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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04
NEW EXPRESS RATES
AND CLASSIFICATIONS
Food Stuffs Have Special Tariff Ar
rangements-A Few Sam
pie Figures.

On order of the interstate coul~
MERGE commission the tariff schedules
of the express companies have been
revised. There has been a general
reduction in rates. although some
cases were found in which the tariff
was not high.
Take the Chicago ratss, for in
stance On fret class matter, like
general merchandise, the rate on 100
pounds was 81 80; on food stuffs,
$100 The new schedule calls fDE
81. 90 and 10. To New York City,
the old rates were $500 and 81 ID :
now they are 81 60 and $1.99. To
Cleveland and Cincinnati the rates
are the same. and have been right
along. They were So 90 and - 90 :
now they are / 80 and 81 30.
Going west a like reduction has
been made. If you would ship to
Omaha the rates now are So 90 and
81 80. against the old rates of 81 %
and $500 To Kansas City the nsw
rates are 81 so and 81 ID. whereas
they were 81 % and 81 70. In all
these instances the rates were
lowered The Madison rates are
unchanged.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04
GRANT BIG PRODUCER
OF INHERITANCE TAX
Collections During 1913 Are
Accounted Large.
A Number of Heavy Items Reported
Since November big Total
Accounted Just.

There was time when the 10
heritance tax was as little understood
as is the income tax today, but that Is
no longer true. Every body knows
what the inheritance tax is, especial
ly those who are in the act of inherit
ing something.
Grant county is one of the most
prolific in the state, outside the
counties that have in them great
cities. In few, if any. is there O.
richer country population. IA Is
result the inheritance tax is working
the most of the time. and it. is bring
ing in a considerable amount of
revenue.
When the year 1913 opened there
was credit to that account on the
books of the county treasurer, carried
over from 1912. of $685. During
the year 1913 there was collected ON
account Of inheritance tax 81, 539 SO.
And the county treasurer RENTED to
the state treasurer during the year
So. $40 As. The public administrators
got in for $267 A, and the general
fund of the county was enriched to-
the tune of $500 80.
A good part of these figures appear
ed in the published proceedings of
the county board, which but few Poop
lie read Since the tall meeting
Of the board there has beer taken
on in inheritance taxes 81, 549. 6fs
which is going some.
Of right recent date the tax paid by
the estate If the late John F. Miles
was the largest although since she
law became operative several items,
have been paid into court that exceed
ed that figure. From the very fist.
the amount paid in by the estate of
the late John Schreiner leads in,
volume. That was So. 137. 70, net.
That came due in the month of July
1912. The estate of the late William
Waters was quite a contributor 20
this fund, as it paid $266 75.
There are those who claim that the
income tax is the most just tax ever
devised by bunch of hungry po.iti-
clans, but that the inheritance tax BIS
it beaten is the opinion of an eg9sliy
large number, we think Probably
that no tax looks good to the one who
must pay it is tae safest guess Ct ali,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04
Rules Governing the Missing Let
ter AdVertiSenent--Read

each district, and the districts TO be
known as the Lancaster District and
the Outsi lie District
rhe Lancaster District will inclnde
all those who get their mail at this
postoffi,:e. other than the rural routes
The Outside District will include
all patrons of the rural routes out of
Lancaster and all persons who get
their mail from any other postoffice
RULE NO. 2.
From each advertisement in the list
of Missing Letter Contest Ads. one
letter has been intentional v omitted
The person who first tells us the
missing letters will receive cash
prizes as follows:
First Priza-City District 81 90
Second Prize City District-50c
First Prize Outside district Il. 90
Sectn Prize Outside District SOC
A fifth cash prizs of $l00 will be
given to the person (either district J
who nak the longest sentence lin
C mt of words using only the mis-
sing letters Of the Ads, it being under
stood that the mis-, ing letter may be
used any number of times in the sen
tence
All answers to this Missing
Letter Contest must reach the Office
of The Herald, at Lancaster, sealed
10 an envelope, either sent by mail
or delivered in p3rson. AS the re
plies are received, they will be la.
beled with the contestants name and
numbered in order as received. and
the time they are received will be
written thereon. They will be
opened in the order as mum bered.
RULE NO. 4.
No person shall be entitled tc
more tnan one pre-.
RULE NO. 5.
Employees of The Herald OF mem
bers of their families are not eli.
gible to the contest.
RULE NO. 8.
The contest is for the issue of The
Herald dated Feb. 4, 1914, only; &C
send in your answers at once.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04

