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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1915-06-10

you have. You know that there
is days and days when it is prac-
tically impossible to get anywhere
of any distance when the road s
are bad in Tishomingo County,
You hear at this time everybody
talking of hard times and tell you
about how hard it was to pay
their taxes this year. Did you
ever stop and figure that the
average man in Tishomingo county
does not work to exceed one hum
dred and twenty days in a year.
Do you know that this is a fact,
you will see the majority of the
population every Saturday which
means fifty-two working days in a
year. Fifty two working days
in a year means two solid working
months s-the reason that it is so
hard for you to pay your taxes is
that you do not have sufficient
work to keep yourself and family
and pay your taxes.
Good roads means to you this
fall, that you will turn loose in
your county at least 500, 900. 90
that Tom, Dick, Harry and Joe
will get and you are not the man
| think you are if you do not get
your part. You relieve your
financial strain this year by work
ing your own roads and making
your own farm more valuable and
your home more enjoyable, which
the average man is willing to pay
good money to do. We are asking
you to get pay for doing it. If the
roads are developed you can de-
velop your farm by hauling your
timber to market, or hauling your
clays to market, and the county is
full of them. On my travels in
the last few weeks | saw at one
town where they were hauling
clays FIVE miles and getting good
money for their labor, that are
being bought by other people at
immense sums of money, but you
cannot sell it, because you cannot
get it to market; therefore, it is
of no value to you.
Now, With all of these advan-
tages before you and with the
small cost to the average farmer
are you going to stand in your
own way for advancement for
yourself, your family, your neigh
Dor, and your County, With |
these roads it enables you with |
your teams with only one extra
days work year to have these
roads.
In our next article we will try
to show you the cost of bad roads.
Don't buster, don't grumble,
Don't dream and don't shirk,
Don't think of your worries
But think of your work.
The worries will vanish,
The work will be done,
No man sees his shadow
Who faces the SUM-"
Yours truly.
GEO. w. NEAL.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1915-06-10
Modern Improvement and the Saving
Of Human Life.

Last year a pathetic Incl
cident occurred on the pike lead
ing from Cherokee to Allsboro,
Ala. A little child was drowned
in tub of water as reported all
along the phone line. The artist
was sent for to take its picture for
future memory.
In the meantime DR. Louis Du-
pree, of Cherokee received the
call over the phone to come at
once. The Dr., as he told me,
made the distance, four miles, in
six minutes in high power ma
chine and by using the means of
artificial respiration the child f.
nally lived and breathed again.
This put me to thinking. Sew
eral factors enter into the saving
of this thild's life:
1st The good pike road with
gradual curves that made such a
high rate of speed as this possible.
End The telephone system that
caught the ear Of the DIR, at once.
3rd The skillful physician him
self.
4th The good providence of
God, whose creatures we are.
Numerous instances like this
could be recited. and are occur
ring every day. This puts me in
sympathy with modern improve
ments. The christian man must
first of all be good humanitarian
The son of man came not to de-
stroy mems lives but to save
them"
Mr.. Editor, continue your doc
trine of progress. A grand state
like ours, honored by the presence
and foot prints of such men as
Jefferson Davis, L Q c Lamar,
E c Wahhull. Charles Belts CAL
loway and S A Steel the greatest
of Southern pulpit orators must
come to the front. We may be in
the rear now, but thank God
Where the vanguard is today,
The rear will be tomorrow"
Yours for better things in
church and state.
NJ. E. Tumlin,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
0bituary--P L. Irish.

