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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
Obituary-LeROy F. Judd

Leroy Francis Judd was horn liz
Turner, Turner County, South Dakota.
October II, 1874, died November II,
1918, in Lancaster, Wisconsin.
When but a babe he came with his
parents to Grant county, Wisconsin,
to the farm three miles northwest of
Lancaster, known as Maple Hill.
There he grew to manhood, winning
by his sturdy honesty and self reIi-
ance. the confidence of all who new
him.
Ambitious and eager to succeed,
he entered the University Agricultural
Department at Madison. After the
death of his brother, BERTHE. he re-
NAMED at home with his parents
until his marriage.
In 1896 the family moved to Bloom
ington, Wisconsin and inz1901 Leroy
was married to Mary e. Baxter of
Fennimore, Wisconsin. He then
moved to the farm east of Lancaster
where they have since resided.
The qualities of sturdy manhood so
marked in his early years developed
into that habit of kindliness industry
and right living that endeared him to
friends and relatives alike. He was
honest and upright in all his deal
ings. a faithful friend and a helpful
neighbor.
He gave of his strength and service
to all who asked but he gave himself.
little time for needed rest or recupeEa-
tion until, even in young manhood
his splendid vitality failed. After
an illness of five days ending Nov.
II, 1918 he passed while sleeping into
the Greater Life.
Besides sorEowing friends and rela-
tives he leaves to mourn his loss, q
wife and three children, Helen,
Baxter and Ellsworth; his mother
Mrs. Helen Judd, Lancaster three
sisters, Mrs Will Morkin. Booming
ton Mrs. Bruce r. Kester, Vale,
Oregon; Mrs. John Q. Webster.
Harold, South Dakota. and one
brother Vernon, at home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
More Records Broken In Connection
With The Chicago Stock Show.

With its $75, 600 offered in prizes
and it's entries closed, the Information
al Live Stock Exposition, which will
be held on the dates Of November
goth to december 9th, inclusive, at
the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, has
broken all records in every depart
ment in regard to the number of TX
hihits. Every breed of cattle, sheep
swine and horses will be represented
on a much larger scale, the arrange
menls for the Show have been better
provided for, and the great Stock
Show Of 1913 will go down into history
as the most comprehensive the most
complete, the most modern, advanced
and up to dat5 of all the exhibitions.
wonderful as they have been. which
have preceded it, Such a statement
of facts as this is positive proof of
the importance of the event and how
it is regarded by the stockmen of the
country,
1t not only offers to breeders, feed
ers, farmers and others who are inter
ested in the live stock industry, a
school Of analysis but a free and
liberal education in everything that a
stockman requires, and presents to the
IONS of these men an opportunity for
obtaining that information, and in
sight to the stockman's business SO
necessary so indispensable to them in
after years.
Breeders. feeders and farmers who
are developing a business Of this
kind, or who have already developed
one. and who have sons ready to step
into their shoes when they shall have
cast them off, and put upon them the
slippers of ease and restfulness, to
these young men the privilege of
seeing the extraordinary Exposition,
and imbiding that knowledge without
which they will be sorely handicapped
when they come to compete with
those who have taken advantage and
profited by the opportunities it affords.
Money spent in attending this show
is money invested in gilt edged secur-
ity that will return interest at the
rate of a hundred per cent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26

assessment districts in the county have
fallen SO far below the average as to
clearly indicate that no serious at
tempt was made to assess the property
at its selling value The towns named
have been selected because they stand
lowest on the list and have shown the
least disposition to follow the law
and the instructions issued from this
department relating to assessment.
AS soon as the parties tentatively
selected to make these reassessments
are at liberty orders will be entered
disposing Of the applications made.
We send you this note merely as a re-
port of progress and for use, if it is
deemed necessary, before your county
board. Yours very truly,
Wisconsin Tax Commission
A. j. Myrland. Secretary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
w. F. M. S. District Meeting

The district meeting, Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society. was
held in Boscobel the 18th and 18th of
this month. Miss Hutchinson, of
Mineral Point. conference secretary
presided. the office having been vacat-
ed by the removal Of Mrs Bandrop
to Madison. 1t was a very interesting
and helpful meeting. The auxiliaries
that did not send delegates, missed a
great treat. Several had been to the
branch meeting at Monmouth, Ill.
I had excellent reports. Fifty young
women were sent out this year to the
foreign field. Every woman in the
Methodist church is urged to join the
W. f. NJ. S.. and have part in the
great work of evangelizing the world
and every Auxiliary is urged to put
forth a greater effect than ever before.
Miss Edsall, secretary of the
Methodist work at the University of
Wisconsin, gave a very excellent ad-
dress Friday evening also some very
helpful suggestions Saturday morning.
The Boscobel ladies were hospitable
and made the visiting delegates very
comfortable. The following officers
were elected for the coming year +:
Pres, Mrs. Tomlinson, Platte
Vile; lst Vice Pres, Mrs. Beadle,
Millville; End Vice Pres. Mrs.
Dickinson, Lancaster Rec. Secretary.
Mrs. Manley, Montfort; Cor. Secre-
tary, Miss Mill@an, Elk Grove :
Treas, Mrs. Head, Wing; Supt.
Young Peoples work. Miss Stockdale.
Belmont. ; Supt Children work.
Miss Blanchard, Boscobel.
The noontide devotional hour con-
Quoted by Mrs. Tomlinson was long
to be remembered. The next meeting
will be at Montfort. Secretary
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
NOTABLE
FOR

