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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08
Notice to Settle.

To WHOM TT MAY CONCERN:
ALI bills owing the undersigned
from the year 1902 must be settled
on or before Jan. 80, 1908. We dis
like making extra expenses for any
one, but will have to insist upon
getting what is due us. Therefore,
all accounts unpaid on the above
named date will be placed in a col
lector's hands at your risk.
GEO. LUDVIK & Son.
3t7 Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08
Dissolution of Partnership.

We, the undersigned, having dis
solved partnership, hereby give notice
that all accounts must be settled by
Feb, 1st. If not settled by said date
all accounts will be placed in the
hands of an attorney for collection.
WEBER Bros,
3t7 Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08
BAGLEY.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Our postmaster during the holi-
days handled more mail matter
than ever before in the history of
the Office.
Lewis BagIey and John Ready
started for North Dakota Jan. 9Th,
and D. d. Bagley will take his
family there about March 1st
Will Patch. wife and CT lid re-
turned from Lacrosse hospital last
week. The child wSs treated for a.
diseased leg. The little fellow, it.
is thought will recover.
Mrs. j. T. Clifton was caring for,
her sick mother part of last week,
at Brodtvllle.
Miss Huldah Hodge received nice
presents on her II birthday.
Csc. Adams, the blind mar, of
Mt. Hope, was in town a few days
last week.
DIR. Mecum is moving to his fine
residence.
Len Scott will ship in at least four
car loads CT corn and it goes like
hot buckwheat cakes.
Walter Taylor, under the weather,
was in town last week 10 see the
doctor.
Earl Taylor sawed wood for Otto
Oswald.
Reunion and New Years dinner
at Chas Urine, Will Calkins, Geo.
Harris and others.
Ben Sedlmayr and family, pulled
out last week for Oklahoma, hop
ing the change of scene and climate
will be beneficial to his wife's health.
MISS Edna Gulick, teacher in
the high school, at Park Fails, Wis,
was down Thursday to bid her
grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Harvill, goodbye. She took the
train at Bridgeport Saturday.
Peter Schaben of AlgOna, Iowa, 3
brother of Mrs. S. Sedlmayr, spent
a holiday week here.
Friday departures. Mrs. Anna
Ripper and Mrs. Joe Roth, to Gut
ten berg; the Misses Huldah Hodge,
Roxa Gasner, Margaret Evans and
Mrs. T A. Huston, to Prairie du
Chen.
Will Remy, our former barber, IS
with us again He moved back
from Park Falls, Wis.
Vincent Nice, while driving a
bunch of cattle to Bagley, in crowd
ing over the Glass bridge, one
critter fell % TT. or more and was
crippled so badly it had to be killed.
Little four year Marie Calkins,
coasting with other children, was
thrown from sled and struck a
building and was badly hurt. She
is doing nicely and is out again.
Lee and Myron Pace, had a good
time visiting Uncle Grant Pace,
at Rutlege, Wis.
Len Scott shipped stock two days
this week.
Winter Evans and Lee took the
North bound train Saturday.
U& / will close for this time.
FLORA.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08
Stock Shipments.

The stock shipments this wee
were as follows:
Monday
car cattle-Place 81 Jarrett.
car hogs-Place 81 Jarrett
2 cars hogs-Bennett q Place.
2 cars hogs-Andrew Lewis.
1 car hogs-John HoIlenberger.
1 car hogs-Clyde Richardson.
Tuesday
8 cars hogs Place & Jarrett.
2 cars hogs-Bennet 81 Place.
2 cars hogs-Andrew Lewis.
lear hogs-Peter Stoffel.
1 car hogs-BIdwel Bros.
lear cattle-C. S. Bark.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08

Platteville, Wis, Jan. Q, 1908.
Preparations for the opening of
the new Mining School here are
moving forward rapidly. 1t has
been decided to apportion the build
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08
MotherIv Vexa+inn-

20. JOHNNY" exclaimed Mrs. Lap
sling. You've worn out those shoes
already. and l got them for you new
just after we had our last equinoxious
STORM"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08
Different Arrangements.

Frank G. Powell, Byrds Creek,
Wis.,, and Rachel Banner, Wyalus
ing.
Thomas nj. Siefert, Muscoda, and
Josephine Nowak, Castle Rock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08
Euroneans in Alexandria.

