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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05

legislators from $500 to 5000 for the
term, was concurred in.
The senate killed the assembly reso-
luton censuring the lobbyists now
here and ordering their prosecution
by the attorney general. The resolu.
ton was not taken seriously, the feel.
ing being that the lower house had
been somewhat cowardly in mention.
ing the name of but one lobbyist.
An end was brought to the long
fight over the Kahn court reporter
bill, which prevents court reporters
from doing any work outside of their
court duties. The bill was killed.
The bill creating the board of public
affairs was concurred in while the
measure making an additional appro-
priation of $4,000 to the emergency
hospital at the state fair was killed.
The industrial commission bill, which
passed the assembly, was the subject
of further amendment, Senator Blaine
presenting an amendment that will
consolidate the industrial accident
board Aand the industrial commission
in such a manner as to save the keep
ing of two separate sets of records
by single commission.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
West Virginia Born.

On June 20 fifty years ago the new
state was taking form. On assemblin
in convention at Wheeling nine days
earlier the delegates had taken tt
following oath: I'VE solemnly declare
that we will support the constitution
Of the United States and the laws
made in pursuance thereof as the su-
preme law of the land, anything i
the ordinance of the convention thai
assembled in Richmond on the 18Th
day of February last to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, so help US
God" On the Goth such progress had
been made that a governor, a lieuten-
and governor and council were elected
and the governor indicted into office.
The legislature Of the new state met
on July 2.
Francis Harrison Pierpont. the first
governor of West Virginia, was pro-
nounced abolitionist. He was born in
Virginia in 1914, educated at ALE
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05

ghony college and began the prac-
tive Of law at about the age Of thirty.
Western Virginia was not at once
erected into Il state. but at this time
acted under the name of the restored
government of Virginia. Pierpont
on being elected governor by the
Wheeling convention was recognized
by President Lincoln In the fall he
was reelected for the term of two
years and again for four years. When
the new state Of West Virginia was
created in 1853 Governor Perpont
removed his capital to Alexandria.
opposite to Washington At the fab
of Richmond he again removed to that
city and was governor of the entire
state until 1868.
Side Lights on Mcclellan.
McClellan's army had now been op-
Grating in the vicinity of Grafton for
about one month, winning the impor-
tant victory of philippi. The general
himself had remained at his Ohio
headquarters until June 20. when he
started for the front. In his book
"McClellan's Own Story" he gives
several quotations from letters writ
ten TO his wife covering this time. AS
Greeley said They make mighty in
rerestin' readin'," and throw a reveal
ing light on one phase of McClellan's
character. From Marietta June q be
wrote:
AT every station where we stopped
crowds had assembled to see the
young general At Chillicothe the
ladies had prepared dinner, and 1
had to be trotted through. They gave
me about twenty beautiful bouquets
and almost killed me with kindness.
| could hear them say, He is our own
general Look at him-how young he
isr He will thrash Them He'll do
ETC., ad intinitum."
On June 23 he reached Grafton. A
letter of that date contains the fol-
lowing characteristic extract: Every
thing here needs the hand of the mass
ter and is getting it fast" Of later
date is this: Unless where | am in
person everything seems to go wrong.
Here is another in kind: One thing
takes up great deal of time. vet /
cannot avoid it-crowds of the coun~
try people who have heard OF me ana
read my procamations come in from
all directions to thank me. shake me-
by the hand and look at their liberia
tor the general OF course | have
to see them and talk to them. Well,
it is q proud and glorious thing to see
a whole people here. simple and unso>
phisticated, looking up to me as their
deliverer from tyranny"
1t is we'll to Study these passages,
for we shall have much to do with
General Mcclellan as the weeks go by.
AS a flash Of lightning reveals a whole
landscape, these seem to me to illu-
inmate the cause of whole chapter
Of misunderstanding in 1862. God
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05