Mrs. Martha Phelps Meyer Mrs.
R. Meyer Sr., of this city will be Sc
years old tomorrow-Thanksgiving
day, and her birthday will be .cele-
brated by a family gathering at the
home on South Madison street, at
which all of her children, with the
possible exception of her son Fred,
who is in West Virginia. will be
present. One daughter, MIS- Webster
Brown, of R%hinelander, has been here
for two or three weeks past, her
daughter, Miss Dorothy Brown, is ex-
pected tomorrow, and Mrs Fred z.
Meyer and daughter Dorothea arrived
from Chicago yesterday at noon.
Mrs Meyer carries her years
wonderfully we'll and is unusually
active for a lady of her age. May
she live to celebrate many more an
universities is the wish of The Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
Stock Shipments.

Friday--Adolph Vesperman, car
load hogs; Joe Mccoy, carload OF
horses.
Monday-Plare & Jerrett, 5 cars
hogs, j. Dobson 3 cars hogs, Jno.
Hoffman Jr car of hogs, Jno Schild-
gen car hogs, G. L. Knapp al hogs,
Adolph Vesperman a hogs, Mccoy
& Croft car cattle, W. Fl. Welsh,
car cattle, Herman Kaap 2 ars OF
cattle.
Tuesday-Place & Jerrett 3 cars
of hogs, A. E. Lewis car of sheep.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
Union Thanksgiving Service.

On Thursday the Protestant churches
OF Lancaster will hold a Union
Thanksgiving service at the Method
list church at 10 O'Clock prompt.
The Rev. 81. A. Studebaker will
preach, and the other pastors will
take part. The city fathers and the
old soldiers are expected to be present
and make it a real time of thanks
giving.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
Methodist Church.
Thos. S. Beavin, Paste

Thos. S. Beavin, Pastor
$50 Sunday School and Adult
Bible classes.
1870 Morning Worship. Man
hood crowned in Jesus.
$50 Epworth League Meeting.
Subject-''The Foreigner in the
United States" Leader-Mr.
George Rigdon.
7:3O Young Peoples Gospel Ser
vice. Moral Courage"
Union Thanksgiving Service on
Thursday at 1000 p. m.
On Friday the members of the
choir will have a sale of Japanese
art and also candy. This is a fine
opportunity to buy your presents
for Christmas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
SENSATIONAL STORY OF
WRONG EQUALIZATION
For Grant County, Proves to be
Only a MARES Nest"
Merely Clerical Error by Including Ger
tain Columns of Figures Twice
in Compiling Report.

A sensational report ~emensting from
Platteville, to the effect that the
equalization committee of the county
board, at it's recent annual session,
had raised the valuation of Grant
County about fifteen millions of dol
lars above the figures of the Supervisor
of Assessments, was circulated more or
less over the county last week. The
claim was set up that the taxes would
thus be greatly Increased and that
the correction Of clerical errors in the
report by the County Clerk. as author
lied by resolution of the board. virtu-
ally amounted to q new report and
might make it impossible to levy this
years taxes in a legal matter.
County Chairman, w, j. Brennan,
has prepared the following statement
in reply to the above claim, which
shows that the errors were of no real
Importance to the public and were
caused by adding certain columns of
figures twice into the togals, and their
rectifcation as ordered will in no way
invalidate the levy. Mr.. Brennan's
letters follow:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
SCHOOL NEWS.
THE CHICAGO EXPERIMENT.

