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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10

settled. The controversary arose on
the state trunk line IS where the
state relocated the Lamont road over
a part of the farms owned by John
Lancaster, Richard Howard and
Deery brothers. Mr.. Lancaster, who
had SIS acres involved and was Of
fered 1915 by the commission, was
finally granted the sum of $4,000 by
the County Judge. Mr.. Howard who
had approximately three acres of
land involved, got $1,935 and Deery
brothers, with about two acres in
volved, received $575. The amounts
above mentioned must not be under
stood to reimburse the farmers for
the actual acreage taken from them
but to compensate for the damage in
Cured by reason of the change to the
remainder of the property.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
ORVIETO WINE SUITED HIM
Story of the German Bishop Elk
plains the "Est, Est, Est" on
the Bottles.

There is story told of Ger
travelled through Italy. stopping at
every inn to which he came in order
to sample the wine of the country.
Whenever he found an exceptionally
good wine he gave his servant piece
of chalk from his pocket, and the
servant wrote the Latin word est"
on the door of the inn, meaning ut
is good"
Finally the bishop came to Orvieto,
and was served with a bottle OF
Orvieto wine When he had finished
it he asked for another; and when he
had finished the second he called for
a third; and when he had finished the
third he took piece of chalk from ms
pocket and went in person to the door
of the inn and wrote on it the words
"Est! Est! EST" which meant that
the wine of Orvieto was three times as
good as any other wine that he had
ever tasted. And from that day until
the day of his death he remained in
OENloIO anu uIdllh HoLIIlhS D"S ~ 'A~'"
wine; and his tombstone may be seen
in Orvieto to this day, stating that
he died of too much OrvietO.
AS for the wine of OrvietO, the
bottles in which it Is sold always
bear the words Est Est! Est" to
commemorate the excellent taste or
the German bishop.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
BREATHING Space.

The modern ideas of education are
all very well as far as they go, but
there is an old and Well-tried proyerb
which says that little knowledge is
a dangerous thing. Perhaps that is
why Johnny Jones's essay On air ran
like this:
Breath is made Of air. We breathe
always with our lungs, except at night,
when our breath keeps life going
through our noses while we are asleep.
If it wasn't for our breath we should
die whenever we slept.
Boys that stay in a room all day
should not breathe. They should wait
until they. get outdoors. A lot OF boys
staying in a room make carbonicide,
and carbonicide is more poisonous
than mad dogs, though not just in
the same way. 1t does not bite, but
that's no matter so long as 1t kills
you"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
Sparows to the Rescue.

News of a remarkable case Of bird
intelligence comes from Manchester,
London Tit-Bits states.
Several people at the Assizes noticed
the peculiar behavior Of Il sparrow
which was leaping from one of the
chimneys and then falling to the
roof as though injured, but nobody APP
peared to suspect that the bird was a
prisoner.
On opening the court the next day
the attention of the officials was at
tracted by the excited chirping OF a
number of other spaYoWs, and it was
seen that the original sparrow. was
still f1uttering feebly on the roof.
In few minutes the watchers
realized that the newcomers were feed
ing the exhausted bird and several
crumbs of bread and biscuits fell to
the ground.
Ladders were obtained and an at
tendant climbed to the, roof and found
that the legs Of the sparrow were
held fast by piece Of thread the
other end of which was entagled in
the brickWork. It was quickly re-
leased and after being given crumbs
and water was set free to join it's
fellows.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
Road Building in Lafayette
County.

Republican-Journal County High
way Commissioner Priestley and his
gang of men have nearly completed
the grading of the road between this
city and the Hicks corner. When
completed the road will be tailed,
and then there will be hard sur
faced road from here to Shullsburg
and on to Dubuque Also east to the
other side of Gratiot. Number
Twenty, will perhaps be changed
from Dill to east of Browntown, the
new road to so through the village of
Browntown instead of going over the
hill, as at present.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice OF Order for Final Settlement
Interstate Estate.

