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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
state Historical. .'.'.', OR WILCOX
Delivers, a Patriotic Address in
Mineral Point

Senator Wilcox, candidate for COVER
nor on the Republican ticket. arrived in
Mineral Point last Wednesday evening,
where hs was scheduled to make a po
litical speech. He was met by COM
mittee of prominent citizens of the city
and informed that arrangements had
been made for his address to be made
during the intermission in the band
concert. Upon learning that a band
concert was to be given this evening in
the park, Senator Wilcox stated that
under no circumstances would he make
a political address, as the band concerts
are paid for by subscription from citi-
zeus of all political parties and it would
be entirely improper, in his opinion, to
discuss the political phases Of his can
didacy for governor. The Senator,
however, consented to make short
patriotic address to the large audience
which had assembled. Senator Wilcox
said in part:
"There have good many young men
gone away from this county, and when
the government of the United States
placed its hand upon their shoulders
and said, 'We want you to serve"
they couldn't say, take Jones or Smith
or Brown or take my neighbor. No,
they had'to 60 personally and render
that service, and they did 60 and they
willingly and cheerfully and gladly like
good American citizens and Christian
gentlemen. But, when you think of the
service they are rendering, and what
sacrifices they are making is there any
thing in the way of perfectly safe ser
vice we have at home which you and |
can do, which at all compares with that
are giving and rendering across tho
water. Nothing-nothing whatever to
be compared to it. This war
is calling to the hearts Of the American
people for new endeavors and new sac
rifices and it will not call in vain. The
sacrifices will be made; they have been
made, and out Of this great conflict, we
shall emerge whole and strong and clean
again, more fit than ever before to share
in and perpetuate the blessings of dem
ocratic liberty
Our Commander in Chief.
while l do not belong to the same
political faith that he does, l want this
splendid audience to join with me to-
night in sending out wave of love and
sympathy to that lonely man down
there in the Whitehouse, who has the
whole burden and responsibility of this
tremendous conflict on his shoulders
our Commander in Chief, Woodrow
Wilson, President OF the United States
Senator Wilcox was introduced by
Joseph j. Fielder.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
Monkeys Valuable Discovery.

A literary discovery has just been
made at the monastery of Mekitaristra,
in the island Of st. Lazarus, at Venice.
A pet monkey had climbed to the top
Of bookcase, where it seized hold of
a bundle Of papers, and, breaking the
string, showered down a number Of
letters, the ink of which had become
yellow with age. They proved to be
a long correspondence between Lord
Byron and the monks of st. Lazarus,
with whom he had once resided.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
WALDWICK FIELD DAY
Labor Day, September z, 1918, for
the benefit of the Red Cross.

This day will be the time when
Waldwick will show her gratitude to
the boys overseas who are daily taking
part in the victories of the Allies over
the Kaiser and his boards. For that
reason the entire receipts will be turned
over to the Red Cross.
The Management is doing all in it's
power to make this a remarkable sue
cess; therefore let the people of the
neighboring towns and country show
their appreciation of the work of the
boys overseas and the noble work Of the
Red Cross by attending the Field Day
at Waldwick in a body.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22

DodgevilIe Chronicle: The though
often comes to US that after an expert
ence of thirty years in dealing with all
kinds of people that the man who is al
ways pointing ont the weakness of the
other fellow and telling how dishonest
the world is, we have found that with
that man it is very satisfactory policy
to have an additional name on his note
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
Union Telephone Company Sold.

Dodgeville Chronicle: J. F. O'Con-
nell and J. A. Pratt Of Madison have
purchased from E. l.. Harman the New
Union Telephone company. The deal
was closed Monday and the new own
ers took possession Immediately. Mr.
Harman, who bought the exchange a
little less than year ago, has not de-
cided what he will do in the future,
but expects to be called upon to help
Uncle Sam in some way.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22

Fennimore Times: A number OF
prominent citizens of Wisconsin have
received heavy sentences lately for sedi-
tious utterances. No sympathy should
be wasted on them. They simply got
what they had coming. But it should
serve as a warning to other people of
similar inclinations and with loose
tongues.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
UNITED IN MARRIAGE
Stude-Ma ack.

