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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22
ROAD BUILDING IN GRANT COUNTY IS NOW
PROGRESSING upon AN EXTENSIVE SCALE
Macadamzed Highways, Under Supervision of the County
Highway Commissioner Are Being Constructed
With Modern Machinery in Various
Sections of the County.

supervisors last November, ap
propriated a Xix esum of $27, 900 and
under the existing state aid system
the state promised a similar amount,
making total of $81, 900 for use
this year. The state, however, was
only able supply about 85 per cent of
it's share or about $23, 900. These
amounts, together with the $1,000
carried over, provide fund of
$94, 900 with which to work this year.
Last February the county highway
commissioner, Henry Mink, together
with special committee appointed
by the county board Thomas Tuck
wood, of Lancaster, Jay Morse, of
MT. Hope, and F. E. Huntington, of
Platteville, went to Madison to at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22
Dem ocrats Name Candidates.

A democratic county convention
was held in the city hall in Lancas-
ter, Monday, with about fifty repre-
sentative democrats from various
parts of the county in attendance
Hon. J. w. Murphy, of Platteville,
was chosen as chairman, and VIM.
Victora, of Muscoda, as secretary.
The following were recommended
as candidates for whom to circulate
nomination papers for the September
primary:
Members of Assembly-1st district,
James Dolan, Platteville; End district,
o. H. Martin, Bloomington, and John
Kelly, Woodman.
County Clerk-E. E. Mccoy, Lam
caster.
Sheriff-D. C. Johnson, Lancaster.
Register of Deeds-Matt N. Petry,
Glen Haven
Clerk of the Court-Wm. Victoria,
Muscoda.
Treasurer Pohle, Wyalusing.
District Attorney-JohnJ ]. Seaman,
Fennimore.
Surveyor-E. C. Volkert, Wyalusing.
Coroner T. Patterson, Bloom
ington.
Strong resolutions were adopted
endorsing the Wilson administration.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22
HUERTA THE DICTATOR
FLEES FROM MEXICO
Resigned and Appointed a Provision
President, but Rebel Army is
Still Pressing Onward

Mexico City, July 10 President
Huerta has given up the fight. His
resignation as President of Mexico
was handed tc Congress at O'Clock
this afternoon.
Senior Carbajal, the Foreign Minis
ter, took over the reins of govern
ment at o'clock.
Huerta and General Banquet, the
War Minister, arranged to leave the
capital over the Mexican Railway on
a special train, to join their families
at Puerto Mexico.
The train, in command of General
Navarette, was closely guarded.
Sonora Huerta, wife of the dicta-
tor, her children and close friend,
left the capital at midnight on a
special train for Puerto Mexico.
The Dutch warship Koertnewaer
has left for Puerto Mexico for the
evident purpose of taking the re-
fugees on board.
The special train bearing Sonora
Huerta and party was preceded by
two military trains and followed by
a third.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22

Scientific road building, with a
surfacing of gravel and crushed rock,
done under state and county super
vision, is now in progress in Grant
county to an extent never before
known. Last year saw its Inaugural
tion and the work then accomplished
acted as an incentive to increased
activity this year, with the result
that forward movement for roads
that it is not only pleasure to drive
over but that are so constructed that
they will always remain good, pro-
vided they receive a little attention
and repair from year to year, are
being made in all parts of the county.
The county now owns four COM
plete outfits of machinery, consisting
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
IN OUR.CITY SCHOOLS
Discussion of the Subject by
DR.. James Fowler.
Endorses Action. Taken at the An
nusI School Meeting and De-
fe IDS the Woman's Club.