State of WiscOnsin-IoWa County
Court ss.-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a
regular term of the Iowa County
Court, to be held in and for said
county, at the Court House in the
City of DOdgeVille, in said county, on
the sixth day Of December, A. d.
1921, being the first Tuesday Of said
month, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
of said day the following matters
will be heard and considered.
The application of Julia Demuth,
eXecutriX of the, last will and tesla
ment of Alloys Schaumberg, late of
said county, deceased, for the exam
ination and allowance of his admin
istration account and the assignment
of the residue of said estate to such
persons as are by law entitled to the
same, and for the determination and
adjudication of the inheritance tax,
if any, payable in said estate.
And it is further ordered, that pub
lie notice thereof be given to all per-
sons interested by publishing copy
of this notice for three weeks sue
cessively, prior to said day of hearing
in the Iowa County Democrat, a
weekly newspaper published in said
county.
Dated this first day of November,
1921.
BY the Court.
ALDRO jerks, Judge.
John B. Reynolds, Atty. 14W3
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
STUYvESANTS WOODEN WALL
earricade Against English coIonists
Gave Name to the Famous Street
of Finance.

If there had not been war between
Holland and England there is no tell
Ing what would have been the name
of Wall street. The financial center
OF America might have borne any
other name and have been just as pow
erful as it is.
The wall that gave to it it's name,
an exchange recalls, was put up by
Peter Stuyvesant. The old peg-legged
autocrat had his own intelligence serv-
ice and he became convinced that the
New England and Connecticut colonies
were going to attack him. His town
north Of the fort was unprotected, and
he threw up a wooden wall from the
East to the North river. 1t was built
of logs that were used as palisades
with the upper end spiked.
Stuyvesant's information was cor
rect, because Connecticut was very
anxious to go to war and had become
satisfied Indian outrages were being
inStigated by the Dutch. There
was a meeting at Fairfield near
Bridgeport, where men were pledged
for the attack on the Dutch. Massa-
chusetts held off, and the next year
Holland and England made peace.
But the old wooden wall stood for q
half century and cramped the growth
of the town. There was Il ditch along
side it, and at night the gate was
closed and bolted and guarded.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
Mineral Testing Association Report for Month of Oct


James Terrell again has the honor
of having the high cow for the month
a grade Holstein producing 1859
pounds of milk and 60.4 pounds of
fat. The second high COW is owned
by James Harris, a grade Guernsey,
producing 915 pounds of milk and
56.7 pounds of butterfat.
James Harris has the honor Of
having the high herd for the month
His grade and pure bred Guernseys
averaged 704.4 pounds of milk and
32.89 pounds of fat. The herd was
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
The Effect of Ease.

Experts say that American women
are taller than they were 40 years
ago and that athletics is responsible.
But only a small proportion Of the
women of the country indulge in ath-
letics. 1t would be just as easy to
prove that the increase in height Is
due to less exercise than formerly.
Surely the broom and the washtub are
as effective muscle producers as the
golf stick and the tennis racket, and
the modern housekeeper does not as
rule have to work as hard as did her
mother and grandmother.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10

on pasture and no grain was fed.
The second high herd is owned by
John w. Tucker His grade and
pure bred Jerseys averaged $3.50
pounds of milk and $3.50 pounds of
fat
The following table gives the
names and records of the COWS in the
Association which have produced
more than forty pounds of butterfat
or 700 pounds of milk during the
period of thirty days ending Oct. 81,
1921.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
How Wisconsin Women Won the
Ballot.

State Historical Society Of WiscOn-
sin, Madison: The September num-
Der of the Wisconsin Magazine of His
tory has as a frontispiece a beauti-
fully executed cut of the Reverend
Olympia Brown. This cut illustrates
the article by Mrs. Theodore w. You
mans under the above title.
In her article Mrs. Youmans traces
the movement for woman's suffrage
in Wisconsin from its early begin
nings, about the year 1851, until the
final achievement of the right OF
Women to vote on all questions.
This is the longest article in this
number of the magazine, and has al
ready attracted wide attention.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
HIoo RoIIinu."

