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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-05-15

emOkracija v dObi kriZe.

Voini Gasi prinaSajo vedno gotove nevarno-
si IA demokracijo. Skoraj povSod namrec Sc pre-
vladuie mnenje da sc more voiua lie diktatoricno
voditi GeS da nastane sicer kaOSV katerem le vsak
uspeh nemogoG. To argumentiranje Sluzi pray po-
sehno monarhijf insituciji. Hi polaga moe
roke enc same oSebe in tenn, kakor pravijo, IL
klju:uje moznoSt vsakega protAovja in nereda
Kdor je vajen kratko miSiti, bo ahko spre-
jel tako tvrditev dokaz. Pa veldar ie Ia nauk
popOlnoma zgreSen. &c ie ti>a oSeba, kateri je
izrocena obaSt neSposobna, mora doSledno vse
sbupaj hudiG vzeti.
Nj pa ttreba nit tega. Napake mOnarhicnega
nauka kazeiO monarhije same prakSi. Noben po-
Sameznik nj IL talega nenayadncga tesla, da hi
mOgel deianju izvlSevat cblaSt, Xxi mu e
nroGena kot vladarW: niti uspeSno Nontrolirati
ne more vseh tistih, ki iih naStavi "a zvrseva-
ME OblaSti, i'm elm veGja je avtOkraciia, tenn wee
ie anarhije niej.
Toda sedania voina je dala zagcvornikom
diktature move argumente. Pozivaio sc ma Neanti-
jO. Kazejo nam io, Od vseh Stran Obdano od so
vraznikOv, pa vendar vet kakor dive lett vseh
Straneh zmagOvO. To - pravijo - je bilO lie zato
mOgOce, ker Sc NemGija ME igru demokracije,
ampak izroca IIindenburgu diltatGrsko voiaS&o
moe, Won Batockemu dfltatOlsko oba>t mad Zivi-
Ii in ker enostavno komandira Svoje zaveznike
Njeni nasprotnili imaio pa .povSod oelDore, vSak
cas- konference, vSe pCSvetuje nihte ne Ukazuje,
i'll cato so bill neprenehOma tepeni.
IL tega sledi. da mai vojnem taSl pome-
de vsaka demOkracija, konstitucionalnc>t in Svo-
bOda, pa maj uredi diktatorN:no
Ali navedeno mnenje nemSkih zmagah ina
veko luknio. Gotovo more tajiti da je do
segla Nemcja militariSticno velike u.pehe, in da
je vzdrzala Svojo notran jo stuacijo kub velikan-
skim tezavam. Ampak tega nj pripiSati nobeni
diktaturi in ncbcni avtokraciji temveG ma eni
strani deistm, ia SO ie Nenl6iia resnici veliko
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-05-15

boil smotreno prpravljala "a vojno kakor njene
naSprotnice ma dugi strani po organizacijii Ne
Batoclijeva diktatura, ampak obSirna organza-
cija je Nemeijo resila izstradanja.
kar sc ti6e vojne ma joz jen zmiSiu, voisko-
vanja, gotovo he hi moglo biti uspeSno, 6e bi Sc
ponovie razmere M casa blagopokojnh Hofk RIGGS
ratov, ko nj snel vojskovodia priGeti nObene bit
ke dokler mu nj kurir prinesel dovoljenja Du
naja. Ali TAXI nezmsi nimajo niG opravti demo-
kraciJo. Oni dokazujejo da Sc smeio delat ne
umnoStl, ce Sc hote dOseci uspeh in da Sc mora jo
OdgovOnostjo druziti tud gotove pravice, ne pa
da je diktatura Dol jsa od demokraciie.
Tudi V Zedinienih drzavah opazamo, odkar
zapletle vojno, veliko nagnenje "a srspen-
diranje demokracje PU<azalo Sc je popolnoma
laSno takozvanem vohunskem zakOnu k ie oh
segal cenzurne dolO6be Zoper svobodo besede Dav-
iJenje tiskovne svObode ie sedaj enkrat pora-
zeno. Necina svobodo Gasopisja je bila sicer
majhna, toda bia je vecina Tud po ovinilu cez
posto, prepovedjo postnega razpoSi jania, Sc ne
bo moglo meni niG tebi nic zadusiti svobodno mne-
ME. Da je bila cenzurna tocka V vohunskem zako-
nu porazena ie znamenje, da je ostalo kongre-
su vendar Sc nekaj demOkrati6ne vest cetudi j.
je treba vcasi kolOm podrezati. Mala razlka
gaSOvih dokazuje. da nj bila mai lbrze vadna pred
lOga celoti in hrez isprememb ddba vecino, ce
ne hi bio casOpisje vodo ostrega boja zoper ma
gob6nik in de ne bi bill naval peticij pokaza kon-
gresnikom in senatorjem, da ne bodo takimi
akciOnarnimi skepi nic kaj posebno uStregli
licem.
NaskOk ma svobodo 6asopisja pa nj bill pojav
sam Ease, ampak spada protdemokraticno stru-
jo, Xxi iO ustvarajo vojne razmere sploh. Kakor
maj bo diktatura nad vojaki, mad oroziem, mad
strategicnimi natrti, tako mai bo tudi diktatura
mad tasOpiSjem. Najde mai glava
drOsti pona, in ta maj odloca, kaj Sc sme pisat
II kaj ne.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-05-15