rage accident while visiting the mill
tary camps on the Virginia side of the
Potomac.
The most important event of the
week concerned western Virginia. On
June 20, the very day that Mcclellan
left Cincinnati for Grafton, the Wheel
ing convention elected a governor and
other officers for what eventually be-
came the new state of West Virginia.
There were skirmishes during the
week near Leesburg and on the Rap
pahannOck river. Washington an
nounced the name Of officers appoint
ed to the newly created regiments of
the regular army. Among the colonies
selected were Sherman. HeintZelman
and FitZ-John Porter
On June IS Professor Lowe, by use
of light wires, successfully telegraphed
from a war balloon. the first time it
was ever done in America.
This is a bare skeleton of events and
is so dry that the bones rattle. 1t is
a mere catalogue Of deeds. each of
which was of life and death interest.
To comprehend them even dimly we
must transport ourselves to an era
that, though only fifty years removed,
is so unlike our own as to be scarcely
recognizable. We must see nation
every other home in which had a hus-
band, a father or brother at the
front or preparing to go to the front.
We must see q peOple-then two peo-
-feverish in their anxiety. impa-
tient in their zeal and played upon in
turn by patriotism. anger, elation and
despair. We must see them eager for
every scrap of news. torn by a thou
sand wild rumOrs, fearing the loss of
loved ones. the capture of their CAPT
tai, the destruction of the nation itself.
We must walk with Lincoln in the
still nights back and forth through
the silent White House or to the tele
graph Office and go with him through
his days of conflicting advice and heart
breaking reports. All this and much
more we must see and experience, and
then we shall not be in hailing dis
lance of the realization. We must be-
hold our own fathers. sons, brothers or
husbands at the front, our own flag in
peril. before we can even begin to I'M
derstand.
1t was the constant cry of the north
ern orators that not one star should be
erased from the flag. Well. not one
star was erased, although eleven were
long hidden behind the smoke Of war.
Indeed, a new star was added, West
Virginia being born as direct result
of the conflict
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
DEAD AND FORGOTTEN.

THERE is a grave. neglected, bare,
4 To which no pilgrim ever goes;
No stone has been erected there.
And there no blossom ever blows.
WET he who lies within that grave
4 Was worthy of all good mems praise;
He was high minded, famous, brave,
A man who walked in VISIONS ways.
HE was a man who dared to stand
IA With one or two for what was right.
He lent new glory to his land
He priced his honor more than might
TINS long since he through darkness
CROPPED,
Long since his proud lips have been
dumb
He was the man that once hoped
/ should have courage to become.
IS. E. Kiser.
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stroyed a bridge at the New river.
There had been several reports that
the southern troops had evacuated
Fairfax Court House, but if so it
proved only a ruse, as they now in
trenched near the town.
During this week President Lincoln
was busy preparing his message to
the extra session Of congress, which
he had called to meet on July 4. There
were wild rumors about Washington
of plots to >low up the capitol building
as soon as congress should convene.
On June q Mrs. Lincoln. with her two
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
The War Fifty Years Ago

Border From Virginia TO Missouri Becomes Battle Line
Virginia Begins to Bear the Brunt = Confederates
Again Enter HarperS Ferry and Wreak Destruction
Lincoln Busy Preparing Message to Special Session
Called For July 4---North and South Eager For War
News - West Virginia Elects State Officers - Nc
Clellan Obsessed by His Own Personality--General
Patterson Recalled by General Scott to Help Defend
Washington.
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IOUpyTlght by Amerlcan Press AssocIa-
ton, 1911
THE events of June. 1861, cleared
the atmosphere on both sides
and made it plain that the
nation was facing not mere
temporary inSurrecti0n, but a civil
war, the length and severity of which
no one could foresee The peace talk
was all but stilled True. there were
at this time some unofficial proposals
of compromise made by southerners in
Washington, one suggesting the recog,
milton of the Con deracy. another
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
FOR A CHILD.

TlS mind mas neither need nor pow
ers to know
The foolish things that men
IL II call right and wrong;
For him the streams of pleasant
love wine flow,
For him the mystic sleep compelling
song.
Through love he rules his love made uni
verse
And sees with sight by ignorance made
keen
The fauns and elves whom older eyes dis
perse,
Great Pan and all the fairies with their
queen
Kind gods. ! pray. bestow on him this
dole,
Not wisdom. wealth nor mighty deeds
to do,
But let him keep his happy pagan soul.
The poet vision, simple free and true,
To hunt the rainbow gold and phantom
lights
And meet with dryads on the wooded
heights.
Joyce Kilmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
FAR AND NEAR.

