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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-27
WE GET TOGETHER.

That was a splendid meeting of
everyday folk over at the Third ward
school house last Thursday evening.
us who work for a living; it was not
large but it was exceedingly repre-
sentative of workers. We common
workers got together, visited bit,
shook hands in real earnest and then
listened to good speaker for anhour.
Nothing special about that, says a
smart fellow Well there was some
thing extra special about that. When
we all joined in laughter at some of
the merry breaks of Professor Paul
Voelker we got closer together. We
heard the same joke and saw the point
from a common point of view. (That
is an ugly expression, point of view"
but it is the best we have to express
the thing)
For the hour we were thinking alike
and we were very happy, all happy
over the same thoughts and express
sions. There were 100 persons, old,
medium and young, looking out on the
great world through one pair of eyes.
We were eagerly following one series
of thoughts-we were pretty close to-
gether.
That's what this great country
needs-tO have its people get closer
together. We ought to learn to see
more with common vision-with one
pair of eyes; to think once in while
with one series of thoughts.
Now don't fly off the track about
''individualism" we know all about
that and are afflicted with the indi-
vidual microbe. That has already been
carried in America to the very limit
What America needs is a bit more of
cooperation among its constituent in
dividuals. Work your individualisms
through a little cooperation and we
will get on better. We will then have
a better patriotism among other things.
There was just zone fly in the ONT
ment," as usual. Merchants, farmers
and professional men should have been
there to mix a little with us common
folks. We like the merchant, etc., and
we would like to mix with him social
ly. And he's shOrt-sighted to stay
away from our social and intellectual
unctions.-Baraboo Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-27

general reduction. This season has
produced vast quantities of rough feed
all over the country, which will be
very valuable if utilized, but which
will be wasted if not fed during the
coming winter, and besides there will
be a large amount of frosted corn fit
only for feeding and which will be a
loss if not fed before Spring. The in
reference of quarantine regulations
with the movement of feeder and
stocker cattle and sheep between var
iOus states, markets and feed lots, to-
gether with uncertainty as to spread
of Foot and Mouth" diseases, and
want of confidence in future values in
consequence are seriously reducing the
number of animals going into feed lots
to consume the oVer-abundance OF
feed, which will cause enormous losses
to farmers generally throughout the
cOrnbelt, while an abnormal scarcity
ON meat animals ready for market
later on will inevitable, unless the
country is soon relieved of the preva
lence of this scourge. Moreover, the
continued presence of Foot and
Mouth" disease and scarcity will both
tend to discourage consumption, while
the reduced demand for meats will
lower market prices for live stock.
The epidemic of 1914 cost the Fed
eral and State governments over $1O,-
600, 900, but that was very small sum
compared to the enormous losses suf-
fered by farmers and feeders who
c4n
prematurely to escape infection, or
else were compelled by necessary
quarantine regulations to hold it af-
ter ready for market at large expense
and to finally sell at heavy loss. The
same thing is happening now in many
sections, and the disturbance in the
market distribution of live stock is
working further losses to producers.
The only solution for all these ser1-
Gus troubles and disturbances in the
live stock industry is for farmers and
stockmen all over the country to
! clearly understand in it's true features
and bearings, and to cooperate fully
with the Federal and State authorities
in their efforts to stamp out the dis
ease in the only way which the expert
ence of the world for more than GEN.
fury has demonstrated to be safe and
efficient, which is immediate slaughter
and burial in quicklime of all infected
and exposed animals, followed by
cleaning and disinfecting the premises
where found.
Yours truly,
w. A. HEATH,
President Live Stock Exchange Ma
tional Bank, Chicago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-27
one WAY of Dying.

The suggestion of a new method of
suicide. open only to editors, is taken
from an exchange. Here is the meth
Cd Of procedure:
At the present writing we have no
desire TO hurI ourselves into Abra-
hams bosom but if we ever do, we
wouldn't lean against double-bar-
rel shotgun and pull the trigger as
many do. Neither would we chop our
head off by an amateur guillotine,
eat a square meal of rat poison, blow
out the gas, drink concentrated I've,
Sit down on the lap of a buzzsaw,
smoke a cigarette or call Kentuckian
a liar or a poor judge of whisky.
We would simply get out an edition
of our paper in which we would strive
10 the best our ability to print the
plain square-tOed truth about people,
as we understand it, and then await
the end.
There wouldn't be a doubt the COM
ing Of the end.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-27
As to Joking.