Perry L. Irish was born near Glass;
Vile, Wisconsin, Oct. 16, 1854 and
died at his home near Beetown, Feb.
2, 1915. His parents were Caleb
aud Betsy (Sumner) Irish. and he
was one of four children born to
them, two dying in infancy, the other
brother, George, passed away at his
home near Potosi 20 years ago.
Their father met with an accident
and died shortly after the war, leav-
ing his widow and little sons to battle
alone in this world.
At the age of "a years Perry and
his brother, George, went to Decatur,
Co., Kansas, and entered on govern
ment lands, but owing to failure of
crops George returned to Wisconsin,
Perry remaining until the year 1880,
when he married Clarissa M. Noble
and with his young wife, he too, re-
turned to Wisconsin, where they have
since resided.
Eight children were born to bless
this union, three having died in in
fancy. The remaining five are Jennie,
the wife Of Lester Clifton, of Lam
caster; Everett, Leroy, Florence and
Josie at home. They, together with
the mother, aged grandmother, and
five grand children mourn the loss of
a kind sou, husband and father.
He had been in failing health for a
number of years, but was stricken
last October With heart trouble which
later developed into dropsy, terminal
ing in his death. He was comforted
to the end by his aged mother and all
his family except his daughter, Jennie,
who by reason of illness could not be
with him.
He was of a quiet, inoffensive
nature and all through his illness he
suffered with great patience and fortl-
tude, his greatest expressed sorrow
being to leave his faithful wife with
poor health, and his aged mother,
who has been a member of his home
for Is years. That the Great Healer,
who doeth all things well, was with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
0bituary--Matt UdeIhOfen.

Here is a name familiar to a wide
circle of people living in Grant
county, and to many who live else
where. The man too whom friends
called "Matt'' was highly respected
for his staunch honesty, as we'll as
for traits of character that made him
known to hundreds, the young folks
of the neighborhood and town and
others ranging in age from II up to
his own years of life, 90. Hail
fellow, we'll met; hospitable, charit-
able, a most loyal friend-dependable
in sunshine and rain. He would not
desert old friends, even to be popular
with the gang; his honest nature
stood him in hand as judge of Right
and Wrong as the world goes, and he
could show cause for that loyalty to
his fellowmen. This is not over
drawn; all who knew this man know
that our statement is true.
Matt Udelhofen, rugged and active
up to within a week Of his death,
caught a severe cold that merged
into pneumonia which ended his life
February %, 1915. Funeral was
at the Catholic church, Rev. P. j.
Jones conducting the service. Leaves
widow, five sons-John of Mason
City, Iowa; Frank of Formna, N.
D.. Alloys, Joe and Andrew at home
Also five daughters-Mrs. M.
Henrichs and Mrs. Frank Henrichs,
both of Lancaster, and Mrs. H. Pink
of Bloomington; and Misses Lena
and Theresa now at home. All were
present to pay tribute to the memory
of husband and father. -Cassvjlle
Index.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10

BLACKBERRY CANES OF UPRIGHT TYPE
HELD BETWEEN TWO WIRES.
ed By the second summer the plants
will be large enough to occupy all the
space, and an intercrop will not be
possible.
In both summers cultivation should
begin early in the spring and be con-
tinued at intervals of from one to two
weeks throughout the season in order
to provide dust mulch for the reten-
ton of moisture and to keep down
suckers and weeds. Suckers are apt
to spring up from the roots at various
distances from the parent plant, espe-
cially when the roots are cut. Digging
up these suckers is a favorite way of
securing new plants, but this practice
interferes, Of course, with the yield of
the berries.
Blackberry roots live for many years,
but the housekeeping two varie
ties-bear only in their second year.
After the fruiting season, therefore.
they should be cut out and burned.
The one-year-eld canes may usually
be left to themselves throughout the
winter. Not more than three or four
new canes should be left to each plant,
however, and the others should be
thinned out at the same time that the
canes which have fruited are thinned.
In some cases it will also be desirable
to train the plants in order to facili-
tate cultivation as well as to prevent
them being damaged by winter SHOWS.
A wire trellis may then become prof
table investment. The simplest form
OF such trellis consists of 4<single wire
attached to posts set at intervals of
from fifteen to thirty feet in each row
of plants. The canes are tied to this
wire about two and One-half feet above
the ground. Another method is to nail
cross pieces to the posts and stretch
two wires from the ends Of these cross
pieces, which form a support for the
blackberry canes on each side. Varie-
ties that grow somewhat like a grape
vine require a much higher trellis with
two wires-One about five and one
about three feet from the ground.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
In All The World
No Trip Like This