Log rolling meant originally the roll
ing of logs, after trees had been cut
down, into a stream or into heaps. 1t
was customary for the men of dis
trict to assemble together for this
purpose, and so log rolling afterwards
came to mean, in American politics,
that mutual aid which persons desir-
ing different ends give to each ether,
in order to get their schemes carried
through. 1t thus means reciprocal
jobbing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10

mineral POINT 90 OrOalH do ~
lows:
Section 1. The Mayor shall ap-
point Board of Park Commissioners
consisting of five members, when
appointments shall be confirmed Dy
the Common Council The members
of said board shall be appointed on
or before the first Tuesday OF De
cember, 1921, and when first appoint
ed shall hold office as follows:
One member to hold until Janu-
airy /, 1923.
One member to hold until Janu-
airy 1, 1924.
One member to hold until Janu-
airy /, 1925.
One member to hold until Janu-
airy 1, 1926.
One member to hold until Janu-
airy 1, 1927.
All appointments to be made after
the first appointments shall be for
term Of five years.
Section 2. Each member of the
Park Commission shall be a resident
and freeholder Of the City Of Min
eral Point and shall take and file the
official oath.
Section 3. The Board of Park
Commissioners shall discharge the
duties of board of park commission
ers as the same are laid down by Sec
ton 2708 of the Revised Statutes Of
the State of Wisconsin,
Section A. That said Board Of
| Commissioners as soon as authorized
shall report to the Common Council
an estimate of the amounts that will
be required to equip and operate the
parks of the City of Mineral Point for
the year 1922 and shall annually on
or before the first day of November
each year thereafter make a similar
report and estimate.
Section 5. This ordinance shall go
into force and be in effect from and
after it's passage and publication.
Passed this LIST day of November,
A. D. 1921.
L hereby approve the above and
foregoing ordinance.
ALLEN D. BROWN, Mayor.
Attest: Fred ]. Jeuck, City Clerk
Motion carried by all aldermen
voting aye on roll call.
Mayor Brown then appointed the
| following Members of the Park Com
mission:
w. H. Correll to hold until 1927.
! A. F. Bishop, Jr. to hold until
1926.
T. M. Priestley to hold until 1925
J. ]. Fielder to hold until 1924.
H. D. Ludden to hold until 1928
On motion Of Aid. Shepard the
above appointments were confirmed
Report of Municipal Theatre COM
mittee showing receipts and disburse
ments for the year ending August /,
1921, was presented and on motion
Of Aid. Jacka it was accepted and or
dered placed on file.
Mayor Browns appointed w. P.
Bliss, Frank Martin and Philip Cor
gen on the Municipal Theatre COM
mittee and on motion of Aid Gill
mann appointments were confirmed.
On motion of Aid Gilman the
drainage of surface water through
the culvert on Chestnut street at
FitzsimOns property was referred to
Committee on Streets with power to
act.
Moved by Aid. Sims and carried
unanimously that the Finance COM
mittee be empowered to borrow
$12,50O.O0 as they need it to meet
current obligations.
On motion Of Aid Gilman the
meeting adjourned.
ALLEN D. BROWN, Mayor.
Attest: Fred j. Jeuck, City Clerk.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
Stray Bullet Kills Horse.

Shullsburg Pick and Cad: Dick
Jackson lost a fine horse last We'd
nesday through accidental shooting
The horse was pastured on the B. H
Vipond farm and was found dead in
the pasture with bullet in it's head.
The party doing the shooting is un-
known and it probably was a stray
bullet from some hunters gun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
Will Kill and Cure Own Pork.

Platteville Witness: Recent lower
ing of pork prices means, if it means
anything at all, that the farmer will
kill and cure much of his pork this
fall and winter for his own consump-
resumption of the old time methods
of curing meats on farms.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
A Corn Picker That Does Work.

Platteville Witness: Will Mcbride
has a corn picking machine that is
capable Of picking and husking from
eight to ten acres of corn a day. The
machine requires five horses to pull
it and two more to draw the wagon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10

Wireless recently enabled an au-
dience 1000 miles away to listen to
concert at the University Of Wiscon
sin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
Darlington Road Case.

The Democrat: The highway case
east of the city which has lasted
more than year, has been definitely
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10

Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-10
ORDINANCE NO. 1873.