A contemporary bewailS what II
finds the increasing tendency to make
a Joke of everything. Most OF the
greetings between men," it says take
the form of frivolity. Most of the
conversation in society bubbles over
with ha-has," 1t is rather a new
thought to us that we can have too
much merriment. For when the oc-
casion really calls for solemnity, it is
SO hard to joke that we thought it was
a pretty good thing that so many per-
sons could joke good deal of the rest
OF the time.
Nevertheless, there may be some
thing in this plant If there is, it is
because we laugh too easily when there
is nothing really funny afoot and not
because we laugh too much at some
thing that is funny. That, we dogmat-
ically assert, never did anybody any
harm A good laugh is medicine and
these who have understood human I'M
ture best have written the dictum,
Laugh often" But do we laugh at
silly things? If we do, it's doubtless
because of the nervous tension of the
age. That's an old foe, and we don't
see that it is decreasing much, but we
shall have to attack it before long. For
the rest, we should say that if you
really are amused, you aren't in dan
ger of laughing too much, but if you
laugh just to laugh, it will probably
give you pain in your side.-Milwau-
kse Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-27
When Community Needs a Friend.

When a Community Needs a Friend.
At this time, when all nature seems
10 nave been unkind to us, this sec
ton of the state needs more boost
ing than ever in its history. Early
spring time failed to bring forth the
warmth that was needed for early
growth. The summer months were
vet and cold, and vegetation had a
mighty poor time trying to reach ma
turity. Then, to make things more
diseouraging, a killing frost put many
Of the belated crops out of commission.
Probably there are few sections OF
Wisconsin that have more new set
tiers each year, than around Necedah.
The land values here, being low, in
duce people, who are moved by the
back to the land" movement, to
choose this locality.
We know, and everybody knows,
that central Wisconsin is coming to
the front rapidly, but a season so con-
Trajectory as the present one has been,
does much to discourage the new set
tier. He thinks the country is wrong
He believes he has fallen into sec
ton where climatic conditions are
twisted, and that success is impossible
when nature turns against him.
If every resident here would give
that struggling newcomer a word of
encouragement instead of discourage
ment. he'd stick. He would buck up
courage and go to it again. However,
we've a bunch of damnable calamity
hOwlers around here who take every
opportunity to borrow the ear of a dis
couraged settler and thoroughly rob
the fellow of every ounce of sand he
has in his makeup.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-27
Questionable ECONOMY.


There are some fine jobs being Civ
en- out at Madison these days. Not
long ago a professor was transferred
from the university to the capital to
take charge of the newly created job
of state engineer, at salary of &c.
600 per year. This salary is larger
than that of the governor, secretary
of state, state treasurer or attorney
general. Now this new state engineer
has appointed two other men, also
formerly employed at the university,
to assist him. One to have a salary
OF $4,000, and the other salary OF
$4,000. The combined salaries of the
three new jobs will be $4,000. We
presume that the gentlemen are emil
nently fitted for the positions, and they
will render good service to the state
for their liberal pay. But to bark
back to the days of a year ago, when
the present administration was on the
stump, and what a noise they were
making about the university profess
sosr running the state, about the high
salaried job holders, and about the tax
eaters multiplying so rapidly. Tax
eating at from $4,000 to $4,000 per job
seems to be going right on, only worse
and more of it, and we can not re-
member when so many university en-
ployes slipped over to the capital and
had their salaries increased in such a
limited time. Some people apparent
ly are able to get change of view
by simply changing the color of the
glass in their goggles.-Merlin Hull in
Jackson County Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-27

These knockers, and some OF them
are supposed to be leading business
men, ought to be initiated into the
Everlasting Order of the Hot Place"
They kill hope, retard development
and are a stencil in the community
Necedah Republican.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-27
AudacltY.

