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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06
The Northern Excursion.

The excursion to Northern Wis
consin last week, conducted by JAS
L. Gates and his son Robert, Of
Milwaukee, was a complete success
in every sense of the word and we'll
may these enterprising promoters
feel highly elated over the venture.
The two hundred and sixty or more
guests who partook of their hospit-
ality were given an opportunity,
many of them for the first time, of
viewing a portion of Wisconsin's
broad domain lying to the north
which is fast being transformed
from wild state into homesteads,
and which in few decades will be
as populous and as productive as
Grant and other counties in the
south.
The train consisted of seven vesti
buled sleepers, day coach and bag
gage car and was made up at Madi-
son Friday night, leaving that point
at 1915 a. m. Breakfast hour found
us at Chippewa Falls, where the
first stop was made. At 9 a. IN. the
train left for Cartright where the
entire party was transferred to con-
veyances and taken across country
nine miles to Long lake, one of
Wisconsin's most beautiful and
picturesque inland bodies of water,
and destined to become within a
few years one of the noted summer
resorts Of the state. Seven miles in
length and mile wide, with gravel
bottom and beautiful banks, with
water as clear as our Klondike
varying in depth from to so feet,
little is it to be wondered at that
the husky muscallonge and gamey
bass have pre- empted it as a fit
place of habitation, and such it is
one of the finest fishing spots in the
country.
A dinner of baked beans, coffee
and sandwiches served in down.
eastern style was the main feature
of the lake program and a return
was made to the train, leaving Cart
right at 4 p. M, proceeding to
Cameron, where a transfer was
made to the 500 road, thence to
Ladysmith-the much talked Of
metropolis of the new county OF
Gates. Two years ago 81 people re-
sided here and today the population
is placed at 1900 with SO new houses
in course of construction and scores
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

nature, Identical with that Lancas-
ter is now operating. Clarence Ed
wards, a former Lancaster boy, is
city attorney and making for him
sely an enviable record in this
northern city of hustle and hustle.
After dinner we proceeded through
Clark county to Neillsville, another
enterprising place and the county
seat. Drive in any direction and
the finest farm lands that exist any
where can be seen as far as the eye
can reach. The people are thorough
ly progressive and alive to the in
terests of their communities. Here
also our party was banquetted and
everything done to make the sojourn
a pleasant one. At II p. m. the
train pulled out on the homeward
journey and we arrived at Madison
at 4:3O a. m. Monday.
This abbreviated description of
the most enjoyable trips the writer
has ever had the privilege of par
taking can not be complete without
a few concluding words of praise for
the man to whom such great credit
is due for opening up to settlement
the vast tracts of land in Clark and
Gates counties especially, and pro-
viding the ways and means where
by former wilderness is converted
into comfortable homes and produc-
tive farms. Without making him
self at all conspicuous JAS. L.
Gates has been an important factor
in this great transformation. Mr..
Gates theory was that this idle
waste could be made a garden spot
and work that has already been
carried out proves this to be true.
The broad and liberal policy he
adopted illustrates the character of
the man, and in his son Robert
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

necessarily be Independently rich to
procure a home as terms allowed
are of most liberal nature The
most magnificent water powers in
the world are found on every hand
waiting only to be harnessed to
wheels of industry to supply the
universe.
At Prentice the Wisconsin Cen
trail road took charge Of our train,
taking us through the best part OF
Price and Taylor counties, skirting
eastern Clark and westel = Marathon
to Marshfeld, where we were again
royalty entertained. The me-
tropolis of Wood county and a
modern city in every way, Marsh
field with it's extensive manufacture
ing interests is destined to become
one of the important centers of the
state. Public improvements are be-
ing added and on the Tuesday pre-
vious special election was held
voting 100000 bonds to construct a
sewerage system Of the septic tank
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