Sr6SS dF0 ..WdtcnluS GH0 0Ap0r1m0HG
now being tried in Chicago of giving
instruction in sexual hygiene to high
school pupils. The argument in
favor of the idea is that our past reti-
cence in speaking Of these things, our
so called modesty concerning the
fundamental facts of life, is result
ing in a large amount of moral trans
erosion among high school children.
These sins, it is said, are the result
not of wickedness nor of bad nature,
but of the inevitable ignorance that
must result from snch a policy of
silence. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young.
superintendent of schools in Chicago,
believes that if lectures could be given
occasionally by some reputable ply.
stefan, informing the pupils of life
processes. that this knowledge would
ave them from wrong. Accordingly,
about a month ago. such lectures were
given in two of the largest high
schools of that city by physicians
probably the first attempt of the kind
in any school in this country. At
one Of these. parents were present,
but at the other, only the boys Of that
school were allowed.
Whether the idea is correct and
valuable. is a disputed point. 1t has
opponents among school men and SO
! many among school patrons in Chi.
cago, that children whose parents
object, need not attend the lectures.
Those opposed say that those who Ego
wrong" from ignorance are so very
few in number that any benefits to be
derived from this public and whole
sale parading of sexual facts are
wholly incommensurate with the
enormous damage possible to the
modesty and reticence, our boys and.
especially, our girls have had on this
subject. If sex topics may be legi-
timately used for commonplace dis
cussion and instruction with boys or
girls, there can be no other result,
they say, than to remove the stigma
of immodesty from talk about sex
matters. "There are some tendencies
and impulses that ought to be treated
with a good measure of reticence.
modesty and sven mystery and the
more fully tire attention can be kept
off from them, the better. is the
summary of one writer.
II 20 Snkoroc%Sn~ 70 lxoo- that n
stenographic report of the one lecture
and a faithful reproduction of the
thought of the other, have been re-
fused transmission through the mails
at the Chicago post Office.
THE BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT.
Although there remains one more
game to be played before the high
school basket ball tournament is
closed, the Freshmen established the
right to the title of champions
last Thursday afternoon, in a very
spirited game on a muddy and slippery
field. The official time having ex-
pired. the game was continued until
Uu0 GICOuuOu MdU0 UuO OdShCU UudU
settled the score and gave them three
victories. By winning from every
team in school. they are. without
dispute, the winners of the turna-
ment.
The Seniors claim second place.
winning two out of their three games.
The game between the Juniors and
Sophomores is still to be played it
will decide which of the two is to
hold the distinction of being the
weakest team in school, as neither
has won a game and each has lost
two,
The scores of the games played,
are:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the friends and
neighbors who were so kind during cur
late bereavement.
Mrs. Leroy Judd and family.
Mrs. Helen Judd and family.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26

AFTER DEC. L DR.. J. A. Gault will
again practice general medicine and
surgery in Lancaster; Office over
Ivey & Webb's store. Calls in city
and country promptly attended to.
Farmers and Bell phones. 39tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26
Presbyterian Church.

Services next Sunday morning,
November 80, will be conducted in
the German language.
Sunday school at 9:45.
Morning Service at 10 45
Evening Service at 7:30
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26

Butter manufactured by the Lam
caster Butter and Cheese Co.. is now
on sale at Harvey Hurlburt's s, as we'll
as elsewhere.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26

everyone of the foregoing obvious
clerical errors have been corrected
and the report is now in good shape
and the County Clerk will, according
to the statutes of this state, mail to-
day to each town, village and city
clerk the tax apportionment, based on
the equalized valuation of $50, $50,
81 and not on 500, O33, 456, as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07
LORD & TAYLOR TO HAVE
A 100000 HOME
Will Be Erected at Fifth Avenue
and 38th Street-Many
New Features Planned.

The new home of Lord Taylor Is 10
cot g. ,000, 900 Plans for the department
store, which is to be erected for the hrm
by John II. & Frank V. Burton at the
northwest corner of Fifth avenue and
3sth street and extending 81" shape to
2gth street, were filed yesterday by Gold
win. Starrett 4 Van Week, the architects.
The structure will have frontage OF
14S.l feet on the avenue. go feet IN
3Sth street and 100 feet in l3Jth street
7. will be hreproof. with FACADE Of brick
and terra Gotta, and ornamented with two
shields and crossed flags carved in the
stone Oh either side of the Fifth avenue
entrance. The building will be equipped
with twenty passenger elevators and four
freight elevators.
There will be a concert hall, with a
stage. on the seventh floor, cold storage
plant on the ninth and tenth floors, three
large dining rooms and one small dining
room on the tenth floor and gymnasium
on the roof
4 noteworthy feature will be an auto
mobile driveway around the entire IN
terror Of the building in tho basement
and first floor. thus allowing for the load
ing and departure Of the delivery wagons
without blocking the streets. There Will
also be an entrance for customers auto
mobiles. leading directly into the building
on tho 3Sth street side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07
HOW PHILOSOPHERS ERR
Henri Bergson Declares Some
Try to Say Too Much.
FIRST ENGLISH LECTURE
Some Doctrines, He Says, Would
Be Good Where Newborn
Babes Eat Beef.

