Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-30
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FLORA


Cold weather and still showing We
sure are having some winter, prob
ably the longest period of steady cold
in a century.
Leo VOgt and family and H. j. Star
rett and wife were Sunday visitors at
the Budworth home.
The L. D. S. held Sunday school at
the Lester Snyder home Sunday.
All the farmers hereabouts that put
up ice have their next summers sup
ply in their ice houses, very fine ice
too.
Joe Green Of Bloomington passed
through here Sunday on his way home
from Lancaster. Joe left for Kansas
City Monday to purchase ponies for
his show.
Little Leo Schildgen is still very
sick, doesn't seem to make any i'm
provement at ALL
John Edwards is visiting his son,
Dr. Verne, who is now located at Sen
eca
The Social Center club switched
their meeting place for last Friday
night to the school house at Flora
and gave a very creditable program
for such short notice. A good crowd
was OUT to greet and applaud the
speakers. II. J. Starr EFT gave a talk
on the education Oh our young folk
concerning the many blessings of lib
erty to be had under our democratic
form of government, which has been
sadly neglected in the last decade and
entirely overlooked by a great many
people. Harley is very interesting
tallker and should receive the thanks
of the community for the great efforts
and sacrifices he has made TO give
1 them a rood entertainment every
week. Feb. s, there will be another
meeting at Flora school house at
which time there will, among other
things, be a debate. Remember the
date and be sure to attend All are
welcome.
Geo. Petersen is laid up with a sew
ere cold
Three of Mrs. F. A. Mills nieces
from the west are visiting at her
home
F. A. Miles. R. A. Blackbourne and
wife and L. c. HickOk were among
those from this locality to pillow their
way through the snow to Bloomington
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs A. G. Petersen and
son, LEROY. called at the L. E. Wilkin-
son home Sunday.
The continued high price Of butter
has opened the way for the manufac-
turing companies of oleomargine to
/ spread among the poor people the
rumor that if the government would
take the tax off Oleo, that they would
be able to buy the substitute for a
greatly reduced price. While a few
people believe that it would be good
thing to do, the great majority Of the
people are not so easily fooled by any
such talk. They know full we'll that
oleo would not be one cent cheaper
if the tax was taken off than it is
now and the government would be out
just the amount Of the tax, which
would be added to the old COW which
it is impossible for us to get along
without not only for the food value Of
the milk and butterfat, but also the
veal and beef. 1t would be very unfair
| to the dairy men to have to pay taxes
on their high priced cows and high
priced feed and then allow large
monied corporations to manufacture
vastly inferior grade of food and al
! low it to go untaXed. Keep your eyes
on the senators and representatives
from your district and see that they
do not help to pass any such damag-
ing legislation. Dairying has done
more to put Wisconsin on the map than
and other one thing and is the only
sure way to succeed on the high pric-
ed land for you will surety get no
fertilizing ingredients from Gisposirg
of the dairy COWS and using oleo,
which will surely come 20 pass If
the greedy manufacturers OF oleO can
only keep the people chloroformed
long enough to get the tax removed
and their pockets lined. Stand by the
old COW and her products and | dare
say you will never regret it.