It's almost'a mans duty as an:educational
process. to take his family, while the rail
read fares to California have been cut in
two and visit the great Expeditions at San
Francisco and San Diego; seeing on the way
out the marvellous Mountain Scenery of
Colorado-Denver, Colorado Springs, Pixies
Peak, Pueblo, the SupendOus and world
famous Royal Gorge, and Salt Lake City.
Then you should return by waysof the North
Pacific Coast and either Glacier or Yellow
stone National Park. You VIII never have
the same opportunity and if you use the
through Pullman service of the Burlington
&c. b. s. @. z. R.) or join one of those COM
Portable, economical and Care-free Person
ally Conducted Excursions, you can see the
wonders of Colorado without extra cost, for
you will pass all those most interesting
points by daylight. Don't forget that
Here's the Ideal Sit right down and write
me how many expect!to make the trip just
when you want TO go, the points you want 10
visit. how long You expect to stay, and will
plan trip especially fitted to yOur'time and
needS-then You viii know all about IT, II
you decide TO go, I will make ARRANGEMENTS
for your complete trip, and reserve sleeping
beTthS, when the time comes tor you 10
start. Write tOdaY-befOFe you fOget It.
j. Francis. g p A. Burlington Route &C..
b. & Q. r. r. 547 w. Jackson Biyd Chicago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10


TIED. TO A SINGLE WIRE.
soil and in a wide. range of climates.
In the colder parts Of the northwest
the severe winters frequently kill the
plants, and in the arid sections of the
west hot, dry winds destroy the ripen-
ties, however, will do much to over
come natural difficulties.
In selecting a site for a blackberry
plantation the most important consid-
erations are the moisture of the soil
and the accessibility of market. The
blackberry is a tender fruit, the keep
ing qualities of which are seriously af-
fected by Earring over rough roads. 1t
is, moreover, essential that the berries
should be placed on the market as
quickly as possible after they are
picked if they are to command a good
price. The best land is a deep, fine
sandy loan with a large supply of
humus and abundant moisture at the
ripening season. On the other hand,
the plants are often killed if water
stands on the plantation during the
winter
The year before the establishment of
the blackberry plantation the land
should be planted with cultivated
crop. This inSureS the thorough rot
ting Of the sod and will help to destroy
the cutworms and other insects in
furious to the young plants. The soil
should be plowed to a depth of about
nine inches in the spring, and q
thorough narrowing should be given
the whole field before the plants are
set. This is usually done as early in
the spring as the land can be properly
prepared The earlier the plants are
set the larger the proportion that live
and the better their growth. The
roots should be set deep, for the canes
break easily if the crowns project
above the surface of the ground. The
tops should be cut back to six inches
or less in length. Cultivation is nee
essary. and the plants should there
fore be set sufficiently far apart to
permit of it.
During the first summer some inter
crop may be grown between the rows,
which will greatly reduce the cost of
the berry field that year. This should
be one that requires constant cultiva-
ton and at the same time one whose
growth will not be large enough to
shade the blackberry plants. Such
truck crops as cabbage and potatoes
are excellent for the purpose, while
corn and small grains should be avoid
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
BLACKBERRY PLANTATIONS.
Fruit Now Grown Successfully In Al
most Every Portion of the Country.

Fruit Now Grown Successfully In Al
most Every Portion of the Country.
Prepared by United States department of
agricultural
Under good management I'm average
yield of 1900 quarts of blackbesries
per acre can be expected. according to
a recent publication issued by the
United States department of agricul-
ture Where the soil is very deep and
rich and the best moisture conditions
are found this may be increased TO
5000 quarts, and certain varieties on
the Pacific slope have. even given 1000
quarts an acre The last census show
ed that approximately $4,000 acres
were devoted to blackberry plantations
in the United States.
This acreage is distributed over prac-
tcally the entire country. Missouri
leads with nearly 6,OOO acres, and New
Jersey is second with 1890. AS mat
ter 90 fact, blackberries can be grown
successfully on almost any type Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Small Duties.

Don't object that your duties are SO
insignificant, that they are to be reck-
oned of infinite significance and alone
important to you. Were it but the
more perfect regulation of your apart
ments, the sorting away of your
clothes and trinkets, the arranging of
your papers-"WhatsOever thy hand
findeth to DO, do It with all thy might
and all thy worth and cOnstancy."
Much more of your duties are of evil
IDENTIFY higher, wider scope. If you
have brothers, sisters, father, a
mother, weigh earnestly what claim
does lie upon you, one-half of each,
and consider it as the one thing need
full to pay them honestly and nobly
what you owe.-Thomas Carlyle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10

him through all his illness was evil
dent. A few weeks before he passed
away, he desired to have the village
minister called to him, which swas
done
On Thursday morning. Feb. 4, all
that remained mortal of the dear
father was taken to the Boice Creek
church, near his old home. There
kind and impressive services were
held by the pastor. Rev. j. A. Jami
son, of Beetown, and their many
friends and neighbors came to look
for the last time on him whom they
had known from childhood. He was
laid to rest beside his loved ones gone
before in the cemetery nearby to
await the glorious resurrection morn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
They Were Not Indians.

