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8 JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE A erood time to buy WINTER -H'vr; ; s Hgrht NOW, i • rig’ht place to buy it i •> i VILL & DICK'S cloth ing - store. The cold weather is still before us, and owing" to the mild weather we have been having", we have a larg-e number of OVERCOATS, fur and fur-lined COATS, HEAVY SUITS, etc., which we are selling" at GREATLY RECCED PRICES. If you are in need of a fur coat, or overcoat, or a suit, it will pay you to call at our store and see our prices. BOYS’ and CHILDREN’S OVERCOATS at PRICES TO MAKE THEM MOVE. You can’t afford to miss these bargains. COKKEL & MARTIN Mineral Point, Wis Phone 170 THE BEST way to secure ci ; sfaction in DENTISTRY is to entrust j our work to the judgment and skill of DR. W. G. HALES TIIE 1) EM OCRAT. Entered at the Post Oflice. Mineral Point, Wls., as second class matter. S inscription, *1.2% per year in Advance. ■Subscription, #1.25 per year In Advance, Telephone 74-2. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Dr. Levfngs, the eminent specialist of Milwaukee, visited Mrs. Deahofe on Tuesday evening; and, while giv ing little encouragement to the hope of permanent recovery, thought her life might be prolonged by quiet and good care Dr. Deahofe became very des pondent and on Thursday morning, perhaps in a lit of temporary insanity committed suicide. While a man of marked peculiarities he was regarded as an able physician, and was honor able in his dealings with his fellownaen Later. -Since the above was written tin* coroner’s jury has rendered a ver dict that the deed was committed while the doer,or was temporarily insane, Mr. F. Stocker, W. C. Kopp, wife and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gabel and children of Platteville, Mr. and Mrs. liobt Kopp of Big Patch, and P.d and Gooege Stocker of Madison, spent Sunday at the home of L. Gibbons. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, will meet at the home of Miss Annie Beaumont on Wednesday next Jan. 13, at 2;,"It) o’clock. Prank McNeill has returned to Brown’s Business College, Rockford. He was accompanied by P-ank Crum, who goes there to also take a business course. George Brew, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brew, has returned to Mil waukee. where lie works at the trade of machinist. Patrick McMurrough and family and Pred Opie and wife spent New Year’s day at Union Mills. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Terrill and child are here from Sac City, lowa, visiting at the City Hotel. William and Peter Delies left on Friday for Laramie. Wyoming to at tend the funeral of Mr. Joseph Delles. Mr. and Mrs C. H. Cox, formerly of Mineral Point, now reside at Brod head, where Mr. Cox is employed by the C. M. & St P. Ivy. company. Edward Buss and Prank Perry from Lemars, lowa, are visiti.jg relatives in the town of Kendall and Darlington. Mr. and Mrs. George Woolrich and daughter Lelia returned last week from an extended visit with relatives at Peabody, Kansas. John S. Williams, who has pros pected and mined for many years on his farm north of town, has finally proved up, by drilling, a rich mineral range bearing both lead and black jack He is sinking a shaft, which is now down about sixty feet. Mr and Mrs. Joseph I Maust re turned home on Tuesday, after a visit at the home of Mrs. Maust’s parents in Pittsburg, Pa. Isidore Bride of Platteville is here for a visit of a few days with his uncle and aunt Felix H. McCabe and Mrs. Margaret Adams. John R. Jenkin and Samuel Wei bers are here from Chicago for a short visit. On account of the very serious ill ness of Mrs. S P Deahofe the follow ing members of her family are here: A. B. Kent, wife and daughter, of Winnipeg, Mrs. F. W. Densmore of Minneapolis, Alfred Kent and Allen W. Kent of Mount Clemens, Mich., and James B. Kent of Oklahoma. OLD TIME TURKEym A Once Popular Feast In the Pennsylvania Mountains. GONE WITH THE WOODSMEN. The People, Traditions and Associa tions That Made It Possible Are No More, and It Joins In Oblivion the Apple Cut and Quilting Bee. “It isn’t because there Is no more material in the Blue mountain region of Pennsylvania to provide a turkey eat that we have bad the last of those famous festivities,” said a former dweller of the district described, “for there are still wild turkeys a-plenty. “The turkey eat has gone out with the passing of the people whose homes, traditions and manner of life made it possible and with the occupation that was once theirs. “In the days when the turkey eat was the great