Sedaj re pravi. da jc pozkus uvaianja splosne vo-
lilne pravice frivolen.
Da Tisza kdai izpreobrne, ma TO pa: nj
misliti. Taxi Oigarhi nep0hol Sljivi Tud TisZa
spada med tiste, Xxi mslijo, da je vsaka koncesia
sabost in da Sc vsak despotizem ahko drzi &c
ina lie despot dOvolj trClno vol 10.
CpOr mad jarskega tirana zoper sploSno vol-
no pravico je TEN trdovratneisi ker ina vec ma
gibov. Prvi je ia, da njegovi Maori Sc popo-
noma fevdan Ogrska ie gospodarskem razvoju
Sc zelo zaostala i'll njena industrial Sc nina take
ga pomona in vpliva kakor Zapadnih dezelah
Aristokraticni veepGseStnik tam Sc mali Via
darji, Tisza pa je eden najveGiih med mimi u
nJfhovo gOspOdarskO moGjo e Spojena jih poll
tlcna moe In Tisza zeli, da hi vedno tako ostalo:
on tudi verjamc, da lahko tako ostane ce ie lie
nJegova kasta dOvolj trdna in nepopustljiva
DOsedanji razvOj mu je dajal prav Velepo-
setnlsko plemstvO goSpoduje neomejeno, ker so
njegovi reprezentanti brutalni, ker iih lrona Sci
II in ker Sc oprajo ma vojsho. In navidezno res
nj treba mic druzega, kakor da Ostane vlada jOca
aristokraciJa energitna i'll butalna pa bodo Sc
DAME razmere ma Ogrskem ovekovccene.
tenn bi bill ovekoveGen polozaj, XII nj "a ne
koliko mil jonov ljudi ma Ogrskem skoraj mic bol-
81 kakor suzenistvo. Iluda mora tlaGi sedani
druzbi industrijskega delavca. TOda njegovo ziv-
ljenje je raisko prmers polozaiem poljede-
skin deavcev ma velikih la.ifundijah Ma tisoce in
We, k ne spoznajo od rojstva do groba nti mai
manSega uzitka razun zelodGnega, in &c IA TO je
uzek silnO pretran izraz Edini tolaziteli nil
howl mraEni bedi je zganje Kar Sc prpoveduie o
romanticnem zivljenju mad jarskega 'ckoSa' i'm
poljskega delavca, je izmiSje in &c Sc od-
bijejo Od takh praviic vse azi, ne ostane mic dru-
zega kakor stradanje, pomanj jkanje in skrb.
Lastniki velepose,tev med katermi so neka-
terra prava mala kral jestva, vecejo IL te bede o.
gromne krvave profile, Xxi jim omogoGaio pravo
fevdalno zvljenje nekdanjosti
Druga krivica, Xxi je utrjena $ politGno brez-
pravnostjo, je naconalna Poeg Madjarov zive ma
Ogrskem Slovaaii, Nemci, Rusini, Rumuni Srbi,
lirvatje, SlOvenci. Madjari ne dosegajo polovice
vsega prcbivastva, kljub temu vadaio tako alb
soutno, da ne prihajajo vse ostae narodnosti
skupaj politiGno poStev
Ali vIadajoca kasta hoGe enotno madjarsko
drzavo. Vse nasno mad diariziranje sicer nj imelo
tistega usjeha, XII ga je prcakovala oigarhiia.
dasi Je precej oslabila nemadjarske narode. A DO
hticen sistem ie YES cas- ohranil in utrdil madiar
sko supremacijo.
Socialni in nacionalni absolutizem hi dobil
smrten udarec, &c hi sc vpeliala splosna in enaka
volilna pravica
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-05-15
Ogrska VO1ilna praVica.

