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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
ABOUT STALLION LICENSES

By act of the Legislature, stallion
enrolment was on July 1, 1917 trans
ferred to the Wisconsin Department
of Agriculture, but the work remains
in charge of DR.. A. S. Alexander, who
has been appointed Director of the
Division of Horse Breeding, of the
Department, with Offices at the College
OF Agriculture.
All enrolment certificates Qicens-
es)of public service stations expire
January 1, 1918, and must be renew
ed before April /, 1918.
AS the old certificates are to be re
written upon new blanks of the De
partment of Agriculture, owners of
stations must apply for renewals at
once and receive new certificates dat
ed January 1, 1918, in advance.
Stations not previously enrolled
may be enrolled now for 1918
The first cost fee for a certificate
is $500 and for renewal, transfer
or ownership, or duplicate certificate,
so cents.
In 1917, 1771 pure bred and 1877
grade and scrub stations had licenses
for public service, the percentage of
pure bred sires now being 61.5 as com
pared with 35 in 1917.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
CAMP GRANT
FRESH, HOME VEGETABLES FORM
LARGE PART OF DIET QUAR-
TERMASTER'S PROBLEMS.

Camp Grant, ILL.,, Oct. 29th.-Camp
Grant is to be fed largely this winter
from the produce of Northern Illinois
and Southern Wisconsin, the territory
from which it's honor men come, and
they literally will get home grown
vegetables.
The office Of the camp subsistence
quartermaster now is compiling esti-
mates of the quantities of certain
foods which will be consumed here
within the next four months. These
figures will reach an enormous total
as the subsistence quartermaster is
responsible for satisfying some 10000
winter appetites.
When the estimates are completed,
advertisements for bids will be spread
broadcast for such edibles as potatoes
carrots, beets, turnips, beans, cab
bage, rutabagoes and apples. No farm
er with a small surplus of any of these
vegetables need hesitate about offering
them for army consumption. If the
price is right, the quartermaster will
buy, no matter what the size of the
lot is.
Bids will be sought especially
among the farmers within radius OF
100 miles of the camp. If the response
is as ready and patriotic as expected
the foodstuffs will go almost direct
from grower to consumer By this
system it is hoped to get sufficient
fresh vegetables to subsist the camp
without drawing on large stocks in
storage in cities.
First War Bride
Camp Grant, ILL.,, Oct. 29th.-Camp
Grants first war bride is now in a
chapter of the history of the Eighty
Sixth Division. In the center of a
group of army officers and enlisted
men, all clad in Khaki, she knelt be-
fore huge American flag and was
married to First Sergeant w. Paul Nc
Cornell, of Company E. Supply trains
Miss n. Anita Blank Of $751; Prairie
avenue, Chicago, was the bride.
The wartime wedding was a unique
military affair and one of the most
novel assemblages ever seen at Camp
Grant. Officers and privates and civil
ans mingled at the same tables at the
wedding supper, which was held in
the company mess hall.
For many days the comrades of the
groom were preparing for the we'd
ding ceremony. With bOughs OF
autumn leaves they converted their
barracks rooms into beautiful bowers
The ceremonies were held in one OF
the barracks rooms, with the members
of the company in natty military uni
forms standing at attention"
The company mess hall resembled
an arboreal bower. The tables were
banked with roses and ferns. Toasts
were drunk from the regular army
aluminium cup. Hot chocolate took
the place of wine. The wedding feast
Chicken, mashed potatoes, peas
combination salad, ice cream and
cake-was prepared by an army Chef
and served in the privates' mess kits.
An orchestra of soldiers furnished
the music, and a corps of soldier-vocal-
lists sang songs. And while officers
were offering toasts to the military
bride and groom, a fife and drum
corps from some unknown company
nearby serenaded Sergeant and Mrs
w. Paul Mcconnell, of Company E
with Marching Through Georgia"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
A GRATING SUCCESS
CHICAGO FOREIGNER RELEASED
FOLLOWING UNIQUE OPERATION
(Plattevile News)

