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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

mix He laughs best whose laugh
lasts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

Friend-So, this is one Of your jokes,
is it? Ha! hal hal
Humorist testify what are
you laughing at, anyhow? Isn't it
good one?-Passing show.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05
LIVE STOCK.

FOR SALE-One Registered Holstein
bull, one year old, and bull calves.
Cheap, if taken soon. John H. Fuer-
Stenberg, Lancaster, Wis. 45p4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

FOR SALE DurOc Jersey stock hog,
1 year old; several yearling heifers
and young Jersey mich COWS. Also
r. |. r. cockerels. All priced right.
Fay Barstow, Lancaster. 43tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

Americans used 46,OOO,OOO punches
of bananas in 1914
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

Billy Sunday tells a story of pious
woman who confessed to her pastor
that she had yielded to vanity, looked
in the glass and thought herself pref
ty
go in peace" said the pastor, 'for
to make a mistake is no sim"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

FOR SALE-Mrs. J. G. Parker's resi-
dence is still for sale; if taken very
soon will go very cheap. Two blocks
east of STATIONS greenhouse, Lam
caster, Wis. 43tfS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

One resolution that every citizen
should make Cand it is not too late yet
70 make a real good resolution) is to
resolve that in 1916 every article of
every sort shall be bought from the
home merchant. Some folks go into
the home stores so infrequently that
Ghey imagine their own town can sup
ply them with literally nothing. 1915
was a rather bad year. and one way
to make 1916 a much better one for
everyone is to begin by patrOnizing
home Institutions Therefore, BE it
Resolved, etc, etc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

CALVES FOR SALES spring calves,
steers, and heifers, and 1 bull
about 10 months old, all Durham
breed; also July pigs. Earl Walk
er, Lancaster, Wis, r F d 34tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

SEED CORN Wisconsin No. z, white.
Dakota yellow dent No. 276. Personal
test A-A1. All corn from L. L. Odds
Seed company, Madison. ]. r. Place,
Lancaster, Wis, Farmers phone
122-1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

1t is said of Governor Johnson of
California that he once went into a
market street barber shop to get
shaved.
"You don't come in as frequently
as you used to-" said the barber.
NO." replied the governor, lit takes
my face longer to heal lately"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

FOR SALE-A very choice fresh Hol-
stein year-old COW. Price SIS. AL
so an extry good Holstein bull calf,
weight 500 lbs. Price $50 J.
Wright 42tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

FOR SALE-Two shorthorn bulls, red
and roam. Ohio Doll. Farmers
phone. Lancaster, Wis, R. F. DAFT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

FOR SALE-SOme good household fur
niture, including handicapped side
board, bed room set, heating stove,
etc. Inquire at residence. r. Meyer,
Jr 41tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

FOR SALE One Belgian colt, coming
years old; 1 Belgian colt, coming
2 years old; 2 sucking colts-fillies.
Albert Brinkman. App
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-My farm, 154 acres, IL
miles from the court house, on Fen
nimore road. w. A Johnson, Lam
caster, Wis. 80 tic
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-One high-power gasoline
lamp; dandy. Bargain if taken
promptly. A. L. Sherman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

Good morning! How is your grip?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

TRY HERALD WANTADS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
AN IMPENDING CALAMITY

Just now the possibility of a gen
eral railway strike is about the most
serious cloud on the American horizon.
II the strike comes, and there seems
grave danger that IL viii, everybody
will feel its effects and the cost to the
general public will be something stu
pendous-not much less proportion
ately than that being paid by the
great European nations for war pur-
poses. The farmer who has grown
crops to be marketed at a certain
place and a certain time; the manu-
facturer who must depend upon promp
deliveries to keep his mills going and
his employees busy; the business man
whose trade depends upon open lines
of transportation, not TO mention in
habitants Of cities dependent upon
railroads for their daily food-aIl
these will suffer directly, and every
body else just as surely, though posi-
bly, not as quickly.
Railway brotheThoods are among the
most conservative organizations of
their kind and they must be thorough
~ convinced of the justice of their
cause or they would not carry their
contest for better working conditions
to the last resort. 1t is to be sincerely
hoped that a way viii be found at the
last moment to secure a satisfactory
adjustment without a strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
SOME PLAIN QUESTIONS FOR THE
CONSIDERATION OF Mr.. HUGHES