Audaclty.
With audacity one can undertake
anything, but one cannot accomplish
every thing.-Napoleon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-01

-.
+, tnem from the so Sefnlien.,
has been done in development II =
fact. also, that 4itt4e OF the
coal lands have passed from Ine POS pos,
session OF the government Ines So 81
! belong 70 the hundreo TILT ilt0 "a. 80
the -metnod o. tneiI iutufe otsPoa-
| hon IS Sill unsettieo-
There are many helos OF sIe sa- go tue
but OF les speciacuias q uaiillse el -.
those at Behring and Matanu isSN Iis-
ers- There IS, Tor; instance, t i,' ..
ana coal held, on the Inc o. lne pio
posed railroau- Sky mics DEL 90
reaches FAIRBANKS inns nsto 4oV
. mics IN the interior. VII. Wien lns
railroad Is competed, De oiousl -. =
touch with the anaha lSsi a. -
banks. from Wnlch II ma oe " els,,
rted. during the open $500 - us;Ias ~
year throughout tne 4,ooS mites %
inland waterways anoFoec os .ne
kon and ITS naylSapie tr.outal
Another source OF wealth tnat pro.,-
ises TO become lrnpor'anl mne t.l. ~. -
road facilities are provluea aIs ln
copper deposits iarousnoul nue. ...L -, =.
the region inat IS 10 pc opehe e'l W ~
the government road gre $500 49,
copper deposits "A copper tnins,
however, REQUIRES macn ne -,
and much fuel ana Is me- 80,
tirely dependent upon transpui q
facilities.
From the copper alstfics OF S sa.
Valley, however, there mas oeen
steady and prohtante OUTPUT LOT ~
years. Much development "oIk .s
been done on copper Cams ~ 80
Nabesno river ana the Mhtte i 49,
districts, and these may pc eApectee l
10 take on the role OF real proouSeiS
as soon as transportation - Pr; pr ~ 49,
Alaska has given inalcations .na.
she may become prooucer " naa 'sIt,
other materials Wnen sue = 49,
thoroughly prospected- 1 ne cas- sti ~
animation OF hef mineral Ies N.ls.,,,
that has 50 far been possible, most
incidentally 10 the pursuit oil gold, ma :
revealed the presence IN many piaeS
of silver, lead, ENC, anttnons' quiSN
silver, peat. gfapnite: asDestos go
mica But the cilnctitles uus
which mining mas oeeh carried on -
Alaska nave niS2e II neAt ~ ti1po
sfble that atten1lon ne pafa - go
thing but gold All os1sF - -
have been ignored Neien nSM ~
ditions ARISE. II IS pu1 rs frs. - -
lieve That the wea4cn nerepo ,. ose
looked VIII pc oroushI 10 ~ .s
me men VINO n.y. cd, =. -. oanna,.i
ity OF Cook Inlet. or ger GU. eoppsi
ore. or build railroads, l9r tHas nia.
ter, Will live IN a region Waere = 49,
about lG9 days IN me year. . Us
the summer they VIII nna cue Siei ;,
,nometer gong Up 20 MY ueS s,s go.
in the winter II VIII 90 aoWn 10 49, !,
ten above IN the Mdsa s nu.4ea S. ~.
Susltaa valleys. h i, ieI e ssz. a. a.
grees warner ana ine M.n 80 t1.,,
degrees coiaet' ne :. ny, ~ =, yes
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-01
S100 Reward. SOC

The readers OF this paper VIII be pleased RI
learn that there Is .t least dreaded disease
:hat science has been able to cure IN all It's
stages aud that IS Cafarrh.. Halls Gatar-ti Cure
IS the only positive cure Row known To the med
zeal fraternity. Catarri benz: consttGt iona
disease requires n ,onStifa rioaal treatment
Halls catarr!. Cure Is taken internally. acttnE
directly upcn The blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. thereby destroying tn. fau1iai ION
OF the disease. and giving TIC patient length
bv building IN the constitution and aS<tS:tst= ~
tS-re In doing its Work. The proprieIsrr 49,
60 much faith Ia its curative powers thar T." :
of.er One Hundred Doilsr- Tor an that :
fails 20 cure. Send Tor list OF testimonials.
Address r ]. CHENEY & Co. Toledo o.
Sold BIZ all Druggists. .5c.
Take Halls Family PIIls for constipation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-01

