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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
GUARD AGAINST FIRE
At CHRISTMAS TIME
Inflammable Things at Christmas
Trees to be Avoided
State Fire Marshal Issues Timely Warm
ing and Points Out Many
Common Dangers.

Every year in America many chill
dren are burned to death, or serious
ly injured, through fires arising from
Christmas tree candles or the careless
handling of matches Some of the
reports of such fires coming to this
department are simply heartrending
in the pathos of the sad stories they
tell.
Here are a few samples. in simple
terms of FIRE chiefs and town clerks.
az "The house was all afTe from
the overturned tree) before they MOTTO
ed it. Did not have time to save
two small children. (2) THE
mother had gone out to milk the
cows. and her little girl, four years
old, came down stairs in her night
dress, and finding no one about. climb.
ed up, got some matches. and thought
she would try to relight the tree. In
some way her night-dress caught FIRE.
She ran up stairs and got into bed.
set the bedding on fire; then jumped
into another bed and set the other
bedding on fire. When the mother
came in, the clothing was burned off
the little girl, and although she ran
for water and got the fire out, the
child died" (S) ''Mother was in
back yard hanging up clothes See
ing the smoke coming from the room.
she ran IN to save two small chill
dren, who were found on stairway
leading to upper floor All three died
from effects of fire" playing with
matches
This department therefore feels
that it is asking nothing unreason-
able when it requests the newspaper
publishers in the interests of
humanity to give publicity to the fol-
lowing Don 'ts'' at this season of the
year. They may never know the
service thus rendered. but in case of
an accident similar to any of the
above. in their own locality, they
will perhaps wonder if it might not
have helped if they had published
some such warning.
DO not decorate our Christmas tree
with paper, cotton, or any other in
fi4mmable material. Use metallic,
tinsel and other non inflamma BILE
decorations only. and set the tree.
securely, so that the children in reach.
ing for things cannot tip it over.
Do not use cotton to represent snow,
If you must have snow. use asbestos
fiber.
Do not permit children to light or
relight the candles while parents are
not present. They frequently set fire
to their clothing instead. The tree
itself will burn when needles have
become dry.
Do not leave matches within reach
of children at Holiday time. Candles
are meant to be lighted, and if the
children can get matches they will
experiment with them. They natural.
ly initiate their elders.
GLEN P. HOST,
State Fire Marshal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
A LOVEABLE CRIMINAL
"Alias Jimmy Valentine" Has a Good
Heart Though He Was Once
Crook.

1t is somewhat of an anamoly that
the average honest American should
find fascination in the ways and
career of crook; strange as it may
seem there is glitter to the man who
earns his living by his wits and still
more it has been so almost since the
world began; literature fairly bristles
with romantic and adventurous stories
of the thief he has stalked our stages
and become matinee idol.
AS children we loved to hear the
wondrous stories Of Robin Hood, not
to say that we loved any less the
piTating of gentle Captain Kidd,
while in later days we turned to the
ten cents per copy of Dick Turpin"
and 'Deadwood Dick. Years ago it
was THE Shadow Detective that
we watched with baited breath from
fifteen cent seat in the gallery,
then came he of fragrant memory N.
S. Wood in "The Newsboy Detective"
and Juvenile joy was at its height.
But as the years have gone by the
crook has changed in personality, he
has kept abreast of the times: if they
made detectives smarter and jails
stronger, he made himself more
cunning and the harder to detect from
honest humanity the playwright who
has always found a fascinating type
in the rogue and has used him from
the beginning of time also kept
space. Sir Arthur Conan boy lie
created the greatest detective of hc-
ton, the quiet, depressed deductive
Sherlock Holmes then came 'Raffles'
and then there doomed upon the
literary and dramatic horizon a new
figure. It was still the thief, but
ne had youth, he had manhood that
could battle with an old record, he
had served his time. he had reform
ed, he was free. be was among other
men, he was a man.
This was the advent of "Alias
Jimmy Valentine. O. Henry (the
late sidney Porter) VINO mlgnt oe
called an American, breathed the
idea of Jimmy in a short story he
! wrote called ga Retrieved Reforma
tion. - Paul Armstrong who knows
the underworld probably better than
any man who has ever written about
it, took the idea and from it wrote a
play Alias Jimmy Valentine and
he wrote it in five days. This young
gentlemanly crook at once grasped the
popularity of New York theatre:
goers, and it held on to the extent of
playing two solid years at Wallack' s
Theatre. Will be seen in Lancaster
at Hatch's opera house Friday. even
ing Dec. 10. Prices 35c- SOC 75c- ST..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
FOR LOVE OF A WOMAN.
"Alias Jimmy Valentine" gives up his
Days and Ways of Bank Burglary.