winter festivity in the mountain districts between the Schuyl kill and the Juniata watersheds the sparse population was chiefly of rude and rugged woodmen and their fami lies, many of them descendants of pure Pennsylvania Dutch stock. Scores of them depended almost entirely on their skill with gun and trap for their food supply, “The cabins of these mountaineers were built of logs, the chinks between which were filled in with clay. A huge stone chimney rose at one end of the cabin outside, covering that en tire end, while on the inside It opened on a broad fireplace across that end of the room. “The cabin was banked all around with earth, against which hemlock and pine boughs were heaped. Sometimes rows of cord wood were piled up al most to the eaves, the better to keep out the cold, which is always Intense during "winter on those wind swept hills. “There was rarely a cabin with more than one room. The walls were dark and smoky, and from rafter or beam hung plentifully strips of jerked veni son and cl 'inks of smoked bear meat, along with hams and bacon from the family pigs fattened In the woods and almost as wild as the bear and the deer. But the choicest and best be loved thing of the cabin’s larder was the fat and well frozen wild turkey. “While the woodsman’s cabin was al ways prepared for a turkey eat, it never knew when it was coming. A turkey eat began with the making up of a party in a neighboring village or settlement. Taking along a fiddler, they would appear at this, that or the other woodsman’s cabin of a winter evening, and the woodsman and his family did the rest. “Instantly the birch wood pall of ci der came forth. While the cabin’s guests drank cider the host prepared and spitted the turkey over the hick ory coals In the fireplace to roast for the feast. When it was ready for the table it was placed before the guests on a big tin platter. Each one carved for himself, the plates being squares of birch bark. “The turkey eat was not complete, though, without a liberal supply of ‘paan baas’ and head cheese, and with It went the sweetest of rye bread and butter. Paan baas is a strictly Penn sylvania Dutch creation. “It Is made from the rich juices left after boiling the ingredients for head cheese, these being thickened to a stiff paste with buckwheat flour. This paste Is pressed in forms until cold and is served in slices. It is a dull blue in color, very rich and very good. “After the feast the turkey eat was rounded out by a night of jollity super induced by the fiddle and maintained by It In its music for the old fashioned cotillon figures and reels, which were danced until the gray of morning. “But most of those old time woods men have passed away, and on those who are still dwellers In the mountains the game laws have forced a situation that leaves them with their ancient oc cupation gone, and the hunt being no longer a source of maintenance its tra ditions have departed with It. The newer generation of these people is of other tastes and associations, so while the wild turkey is yet In proximity in that Blue mountain region to supply the material for the festive turkey eat the traditions and associations that made it possible are no more, and it is gone, like the apple cut. the quilting bee, the pig killing frolic and others of the old time rural pastimes that are now but a memory.”—New York Sun. Hot Stuff. The great editor looked up impa tiently. “Boy.” be said, “what is that rus tling In the wastebasket—a mouse?” The boy after examining the basket answered: “No. sir; it*s one o’ them poems o’ passion tbrobbin’.” “Well, pour some water on it and then drop it out of the window,” said the editor. “The building isn’t in sured.”—Kansas Independent. Cheap Riding. Uncle Zeke(back from the city)—You talk about cheap ridin": I rode twenty miles on a street k’yar. an* all it cost me was a nickel. Uncle Jed—Gosh! That ain’t nothin". When I was tbar last year I rode to the top of the tallest buildin" in town, an" it didn’t cost me a blamed cent I Chicago Tribune. He who has once done you a kind ness will be more ready to do you an other than he whom you yourself have obliged.