ILL.,
Virgil and Myrtle McReynolds and
some friends of Plattevile were enter
tanned at the Richard Lamberton home
during the fair.
Mrs. William Otto and wife re-
turned to Chicago Sunday afternoon,
after weeks visit at the home of
Nicholas Graber.
Miss LA Redfern of Galena and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Springer of Lin
den were guests last week at the j. b.
Reynolds home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Uren and son
returned to their home at Stockton
Saturday, after visit at the home of
John Ostrander.
Miss Hazel Smith of Platteville is
spending a summer vacation here with
her mother, Mrs. Roethe. and sister,
Mrs. Will Horn.
MIR. and Mrs. William Orsinger and
son returned to their home in Chicago
Saturday, after visiting at the Kergen
and Kieffer homes.
Miss Mayme Priestley of Madison
and Harry Priestley of Galena were
guests of their brother Mortimer dur
ing the past week.
Miss Ella Coleman returned to her
home in Chicago Wednesday, after an
extended visit here with her sister,
| Mrs. Alloys Burghardt.
Mrs. Charles Hall and daughter
Mildred and Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve Row
en- and sons of Freeport are guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. p o. Vivian.
Miss Leone Hubbard and friend
Harry Nelson, returned to Milwaukee
Yesterday, after a weeks visit with
| her mother, Mrs. David Brown.
| The fair races last week served Z
uncover the fact that Doug Pendelton
owned by Clyde Bachelor of this city
is one of the most valuable two-year-ol'
trotters in the state.
Last evening Miss Elsie Syringe
entertained the following young ladie
IN honor of her guest, Miss Winifre'
Lewis Of Fennimore: Misses Grac
VIM. Harriet Paynter, Ruth Davies
Cleo Richards and Madge Coppin
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
W.. PenhalIegon & Co.
EXPERT ENGINEERS REPORT
ON WATER WORKS SYSTEM

Madison, Wis, August IL, 1915.
Mayor and Common Council. Mineral
Point, Wis;
Gentlemen visited your city on
August 18th for the purpose OF examin
ing the present water supply, the pro
posed improvements to IT, aud 10 inves
tigate the question whether il would be
u sanitary and safe supply when i'm
proved. In company with your city
officials | visited the site of the present
wells and its surroundings and also
visited the principal parts OF your city,
to examine into the character and
amount Of the drainage and the dispos-
al of the sewage. | found that one of
the present wells was open at the top,
around the suction pipe at point 8
inches above the bottom of the old
pumping station, and that surface wat
er had run into it. This well was
cased 10 a depth of possibly i9 II. and
the surface of the rock was at depth
of possibly 20 It. This well is supposed
to be i50 tt. deep and ten inches in di
ameter add has furnished the supply
for the city for the past q years. The
other we'll which had not been used
very much in recent years was origin.
ally drilled in the bottom OF an old
stone reservoir which has since been
l4I 10 ,4a t,, "a
ameter aud 1879 IT, deep. II is cased in
to rock ana the casing has been sur
rounded at different times with con
crete about 20 inches IN diameter.
understand that according 70 recent
tests the water supply has shown TO be
polluted This pollution may have
come from the fact that the wells. or at
least one of them have been open at
the top, or IL may be that pollution
from below seeped into the well where
the casing enters the rock.
/ note that the geological formations.
in your vicinity are the Galena and
Trenton iimestones. which ont crops in
the ledge east Of the pumping station,
These limestones are underlaid with
st Peters sandstone from which you
secure your water supply. The st.
Peters sandstone has no definite thick
ness. but varies anywhere from moth
ing TO over 300 feet, and in your
vicinity probably has thickness Of 2O0
feet. It's surface is also somewhat
irregular as on the West side Of the
valley in which the Railroad IL located.
this stone out crops some 20 IT, above
the level Of the valley, whereas on the
Continued on pazeD
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
Cattle in Transit Die from Heat

Sunday afternoon last train of live
stock left this city for Chicago and at
Highland Junction. four miles out, took
on other cars of stock brought down by
an NJ. F. Il N. train. 1t was a suf-
focatingly hot day, and as result cat
tie dropped dead enroute to the number
of eleven or twelve. while some died
from the effects of the heated trip
after reaching Chicago.
All were choice beef cattle. Losses
reported are Alton x Son or 3, JAS
Dolan 2. Richard Mithell or 2. Louis
Graber l.
Why shipment was made under such
unfavorable conditions, conditions which
suggested danger Of loss and suffering,
we fail to comprehend
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
Faith in Newspaper Publicity.