Miss Bertha Stude, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Lawrence Stude, and Mr. Clark
Mack, son Of Mrs Henry Thies of this
city, were united in marriage at st.
Paul's Church, Monday morning, Aug.
10, 1918, Rev. FIR. O'Reilly officiating,
After the ceremony dainty wedding
breakfast was served at the home of Mr.
Mack's mother, to the near relatives.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
No Change in the September Sugar
Allotment.

MADISON, WIs.-No change will oc-
cur in the sugar per capita during
September, says A. Fl. Melville secre-
tary of food administration, who has
received a telegram fixing the Septem-
Der allotment at $780, 900 pounds. This
is only 575, 900 more than in August.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
Majesty Of the Law.

'Here, nowr sternly commanded
Constable Sam T. Slackputter, the re-
doubtable sleuth of Petunia. "4ou
fellers move on there Scatter out !!
You're blocking the sidewalk so folks
can't get along. And, besides all that,
I want to see a little Of that there
dog fight myself before it is all over"
Kansas City Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
Plants Travel by Air.

In Porto Rico, where the atmosphere
lis moist and balmy, air plants often
lodge in the most unusual places and
produce some weird effects while grow
ing. Frequently they establish then-
selves on telephone and telegraph
wires. The insulation rots in places
and the plants take root, grow and
thrive.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
BUY A SAVINGS STAMP
One Or More During Victory Week
September 1st to 7th.

This will be the true test of your gratitude to
boys " over there,' in their recent victories. It
more in patriotic way, than to make
speeches listen to them. It is substantial---one
cannot purchase munitions and supplies with
speeches, but it may and be done with the
receipts from the sale of War Savings stamps.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-08-22
Unclaimed Letters.

MINERAL POINT. Aug. 10, 191S.-Let-
ters addressed as follows remain unclaimed at
the Mineral Point postoffice:
Miss Ellen Byral, J. Halprin
Miss Emma Rush
In calling for above please say advertised.
GEORGE CRAWFORD, Postmaster.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01

Every monument that leaves orr
shop IS true example of consun-
mate skill and designing and solid
excellence in QUALITY GRAM
1TE or MARBLE.
This establishment has an excel.
lent stock Of finished monuments
for your examination, can show
you nnay OF lis monuments erected
hereabouts. and. of course, has a
full complete line of superh
samples to select from.
Grant Ms the favor Of quoting
prices, etc.
WAHPETON
MARBLE and GRANITE WORKS
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
Wood Withstands ouake..

The ability Of wood construction to
resist severe shocks and strains again
was demonstrated in the earthquake
that destroyed Hemet and San Jacinto.
CAL, few days ago. Telegraphic re-
ports from Hemet say that "the vos-
burg hotel, a frame structure, with
stood the shock, while its brick neigh
bors fell fiat"
Lumbermen point out that there is
nothing peculiar in this. On account
of the toughness Of its fiber and it's
resiliency, wood can stand many
twist and jar before 1t breaks or loses
Its shape. A wooden building will
"give" without injury to itself and then
resume its original shape. At the
worst, In case Of an unusually severe
earthquake shock. it might be twisted
out Of shape little but would not
crumble or collapse. Brick buildings,
on the other hand, have no elasticity.
The brick and mortar of which they
are constructed are brittle, when com.
pared with wood.
The reports from California, the lum.
bermen declare, merely 60 to empha.
size the advisability Of building Of
wood in districts subject to earthquake
shock.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
Took the Biscuit.