—Holmes. Blasting Supplies. Persons wishing to obtain small lots of explosives can get same by calling at the John Ross mine, Mineral Point Wis., Gossard Corset. FRONT LACE. This excellent corset is sold in Min eral Point, by the agent Mrs. Orville Williams. Telephone 373. CLASSIFIED orW&ni advertisements i n the Demo’rat brin- profitable returns. Fivt cents per line per week. rOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT: MINERAL POINT, WIS., JANUARY 7, 1000- UNIVERSITY’S OPPORTUNITIES EXCEED INCOME I v,. . Plans for Greater Activities in Service of State. Biennial Report of President Van Hise Shows Needs of Institution—Ex-Gov ernor W. D. Hoard Urges Liberal Support by Legislature. That the rapid growth snd develop ment of the Unversily of Wisconsin, is proving greater than its resources, and that there is urgent need of immediate provision for an increase in its income i are shown in the biennial report of President Charles R. Van Hise which is now in press. The large increase in the attendance during the last two years, together with the prospect of an enrollment of over 4,500 students this year, the re port points oat, makes necessary an in crease in the instructional force, as well as important additions to the buildings and equipment. Ex-Govern or W. D. Hoard, president of the re gents, in sending the report to Govern or Davidson, calls attention to the fact that the opportunities of the university for service in the upbuilding of the state in every way are still far beyond the institution’s resources. “If the re quests for additional resources are granted by the legislature,” he writes, “it is my belief that in the future, as in the past, the results will more than justify the additional grants.” Needs Larger Income. To enable the university approxi mately to meet the most pressing needs in order to perform for the students and the state the work that it should do, President Van Hise shows, will require an increase in the perma nent income. He proposes to bring this about by a change from the pres ent two-sevenths of a mill tax to three eighths of a mill tax. This would mean but a very small increase to the individual tax payer,—only about 8 cents on a thousand dollars —and the report demonstrates that the returns already made by the university to the people of the stale more than justifies the belief that this small increase will he returned to them many fold. Mere Buildings Necessary. The permanent educational improve ment appropriation of $200,000 a year for a pediod of five years, President Van Hise proposes should be enlarged to $300,000 a year and extended to seven years, in order to provide for the pressing needs of new buildings, to buy the needed apparatus and books, and to purchase the necessary addi tional land. “On the basis of $200,000 a year for permanent educational im provements, we are getting farther and farther behind on the construction of needed buildings and other perma nent improvements,” says the presi dent. In order to provide for the immedi ate educational needs of the university there will be required a biology build ing, a building for the training of teachers, an additional wing to the chemistry building, a medical building, additions to the dairy building, a wing to the soils building, a pumping plant, wings for the engineering building, a drill hall, and the completion of tun nels and equipment for the central heating station. Students Should Have Dormitories. To carry out satisfactorily the plan of providing dormitories, or halls of residence, for students of the univer sity, the report shows that the present appropriation set aside for the con struction of these buildings, which is SIOO,OOO a year for four years, should be increased to $200,000 a year, the in crease to take effect July 1, 1909, and the appropriation to be for a period of not less than four years. “With the increase of from 250 to 300 students a year, the construction of dormitories will not keep pace wdth the grow r th of the student body, and we shall be far ther behind in meeting the real de mand of the students for living quar ters In the future than we are at the present time. “If, instead of SIOO,OOO per annum, we have $200,000 per annum for the construction of student buildings for a period of five years, we should be able -within a reasonable period to provide homes for a considerable frac tion of the students, but certainly for only a portion of those that would gladly have the advantage of living in a hall of residence under the control of the university.” Model School for Teachers’ Course. Another pressing necessity is the fur ther development of the course for the training of teachers and the erection of a building for a model school. “The university should have an elementary and secondary school directly under Its charge, in which observation and practice work may be done by univer sity students, and which may also serve as a laboratory for the depart ; ment of education,” writes President Van Hise. A building for a model