AS an illustration of the unbounded
faith fair managers have in the value
of newspaper publicity. attention is
called to the fact that in the evening
of the closing day of the great Mineral
Poit fair for this year The Tribune was
informed of complimentary being
issued in its favor for next year. of
course. Thereupon, and in great glee
OF appreciation, the first act of the pub
Usher was to put in supply of the
elixir of life, regardless of cost, with
the aim of continuing his existence on
this terrestrial giode for another year,
that he may, with his limit of fifty-two
opportunities between now and the
next fair, spread before the world its
excellence and stability, and thus pay
as far as possible the debt of gratitude.
Nowis the time to commence roofing
for the fair of 1917 to insure its being
superior to this years exhibition. 1t
will require strenuous efforts, but keep
everlastingly at it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
FAIR OF QUANTITY
AND QUALITY
All Departments Showed Great Stride,
of Progress.
GATE RECEIPTS BREAK RECORD
Largest Number of the Feathercd Tribe
Ever Assembled in Wisconsin.
Very Fast and Exciting Horse Races
Some Good Base Ball.

Back last week another fair was held
| in Mineral Point. 1t was the forty
sixth annual of the Southwestern Wis
consin Fair association. Like its pre-
decessors. it will be referred to as
among the best of the year in the
middle west.
In point of attendance and receipts,
it eclipsed any of the forty-five pre-
cecding exhibitions. To the prevalence
of the automobile is this due more than
any other agency, They came loaded
and in streams from every quarter. II
is known fact that one party, residing
one hundred and fifty miles away, left
their home at FIVE O'Clock in the morn
ing and were here for a 1890 dinner
the same day and spent the entire
afternoon on the fair grounds.
The attendance Thursday was rec
ord breaker, fourteen thousand, three
hundred and sixty admission tickets
being sold. Add to this the countless
others entitled to admission through
various other sources and the total was
swelled to Is, 600 or 10000
Exhibits in the numerous depart
ments were large, with quality the rul-
ing attraction. To the poultry depart
ment goes the banner for number of
entries over twenty-seven hundred.
All varieties known as feathered
thoroughbreds were on exhibition. 1T
was the largest and finest collection in
the history Of the state.
OF the special attractions, you are
referred to communication headed
"Voice of the People, to be found in
another column.
The speed department had an extra
large number of entries and the con-
test proved for blood" and were fast.
In xix out of the nine races extra heats
were necessary to decide the win
ners and two of them went the full five
heats. The track record was lowered
in two instances Ella M. paced the
first heat of the free-for-all in 2:09l4
on Thursday, former record 2:llA. On
Friday the second heat of the 2:l7 trot
was won by The Proof in 2;l3l2. new
track record for trotters. In two in
stances, local horses figured in the
winnings, John Spencer, owned by
Frank Jeuck, getting second in the
3-year-od-tro and Doug Pendelton,
owned by Clyde Bachelor, won the
two year-old race. See tabulated re-
port below.
No fair is bowling success without
bard music. hence three bands -one
from Belmont, one from Darlington and
the popular home band-were on hand
and the throng was regaled with en-
chanting selections throughout the fair.
WEDNESDAY
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
Tssssss
The Local Field
-Cnrrell & Martin for clothing