"Frankfurer Zeitung," Xxi ie navadno dCbro
obvescena o avstroogrskh dogodkih, poroGa, da
sc je Ogrski minstrski predsetln;l Stefan Tisza
nekem canku lista ''lgazmondo" naSlednie IL
razil aplosni voflni pravci na Ogr~kem:
"Csoda nase domovine, k ie bila iunasko o.
branJena ma meji, sme ugroevati $ frivol-
MIN poizkusom uva ianja sploSne volilne pravice'
TIE besede so Stefanu Tiszi poponoma primer
he. Ma Ogrskem, kier je politiGna reakcija tako
velika, kakor mixer Evropi izvzemsi morda
Turcjo, in kjer je brutanc:,t povsem sama oh Sc
III raZumlJiva rec, je Tisza najbruanei pred
Stavmk nazadnjaStva. Pod njeoovo vlado so Sc
Hvrsla Sistematfcna nasilstva. Xxi cello IA to de-
Zeio kr'ceca. Pod njegOvim rezimom je, sicer
pod krinko parlamentaI izma, naSelil najnesram-
nelsi absolutzem, XII Sc je cisto lahka meril o.
MIN car:stiGni Rusi
Volilra pravca je ma OgrskCm silno omejena
In p0vrh Sc kOrumpirana nesramno vono geo
metrJo To lie pomeni ie, da je maSa liudstva IL
klJucena IL poticne pravice, ampak da je tudi
omoeOtena najvecja poticna demoralizacija.
"Osrske voitve' srednji Evropi izraz "a We
i'ke volilne separiie. FevdaIni voilni sistem o.
mogOca, da ne zmaguie nti veGna tisth XII ina
20 vOlllnO pravicO, ampak vednO le vlada
Ogrsko malo plemstvo III meSGanStvo ie OpO-
ziclonalno. Socialist seveda SplOh morejO do.
biti glasu parlamentu ker ie deavstvo politiGno
popOlnoma brezpravno. Ali ce hi bile in ce hi mo-
gle bti votve vsaj po sedanjem volilnem sste-
mu svobodne, ne bi imela sedanja vada in sploh
nobena vlada, XII sluAi dvoru, nikdar veGine Ma
djarsko mescanstvo ie vecinoma kosutovsko: tax
Je tudi veiI del nizjega pemstva in tudi nekaj
vEsOke aristokracije.
Ko so bile po padcu iberalnc stranle le en-
krat voltve nekoko svobodne, Sc ie to takoi po-
kazalo parliament je prisla ogromna opozici-
onana veGina in "a dvor so nastac slime stiske
PoHkus mnistrstvOm generala Fejervaryja sc
Je pOponOma ponesrech in naposled nj ostalo mic
druzega, kakor imenovati opozcionano minisr-
stvo. kralj Franc Jozef je moral ma svojem dvo-
ri sprejeti Franco KoSuta, sna tstega LajoSa
koSuta, XII ie eta S4S. razglasil da je habsburska
dinastja "a vse case ma Ogrskem odStGvljena.
kljub Ogromni poGpori paramentu pa je
bilo IvlJenje opozicionane Wade vcndar razme-
roma kratkotraino. Seveda je bila tudi sama mno-
go kriva. &c hi bila prav razumela Svojo zgodo-
vinsko nalogo. hi bila opozcija porabiG svojo OBJ
last prvi vrsti vpeliav0 splosne volilne pra-
vice. lie $ TEN bi 81 bila mogla napravti podla-
go, ma katero bi Sc bia lahk0 bolie oprala To
dolznost je zanemarila. VpraSanje mad iarskih "a
stav in ogrske krone armadi Sc il ic zdelo vaz-
nelse. IA tc privilegije ie bia pripravljena IL
polniti vse dunajske mhtarstiGne zahteve, XII 50
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-05-15