This article was written for publication in
The Herald last week but was unavOidably
crowded out of that issue.-ED. HERALD
As has been the custom from time
immemOrial when any great or good
reform has been initiated, storm of
protest has arisen against the reck-
less extravaganza of the citizens of
Lancaster and the Woman's Club in
particular in putting through, at the
recent school meeting, a resolution to
establish courses in Domestic Science
and Manual Training in our schools
and levying an assessment of So, 800
to defray the expenses of installing
these courses and maintaining them
for the ensuing year.
So violent has this protest become
and so vitriolic some of the criticism
that the writer was prompted to ascer-
tain in terms of dollars and cents
just how much of burden this will
be upon the tax payers of this dis
trict.
Here are the facts and the figures ::
The assessed valuation of this school
district in 1913-the latest figures
Obtainable-was So, 7O3, 568. To
raise the sum of So, 500 there must
be levied tax of $1.29a upon each
$1,000 of the assessed valuation.
In other words, if your property
is assessed at ST, 900 you pay 81. 29a,
if at $1,000 you pay $6.47a, if a
$4,000 you pay $12.95.
Certainly this doesn't look much
like the poor-farm for anyone.
Looks more as though the poor man
with the big family is going to get
a lot for the small amount he must
put in while the man with the big
assessment should be glad of the Op
pOrtunity to help along the children
of those less fortunate than himself.
There seems to be an idea upon
the part of many who now oppose this
action, most of whom did not con-
slider a school meeting of sufficient
Importance to be given an hour of
matched up by few women who
kept it secret, packed the meeting
and rushed it through without any idea
of its utility, its cost, or the man
ner of installing it.
As matter of plain fact nothing
can be farther from the truth.
The Woman's Club of Lancaster,
to which belongs the lions share of
the honor or blame of introducing
these courses, is group of about so
representative women of this district,
every one of them either herself a
taxpayer or the wife of a taxpayer,
and the chief object of the club is to
better the community in which they
live.
This subject has been before this
club the whole of the past year.
Committees from the club have at
their own expense, visited neighbor-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22
Meetings of Board Of Review, Grant
County.

Notice is hereby given that meet
ing of the Board of Review of Grant
county, Wisconsin will be held at the
office of the County Clerk of said
county at the Court House in the city
of Lancaster in said county on Mon
day, July 27, 1914, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, to hear complaints and
to review the assessments made by
the assessor of incomes.
T. L. CLEARY,
Assessor of Incomes, 9Th District.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22

follow the abdication OF Huerta, the
moment such a step becomes neces-
sary.
1t became know today definitely,
though it was not officially confirmed,
that Huerta's object in repairing the
railroad between Vera Cruz and
Mexico City was not for the purpose
of getting himself and his family
to safety, but to get the American
and other forces into the capital to
preserve order and to protect the city
from the excuses of the victorious
Constitutionalists. The call for
these troops will come from Carbajal
when the situation becomes more
threatening.
1t remains to be seen whether the
abdication of Huerta and the transfer
of authority to Carbajal will bring
order out of chaos and result in a
termination of the civil war in the
Mexican republic.
There is no assurance whatever
that the Constitutionalists will ac-
cept Carbajal as the President of
Mexico. On the contrary, the Con-
stitutionalists have maintained re-
peatedly that they will not recognize
any person or form of government
which derives it's authoity from
Huerta. Carbajal is plainly in this
class.
Under the circumstances it appears
that the only way the Carbajal
government can be maintained will
be for the United States and the
other powers to send armed forces to
the capital to check the advance of
the Constitutionalists and to compel
them to accept the situation.
Whether this will be done will de-
pend on the administration. Presi-
dent Wilson's entire ambition has
been for the elimination of Hureta
personally. 1t is now for him to de-
termine whether the man to whom
Huerta turned over the reins of
government should also be eliminated
or supported, or wheter the way shall
be left open for the Constituencies
to enter the capital and take over the
authority of government by sheer
force of arms.
ANOTHER WAY OUT.
Still another possibility presents
itself as a compromise course, and
in some quarters it is believed that
it will be adopted as offering the
hest solution on the complied ted pro-
blem. This is for Carbajal to abdi-
cate in favor of man who will be
personally satisfactory to the Con-
stitutionalists.
If this were done the man chosen
would receive his authority from
Carbajal and not from Huerta. This
would accommodate the scruples of
the Constiutionalists against accept
ing a President who derived his
authority from Huerta.
Huerta sailed from Puerto, Mexico,
Monday night, on the German cruiser,
Dresden, and will take up his resi-
dence in Paris, where it is reported
he has safely deposited a snug sum of
wealth for future needs. His wife
and three daughters are with him.
A number of his generals and rela-
tives left on a British steamer for
of
time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22