About IA per cent Of the popula-
ton of Alexandria, the fiourishing
and famous port of Egypt, are Euro.
peans.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08
FLORA.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
A large number of friends and
neighbors helped TO celebrate tha
CcOnEinued Oh Page ElxDtJ
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28

supplies for lcan than their cos, on
the market and retain tho price of
the cotton. than TO raise an annual
cotton crop for lean than bat coat
For instance. take n few acres. plan,
Ia different needed articles. keep an
account of the labor that IL ,akca To
make and gather them. then mom.
cotton. Keep an accoun, against
each crop. and sec II you do no,
make more for your days work with
the other crops than you do for your
cotton work.
One thought here: II you have
everything you need on your table.
except meat. you do not need much
meat. II you have everything you
need. except money. you do not need
much money. would rather have
one bale Of cotton and IL bc mine.
than 10 have nifty and Il all belong
TO the other fellow. was In com
pany with IA brother farmer some
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28

Mensrs. Edi,ors: There In no coun-
try on earth hat has the natural
advantages that the South has. We
can grow NIL of III. n~.csanaries OF
life. and IA great many of tho luz
uries. The Southern farmer has tho
power TO stand on the wallis OF indie
pendenc. In IA few years and pro.
claim 10 the world that he In king.
Suppose all farmers of tho South
were 10 unite aud make their farms
self-sustaining. They could not do
this and raise too much cotton. But
they could sell their cotton and put
b money In the bank. instead OF
putting IL on their accounts for sup
plies-supplies they can rails, with
less labor than they can raise the
cotton 10 buy the supplies with.
Think for yourselves. brother farm
ers. Stop letting the other fellow
think for you. Make farming IA bust
ness. Is II not better TO raise n few
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28

er Is the o effective cotton hear
the world has ever seen. He Is Tho
producer or distressed cotton. tho
kind that has to go to market ire
spective of price. The producer OF
one bale "a In all probability hold
that one bale of the market lone
enough so that I'm n term of year.
he will make much profit on ono
bale per year rs the grower of dis.
trcssed cotton makes on Ave or ten
bales.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28

Editorial Comment: That hits the
nail on the head-what wc save en-
riches us. what ONE into our
h ands and goes out without leaving
a profit behind will lever en-
rich us. The average cotton farm
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28
How to Help Yourself to Hold Your
Cotton.
First Move Your Smoke House-With Your Smokc-Housc and Corn c
in the West You Cannot Expect to he Observation-Disclosures some
Your Cotton Acreage to Raising Corn and Meat and Potatoes.

everlasting disgrace for any South
crn farmer tn be caught buying his
rations again. unless he has made an
honest effort to raise II and shall
have been prevented by unavoidable
circumstances.
Raise supplies ON Some Of Your Cot.
ton Land.
Putting into practice this first
step to all-round good farming, the
raising of home supplies will. In IT,
self. help to solve tho cotton acreage
problem. and this problem Ia always
an exceedingly Difficult, one 10 man
age. II will be worth more In this
direction by actually requiring and
using some of the best acres that
would otherwise DO planted 10 cot
ton for the purpose of raising your
home supplies. DO thia. cotton farm,
or. and the royal road 10 higher
prices for your great staple. cotton,
will DO made straight. smooth and
easy. You will be a man with a
country. therefore a better citizen
Isn't IL worth a trial.
How la Meet Your Opponents.
Fail TO do this and you fall back
once more into tho slough al dc.
af.ond" and your frantic efforts IL
force Wall Street 10 his knees w!il
a-t H. s~ W.T. L. 49, A~~-
the TACT that AN empty harder Ia a
mighty poor thiug for a farmer Ia
wage n asis fEhs on. hut With tuuS
rriha fail OF corn. wish your ausosu
houses fail Of meat. ~s,h hay In the
stack and potatoes In tho cellar. wtsh
plenty of milk aud butter. tn say
nothing Of ~sparo-rihs aud backbone
aud fried chicken In abundance.
where Ia iha, man. or combination al
men. Who can put their feet upon
your ncck ~ith impnniiy'
Carry ou, the above plan and the
rislnE curtain reveals n changes!
scene. You arc once more able Ia
tacc; your opponents upon an equal
footing. You can roll your cotton or
any other commodity under your
shelter and defy tho world or force
them In give you y fair aud just com
p~enaaiton 10. all your outlay al sacaE
and toll rnul you hare accomplish
Cd this on. thing. tho raising nj
home supplies. your noac ~ili ever
continue In rub upon tho griadssnue
Of poverty and hard ,lmra.
Farmers. can, you acs the point
II 40. ~hy no, put II into effect. II
| seo things In their ;ruc light. ia a
mighty good time 10 begin.
Il. H. HOBBS.
Sampson Co. -. e.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28