Tisza meni, da je njegova moe dovoli veli-
ka, ola odvrne to nevamost. Incl bi morda Sc "a
dogiedno dobo pray in strOjnimi puSkami hi Sc
lahko ubijal vsako gbanje "a politicne pravice
ce ne b bilo vojne, lii ud Ogrske ne zapusti brez
globokih sledov
kakor Avstrij tako so tudi na Ogrskem
mogotcl udarJeni slepOto. Tsza imenuje poiz-
kus "a splosnO volilno pravco frivolen V resnici
Je nlegovo trdovratno avtokratiGno staliSGe fri
VolnO, ker ne more biti ObStanku sedanie Ogrske
nic boil nevarnO kakor to-
Notranje demokratiG reforme hi bile ed
no, ker hi moglO Sc reSiti Avstrio in Ogrsko, vsai
tenn zmisu, da bi osalo priblizno to- kar lie Sc
daJ habsbuiSka monarhija, ma nekakSen nacin
skupaJ. I'm scer hi morale te reforme bti tako
daekosezne, da b obsegale dober ko, resniGne
socialne svobode in narddno avtonomijo
'IlSza We, da bi bill to kOnec sedanje Avstro-
Ogrske. Kajti bill hi konec dosedanjega avstro-
oerskega sistema, kar je veajega pomona cd gee
grafitnih meia
Ali ker sc Tisza pray zaradi tega upira vsem
reformam, izziva resitev po drug poti, XII mora
Postatl velikO bolj radikalna, kakor Ge hi vlada
sama odnehala in preuredila nOtranje razmere Tia
resltev Je vOJni pOraZ ali pa revoucija
llsza ne veruJe ne emo ne drIgo. In ker
ZklJucuJe vsako tako moznost, ie njegov raGun
pomanJkfJiv, vsled tega napaGen Ker verrie e.
dno vase I'M svojO nesramnost izSiljuje pogin
'Siega, kar Dl DaS "a VSakO cenO rad Ohranil.
Ruski vojni minister general GuGkov ie temi-
slonlral Svoio demisijo je utemeli s sledeGim
plsmom mmisrskemu predsedniku:
81 ozirom ma polozaj, katerega ie bila DO
staviJena vlada, zlasti avtoriteta vojnega mini
Stra glede ma sike armada in mornarco. kate
rega polozaja ne morem izpremeniti XII pa grozi
usodeponim posledicami "a obrambo dezee, IA
Svobodo da, IA sam obstanek Rusije ne morem
dale uzvrsevati funaicij vojnega in mcnariskega
minlstra in nositi odgovornosti za resne grehe.
storjene proti naSi dezeli'
ltllski Justtni minister sodrug Kerenskii ie s
topm apelom nagovoril delegate fronte in iim'
razozl nevarnost, Xxi zuga revolucii, Ge re potrpi
armada toliko, da bo :posobna "a svojo nalogo ma
boJlscu Nagasa je, da je sedaj treba treznosti
IN discipline email ste trpeti in molGai desetle-
TIA in zpolnjevati ukaze sovraznc Wade Znah ste
cello streljati ma svOje lastue Judi kadar Sc YAM
Je ukazalo. Ne morete Ii sedaj nckoliko potrpeti
svOb0dO?'
IL vseh takih vestih ie jasno, da gre sedaj ma
krlskem "a socialisicno naGelo organzacije ali ma
"a anarhijo. Gorje, ce hi bila druga mocne jsa To
bl pomenilo neizogiben povratek carizma
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bile prav tisti cas- velikanske Habsburski dvor je
pa zahteval pomnOzitev rekrutov it'd. Srez ONE
njenih privilegiJev, Xxi bi bill baje razcepi ar.
madO.
ker sc ia spor nj mogel resti nobenm kom-
promsom, Se je dinastiia odloGa "a nasilstvo.
Polkovnik Fabricius je bajonet razgnal parla-
ment.
Poem je bill grof Khuen Hedervary XII je do
kaza svoje despotitne sposobnosti kot ban ma
HrvaSkem, imenOvan mnistrskega predsedni-
ka. Nekaj casa je vodil Opozicijo "a nos, doker
nj dovrSsi svojih priprav move vOlitve Pri teh
je ba VISA dezea polna vOjastva in vlada je dobi-
la veliko vecinO.
Kdo mai veriame, da Sc je opozicOnalno mis-
ljenje mad jarSke burzvazije ceZ noe izpremenO2
To mesGanstvO, XII je vozilo Fejervaryjeve velike
zupane mrtvaSkih vozovih "a sramoto po mestih,
je Ostalo OpOziciOnalno TOda ma6 stevilo volilcev
sc mnOgo loze terorizira podkupi in sploh korum-
pra kakor masa ljudstva.
Doller bo ma OgIskem volilna pravica taxa,
kakrSna je sedai, ne bo govora rtstavnosti am
pax bO vladal absolutizem. Vladi je mogo6e, da 81
sestavi parliament po svoji volji, i'm tako ie vlada
ogicno brez kontrole. Ker ie pa Tsza absolutist,
je povsem razumljivO, da upira splOSni volilni
pravci vsemi stirim
Ogrsko ljudstvo mora ia trina seveda skrajno
razburjati. Toliko je politiGna zavest pac re po
vsej Evropi razsirjena, da zna ljudstvo vsaj de-
Iona ceniti pOmen politicnih pravic Ali razun
tega je bila ogrskemu Ijudstvu sploSna in enaka
volilna pravica re davno obljubljena. Feiervary-
jev notranji minister Kristoffy je predlozil Fran
Gu JOzefu naGrt volilne refOrme ma podlagi splOs-
ne voilne pravice, in kralj ga je odobr. Toda
obljuba je Ostaa objuba. Kristoffy ie padel,
Habsburzani pa nikoli nso misili, da iih obi jube
vezejo.
Khuen Hedervary in "a MIN Lukacs sta &c
nekoliko sepomisila napovedjo volilne reforme,
katere pa vendar nikOi nj bilO ko ie priSel Ste
fan Tisza, je naprav vsej tel igri brutaen konec.
parlamentu je bojevala Justhova stran-
ka poStenO splosno volilnO pravco Izven par
lamenta je sOcialna demokracija vodila boj Toda
Tisza nj moz, XII Sc ustrasi preivanja krvi, ce ie
potrebnO njegove interese. Ko so socialist ma
povedali generalen strajk zaradi splosne voline
pravice, je Tisza enOstavno napolnil Budimpesto
in ostala vecja mesta vojastvom, ma trgih je
taborila infanterija, pO vogah so stale strojne
puske in - strajk je bill ubit.
Odkar je vOjna, sc pogostoma ponavlja kic
pO splOsni volin pravici. V zaGetku je Tisza od-
govarjal ma te zahteve, da imajo joni zakopih
pac druge mis, kakor volilno pravico in da jih
bodO imeli tudi tedai, kadar Sc vrnejo liz zakopov
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s-tet Ra koristi dSlAv-
SkSaa liuAstva. Delav-
ci 90 opravicsni do
vsssa kar produciraio-
This paper 10 devoted
to the interssts OF the
working olass. Work.
ere are entitled to ali
what they produce.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-10-04
DODGEVILLE