On behalf of a committee of dis
tinguished American writer's, the ex-
ecutive group of which met Tuesday
at the Hotel Biltmore, New York city,
George Creel gave out the following
open letter ITO the Honorable Charles
Z. Hughes:
The professional writer's who sign
this letter have small interest in par
ties, but a very deep interest in dem
ocracy. 1t is our hope, through this
voluntary association, to assist in the
promotion of honest educational dis
cussion in order that fundamental is
sues may not be decided in prejudice
and ignorance.
Mr.. Wilson's beliefs have been ex-
pressed in law and in declared poll
cies. He has made an open record by
which he may be judged. Wise choice
is not possible unless you yourself
make equally specific statement of
purposes and convictions.
without intent to offend, we feel
justified in charging that in no single
public utterance have you filed a bona
fide bill of particulars, nor have you
offered a single constructive sugges-
ton 'Generalities are without value
blanket criticism is worthless What
we desire TO know, what it is fair the
electorate should know, are the exact
details of your disagreement with
President Wilson; what has he done
that you would not have done, and
what has he failed to do that you
would have done or propose to do?
Honesty and patriotism demand that
you put yourself upon record in such
manner as to permit people to Judge
you as they are now able to Judge
President Wilson. For example,
Il. Would you have filed instant
protest against the invasion of Bel
GUM and backed up that protest with
the United States navy?
-. 1t is arrant nonsense TO talk
about action that would have prevent
ed the Lusitania tragedy. The vague
advertisement did not appear until
shortly before the hour of sailing The
occurrence was one of those things
that civilization has made the world
regard as incredible. The only honest
question is this: would you have
made the disaster the subject OF dip
iomntic negotiations or would you
have broken relations with Germany
at onCeT
''3. Would you have urged upon
congress an embargo upon the ship
ment of munitions to the allies?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
PRONATED FEET OR WEAK
ARCHES?

A splint or similar support is fine
thing for a broken bone, but would
be disastrous if applied for a week
arm.
Artificial supports of one sort or an
other have been growing more popu
lar in recent years. Corsets and alb
dominal harness for men and women,
shoulder braces for children, and arch
props for everybody. The race is fail
ing. Muscle is becoming obsolete.
An arch support, made to measure
and skillfully fitted by an Orthopedic
surgeon or physician, is of some value
in the treatment of fat feet. 4 sup
port is positively injurious in the re-
lief of pronated or weak" feet. In
any case a cure by means of an appI-
ance is out of the question.
What are pronated feet?
Individuals of any age, but espe-
cially girls from to Is years of age,
have pronated feet. The condition
comes on gradually. causes complaints
of growing palms." fatigue, pain in
feet, calves, hips or back. even pain in
the back of the head when the patient
is much on the feet. The toes turn
out noticeably in walking. The shoes
are scuifed off on the inner border of
sole. If the feet are observed from
the rear the ankles are noticeably bent
inward when the weight of the body lis
borne on the feet in walking. You can
walk the street back OF any group of
young schoolgirls and pick out those
with pronated feet just by noting the
inward turned ankles.
If these young people are so un-
fortunate as TO fall into the hands of
the shoe-store "foot-specialist" who
has some patent appliances to sell.
genuine flatfoot or falling arches Will
be the most probable result in the long
run. For ii you coddle in splint a weak
muscle you put that muscle out of
commission, no matter how logical and
affable your graduated orthopraotic
specialist" may seem.
Pronated feet call for four things
First. hygienic shoes-shoes built TO
fit the feetand not TO comply with the
style Second, exercises To restore
strength and tone To the weakened calf
muscles. Third. attention TO the pa
TENTS general health and hygiene.
which are always faulty. Fourth. in
many cases, adhesive plaster strapping
of the feet and legs by the physician
and sometimes lifts on inner border OF
soles and heels. 10 correct and retain
the position of the foot
High heels and narrow, pointed, out
turned soles cause pronated feet No
one should wear heel more than one
and one-half inches high, and no nor
NAL adult should wear heel less than
two inches wide Venus de Milo's heel
is tow inches wide; Achilles heel is
two and one-half inches wide. The
shOemakers cant improve on these
An undeformed foot toes straight
ahead or a trifle inward, not out. Why,
then. do the Ehoemakers insist upon
making us toe out DO they assume
that We are all fat-footcd or that we
should be? Or. heaven forbid, are they
deliberately trying to create a uni
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
, b. Cummings.