An Ordinance Authorizing the APP
pointment of Board of Park Com
missioners and Specifying the time
within which the Board shall be
appointed.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-08-26
ELKs' ADOPT BOY scoUrs

The Elks OF Minneapolis have pur-
chased as a permanent camp site for
the use OF local boy SCOTS, an 1S-acre
farm located on Lass Minnetonka
which Scout Executive Dale pro
nounces the finest camp site In Amer
ica. The former owner Of the farm,
Benjamin A Paust. has not only made
q generous sale price fer the property,
out has also agreed to help the Elks
finance the enterprise. II Is confident
ly excepted that othor Elks' lodges
throughout the country viii follow the
example OF their Minneapolis brotherS
And what did the boys themselves
say to the proposition? "Oh, boy,-
they exploded with siee. "A whole
farm with woods an hayloft an lake
to swim In an everything. These
Elks are regular guysl-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-08-26
Horticultural
Hints
PREPARE FRUIT FOR MARKET
Tentative Standard Grades VIII Do
Much Toward Abolishinq Exist
ing Confusion.

lPrepared By the United States apart
Hent Of Agriculture.)
Oooo prices ordinarily are not OBJ
tained for Inferior products, and the
Best Of marketing facilities cannot
overcome the handicap Of Indifferent
handling and packing methods on the
part Of the grower or shipper. Con
fusion, dissatisfaction and lack Of
stability In the markets are caused.
N large degree, by carelessness in
the preparation of fruit for the mar
ket. say specialists OF the United
States Department Of Agriculture, bu-
reau Of markets.
Success In marketing Strawberries
depends to a large extent upon proper
picking, grading, and packing. Straw.
berries Of a dependable grade and
pack inspire In the trade a confidence
that is reflected In a greater demand
and higher prices for the product, II
Is said. To furnish growers. inspec-
tors, and buyers with fairness to each
other and to themselves, the bureau
II markets has recommended grades,
which include what seem to be the
best features Of the grading rules
found In use in the various shipping
iections throughout the United States
The first grade, which Is known as
Z. S. Grade No. l, consists Of firm
strawberries Of one variety, with the
,ap and a short stem attached. They
must not be oyerripe, underripe. IN
ierdevel3ped, decayed. or moldy. and
shall be practically free from foreign
matter ard from damage caused by
sand, moisture. disease, insects, or
mechanical means. The minimum
diameter is yet at three-fOurths Of an
inch. In order to allow for variations
incident TO careful commercial grad
ing and handling, 10 per cent, by vol
ume, Of the berries in any lot may be
under the prescribed size. and, in add
ton, per cent. by volume, OF the
berries in such lot may be below the
requirements of the grade.
e. S. Grade No. . consists Of straw
berries that do not meet the require
ments Of the first grade and do not
more than 9 peT cent. ~ va
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-08-26
44BOG
SOU S
Conducted By National Council Of the Boy
Scouts Of Amsrlcz)
KNOW YOUR CITY

The Birmingham (AIa) Junior
Chamber Of Commerce IS doing a great
deal 10 aid scouting By a contest
known as Il Know Birmingham" One
hundred questions have been suggested
By the different civic organizations
covering the historical, geographic,
population, climatic, industrial, trans
portatiOn. public utility, municipal.
educational. financial, real estate and
general phases Of the city. The scouts
who successfully pass one OF the e1-
aminatiOns which are held each quar-
ter receives a bronze bar, bearing the
words II Know Birmingham" And
as soon as the scout earns this oar.
his record In civic service Is then kept
By his scOumaster and when he has
rendered 100 hours Of such service, a
small bronze civic service medal Is
suspended by chains from this bar;
then when his record, as certified by
the scoutmaster. shows he has rem
dered 500 hours Of civic service, q
silver medal Is substituted for the
bronze; and then when his total
reaches 1000 hours, he will receive q
gold medal In place Of the silver.
This contest Is stimulating much In
terest, not only among the scouts but
among the citizens as well. In addi-
ton to this award, the 10 boys who
pass the highest grades during the year
are taken on a truck trip over some
Of the old southern battlehelds and
points Of interest along the way. The
16 boys who take this trip viii meet
16 men from the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce on the night before they
leave. and hold a meet along the lines
Of the old-fashiOned spelling match
with these questions forming the basis
Of competition in place OF the spelling
Of words.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-08-26