Fred Minnie of Minneapolis visite'
over Sunday at the Richard Robert
home.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Anderson an,
daughter Blanche and Mr. and Mrs A
Marshall motored back to Chicago Sat
urday, after visit at the w. Fl. Rog
ers and Ed. Bishop homes.
Miss Alice Reese of Madison wa
here over Sunday visiting her father, E
A. Reese.
Under Sheriff r. Nj. Hillary trans
acted business at Platteville Saturday
Miss Quinn of Calamine is here visit
ing her sister Mrs Will Slaterley.
Will Slatterly underwent an opera
tion at St. Joseph's hospital Saturday
Drs. Hughes and Hamilton operating.
Mrs Elizabeth Samson returned Sat
urday from a visit at Lake Mills and
Milwaukee.
Mrs Joseph Parry and two sons and
from visit at Beloit
Miss Mable Prideaux is attending
Browns Business college at Rockford
Mr. and Mrs Henry Kramer have
returned from visit at Waldwick with
their daughter Mrs Ed. Daley.
Several from here motored to Camp
Grant Sunday.
John Ellis left Tuesday for an indefi
mite visit with relatives in Muskegon,
Mich.
Herbert and Aldro Enger went Sat
urday to Chicago for an extended visit.
Thomas Raine and family of Miflin
were Saturday callers here.
Mr. and Mrs j. A. Van Malta and son
Clinton and Mrs Frances Comstock
motored to Platteville Sunday and Wis
tied at the home of Mr. Van Malta s
parents.
Miss Leone Wong returned Monday
from visit in Chicago and Milwaukee
Joseph Rogers returned Monday from
a visit with his son Elmer at Beaver
Dam.
Stan Gordon of Milwaukee came
home Monday for visit with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs A. W. Gordon. -
Mr. and Mrs r. J. Pollard and Mrs
Hugh Parry visited with Mineral Point
friends on Monday
Milton Brown of Mineral Point was
caller here Saturday evening.
Miss Agnes McDermott left Tuesday
for visit in Madison and Milwaukee.
George Martin left Monday for Wis
it with his son Joseph at Muskegon
Mich.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-10-04