~ o close we are and yet so far apart
So close I feel your breath upon my
cheek,
~ So far that all this love OF mine is
weak
To touch in any way your distant heart;
So close that when ! hear your voice
start
To see my whole life standing bare and
bleak:
So far that, though for years and years
] seek,
I shall not find thee other than thou art.
So while live I walk upon the verge
OF an impossible and changeless sea,
Which more than death divides me, love,
from thee
The mournful beating Of its leaden surge
Is all the music now that i shall hear.
O love, thou art too far and yet too near!
Philip Bourke Marston.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
Change in Freight Rates.

ETTV
The railroad commission sent out
letters to all roads operating in this
state advising them of the new law re-
lating to changes in freight rates.
This law Chapter 100 Of the laws Of
1919 sets forth that no change shall
be made in any schedule unless such
change shall be first approved by the
commission" The railroad commits
sion's letter notifies the companies
that the commission will require the
filing of all information as to the rea-
sons which make changes necessary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
State Reserves 1928 Acres.


In response to a resolution intro
duced in the assembly, calling on
State Forester Griffith for information
regarding the number of acres OF
land now under option by the state
board of forestry, the price to be
paid per acre and also the price which
has been paid for such lands, the
state forester sent a communication
to the assembly. In this report he
says that the board holds no land I'M
der option.
Mr.. Griffith included in his report
lands which have been purchased
from September, 1907, forward.
Among the latest and heaviest pur-
chases were 27252.51 acres of the G.
F. Sanborn Lumber company, Eagle
River, at $3.50 per acre; 600 acres Of
the Boswell Manufacturing and Lum-
Der company, Wausau, at $3.50 per
acre; $40 acres of the Alexander
Stewart Lumber company, Wausau,
at So per acre, and 1896 acres of the
Yawkey-Bissell Lumber company at
$3.50 per acre.
"All of the above purchases" said
Mr.. Griffith, "have been completed and
fully paid for except the Yawkey-
Bissell Lumber company, the Good
year Lumber company and the G. F..
Sanborn Lumber company which will
be completed under land contracts as
funds are available"
The total acreage of lands pur-
chased is given at III, 407 acres. Of
lands granted to the state by the fed
eral government and the Nebegamon
Lumber company there are 24321
acres, making a total acreage of 1884,
728 acres.
In conclusion Mr.. Griffith said that
most of the lands purchased con-
tanned valuable young timber, which,
if protected from fire, would grow into
valuable forests. The average price
paid, he said was three dollars per
acre, which he considered reasonable
considering the location, much of the
land bordering on the lakes In the
northern part of the state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
HOPE.

HOPE.
4 Ii wantonly in hours OF Joy
AZ ! made a song of pain;
Soon grief drew near and paused to hear
And sang the sad refrain
Again and yet again.
TNHEN recklessly in my despair
l sang Of hope one day,
And Joy turned back upon Life's track
And smiled and came my way
And sat her down to stay.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05

about his own personality. That man
will have grievances. He will let self
stand in the way of his work.
Patterson Recalled by Scott.
Let us turn to another picture. We
have already seen the singing regi-
ments of General Patterson wading
the Potomac with the water up to
their armpits. Once on Virginia soil
they began the march from Williams
port to HarperS Ferry. The first inti-
nation Patterson received of john
stons evacuation of Harpers Ferry
was a dispatch from General Scott
asking as to his (Patterson'sl inten-
tons as to pursuing the enemy and
adding that if he did not contemplate
such pursuit to send a part Of his
army Immediately to Washington, the
capital being hard pressed. Two or
three dispatches passed back and
forth before Patterson complied, but
at last he did 50 on receiving per
emptory order.
General Patterson, who had been 8
soldier in two wars. was bitterly criti-
cised because be did not occupy Har-
pers Ferry or follow up and attack
Johnston. All this be bore in silence,
and it was not till later that the fact
of his being commanded TO send the
flower of his troops to Washington
came out. General SCOTS motive can
be understood for Washington was in
a state Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., fearing an
attack from Manassas. As TO General
PattersonS later failure to engage
Johnston and thus keep that general
from aiding Beauregard 1T Bull Run.
John c. Nlcolay is authority for the
statement that the aged Union COM
mander was eager TO do SO, but was
dissuaded by his underofficers, Fitz-
John Porter, Colonel George II.
Thomas and others. This, however, Is
getting ahead OF the story.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
THE ETHEREAL ESSENCE.