Of people residing in tents. Promi-
nent citizens of the place met the
excursionists at the train with a
band and a parade was formed, the
line of march taking in the import
ant thoroughfares. A visit was
made to the pulp and paper mills
where 900 people are employed
night and day-saw the large spruce
log pass from the rough state
through machinery and pass out in
full-f1edged paper on large spindles
ready for shipment to Chicago
where the big dailies consume car
loads of it each day. A srmptuous
banquet was served at s p. m. to
which 400 did ample justice and a
season of toasts followed, guests
dispensing at the midnight hour.
At a. m. Sunday morning the
excursion departed for Prentice and
passed through the best portion OF
Gates county. Thousands of acres
I'll U1IllOCI OIL . OOS11 OAA
both sides of the railroad for miles,
with now and then a clearing where
some sturdy settler has carved out
a home and there may be noted the
fertility of the soil in the verdant
meadows, luxuriant pastures and
thrifty fields of small grain and
corn, demonstrating the fact that a
vast expanse sooner or later will be
added to Wisconsin's agricultural
interests and the prediction of JAS.
L. Gates be realized-that Wiscon-
sin is to be the empire state of the
west Land in this district sells
from $40 to $15 per acre according
to timber that stands upon it and its
location. At the present price of
hardwood lumber the timber alone
is worth more than the cost of the
land, and the purchaser need not
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

Wheeler Wilcox, a stirring poem of
the race track, made all the more
stirring because it was written by a
woman who loved horse racing and
kindred sports, and felt in every fibre
of her being the race she wrote of.
So Jennie O'Neil Potter was the
proper woman to recite that piece.
All the male members of her ances-
tors had been race riders and jockeys,
and had made many fierce winnings.
Jennie had a way of reciting this
great poem, when describing the
struggle, in exact rythm to the beat
ing Of rapid hoofs on the track. 1t
never failed to enthuse, and when
she recited it before the prince of
Wales, in England, it was not
wonderful that he dubbed her the
queen of American elocutionists.
But the peculiar thing that
makes a story is the fact THAI
frankie O'Neil, nephew of Jennie,
being a son of the eldest brother OF
the family, was the jockey who won
the great Brooklyn handicap recent
ly, the greatest in the history of
that purse which carried with it $18,-
900, aside from outside money and
bets.
But stranger still is not merely
the fact that the boy is relative OF
the elocutionist, but he won the race
by nose, just as Salvador had won
it, and the poem might have sufficed
for his triumph. He fought from
the start, made a driving finish, was
challenged three times around the
course, but without drawing OF
the whip, the noble horse Irish Boy
landed a winner by nose, just as
Salvador had won years before.
Another peculiar coincidence is
that the mother of Harry Payne
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

Postmaster Clint Edwards was
in from Beetown Wednesday.
Mrs. Carrie Butson of Pomeroy
is a guest of Mrs. A. w. Hastings
These verdant pastures are
great blessings, producing meat and
milk at little cost.
Illustrated circulars are issued
from the Herald job rooms for the
Lancaster hospital. Write or call
on DR.. j. A. Gault for one.
MIR. and Mrs. Ira Smith Of
Fennimore were in the city Wednes-
day and purchased a fine rubber
tired surrey of G.. w. Knapp & Son.
&c. w. Knapp & Son have dis
posed of carload of hay leaders on
strength of their adv. in the Herald
and have a second carload on the
way.
David Schreiner of Lancaster
was chosen trustee for three years
of the I. o. O. F. grand lodge at it's
annual meeting in La Crosse this
week.
II. R. Seaton of Potosi was in
Dubuque Tuesday to see Pres.
Roosevelt, and while in a dense
crowd listening to speech by the
chief executive was touched by a
pickpocket to amount Of $50 and a
gold ring. Mrs. Seaton was stand
ing near her husband and saw the
thug with his hand in the pocket of
her spouse and attempted to alarm
him but the grab was successfully
made and escape was effectual
without detention. A large num-
Der of pickpockets it is reported are
following in the presidents wake,
bent on relieving people of their
possessions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06
Electric Light Company Will
Now Alter System.
T FRANCHISE EXTENDED
Common Council PaSSedOn the Above
Measures at Regular Meeting
Tuesday Night.

