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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
"Old Glory"

It was Just $50 years ago last Fri
day that ''Old Glory" was flung TO
the breeze as the emblem of the
American republic. On June IA,
1777, Congress enacted: THAT the
flag of the thirteen United States
be thirteen stripes, alternate RED
and white; that the Union be thir-
teen stars. white, in a blue field
representing a new constellation. !"
The number of stripes having been
increased by the admission of new
states, the possibilities of the ma
TONS new development dawned
upon the lawmakers, and the Origi
nal thirteen stripes were unchange-
ably restored by act of congress on
April 4, 1918, when it was eracted:
THAT from and after the fourth
day of July next, the flag of the
United States be thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternate red and white;
that the Union be twenty stars,
white in a blue field, and that on
the admission of a new state into
the Union, one star be added to
the flag; and such additions take
effect on the fourth day of July
next succeeding such admission. ,
Since 1918, twenty stars or sover-
eign states have been added to the
Union, making forty-five in all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Commercial Club.

The attendance at the regular
meeting of the Commercial club
Monday evening was not large, but
the session was of usual interest.
Pres. Showalter presided; Secy.
NARROW read minutes of preceding
meeting, which were approved.
Committee on Dewey monument
reported that all preliminary ar
rangements for the unwilling July
23nd next had been made. Expense
of same including band, seats, etc,
will be about 800 and subscrip
ton list will be circulated to raise
this amount. A committee con.
sisting of Messrs. w. E. Webb, M
Mcdonald, Lou Fischer and W. F.
Joeckel was named to solicit the
necessary funds.
Bills of Teller for printing, j. a
Reed and III. E. Carthew for trip tC
Madison were allowed.
1t was voted to have a home
coming next year, and committee
will be named at the next meeting
on preliminary arrangements.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Common Things.

How many things we see and use
daily of which we know practically
nothing! We accept them as
realities and bother our heads not
about whence or how they come.
Wise indeed would be the man who
could sit down in the room of
an ordinary home and write the
story of the objects on it's floor and
walls. How little does the average
mortal know Of the printing of a
cOlOIed picture-the carving of his
chalr-the forming of the bronze
image on his mantel-the carpet
beneath his feet-the paper upon
the walls-the kerosene in his lamp
the iron In his stOve-the coal IN
its gratee He who can write essays
for hls paper on these things is
greater than he who fills it full of
wrangles over politics.. Take for
instance the mica in the doors of
the hard coal heater. We sit before
the fire and watch it glow through
The lsinglass and never best0w q
second thought as to whence or how
1t came. And yet it has history.
The mica as it comes from the
mines is in blocks which are the
oretically short rhomblc prisms but
practically are scarcely recognizable
as such, having a very rough and
uneven contour.
They have very perfect eleav-
age parallel to the base and may be
split into layers thinner than the
thinnest tissue paper and these lay
ers form the familiar transparent
stove panes and lamp chlmneys.
The exterior portions of these
blocks are Opaque, brittle and worth
less, presumably from the penetra--
ton of water for mica soon decom-
poses when exposed to any consld-
cradle weathering. A thick layer of
plates has therefore to be removed
from either face of the blocks be-
fore any mica of commercial size or
value is reached and the sheets split
from the remainder are surround
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19

ed by q wide margin of worthless
material. But the difficulties and
losses of mica mining are far from
being all enumerated, even when
occurring in blocks of commercial
sizes it is rendered valueless or
comparatively so by one or more
of series of defects which may be
classed as color, specks, ruling, ribbing
and wedge formation. 1t sometime
occurres literally pied with black
dots consisting in general of black
oxide of iron or garnet and when
even a few of these are present its
commercial value is destroyed be-
cause such mica when used as an in
sulator is peculiarly liable to punct-
ure, the specks forming practically
short circuit for the electric current.
The same is true of streaks which
are sometimes turned to red rust.
Some otherwise excellent mica is
found to be ruled or cut as it were
with a series of perfectly straight
lines parallel to one side of the
crystal so that on being split the
mica falls Immediately into strips,
or again instead of being striped or
ruled the mica is often deeply ribbed
or corrugated parallel to the ed
jacent edges of the crystal SO as to
give the appearance of the letter A
or rather V whence it is termed
"A" mica. As the ribbed portion
has to be cut away in the sheet
such mica is improbable unless the
blocks be large. Wedge mice is
that in which the block is thicker
at one end than the other, the
laminae partaking in the uneve-
ness. Such blocks are wholly
worthless except as scrap.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863.