school will probably cost not less than $150,0D0. Medical and Biological Buildings. The growth of the scentific depart ments. the report shows, makes imper ative the erection of anew building for the biological departments, with temporary quarters tor the college of medicine. The erection of a biological building large enough to ac commodate the departments of zoology and botany, as well as the medlcvi school departments of physiology, physiological chemistry, pharmacology and toxicology, temporarily, is strongly urged by Dean E. A. Birge and Dean C. R. Bardeen, as well as by President Van Hise, as one of the most pressing j necessities. While it may be practicable to lo cate these medical departments in the biological building temporarily, jt will be necessary in the near future to con struct the medical wing of the biologi cal group of buildings in order to give adequate quarters for the medical de partment now in the chemical engi neering building and also for the de partments ol bacteriology and patholo- gy and for the hygienic laboratory, all of which are temporarily located in south hall, as well as for the depart ment of anatomy now In science hall. This wing for the accommodation of the college of medicine will cost not less than $150,000. Engineering College Outgrows Building The inadequacy of the present build ings of the college of engineering, both for the instruction and the laboratory requirements of the many engineering students, furnishes still further reason for the extension of the educational permanent improvement fund. The present engineering building was con structed when there were about 400 students in engineering; now there are over 900. So rapid has been the growth in the number of engineering students during the last few years that, if it were practicable. President Van Hise believes that it would be advisable to construct at once an entirely new engi neering building which would be ade quate to meet the needs of at least 1,200 students of engineering. In con sideration of the other very pressing needs of the university. hov>. er, it hardly seems possible to construct an adequate engineering building imme diately, since such a structure would cost not less than $300,000. Tempor arily, to meet the pressing need, two short wings could be added to the pres ent engineering building at a cost of $25,000 each, and the new mining de partment could find temporaiiy labo ratory accommodations in the old cen tral heating plant when the boilers are taken out. More Land for Pure Bred Grains. Because the state gains millions of dollars a year as the result of the growing, on farms throughout Wiscon sin, of high bred seed raised on the university farm, the report urges that adequate provision be made for farm land upon which to develop these grains. In the past years the universi ty has been able to furnish only a portion of the amount of these pure bred seeds ihat have been asked for by the farmers of the state, it is cer tain that the exenditure of money for a sufficient, amount of land to furnish all the high grade seed which the farmers of the state request, would be repaid to them many fold. There should, therefore, be available at once $50,000 to purchase land for the agri cultural department, this additional land to be used largely for the raising of pure bred seed for dissemination to the farmers of the state. Poultry and Dairy Needs. Although for a number of years there have been very numerous re quests for instruction in poultry, it has been impossible for the college of agriculture to give this instruction, bo c use the funds available were inade quate to establish this department, and at the same time conduct efficiently the existing departments. Additional income, therefore, is necessary to pro vide for this much needed line of work. The rapid increase in the number of students in the long course in agricul ture has made it very difficult to pro vide for their adequate instruction in dairying in the present dairy building. Within the next year the dairy build ing should be extended to the north, President Van Hise urges, or else the pavilion west of the dairy building should be much enlarged for the stu dents of the long course. More Demonstrations for Farmers. The development of the many linos of demonstrating practically to farmers the more effective means of getting re sults in their work and of preventing needless w'aste, is likewise dependent upon the increase in the income of the university. For studying the peaty and sandy soils of central Wisconsin, additional permanent sub-stations, President