-Correll & Martin for clothing
Mineral Point-the biggest little
city of its size" in the state.
Miss Nellie Bailey of Fennimore is
the guest of Miss Gladys Boase.
Miss Elizabeth Molling of Chicago
i svisiting with her parents here.
Harold Cummings was business
caller in Milwaukee during the past
week.
Mrs Charles McCabe of Chicago is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. John
Peter.
W. W. Crawford of Chicago spent
day last week with his cousin, Ro-
Ind Ross.
Prof and Mrs. r. S. Owen of
Madison spent last Thursday at the
John Knight home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. j. Boase of Rock
lord were here for fair week guests
Mrs Mary Boase.
Mrs. Annie Blanchard returned to
6anchardville Monday, after visiting
Nth Mrs. W. S. Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morris of Dar-
Agton were guests at the home OF
William Horn last week.
Miss Minnie Clark returned to
aITiln Sunday, after spending a week
'nong friends in this city.
Anton Metz and family of Madison
aoIored to this city Saturday and
4ent the day with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles O'Neil of
Sallsourg were guests of L. d. Har-
'a several days of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Lee and
-l2nter Melya of Cobb visited at the
'''o Lee home during fair week.
Herman Fielder, wife and two sons
10 John Fielder of Cuba City were
guests Of j, ], Fielder Thursday.
Miss Blanche and Osmon Fox of
r'4''on we're guests at the home OF
-'-lsI Las worth during the past week.
-o,to Gilman and Frank Brewer,
'.'0npanied by their wives and sons,
" Spending this week at Lake Mills.
M and Mrs. Alex Mcneil of Har,
!. Iowa, have enjoyed a visit viii
,.-'''es Of this place, during the past
A' aad Mrs. A. P. Gasser of Mad
r. attended the fair last week, guests
Ds' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Is5 yerdict Of everyone who at
- lhe World and Grand pictur
80 during fair week was the sam
). Isla 81. lynch, wife and two childrel
N, '"o1r Lynch. wife and son 0
sa visited at the Fred Grabe
~ week. and attended the fair
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
Figure 6 for 8 Plays Hob.

Mineral Point has rafting good
citizen out as candidate for the nom
ination Of Sheriff, subject to the prim-
airy. He is John X. Francis. His an
nouneement in the Dodgegille Chroni-
Gle reads that he "has been voter
since 1860 John comedies that he is
old enough. but fears the error might
play hob Replace the with an 3 and
you have 1880, which is correct.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
WISCONSIN, THURSDAY. 1916
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
For School Year l916-lel7.

W. r. Rood, Principal and Supt.
Z. A. Deneen, Science.
ii. c. Antonides, Mathematics.
w. ii. Schubert. Manual Arts.
Miss Anna r. Moore, English.
Miss Frances Ruedebusch. History.
Miss Edna Wiegand, Latin & German.
Miss Jane Deal, Commercial Branches.
Miss Ada Weidenfeller. Dom. Science.
Miss Mildred Cozzen. Music and H. S.
Dramatics.
Tuesday, September 5th, is the date
fixed for the opening of the public
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
BASE BALL RESULTS.

Wednesday Waldwick II, Dodgeville
Thursday Blanchardville 5, Hollandale 2
This was very exciting game.
Friday Miffiin 6, Linden /.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24

Ella won the first heat in 2;0s54. thereby
breaking the track record. but was distaneod
the second heat because Of hobbies breaking.
Time 2.il15. 2:l7. 2.ig1S. 2:2i
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
Your Stationery
1c THE FIRST INTIMATION
OF YOUR MESSAGE

With this thought in mind
the discriminating correspond
ent in penning her thoughts
mon a sheet OF
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
Rev. Bond Performs Ceremony.