A wonderful Improvement has been
made on these two pieces of road, as
the editor of The Herald can per-
sonally vouch for, he having gone
over it a couple of weeks ago in
company with County Highway Com
missioner Mink.
This road in the hollow has been
bad one for years but has now been
made level and hard with crushed
rock, and with drainage bitches cut
out of the rock alongside the high
way to carry off the water after a
rain and from melting SHOWS in the
spring. Autos can now traverse this
stretch of road on high speed from
the village to the crest of the hill,
a mile and a-half, and it makes a
great difference for farmers and
freighting teams that have to travel
over it. The eastern strip has also
been put in equally as good shape,
with wide, we'll conceived roadway.
The foreman of this job for the county
was Ora Kinney, of South Lancaster,
who is now i'll, and his place is
temporarily filled by Fred Dugdale,
of Platteville, with force of 10 to
Is men, in addition to the teamsters,
five to seven teams being employed
in hauling the rock from the crusher.
The grading work, for the township,
was by a force of men and teams,
under the direction of H. M. Wilcox.
The Glen Haven work was COM
pleted Monday and the outfit is now
being moved to Burton, where the
road from the village and extending
east and north across Grant river and
over the big hill, one of the hardest
pieces of road work in the entire
state, will be worked upon for the
next few weeks.
The work on Bruss Hill, in the
town of Little Grant, a stretch of
about 1000 feet, was completed
last week and the outfit has been
moved to South Lancaster, on the
piece of road extending south from
the county asylum. The foreman in
charge there is Andrew c. Smith.
A lot of good work has been done
in the town of Hazel Green. One job
of about J miles is just about COM
pleted there and the outfit will then
move into the town of jamestown.
VIM. Drinkwater is the foreman in
charge.
In Muscoda the work now being
done is level stretch of road about
three quarters of mile, portion of
it being within the village. Owing
to the long haul required for native
rock they are having gravel and
crushed rock shipped in. c. S. Lam
don is the foreman in charge there.
There are also numerous grading
gangs at work throughout the county,
in the towns of Clifton, Waterloo,
jamestown and Paris, and contracts
have been let in Liberty, South Lam
caster and Ellenboro. There are also
several bridge crews at work in
various parts of the county, and all
of this work is under direction and
supervision of Henry Mink, of this
city, the county highway commits
sioner, who in company with H. D.
Blake, of Madison, civil engineer
for the State Highway Commission,
was in Cassville Saturday to ar
range for letting of contract for
piece of road work on the Cassville
and Lancaster road, north of the
village of Cassville, near the ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Mink is receiving much praise
for the amount and character of the
work he is accomplishing this year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22

Washington, July 15.-American
troops, with marines from the British,
German and other foreign ships at
Vera Cruz, will be rushed to Mexico
City to protect the capital from the
footing and rioting that threatens to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Vein brenner,
residing south of Lancaster, are the
proud parents of baby girl, born
Sunday July 10.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22
Methodist Church.
Thos. S. Beavin, Pastor

Thos. S. Beavn, Pastor
On account of decorating there will
not be public worship until announced.
The Sunday school and Epworth
League will continue to hold their
meetings in the chapel each Sun day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22

DIR. C. S. Moore was in Potosi
On business Monday evening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22

Chester Croker went to Dodge
vile on a several days visit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22

CONTINUED ON I'd page.l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22

This article was written for publication in
The Herald last week. but was unavoidably
crowded out of that isSue.-ED. HERALD
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-16
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
LITTLE SON OF NINOT
GIRL WAS POISONED