In Central Park. New York. bac-
terra are found TO the extent of 1.5e9
every cubic foot.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-01

period OF great activity. with 51se
AT Seward, a village which had, at the
time of the taking OF the last census,
a population Of but 534 people. Like
wise does it promise new era for
that metropolis OF all Alaska. Fair
banks. Al miles in The interior. which
ct the same date boosted 3,54l souls.
, 1915-02-11
LIVE STOCK PRICES
At SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle Trade Is Better on Very
Light Receipts.
SLIGHT DECLINE IN HOGS,

Sheep and Lambs io@25e Lower.
Opening Trade Is slow-Mexican
Lambs Reach $a.65-No Feeders to
Speak OF.
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha.
Feb. "a comparatively light run of
cattle showed up yesterday, about g..
900 head. Beef steers were active, but
not SO very much stronger han they
were the latter part of last week. Bids
and sales were naturally very uneven,
ranging all the way from steady to
fully a dime better than Friday. Trade
in lows and heifers was also more ac-
tive and prices right around 10915c
higher than Friday. Veal calves were
m active request and quotably strong,
n there was a better outlet and a
somewhat frmer market for bulls,
stays. etc. There was scarcely any de-
mand from the country for stockers
n feeders and trade was very slow,
with prices about on a par with the
low time last week. Stock cows and
heifers. as we'll as stock calves, were
slow sale at about last weeks closing
figures.
Cattle quotations.: Good to choice
beeves, $75O@S.O0; fair to good
beeves, s7.OOd740: common to fair
beeves, s6.OO97OO: good to choice
beifers, $625G725; good to choice
cows, s5.75G6.25; fair to good cows,
$500 5.65; anner and cutters, $500
OATS; veal calves. s7.2591O25; bulls,
stays, etc, s5.OO66.oO; good to choice
feeders. s7.O067.50: fair to good feed
ers. s6.256675; common to fair feed
ers, $5.2596OO; stock heifers. $3.50
500; stock cows, $4.75G5.75: stock
calves, s6.0O6750.
Some 1000 hogs arrived yesterday.
The market was very dull yesterday,
with prices weak to sc lower than last
Saturday. The bulk of the offerings
moved at s670@6.72h. and tops
reached $3.50.
Sheep and lamb receipts totaled Is,
600 head. On accoun OF the liberal
receipts the market was slow and
anywhere from 10c to CSC lower than
the close Of last week. Some Mexican
lambs brought 1855. and some fed
western grades reached ss.55 The
bulk of the fat ewes moved at s6.25
Q640.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs. Mexican, ss.6O@S.75; lambs
fed westerns. ss.300S.6O; lambs, fair
to good. ss.0O@s30; lambs, shearing,
s7.65Q8.O5: 'yearlings. light, s7.5O@
IT'S; y%esrlings, heavy. 81 oO@750;
wethers. good to choice. s6401665;
wethers. fair to good, s6.156640;
ewes. good to choice. 5 625@640i
ewes. fair to good. s5.75Q625: ewes
feeding, $475@5.00
, 1915-02-11

Mrs. @. s. Hawland, of Ault, Colo,
mother of Frank Fl. Scribner, arrived
Monday, and she and her son, togher
with little Charles Scribner will leave
in a day or two for Ault.
, 1915-02-11

