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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15
ALL WAR VETERANS
ARE NOT CITIZENS
Although Some Have Been Vot--
ing For Fifty Years
Steps Are Now Being Taken Looking
Toward Recognition of Those
Who are Foreign Born.

Comment has frequently been made,
of late, in the columns of this paper.
concerning the changes in the cleo
ton laws of Wisconsin, relative to,
the naturalization of voters for u. S.
citizenship. Formerly the laws were,
such that foreign born person of
proper age, who declared his inten--
tion of becoming a citizen of the.
United States, provided he had been
for sufficient length of time a resi-
dent of the state and precinct, was
entitled to the voting privilege upon.
such declaration, commonly alluded to,
as his first papers.
A Wisconsin law, passed by the.
Legislature of 1909, provided that a.
person to be voter in this state must
be fully naturalized citizen andhave.
received from the court, in the county
where he resides, his final papers as;
such. In order that sufficient time.
might be given to have these provi--
sions of the law fully understood and
complied with, it was provided that.
the law should not go into effect until
December 1912, after the general
election of that year,
Circumstances have arisen in politi--
cal affairs in this county that have led
to close inspection of conditions of;
citizenship, and many cases have been.
developed where foreign born persons
who have been voting for years, be-
lieving that they were fully qualified
citizens, have discovered that they
were not, and have been denied the.
right of franchise:
In the city of Lancaster alone.
seventy or more have been dis
franchised, and included in that num-
Der are number of old veteran.
soldiers, whose place of birth was.
outside the United States but who,
had supposed that they were legal
voters. Surely their services as;
soldiers fighting for their country
should have made them citizens of the,
United States, but under the provi--
vions of the law they are not so,
treated.
At Milwaukee last week resolutions:
were adopted in E. B. Wolcott post,
G. A. R., asking for a congressional
act whereby any soldier not now re-
cognized as a citizen, through no.
fault of his own, who can produce an
honorable discharge from the service,
or other proof that he was a soldier.
shall be recognized as a citizen, with.
all the rights and privileges that go,
with citizenship in this enlightened
and powerful country that they risked
their lives in preserving.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15
AS TO SPECIAL SESSION
OF THE LEGISLATURE
Views and Comments of What 1t
Will Mean if One is Called
by the Governor.

There is some tall figuring going
on around the capital on the chances
for special session and the results
should it be called.
The legislature, should it be called,
can only act on the subject suggested
in the governors call. From the
tone of the governors letter, sent to
the town clerks, the call, should it be
made, will include of course the sub
ject of taxes and it may discuss the
passage of constitutional amend
ment which will provide that in flu
ture all of the appropriation bills be
made out singly and separately, and
not punched in three or four big
measures. There would probably be
some discussion over an amendment
of this sort by the legislature, and it
might hold up the session. 1t is pos
sible, also, that an amendment to the
election law passed at the last ses-
sion, which was intended to get the
bull moose party on the ticket, might
be made. Unless this is done the
new party will not be able to get on
the ballot. There was a mistake
made in the drafting of the law and
it does not carry out its intentions.
Banking Commissioner A. E. knott
wants the special session to consider
amendments to the banking laws
which he says are hampering the
work of his department. There may
be some action on the attempts of
the railroads to raise rates. There
will be other matters on which the
governor will be asked to allow the
Legislature to act. For example the
BARRIERS association at La Crosse has
asked the executive to suggest that
the Legislature reduce the cost of
BARRIERS licenses from two dollars to
one. The price was raised at the
last session.
But the big fight in the special ses-
sion if it is called, is going to be over
the appropriation bills. 1t is not like
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

kee, from which she emerged as the
proud winner of the title of "queen
speller of the state She was
awarded a beautiful gold medal by
the fair society as such winner.
Now the contest of 1914 has
started. The winners in the several
district schools in each township will
meet next week in the township con-
test and the winners in the township
contest will be accredited contestants
in the county contest.
Township Day." as it is now
called, is becoming quite an event,
and the parents and friends of the
contesting pupils turn out and add
the encouragement of their presence
to the occasion. In most townships
a big picnic dinner is served, which
enlivens and adds to the interest OF
the occasion.
We show herewith a picture taken
of the picnic dinner in the town OF
Castle Rock last year. There will
be many like it next week.
County Superintendent Brockert has
sent out letters to all of the teachers
in the rural schools of the county
offering suggestions of value and urg
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