Go not too near the rose;
The depreciation Of a breeze
Or inundation Of dew
Alarms its walls away.
Nor try to tie the butterfly.
Nor climb the bars Of ecstasy.
In insecurity to lie
Is joys insuring quality.
Emily Dickinson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
AM NOT WISE.

y W NO WISE.
The wise forget. dear heart
They leave the past
And play the hero's part.
Brave to the last
They weep not nor regret;
Calm are their eyes.
Dear heart. the wise forget.
am not wise.
Anonymous.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
Department to Enforce New Law.

Health officer J. P Donovan will
insist on the enforcement of chapter
379 of the laws of 1911 relating to
food products as soon as he has read
over the law. This measure prohib-
it's the merchants from displaying or
storing fruits, vegetables. or other
food products on the sidewalk or out
side their place of business unless the
same are securely covered by glass,
wood or metal cases or enclosed in
tight boxes, bags or barrels, and all
cases and retainers are to be raised
at least two feet above the sidewalk.
The provisions of the measure do
not apply to fruits or vegetables
which are peeled or skinned before
being used or which are stored In
tight barrels, boxes or crates.
The law also provides that no dairy
or other food products which have
been prepared for eating shall be dis
played or offered for sale unless prop
erly protected from flies, dust, dirt
or other injurious contamination by
being suitably covered with a glass,
WOOUB VI mSIdA case OT covering.
1t is the duty of the health officer
in each town, village and city to CO.
operate with the dairy and fooC de-
partment in the enforcement of the
law
Big Industrial Growth of Wisconsin.
A decided increase in all items
over the report Of 1904 is shown in
preliminary statement of the general
results of the thirteenth United States
census, of manufactures of Wiscon-
sin. The increased percentage is as
follows:
Number of salaried officials and
clerks, 81 per cent: cost of materials
used, 81 per cent; capital. AZ per
cent; value of products, A per cent;
salaries and wages, 38 per cent;
value added by mapufacture, 33 per
cent; miscellaneous expenses, 81 per
cent; primary horsepower, 26 per
cent; average number Of wage earn
ers employed during. the year, 21 per
cent; and number establishments,
Ia per cent.
There were 1922 manufacturing es-
adjustments in 1909 and 8,558 in
1904, an increase Of 1854, or IA Per
cent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
New State Corporations.

Articles of incorporation of the
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis associa-
ton were filed with Secretary Of State
Frear; no capital stock; incorpora-
tors, w. D. Frost f. A. Hutchins, w.
il. Lightly
Amendments were filed as follows:
The United Telephone company Of
Monroe, increasing it's capital stock
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Mosel and Centerville Telephone
company, Mosel, increasing its capital
stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
BY JAMES A. EDGERTON.

copyright by American Press Associa-
ton, 1911.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05

help the man who thinks too much
about his own personality. That man
will have grievances. He will let self
stand in the way of his work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05

YE stood alone where pave and side
walk meet,
Ragged, unshaven. thin of form
= and face,
tall old man clothed with
The evening times., 1911-08-01
DIRECTORS WILL TAKE
HAND IN MAGEE GAME

The board Of directors Of the Ma
tional league will hear the appeal Of
Sherwood Magee from the sentence
imposed by President Lynch for the
latter's assault on Umpire Ffnneran.
Both sides will have an opportunity
to present their case, and the board
will hear the matter threshed out in
an impartial manner. Magee will
have his fling, his testimony will be
taken. and he will have an oppor-
tunity to prove his statement that the
umpAFe directed an offensive term
toward him. With the decision Of the
board Of directors let us hope that
tho whole thing will die. a natural
death. II they decide adversely to
Sherwood, then the best thinE to do
10 to let the entire matter sink into
oblivion. For the directorate will
have an opportunity Of Judging the
matter fairly fand impaTtially and
without prejudice. and its decision
ought to stick.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
JAKE DAUBERT WAS
FORMERLY "a MINER