been buried in Oblivion till the crack n.
doom or for one or two centuries. whon
the building would be torn down. bad
it not been that Mary Bounce followed
the two men. It was about n month
after Johns Job was done that ono
evening after coming I'm from WORK A.
was reading a newspaper Suddenly
he looked UP at his wife and asked:
"Wbat did you say was the nama n,
the building was taken 10 for WORK.,
"Hirkimer & Co"
John looked serious. Mary askea
him why he asked the question.
He read aloud an article stating eha,
the old established firm OF Hirkimer A.
co. had made an assignment They
were prosperous TIL ono morning On
opening the safe the chief clerk had
found that "A large amount Of negotia.
bic securities and some $4,000 IN cash
had disappeared. The safe had not
been broken into, and there was no
trace OF where the securities had zone
or who had taken them. Several en-.
ployees had the combination Of the
safe lock. and others might have GOT
IL from some OF them. Detectives had
been at work on the case, but had been
bafied. None Of the employees had
absconded.
1t did not take John Bounce long to
arrive at the conclusion that be had
walled up the missing securities. The
next morning. guided by bis wife, be
went to the Office Of Hlrkimer e. Co.
and asked to see one Of the firm. Both
were conducted to the private Office Of
Mr.. Hirkimer. and John. having care.
fully closed the door, told his story.
Mr.. Hirkimer at once took him down
into the basement, but there was no
artificial light there, and IL was -
dark that he was obliged to wait rill a
lamp could be procured. The place
was vacant except for some lumber
piled up against the chimney founda.
ton, which had been closed up. John
removed the lumber, assisted by the
impatient Hirkimer, and the newly
laid brick stood out In contrast with
the old.
John Bounce got a job at removing
what he had so lately put IN and soon
took out the box. IN which was discoV.
cred the missing property. No one ex.
cept John and Mary Bounce and Mr..
Hirkimer knew OF Johns revelation
and the finding of the missing proper
! ty. But the head financial clerk saw
John when he entered the Office and
Immediately disappeared
Hirkimer & Co. at once resumed, and
John Bounce became janitor Of the
building. with several watchmen under
him. Not only did he receive a good
salary, but was presented with home.
When the firm was incorporated he
was given some shares OF the stock
The clerk who had hired John TO lay
the brick doubtless intended at some
future time to take away the securities
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
FRANK T. WALSH WRITES AN0TH-
ER LETTER TO JOHN ID. ROCK
EFELLER- JR.
(ByDante Barton. of the Committee on
Industrial Relations.)

(ByDante Barton, of the Committee on
Industrial Relations.)
Answering the telegram of John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., in reply to his own
letter concerning the Colorado SUI
preme courts condemnation of the
Rockefeller methods i'll Colorado,
Frank 2. Walsh, chairman of the COM
mittee on industrial relations, de-
clares in a letter just sent to Mr.. ROCK
efeller that "the total ignorance and
taken in connection with the abhor-
rent facts which the highest court IN
Colorado has now condemned in pub
lie to the world, are convincing proof
that you should abdicate that 1mperl-
al control as the court has character
lied it. and give the workers who pro-
duce your wealth their rightful oppor-
tunities of citizenship and of self ex-
preston"
Mr.. Walsh's reply letter, in full, is
as follows:
July %, 1916-Mr. John D. Rookie
Teller, Jr, No. IS Broadway, New York
City.-My dear Sir: | have received
your telegram of July Il, in reply to
my letter to you of July II, your tele-
gram being as follows:
You letter of July II has just been
forwarded to me here, where l am
spending my summer vacation, ana is
the first word which has reached me
in regard to the decision of the SUI
preme court of Colorado, referred to in
your letter. My Office informs me that
as yet they have seen only newspaper
accounts of the decision, and at once
took steps to ascertain the facts Pend
ing the receipt of this information, L
can only say that any Offenses, no mat
ter by whom committed, which could
have been justly characterized in such
language as you have quoted, would be
quite as abhOrrent to me as to you,
and I am confident that no such con-
ditions as you describe could exist in
the camps of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company under the plan of representa-
ton which was adopted by joint ac-
tion Of the company and its employees
at the time of my visit to Colorado last
fall"
In view of your assertion of entire
lack of knowledge of the decision OF
the supreme court Of Colorado in the
contested election cases, involving the
conduct of yourself and associates in
the political and industrial control of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
WHO MADE FOOLS PARA
Disc.