The county board of canvassers
met last Saturday at the office of the
county clerk, in this city, and can
vassed the vote cast on April z.
There was no contest in the judicial
election, James C. Kerwin being the
only candidate for justice of the
supreme court and he was declared
elected, he having received 1914
votes.
In the matter of election of a
County Board of Education for Grant
county, only one candidate had been
properly placed in nomination-James
K. Mills, of Hazel Green.
The people of Grant county did not
want such board. They considered
it unwise and unnecessary, entailing
a needless expense. This point was
made clearly apparent in the senti-
ments expressed by two hundred or
more representative men who as
sembled at the recent county con-
vention of the Taxpayers Non-parti-
san League in this city.
At that convention it was decided
to name as candidates for members of
the board five men who would either
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

the three counties named have been
carefully examined for period of ten
years, beginning with the year 1900.
From this an average was arrived at,
and Bulletin No. SIP, issued by the
law department of the University,
shows that the average time used for
the trial of a criminal case during
the ten years has been one and eleven
twelfths of day in the circuit court
of Dane county; two and one-ifth
days to each case in the circuit court
of Manitowoc county, and only nine
twentieths, or less than one-half day
in the circuit court in Iowa county.
Judge Clementson, of this city,
presiding judge of this circuit, in
which Iowa county was selected as
being fair sample, has long had an
enviable reputation for the ex-
peditious manner in which cases in
his court are handled, and this in
vestigation goes to show that his
cases are dispatched with grea ter
rapidity than those of any other
circuit judge in the state and in about
one-fourth the time used in some of
the circuits, which is certainly fine
compliment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15
County Board of Education
Got a SwiH One in the Neck
The Voters Registered Their DsappOva of the Law at Spring
Election Last Week and Elected Five Members Who
Are Expected to Resign or Not Qualify

resign if elected or refuse to qualify.
This was done, but the time remain
ing was so short that before the
necessary number of signatures could
be obtained the time for filing same
had expired. The voters of the
county were asked (not through any
discourtesy to Mr.. Mills who is a fine
gentleman, but to avoid having need
less board saddled upon the county,,
to write the names of these five
candidates upon their ballots and to
cross off the name of Mr.. Mills.
How thoroughly this was done is
seen in the result found by the can
vassing board, the vote being found
as follows:
Geo. K. Mills, 1913.
Edwin Glenn, 237O.
Geo. A. Peterson, 1886.
A. V. Wells, 2571.
w. "A. Johnson, 1892.
L. G. Armstrong, 1888.
This does not leave much room to
doubt what public opinion is in the
matter. The voters for Mr.. Mills
were largely those of his personal
friends or of men who were not in
formed as to the situation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15
DISTRICTS CHOSEN
FOR RESERVE BANKS.
Country Divided Into Twelve Regions
Under Provisions of New
Federal Currency Law.

After three months of consideration
the reserve bank organization COM
mittee Thursday night announced that;
it has divided the continental United
States into twelve banking districts.
and selected twelve cities where.
federal reserve banks are to be locat-
ed under the new currency law. This,
was the first decisive step toward the.
establishment of the new system. The,
cities and districts follow:
District No. /, Boston. Reserve
bank will have capital of So, 931, 74O,.
with 446 national banks as members.
Territory included, New England
states.
District No. 2, New York. Capital
$40, 687616, with 478 national and
number of state banks (not given) as
members. Territory, state of New
York.
The other ten banks will be located
as follows in their respective districts
No. 3 Philadelphia; No. Cleveland >
No. 3 Richmond; No. 6 Atlanta; No
z Chicago; No. 8 st. Louis; No 9
Minneapolis; No. 10 Kansas City;
No. IL Dallas; No. II San Francisco.
The southern part of Wisconsin,.
from boundary formed by the north
ern line of Vernon, Sank, Columbia,
Dodge, Washington and Ozaukee,
counties, which of course, includes
Grant county, will belong to the Chi
cago district This will be the.
largest district in the United States.
and the capital of the Chicago reserve.
bank will be $13, Isl, 925, and Will
include 984 national banks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

Joe Nachazel, Town of Eagle,
Richland Co., and Anna Riemenapp,
Muscoda.
Jas. A. Foley and HELENA Basque,
both of Hickory Grove.
Chas. Blackman and Jessie G..
Kane, both of Platteville.
Walter Koschkee, Mt. Hope and
Nellie May Renkauf, Woodman.
John Snider, Platteville and Nellie
Keene, So. Lancaster.
Frank Kovars, Watterstown and
Margaret B. Kligara, Hickory Grove.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15
TOWNSHIP DAY" IN
THE COUNTRY SCHOOLS
Will be Observed Throughout the
County Friday, April "a
Winners Will There be Chosen for
County School Contest to be
Held in Lancaster, May1.