Minot, N. D., Jan. 16.-The s-year-
old son Of Mrs. J. 3. Warner Of
Great Falls, Mont, died suddenly
from eating some migrane pills
which he had found IN the house.
Mrs. Warner was formerly Miss Nc
Jannett OF Minot and Is we'll remem-
bered In this city. She later mar
r1ed and moved to Great Falls, Mont,
with her husband. In speaking OF
the tragedy, The Great Falls Tribune
states:
1t appears that some member of the
FAMILY had been troubled with neural
G1a and migrane tablets had been pre-"
scr1bed as he medicine to produce re-
ilef. Purchase of a quantity at q drug
store had been made and the box con-
taln1ng them was left where the child
happened to find them. Childish curl
oslty LED him to bite one and before he
had quit eating them, 1t Is estimated
from the number missing that he had
taken six or seven. .
Ihe mother of the Warner child was
down town on an GRAND at the time
u the situation was discovered by g.
nelghbor and the little lad vas given
an elneuc which caused considerable
reSurgltat1on and the boy seemed to
set all right again. 1t was believed by
the FAMILY and the neighbors that he
was all right and surely out OF danger
n nothing more was thought Of the
matter until about 6 o'clock Saturday
evening when he was attacked by
commissions. Medical attention was
hastily summoned but 1t was too late
and the child was dead in about
twenty or thirty minutes. =
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-16
NONE FARMERS Want
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

Nome, N. D., Jan. 16.-The Farm
ers' club here has gone strongly on
record as favoring a consolidated
school plan. Another meeting will be
held in the town hall here Feb. 6 to
discuss the proposition and other
matters connected with the club,
Prominent speakers are expected. At
the last meeting held southeast of
town at the large country home Of
Hans Skramstad, there was a large
attendance. State Superintendent
Macdonald of the consolidated school
work and Professor Hollis of the ex-
tension department of the agriculture
al college d%iscusser the matter and eX-
planned it in detail. The members Of
the Farmers club favor the CONSOLE
dated plan in order hat their chill
dren may have the same advantages
possessed by those in the towns and
villages. They also see great advan-
tage to rural sections in the plan be-
cause of the possibility Of using the
buildings for community social cen
tiers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-16
DEMOCRATS WANT
BURKE IN SENATE
DECLARE THEY CAN ELECT HIM
OVER ANY NORTH DAKOTA
REPUBLICAN,

Devils Lake. N. D.. Jan. 16.-With
the assurance that United States Treas.
John Burke will journey from Wash
lngton to be in attendance, National
committeeman John Bruegger and
Chairman D. H. Macarthur, Of the de-
mocratic state central committee are
arranging the biggest conference OF
North Dakota democrats ever held in
the state, for Minot or Feb. II. The
date, which was originally Feb, IL. was
changed In order that former Governor
Burke could attend.
AT the Minot conference plans will
be outlined for the greatest democratic
campaign ever waged in North Da-
kota," said Co. J. H. Bloom, publisher
or the only democratic daily newspaper
IN the state. so far as I know the
subject of patronage will be discussed
IN no phase. This conference is being,
heid Tor the sole purpose of perfecting
plans for the 1914 campaigh."
Pin Faith to Burke.
1t is more than likely that the uues-
tlon or whether Treasurer Burke will
resign his position at WASHINGTON to
make the race for United States senator
Will be determined at this conference.
strong pressure Is being, brought to
pear on him to enter the field. Demo-
cratic leaders are confident there is no
man IN the republican party who can
poll a victory over the former governor.
whether Senator Gronna will decide to
Withdraw is a question that has not
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-16
S NORTH DAKOTA A
LAND OF MOONSHINERS?

Jamestown. N. D., Jan. 16.-North
Dakota a land Of the nnoonshiner, is
scarcely credible, but that is the sit
uation according to residents Of the
state who are familiar with the con-
dltfons, There are more small pri-
:Fate dlstilleries in North Dakota to-
Gay, than in any other state in the
union" Is the remark credited to a
man who sells them.
This does not mean that m%oonshin-
Ing Is carried on in North Dakota for
a profit. 1t is almost entirely a mat
ter OF private consumption and for
eigners Of many nationalities make
their own drinks.
North Dakota has been prohibition
since statehood. Not a saloon has
ever been licensed, a ecord not posi-
Bile in any other existing state. AS
The fight to close the blind pigs and
the whisky drugstores succeeded, the
former being wiped out and the drug
business being put on a legitimate
pecially fors the residents of inland
towns, to secure supplies Of liquor.
The restrictions On shipping whisky
into dry territory have added to the
drought.
Many nationalities were used to
some kind OF drinks. alcohol, whisky
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-16
SPLENDID CONSOLIDATED
SCHOOL AT ARMENIA