Brooklyn, Aug. Failure to OBJ
tain the location desired for a, cafe
was responsible for Jake Daubert's
decision to make baseball his pro-
fession. The Brooklyn first baseman
star as boy was employed in the
coal mines in the neighborhood Of his
home in Llewellyn. Pa. His father
had been a miner, and Jake and his
two brothers followed in his foot
steps. Every opportunity Jake had
he was playing ball.
He made his professional debut
with the Kane club, which later blew
up. He then threw his fortunes with
Marion. another Pennsylvania team.
It was while playing with Marion
that Tom O'Brien,. scout for the
Clevelands. saw him and recommend
ed him to Cleveland.
The Marion club, like the Kane
club. also blew up, and Jake went
back to the mines. Cleveland order
ed him to report in the spring of the
next year. Jake says he will always
remember his last days work as a
miner. Through a bit Of careless
ness he was nearly killed. The SUM-
erintendent Of the mines told him IL
he didn't stick to baseball and give
up mining he would chase him out
OF town with gun.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
BRESNAHAN SWEET
ON @. @. ALEXANDER

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-Roger Bres-
nahan is especially sweet on the
hurting marvel Of the season, Gro
YER Cleveland Alexander, and he
doesn't hesitate to say that the tall
Nebrsskan is wonderful pitcher and
the ind Of the year. Il never saw a
young pitcher with the stun Alenan-
der showed against us last time we
faced him in Philadelphia" said
Bresnahan. "They said he wasn't
feeling extra well that day, having
just finished some hard games against
New York. guess that part about
the kid not feeling we'll was bunk. Il
must have been. for he surely pitch
cd great ball. We couldn't hit him
with plank. l never saw pitcher
with q; better curve, and his control
was great. Alexander pitches like
Earl Moore. He has side-arm de-
livery, and works the crossfire ball"
The general impression appears to
prevail among the fans that the path
Of the wonder Grover Alexander has.
been one Of roses, but "Alex" declares
II seemed more like all thorns to him
The evening times., 1911-08-01
RUMOR OF SPLIT IS
GAINING HEADWAY

With the rumor of split between
Ad Wolgast md his manager, Tom
Jones, being predicted almost every
day. fight fans are beginning to won
der as to the cause. 1t was only a
few months ago that the champion
made several statements to the effect
that Jones was one of the best man
ayers in the game, and that he
(Jones) had played a big part in
making him champion.
The rumors are gaining much head
way, and the old timers are wonder
ing whether Freddie Welsh is not
the real cause of the mix-up. 1t is
not generally known that Jones at
one time managed the Englishman,
and for this reason, it is believed,
that he is trying to keep his protege
from meeting him, in view of the fact
that he would be easy picking for
Ad. Sort of friendship deal. Of
course, this may be another one of
those idle dreams, but just the same
it is the best reason yet offered for
the near" split.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
DENVER BALL PLAYER
HAS UNIQUE RECORD

Out in Denver. the center. Of the
grizzly bear trot and the Rocky
mountains, there is a certain young
pastimer who holds a record that is
unique as we'll as elaborate. He has
been digging his spikes into the turf
around right field for the Denverians
for the last Ave years, and he has
never failed to decorate the score
card in this quintet Of seasons. Har-
~ Cassidy is the noble young ath-
lete in question. and he has played
seven hundred consecutive games.
He has never been out of the fray
through injuries or illness, and bis
record Of attendance has been 1000,
batting for clean sheet in the punc-
tuality league. Cassidy was 30 years
old in July. He is native Of Nc
CLAIM county, Ill. He broke into pro-
fessional baseball from Illinois Wes-
leyan, from which school he gradual
ed in 1905 with q bachelor Of science
degree.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
THE FIGHT FANS ARE
ANXIOUSLY WAITING

Ad Wolgast and Packey Mcfarland
do more jockeying and less actual
fighting in their putative contests
than any six men in the ring. Both
OF the wonderful fistic sharps are
constantly signing articles. and draw
ing up contracts and going through
more rigamarole than any other pair
in fistiana, but they never meet in
the squared circle. Every fight fen
in the country wants to see these two
boys in action. While Wolgast will
always beat the other lightweights in
finish fight Mcfarland is likely to
make trouble in limited round bout.
A battle between these boys will
convulse fistiana from coast to coast
and have every devotee of the manly
art by the ears