The sixth Annual Contest in arith
metic, spelling and writing, for prizes
aggregating 500 and honors enough
to spur the pupils of the country
schools of Grant county to their best
efforts, will be held in Lancaster
on Friday, May 1st.
Each of the preceding contests have
been a pronounced success, and each
year the interest there has become
greater and greater. Last year the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

Mrs. Ben Petty and daughter
left on Saturday morning for a brief
visit at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Murphy, at their home in
Prospect Hill, near Waukesha.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15
Episcopal Church.
Rev. w. A. Munday, Rector.

Rev. w. A. Munday, Rector.
7:30 Holy Eucharist.
$50 Sunday school.
10 80 Holy Communion and sermon
7:3O Evensong and sermon.
Friday 7 80 Evensong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15
Presbyterian Church.

Sunday School at 9 as.
Divine Service 10 AS.
Sunday School (Hurricane) at 2 80.
Divine Service at 3 80.
Evening Worship (Boice Creek at
80.
Midweek service at Rockville on
evening at z 80.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION HERE
Will Assemble On Monday and Tues
day of Next Week, April
20 and Fl.

Inc Mills CSfldl HSSOCldCIO1l Ol CQlS
city, feeling the great need of more
efficient workers in the Sunday
schools of the county, has planned a
Sunday School Convention to be held
in Lancaster on Monday and Tuesday
of next week, April 20 and 21. 1t
is expected that delegates will be
present from most of the Sunday
schools of the county. Rev. F. H.
Brigham, general secretary of the
Wisconsin Sunday School Association,
will be present to conduct the work
of the convention, with assistance of
other Sunday school experts.
Following is the program:
MONDAY AFTERNOON
At Congregational Church.
1890 Registration and assignment of
Delegates.
200 Devotional Service and We'll
come. Rev. H. A. Studebaker
2:30 Temporary Organization.
2:45 Address Graded Instruction. I"
MISS Bailey
$3.50 Address, Teachers and the
......... Rev. F. A. HAYWARD
Ais Address, Standard School"
......... Rev. F. H. Brigham
500 Simultaneous Conference.
Elementary Miss Bailey
Adult Bible Class. $500
........ Rev. F. H. Brigham
EVENING SESSION.
7:3O Song service and Roll Call
500 Address ''Those Other Chill
dren" -. Miss M Bailey
$50 Address, 1.-THE Place of the
Sunday School in Modern
Life. Rev. F. H. Brigham
TUESDAY MORNING
At First Methodist Church.
$50 Devotion and Bible Study.
49,. Rev. w. A. Weyhrauch
900 Address 1.-THE Teen Age and
the Sunday Sbhool" 80.
....... Rev. F. H. Brigham
9:45 Business Sessions
Reports of Committees.
Adoption of Constitution.
Election of Officers.
1920 Address" 1.-THE Superinten-
dent and His Problems
BY a Superintendent
Discussion.
11:45 Round Table. Rev. F. H. Brigham
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1:45 Devotion Led by Visiting Pastor
200 Address Elizabeth Fitzpatrick
Corinth, Miss.
2:45 Paper
3:15 Paper.
800 Round Table Miss E. Fitzpatrick
EVENING SESSION.
1880 Song Service. .............
lied by Visiting Pastor
500 Address The Teacher and
That Boy. ...........
......Rev. F. A. Hayward
8:45 Address. ....... Miss Fitzpatrick
Mr.. Jerome Larson, of Win
nipeg, Canada, spent a few days here
last week with his sisters, Mrs. Chas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

w. E. Kirk, instructor at the
High school, went to Fennimore Fri
day to be a judge in the declamatory
contest held there that evening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

Mrs. Charles Harp and baby
went to Highland Saturday to visit a
few days at the Henderleiter home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

Guy Horsfall autoed to Beetown
Monday on business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

Mr.. Jerome Larson, of Win
nipeg, Canada, spent few days here
last week with his sisters, Mrs. Chas.
Klarman and Miss Idalia Larson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
lingo, Son of the Sea.