Tas Nudcumhs Prevaricating and
Debating society was In session, and
Ill was proceeding peacefully and har.
moniously: till the rat-story man
spoke.
Some people," he said, consider
the rat hasn't got much sense; but
they're wrong. For instance, once I
saw q mother place her year-old babe
In front Of the cottage to sun himself.
and, to keep his spirits up, she gave
the little chap a big feeding bottle Of
milk. As I watched saw a rat creep
up to the child, and my heart was In
my mouth. feared for the baby. But,
bless you, the rat was only -fter the
milk! He just slipped the at out
of the child's mouth and into .is own,
and then thoughtfully put the end Of
his tail into the child's mouth by way
Of q comforter"
With a great sigh the president
handed him the biscuit.-London Tit.
Bits.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
PROBABLY SET HIM THINKING
Reply Of War Department Official to
Slaeker's Request Might Almost
Be Called Caustic.

The following letter, addressed to 4
certain braach of the war department,
and dated from a town somewhere in
the West, arrived in Washington a few
days ago:
Dear Sirs: I am a young man who
would like to get into the fray against
the kaiser and his hOrdes. am TWEEN.
ty-one years Of age, of splendid ply
sique, being five feet and ten inches
In height. I weigh about $50 pounds.
am quite an athlete and q graduate Of
the local high school. Together with
these qualifications. I have had con.
siderable experience in business, hav.
ing managed for some time various
automobile agencies. am quite ia.
milfar with many kinds of automobiles.
Il would like a position in some
branch OF the war department as q
typewriter and stenographer."
The officer to whom this letter came
Tor a reply has seen considerable &C.
tive service. not only in this war, but
In others. He notified his stenographer
that he would write personal answer
to the young man who desired war
service. A portion of his letter was as
follows:
young man. your letter has been
received in this Office, and am writing
you personal letter. 1t will be short
and to the point. have son. He Is
Just your age. height and weight. He
has splendid education and has been
considered quite an athlete. You have
the advantage Of him in business; he
has never had any business experience.
my son is in France-where you
should be- .,.4
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
WRIT FROM SUPREME COURT
Haits Proceedings Against Governor
and AdIutant General.

ana AoJueant General.
st. Paul, July 15.-Contempt pro
ceedings against Governor ]. A. A.
Bdrnquist, Adjutant General w. r.
Rhinow and Secretary H. w. Libby of
the Public Safety commission in the
Ramsey county district court were
halted by writ of prohibition issued
by the state supreme court.
Judge Andrew Holt granted the writ
application and set the hearing for 10
a. m. next Friday. The application
was presented to Judge Holt early
today by Ambrose Tighe. special az.
sistant attorney general for the State
Public Safety commission, and James
q. Markham, staff assistant In the
state legal department.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
How Insurance !. Paid,

Washington, July 16.-WidespraaA
impression that Insurance Of men IN
tho military service 10 paid in lumn
sum after their death led the War -.
partmeot 10 make the announcement
that payments Of bsneAts are made
over period Of 20 years. The insur
ance 10 payable on the death of the
insured On the basis Of @5.75 Der menth
for each @l.os0 Of Insurance for ia
monthly t1stalnents. For tho mevt
mum Of $4,000 the beneficiary would
1sesavs . payneat q $3.50 Per msnth
GH b yserl.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
Presidents Who Were soIdier..

More than half of our presidents
have served as soldiers. Washington
and Monroe We're soldiers in the Rev
olutionary war: Jackson William
Henry Harrison, Tyler, Taylor and
buchanan in the war Of 1917. Lincoln
In the Black Hawk war; Taylor,
Pierce and Grant in the Mexican waf:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Ben.
5aIain Harrison and Mckinley in the
Civil war; Roosevelt in the war with
Spain.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
"oun Without .peer.-

What the Scientific American calls
"a gun without a peer" is the new
$40 mfllimeter mobile howitzer built
by the Creusot works for the French
army. 1t is mounted on a railroad
carriage and fires a shell 2O.47 inches
In diameter. It is a fort wrecker, and
one shell from it is said to have suf-
feed to reduce Fort Malmaison, on
which the Germans had spent so much
time and labor. to a pile of dust and
debris.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
AUSTRIA ABOUT TO cRumBL

Rome Military and Political Observer,
Are Confident.
Rome. July 16.-"Austria is about to
crumble away" is the opinion of politi.
cal and military observers here after
the publication Of the latest reports
from Albania and the Balkans, whore
the Allies have succeeded in perfect.
ing q single front, extending from the
Adriatic sea to Salonki, on the Aegean
sea. a distance of some 200 miles.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
PEOPLE LEAVE zEEBRuecE
Germany 10 Forcing Evacuation Of
Submarine Base.