in the old one-room school plan. ,
The majority of those attending
the two-year high school course are
from the country and four Of them are
boys, who possibly might not have the
opportunity to go away from home to
a high school.
Robert Reed is president of the
board and very enthusiastic over the
success of the consolidated plan. He
believes, while all consolidated
schools are improvements over the old
systems, the town consolidated pos
sesses advantages over those that are
strictly in the country. He thinks the
villages and towns are the logical To-
cations. Generally there are better
roads to the town than to some rural
center. The farmers go to the villages
to purchase their supplies, sell their
products and secure their mail, which
makes the location much more con-
yenient in many respects.
State Superintendent Macdonald Is
most enthusiastic over the growth Of
the consolidated system with which he
has been so prominently identified.
He states that there are now lie
town consolidated schools. Last year
there were ninety-three. During the
last three months several townships
have voted for the adoption of the
system and will erect buildings to be
ready when the terms begin next fall,
On the last official count there were
100 consolidated schools already es-
tablished In North Dakota, which in,
cluded seventy-five in rural cornmuni.
ties. The latter showed a remarkable
gain Of forty-eight in n year, which
placed North Dakota ahead OF Mime
sofa in this respect The superin,
tendent lis confident the. 1914 record
will eclipse all former ones.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-16

and brandy, or their substitutes.
With the immense possibilities Of the
raw materials in the state, the hun
dreds Of thousands of bushels of po-
tatoes, the corn, SO rich in alcohol, and
what is more natural than for the
residents Of the state. familiar and
accustomed from childhood to some
kind Of beverage, to begin the manu-
facture Of substitutes?
In some communities some residents
recalled the primitive methods of dis
tilllng the juice Of the grains. A
small copper still was shipped in. 1t
vas q success. e The word was passed
around. The manufacturers quickly
learned the demand for their machin-
cry and their statesmen were clever.
AS a result hundreds Of homes W. q
wide area in North Dakota are equip
ped with small moonshine stills. In
the long winter months when time
hangs heavily. the head Of the house
converts some potatoes, corn, barley
or other farm product into q form Of
beverage, either alcohol or whisky.
With a little doctoring he soon Sc
cures a product that compares favor
ably with that with which he has
long been familiar, He easily makes
a sufficient quantity for his own con-
sumption and that Of his guests. Lit
tie is sold for fear Of the law. The
volume of the illegal business is so
comparatively small the officials ig-
lore it, and North Dakota is a moon
sinners paradise.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-16
Dent Let o Cold
Settle on Your Lungs

Many cases Of Lung Trouble can be
traced directly to a severe cold which
mas been neglected, and which, as q
result, has affected the lungs. If you
have a persistent cough or cold. take
warming before it is too late. Eek
such cases and has been the means OF
completely restoring to health many
persons who a serious lung trouble
Read Of this case:-
P1%easantville, n. J.
"Gentlemen:-During the winter of
1911 1 contracted a severe cold, which
settled on my lungs. The doctor pro-
every preparation without any result
and kept getting worse. Eckman's AL
tefatiVe was recommended to me and
I commenced using 1t as a last resort.
M first bottle seemed to give no re-
lief; in fact, I seemed to feel worse, but
/ Kept on using the medicine and found
u the first bottle had really started
me on the road to by loosen
Ing the mucous and making me expec-
CINE for some time my cough ceased;
I gained flesh and today I am a well
man" (signed) GEO. M. BATES.
(Above abbreviated; more on re-
quest)
Bckman's Alternative has been proven
by many years test to be most efhca-
cious In cases Of severe Throat ana
Lung Affections, Bronchitis, Bronchial
Asthma. stubborn Colds and in up
tain narcotics. poisons or habit-form-
Ing drugs. For sale by 3. L: Bentson
and other leading druggists. Write the
Ecknnan Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa,
for booklet telling OF recoveries n
additional evidence. -Advt.