The first installmcnt Of the Won
derful serial picture, "Zingo," will
be shown at the Idle Hour theatre
this (Inursday) evening. The title
of the first installment is lingo,
Son of the Sea- The story of lingo
is most wonderful creation. Dur
ing a storm al sea, baby is placed
in a soap box and set afloat in the
open sea and finally drifts to an
island which is inhabited by mon
keys only. For twenty years OF his
life he is raised among the monkeys.
He sets adrift on a raft and is pick
cd up by ship crew, shortly after-
wards meeting Sari, a beauty from a
Sultan's harem, who afterwards be-
comes his wife. While >sailing ?.way
with the harem beauty lingo reaches
for a. wonderful pearl and Sari is
swallowed by whale. The whale,
in most remarkable moving picture
scene is finally captured and Sari
rescued. The first installment of
lingo is in four reels 1t is one of
the most remarkable pictures ever
filmed, stupendous in its scope, sem
sational in its imaginative depar-s
lures. The first show VIII sts+;t
promptly tonight at Z o'clock and the
usual prices of admission, S and 10
cents, will prevail.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
BARGAIN DAY SATURDAY
Icons Enterprisiap Merchants Are
Offering Extraordinary Bar
Gains for Saturday Buyers.

Saturday of this week is going to
be big day in Leon. The Farmers
Institute commences today, Friday is
Rural Life day, and Saturday the
Boys and Girls Clubs exhibit and
rural school contest. AS there will
be large number of people in Leon,
the enterprising, merchants of Leon
have made Saturday Bargain Day in
Leon,' and every merchant is offer
ing special good bargain for their
customers that day. Look over the
special bargain day advertisements on
pages 12 and 13 of this issue. You
will find that you can make a good
days wages by taking advantage of
the special bargains which are Offer
ed by the Leon merchants for this
Cay only. Then too, the holiday dis
plays of goods will all be open for
your inspection, and you should COM
nence right now to do your holiday
shopping. Don't put it off. Leon is
the trade center of this part of Iowa.
The merchants of this city carry the
best stocks of goods in every line
you can find anywhere in the state of
Iowa. Their prices are right and
they will sell you goods worth the
money. Come to Leon and see what
the merchants are offering for the
holiday trade.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Death of Mrs. james Booker.

The body of Mrs. James Booker, a
sister of Mrs. H. J. Close, was
brought to Leon Sunday for inter-
ment in the Leon cemetery by the
side of her parents. Mrs. Booker,
whose maiden name was Frances De-
Wolf, was born at Ravanna, Ohio,
June 8, 1910. With her parents, DR..
and Mrs. J. G. DeWo1f. she came to
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in 1856, and here
she was married to Mr.. James Book
er. They made their home at Mt.
Pleasant until about two years ago
when they moved to Webb City, Mo-,
to make their home with her only
sister, Mrs. Helen j. Close. She was
most estimable lady, who had
many dear friends at her old home at
Mt. Pleasant, and in the new one at
Webb City. Mrs. Close accompanied
the remains to Leon Sunday, Mr..
Booker being in such poor health
that he could not come.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Lanlolee-Ii:ving.

A quiet wedding took place at the
M. e. parsonage Thanksgiving day,
Nov. 26, 1914, at 600 p. m, when
Mr.. Paul Jay Lamoree, and Miss
Florence Mae Irving were united in
the bonds of holy wedlock. Both of
the young people are we'll known
among the inhabitants of Van Vert
and community.
The groom is nephew of Mr..
Peter Lamoree of Van Vert. The
bride is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Irving also of that place. The.
groom is youthful, but prosperous
farmer of the state of Kansas. For
the past few months he has made his
home with Mr.. Harry Blair, south Of
Van Vert
The bride has been teaching in one
of our nearby country schools, and
has taken up her arduous duties in
this special line for the past two
years with a zest.
At the solemnization the Young
folks were accompanied by a brother
of the bride, Mr. O. w. Irving, and
sister, Miss Cecil Irving, by cousin
Of the groom. Miss Rose Lamoree,
and a friend, Miss Lena Manley.
AS the couple leave in the spring
for their new home in Kansas, friends
here will greatly miss them. They
have been prominent in church work
and in society affairs. I'VE heartily
join in bidding them God speed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
'.That Printer of Udell's."