The following are some good OppOr-
tunities offered by the Mineral Point
Real Estate Agency at the Democrat
Office:
The property known as the John
sold alta bargain if sold soon. tits very nice
little home Lot contains q acres of land, plenty
Of nice shade trees, and 3. good house in nice
location has large rooms with closet and pan
try; also good clstern and wood she'd
The Lindsey property; 10 rooms,
pantry and closets; good cistern; hot water
furnace; electric lights; new garage.
The home of Peter Stendebach is of :
fered for sale. 1t is modern and will be SOLD
at right price.
The McIlhon homestead, corner of
Commerce and North streets. This property
will be sold at reasonable price.
A good frame dwelling, on Hoard
street; Q rooms; two good cellars; good cistern
small barn. Price very reasonable.
One Of the best dairy farms in this
section; consists of 261 acres, house and good
barn; nicely located; good running water; in
fact. one Of the best stock farms; ~ miles east
price IT sold soon.
A fine building site near st. Mary's
church; four good lots-about one acre.
"A lilo DulluIuS lOU Ou EOuuCdlu SCTe0L ;
very cheap.
A desirable building lot on Fountain
street will be sold at bargain if sold soon.
A homestead in Second ward; house
contains rooms, has cellar, good cistern; fruit
trees on the place. Pleasantly located.
The home Of Joseph A. Arthur in the
Second ward; house contains 8 rooms, pantry,
and closets has good cellar; a little over an
acre of land. Also "a acres of pasture. Will
sell together or separately if desired. Will be
sold at a bargain if taken soon.
A good residence on Ridge street !;
house has eight rooms; good cellar and good
cistern; house is electric lighted and has hot
water and hot air furnace.
Choice building lots in Mineral Point
are scarce; but an opportunity is here offered to
secure fine, centrally located lot in Strong
addition, being the property CT A. W. Thoma
125 $50 feet. 1t will be sold as one lot, or will
be divided into two lots and sold separately
Price right.
Lot No. in the Oates Subdivision or
the west part Of Dodge street.
We have some other very good offer
ings in city and farm property. It will
pay intending purchasers to investigae
CRAWFORD BROS.
S. E. SHEPARD
Telephone "a. N. x. VANMATRE
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-10-04

Camp Grant Sunday, where they are il
training with the q. s. A.
DR.. w. A. Sears and family, Mr. ani
Mrs John Joestgen, Jr. in Survey Sun
day.
Misses Katherine and Mary EIliuger
left Tuesday for weeks visit Will
relatives at Dodgeville and Union Mills
The body of Miss Doris Hartford wa:
conveyed here Sunday, accompanied
by Mrs Jones of GAINESVILLE school for
the blind. The funeral took place
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Charles G.. Carroll and
family of Linden were guests Sunday
at the home of Mrs Carrolls parents,
Mr. and Mrs Benz. J. Tonkin.
Romano Healy, Milton Brown,
Russell Huxtable, Reuben Hewitt visit
ed at-Madison Saturday and Sunday
Uriah Gardner visited his parents at
Linden Sunday.
Mrs Dennis Lynch. from New
Diggings is spending the week at her
home here.
Mrs William Doyle spent the week
end with Miss Catherine Sullivan at
Platteville.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Brown and son
Edward visited at Highland Thursday
and Friday.
Henry Branger left Wednesday for
Milwaukee, where he is employed.
Mr. and Mrs Ell. Schreiter and son
Kenneth S. West and wife, George E.
West and wife of Darlington were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs George Jeuck,
Jr. Sunday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-10-04
MINERAL POINT OF TODAY
NOTES BY THE DEMOCRATS
NEWS GATHERER