Forty-four years ago July 1-3-
1868 the first of that greatest of all
battles in modern warfare was wag-
ing in the little village OF Goa
BURG, Pennsylvania. Ne
haired man, who tod
Grand Army button
fight amid the orchards
hamlet, and the scorch1.
bullets that followed then
the Seminary Ridge as the.
treated after the first days fig.
This battle has been called the
greatest IN the history of the world
and both the boys in blue and their
brothers in gray can never forget
the awful death and devastation
that the meeting of these two great
armies brought about on this bloody
battlefield. Surrounded by the pick
of his southern warriors, Gen.
Robert Lee had invaded PenngvT-
vania. He was met by the flower
of the Union troops, commanded
by Gen. Meade. Able generals
marshaled the boys in blue, and
they fought as they had never
fought before.
What schoolboy of today does
not remember the story of the
old man Burns who, armed with
gun, and dressed in swallow tailed.
coat, with gray halr flying in the
wind, fired shot after shot into the
rebel ranks. What student Of
history cannot recall the heroic
death of Gen. Reynolds at the head
of his troops, or what veteran of
Wisconsin regiments does not re-
member that Gen. Fairchild lost his
arm in this fight. Even the Al
years that have elapsed have not
dimmed the story of the awful
struggle, and tonight, as we sit IN
peace let us think of the boys in
blue who A years ago slept on
the wet hills of Gettysburg, or lay
between the lines in their last sleep.
Men who risked their lives and gave
them up that we might be one peo-
pie now and forever.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Economy In Use Of Irvine.

To meet the emergency caused by
the advance in the price of jute
Irvine and the consequent insuffici-
ency Of the appropriation for its
purchase, Postmaster General Me-
yer has issued an order directing all
employees of the postal service to
exercise the greatest economy in the
use of Irvine. Clerks in pOstoffices
and in the railway mail service are
instructed in tying up packages OF
letters, to use only enough string to
make the packages secure, and the
removal of Irvine from packages at
points of destination is done in such
a manner as to render it's further
use possible. Heretofore it has
nearly always been thrown Away
after being removed from the pack
ages and there has been proper dis
elimination in the quantity used.
Two million pounds, or about 900,.
900, OOOyards of Irvine has been used
in the postal service during the
present fiscal year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Mayor Rebuffs Students.

A party of rs students IN civil
engineering, members of the sopho-
more and junior classes at the uni
versity, went to Portage last week
and began three weeks of practice
work under the direction of Prof.
l.. S. Smith.
Upon their arrival Mayor Baker
refused to permit them the use of
the0c1ty hall, as heretofore, on the
ground that last year some damage
to the rooms was done by the stu
dents. Prof. Smith encountered
some difficulty in getting a large
room on the ground floor in which
to store the $4,000 worth of ap-
paratus and in which indoor work
might be done. Finally a vacant
.stOreroOm was obtained for the
students, at least temporarily, but
for time there was prospect that
the whole party would be compelled
to return to Madison because of
lack of suitable quarters.
Next year the students will camp
near Portage while engaged in
practice work. A complete camp
ing outfit will be purchased.
Harrison Garner of Lancaster is a
member of the party.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Vacation Days are Back Once More.

Once more the elated school boy
has cast aside his well-thumbed text
books in exchange for the base ball
bat and fishing rod. The streams will
soon be refined with brothers of
the angle" and the wooded haunts
will soon again resOund with the
splash and laugh of the youthful
swimmer.
Trouble and care for three months
are laid aside and the spirit of free
dom and fun runs riot in every
breast, nor would we dissuade any
one from the splendid fun he has so
justly merited by nine months OF
toll and labor. On the contrary let
us join with them and say with
that admirable poet
Blessings on thee, little man,
Barefoot boy with cheeks OF tan. =
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
One Day In June.