Amsterdam, July 15.-Reports re-
ceived from the Belgian frontier de
clared that civilians are being evacu
ated from Zeebrusge and are beine
moved eastward.
No reason can be assigned afor re-
moval Of the civilian population OF
Zeebrugge, other than that the Ger
mans may have decided that Belgian
spies co-operated with the British in
the recent naval raid on that port or
that the Belgians are being removed
to act as laborers.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01

ALE century there million land within
half thousand miles of Omaha upon which not even blade
OF would grow. Today upon very deserts are
wonderful orchards and tremendous weatfds
full OF possibilities What the land needed In time
there came farmers who knew that they could
to th and they dug bitches and to their
properties from the surrounding lakes they titled the
earth with their brains we'll their pows-they became rich
through irrigation.
Advertising has made thousands Of h just because they
OF into that could busy
ions by 'rrgationby drawing people from other sections
The successful retailer the keeps stream of
chasers coming his 1t isn't the spot itself that
the man who makes the pay Ceners of trade
selected by the pubhey created by
the pubic-the newspapers
New neborhoods for business being constantly built up
men who have located themselves in which they
changed from deserted into teeng ostn
through advertising irrigation.
The sorekeeper who whnes that his neghborhood holds him
back IS qunng at the truthhe is hurting neiehborhood
1t lacks streams of buyers he easily enough secure them
reaching through the columns the daily
from other sections to to him. Every influences
toner OF competitor he only gating own field but il
dverting the streams which merchant de-
pends for existence Men and live next door to .hon
that does not plead for their will drawn
establishment miles away. \
he circulation OF every nothing than rese
voir OF buyers from which shoppers direction that
promises the most value for the least money
The magic Development of the has its parae
merchandising OF the who consider the
power which can make two grow grew before
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
WHY
Hot Water Cast On Stove
Doesn't Touch Il

It 10 impossible 10 throw q few
drops Of water on red-hot stove.
The water can never touch the stove
at all. What is seen is a few drops
running rapidly over the surface, grad
ua&y getting smaller as they disap-
pear. Il the drops are on q perfectly
level place one can see under them to
the other side Of the room. thus prov
ing that they are not in contact with
the stove itself. What actually hap
pens is that the bottom of the drop
changes at once to steam or vapor on
coming close to the hot surface, and
this vapor is supplied by the drop as
1t gradually goes away. So the drop
rests on cushion of vap0r until It is
entirely dissipated. This state Of wa.
ter is known as the spherical stage,
and 1t is Of interest simply on account
Of its peculiarly and seemingly para
doxical behavior. The reason why the
drop is not Immediately evap0rated or
changed to steam is also very inter-
esting. The water vapor that inter-
venes between the under surface and
the red-hot stove is very bad con.
duct0r of heat, and consequently the
full intensity Of heat cannot get into
the water itself, only the amount
transmitted through the vapor being
available for that purpose.
Some Member Has Served the United
States In Each One.
When f. Levi Dees, aged fifty. en-.
listed recently in the engineering
corps In st. Louis, a record of 40
years was perfected, member of the
Dees family having served in every
one OF the six wars in which the Unit.
ed States has participated.
His great-grandfather served IN the
Revolution. furnishing his own rifle.
clothing, etc. His father, Justice
~ H. Dees 'ot Edkardsville enlisted
for the Civil war at the age of four
teen.
Levi Dees is an expert engineer, and
his age. which in other branches
would be considered drawback, was
regarded as an asset. After passing
the examination he was sent to
Wilmington. Del.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-01
REFINED GOOD TASTE

is apparent in the new wall pa
2efs shown here exclusively.
There is an entire absence Of
gaudiness OF glaring cplor. Tn
papers produce an atmosphere
OF rich luxuriousness without
ovsrstepping the bounds Of
good taste. We know you1l ap-
preciate these papers when YOU
see them.
the NYAL STORE
u. MILLER 4 Co., Drusalsts
Wahpeton. N. D.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-04
By RALPH E. CROPLEY.