The Common Council of the city
Of Lancaster held regular meeting
Tuesday evening.
Mayor Hassell presided and all
the aldermen were present.
The application of the electric
light company for permission to
change the system now in operation
here from a direct to an alternating
current was first matter considered.
Argum ents in favor Of the move
were made by Dist Atty. Brown on
behalf of the company and an
electrician from Chicago After
hearing heNstatements, a vote was
taken on a motion by Aid. Knapp
to grant permission to make the
change.
The result of the vote was as fol-
lows: Aye-Muesse, BROKER,
Knapp, Goodrich and May. No
Place, Henkel and Ray. Mayor
Hassell declared motion carried and
concession granted.
Application of same company for
an extension of franchise for ten
years from date, city to have priv
lege of purchasing plant at termina-
ton Of present franchise, which will
be five years hence, was brought
up for consideration and after dis
cussion motion by AID Knapp to
grant petition was seconded and
carried by the same vote as record
ed in previous question, each alder
man voting in same manner as he
had before and ruling by mayor
was in accordance with the result.
After allowing bills Council adj
journed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

Mrs. Robt. Hake of Neillsville is
visiting relatives IL Lancaster and
vicinity.
Pastor Sprague is at Oshkosh
this week in attendance at the S. S.
convention of the state. He writes
that it is one of the most successful
gatherings of it's kind held for years,
there being 225 delegates in attend
ance.
Twelve graduates completed
courses in Plattville nigh school laet
evening. They were Charles L.
Benson, Bertha Kay, Mabel Merry,
Augusta Plourde, Nora Plapp, Frank
Squires, Lillian Voss, Katie Hockett,
Helen Moore, Auguste Bergman,
Leone Cabanis, Leroy Mundhenke.
Although the harvest time is
two months distant jobbers and re-
tailers are beginning to worry over
the supply of binding Irvine. The
stock is usually laid in even earlier
than now but this year only small
quantities are on hand. The scarcity
of binding Irvine is due to the in
ability Of the factories to get fiber
and the labor troubles in some of
the larger factories are the causes
"A number Of half tone engrav-
ings of Lancaster's schools, the
faculty, board of education, senior
and junior classes, high school or
chestra, football team, contestants in
the Judge Mills prize oratorical con-
test of '03 and the familiar face of
veteran janitor, Thos. Duncalf, are
produced in today's issue. Copies
of the paper can be had ready for
mailing at cents each.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06
Mt. Ida People Heed.

Special services will be held be-
ginning Monday June s, and continu-
ing over the following Sabbath with
an all-day service and dinner at the
church on the Lords day.
Rev. Kellogg of Milwaukee will
preach and teach the bible.
Rev. Hughes of Kalamazoo, Mich,
will have charge Of the mnsic.
Mrs Henry Miles will act as per-
sonal worker, and every Christian
is expected to do personal work and
attend as much as possible.
Plan for this. Pray Tor the bless
ing Of Almighty God. Invite every
one to these services.
DANIEL SPRAGUE, Pastor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06
CERTIFICATES HERE.
Contributors to Mckinley Memorial
Fund to Receive Souvenirs.

Postmaster J. T. Webb has re-
ceived from the Mckinley National
Memorial association a limited
supply of the certificates which have
been prepared for distribution to
contributors to the monument fund
as souvenirs of their participation
in that great enterprise. The GER
tifcate is a beautiful work of art on
which is given an excellent repro
duction of Mrs. McKin]ey's fav-
orite likeness of her husband, to-
gether with picture of the McKin-
ley home in Canton and of the
White House. The wording below
the illustrations is as follows:
''This certifes that con-
tributed to the fund for the erection
of the national memorial at Canton,
Ohio, in honor of William McKin-
ley" The workmanship and artis-
tic effects are of the very highest
order, the great house of Tiffany &
Co., New York, being the designers
and manufacturers. The supply in
the hands of Postmaster Webb is a
portion of the first edition of the
certificates and is sent here to
enable those who have not as yet
contributed to do so. Parties who
have already Unidentified themselves
with the movement will receive
souvenirs direct from the Office Of
the association or through local
committees.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06
STRANGE COINCIDENCE.
Nephew of Jennie O'Nell Potter Wins
Great Race at Brooklyn.

There are many people who be-
lieve that things don't happen that
they are either foreordained, or
brought about by mystical en-
vironment. Whether this is so or
not, the O'Neil family are more of
the opinion that coincidence is
stronger than fate.
Grant county people will remem-
Der Jennie O'Neil Potter, and her
splendid early career as an elocu-
ZIONIST. 1t is not hard to remember
that her favorite recitation was
'tHow Salvador Won," by Ella
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

You get the Herald, fresh, twice
a week for the same price you pay
for other papers once a week.
Mrs. Morris Carroll and little
daughter of Richland Center are
guests of County Treas. Scheinpfug
and family.
There will be nearly four hun
bred graduates from the state uni
versity this year. The number on
the list is at present 379, but this fig
ure will be changed somewhat &C
cording to the coming examinations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06
Commencement Ceremonies
Held Yesterday.
TWENTY TWOGRADUATE
Exercises Were Well Attended and
of Unusual Interest. Thirteen
of the Class Speak.