A pretty home wedding was quietly
celebrated at noon, August l6, at Ke-
vance, H., when Miss Theresa Lamb
and Orville C. Bond Of that place were
united in marriage. The groom is a
son Of Rev. and Mrs. w. J. c. Bond of
this city and Rev. Bond was the Off
ciating clergyman Of this happy event.
The bride is one of Kewanee's most
charming young women, a favorite with
all who know her. Mr.. Bond has re-
sided at Kewanee macy years and is
regarded as one Of the city's best
known and highly respected young men.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24

Second. third and fourth money divided
between the last three. There were entries.
All races were under the point system.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24

MIR. and Mrs. Geo. Schaaf enter
tanned the following with six o'clock
dinner Monday in honor Of Mira. Henry
Brant Of Chicago: r. Murphy and fam
lily and Mr.. ard Mrs. Thos. Heibel of
Dodgeyille, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Burg
hard and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. p. r.
McMurrough and daughters and. Mrs.
Peter Meaer and family.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
THE GREAT
R.C.U. STORE
"

Specials for this week
All our S1.25 to Sl.50
House Dresses to be sold for
50 cents each.
Balance of those Girls and
Misses $500 to $500
Dresses, mostly sizes Is to
Is, to be closed for $1,39 ca.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
Symphony Lawn

is certain she is above eriti-
cjsm. The texture of the sheet
denotes her excellent good
taste and tends to emphasize
the esteem of her acquain-
tances.
We have the exclusive sales
privilege for this excellent line
Of stationery which we feature
in all shapes and sizes for all
social purposes in white and
modish tints.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24
WEDNESDAY


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himself while surmounting his green
hOrn-ism" by industry and frugality. Often
his diploma is his citizenship papers.
And where the immigrant never emf
CRATES from the ghetto his children, edu-
Gated in American schools, high schools
and colleges are sure to do so. mag
nificent army this, doing credit to JeWry,
making good citizenry, the marvellous
out-pouring of the ghetto.
But there is another out-crOp of the
ghetto, less pleasant to contemplate.
short time ago Jewry was free from
criminals of the grosser class. Today it
is no longer so uncommon among Jews
to find ruffians having no respect for life,
conscience or property "Gunmen" have
come out of the ghetto jungle. Yea, and
panderers, vice-trafficers and robbers.
The traditional purity of the Jewish
maiden has been besmirched by the
painted product of the ghetto The sane
tity of the Jewish home has been invaded.
On the holy days the young ghetto Jew
mocks his father with lighted cigarettes
and ham sandwiches. The police-court,
the juvenile court, the court of domestic
relations and the divorce courts are all
too familiar to him.
If the human product of the ghetto is
both good and evil, it's by-products are
no less so. There is spirituality to be
found in the ghetto remarkably pure.
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
OUT OF THE GHETTO
By Gustavus Loevinger.