Messrs. Editors: Before we farm
ers go OK far in setting our stakes
for this year, will It not be worth
while for us to take a sensible view
OF things and see where We are
at?" We ought to look at things
from a business standpoint and sec
IL We canno arrange our affairs this
year SO as 10 meet any emergenc,
hat may arise.
Homc-Raiscd Hog and Hominy.
As you we'll know. We have JUS,
passed through n terrible money
panic and while things at present
look hopeful. they are by no means
settled. nor will they be for somc
time to come. The groundswell from
such a terrible upheaval will make
things quite rough for n time a,
least. Therefore. for this year. I
think II cmincn;iy prorcr for us to
keep out OF debt as much as possible
and make every effort We are capa-
BILE OF to raise plenty of home-sup.
plies. Plenty Of hog and hominy
should bc the farmers slogan for
this year. This rule holds good any
year: bu; for this year. especially. 4.
In mandatory. II Ia a sclf-cv.dcnt
fact that no farmer can be tndcpcud-
ent or even have the appearance of
IT.. with his corn-crib and smoke
house In Chicago or 81. Louis. The
cotton farmer ma hold up under IL
longer than some Others. but In tho
final wind-up his end IL tho same.
Don't depend on Cotton for Your
Itations.
The curse OF thia gigantic folly.
the buying Of food s;urw year after
year bears upon the cotton farmer
In ~ayn than one. In his great
battle for better pgiccm sEaina; tho
bear element Of the whole world. no
n thing has given him no much
trouble or has ~ stood In the ~ay of
bis success and weakened his posi-.
ton no much an the fact that a largo
portion OF cotton farmers were In
debt for food s,ufYa for both man
and beasts. All experience has shown
that II In exceedingly dinicuis and nj.
most Impossible for n farmer to
hold his cotton ~ho buys hsa rations:
b a IL. without greatly embarrassing
HIS creditor. and this should never be
done II possible TO rrcscn, H. Deb,
IL. even under tho most favoyahlc
circumstances. u hard master. Du,
debt made by buying home supplies
which can be 40 easily raised IL . PR
scniablc biundrr. thereby making Il
aimo~t equal tn u crime. With our
present knowledge OF improved agri-
culture. IL ought tn br considered an
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28

time ago of equal capacity as myself:
and he said he had sold $50 bales.
and had not paid his debts. told
him I had sold one. and had paid
mine. live ut home. and live like
a king. He does not-he lives on
supplies made in the North. and lives
tough.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28

Stop ad. I have sold all the stock
| had tn spar".-W. 8. Pope Shan.
non. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28

G. II. TOWNSEND.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18
SPUR MAY BEiBUILT By
THE A. ?, c. COMPANY
GROUND LOOKED OVER CARE
FULLY AND ESTIMATES TO
BE MADE BEFORE DECIDING

The Morning Historian learned lastI
evening IRON 4 prominent member ol
the Astoria clay Products Company
that tha, concern Il contemplating
she construction 81 a spur from the
brick plant in Alderbrook 70 the
mainline 81 the Astoria 4 Columbia
River Railroad Company for the sub
sequent dispatch OF It's output,
The matter is purely tentative at
present, and has not even reached
the stage al negotiation, though tbs
Products company Is eudeayoring g
ascertain the range OF cost involved
In conjunction with other corrslative
matters such as the opening Of 10th
street and the construction Of dock
are facilities at the river end Of that
thoroughiare.
IN this behalf a number of diree'
tors 81 thar company, with Messrs
Alfred Hammerstran and Giles =
Johnson, of the A. & C, service visit
ed the territory involved, yesterday
and made a cursory estimate Of th'
scope Of the improvement and then
findings will be tested out to
financial conclusion; and II all goe
kwell, and the scheme is wholly prac
Iticahle, il win undoubtedly be carrie
knnk in the carly future
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18

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SIGNS OF THE TINES.