The all important event in annals
of Lancaster high school, occurring
annually, and an occasion looked
forward to anxiously by participants
each succeeding year, viz. COM
mencement, became an epoch added
to history of the institution yester-
when the class of '03, composed OF
twenty-five bright young ladies and
gentlemen severed the ties that have
bound them to school life and went
out into the world to fulfill duties
that may be assigned to them.
Lancaster is proud of it's public
schools. The successful men and
women who gained their early edu-
cation here but have since won a
fair share of fame and fortune III
the battle of life, are scattered to
the four points of the compass. They
are found in the professions, in
commercial pursuits, in the work
shops, on the farm, and the class
that completed the course yesterday
will find that they have but fairly
entered upon their life's work.
One Of the largest of the many
classes that have received diplomas
from the Lancaster high school, the
class Of 'O3 is nevertheless one of
the brightest and finished the various
courses with high hOnors. The COM
mencement exercises were held III
Reeds opera house and the room
was a veritable bower of beau'-7
with it's beautiful decoratiOns-cred-
it to the class of '04, to whom this
task was assigned. The ceremonies
were we'll in keeping with the dig
nifty Of the occasion and AS usual the
hall was packed with an audience
that never lost interest. Prof.
Clark presided.
Each member of the class had
prepared an essay or GRAFTON that
attested much for the scholarship
and efficiency of the school, and
Prof. Clark and his able corps of
assistants may be congratulated up
on the work of the year. On ac
count Of the large number compos-
ING the class q number were ex-
cused from speaking, as follows:
Will Mackey, Grace Morse, Eliza
beth Lowry, Clarence Suttle, Nellie
G. Finnegan, Helen r. Sprague,
Alfred Bushnell, Albert Henkel ana
Berdie E. Galloway.
Those who spoke were Nellie M.
Keitlinger, Alonzo Aupperle, Blanche
L. Burris, Anna Kress, Bertha East
man, Ida Grebe, Clarence Mcmahon
George Bailie, Anna Eberle Warren
Gelbach, Ruby Wagner, Harrison
Garner and Ollie j. Eustice.
The Herald would be pleased to
furnish it's readers in full the entire
list of compositions, as they were
above the average, but on account
of their great number and shortage
of time and space it is an impossi-
bility.
Each speaker acquitted himself
with credit and receive an ap-
preciative applause. Mus seleo-
tions by the high school or, a,tra
and chorus of voices inte1st orsed
the program with enlivenment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

Beds of soft coal have been dis
covered near BarabOO.
&C. f. Dickinson returned from
Merriam Thursday evening.
Rev. VIM. Crawford, d. D., of
Mazomanie will occupy the pulpit
of the Congregational church Sun
day, Rev. Ralph going to Mazo-
monte.
g. E. Vandercook, special writ
Ell for the Milwaukee Sentinel, has
been at Platteville this week. Able
articles from his pen appeared on
mining matters and the Normal
school.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid's Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk Griffis.

VIM. Thoenissen, Cassville, and
Mary Stiffen, Waterloo.
Chas. Soenner, Independence, Ia,
and Daisy Anderson of Otterville,
Ia
Andy Holt and Daisy Adams, both
of Patch Grove.
Isaac Walker and Lydia T1mm,
both of Lancaster
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

Whitney, who owns Irish Boy, was
the first woman in New York to pay
Jennie O'Neil Potter a purse of
money for patlor entertainment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06
Baptist Notices.

Next Lords ay-preaching in
Lancaster at 1920, topic 1--WE and
our neighbors At p. m. preach
ing at Liberty Ridge. At 7:9O
preaching and Y. P. S. G.. E. at MI.
Ida.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-06

possessing vigorous personality, re-
markable business sagacity and tact,
he has a competent assistant and
an able successor.
The National tribune., 1903-02-12
Nov q Law.