Joe the foreigner, who has been
at the Cunningham Hospital for sew
eral months, left for Chicago Mon
day. Hemade many acquaintance
while here, being Of a jovial nature
and was ready to make friends with
every one. His case was considered
most remarkable. He was sent here
from Chicago with crushed and
broken arm. All physicians before
consulted, advised him to have the
arm amputated Dr. Cunningham
performed bone grating, taking
a part Of the bone OF one Of his
legs and transferred it to the arm, and
when Joe left Monday he was the
proud possessor of two arms almost
as good as new
Jesse Galloway, the second son of
the late S. Galloway, goes to France
in few days in the aviation corps.
His brother Dell left about month
ago for France, as a member of the
medical corps
officers and the privates of Company
|, 4th Wisconsin, have up to date Oct
"a, 1917, purchased $4,000 worth of
U. S. Liberty Bonds. Company 1
ranks second on the list as having sub
scribed for the highest amount of the
4th Infantry and the 4th Infantry
ranks second to all other regiments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
GETS BRIDGE MONEY
BOSCOBEL CONTRACTOR WINNER
IN GARNISHEE SUIT AGAINST
MILLING CONCERN

Charles Streeter, a BOscObel con-
tractor. was victorious in an action
heard Wednesday in which the Horse
fall Milling company of Millville
sued for garnishee money.
Streeter built a bridge in Woodman
on a bid of $500. Before he could call
at the Woodman bank and get the or
der the millers garnisheed on an old
debt. The money Streeter demurred
and the money remained in escrow un-
til the matter was decided. A BOscO-
bel justice court jury decided for
Streeter and the case came to the cir
cult on an appeal Streeter alleged
that he built the bridge with part
ner and that the debt was a personal
one contracted before the partnership
evidence pro and con Judge Clement
son decided for the defence
Other Court Matters
State Bank of Fennimore VS. L. Zifka
ct al. Order dismissing action signed
Frank Martinez VS. Kit FARMLAND ct
al. All motions made overruled Judge
ment signed.
John William Murphy admitted to
practice in this circuit on motion OF
D. J. Gardner
Minnie Brown VS. Oscar Nelson
Motion of defendant to change ques-
ton No. in verdict, overruled and for
judgment on special verdict amended
All denied. Motion for new trial denied
State Bank of Platteville VS. Orville
A. HinsOn, judgment roll on cOgnovit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

Southern Wisconsin is forging
ahead. It's lands are rapidly appreci-
ating in value, although still available
at much lower prices than farms 100
to 200 miles southwark in Illinois.
There are markets at every turn.
High prices prevalent for everything
edible have had healthy influence on
southern Wisconsin agriculture and
even the handicap imposed by two
droughty years in succession had
created no serious hardships. Southern
Wisconsin is one of the favored spots
of this North American continent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
tograph oft he same to appreciate it's


simplicity
Every American soldier, including
officers, will be equipped with two OF
the above, upon going to France, the
hrst Of which is good for twenty-fOur
hours, while the substitute loses its
effectiveness in three hours.
Following a gas attack the men are
not allowed to remove their masks
until ordered by competent authority
With the gas attack over, the gas has
to be renewed. The gases are heavier
than air, and consequently settle so
to speak In view of this fact COM
bination shovel and fan apparatus is
used, by means of which the gas is
actually shoveled from the trenches,
In the dug-outs, dry wood is kind
led and burned, one pound of kindling
being sufficient to purify 200 cubic feet
of air space. Another means Of clear
ing the dug-outs is by a series of
baskets saturated with an alkaline sol
ution, or ordinary water. A spray
pump, similar to a garden spray is
often found Of service, an alkaline
spraying solution being employed.
Surgical instruments, guns and arti-
cles made are protected against the
corroding action Of the gases by be-
ing moistened with oil.
Would like to go on further gas
ing" by telling you about the symp-
toms, pathology and treatment of gas
poisoning, but of course this would
appeal only to the 'medico." How
ever it might not be amiss to say that
both the morbidity and mortality are
being lowered as the war progresses,
but the main item is the prophylaxsis,
in other words, the simple but eff
caciOus gas mask
Corwin S. Cornell,
First Lieutenant, M. o. r. c., Medi-
cal Officers Training Camp, Fort Riley,
Kans.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
ARE PEOPLE HONEST?