One bright day in leafy June
when bees and birds were all In
tune, two lovers walked beneath
the moon. The light was fair and
so was the maid, they laughed and
walked beneath tie shade, afraid.
Her name was Sal;and his was Jim,
and he was fat and she was slim;
ne took TO her :anRshe took to him.
Says Jam toGSaH, by the snakes that
squirm among the bush and brakes
/ love you better than buckwheat
cakes. Says she to jim; since you
have begun it and been and don :
it, love you next to a new bonnet.
Says Jim to Sal. my heart you have
busted, but have always gals mis-
trusted. Says Sal to Jim; l will be
true if you love me as 1 love you
no knife can cut our love in two.
Says Jim to Sal, through thick and
thin, for your true lover count me
IN, I'll coUrG no other gal again.
Jim leaned to Sal. Sal leaned to
him; his nose touched above her
chin; -four lips met-when, ahem-
ahem-and-then. Oh, galsl be-
ware of men ia June, and beneath
the silvery moon, when frogs and
June bugs are On tune, lest you get
your name in the paper soon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Miss Elva Holford is home from
Fond du Lac for the vacation.

Miss Elva HolfOrd is home from
Fond du Lac for the vacation.
Messrs. Newman and Goodrich
returned to Texas via Chicago Mon
day. Mrs. Goodrich and children
remain here for the summer.
Miss Name Pierce. teacher in the
White school, was in town Satur-
day.
Miss Lisherness of Lancaster was
guest at the home of David Ball.
T. J. Pattison of Durand was a
guest of F. III. Fischer over Sunday.
There was a liberal display of
flags Friday.
Andrew Roberts and gang are
making permanent road mile west
of town.
Miss Agnes Hope Jr., is at the
switch board in the Farmers CEN
trail. Miss Glennie Pritchett is TAX
ing vacation.
Chas. M. Chapman, Paul Lewis,
Kate Baldwin and Alta Sawyer, all
of this vicinity, graduate from the
Platteville Normal school this week.
Mrs. Reub. French and son Ger
aid and Mrs. A. N. Crabtree and
daughter Nellie are in Oshkosh this
week, to witness the graduation OF
Grace French and Amy Crabtree
from the Oshkosh Normal school.
J. G. Gilligan, who bought the
R. W. Hedemann hardware store,
expects to come with his family
from La Crosse next week.
The Bloomington ball team played
in Bagley Sunday, defeating the
boys of that place by score of
to 2.
Oscar Selle and Harry Witcomt
went to Mt. Hope Monday to lay
some cement walks.
o. J. Prideaux was in Lancaster
Saturday.
Miss Bess TornOwske closed 8
term or SCHOOL In Shady Dell dis
trict, Mt. Hope, Friday.
Miss Cora Sutton is home from
Bagiey, the school having closed
Friday. Miss Sutton will 60 t.
Trafton, Wash, to teach next year
having been offered nice salary.
Ernest Rrookens and wife were
IN Lancaster Monday.
Walt GSulick and Ben Sedimsyr o.
WyalUSing were in town Monday
the former having bought an. 81
acre farm of the latter. Mr.. Sedl
mayc will have sale on JEne %.
Landlord Ed Ishmael OF 'Cassvill,
wes caller Monday.
Mrs. John OFT and children o
Winona, Mimi, are eisiting he,
gnother, Mrs. Carey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Notice TO Farmers and Horse Breeder

/ have purchased the Imported
Royal Belgian Stallion Midas Am.
No. 248O Foreign Vol, XIII P. 935
Midas is beautiful blood bay, very
short legged, great muscle; is 3 years
old and weighs 21OO lbs. and is as sound
as nut. When yousee this horse you
will say he is the broadcast, deepest
great draft stallion you have ever
seen, with heart and constitution like
q lion. The kind of horse that sires
the 1900 to 2OOO 10. blocks the greatest
of ali sellers.
This horse is worth going miles to
see. If you have not already bred see
this horse before you do. Do not say
I will use him next year but breed
now and get these great draft horses
to put on the market while prices are
high.
/ will contract the colts from mares
bred to him for $50 at weaving time.
Terms: $500 to insure $4,000 for a
colt to stand and suck.
Midas will stand for service at the
Philips House barn in Lancaster.
JNo. @. MARROW,
Prop. and Manager,
Farmers Phone. Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
M. w. A. MEMORIAL.
Royal NeighbOrs and WOOdmen Will
Honor Departed Members Sunday.

