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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23
AUTO STRIPPED
Of ACCESSORIES
Tires, Hand Box, Tools and
the Like Taken From
Puckett's Car.

An automobile owned by Nardy
Puckett. of 1925 East Rio Grande street,
was stripped of its accessories py
thieves late Wednesday night, even me
cushions being taken from the seas 45s
tbeft vas committed after the car had
been left standing in front Of his resi-
,jence bv Mr.. Pickett. Two inner tuoe
tires. a small hand box. various autoI9o o
bila tools. cushions and other articles
were taken ..o,=o
Tom Hodges. OF SIC East san antoine 70 ~
street asked the aid of the police Neo-
nesdav night in locating. an overcoat
rSbicb vas stolen Wednesday afternoon
from a wagon near Overland anu II
Paso STREETS. c.,,ar-
lanes Sillas. an employe OF the Gg Ia
artee shoe company. reported the LIS .SIss
- bfs bicvcle Wednesday night Inc
ITbeei was taken from I'm front OF the
store .,-.,, from the
A set of harness was taken Ir ON ne .iie
bsck ward of the residence or Fe9erio
Luera, at 500 East Sixth street. "eo-
nesdav night.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23

Continued From PuGe IL
stimulated the rumors that Gen. Ire
vino intended to evacuate the state
capital and bring his forces to Juarez,
but the Carranza officers on the Dor
der furnished emphatic denials-
Murguia Moves Up From south.
Reports OF the attack of Villa on
Chihuahua city were preceded Thurs
day by receipt of official advices ty
Andres Garcia, inspector general of
Mexican consulates, in FL Paso. that
Gen. Murguia had come up from the
south and was within IL miles of Chi
huahua city. driving villa before him
Villistas won an engagement at
Santa Cruz de Rosales several days
ago. killing a number OF enemy troops,
advices received here Wednesday night
stated. Santa Cruz de ROsales is about
30 miles southeast of Chihuahua city
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23
Blood Trail Stops and
Chicken ThieUes Escape

Chicken thieves who late Wednes-
day night entered the back yard of a
residence at 6I2 Piedras street, were
traced for several hundred yards
Thursday morning by police officers
by a small line of blood leading from
the chicken house down Piedras street
The heads of three of the stolen chick
ems were found in the yard. and for
some distance the trail of blood was
easily traceable. Apparently the
thieves realized. however, that they
could he traced by the blood. for after
going for more than two blocks the
officers lost the trail
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23

TEXAS CAVALRYMAN Is Up
BEFORE COURT MARTIAL.

Capt W II. Murphy, OF the Flrsl
Texas cavalry. was placed on trial be-
fore a court martial in the Federal
building Thursday morning. charged
with the violation Of the 61st article OF
war. Col Chas. T. Menoher. of he fifth
field artillery. is president of the court
martial. Col Edward SigerfOos is judge
advocate: and Capt. John II. Manning,
Of the second North Carolina infantry.
and Lieut. Neilf H. Bannister. of fourth
Texas infantry. are acting as counsel
for Capt Murphy The finding Of the
court martial will be submitted TO the
war department for its approval before
il is announced.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23

Eye trOubIeP See Braun, s12 Mills Bid.
ADV
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23

Who is 5sI.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23
VTLLIsTAs MAKE ATTACK.

NilllStaS attacked a FORCE or consul
tutionalists near Cerro de la Cruz, and
several Of the government soldiers
were wounded, according to reports
brought to FL Paso by recent arrivals
from the interior. Carranzas men.
they declare. have not penetrated to
Bachimba pass, where a battle was re-
ported 10 have occurred recently.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23
NO SAFE PASSAGE IN MExICO.

! traveller en- route 70 Piedras Ne
gras from the interior. is reported
to have said that he would go to his
destination by way of the United States
and not through his own country, be
cause he carried money with him, and
was unable to secure any guarantee
OF safe passage from the government
authorities Of Mexico.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23
VILLA ATTACKING
CHIHUAUA CITY

Continued From Puge IL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23

Hawkins brothers bought from from ME- Is9
Gos. Paso addition. These lots are 10
lated between Luna and Gramnaa streets I,y,,5
on 6ougias: consideration. $500 me me.
have started the erection OF md
.oo,n BUNGALOW with basement anu
LASS TIessed in sleeping porch on these lots'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23
GEN. GONZALEZ PROMOTED.