On Monday morning of State Fair
exactly one hundred apples were
placed on a table 4x5 feet in the ex-
hibit of the Horticultural Society
The table stood out in the open and
through five days approximately 2OO,-
900 people passed by and around it.
During the entire week not one ap-
pie was taken or disturbed" says
Secretary Cranefeld.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
LIVES WITH NECK BROKEN
IN FALL DOWN STAIRWAY

Berlin, Wis, Oct. % (SpeciaD.-
John Roberts, a blockmaker living at
Lohrville is in the Berlin hospital suf-
fering from a broken neck sustained
when he fell down fight of stairs at
his boarding house. An X-ray exami-
nation showed fracture of the third
cervical veretebra. He is completely
paralyzed below the neck, but has re-
tanned his power of speech. He is I'M
married.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS

Postal rates increase November 1st.
We therefore request our correspond
ents to continue mailing their letters
using the stamped envelope now on
hand. The difference will be paid at
this end. AS soon as the present sup
plies are exhausted please notify us J;
new supplies will be forthcoming at
once with the proper postage annexed.
Thanking You,
GRANT COUNTY HERALD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

Rather than serve a term of 40 days
at hard labor, all earnings to be paid
his wife, George Petrowitz slashed his
throat with a razor and is dying at
a La Crosse hospital. Petrowitz was
arrested October Z on the charge of
vagrancy and beating his wife and
was sentenced to serve 40 days hard
labor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

Paul Turner, a. Galena postman, fell
from an embankment at Grant park
and landed on the tracks many feet
below. Mr. Turner had been to ban
Quet where he was taken suddenly.
He started for home but met with the
accidnt related. His spin was broken
and paralysis caused death in two
weeks
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
COUNTY AND NEARBY
ITEMS OF LOCAL AND GENERAL
NEWS INTEREST ROUNDED
UP AT RANDOM.

Chauncey Steele, aged ga, passed
away at his Boscobel home on Fri
day Of last week Death came sud-
denly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

Every woman follows the fashions
closely. But a whole lot of the poor
things are unable to catch up with
them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

It is reported as fact that no fur
Their attempts at contest Will be made
in the Marsden will case.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

Elmer w. Brown, a Wanderer from
the north, came to Dubuque with his
young wife in little houseboat. The
Browns were out of funds and the
bread winner went forth to seek work.
He returned overjOyed at evening to
report good luck, to find that his wife
had given birth to a child in the in
term and had lain for hours half
drowned and unable to move from
cold and pain Men came and carried
the mother and child to nearby
house where the infant died. Mrs.
Brown is seriously i'll.
Peter Rupp, aged resident Of Plat
teville, died there on Saturday Octo-
Der goth, age past "a years. The fun
eral was held on Monday whit inter
ment at Hillside Surviving are three
sons, John of Platteville, Charles and
William of Minnesota Also daugh
ter in Iowa Mr.. Rupp was a native
of Germany and came here in 1858.
He was married to Miss Rosina Bare
in 1860. The wife passed away two
years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14
THE GENERAL IN PAJAMAs

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 How Kipling would have enjoyed seeing that British general in his "py- jamas," as the English call them sur rounded by handful of American en- gineers, English orderlies and cooks, holding off the onrushing hordes of Germans with field gun until rein- forcements arrived and held the line It recalls 'The Taking of Lungtungpen," in which Private Mulvaney, Lieutenant Brazenose and his comrades stripped and swan the river, capturing the vil- lage, attired in a half dozen cartridge belts. to the dismay of the population and the abashment of the pink checked officer who had disregarded "the the. ouries ov waar-r" and thereby won a victory.
 This unnamed British general in pa- jamas deserves more than honorable mention, but some day those American engineers who rallied to his side, will come back to tell us about him. He IS the kind of soldier that they would take to and they. no doubt, were the sort of men he welcomed along with those English orderlies and cooks who, like their American comrades, can prove themselves first-class fighting men when they get the chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14