This week the H raid is ruuniug
missing Letter. advertisements of
repre- sentative Lancaster business
firms Each advertisement contains
unusual iuducem- nts worth ACTU AL
CASA to<anJone desiling to purchase
goods in the lnts offered
All readers of the Herald should
carefully read these advertise ments,
study them, and digest the good
things offered there From each
advertisement one latter has been 10
tentionally omi ted. The person who
first correctly tells us the missing
letters will receive 81 cash prize.
the second person will receive a so
cent cash priZ'. This will be given
to the person residing in this city
who first mails the correct missing
letters to the Herald editor The
same prizes will be given to the per-
sons residing in the country or rural
routes To designate the difference
between toe city residents and those
in the country, we will make this
division. All those getting their
mail by bx or by general de
livery from tue Lancaster office, other
than mail routes, will be considered
residents of the city.
The country contestants will be
considered those who get their mail
on the rural routes out of Lancaster
OF any person who gets his mail from
any other p0stoffice.
When you get your copy of the
Herald take a piece of pap5r and sit
down and write the name of the first
advertiser, and when you have found
the missing letter, write down after
the name the missing letter, also the
y ord from which it is taken. Con-
tinue thus with all of the advertise
ments.
No person will be entitled to more
than one prize Mail your letter to
the Herald, Lancaster, Wis.
RULE NO l.
The territory covered by this con
test will be divided irto two dis.
tricts. equal prizes being awarded in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04
WISCONSIN STRONG
ON FARM ANIMALS.
Report of u. S. Department of Agri-
culture Shows Well for the
Badger State.

From the very latest report and
forecast of the department of agri-
culture in Washington it appears that
Wisconsin has almost 10 per cent of
the milch COWS of the country. That
ia, 13 states as strong as Wisconsin
would have corner on milch cows.
For the year 1914 the forecast is
that Wisconsin will have $40 600
milCh COWS, while the entire COW
population of the country is only a
little more than 20 millions. And
there are about as many horses in the
country as cove, but in Wisconsin
the number of horses is quite a bit
less than one half the number of
cows We have only 5000 mules.
out of about four and half millions.
In sheep. swine and cattle, ether
than cows, Wisconsin is about aver
age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04
Auction Mills Grinds.

Until quite recently the auction
mill has seemed to run slowly, but of
late it has been singing merrily A
large number of farmers, some Of the
very best in the county, have sold
out and are making preparations to
move to town. Many would come to
lancaster, if there were vacant houses
to accommodate them. 1t is amazing
how soon a high grade farmer can get
we'll fixed by working the soil in
Grant County to til limit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04
For Dragging Roads.

There was produced during the
years 1912 and 1913 by AUTOMOBILES
licenses. in Grant County, the sum
of 81. O59. 30 This is to go toward
dragging the public roads OF the
county. A lot of read has been
dragged out of this fund, or rather
a lot of this fund has been dragged
out of the county treasurer to pay for
dragging At last springs election
% towns made provisions for taking 3
drag st this fund.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04
INCOME TAX SEEMS
LITTLE UNDERSTOOD
Less Than One-Third Is Paid
in Real Money.
One Woman Assessed in Lancaster
There Are SO Names on Rolls
for This City.