An exceptional treat is promised
by manager Hatch of Hatch's opera
house where ''Alias Jimmy Valen-
tine will appear. This is the
melodrama by Paul Armstrong,
which ran for two seasons in New
York and it comes here with the
original production under the
management of Jones and Crane.
Mr.. Armstrong founded his play
on ga Retrieved Reformation a
short story by o. Henry and he tells
the story of a remarkable crook, able
to manipulate safe combinations with
his fingers, who reforms for the love
of q woman despite the fact that he
is being hunted by a detective and
has other obstacles to overcome.
The situations are described as
thrilling and full Of human interest.
Opera House. Friday evening. Dec
10. Prices $3.50 1881. 90.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
Death of Little Donald Kinney.

Donald Fay, the little twin son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Kinney, residents
of the town of Potosi, died on Sat-
urday, Dec. 10, after an illness of
less than a week, aged one year,
eight months and eleven days.
Donald was always more delicate than
his twin sister, Dorothy May. and
when stricken with the disease, the
exact nature of which is in doubt.
but which closely resembles in its
characteristics the dread infiantile
paralysis which has laid its blighting
touch upon number of households
IN this vicinity, he had not the
strength to successfully battle with
it and passed to the silent beyond sur
rounded by his sorrowing parents,
grandparents and friends Saturday
morning at about s o'clock. A brief
service was held at the grave in
Boice Greek cemetery on Sunday
afternoon, by Rev. Thos. S. Beavin,
NJ E. pastor, and just as the sun was
sinking in the west the loved form
was laid forever at rest. There was
a profusion of flowers typical of the
fair human blossom gathered from it's
parents loving arms, and the singing
at the grave was beautiful. The
family are duly appreciative and
grateful for the many acts of kind
ness on the part of friends.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
ORE MARKETIS SWAY DOWN
Mining Not as Profitable as One Year
Ago And the Blame Has Been
Placed on New Tariff.

The bottom has dropped out of the
zinc market and this, together with
the low price of lead ore, mining is
not as profitable as it was a year ago.
Zinc ore Tuesday was quoted at
$38 per ton for 60 per cent metallic
content, although in Missouri ore was
sold on a basis of $50. This year
has witnessed the lowest market in
zinc for some time. Frog. May until
September Of last year, zinc was
worth from $57 to $63 for sixty per
cent ore. Spelter today is correspond
ingly lower. Ore buyers in Galena
attribute the market conditions to the
present national administration, as
the duty was reduced on both zinc
and spelter, which would have a
tendency to cut the market price con-
siderable.
The low price which has prevailed
for some time was in a measure
responsible for several low grade zinc
properties closing down in this dis
trict which in turn affected the roast
ing plant of the Joplin Separating
Co located in Galena, to such an ex.
tent that it was unable to operate
any longer until it can get enough
low grade ore to operate on paying
basis. AS long as the low grade
mines are closed down the separating
plant here will remain idle. -Galena
(3aZaffa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
REORGANIZATION Of
ELECTRIC LIGHT co.
Name Changed and Additional
Capital Taken on
Equipment of Plant to be Greatly In
creased at Once and the
Service Enlarged.