Ther. Il j tacit understanding "
oesc;al circles here, despite the COM
ni,tal ii certain leaders 10 the con-
,rarv. that gambling and other M
suleepces are to ropen up" gradually,
.os unless resisted promptly and
effectively. win be allowed to become
! reyenue-pclicy Of the city again ana
=. out the economies that have been
forced upon her. The signs oi she
Zines are unmistakable; there are
excavations being made in certain
auarters; there are certain weh
known people coming to the city that
nave not been here since the OLD re-
gine vas broken; and there IS guard
"a tank Of the program on the part
" those nearest the schedule, thar
make for the conviction. Some are
srank enough to say that the city can
not be run unless this system Is put
ii vogue again.
This i not unexpected. For, while
me tone Of the recent campaign her'
was not significant Of these things an'
thev were tentatively kept in tn
background. il has been eoncede'
that this was the ultimate cours
hat would be taken, and the eleetiol
II several men known 70 be who'll,
committed to the policy, sanction
the assumption
We are simply putting out warr
me ID ali concerned. TO those VIII
AZ not vet realize the ultra purpos
If those pledged to this revival
those Who win be held officially r
sponsible for the break: and to thoi
next ana nearest to the bushes
when the time comes the Astoria
viii out out specific information co
srmine the situation and proving Z
facts ID they develop Then the pc
ole can set about the work OF und
inc the thing if they want it undor
and IL they do not, the Astorian y
tnow what TO do on its own accou
We believe there will be plenty {
ing and that the people Of the eour
itself will be drawn into the ri
course Of adjustment. So be itl
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18
GAMBLING SYSTEMS.
The Chances Are Aiways Vastly
Against the Player.

The Chances Are Always NAskp
Against the Player.
Just word about systems Of gam
bling followed by various players
Their name Is leglon-so plausible
some ridiculous. some based on elah'
orate calculations, some giving won
derfuI results on paper, and oil failing
woefully at the tables.
"After ffteen years OF experience az
Monte Carlo" writes newspaper cor
respondent, costing a sum should be
ashamed to name, after q thorough In
yestigatIon Of more than 400 different
systems and progresslons. after hay'
lug employed mathematician, can
say with certainty that i y absolutely
impossible for any system to win at
Monte Carlo. Sir Hiram Maxim n
wrong when he says the chances are
ten 10 one against the player, ] say
they are a hundred to one against the
player"
This IL rather an overstatement. for
few players do win, by luck, not by
system. or by a system based on luck.
as when man backs the number OF
Ills hotel room or woman backs her
age. Perhaps or 3 per cent OF the
players win occasionally. and the resi-
Itse not only because Of the banks
percentage and the restraining maxi
mum. but because this is struggle
between man and machlne-q mar
with nerves and emotions, q machine
with no nerves and no emotions, Le
the system be ever 50 perfect, the gam
bier with strength Of viii TO follow !
has not yet been born. II he had sncl
strength Of VIII, be would not be
sambIer.-Cleveland MoiEett in Sue
cess Magazine,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18
0REGON'S BOUNDARY AS
FINALLY Determined
oRRcoNS MASTER FISH WAR
DEN SENDS A COPY AND
PLAT OF THE DECISION

The Morning Astorian is indebted
u Master Fish Warden H. G. Me
Allis,er. 81 this State, tor fine blue
print II the northern boundary line
I'M the state 81 Oregon, As recently
adiudicated ia the court d last re-
SORT the United States Supreme
Court ii Washington, accompanied BY
1 verbatim copy of the decision COW
ering the findings Of the court inc
whole making a very appreeiaole
record ol the great case and az I'M
falling source for reference IN the
event Of further disputes on the
river with regard 10 the fisheries
Among other things touched upon
lin the letter Mr., McAllister has Che
following to say anens certain ele-
Iments of the decision which we're
somewhat Disappointing to him:
i am mailing you, under separate
Icoyer, 4 blue print Of the Columbia
River. showing the boundary line as
established BY the recent decision o.
the United States Court, Whilst this
map may not be correct as TO th'
location of the sands and islands, II
! the river. it illustrates the boundar,
and shows that Oregon has been dc
: prived Of license fees for years tina
! really belonged to her. With tn
I map, | am also enclosing an exac
!, copy Of the decision as handed dow
{ BY Justice Brewer.
E "You will notice on the map th'
{ Puget Island divides the channel, n
1 contention is that the present Catl
{ lamet channel was, in former year
n the north ship channel and in add
I ton to all the sands that we hay
L been given by the recent decision
'f am satisfied that Puget Island
lie also the property Of this Stat
k However, this island was not cover
in this case. The evidence on
lie reached as far as skamokawa Cree
+ have taken the matter up with 0
" attorney-general and hope to ha
is his opinion in few days"
u The Astorian hopes, at an cal
a day, to present to its readers a p'
Is feet reproduction Of the map a
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18
THE COST OF LIVING.