Mr. Hughes declares that industrial
~ we are living in fools paradise"
The war will end; our temporary
prosperity Will end with it; there
will be tho new conditions deteTmin-
ed by a new Europe" I'VE must meet
the most severe competition in indus
try" And then follows this astound-
ing comment: I'VE are undisciplined,
defective in organization, industrially
unprepared."
In the name OF the divinities Of re
publicanism, past and present, from
"Pig-Iron Kelly TO Joe Cannon, why
asks the ST. Louis Republic. Is not
the republican party the party of bus
mess and industry? Was not the ma
ton wisely led by IT IN the green pas
lures and beside the still waters or
prosperity for well nigh half q cen
fury? We democrats knew that the
currency laws were a farce, and we
revised them; that the antitrust law
was vague, and we clarified 1t; that
the conservation laws simply tied up
the national inheritance and we open
| ed Alaska to development; that the
! farmer had been forgotten by law
makers, and we elaborated a wonder
| full program for his benefit We knew
! that republican provision for foreign
| trade was a joke; we have doubled
the appropriations and sent out the
commercial attaches. But we did think
our manufacturers were in fairly
good way especially those like the
shoe and the agricultural implement
| industries, that have been protected
| to death This is a rude awakening.
! We are Enthusiastically unpr9pared" for
| holding our own at the wars end.
What did the republican party accom-
! plish, anyhow?
There are political fools para
discs" as well as industrial ones. Evil
IDENTIFY the republicans have inhabited
one And in this connection, could
anything be funnier than Mr.. Hughes
way of writing about the changes
which impend at the close of the war,
as if the democratic administration
were somehow responsible for the
| fact that all this high-pressure NUM-
tions manufacture has been abnormal
and that we shall have a difficult
/ problem of Teadjustment when the
war demand draws suddenly to an
/ end ?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
INDUSTRIES WAR ON DRINK

The most ardent temperance enthuS-
last does not show greater hostility to
the use of alcohol than Americas cap
tains of industry at the present mo-
ment, writes Burton j. Hendrick in
Harper's. Take, for a single ilIustra-
ton, our greatest industry, the steel
trade. I have before me a mass of let
tiers from nearly one hundred and fifty
manufacturers OF iron and steel They
include the greatest concerns in the
country; many of the constituent mem
bers of the United States Steel cOrDOr-
alton are represented In these letters
the responsible officials give their pol
icy on the drinking question, and ex-
press their opinions as to its success.
Through them all there runs the same
tone: the opinion is unanimous that
drinking, even in moderate amounts,
decreases efficiency, increases acct
dents, and is altogether demoralizing
to the workmen and to the plant All
these corporations - great concerns
like the Illinois Steel company, the
Carnegie Steel company, the American
Steel and Wire company, the American
Tin Plate company, the American
Manganese Steel company, the AmeTi-
can Car and Foundry company, the
American Bridge company, to mention
only a few, are now conducting great
campaign against drinking. Already
they have cleaned UP conditions that
existed only half a dozen years ago.
All have eliminated from the steel in
dustry that youthful Ganymede who
was once its conspicuous ornament
old Ben F'ranklin's 'alehouse boy
who regularly rushed the can" in
working hours, for the refreshment re-
garded as essential to industrial efiic-
iency and contentment.
These steel mills will now fire" in
stantly any man who drinks in work
ing-hOurs. Many are wedding out en-
ployes who stop on their way to the
factory for their morning nip and on
their way home at night for a similar
purpose. a visit TO the free-lunch
counter at noon frequently means dis
missal. Before q. man is employed he
is asked If he uses alcohol; if he an
swers yes. the applicant does not get
the job. Some of these concerns. like
our greatest railroads, prohibit drink
ing both on and off duty, and dis
charge a man caught visiting a saloon
at any time A workman who cashes
his pay-check al a saloon is immedi-
ately sent ito get his time" a garnish-
ment Of wages by a saIoon-keeper au-
tomaticaIly results in dismissal The
American Steel and Wire company has
ordered its men TO withdraw from
clubs where liquor is sold; a year ago
the Carnegie Steel company posted a
notice declaring that all promotions
hereafter would be made from the
ranks of the abstainers. The Della
ware d Western Coal company has
prohibited foremen, bosses, and others
who have WorEmen in charge from
visiting saloons; the example is TOO
dangerous azone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
The Daily Story
Story of Bricklayer-By Louise b. Cummings.