Henri Bergson. OF the University II
Paris. delivered the first Of his series #
lectures in English at Columbia Yesterday
afternoon. dealing as an introduction 10
his course with the different kinds OF
phiosophic thought.
''Philosophic thought passes through
three stages and presents three essential
modes he said. First II springs for.
ward for and by its perception: second.
criticism giving rise 10 insolyablc prob
lens and contradictions. and in the third
place II starts atresh, but this time borne
by its faculties Of conception. rather than
OF perception it is with pure ideas, pure
concepts. that il tries to reconstruct
things. the idea thus becoming the very
essence of reality, and philosophy becom-
inS or appearing TO become more coher-
ent Unfortunately. more than one con-
ccpt may by rational development serve
in the construction of philosophy. so that
on this ground many PHILOSOPHERS arise,
usually contradictory"
Philosophers in the first of the three
classes mentioned by him were, according
10 Professor Bersson, in error because
they attempted TO say too much. and the
second class. for the opposite reason, were
deficient. He said further:
The first step il n belief in intuition.
mean a belief in perception, either eX-
ternal or internal. The second step is a
critical examination, where the data Of
perception or the mechanism Of perccp-
ton. the critical examination. which re-
suits in declaring that those perceptive
qualities arc unable 10 penetrate the cs-
sencc of things. And, third. either resig-
nation of the mind 10 know nothing but
the superficial course OF humanity, 10
grasp only appearances, phenomena con-
nectcd by laws moro or less relative 10
the human mind.
This possibility which has been intro
ducod OF the birth OF great number Of
philosophical systems might easily have
been foreseen. for as soon as We leave the
ground OF experience 10 take a fight into
the world OF ideas VIC have choice
among many different conceptions. This
difficulty, which is quite obvious, conccals
another difficulty which in my mind Is
still more serious and which is the main
reason Of my disgust with these systems.
IL Is that these systems. which a. first
sight seem TO hold good and give US the
key TO all problems. in reality only re-
solve these problems on condition that We
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07
GANGSTERS ROB WOMAN
Captains Wife Identifies Men
She SAYS Beat Her.

Arthur Loe and John McGoveTn, two
members Of the "Owney Madden gang.
Who are said to have robbed Mrs Eliza
beth Palmer, wife of the master Of the
barge II. G. King. were held yesterday
for further examination by Magistrate
OConnor. sitting in the West Side court.
Mrs. Palmer staggered up 70 Patrol
man Kelly, at 18th street and Eleventh
avenue, carly yesterday morning, and
said two men had held her up In West
3Dth street. near the North River, beaten
her and robbed her Of 81 and stickpin.
She had been up 10 Holyoke. Mass, 10
visit relatives. and was on her way back
10 the barge. which il moored in the
Hudson River. when the men held her up.
Patromen from the West 31th street
station started out 20 search for the men
and came across Loe and McGovern, at
Eleventh avenue and 2sth street. They
ran up the railroad tracks, but were
caught. Mrs Palmer identified them at
tic station house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07

PROFOUND them in vague and almost IN
determinate form. Doctrines OF this KIM
might be quite valuable in A world where
newborn babes eat roast beef, or whcFe
there we're no babies and where we were
all groWn-ups. There remains always al
interval. room for play between them
and facts. And this is why, in spite OF
their dogmatic appearance and the almost
mathematical form that they take or that
they claim TO take. | say that We never
90 beyond mere probability"
God only is the mind which can fathom
these philosophical problems" according
10 Professor Bcrgson. "Of course, our
mind is not a divine mind. but ] cannot
help accepting for the phiosopher-that
IS. for the mind that tries TO think Tor the
best-the motto which Aristotle says is
for the wise man. that the man VINO
wishes TO act for the best should make
himself like unto God. This is why be-
lieye that every attempt 10 solve tneul
can only end by arousng fresh difficul-
ties
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07
STEAMERS At FOREIGN PORTS.


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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07
TO SOLVE MARBLE SUICIDE
Court of Inquiry Seeks Cause
of Commanders Act.
tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune

Newport, Feb. 6.With Surgeon j. +.
Leys, L, S. ", as president, naval
court of inquiry convened here to-day 20
determine the reason for the suicide OF
Commander Frank Marble at the Naval
War College on February IA, 1911. Com
nander Marble was At work on papers OF
the highest Importance to the government
and it was supposed his suicide was due
to temporary insanity caused by over
work.
Commander Marble was found By the
janitor Of the War College unconscious In
a bathroom. He was hurried TO the Naval
Hospital, but died four hours later while
on the operating table. There were two
wounds in his head. His revolver was
found lying in the bathroom. As there
were two doors between the bathroom
and the officers quarters. Mrs. Marble
did not hear the shots.
Commander Marble had seemed as
bright AS usual the previous evening.
which he had spent with friends IN the
reading room, where he played billiards
with several others.
As IL was his custom 70 work on the
papers he was preparing until early morn
Ing. his absence was not noted by Mrs.
Marble.
The present inquiry is secret and when
n is concluded the papers Will be sent TO
Washington through official channels and
the findings Of the board Will be an
nounced by the Navy Department.