IN Astoria, as ia every other com
munity in the United States, the eoss
q living increases constantly mat
i. to the people to whom the cost o.
living means something; 70 the man
and woman earning wages Or living
from tie meagre profits Of small
business 81 trade; the pressure IS the
same an an these, though the Ques-
,;on 81 iacome may vary consider
.h,v Nowadays one never hears OF
the cost 81 any staple dropping; they
rise perenniaIly and perpetually; we
used 10 take some satisfaction from
the falling market, but now we know
Of nothing and prepare for nothing,
but the expected advance on those
things we must have. The staple
markets are cinched up and the
sources OF production are held ias1
IN the grip Of bloodless corporate
power that may not be broken even
h. n. law. and any "lawless" at
tempt to snap the tentacle is pun.
, ;sbed swiftly in both the temples o.
iustice and the temples Of trade tn'
:, reprisal from the latter q course tax
in9 the form Of another raise"
/, 4 held, the world over, that tn
NOR Of America are infinitely be-
ter off than any similar group any
where else. What Of truth there !
i this is due to the freedom and edu
cation Of the great masses. Eduea
tion enforces patience that meet
the situation with hope and selt-r'
lance, and begets courage that go
70 make us independent Of bru'
force We are on the alert, Away
: for the man, and the change, and 4
= propitious revolution that shall r
lieve Us and bring about the equ
ton we long for. Time and the pra
] tice Of these qualities have pertect
our patience until we are just a
" stupid about the thing; and due a
I. y vantage has been taken OF 1t by
i dominating agencies of supply a
~ trade.
~ We believe there is an awaken
- at hand; that men everywhere are
ginning to realize the pressure a
struggle against it, that a great
mand is going up soon that may :
at be longer ignored or avoided a
al that the same forces that have ma
RE- for our quiesence and passive acce
.es- ance Of the frightful load, will re'
he for our deliverance and bring abb
tier adjustments tremendously long oy
ted due.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18
crvE us rHE RAM


Once there was tourist-chap at
tbe upper end Of the Willamette Val
lev who declared that the name Ore
con was a diminutiye Of the express
sion aohl Rain Again, and as he
left the State for good shortly after
Il IS safe to infer that he resented
the rain as much as his neighbors
resented the sianderous witticlsm.
But. be that as it may, the normal
oregonian viii take his rain in al
most any volunne in preference to
The refrigerating forces Of snow and
Ice and bitter east wind.
They very much prefer the warm
sou'west wind with its deluges OF ram
and its murk Of clouds and fog and
mist. II is their normal winter con-
dition and has its distinct advantages,
especially when measured with the
reverses Of frosty sunshine and biting
blasts from out the east with theif
strain and drain upon the human
system and their faculty for drawins
out every latent III undreamt Of.
Down here at the mouth Of th'
Columbia we get our customary 2
Or 80 inches Of rain and are glad +
have ii; ii FITS, and favors, and VI
flourish on it; and what Of monoton.
Il may impose but lightens an
hriphtens the wonderful sunshine tha
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18
OLD AGE AND NERVES.

MoNTcLAIR, N. J., Dec, 10
Miss Caroline r. Mayer, 90 years old,
dropped dead in the street near her
home last night while pursuing a thief
who had been in hen house at her
home. Death was evidently due to
heart disease, superinduced by the
excitement. Hearing noise in ths
hen house Mrs. Mayer slipped out Of
the house without notifying any 9th
er members Of the family and finding
several chickens missing went IT
pursuit Of the thieves After walking
several blocks she encountered a po'
liceman and enlisted his aid. q few
moments later she collapsed and the
officers efforts to revive her were
unavailing
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18
Muscular Pains Cured.

During the summer Of 1908 was
trouble with muscular pains in the
instep OF my foot" says Mr.. 5.
Pedlar, Of Toronto, Ont. AT times
IL was SO painful could hardly
walk. Chamberlain's Pain Balm was
recommended to me, 50 ! tried Il
and was completely cured by one
small bottle. have since recon-
mended II to several Of my friends
all Of whom speak highly Of IT," For
sale by Frank Hart and leading
druggists,
The Morning Astorian contains al
the local and Associated Press re-
ports,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18

succeeds ii. With the present trosS
ma ice and sickly chill We have moth
inr ii common and win be glad y
swap Il for that which belongs 70 as,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18

lines alluded 10, showing the island
property 81 the State innurins BY
virtue 81 the decision,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-18
The WEATHER

oregon. Washington and Idaho !
Fair.