a reorganization and recapitaliza-
tion of The Lancaster Electric Light
Co. went into effect on December 10th,
by which the name has been changed
to The Lancaster Light and Power
Co., and the capital stock authorized
is increased to 800, 600. Chicago,
as we'll as local capital is now .cvest-
ed in the enterprise and Chicago
man Fl. L. Clarke. becomes presi-
dent of the company. Ben Squire
will be the secretary and treasurer
aud Geo. P. Angus will be vice presi
dent and manager.
Mr.. Clarke, the new president,
who has offices at 1877 South LaSalle
street, Chicago, is also president of
the Oelwein Light Heat and Power
Co., of Oelwein. Iowa, and is
practical electrical engineer, with
extensive experience in the electric
light and power business.
Geo. P. Angus needs no introduc-
tion to Lancaster people as he has
been for fourteen years the manager
of the electric light company. He is
an experienced electrician and is
thoroughly familiar with every
branch and detail of the business
He will continue in active charge of
the plant and local extensions of the
service as we'll as those to be made to
other towns in the county
The equipment for the line from
here to Fennimore, including poles,
wires etc has been shipped and work
on that extension will begin very
shortly. A line to at least one other
town is contemplated.
About year ago an addition was
made to the company's plant by
which electric power as we'll as light
was furnished in Lancaster. A few
weeks ago a 24hour- per-day service
went into effect and now. with the
addition of outside capital lot of
money is TO be invested In a greatly
increased eqoipment-engine. boilers.
etc. of latest design and great addi-
tional power, and connected directly
with the generator. In fact they
have already been ordered and will
shortly be installed. so that the
present and prospective business can
be taken care of in u most effective
manner. The plant, when the new
equipment is all in. will be the larg-
est, most modern and complete of any
in this section of the state, and all
the features of the service-day and
night for both light and power-will
be enjoyed upon the subsidiary lines
as we'll as in the city. It is an
enterprise to be proud of and one
worthy Of liberal patronage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
w. c. 7. u. NOTES.

The meeting of the W. G. T. U. of
last week was held with Mrs Chas.
Dickinson with a good attendance of
members and four other ladies as
visitors.
After the devotionals and reports
of committees and treasurer. a reading
was given by Miss Elva Knox on the
loyalty and persevering efforts of
women. A humorous reading by Miss
Elma Knox; both were interesting
and appreciated by those present.
A report was given by the presi-
dent of the fortieth national conven-
ton recently held at Asbury Park.
N. j., showing that seven hundred
and seven delegates from the different
states representing constituency of
three hundred thousand white ribbon
women attended this convention.
A proclamation for National con-
stitutionsl prohibition was adopted
and will be presented to the next
session of congress by Lillian M.
Stevens, who is national president of
the w. G. T. U. She hops that as
many white ribboners as possible from
as many states as possible will ap.
pear at Washington at that time as a
mass meeting will be held in the
National Theatre Washington. D.
G. Mrs. Mary Harris Armar will
be one of the speakers on this occa.
zion.
8 Tbs ninth triennial convention of
the worlds w. @. T. u. which
convened, at Brooklyn, N. Y Oct.
% % of this year. was represented by
Sd nations all showing an increase of
mem bership and high estimate of this
great work Rosalind, Countess of
Carlisle was reelected president of
the worlds w. G. T u Miss
Louesa Roes read a short poem on
what the saloon bar leads to The
president also read an article on the
fiendish devices of the white slave
traffic.
Miss Kathryn Martin read an in
eresting article entitled Behind the
Bars, which gives evidence of how
many of the criminals are there as a
result of the drink habit.
At the close of this meeting re-
freshments were served with Mr.
Dickinson as host and Mrs. Dickinson
with her daughter Mrs. Anderson as
hostesses. Jan. s, 1914, will be the
annual meeting when there will be
the election of officers for the ensuing
year.
This meeting will be held at Mrs
Rundel's home. A good attendance
is necessary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
Tax Commission Orders Reassessments
Made in This County

To the Editor of The Herald
The State Tax Commission has
ordered a reassessment of the towns of
Melville, Woodman and Potosi,
Grant county. The Tax Commission
has appointed 7. J Bergen, income
tax assessor at Prairie du Chen to
have charge of the assessments in
Millville and Woodman. Assessor
Andrew Brown of the town of Wood.
man and Assessor John A Kreul of
Hickory Grove are to assist him.
The Board of Review for Millville
is l. NJ. Stauffacher. assessor of in
comes from Monroe, Wisconsin, J.
F. Morse of Mt. Hope and W. q.
Brown of Millville.
The Board of Review of Woodmsn
are l. M. Stauffacher of Monroe,
Thomas Millin of Patch Grove and
John Kelly of Woodman.
The assessments Of town of Potosi
are in charge of ]. D. Stuart of
Prairie du Chen and Chris Dressler
of Dickeyville.
The Board of Review are J. E.
Kiser, Assessor of incomes of La
Crosse, H. A Russell, town of Har-
rison and E. NJ. Wilmott of the town
of Potosi. T. L. CLEARY,
Assessor of Incomes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
Stock Shipments.