Sylvan Camp of M. w. A. and
its auxiliary, the Royal Neighbor
lodge, will pay tribute Sunday to
the deceased members of their
respective orders who have an
swered the final summons and rest
beneath the sod at Hillside.
There are IA members of the M.
w. A. lodge buried at Hillside and
other cemeteries, who are remem-
bered each year by brother Wood
men:
j. II. Miles, Reese Gillespie, John
Duncan, John Humphrey, j. ID.
Bark, 1. E. Crane, F. E. Strong,
Geo. Damn, Albert Block, Perry
Walker, G. w. Hill, Geo. Vande-
wall and VIM. McGonigal.
Geo. Vandewall is buried IN
Alaska, C. w. Hill at Arlington,
Vlr., and John Humphrey at Patch
Grove.
Swan camp has at present 277
members and is one of the strongest
In the state.
The Royal Neighbor lodge has
lost 2 members. Ocea Ray and
Mrs. Rosa Kinzel; Mrs Sylvester
Belscamper, another member of the
order, is inferred at Beetown.
The Royal Neighbors will hold
their ritual1stic cememOhies in
their hall, and the Woodmen al
the cemetery. The ceremonies will
be public and of joint character.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Preaching in the Dark.

A minister at Stroud, Okla wish
ing to cure vain churchgoers from
attending divine service simply TO
show their nice clothes, and wish
ing also to give those persons who
stay away from the Lords house by
reason of having nothing to wear a
chance to hear preaching, proposes
to preach hereafter in darkness.
He will not have any lamps lit in
his meeting house during night
time and will darken his sanctuary
when holding service in the day
time. He believes, of course, those
sinful persons who are in the habit
of going simply to see and be seen
will stay away, but all that wish to
hear the word aud worship in spirit
and truth can do SO without being
stared out of the building"
sSs
We are not so confident of the
success of this plan, however. Why
wouldn't it be an excellent Op
portunity for the old-fashloned
game Of ''love in the dark" Doubt
less the youths of Stroud will i'm.
prove the golden moments of dark
ness.
SSS
In ten years the population of the
United States has increased 81 pei
cent. Ia ten years the beer con.
summed has increased "A per cent.
SS2
Tell a man he's level-headed, and
he'll feel battered; tell him he's fiat.
headed, and he'll hit you with q
club.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
LANCASTER RESIDENCE FOR SALE,
Special Bargain.

A good we'll built house, located
one block east of the electric light
plant in the city of Lancaster, can
be bought at a bargain. It has eight
rooms with nice floors. Cellar under
the whole house. Shade trees in
front.
There are five lots of ground, with
fruits, plums, crabs, grapes, raep-
berries, etc. Barn and buggy shed
on ground. Price $4,000. For furth-
er particulars apply to
2w52 BUSHNELL, WATKINS & MOSES.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Notice.

The Masonic lodge of Montfort
asks for bids for erecting building
27x4O, two stories and basement ac-
cording to plans and specifications
at MOntfOrt State bank.
Bids will be received up to July
31st at z p. m.
Address all bids marked IBID for
Masonic Bldg" to
2. 7. STEVENS.
49w3 Montfort, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Notice to Settle.

The firm of Wepzel Il Blaskesley
has been dissolved by mutual con-
sent, the latter retiring. We must
insist upon settlement of all out
accounts by July ist.
FRED WENZEL,
47-3-w GEO. BLAKESLEY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
COSTS MORE THAN STATE.
Insurance Companies Spend Much
Money.

1t costs about so per cent more to
run the Northwestern Life Insur-
ance Co. than is spent to run the
government of the state of Wiscon-
sin, including everything, the uni
versity, normal schools, state
prison, insane asylums, game
wardens and all.
And the Investigating Committee
reports that the Northwestern.is one
of the best and most conservative.
Out Of every 800 the company
paid out last year $40. went to policy
holders and $50 for expenses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Royal Neighbors Memorial Day.