by a Legislative committee which
Is to report before the end of the
session. The report of this com.
mittee, it is planned, shall be the
OASIS for revocal of the water
rights granted this corporation, by
virtue of holding which it is pre-
venting development of the rich
es, $4,000 acres, it is said, in the
state.
A new public utilities commits
sion act Is before the legislature.
1t was drawn by the senate COM
mittee on public utilities as a SUBJ
stitute for the Sibley bill, which
was considered too cumbersome.
The new bill constitutes the gov
ernor, state auditor and state treas
urer an ex-oficio public utilities
commission, and gives the govern
or authority to appoint the secre-
tary of the board. The Scovgard
public utilities commission act.
which was modelled on the Cali
tornia law, has been withdrawn.
But slow progress has been
made with the workmen's COM.
pensation act. Committee con-
sideration of the measure did not
begin until last Friday, when the
first hearing on the measure
was held. The bill as introduced
lists the scale of compensations
favored by the coal mine operators.
Fhe labor representatives in the
Legislature are primed to fight for
amendments greatly increasing
these CO mpensations and in several
instances doubling them.
County divisions, which never
was prominent during this session,
has ceased to be an issue. The
house decisively defeated the bill
for the formation of Lake county
from portions of Fremont and Lin
coin counties.
The senate bill for acceptance of
the Smith Lever act to encourage
agricultural extension work finally
has been passed by both houses in
such form that it will be of assis-
lance to counties desiring to m
ploy agricultural agents.
Both houses continue to exhibit
an antipathy for increasing the
salaries of public officials. Every
hill of this character, and there
has been many of them, has been
killed in n house or the other.
The house did decide to increase
the compensation of the sheritfs of
the state indirectly by allowing
them 75c per day for the board of
a prisoner, instead of Co. which
the law now allows, but the senate
indefinitely postponed the bill.
One armory and one fish hatch
cry bill finally weathered the pas
sage through the house but the
has not yet approved either.
The first appropriates $4,000 for
the purchase and completion of an
armory at Lander and the latter
appropriates 5000 fora fish hatch
cry at Hyatville Also the bill for
enlarging the capitol building has
passed the house, but the appro-
priation for which it provides vas
reduced in that body from S25O,OOO
to $4,000.
Among the several taxation
ton measures introduced during
the past week is a senate file by
Senator Mcclellan of Big Horn
county, which provides that the
state board of equalization shall
have authority to equalize all tax
able property in the state and shall
equalize assessments as between
counties. Under the present law
this board can equalize only live
stock and public utility corpora
ton property and cannot make an
equalization between counties for
the purpose of compelling each
county to bear a just proportion
of the expense of conducting the
atata Government,
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06
SELLING THEM OUT
BY H. M. EGBERT.

When Allan Gray walked out of the
Office of Smiths Weekly, after hav-
ing applied successfully in response
TO an advertisement for an assistant,
he thought that his future was as
sured. Twenty-four, just out Of col
lege. with all the enthusiasm of a
young man facing the struggle of life,
he appealed to Smith, although for
different reasons than those which
Smith outlined.
Were here to fight corruption in
Bender" said the middle-aged editor
and proprietor humping his fist
down on the table. "And we're going
to clean up the rottenest town in the
whole state. That is my purpose, and
that's what we are going to do-to-
gether, Mr.. Gray"
There was a girl in Allan Gray's
life. Her name was Mildred and she
was twenty-five She was earning a
living in the metropolis two hundred
miles away. Each of them was put
ting by money toward the day-the
great day when Allan would be able
to earn an income for both of them.
At the end of his first month of
service Gray's salary was raised from
fifteen dollars to twenty-five. Smith
was rapidly handing over to him the
charge of the Weekly. The young
mans stinging editorials in particular
aroused the editors appreciation.
/ col
"Well done, young man! I see made
no mistake in taking you"
With more sophistication Allan
might have suspected that something
was wrong. Actually, he was delight
ed. He detailed the entire situation to
his sweetheart in his twice-a-week
letters.
Its this way, DEAR" he wrote. eve
are putting hot shot into old Gregory,
who has been boss of Bender for the
last twenty years and has everyone in
his power. We are exposing his graft
in connection with the street fran
chises, the departments of the city
government. We are advocating the
form of government by commission.
And by heck! as Smith says, we are
going to win.'
Certainly the appearance Of the new
weekly created prodigious sensation
in a town of 100000 inhabitants To
gether Smith and Allan assailed the
boss with horsewhips of invective.
What had he got for the franchise
traction? Why was a convict MANA
ger of the waterworks department?
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06
MADAME PANARETEFF'S ROMANCE

Madame Panareteff, wife of the
first minister to be sent to the United
States by Bulgaria, is Massachusetts
woman, and her wooing and wedding
make a pretty romance.
DR.. Stephen Panareteff held a
chair in the Roberts college at Con-
stantinople for many years, and dur
ing that time became familiar with
Americans and American customs and
ideals. 1t happened that a charming
woman named Lydia Giles of North
Andover, Mass, and noted for her
vivid intelligence, went out to Con-
stantinople to teach in Roberts col
lege and met Doctor Panareteff in the
usual order of things collegiate.
1t was not until one day when she
was riding out among the hills and
her mount became vicious and threw
her on to the rocks that Doctor Pana-
reteff became potent factor in her
life. He rescued her from certain
death, and thereby began the inter
esting love story. which still goes on
in the newest legation in Washington,
on n street.