If anyone in the state of Wisconsin
understands the income tax he ought
TO be given the head of the class.
And those who are paying the tax
would cheerfully accord the first place
to one who can show them that he
knows what it means. OF course it
is very unpopular, just like any
other tax, only more so, perhaps.
L. L Cleary, FAYETTEVILLE. is the
man who spreads the tax, or makes
the assessment, although there is no
occasion to put the boots" to him on
that account-he S simply following
instructions. il be wants to draw
the salary that attaches to his job he
must make returns, and that is what
salary in bis business men do
when they get new job.
Anyway. there are in the beautiful
city of Lancaster SO persons, firms
and corporations that are liable to
have an attack from Mr. Income Tax.
Of course the most of them get out Of
paying by one pretext or another,
principally because there are reasons
why they are not liable for it. And
those are good reasons, too good in
the law. There was assessed against
those SO persons, firms and corpora
tions, the jolly sum of 50, 271. SO, and
that would be quite a bunch of
money, if it would stick-but it
won't.
Because of the loopholes and
catholics and other means of easy
egress for the income taxpayer, it is
estimated at the Office of the city
treasurer that not more than 500 will
be gathered into the strong box
Something more than half is now safe
within the fold, and more is coming
in daily.
One woman in Lancaster got stuck
for this odious assessment. Mrs.
Charles Mayer, but the sum is not
1dIEO, OuIy PL. Oh. H(Ia6I Sudl1 1GSuS
are A. J. Wiedenbeck, Il cents, and
j. g. Whitmore. 56 cents Such small
matters read like joke, but we are
assured it is serious business.
In the assessment roll the estate of
the late John Schreiner appears as
the leading figure, $237 IS. Judge
George Clementson was asked to
whack up to the tune of $48, which
he did. The average is close to $50
just little more than that amount
Some are paying under protest, as did
W. j. Brennan, who made a showing
that be thought would relieve him of
the necessity of giving the matter
further attention. But that bloom
ing tax, like Banquo S ghost, would
not doWn-somehow it would not stay
down.
There are features or one feature al
least, about the income tax that the
person of average intelligence and
nominal culture may understand.
That one CLINT of UNDERSTANDABLE eness
is that of the sums collected the city
has the right to retain 90 per cent. &c
Continued on 4th page.)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04
GRANT COUNTY FARMS
ADVANCING IN VALUE
Some Recent Sales Set New
Standards.
Prices Rise in Every Section, Although
the Biggest Boosts Were in
the East.

There was closed last week a sale
of farming lands just east of Platte
Vile at figures that give to the real
estate market a new lease on excite.
ment. That Grant County farms
have been too cheap as compare1
with less valuable lands in other
nearby sections, has long been a sub
iect of concern to those interested
A few years ago Fruit Bros. went
from the east end of the county to
Waukesha and started in the Guern-
sey cattle business They are breed
ers Guernseys. and producers of
milk that sells by its high test.
Their market is in Milwaukee and
Chicago 1t is said that they have
prospered finely.
Now they come back to Grant
CounGy, and have bought 100 acres,
lying little more than mile east
of Platteville, for which they paid
the sum OF $lS5 per acre. They
bought from Henry Wenke, who pur-
chased it about two years ago for
$110 per acre. There are no build
ings and almost no fences on the land,
but it is said that the buyers will i'm
prove it Ia first class manner the
coming summer
Other sales have been made in the
eastern part of the county at price;
ranging from $3.50 to $3.50 per acre,
prices that two years ago would have
been thought to mark the very limit
of idiocy Just across the line, over
in Lafayette County, one of the heirs
to AN etsate lately bought out the
other heirs in a farm of 100 acres.
! He paid $3.50 an acre, and was thought
/ to be foolish. Within few weeks
he was offered $1,000 for his bargain,
and had the nerve to say mo. =
A little Later he sold out for ar
advance of $4,000
Recently a farm Of 100 acres wa:
sold in the town of Clifton for 500 pei
acre. 1t has improvements of little
value. This is the third sale Of the
property within year or two, dur
ing which period the price has ad,
vanced from $50 per acre.
A farm Of 237 acres in Millville
town was bought year ago for S55
per acre. Only a few days ago il
sold for $40 per acre. In Mt. Hope
farm of 338 acres was bought fol
! 500 per acre, and within 30 days the
purchaser sold it again for SIP pei
acre.
From hurricane vicinity comes the
,, report that farm of about 200 acres
was recently sold for 1925 per acre.
1t is claimed that two years ago this
same farm was bought for 500 pei
acre. And like reports come in from
the western and southern sides of the
county. 1t is very evident that farm
ing lands in Grant County are max
Dg up for the slow start they had ia
the general advance of values.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04

Wedding invitations, printed or
engraved at this office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04

KEENAN, Bennett is home from
Madison for a short vacation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04
Highway Commissioner.