Press has arranged to present to the United States government, for use in the war camp libraries, selected list of books published under it's imprint. No technical works will be sent to such war camp libraries, of course. but each will receive copies of the more popular works in the fields of English and American literature, poetry and belles-lettres, history, biography and travel, philosophy and religion, social science, etc. There are S1 camps of the national army and national guard on the list furnished by the library war coun- cil. with probably nine naval camps to be added. As 6 volumes will be for warded to each of these camps, the to- tai number of books thus to be given to the United States government by the Yale University Press will be 220O. The Press has also promised to present a number of volumes to the American Uni-.l versity union in Europe for the library at the Paris headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14
Great Leniency Shown
 Subjects of Austria

i A UsTRIANs resident in the
 A United States have no reason to complain of the provisions made for them in President Wilson's recent proclamation. Considering the fact that the United States is now at war with the dual monarchy, they will be allowed much more freedom of action than they could have expected. They will not be interned, if they obey the laws of this country, neither will they be subject to the rules barring Ger mans from certain zones. Just as long as Austrians and Hungarians in America conduct themselves in a peaceful and law-abiding manner, they will be free to go where they please and to carry on their usual pursuits without molestation. They will not, however, be allowed to leave the country without permission.
 The President may be criticized in some quarters for showing too much consideration to the subjects of an enemy government. The question may be asked, What is to prevent Aus trians from doing the work of Ger man agents, when they will be in a position to obtain military informa- tion and conspire against the United States? President Wilson did not issue his proclamation without due thought and it is most likely that government investigation has shown that there is little danger to be antici- pated from this source. The mixed races of the dual monarchy now in America do not present the solidarity of thought and feeling characteristic of the Germans. They are not the ab- ject slaves of their own Kaiser, and most of them have no love for Will helm.
 Where Austrians show a tendency to make trouble, we may rest assured that they will be promptly dealt with, but otherwise they will be as safe from interference as if their govern ment were the ally and not the enemy of America. Nothing could show in more striking way the spirit of tol- erance and fairness which is the foundation of the American govern ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14
'" 't' @f Widening Scope of Boy Scout Service

1NHoSE manly youngsters, organ
 0 ized as the Boy Scouts of America, commended themselves to the public from the start. They are called upon to render important serv- ice on every large occasion, and their willingness, discipline and efficiency have been remarked with community pride by observant citizens in general.
 The scope of scout service is all the while widening. As helpful to city, state and nation as the Birmingham Organization has been within the last six months in liberty parades, Red Cross parades and food conservation campaigns, greater still will be it's activities in the coming year. The scouts will be utilized by the federal government in many ways, and especi- ally useful will they be in the war saving stamps campaign.
 The boys are always on their mettle and they never tire of duty. No trained soldier could be more obedient to orders and none could be more loyal to his colors.
 The wonder is how any city got along as we'll as it did before the Boy Scouts came into corporate being. And the more the public sees of them the more sympathetic will be it's sup port. All honor to the scouts and the scout masters who instruct and lead them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14
PUsHCARTs

Arthur Guiterman, in Golfers Weekly. Pushcarts, handcarts, heaped with ends
 and orts,
 Dodgfng under motor truck, dray and
 market van They are ponpous galleons that sail for
 stated ports, You are furtive caravels that trade
 where best you can. They are mighty merchantmen that bowl
 before the breeze, Bound for humming harbor towns
 where bales are bought and sold; You're the little pinnaces that rove un-
 charted seas,
 Bartering with savages for emeralds
 and gold. 4 Pushcarts, handcarts. lined along the
 curbs, .& Bargaining and chaffering, what have
 you to sell? Oranges and cabbages and aromatic
 herbs WY Fennel. spinach celery and artchokes
 as well. Calicos and handkerchiefs. slippers. Bedding, books and cooking pots, hats
 and chinaware, Music sheets and jewelry. stockings, ties
 and pins
 Laces for the maiden's throat and rib
 bons for her hair! Pushcarts handcarts, slowly trundling
 home,
 Tell me who your captains are-cap-
 tains, aye, and crews? Lively sons of Attica, swarthy sons of
 Rome, t- Syrians. Armenians and heavy-bearded
 Jews Offspring of the mariners that sailed the purple fleets, Jostled by the reckless wheel and spat-
 tered. by the mire. Hardy souled adventures. they cruise the city streets. Seeking still their heritage. tho herit-
 age of Tyre!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14
Let's Have Holiday
 Only Christmas Day

