Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-09-27
NO MOONLIGHT SCHEDULES.

CHAS. Z. HUGHES.
NO MOONLIGHT SCHEDULES.
AS we understand it the difference
in cost between an every-night in the
year and a moonlight schedule in the
proposed lighting contract, will
amount to just a few hundred dollars
In other words, it will cost us about
$4,000 to have lights on nights that
the moon does not shine, and about
$4,000 to have ample light for every
night in the year. 1t seems to the
Herald that economy of this kind is
very poor economy, indeed The first
cost mentioned covers all the over
head charges and the small amount ex-
tra represents only the actual cost of
the additional electricity to give US
"a fine lighting system.
In a town like this where the shade
trees make many streets dark on even
The brightest nights, the moon as a
lighting agent is a very poor substi-
tute considering that ten cents per
year per person in this city will give
us bright light on every street
corner in the city for every night in
the year. With every confidence in
Mr.. Stones honesty and desire to save
the taxpayers money the Herald
would like to hear from him on this
subject.
Seems as though the submarine ac-
tivities are taking a gentle rest.
Where is the old-fashioned man who
contends that frost ripens things?
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Pay your summer ice bill and COM
mence saving up for the coal dealer.
And spuds, they claim, will go to
So the bushel this winter. At that
rate new potatoes will be jewelry.
900
One Of those playful Yellowstone
Park grizzly bears killed a tourist the
other day. 1t is likely now that, the
park advertising will not be so eff
fusive about it's wild but friendly pets
900
At shortly after o'clock last Sat
mrday morning the sun, as we say,
crossed the equator and began its trip
to the sOuthernmost point which is
reached about December Fl. Fall is
now on.
900
Flour is selling for S420 the 100
lbs in carload lots. This makes us
think Of the good old times back in
'93 when dollar the fifty pound sack
bought the best. The only trouble
was that only plutocrats had the dol
lar.
900
The Jefferson County Union, which
is, by the way, one of the best week
lies in Wisconsin, is still publishing
the full conservative ticket at the
head Of it's editorial column H. l..
is like the color bearer who kept on
charging after all the other soldiers
had fallen.
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How | Cured My Catarrh," is the
advertisement in an exchange which
one might think would be trife par
ticular. AS a matter of fact there is
no such thing as a "catarrh cure" be-
cause there is no such disease as
catarrh. Catarrh is symptom-an
indication of faulty nose and throat
conditions, and the only way to sue
cessfully eradicate it is to have first
class surgeon who knows his business,
get busy with the necessary instru-
ments and cleanse the nose and throat.
The operation is somewhat, but not
excessively painful, and the "catarrh"
a thing Of the past. incidentally life
is made worth living and many dan
gerous diseases warded off.
A young man came to this office the
other day and, without waiting for the
editor to get his breath, dashed of
into a description of some marvellous
machine he was selling There was
nothing in the world that machine
would not do, and to the hapless bus
mess man who failed to acquire one
failure was certain as the result OF
his own short-sightedness And yet
somehow or other, this young man
failed to sell us his machine. He had
not talked one minute before we knew
he was repeating a speech set forth
by his sales manager, as talk mo
so-and-sO," and for all the world he re-
sembling nothing so much as phoS v
graph grinding out a record that
could not be stopped until the machine
ran down. After he was allowed to