Gen Francisco Gonzalez, commander
OF the border forces OF Chihuahua, has
been promoted from brigadier general
to general Of brigade.
The sixth anniversary OF the begin
ming Of the revolution was observed
in Juarez Wednesday by the closing
Of all the public offices.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
Held for Burning Lumber.

Marshal James Greenwood of Cass-
vile, came to Lancaster, Monday after
noon bringing in tow with him two
young men named Henry and John
Bell, respectively. John and Henry
it seems, hail originally from Platte
vile but being of wandering nature
had sojourned to Dubuque and their
Bohemian nature later carried them
up the river to Gutenberg, Iowa. Mon
day they were on Ed Roschi's place
located up the river one mile from
Cassville. There the young men pro-
cured some lumber valued so it is
claimed at $500, and built fire with
it. Mr.. Roschi was displeased with
this action and came to Cassville,
arrest of the young men. Marshal
Greenwood found them some distance
below Cassville and took the fugitives
before Justice Craig of Cassville, who
pronounced a twenty day Jail sentence
in each case.
Before Mr.. Greenwood left Cassville
a man from Gutenberg appeared on
the scene and identified some brass
fittings taken from a launch owned
by him. 1t developed that someone
had stolen the launch the day before.
presumably the Bell brothers and
taken it down the river. They were
unable to handle the craft and aban-
doned it at Bluff slough, some dis
lance up the river from Cassville on
the Iowa side. 1t is said that as soon
as the brothers are released from Jail
the Iowa authorities may be on hand
with another warrant
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
Gnufrrnr Emmanuel 4dhtltpp'H
a4rntnrtal Day 94rnrlantattntt

"The soldiers for the war for
the union have a permanent place
in the hearts of the American peO-
pie. The cause for which they
fought and the spirit in which
they left their peaceful callingS
to take up the work Of war have
made them a living force in the
conscience of the Republic. As
citizen soldiers who fought for
peace and were aVerSe to war,
they set an example for all time;
and as such their spirit must ever
march in the van Of our nations
destiny.
''FOr these reasons the Grand
Army is never dead. With each
recurring year they stand before
us as wildly as ever. The march
of time has been unable to leave
them behind.
''The day which is dedicated to
their memory is not the anniver-
Sary of a great battle. We do not
celebrate Antietam, or Gettys-
burg or AppOmatOx. Their lay
is not one of noisy demOnstra-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

ton as when we triumph over an
alien foe. 1t is simply day in
Spring when nature brings forth
flowers to lay on their graves. 1t
is a fit spirit in which to remem-
Der those valiant hosts that felt
no pride of conquest and left be-
hind them no heritage of hate.
''The people of Wisconsin, in
conformity with federal law, have
provided for a day to be observed
i'm their honor. Therefore, /,
Emanuel L. Phillip, governor of
the State of Wisconsin, hereby
designate Tuesday, May thirtieth,
A. D., 1916,
MEMORIAL DAY
and | earnestly remind the peOp-
pie OF their duty to keep it men,
Orable. In schools and churches
and in public meeting places
where all may join, let us honor
their memory and again cOnse-
crate our lives and thought to
those national ideals which they
cherished more dearly than their
lives"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
SOME EARLY HARVESTING,
Mrs. Jay HarcIerOad of Ell Centric.
California, Writes of Barley Crop.

John Wright of this city, who recent
ly returned from California, received
a letter Monday from his daughter,
Mrs. Jay Harcleroad, of FL Centric,
Calf. Mrs. Harcleroad enclosed a
clipping from a California paper which
will interest Grant county people in
asmuch as our crops are barely plant
ed. Here it is:
1.-THE first car of barley ever thresh-
ed in the State of California arrived
in Los Angeles yesterday, consigned
to the Newmark Grain Company May
l is an unusually early date for new
barley and the fact that this carload
was exceptionally heavy and averaged
excellent quality occasioned consid-
cradle surprise among the grain men
of the city. Imperial Valley had the
honor of turning out the first car of
threshed barley in the State this sea-
son, and the spirited bidding for the
consignment yesterday resulted in the
owners receiving one of the highest
premiums ever paid for the initial car
of the season."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
CIRCUIT COURT HELD MONDAY.
Six Divorces Granted and Several
Other Cases Were Heard.