1t is said that when the first Chinese
entered California the Indians were
very curious about them. A dispute
arose among some of them as to what
country the strangers might hail from
and whether or not they were Indians.
The Indians decided to apply the water
test One day a party of Indians met
a party Of Cinnamon approaching a lit
tie stream. The strangers approached
the bridge and started across. The In
dams. too, had filed across and, meet
ing the Cinnamon in midstream, push
ed two of them into the angry, spoon
ing current below. The test was con-
elusive. They could not swim. They
were not Indians.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
FRENCH CLAIM
GAIN IN VOSGES
Paris Also Asserts TeutonS Were
Driven From Town.
RUSS FORT is STILL SHELLED
Germans Continue to Bombard Cars
Defenses at Ossowiec-Petrograd
and Berlin Both Tell of
Successes.

London, March S.-A new French
drive in Alsace to cut the German line
OF communication between Muel-
hansen and Colmar, the two large
cities of southern Alsace, is indi-
Gated by the offensive movement in
augurated by REINFORCED bodies or
French troops along the River Fecht,
which flows west from COlmar to the
French border.
The French movement was directed
against the German positions In the
Vosges mountains, west of the Asa
tian town of Munster. BY a massed
infantry attack the French captured
the SUBMITS Of Little Reichacher and
Great Reichacher. The Germans
eountered with bayonet attacks to
drive the French from the trenches,
but Paris claims the efforts were de-
feated.
Farther east on the River Fecht
the French advance resulted in driV-
ing the Germans froA the Alsatian
village of Inberg, on the right bank OF
the river, and further to the north a
strategic position known as Hill No.
256 was taken.
A German battalion made a charge
to recapture the position at Hart
mannsweiler Kopf, but according to
the French war office statement the
attack was defeated with heavy losses
in killed, wounded and prisoners to
the Germans.
Germans Claim Gains.
The German official statement OF
operations in Alsace and the Vosges
says no decision has been reached.
In the Champagne region the day.
advantage seems to have rested with
the Germans, who captured several
trenches and repulsed a French at
tack in force against the German pc
sitiOn at Les MesIiil. The French
war office makes no mention of this
attack, but says the French pro
crossed north of Perthes and Because
our.
Still Shell Polish Town.
PetrOgrad, March S.-Even now the
Germans still seem to have hopes of
capturing OSSOWI6C dnu % SSCuA IL .
a firm foothold on a new line. Bonn
bardment of the fortresses by the
heaviest artillery the Germans pos
sess is being continued with great
energy.
The Russians have driven the Ger
man back beyond the station of Sim
no and also have gained some ground
at Leipuny, 80 miles north of Grodno
To the west of OssOwiec the Russians
have captured the Karnow heights
which command the main road.
3,40o Russ Taken.
Berlin, March S.-The capture OF
3.4OO Russians in battles southeast
of the Rawa river is claimed by the
war office. Russian attacks northeast
of Lomza and west of Przasnysz are
said to have been repulsed.
The last of the booty left by the
fleeing Russians in the final battle
of the Mazurians has been brought
in. 1t included 1000 wagons of al
varieties, most OF which were undam
aged.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Domestic Bliss.

They had been trOtting in double
harness for seven long, weary months,
and the honeymoon had bumped the
bumps for fair.
John" she said as she dished out
the breakfast food, 81 need little pin
money this morning."
what did you do with the S. gavo
you last week." asked the man who
had promised to love, honor and pay
the freight.
"Oh. don't remember" she replied.
Its so easy to spend So and have
nothing to show for it,
Fright you are" sighed John. '"That
was the amount paid the minister for
marrying us."-Chicago News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
REGRETS ATTACK ON SHIP
Embassy Gives Out Statement in Re
gard to Firing Torpedo at Hos
pital Ship.