Van Hise show's, are much needed, and could be secured with the necessary buildings and equipment for about $6,000. The demonstration work which has been so successfully carried on and which should be continued, in cludes such important work as, spray ing potatoes for blight; spraying and renovating orchards; plant breeding work in corn, barley, oats and tobacco; weed eradication by iron sulphate; the discussion of bovine tuberculosis, with post mortem demonstrations at county fairs, institutions, etc.; drainage of land: butter and cheese scoring exhib its; the improvement of the horse in dustry; dairy tests; cranberry work; seed control; northern Wisconsin sub stations; extension courses at county agricultural schools and elsewhere; as well as nursery, feed, fertilizer, and stallion inspections. “Any appropriations w'hich the leg islature may make for these lines ot agricultural extension work go direct ly to the people of the state,” writes President Van Hise. “They are not for the students in attendance at the university, either directly or indirect ly.” Increases In Salaries. During the past few’ years, the re port demonstrates, the cost of living has increased much more rapidly than the salary scale of the university. Har vard, Yale, and the University of Min nesota are cited as examples of institu tions w here the increased cost of living has already been recognized as the basis of anew scale of salaries. “There is no question that we must advance in our standard of salaries tc meet competition,” says President Van Hise in conclusion. “To pursue any other course would degrade the University of Wisconsin to a second rate institution. Buildings, apparatus and books are the shells of the univer sity. The men who constitute its faculty are its living force. If these men are not of the highest grade, how ever magnificent the buildings, how ever complete the equipment, the re sults of instruction and investigation w ill be'inferior to what the state is de manding ” inadvisable. During a snowstorm on the Highland railway a train was held up for an hour or two. The guard, a cheery Boot, passed along the carriages trying to keep up the spirits of the passen gers. An old gentleman angrily com plained that if the train didn’t go on he would “die of cold.” .“Tak* my advice an’ no’ dae that,” replied the guard. “Min’ y’, we chairge a shillin’ a mile for corpses.”— Dundee Advertiser. Sour Milk. The milk was not of the desired sweetness one morning, and little El mer pushed his glass away after tak ing a sip. “What’s the matter with the milk, Elmer?” asked his mother. “I guess the milkman has been feed ing his cow on pickles,” was the re ply.—Exchange. The Duel. Gaston burst like a whirlwind io Upon his friend Alphonse. “Will you be nay witness?” he cried. “Going to fight?” “No; going to get married.” Alphonse after a pause inquired, ; “Can’t you apologize?”—Argonaut. PASSED FROM THIS LIFE In Memoriam. “ The march of another comrade is o’er ” Comrade Ernest Naef was born in Saxony, Germany, coming to this coun try with his parents in his infancy. Early in 1864 he enlisted in the U. S. navy from Pennsylvania, and served until the close of the civil w*ar. He be came a member of George H Legal Post, No. 125, Department of Wiscon sin, in 1885. His death occurred at his home in Mineral Point, Wis., on the 3d of January, 1909, at the age of 66 years. Comrade Neaf was of a retiring na ture but was a faithful companion, a loyal citizen and a true patriot, loved by all his comrades for his genial dis position and true comradeship. Resolved, That the sincere sympathy and condolence of the members of this Post be extended to the bereaved widow and children of our deceased comrade, and in further token of our regard, the Post Hall be draped, and a copy of this memoriam sent to the family. By order of the Post, Geo. Jeuck, B. T. Prideaux, W. W. Williams, Committee. The following comrades were present at the funeral of Comrade Neaf, which took place on the 6th inst., Rev. S. A. Bender officiating: S. E Shepard, Geo. Jeuck, J. B. 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This interesting and money-saving catalogue is I <E.J. | The Re view of Re views Company, 13 Astor Place, New lork ||j|[| | Consult the Mineral Point Keal Estate Agency before buyin- city or farm property. 1 DAY’S Daylight Shoe Store Winter is here and we are supplied with an abundance of WINTER FOOTWEAR consisting of RUBBER FOOTWEAR FELT SHOES, ART! OS, GERMAN SOCKS, and in fact everything to make your feet glad Also a complete line of Leather Shoes. Come early and avoid the rush. J. H. DAY A SON, Props. Wo are agents for the Edes IMsTanniagCompany of Dubuque. lowa. All parties wish ing hides tanned suitable for robes may learn full particulars by calling at our store. .