itself, the ghetto emits a steady stream of
human beings and human influences.
These and these only are the final meas
ure of ghetto values.
1t is no longer true, if it ever was, that
out of the same rock there cannot issue
both salt water and fresh Certainly out
of the ghetto there can come both good
and bad Every year there is graduated
from the ghettos a large class, educated
in better standards of living, demanding
a more hygienic environment and adopt
ing more American manners and modes.
Generally the graduate has supported
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atmosphere that is exalted The great
movements Of present times on behalf
of Jewry find their most ardent support
in the ghetto. The Hottest conceptions
of social uplift find in the ghetto SYM
pathetic and ready response. Cults OF
social reform or revolutions make con-
verts easily here. Out of the ghetto
there come spiritual influences permeat
ing entire Jewry, tanning into a brighter
and higher flame the embers of Judaism
But less suspicious influences emanate
from the same source. Many of the prob
lens of modern Jewery have their source
in the Ghetto The struggle against dis
elimination in city administration is gen.
orally centered around neglect of the
Ghetto. The vicious and un-American
practice of organizing Jewish political
clubs exists almost exclusively in the
Ghetto centers. Out of the Ghetto comes
much if not most of the shame and hui
initiation. of the Jewish people incident
to the lowering of ideals of cleanliness
the loosening of morals, the cheapening
of Judaism with petty squabbles and
sharp practices, the increasing lawless-
ness, the decreasing respect for their
own culture and religion in large sec
ton of the younger element.
The chief Indictment of the Ameri-
can ghetto is that it is un-American in
it's essence. The segregation that it en-
courages is undemocratic. The prolonga-
ton of alien customs and mannerisms is
detrimental in it's effects Problems are
created that result in civic investiga-
tons in which the Jew generally fares
badly. Poor housing conditions, conges-
ton, lack of sanitation, inadequate school
facilities,-these and other consequences
seem to accompany invariably the ghetto.
The Jews are accused of being untidy as
a nation and of having a Oppressive
influence on any community which they
inhabit extensively. Undoubtedly many
of the ills that afflict modern Jewry in
ternally flow from the unfavorable con-
ditions in which the ghetto child and
adult must live, move and grow. The
spirituality that exists there exists not
because, but in spite, of the ghetto. The
hardy, annealed, primitive Jew who comes
to the ghetto from foreign country
brings with him somewhat of the fire that
burned in the ancient temples of Judea.
He has not had his Judaism chilled by
ism, by the downward draughts of an
over-crowded, high-rent, ill-lighted Ameri-
can tenement The evil influences of
American civilization seem to find least
resistance in the backward portions of
our large cities. The ghetto like other
parts of the slums seems to furnish soil
for nurture of all sorts of destructive
social parasites. The marvel is ability
of the Jew to survive in such a handi-
cap
A little reflection must convince one
that the tendency of the modern Ameri-
can ghetto is not only un-American but
also un-Jewish. The lawlessness which
it breeds reacts upon Judaism very
promptly. In his efforts to break with
the ghetto the young Jew breaks with his
people. Too often the parents for senti-
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science, philosophy, music, the drama,
live in, from, for and by the city Indus
trial and economic conditions are adapted
to the modus vivendi Of the city. The
balance of power in politics lies in the
city. Like a great river widening and
deepening as it flows sea-Ward, so the
stream Of humanity flows city-ward with
an ever greater volume. Soon it may be
said: The State, it is the City. Munich
palism is becoming as potent as nation
aliSm.
vast human laboratory for working
out experiments on an enormous scale in
social betterment; volcanic heap or
mountainous proportions, menacing with
a consuming fire; a huge Frankenstein,
benevolent or malevolent as whim or fam
cied interest may dictate; a monster
leviathan scarcely conscious of it's power,
poorly co-ordinating it's actions such is
the modern city, the latest form of human
empire.
Like a rapid within rapids, there are
cities within city. In one or more OF
these intra-civic centres, the Jews con-
centrate. Ghettos are created. Its iron
doors may be no more. It's walls may
be invisible and imaginary. But there is
the city of the Jews within the city Of
the Gentiles, living fact.
Next only to the miracle Of the per-
sistence of the Jewish people is the mira
Gle of the persistence of the ghetto.
Physically the ghetto is medieval. In
variably it is congested, unsanitary,
neglected. Whatever ills of bad admin
istration affect a city, the ghetto has them
in their most acute and aggravated
FORM If you are looking for the dirtiest
spot in all Europe, see the ghetto of Am
sterdam. City dirt seems here to be
deeper, darker, denser and dirtier than
anywhere else. Or pay visit to White
chapel, London. Every street seems to
be back street and you fear to breathe
freely lest you exhaust the supply Of air.
Centuries of smoke, SCOT, dust and fog
have painted the long rows of low, dark
houses a mournful black! Dirty lunch
counters are sardonically called "coffee
places! Pickles and herring persist
everywhere. In little narrow vestibules,
several partnerships transact businss on
a capital of pennies. Long, loud, acri-
monious bargaining in fractions of fish,
in slices of a vegetable!
Go to any other European ghetto, Paris,
Berlin, Frankfort, Vienna, Prague, Rome,
Naples, each retell the tale with slight
variations for local coloring. Come to
America. Visit the grettO of New York.
You might be in White-chapel or in the
Amsterdam Juden strasse. Visit the
ghetto of any other large city and on a
large or small scale, with more or less
into no ic act06
No ghetto is thing of beauty. But all
is not trash that does not glitter. The
ghetto is not to be unqualifedly con-
demned because of it's shabby clothes.
It is to be condemned if at all because of
it's moral and spiritual effects. Like a
sky-rocket sending forth a continuous
shower of sparks but never exhausting