In custom with former years,
Lylvan camp of Royal Neighbors
will hold memorial exercises for
departed members at the camp hall
Sunday afternoon at 1:3O.
The services will be public, and
all are welcome to attend.
Committees to make preliminary
arrangements met last evening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid's Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk Tuf1ey.

Chas. Simons Rockville; Nina
Brady Platteville.
Henry Helling Plattev1lle; Clara
Margaret Kopp Platteville.
Francis E. Jones, Harlem, Ill;
Ethel M. Gibson Paris.
Richard Pepgilly Bayfield,; Ethel
Parker FennimOre.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Box Rents.

Post Office box rents must be paid
in advance. Postal Laws and reg
ulatiOns as amended require post
masters to place notice in boxes 10
days before end of quarter and
collect for the next quarter. So
June goth notice will be placed in
box for the quarter ending Sept. 30.
4St3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Excursion Rates.

Northern Wisconsin Saengerfest,
Amigo. Tickets on sale June 20, 81
and %, good returning June a. For
tickets and full information apply to
any ticket agent of the Northwestern
line,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19
Mrs. Alice Walker Honored.

At the annual meeting of the
state lodge of Pythian Sisters held
at Milwaukee last week, Mrs. Alice
Walker of Lancaster was chosen
grand mistress of finance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-19

Editor Pollock was home Mon
day from Madison.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-06-13
REDBLUFF BRIEFS.

Mr.. c. Eckhoff and H. Mein of
Cole Camp, Benton Co. Missouri
are visiting with relatives here since
Saturday and expect to stay until
Friday.
MIR Barker, who bought the old
Schmoker farm on Crooked Creek
moved his household goods down
the first of the week.
The Stone school cenietary has
been enlarged lately and enclosed
with new strong fence, by the
members of the German church.
On Decoration day the graves were
fixed up and appropriately decorated
with flowers.
The few good showers of rain
last week greatly benefited all
growing crops especially the garden
truck. We were fortunate enough
not TO get any of the hail that visit
! ed Meade and vicinity Sunday.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-06-13
From The PIains Journal

VIM. Felter left Monday evening
for Fredonia, Kansas, where he will
take a position on daily paper.
Miss Nellie Walters will take
charge of the dry goods department
of the Plains Mercantile Co., about
June 18th.
w. ]. Woodland and daughters,
Estella and Flossie, of Meade, at
tended the Woodman entertainment
Tuesday evening.
Edward Angeles relatives and
friends were somewhat surprised
last week when it was learned he
had recently taken unto himself a
wife. He left here some five weeks
ago for a visit with relatives in
Boonvllle, N. c., and while there he
decided to become benedict. The
bride was Miss Minnie Davis sis
ter of Mrs. Charles Angel. They
we're married in Boonville on Tues
day, May 28, and started at once
for their Kansas home, doing the
Jamestown Exposition and other
places of interest will enroute home.
The Journal joins Eds many friends
in wishing them happy ane pro-
sperous married life.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-06-13
A Serious Charge

A charge of very serious nature
has heen made against one A. E.
Jones of Fowler by Jesse Layton of
Fowler. The case involves sad
state of affairs in as much as it
seems to have broken up the home
of the latter. Jones is charged in a
complaint with improper relations
with a woman. He had left Fowler
on a visit with his family and was
in Topeka where he was arrested by
Sheriff Price last Monday and
brought to Meade where his per-
liminary was set for July ~, and he
was placed under $500 bond. E.
w. Fletcher and J. A. Hargus
signed same for his appearance at
that time. The case coming up at
this tim, with a strong sentiment in
Fowler, where two factions are
arrayed against each other, it
promises startling Developments.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-06-13

Judge 'Hobble held ''booze
breaking" few days ago, without
the aid of the county officers. Some
time ago he had case in his court,
in which two boxes ofstolen whiskey
figured as witness. After the case
was finished the question of what to
do with the whiskey came up. No
one seemed inclined to assume the
ownership of the goods and they
were left on Judge Hobbies hands.
Mr.. Hobblc invited in some wit
nesses and held a Carrie Nation
party. The two boxes and the
bottles they contained were smash
ed, and about half an acre ofground
in that vicinity was Gagged" for
two or three days.-Dodge City
Republican.