Chairman of the County Board
w. J. Brennan appointed Henry
Mink, of Beetnwn, for county high
way commissioner. He had the
support of a good majority of the
board members.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04

Don t miss The Rosary, one of
the best things brought here this
wear, at the Opera House, Feb. H..
Seats on sale at Hatch's Drug store,
Thursday morning, at 8 O'Clock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
RIO GRANDE AND
COAST OFFICERS
MAY ALL RESIGN
Reported Here That designations of Of
fcers and Directors of Truck Growers
Association Will be Handed In at Har-
Iingen Celebration Tomorrow.
PURPOSE REPORTED TO BE TO
MAKE UNIT MARKET EASIER
Officers Are Known TO be In Favor of Unit
Marketing System, But Said to Desire
That II be Built Around Rio Grande &
Coast Association.

The designations III the officers and dl
rectors Of the Rio Grande x Coast AS~o-
citation. the largest association Of truck
growers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley,
will be presented at the gathering al ilar-
lingcn tomorrow when the farmers 81 the
Valley. will meet 10 discuss the Unit Mar
keting System. according to a report m
Brownsville today. II l. said that the pur
pose of this action on the part Of the Of
ficers. and directors Ut the organization l.
10 make easier for the farmers the adop-
tion u the Unit Marketing System and. IL
possible. to build the system around the
Rio Grande and Coast.
Officers of the Rio Grande 4 Coast as
sociation have insisted during the Unit
Marketing System campaign that the as
Sociation Of which they are the heads was
organized n unit marketing organiza-
iion. and they believe that the farmers Of
the Valley should make the Rio Grande 4
Coast association the center Of their unit
marketing plan. ID l. known that the'of-
ficer~ Of the association do not oppose the
plan which has been advocated by Colonel
of the opinion that since the Rio Grande
u Coast J. the largest association Of the
kind IN existence IN the Valley and was or
ganized on "A unit system basis. the present
movement should Ne built around IL
The officers of the Rio Cirande 4 Coast
association who may resign tomorrow are
John T. I.omax of San Benito. president; !;
Lindsay Waters of Harlingen. secretary
and treasurer: 4. l.. Brooks. manager. The
board 81 directors consists Of seven men.
Indications today are that there will be
q large attendance Of Valley farmers at
Harlingen tomorrow. and il Is probable
that some definite action looking to the
organization Of a truck marketing agency
that will cement the growers Of the Valley
will be- taken.
The movement for q Unit Market Plan
was started some months ago by Colone!
Alba Hevwood Of San Bent0. a pioneer
booster in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
and Colonel Haywood has been pushing the
matter To where he believes that only sue
cess can crown his efforts Of the past
months. lie has visited almost every farm
er in the Valley, making tours BY automo
bile. comforting with the farmers in the
fields, at their homes and wherever he
could find them. lie has found that after
explaining his movement 10 them they, al
most a. a unit, have offered their support
10 the organization and agreed 10 ''Stand
hitched" IN the event that success was
achieved in the effort To organize all the
truck growers into one central sales
agency.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
CARAVANS WIFE
TEST|F|ES At
HEARING TO-DAY