Wednesday, Mccoy and Croft, 8
cars of hogs.
Thursday-Place and Jerrett, cars
of hogs; Bidwell Bros. car of hogs !;
Wood Bros 1 car of hogs; Oscar
Damn. / car of hogs; Mccoy ard
Croft, 1 car of hogs
Friday-Place and Jerrett. car of
hogs.
Monday-J. e. Bailey, 1 car of
hogs w. E. Shimmin, I car of sheep !;
Fred Aupperle, cars of cattle; Fred
Kress, car of hogs; Mccoy and
Croft, 2 cars Of cattle; Jno. Dobson,
cars of hogs and / car of sheep /;
Andrew Lewis, cars of hogs; Place
and Jerrett, car of hogs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
School Play, at Opera House.

For several years past the stu
dents of Lancaster high school have
annually given Christmas play at
the school house. Owing to the in
adequate facilities in the way of
staging and seating, this years
play entitled. Christmas Boxes"
will be given at Hatch's opera house
tomorrow, Thursday evening.
AS an expense is incurred in hiring
the opera house a nominal admis-
sion fee of 10 cents will be charged
for the performance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
Tax Collections.

Treasures for the following
towns will be at the First National
bank in this city for the collection
of taxes, on the dates named
herewith
Beetown-J. A. Jamison-Satur-
day, January 3 and Saturday, Jan.
81.
Little Graut-Ed Govier Satur-
dav, Jan. 10 and Saturday Jan. "A.
Ellenboro Ell. Clark Saturday
Jan. II and Saturday Jan. 81.
South Lancaster R. Dewey
any day after Jan. LIST.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
Cemetery Advertisement.

Advertising cemetery is something
not generally encountered, but this re-
Gently has occurred at Sydney, N. s.
Wales, Australia. A newspaper adj
vertised a local cemetery as
commanding SO beautiful a view
of the bay that people who have
tried it cannot be persuaded to go
elsewhere"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
Different Arrangements.

William @. Keehner, Potosi and
Cora Shappelle, Lancaster.
Harry Gehrke, Belmont and Lethe
Shaw, Platteville.
Albert w. Wellers and Inez NJ.
both of Platteville.
Ben Henderson and Jerusha Havens,
both of Woodman
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17
Kept It Dark.

Gerald-"A gentleman knows how to
keep a secret" Geraldine-"ff you
are a gentleman you have kept it a
secret, all right"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-17

Standing of the "Knocker."
Even "the knocker' claims certain
amount of respect if he doesn't hit
from behind or use brass knuckles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20
ADVERTISEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP.

We. the subscribers. have this day en-
tered into a limited partnership agree
ably to the provisions of the Revised
Statutes of 1911, Title 102, relating to
Limited Partnerships, and do hereby
certify that the name of the firm under
which said partnership is to be conducted
is SNYDER & HOLLINGSWORTH
that the general nature of the business
to be transacted in the manufacture, buy
ing and sale Of brick. tile and other ar
ticles Of similar nature. and the same
will be transacted at the City of Browns
vile, Cameron County, Texas; that the
names of the general partners of said
firm are Albert Snyder and W.. l.. Hol-
both of Cameron County, Ter
as, and the. special partner is j. X. Bull,
of Cameron County Texas.
That the capital contributed by the
said J. il. Bull, special partner. is $500
in cash; that the period at which said
partnership is to is the 18th
day of April 1913. and that it will ter
inmate Oh the 2Sth day Of April, 1918
ALBERT SNYDER.
w. L. HOLLINGWORTH
General Partcners.
J. X. BULL. Special Partner.
go - 6-3 10 IL a.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20
ALIENS TURNED BACK
CHIEF DUBOSE HAS DEPORTED
TWENTY APPLICANTS FOR AID
MISSION TO UNCLE SANS DO
MAIN.