Tuesday afternoon Of last week while
Roy Thrasher and William Gilman
were working at the formers new
house the scaffold on which they were
standing broke causing both men to
fall about twelve feet Aside from the
shock of the fall Mr. Thrasher was not
injured but Mr. Gilman broke hi
right leg above the knee. He is getting
along as we'll as possible.
John and Philip Gorgen and Victor
Meuer, Arthur Ryan, and Frank
Reilly visited our boys at Camp Grant
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Collins, Miss
Margaret Sullivan and brother Mack
and Miss Marie Nalty of Monroe were
Sunday.
Miss Nancy Lambertson left for
Chicago Monday to work for the
United Charities.
Mrs Hester Foske returned to her
home at Tarkio, Mo-, after a visit with
Mrs N. K. Van Metre at the Charles
Allen home.
Mr. and Mrs j. j. Lynch of Darling
ton visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Engels Sunday.
w. P. Bliss. John Chamley and son
Harold, D. c.. Jacka and Dr. A D.
Brown visited Camp Grant Sunday.
Mrs Reuben Ellsworth Jr, and Mrs
Elmer Peters spent Thursday ct
Darlington.
Mr. and Mrs A. F. Bishop, Jr. were
Sunday visitors at Camp Grant
Edward NJ. Leahy of Kansas City,
nephew of Mrs w Jeuck, Sr. Mrs
Morgan, Mrs Reinhart and Mrs j. J.
Fielder, is with the 117th Ammunition
Train, 42nd division, motor truck No 2,
at Camp Mills, Hemstead, New York,
DR.. and Mrs George Shedding and
little daughter returned last week from
a stay at Waukesha.
Miss Hannah Coleman of Evanston
is visiting her sister Mrs Alloys Bur-
ghardt
Mrs Fred Opie and mother Mrs
Mitchell, Miss Alma Richards and Mrs
Catherine Tonkin have returned from
visit with Mr. and Mrs John Barry at
GAINESVILLE and with Frank Mitchell at
Camp Grant.
Mrs w. T. Lottinville Went to St.
Josephs hospital at Dodgeville last
week for medical treatments and is
improving.
Mr. and Mrs j. j. Fielder and son
Joseph were guests of the Fl elder
families at Cuba City Sunday.
Miss Anna Walker visited Miss Sarah
Kearns at st. Joseph's hospital at
Dodgeville Sunday
Born, to Mr. and Mrs John Barry at
GAINESVILLE. Saturday, September %, a
son. Mrs Barry was formerly Miss
Annie Mitchell of this city
Mr. and Mrs Calvert Spensley left
Monday for visit in Chicago.
Mrs A. w. Hopkins and little son re-
turned to their home at Mad ison Fri
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-10-04
the THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION OF
THE new YORK WORLD
in 1917

in 1917
Practically Daily at the Price
of Weekly. No other News
paper in the world gives so
much at so low a price.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-10-04
CORN PRODUCTS OF OVEN
Hoe Cake.

Hoe Cake.
Scald corn meal with enough boiling
water to make batter as for pan cakes
add teaspoon of salt; cook slowly on
both sides in well CREASED griddle.
Corn Dodger.
Mix like hoe cakes add small
amount of butter or lard; when cool
form into cakes and cook in hot oven.
Corn Meal Cake.
l cup milk; cup corn meal; J
teaspoon salt; mix together, heat slowly
until boiling; spread on buttered pan
inch thick. Bake in moderate oven un-
til crisp.
Spider Corn Bread.
Mix II cups corn meal with l tea
spoon of soda and teaspoon salt; add
two eggs we'll beaten and cups of sour
milk. Melt butter in pan, spread we'll
over, turn in mixture, bake 20 minutes
in hot oven.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-10-04
FOR SALE.

The N. Treweek property situated
north of the Municipal building park. This
property includes three dwelling houses and
shop. If you are interested in the whole or any
part of it inquire at The Democrat office or of
any member of the Mineral Point Real Estate
Agency.