John Bounce was a mason. That
was before there were labor unions,
and John did not get very good pay for
his work and not much work, either.
His wife was delicate, and there was
"a plentiful crop Of children.
One day while John was laying brick
a man stopped beside him and said:
my good man. would you like lit
tie work TO be done in the evening when
you have nothing else to dor
"I would If 1 got well paid for It,"
said John.
"Where do you liver
John gave his home address, and
when 1t was dark the man appeared.
He told John that he must be blind
folded. John didn't like this. but the
man laid five dollar bill on the table
and said that when the work was done
be would give him double the amount
Seeing that there was nothing in the
house to eat, John permitted the man
to tie a handkerchief about his eyes,
and, taking the others arm, he was
led forth on to the street. which at that
hour was we'll nigh deserted.
While the visitor was I'm the house
John Bounce's wife was in the ad1oin-
ing room, where the children were
asleep When she saw her husband
go blindfolded with the visitor, either
fearing for Johns safety or through
curiosity, she followed the two. They
went into the business part of the city
and stopped before building bearing
sign, "Hirkimer & Co" Johns con-
ductor opened a door. guided John
through it and shut the door behind
them.
Mrs. Bounce was in q Quandary as TO
what she should do. Had she best de-
mand admittance for herself or call the
police or wait till John came out? a
few minutes reflection assured her
that Johns employer needed some ma
sonry done and there was no occasion
to be alarmed. If she interfered he
might lose the promised additional pay.
She concluded to take no action in the
matter and, not caring TO leave her
children alone, she went home.
John was absent for two hours when
Mary was gladdened by the sight of
him and ten dollar gold piece that
he had brought with him. His en-
pIoyer had left him a short distance
from his home. This is the story he
told Mary:
His conductor had taken him to the
basement of the building, where he
had removed the bandage. Pointing
to a recess in the wall, which John
knew to be the base OF chimney, and
some brick and mortar, ready for use,
he told the mason to build a wall
across the face of the recess. John
went to work. Before he had put the
last few bricks in the opening the man
put in box.
Whatever the object OF concealment
in this matter, all would possibly have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
AERIAL PREPAREDNESS

The Aero Club of America, with its
30 affiliated bodies, represents a pow
nrful group of men and women who
have time, money and interest to de-
vote to public service. Through their
activities the national aerop4ane fund
was raised to train national guard
nyiatOrs and provide machines before
the national government could act
Many Of them despaired OF Washing
tons rising to the needs OF the situa-
sion; some of them were bitterly crit
Zeal of the administration.
1t is. therefore, all the more crafty
ffngent is fair-minded enough to rec
Ognize that President Wilson and the
democratic leaders in senate and house
have met squarely the issue of aerial
preparedness.
All who are interested in the gen
Hral subject Of preparedness viii read
with pleasure the Aero Club of Amer
teas unstinted praise of President
Wilson's active interest in enlarging
the aviation branch of the national
defense system.
IL a letter from President Allan r.
Hawley Of the Aero Club Of America
TO President Wilson cordial express
sfons Of gratitude and approval are
given in behalf OF the executive com
raittee of the club. Members of the
zero club have studied closely the ma
fionaI defense act, and particularly
endorse tho provisions fo- enlsrg1ng