WHEN the fuel board ehairmen
 WV meet here today they will consider the matter of Christmas holiday. If the miners are asked, on patriotic grounds, to take only Christ mas Day, instead of several days, as has been the established custom, a ready compliance should not be too much to expect.
 The man who gets out the coal leads a strenuous and hazardous life and is, therefore, entitled to longer holidays than some other classes of wage workers. Many miners "knock off'' little before Christmas and do not go back to work until the second
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14
* $ < Value of Early Snow and Freezing

e EVERE winter weather is un- g usual in this latitude before Christmas, and in the cotton belt many winters have passed without any snow and with very little freezing.
 An early "spell' of ice and snow, such as we are now having, is of in calculable value to the farmer. When the temperature falls below 25 de- grees the poor suffer, but pestiferous insects are killed and the ground is made more easily tillable in the spring. With snow comes natures fertilizer and the farmer may we'll give thanks when both snow and a hard freeze are here together.
 The earth is most benefited, of course, if the farmer has turned under with the blow matted weeds and stubble. The fall weather was perfect for blowing and every progressive husbandman prepared his soil for a December blast. He is all the better off for it.
 Our northern friends-soldiers and others-who are with us now have their fun at the expense of the Sunny South." It often happens that north Alabama as we'll as the extreme southern part of the state revels in balmy Indian summer as late as Jan uary. But rough weather was never more welcome by the farmer along about Christmas time than it is this week. It is boon, indeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14

entitled to all the consideration that lis compatible with good discipline.
 Possibly, some of our young of ficers have permitted their recently acquired commissions to puff them up with a sense of their own impor- tance to an unwarranted degree. If so, they had better remember the old adage that pride goeth before a fall. There will be a stern wedding out pro- cess and many men who have been commissioned will be dropped from the army rolls for inefficiency and temperamental unfitness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Lights Aid officers


 T certainly wish the Birmingham merchants would follow the example established by many of them in plac- ing light in their store at night" said Officer Edward ". Crump. With store completely dark on the inside, policeman has little chance to see thief operating. I am sure if the mercants would think of this they would all have light burning.
 The cost of having the light burn all night is comparatively small, con sidering the help rendered the police man. It's a sure thing thief will not rob store in the light, and should the officer know a light is supposed to be burning, and finds it turned out. he will surely investigate
 "A large number of merchants have adopted the plan of placing a small light in their stores at night, and l believe the sooner the value becomes apparent, the quicker the robbers will be completely broken up.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

You may not believe it. But woman with homely husband won't trust him any further than woman With handsome husband will trust hers.
 man may disguise other things when he gets out in society. But it is hard for him to hide the fact that he has been used to eating off an oilcloth tablecloth
 The fellow who predicted two years ago that the war would be all over by snow time in 1917, is now explaining that he meant that it would be all over the world.
 A reformer doesn't imagine that he is doing good unless he is making the process painful. When d man sees a woman smoking a cigarette he simply can't get rid of the impression that she is that kind of d woman.
 Every man is proud of his ability as writer until few of his letters are being read in a breach of promise suit. Talking about the high cost of living nowadays-the small boy who used to be good for a nickel now has small son who won't behave himself for less than two bits. And if every dollar some millionaires had was made honestly, they would be
 worth about 30 cents. The world will forgive woman who knows that her husband is doing wrong and puts up with it, but 1t won't forgive the man who knows that his wife is doing wrong and puts up With it.
 l You may have noticed that the self
 made man is always willing to respond | to calls for the author.
 Some men are so kind hearted that | they will marry girl for her money
 rather than see her remain an unhappy old maid.
 | A man is a selfish brute. When his wife tells him that his smoking in the
 house will ruin the curtains, he sug-
 gests that she take the curtains down.