Judge Clementson held court Mon
day and granted divorces in the fol-
lowing cases:
Millicent DeVendorf VS. Charles De-
vendorf. Guy Walter Sanborn VS. Ida
May Sanborn. Addie McLimans VS.
Henry McLimans. Bessie Thornton
VS. Paul Thornton. Mary Rogers VS..
Guy Rogers. Carrie Oates VS. Chas.
Oates.
In the case of r. F. Conlon VS. Grant
county, where Mr.. Conlon has sued the
county for $3.50 claimed to be due him
for additional work done on a bridge
in Hazel Green township, both sides
presented their testimony and rested
The court has taken the case under
adyisement. The attorneys will sub
nit briefs.
Lee Ludivester of Buena Vista, Ia.
the young man who was arrested in
Cassville for picking pockets, appear
ed in court ready to plead, but no act
ion was taken at this time. Ludives-
ter is said to be of poor but respect
able family, and OF not too bright a
mind. The mayor of Buena Vista has
spoken in his behalf. What action to
be taken will be decided later.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
A FINE DAIRY FARM.
JOS. G. Battle of Lancaster and Fred
Rector of Preston Own HOlsteins.

Holstein, Friesian cattle are among
the leaders if not the leaders in the
dairy line, and Jos. G. Bailey of this
city feels a just pride in the herd he
owns in part with Fred Rector of near
Preston.
Messrs. Bailie and Rector have 1876
acres just south of that village and
on it are 80 head of COWS and heifers.
Twenty-seven cows are being MIXED
at present and the butterfat average
is high for in the last test 10 out of
twenty-five COWS tested showed above
40 pounds of butterfat for the thirty
day period and these ten COWS aver
aged Alb butterfat percentage. The
farm is well equipped and all milk
ing done by machinery.
Mr.. Battle is one of South Lancas-
ter's leading farmers and his partner
Mr.. Rector, is a University of Wiscon-
sin Agricultural school graduate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
MARY PICKFORD MAKES RECORD.
Little Filly Not Long In Harness Steps
a Fast Mile.

Wright & Dyer, owners of Mary
Pickford, the black filly they pur-
chased last fall in Chicago, have been
putting the little "hoss" through her
PAGES at the fair grounds for some
time past Mary is two years old this
spring and wore the harness for the
first time last New Years day. Fri
day she made mile in 2:53 at the
fair grounds, and this is a pretty fair
indication of the speed she will de-
velop by the end of the season. Mary
Pickford is booked at independence,
Iowa, the third week in August when
she will trot in the two year old event
for purse of $500.
She is of the famous Bin Jolla
strain and a full sister to Binville
who made a mile in 2:10 and also to
Binland, who was the king of the
three year old class last year with
record of 2:08A.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
FIRST HONOR PUPILS.
County Supt. Brick Finishes Checking
Papers of Many Students.

First honor eighth grade country
school pupils, that is, those who have
not fallen below grade of Is in any
study and have an average above So,
show in the final check as follows:
Mabel Schiffman, it. Dist. 1, Paris
Potosi.
Lester Kleibenstein, dist. 6, Platte
vile.
Ruby Thomas, dist. 1, Smelser.
Verna Kay, dist. 1, Smelser.
Hila Hill, dist u, Wingville.
Leona Harms, dist II, Wingville.
Miss Schiffman leads with an aver
age of above 80 in the following sub
jects: Reading, spelling, arithmetic,
grammer, geography, writing, U. S.
history, constitution, agriculture,
physiology, and hygiene.
The list of second honor pupils that
is those who do fall below 70 in one
or more subjects, and do not have an
average of IS, has not as yet been
compiled.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
NORTH WESTERN TO IMPROVE
9O-POund Rail Is Being Laid Between
MOntfOrt and Lancaster Now.

The c. & n. w. road, commonly
called the North Western, is getting
busy this spring along the Lancaster
branch of the system and will make
the fur fly during the coming sum-
mer.
Ninety pound steel rails are distrib-
uted along the right-of-way between
Lancaster and Montfort and as fast
as they can gangs are at work re-
building the road bed and putting in
the new steel
The present rail weighs but SIS lbs.
to the yard and that is the principal
reason for the road not running heav-
Ter trains in the past.
As soon as the track has been fixed
up throughout, new trains will be put
on with heavier engines and other
things that promise better service.
This will happen before fall accord
ing to Mr.. Rockwell of the system.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
PUBLIC WORK IN PROGRESS.
More Wall at KlOndike and Street I'M
prOVementS Being Projected in City.