The President has approved the follow
ing important amendment TO an act to pro.
vide for the use of timber and stone for
domestic and Industrial purposes in the
Indian Territory.
1t provides that the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to prescribe rules
and regulations for the procurement of
timber and stone for domestic and indus
trial purposes, including the construction,
maintenance, and repairs of railroads and
other highways, to be used only in the
Indian Territory, or upon any railroad out
side of the said Territory which is part
of a continuous line of railroad extending
into the Territory, from lands belonging to
either of the Five Civilized Tribes, and to
fix the full value thereof to be paid there
for and collect the same for the benefit of
said tribes. But nothing In the act shall
be constructed to prevent allotees from dis
posing of timber and stone on their allot-
ments, as provided in an act for the pro-
lection of the people of the Indian Terri
tory, and for other purposes, approved
June %, 1893, from and after the aIlot-
ment by the Commission to the Five Civil
lized Tribes.
Every person who mlawfulIy cuts, or
aids or is employed in unlawfully cutting,
or wantOnly destroys, or prOcures to be
wantOnly destroyed, any timber standing
upon the lands of either of the said tribes
contrary to the provisions of this act and
the regulations prescribed thereinunder by
the Secretary of the Interior, shall pay a
fine of not more than $500, or be impris-
oned not more than IL months, or both, in
the discretion of the court trying the same.
The National tribune., 1903-02-12
Reliable incubator. and Broodsr..

In the Incubator World there are compar-
atfveiy few who discover at first hand and
apply any necessary principle Of artificial In
cubation: There are many followers. Ideas
are quickly appropriated and dozens Of con-
Germs are constantly engaged In hurriedly
throwing together machines and foisting
them upon the market In imitation Of any
valuable discovery, In the hope Of getting .
share Of the profit.
Perhaps the most important feature which
distinguishes the Reliable from any and an
other makes Of incubators Is Its superb con-
struction. which enables It to produce and
hold uniform temperature upon all parts Of
the egg tray throughout the entire hatch.
Poultrymen everywhere recognize the supe.
rior genius manifested by the Reliable's
work They make the statement everywhere
IN the form Of positive guarantee that "ths
machine must prove satisfactory to the Gus
toner in his own hands and hatch the larg-
est possible percentage Of chicks from the
fertile eggs or his money will be refunded"
The company's catalos and Poultryp,en's
Guloe, mentioned In the advertisement else
where In our paper, will be mailed to any
one writing for 1t on receipt Of ten cents to
writing.
The National tribune., 1903-02-12
KNOWS NO DISTINCTION.
Rich and Poor Alike Suffer From Ca
tarrh in This Climate.

All observant physicians have noticed
the enormous increase in catarrhal dis
eases IN recent years, and the most liberia
and enlightened have cheerfully given tbei,
approval to the new internal remedy
Stuarts Catarrh Tablets, as the most sue
cessful and by far the safest remedy TO,
catarrh yet produced.
One well-known catarrh specialist. ms
soon as he had made thorough test al
this preparation, discarded inhalers
washes and sprays and now depends en-
tirely upon Stuart's Catarrh Tablets In
treating catarrh, whether in the head
throat or stomach.
Dr. Risdell says, "In patients who had
lost the sense of smell entirely and ever
where the hearing has begun to be affected
from catarrh, / have had fine results after
only a few weeks use of Stuart's CatarrI
Tablets. can only explain their action
on the theory that the cleansing and an.
tlseptlc properties of the tablets DESTROY
the catarrhal germs wherever foupd he.
cause l have found the tablets equally
valuable in catarrh of the throat and stom.
ach as in nasal catarrh'
Dr. EstabroOk says, "Stuart's Cafarrl,
Tablets are especially useful in nasal "a.
tarrh and catarrh of the throat. clearing
the membranes of mucus and speedily over.
coming the hawking, coughing and ex.
pectorating."
Any sufferer from catarrh will find
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets will give imme.
date relief and being in tablet form and
pleasant to the taste. are convenient and
always ready for use as they can be car
ried in the pocket and used at any time
as they contain no poisonous drugs, but
only the cleansing, antiseptic properties of
eucalyptus bark, blood root and Hydras-
tin.
All druggists sell the tablets at 50 cents
Tor complete treatment