Messrs. Gaskill & McVitty, who
last season gave us charming and
very successful dramatization of Har-
old Bell Wright's book "The Shep-
herd of the Hills" will present an
other play taken from Mr.. Wright's
story THAT Printer of Udelrs.'
THAT Printer of Udells" dramatic
ed by Mr.. Wright and Elsberry w.
Reynolds, is play well WORTH seeing
and as many thousands have read
the book, it is certain to make an in
stant appeal to those who enjoy good
clean moral drama. 1t has good
strong plot and We're it pruned Of all
else except the story itself and it's
ultimate ending happily for the
hero and the heroine" it would be
interesting in the extreme. Beside
the main plot, there is interviewer a
lesson of every day life. In fact the
plot is the shuttle that comes in the
weaving of the story, the woof, which
3iss!ihe inhumanity of some church
4 sn1bers towards the need homie
less and unemployed. That Printer
of Udell's' comes to the Leon opera
house on Wednesday,, December 9Th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Had A Fine Trip in The West.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Evans, who re-
turned Friday evening from a visit
of several months on the Pacific
coast, had dandy fine trip and both
return home looking exceptionally
we'll. They visited for some time
with their son, Lyman, at Portland.
Oregon Lyman is in charge OF the
linotypes in the Oregonian office,
and has invested in a ten acre fruit
farm near Portland They also Wis
ited at Vancouver and Los Angeles,
and with friends at Pomona. They
visited at the home of Mr.. Evans
brother, w. j. Evans, whom he had
not seen for SIS years. While in Los
Angeles they were guests of honor at
a dinner party given by Miss Nora
Biggs, formerly of this city, at which
there were twelve former residents
of Leon, Miss Nora Biggs, Mrs. Ens-
ma Sanford Ten Brock and son
Chard, Miss Florence Oney, Miss Will
ma Custer, Mrs. Cora Brooks Fithian,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Morris, Mrs. Min
ME Clark Arlington and husband.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
County Recorder Has No War Tax
Stamps.

In an article in regard to the war
tax stamps which are required to be
placed on deeds and other documents
recorded with the county recorder
which iss printed on page three of
this isxue we stated that county re-
corder Gardner had received a sup-
ply Of the stamps for the accommo-
datien of patrons of his office, but
this statement is incorrect, as he has
no stamps on hand and parties must
secure them elsewhere. The govern
ment offered to sell him 500 worth
Of the stamps for $99, but as there
are no county funds available to in
vest in stamps if he bought them he
would have to put up his own private
money, and naturally he did not care
to do this, as there would be no tell
ing how long it would be before he
got his money back. Please remem-
tsber the recorder mas no stamps for
sale ls.st4 ~ s.5ss -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
SEVEN CAR LOADS OF IOWA
AUTO PLATES.
That's the Order to Supply Demand
in This State for 1915.

The first carload of automobile
plates for 1915 arrived at the state
house Tuesday. The motor vehicle
department is prepared to begin is
suing the plates Dec. IS.
Up to the present time 1000 auto
owners have registered their cars
for 1916. The department sent out
letters short time ago urging driv-
ers of cars to get their applications
in early so as to avoid the delay of
getting plates on Jan. /. The re-
sponse has not been as great as ex-
pected. Last year more than 10000
car owners got in early with their
checks, and at that time there were
10000 less cars in the state than
there are at present.
Iowa now has 105, 800 automobiles
in use. The highest number issued
lis 111,800. From this is deducted
for motorcycles. New cars are being
registered at the rate of forty per
day. The department Monday sent
in an order for an additional 800
pair Of plates to supply the demand
for 1914 plates between now and the
first of the year.
The 1915 auto plates are heavier
than the 1914 plates. 1t will require
seven freight cars to transport the
plates from the factory at st. Paul
tofDes Moines. The 1915 plate is too
light to last more than one year. If
the legislature decides to make one
plate do for three years, as has been
recommended by the efficiency and
reform committee, heavier plate
will be secured