Mayor Bailie and the Herald man
were Klondike visitors Saturday
morning the said visit being occasion
ed by the protecting wall extension
on the north side of the spring. High
water has played havoc with the bank
north of the spring and considerable
work is now necessary to keep Grant
river where it belongs. The present
wall will be extended 80 feet and con-
tinue northwest from it's present ter
mination. 1t will be three feet wide
at the bottom and twenty inches at
the top and contain roughly, 200
perches of stone. abe" Livens has
the contract at So the perch Ca perch
is 167a feet long and -one foot square),
and he will quarry the rock, dig the
trench and build the wall. The city
will haul the rock from the quarry
several hundred feet south of the
spring and furnish 126 sacks of CO.
ment at so cents a sack. The city
will also do the filling of earth be-
hind the wall and this is a no mean
task as the earth will in large part
come from the bed of the stream
where the channel needs to be deepen
ed. The new wall will go two and
one-half feet below the bed of Grant
river and stand nine feet high when
completed. All this will be complet-
ed this summer at total cost of about
$500.
The trip was taken in the new
Chandler for which car Mr.. Bailie is
the local agent, and it is distinctly
some" automobile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
represent the cost of production anC
middleman's profits.
"BabcOck" Tests Made.

| mIuuleudnS prOnJS.
'EBabcOck" Tests Made.
Both creameries use the same sys-
tenn Of accounting and handling the
butter products. The butterfat comes
from the country in 80 pound cans and
is weighed in at once when delivered
at the creamery.
The next important step in the pro-
cess is the butterfat test. The re-
ceiving man at the creamery takes
each can and extracts therefrom IS
grams, or about a tablespoonful of
cream. This is placed in a small
bottle-shaped tube, and weighed to a
hairs point, the tube being labeled
with the customers number, and
placed carefully away. After suf-
ficient number of tubes have been
filled and labelled, an equal quantity
of sulphuric acid is added to each
tubes and the tubes placed in mix
er" where they revolve at a speed of
1000 r. p. M, for about four minutes.
This is done to thoroughly mix the
acid with the cream, and by SO doing
all elements other than butter fat are
consumed. The mixture has an iron
like color when taken from the mix
er" and is distinctly warm to the
touch. Water is then placed in the
tubes filling them to the top. The
mixture is again revolved and upon
being removed the second time, shows
upon the graduated scale on the neck
of the tube the percentage of butter
fat. The graduation runs from 60,
meaning .05 to 40 or 40, and this rep
resents, the actual percentage of but
terfat in the can of cream from which
the sample was drawn. For instance,
if the mixture taken from an eighty
pound lot of cream shows 20, it means
that the farmer is entitled to payment
on 16 pounds of fat which sum at the
prevailing market price would be
$5.12
Tests Vary Considerably.
The tests run all the way from Is
per cent to A per cent depending
great deal upon how the farmer adj
justs his separator.
Patrons From All Over.
Each creamery has between $50 to
300 patrons, although some of them
are Implications and all these are scat
tered through large area. Some
cream comes from quite far south in
the county and the various other
points around Lancaster contribute
their share.
S215,O00 Paid For Cream.
Two hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars was paid to farmers last year
for cream, and this amount will prob
ably be surpassed in 1916.
Product Very High Grade.
Shipments are made principally to
Elgin or Chicago, although occasion
ally car goes to Boston and New
York. Lancaster butter always grades
high and the business is conducted all
through on a practically spot cash
basis. AS stated before, it is still in it's
infancy, but it ranks as our leading
industry, and some day may make this
section famous. Please pass the but
ter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
THE MAKING OF CREAMERY BUTTER IS
LANCASTERS MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY
Two Firms In This City Turn Out Thousands of Dollars Worth
Yearly of this TOOthsOme Commodity, and the Bust
Really in It's Infancy.
Our Leading Industry.