(. H. DAY & SON. MINERAL POINT OF TODAY NOTES IIV THE DEMOCRAT'S NEWS GATHERER. • Wes Fed ley of Benton is here this week working for the Mineral Point Telephone Company. Miss Beulah Doney returned to bus iness college at Beloit, Tuesday. Mrs. Edwin Prideaux returned from Janesville on Monday. She has been visiting relatives there during the hoi id ays. Misses Florence Prideaux and Eliz abeth Matthews returned to Monroe Business Institute Monday. Miss Matthews is an instructor in that in stitution. Mrs. A. T. Richards Sr. and chil dren returned f -om their Nebraska trip the latter part of last week. Charles Slater of Marlon, lowa, is visiting at the home of his grand mother Mrs. John Jeuck. Roxy Walker returned to Ripon, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lieder were called to Duluth, Minn., Tuesday, on account of the death of an immediate relative. Will Correll left on a business trip to Madison, Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Hendra returned on Saturday from a week’s visit with Galena relatives. A. W. Thoma left Monday on a business trip to Freeport, Rockford and other places. Misses Walker of Madison and Alice Melick of Dodgevllle attended the New Year’s dance here. Lawrence McCarville, of Kenosha, is a guest of relatives here. Mrs John Riley of Willow Springs and Mrs. Catharine Meighan of Dar lington visited relatives in this city last week. Miss Willett Bennett returned to Milwaukee Monday, to resume work as school teacher. Mrs. Edward Ellingen returned to Dodgeville on Monday. Robert Brewer returned to Madison Monday. Frank Ovitz returned to Pittsburg, Penn., last Sunday. Raymond Weidenfeller and Guy Harwich returned to Madison on Monday afternoon. A. Nance of Monroe and Karl Wagner of Freeport, both university of Wisconsin students, spent New Years with Raymond Weidenfeller. Miss Mary Wortner spent the holi days with her parents at Lodi. Jack Ovitz of Platlevillo, but now of Chicago, visited hero last week. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Ross and family returned Thcsday from a visit with relatives in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Miller and Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hlberlein returned Saturday from a visit at Fcnnimoru. Clyde Davis of Platteville was a caller in this city last Friday. J. D. James spent Sunday with ills wife at Warren. Miss Sarah Kearn and her brother John Kearn spent the holidays with relatives in Elgin. They returned last Friday. Miss Bess Brewer left for Uipon last Sunday, Agnes, who attends Ripon college, went baca Monday. Harold Goldsworthy, who teaches in the high school at New Richmond, departed on Saturday for that place. Mr. and Mrs. T J. Murphy of New Diggings, spent New Years at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Lynch. Miss Clara Engels returned to duties in Chicago last Saturday. The New Years oarty given by Roland Ross on last Thursday even ing was one of the most enjoyable events of the holiday season. The hall was tastily decorated in pink and green and cut flowers were used to add to the beauty of the dancing hall. Supper was served in the refreshment room and after dancing until some time in the New Year the guests all thanked their host for the social and pleasant evening which ho had so suc cessfully planned for them. Misses Jennie Jones and Temper ance Knight were guests of Miss Rox ena Billings at Cobb, a few days last week. Mrs. Harvey George and daughters Gladys and Mabel were New Years guests at the home of Mrs. Johanna Gundry. Miss Mary Gorgen, teacher at Grand Rapids left for that city on Saturday. Orville Tre week, who is taking a course in dentistry at the University of Michigan, returned to Ann Arbor, Tuesday. Mabel Masten of Darlington visited during last week with relatives in this city. Elgin Price for Butter Fat. For all hanci-Beparated cream deliver ed at the Mineral Point Creamery will be paid this week, ending Jan. !>, 33c per It) for butter fat. IX FREE PATTERN ] (your own selection) to every nub- I scriber. Only 50 cents a year. I ME CAUSES* I MACAIIMEWI A LADIES’ MAGAZINE, A gem ; beautiful colored plate#; latest fashions; dressmaking economies ; fancy work , household hints; fiction, etc. Sub roribc to-day, or, send sc. for latest copy Lady agent* wanted. Send for terms. 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