Frecport. \. u. July 3-The coroner
summoned Mrs. Edwin Carman TO ap-
pear this afternoon at the inquest over
Mrs. William Bailey. who was shot In
Dr. Carmans office. She denied she at
tackled the woman, her husbands patient,
recently.
Mrs. Carman. telling ~ the woman af-
fair. said: There was nothing serious. no
violence. no physical conflict" She re.
pcated her declaration that she had new
er seen Mrs. Bailey until she looked upon
her dead body in the morgue. She said
she realized she was under restraint, bur
would not run away or shirk any ordeal.
The coroner il also going "a investigate
the story told 10y a man that he saw a
young woman running from the build
ing after the murder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
BODIES OF MAN AND
TWO WOMEN FOUND
HIDDEN IN BRUSH

Atlanta, Ca, July 3.-The bodies Of
- Il. Bennett Of East Point. near here.
and two women were found in swamp
near East Point today. The women's bod
ie were hidden under the brush.
The women were identified a. Bennett's =
motherinlaw. Mrs. Matte Tolbert. and
Benefits wife. IL il believed Bennett
strangled his wife to death in the swamp
two days ago, then lured his motherinlaw
there yesterday and shot her, and then
himself. The motives are unknown.
The wife's fare was so beaten il made
Identification difficult. There were signs
of struggle around the bodies. The shot
gun was tied 20 a stump near by. Ii ap-
peared that Bennett tied the gun and
pulled the trigger with his foot suicid
ing. Mrs. Bennett was only II years old.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
PRESIDENT IS
PROUD OF HIS
DELEGATES

Washington. u. a., July 3.-Justlce
Lamar and Frederick w. Lehman, the
American delegates 70 the Niagara Falls
conference. are here today, and confer
red with President Wilson. The presi-
dent warmly congratulated them
Il am proud Of the way You represent
cd America" the president told the dele
gates. All the cabinct- congratulated
thm.
An engagement was made for a longer
conference.
Igllesias Calderon. one of the conStitu-
tionalist leaders, expected ~ represent
Carranza IL he sent delegates, j. said not
to expect the constitutionaliSt chief a.
authorize the sending OF delegates for the
purpose of treating with Huerta. except
they went 10 discuss terms 10 surrender.
II j. said his opinion Il a proposal ~ dis
cuss Mexico's internal affairs would be
rejected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
MINE PROMOTER SAYS
HE HAD STEN0GRAPHER
USE OFFICIAL PAPER

Washington. ID. g., July 3.-W q. New
man. promoter Of the North Carolina gold
mine, today told the investigating commit
tee that he got Senator Overman'S
stenographer to copy letters on the official
letterheads.
George T. Roberts. director Of the mint
testified that he sent a government as-
saver 10 examine the property after talk
ing with Newman and John Skelton vii.
liams 10 see ii the production were suf.
ficIent to warrant the reopening of the
assay Office al Charlotte. N. &.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
ICE PICK AND
CLUB USED IN
NIGHT BATTLE
R0BBER WAS KNOCKED DOWN
AND WOMAN GRABBED THROAT
Robber Died While Aged Man Sough. a
Cord With Which TO Bind Him-Flobber
Had Receipts Showing $4,000 Profits on
Board of Trade, Believed tSoIen.
fBp Associated Press).

Yorkville, H., July 3-In fight in the
dark with a robber in their bedroom, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Grimwood, an aged
couple, killed the invader early today. The
husband used club and the robber an ice
pick The aged Grimwood Knocked the in.
truder down, and al the same time his wife
graSped the robber by the throat. The
rol,ber died while Grimwood sought cord
with which Ia bind the man.
Grimwood said that h. was awakened by
footsteps. and that il was - dark h. could
see nothing in his roam. lie made no #
fort to turn on light. but seized club
that he kept by the bed for protection lie
Jumped from the bed and attacked the rob
her.
The two men fought fiercely IN the dark.
occasionally striking each other, but each
was unable a. zee the other. Grimwood
was wounded in several places by blows
from the robbers ice pick. but none Of
them apparently serious.
The robber was well dressed and had i'm
his clothes receipt showing the name Of
William Davis. also slips showing profits
of Seme $4,000 on the Chicago Board Of
Trade. ID i believed ne stole the clothes
and also the slips.