| What is Lancaster's greatest indus
without doubt the production of but
| ter. Lancaster has two thriving
creameries that ship yearly thous-
ands of tubs of the very best butter,
and the owners find their business
growing continually. This years
pack promises to be something enor-
nous, quarter of a million dollars
being a fairly conservative estimate
of the amount of money trickling back
to our creamery men and from them
to our farmers, and in turn to the peo-
pie they buy from. And yet as far as
Grant county is concerned the bust
ness is still in it's infancy although
it is mighty lusty infant. Very few
of our farmers we are told, follow the
dairying exclusively and most of them
have the combination cOw-beef and
milk. Some, and the number is in
creasing, have taken up dairying as a
special line and they find it very, very
profitable. Hard work of course, but
when a farmer draws better than 500
cash in hand, it is hard to convince
him that his efforts haven't paid and
paid we'll.
Points on Dairy Cows.
There doesn't seem to be any spec
ial breed of cows giving better results
than others. Each have their strong
points and each their weak ones. In
general a carefully selected herd of
nearly any breed with a good sire and
the dams kept in Al shape, will pro-
duce lusty calves and good milk pro-
ducers.
Production Heavy and Increasing.
But getting away from the farmer
end which is dangerous ground for
an ignorant newspaper man, we find
our creameries turning out at the
present time about $50 tubs of butter
weekly. Some weeks it runs much
higher than this and the production
has gone to 400 tubs Each tub weighs
ga lbs, so that at the present time pro-
duction amounts to more than $4,000
lbs. of butter a week and this will in
crease steadily from now on as the
pastures get in better condition
About the "Overrun."
The farmers are paid at present 81
cents a pound for butterfat which is
about cents a pound above the but
ter price on the Elgin market. On
the face of it this seems incredible
unless one considers an important
factor in butter production-the over
run. The overrun consists of the salt,
water and casein from the buttermilk
which is part of the product when
turned out of the churn and, roughly
speaking, a pound of butterfat will
make about one and one-fifth pounds
of butter. Through the overrun the
creamery man pays the extra 2 cents,
the cost of production and gains a
profit. Profits by the way, in a cream
cry business, are very narrow as re
lated to the pound of butter. The
farmer justly receives the largest part
of what the consumer pays for his
butter and or cents on the pound
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
RAILROAD o. h. AT BLOOMINGTON

A premature report appeared in sew
raj county papers last week that
bloomington township had passed
av0rably upon the railroad PROPOSE
on and this was probably due to the
correspondents enthusiasm on the
inject. The final and necessary
lmber of signers were secured by
.iday of last week, the actual num-
being 129, or IL more than the
count necessary. 100000 is the
luation represented by the names on
petition. being also a majority.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
NEW MACADAM ON ELM ST.

West Elm street from the depot to
Tyler street will be surfaced with
macadam in the near future This
will complete the present strip of
macadam now running from Tyler St..
west to the city limits The street
gang scraped and rolled on West Ma
pie street last Saturday morning and
commenced work on Tyler street south
of the Beetown road. Following this
work will come the road oiling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
JUSTICE COURT NEWS.
Third MOntfOrt Suspect Held.

Frank He'll went again to Montfort
last Thursday and brought back with
him Clarence Dale, a brother of the
young man who was held last week
for the robbery of the Klofanda drug
store. This man is about twenty-five
years of age, married and, it is said,
lived above the drug store. His hear
ing is set for May 18th, and pending
his inability to furnish $1,000 bonds,
was placed in custody
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
INSANITY NOT PROVED.
Herman LANCE of SmeIser Township.
Examined But Not Detained.

An examination held on April 27 by
DR.. Oettiker and Cunningham of
Platteville into the sanity of Herman
Lange, farmer living three miles
south of Big Patch, resulted in Mr..
Lange's being declared of sound mind.
The complaint was made by his wife
and son, and grew out of family quar-
rels. Mr.. LANCE it is said not being
the aggressor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
COMMITTED TO MENDOZA.

Irene Holzer, aged % years, of
Platteville, was committed to Mendoza
hospital last Thursday following an
examination. Miss Holzer is alone in
the world and worked as a domestic.
She has suffered from delusions of
various kinds for the past three months
and at times it was found necessary
to guard her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
GRANT COUNTY MEDICS MEET.

About twenty of the medical frater-
nifty of Grant county met at the Coun-
try Club rooms in Lancaster last
Thursday afternoon and discussed
matters Of mutual interest. The at
tendance was the largest had for some
time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
GRAND THEATER PROGRAM.

Wednesday Absorbing drama of
love and war, 1.-The Quarter Breed"
Comedy, "Muchly Married"
hursday-Immense five reel feat
ure, Pearl of the Antilles"
Friday-"The Dupe," with Herbert
Rawlinson and Agnes Vernon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

Every time a man starts in business
for himself he learns a lot of things
he would rather not know.