A total of twenty foreigners who APP
piled for admission to the United States
station recently have been returned to
the Mexican side. Some of these have
been guests of Nine Host Chief Immigra-
ton Inspector ii. G. Dubose for the past
several DAYS, and his detention quarters
now disclose a deserted appearance com
pared with the conditions Of the past
few days.
Seven Syrians who applied for admis-
sion yesterday afternoon were refused
and crossed back TO Mexico. Eight for
eignerS, also Syrians, who have been held
in detention quarters for several days
were sent back yesterday afternoon, and
this morning four more Syrians and one
Armenian were turned back.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20
CROKETTS DENY STORY
DAyY CROCKETT'S GRANDSONS DO
NOT RELISH INCORRECT REPORT
OF EXPERIENCE AT RIO BRAVO.

r.. b. Crockett and W. III. Crockett,
residents of Brownsville employed on the
irrigation construction work ut Rio
Bravo, appeared in the Office of the Her
aid today to deny a story published III a
Houston paper of last Sunday and dated
at Bay City. The story they believe was
the result of a misconstruction of the
wording in a letter written to their faith
or at Bay City, and as published is absol
utely incorrect. The story relates how the
Crockett's with other Americans were
captured by the ConstitutiOnalists and
lined up against an adobe along with six
alleged Mexican spies: that rebels shot
the spies but the Americans escaped I'M
scathed. The CrOckett's deny the whole
story and state that in fact there is not
a dolby" building in the town of Rio
Bravo. They brand the story as ridicul-
Gus i'll the extreme, and say the sensa-
tOnal details probably are the outgrwOth
of the active imagination of the press
correspondent at Bay City.
The Messrs. Crockett are indeed grand
sons of Dayy Crockett, the famous Texas
patriot who persisted in the Battle of the
Alamo, and that is almost the only cor
rect statement in the article.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20
DEATH OF NJ. SALINAS.

Miguel Salinas, aged % years. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sabine Salinas died at his
home in the 18th ward yesterday after
noon, and the funeral will be held this
afternoon from the residence. Interment
will be made at the Santa Rosalia Gene
terry about three miles from this city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders and the an
nual meeting of the directors of the Rio
Grande Railway Company will be held at
the Offices of the company in Brownsville,
Texas, on June 3, 1913.
o. III. Nance, Secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20

II has been so tong since Brownsville
has had anything out of the ordinary in
a dance. people are on the qui vive Of OK
rectancy over the Crepe Paper ball, to
take place Friday night ut the opera
house.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20
SUMMER SCHOOL.

Mrs. Annie s.. Putegnat and Miss NJ.
f. Duffy will open a summer school ut
the public school building, May &c, 1913,
for primary grades only, from first to
fourth inclusive. School hours from $50
a. m. to II IN. Tuition So per month,
PAYABLE i'm advance. 5-9-lm.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20

~CGJrdnaisfds in N0rics TOnight.-A
Dittmann, manager of the Dittman The
alter, today received a reel of motion pic
lures taken by himself a few days ago at
the Constituencies headquarters at
Rio Bravo, and will show them at his the,
alter tonight. There are about four hun
bred feet Of film in the reel, and there
are included in this pictures Of General
Blanco and his staff, the entire garrison
passing in reveiw. mounted. before the
machine gun. and also the 21st cavalry
making a charge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20
lES$$sS|

MUTUAL WEEKLY.
Current Events.
THE TWO GLASSES.
From the Famous poem by Ella Wheel
or Wilcox.
THE SIMPLE LIFE.
WHEN MERCY TEMPERS JUSTICE.
THE SHARPSHOOTERS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20

Come to the crepe Paper Ball-It will
he a novel event. \ crepe paper dress
is not compulsory, but you surely will
wish you had one when YOU see the fairy
like costumes. Get your dress early. The
colors are exquisite, and styles varied. 1t
is very easy to make "A crepe paper dress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-20
DIR. F. C. SIZELAN
DENTIST.

DENTIST.
Graduate University of Michigan 1890
Merchants National Bank Bldg.
Res. 223. PHONES Office 225.