Mount Demavend. the highest peak
In southwestern Asia. is an extinct vol
cano about 30 miles northeast OF Te-
heran. Ii has an altitude of 1850
feet and is the Hottest peak Of the
Elburz mountain range, which extends
500 miles along the southern shores or
the Caspian sea and into khorasan.
Mosuut Demavend towers high above
the surrounding mountains, which
average about 1900 feet in height.
and may be likened 10 guidepoSt OF
the series of ridges which separate the
semi-tropical region in the Caspian
basin 81 feet below sea level and the
arid plateau 1000 feet in altitude.
From its summit the ships of the sea
are viewed on one side and the Fer
sian desert on the other. Although
there is no record of the eruption in
historic times. its Summit is conicai
and the crater is still intact Numer-
Gus hot springs at its base are active
md the internal heat is sufficient To
ueIt the snow about the summit and
uncover large deposit OF sulphur,
which is brought down 10 the plains in
,ars as an article OF commerea
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-08-26
Mr.. BULL FROG.

Peter Gnome told Mother Nature
that he was always both amused and
interested in frogs.
They are such fun to look at" he
said. They are quite funny TO hear
and they have such interesting ways. -
Very well, Peter GnOme, the frogs
will welcome you 1 know"
yes" said Peter Gnome, "rd Ike
to talk 10 a frog about the ways Of
Frogland. or perhaps should say
Frogpondl
I'D Ike to hear what they do and
how they do it, and what their habits
are and what are the habits Of their
neighbors.
1T would be fun to hear what they
think Of their relatives. the Toads, and
to hear, in short, as much Frog his
tory as is possible to hear on a visit"
Mother Nature chuckled. you don't
want TO hear as much history in
short as you can but in long
That is-yOu want as much Frog
history as you can get"
True, true" said Peter GnOme.
That was what you said too. Of
course" said Mother Nature, but I
had TO chuckle when you said in
short, though Of course I knew what
you meant. Well, you must be of
now"
"Goog-a-room, goog-a-room," said
Mr.. Bull Frog. as he sat on a log in
his home pond. Il am indeed glad to
see you today, Peter GnOme.
Mother Nature told me you were
coming to call on me. You want 10
hear something OF our wonderful fam
lily &stOry, I believe? She hurried
that message to me and I received it
but q second ago"
IF you will be 50 kind as to tell
me-" said Peter Gnome as he made
q low bow.
Gladly, gladly, goog-a-room." said
Mr.. Bull Frog. IN the first place"
he began. Il will talk about myself.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-08-26

Pickles DfiHg series 20 FScKins
Sheds for Grading and Packing.
ume, of berries that have been seri-
ously damaged from any cause.
When packed and shipped In crates
the boxes should be well filed and
the following information plainly and
neatly marked on the end of each
crate: The grade name-U. S. Grade
No. l, or Q. S. Grade No. 2-the name
Of the variety. and the growers name
and address.
Strawberries that do not conform
to the specifications of one of these
two grades ordinarily are not high
enough in quality to be shipped When
stock that does not meet the require
ment of the U. S. Grsde No. 2 is
shipped, II can he sold only on the
basis of the general quality Of each
Individual shipment. The wide varia-
lion In value Of the different lots Of
such undergrade stock would preclude
the possibility Of placing them IN
definite grades. In the determination
OF grades for strawberries the factors
to be considered are size and quality.
The size Of strawberries varies
widely with the section and with the
variety. However. as size normally
would be considered as much as, OF
more than. any other factor in con
nection with grades. the minimum size
for the No. grade must be definltel,
stated. In districts where two grades
are recognized, size is usually the
main difference between them While
L &c not practicable to separate nj
re different sizes In the same man
Ger in which boxed apples or oranges /
ire sized. more careful attention is 4
,eeded in order to prevent boxes filled (
With small berries from being mixed 4
With those Of desirable size In the
hipping crates.
Berries that are waterscaked or have
he least indication of decay should
ot be shipped. and those which In
nv way have become bruised.
rushed. cut. or otherwise damaged for
hinping should be kept out OF the
owes