Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-07-31
Editorial Notes.

desired a complete rest and hoped
to get it in his summer home. While
he is resting he is receiving the
more prominent men in political
life, rendering thu more important
decisions in executive matters and
preparing large number of speech
es to be delivered on his fall trip-a
fair summers work for the ordinary
man.
A Coz pany is being formed to ex-
plot ICE mine near Flagstoff,
Arizope large quantities OF ice are
situated a cave near that town
and it is believed the product can be
sold at handsome profit.
While the democrats, in Congress
and out, are caviling at the Ship
Subsidy bill, the Canadians are Of
fering large premiums for the estab-
lishment of trans Pacific steam
ship line with which they hope to
secure control of the trade of the
Orient.
More irrigation canals have been
constructed, and more money for
the irrigation plants has been ex-
pended in the state of Louisiana
during the past two years than in
any state in the arid region.
When Mr.. Shaw became Secretary
of the Treasury there was an en-
ploye on the rolls whose duties were
SO varied and multitudinous that he
was regarded as Indispensable, not
withstanding the fact that he went
on frequent sprees. One day Mr..
Shaw inquired what would be done
if Mike" were dead and the reply
was that they supposed they would
have to get along" Then consider
him dead so far as this department
is concerned" said the Secretary.
Senator Platt, in a recent inter
view, revealed the secret of his po-
litical success Speaking for the
benefit Of young politicians he said,
Never give anyone the right to
say that you have broken your word
to him. Be careful about making a
promise, but when you have once
passed your word stick to it though
it may be to your own detriment."
The Thomas w. LAWSON" the
first seven-masteu schooner ever
built. was launched recently at Bos-
ton. She will engage in the coast
wise trade and will have a carrying
capacity of s, 100 tons.
Some of the most eridute students
of the war between Great Britain
and the Beers ascribe the formers
numerous defeats to a lack of that
army organization which has long
been advocated by the best friends
of the army in England. The pres
ent administration has profited by
the lesson and is seeking to perfect
the army organization in this coun-
try.
Tt is claimed that a process has
been discovered whereby the peat
Of Ireland can be converted into as
perfect an insolator for electrical
wires and machinery as is now Sc
cured from gutta-percha.
It is fortunate that combinations
by the Senate are made in executive
session, for it is presumable that
Senator Tillman's remarks when
Senator McLaurin's nan q is sent in
for confirmation as judge, will not
be exactly proper for publication in
the Congressional Record
The office chair, easy chair and
looking glass used by Charles Dick
ems in the editorial Office of All the
Year Round" were recently sold to
collector for $425.
1t is easy for the democrats to
talk of anti trd list laws now that they
are out of office, but the public will
not forget their failure to pass such
legislation when they were in power
nor the qualification of the demo
cratic platform by Senator German
when the Wilson bill came upon the
Senate.
An opponent of the bill providing
for the leasing of the public lands
for grazing purposes, recently cited
the case of the Marquis Of Salisbury
who leased five acres of land for
that purpose in what is now the