Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-01-25

Maurice Grace was taken to Chica
| go Sunday for medical treatment.
Miss Mary Dallas of Survey was at
over Sunday visitor with Miss Joestgen.
William Carpenter of Vista, Neb.
arrived here Saturday to visit relatives.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Fine
at Linden, Saturday, Jan. 20, a daugh-
ter.
Alex Mcneil is visiting at the
home of Lawrence Leonard at Hollan-
dale.
/ Yesterday MIR. and Mrs. John E.
Plank returned to Lewiston, Montana,
after visiting relatives here. They
were accompanied by Miss Mae Narack.
On the evening of January 18th,
about 400 relatives and friends, many of
them from Mineral Point gathered at
the Yellowstone cheese factory to help
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McIlhatton cele-
brate their 25th wedding anniversary.
Coal will be delivered in Chicago
even if it is necessary to use the state
troops, and strike or no strike, he
would not permit mills and fac
| tories TO shut down and people suffer
from cold in their homes, says Gov
Lowden of Illinois.
Eggs were used to increase the
attendance at meeting of all mems
bible classes at Alton, ILL., One strict
ly fresh egg was served to everyone
who was present. Mayor Edmund
Beall of that city furnished the eggs
from his chicken farm.
Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edw.
Curnow, Jr., was operated on Tuesday
evening by DR.. Gratiot of this city and
DR.. Jackson of Madison for appended
It's The little fellow is reported as
getting along favorably, which we all
hope he will continue to do.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. II. Cox, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. W. Huxtable and Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Black of GAINESVILLE. Mrs.
Thomas Cridge of LaSalle H., Homer
Clark of Mif1iin, Harvey Huxtable of
Chicago and l.. G. Martin of Cedar
Rapids attended the funeral of Mrs.
Mary Huxtabe here Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Knight of Reno, Ne
vada, was a guest at the John Knight
home two days of last week. She
came from Platteville, where she at
tended the funeral of her mother. who
died very suddenly at st. Louis, Jan.
10, enroute to Los Angeles, CAL, where
she intended to spend the winter.
The value of Wisconsin crops in
creased from Sl75 000,00 in 1915 to
1854, 900 900 in 1916, gain of s79, 000,-
900 in single year, according to the
federal department of agriculture
This is the largest farm output ever
registered for Wisconsin. Wisconsin is
now fifteenth state in the Union in
value of farm crops having advanced
from seventeenth in 1915.
VII DudIu DdluTudy OulpoltiS iTdlii
was E. l.. Hartman, the hustliDg man.
ager of the Mineral Point Telephone Co.,
bound for Indiana, where he will appear
before the Indiana Telephone Commits
sion as an expert witness on a case
concerning a raise of rates of com
pany of that state. The trip will not
be devoid of pleasure as Mr.. Hartman
will visit few days with his father at
North Manchester, Ind, before return
ing home.
The Mineral Point Zinc Co., is
sinking a new shaft on the Meloy tract
about one mile north of New Diggings.
Wis. This mine will be known as the
Hoskins mine, being named after b. A.
Hoskins of Galena, general manager of
the company. Many years ago. Moses
Strong, prominent mining man, oper-
ated mine on this property known as
the Phoenix mine, but in his search for
earthly treasure, satisfied himself with
lead. The Hoskins bears every indica-
ton of becoming one of the best mines
in that locality. Several buildings have
already been erected on the site.