NF the ships sunk by the Germans in British
" waters between January, 1915 and May,
1918, 4O7 have been salvaged. Of these lat were
refoated during the first five months of 1918, the
increase being due to improved methods rather than
to greater activity of the U-bOats While they lay
in the repair basin awaiting their turn have been
fortunate enough to some of these ships van
ouished by the fortunes of war. With their gaping
wounds deck houses shot away, shreds of rigging
dangling from broken masts like devastated cob
webs, stacklesS painless, streaked with rust and
caked with barnacles, they spoke of distant lands,
of strange horizons of storm and tempest, of deeds
we'll done.
The hardships and personal sacrifices experienced
in salvaging them are worthy OF place beside the
glorious records of the men who navigate the Dan
ger Zone or 60 over the top into No Mans Land.
For the sea, which sometimes has suddenly de-
stroved the work of weeks and swept men to their
death in the twinking of an eye, has not been the
only enemy to combat, as U-boats have frequently
brought destruction to the lives and hopes Of the
salyagers Yet in spite of ALL the necessity of max
ing the world safe and decent place to live in has
caused men to stick to it and retrieve from the
bottom of the sea ships which one never would
have thought could be made seaworthy again.
Struck Mine in Arctic Ocean.
Among the tales OF lngenult! anu uafihS 'he1e IL
none more praseworthy than that Of the Liverpool.
The name is necessarily fictitious. She's ship
which in times of peace is well known to the travel
ling public While making hurried trip to Arch
angel before the ice should close that port she ran
afoul of mine field which German submarines had
studously laid in the Arctic Ocean.
Il suppose they kissed themselves good-by,
remarked to the naval officer who telling me
about it.
Darn near had to, " he replied, taking extra
pull at his pipe as if in the way of emphasis
Except that the old man had grit, good head
on his shoulders and well built ship to back him
up | don't think any of them would have been
saved 1t was devil of fix to be- in up there
smong the ice foes, winter coming rapidly, a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-04

hole as big a house abreast your No. : hatch and
no port of refuge under three hundred miles, and
that only reached through ice fields.
Fortunately the bulkhead aft of No. 2 held, even
though the Liverpool settled by the and took
bad list. How long it would hold of course was
problem. The old man dared not steam ahead, as
the ice would finish her in short order and she
never could have lasted long enough to back her
three hundred miles to port even if her rudder
didn t get smashed by the ice
Captain H., Inspiration.
Something had to be done and that quickly,
for if she sank and her crew of 500 had taken to
the boats it was almost certainty that not one of
them would live to tell the tale Why? Well not
a boat could have reached open water before the
Arctic froze Solid and no rescuing ship could have
got to them under six months. Six months on the
lee, with only lifeboats shelter, which any mo-
ment might be crushed, impossible situation,
to say nothing about the question of food.
AS no ship could reach him before the ice
blocked the sea the old man backed her hundred
miles to the nearest land and showed her ashore.
She would at least be shelter during the six
months, the worst thing happening to her being
that the drift of the ice would cause her to grind
her bottom to bits.
Suddenly the old man developed brain
which turned out to be an inspiration. The Liver
pool had large cargo of munitions-no explosives,
Just empty shells, &c. This the crew were speedily
set to dumping overheard the side from which
would come the drift of the ice Being ashore the
water WASH t very deep alongside and the cargo was
enough to form a breakwater TO protect her, if she
could be got afoat, from having the bottom ground
out of her.
AS the cargo out she foated except at the
bow The old man soon saw that he coudn float
her there even if he put temporary patch over
the hole So there was nothing to do but to part
the Liverpool from her bow and this was done
dynamite as has been done in of other ships
whose noses got too familiar with some rocks. And
during the six months she lay behind her cargo
breakwater her sunken bow also functioned as
part of that ingenious contrvance.