Washington, March S.-The German
embassy issued a statement practical
ly amounting to an apology, for a tor
pedo attack on the British hospital
ship Asturias on February 1. The
statement said:
1.-THE German government is sorry
to admit that the British hospital ship
Asturias was attacked February 1, at
5 D. m. The ship was taken for a
transport conveying troops. For
tunately, the torpedo failed to explode.
1.-The moment the ship was recog-
nized as a hospital ship every attempt
at further attack was Immediately
given up"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
0bituary-JOseph Heiliger.

On Feb. p, 1915, the Oldest man
in Lancaster, Joseph Heiliger, aged
ga years, 3 months and 9 days, a
weary pilgrim homeward bound, was
called up higher. OF the fast waning
numbar of early settlers of this Sec
ton of our country, one more has
silently and softly passed away and
entered upon his reward.
NJ. H siligar was man of singular
meekness and simplicity, that glitter
ing but uncertain goal of modern
ASPIRATION can hardly be said to have
been attained by our aged friend
Yet his life was of the kind to merit
the words of the Master, Matt 25 :21 :
"Well done thou good and faithful
servant. Thou has been faithful over
few things; enter thou into the joy
of thy Lord.
Deceased was born on Nov. II,
1920, at Engelbach, Hessen, Ger
many. He came to this country in
1847 when he located in Baltimore,
Md. Here too he was joined in mar
riage on May z, 1849, with Miss
Marguerite Mueller. From Balti-
more they went to Reading, Pa. !;
after residing there for some years
they came to Lancaster, Wis, from
which they after number of years
moved to farm in Liberty, on which
they spent the most part of their
lives. About Is years ago, they re-
tired from active farming, as old age
came on, and moved back to Lancas-
ter. On May 8, 1910, his beloved
wife, with whom he had lived peace
fully 81 years and day, was called
into the rest that remaineth for the
people of God, in the land where
sorrows and pain will be no more.
Their union was blessed with 10
children, six sons and four daughters,
of whom two sons and two daughters
preceded the parents into eternity.
Mr.. Heiliger spent the last six
months of his life at the nome of his
daughter, Mrs. H. Ressmeyer, who
with loving care and tenderness took
care of her old aged father. He was
faithful member of the German
Evangelical church and had been a
regular attendant of the services as
long as he was able to come, it being
his greatest pleasure to come to
church and listen to the word of God,
which was his only trust and comfort.
The funeral services were held at
the church, Feb. %, conducted by
Rev. Louis Schmidt. Those lett to
mourn his departure are his two
daughters, Mrs. Minnie Stephas, of
Ayrshire, Iowa, who was present at
the funeral of her father; Mrs. H.
Ressmeyer, Lancaster, and four sons,
Joseph, of Hartley, Iowa; Henry,
John and Lewis of Lancaster; 81
grand children, 20 great grand chill
dren, and a host of other relatives
and friends.
May his remembrance be bless
ing to all his friends.
Called from our sight and our love
Out of the path Thou hast trod,
Into the household above
Heir of the mansions of GOD.
Out of the struggle and strain
Out of the midst of the race
Out of the dimnesS and pain
Into the light of His face.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
FUGITIVE PRIESTS TO SPAIN
Thirteen Driven From Mexico by Car
rama Arrive in New York on
Way TO Europe.

New York, March S.-Thirteen
priests who said they were driven
from Vera Cruz by Venustiano Carran-
"a, reached New York on their way to
Spain aboard the steamer Montevideo.
Another passenger was the Rev.
Charles w. Currier, Episcopal bishop
of Matanzas, who resigned his office
on account of i'll health and will go to
Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
CARD OF THANKS

The bereft family extends it's most
hearty thanks to their kind neighbors
and friends who have given assist
ance and have so shown kindness and
sympathy to them and to the depart
ed father.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Flat Fire Traps Families.

Chicago, March 8.-TWenty men,
women and children were trapped by
) fire in a four-story apartment build
ING at 541-43 North Clark street and
rescued by fremen. One man was
saved by leaping from a fourth-fioor
window to the ledge on the third
floor. Firemen chopped through the
roof and rescued others on the fourth
door.