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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20

A baby girl arrived at the Burnell
Day home last Thursday.
Mrs. Elsie McReynolds of Fenni-
more, visited here Thursday.
Walter Marks returned to his
home in Nevada last Thursday
Raymond Poland of Great Lakes,
visited his mother and sisters here
last week.
Mrs. Laura Andrews and daughter,
Alta. of Livingston, were guests here
last week of Mrs. Matte Meyers.
Clyde Coon who has been employed
by Austin Dewey for the past year,
returned to his home in Pennsylvania
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Gustave Voelz, widow of the
late Gustave Voelz died suddenly at
her home here last Wednesday morn
ing. The cause Of death was heart
trouble.
Friends here received word Thurs
day of the death of Lincoln Abraham
Jr., in England The news came from
the boys sergeant. Details are meagre
but the Herald's Bloomington CORE
spondent will probably know more
about ii.
Edna May Barrett second daugh-
ter of John and Nellie Ferris, was
born at Rewey March II, 1901, and
died at her home in Livingston, Nov.
6, 1918, at the age of IL years, Z mos.
and 25 days. She leaves to mourn
her loss, her husband, Private Ira
Barrett of Waco, Texas, her fatheI
and mother and three sisters: Mrs
Frank Sweeney of Lancaster, Lottie
and Dorothy Ferris at home, two sis
tiers and one brother having preced-
ed her to the great beyond.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
LITTLE DRAFT NEWS.

w A. Johnson is mum" on draft
board news saying that little of inter-
est prevails at present. Demobiliza-
ton has begun and 1900 Wisconsin
men will leave Camp Shelby, Hat
tiesburg, Miss, this week for home.
It is limited from official sources that
the draft board machinery may be
used in locating returned soldiers into
useful and productive work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20

Mrs. Ella Winner is visiting at the
Peter Casper home this week.
Misses Ames and Morris Of Potosi
visited in town couple of days last
week.
Robert Joyce spent the weekend at
the Niemer home on the farm
Mrs. John Ziegler was in Dubuque
the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Daley and chill
dren of Chicago, visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hartman last
week
Mrs. G. A. Engler and daughter
were victims of the flu the past week.
Mrs. Nellie Emerson and son Ar
thur Seigfried will return to their
home at Sand Springs, Okla, this
week.
0. H. Failing attended Gamers
meeting in Chicago a couple of days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
LAYERNE HE'LL DEAD.

The sad and startling news of La
verne Heips death in France reached
here Monday. Laverne died of infiu-
enza in a French hospital on October
End. The telegram came to his par
ents at Boscobel. >Laverne was a fine
young man, we'll liked by everybody.
His death is a shock to all and the
family has the sympathy OF the COM
munity
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
OPERATED FOR APPENDICITIS.

Dave Spaith, the well-known farm
er esat of town, was taken with APP
pendicitis Sunday night and brought
to Doolittle hosLital Monday where
an operation was performed Mon
day evening. Mr.. Spaith's condition
is favorable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
THESE MAY WE'D.

Benz !. Quirk and Rora Ariss, wy
abusing.
Fred shereda and Hilda Book, MI. )
coda
Lyle Austin, Boscobel, Laura Baum
gartner, Hickory Grove.
Jos. Speaker, Galena, and Louretta
Wiederholt, Paris.
Jos. NJ. Cubela, Muscoda, Emma A.
Clark, Evanston. H.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
ST. Agnes Guild
VIII Hold Bazaar.

The st. Agnes Guild will hold a Jap
anese Bazaar Saturday afternoon and
evening in the old Wright House
sample rooms. These goods are sent
out by the Japan Art and Novelty I'M
porting Co. of Minneapolis, and are
very reasonable. A good time and
place to select Christmas gifts. Every
body welcome 39c1.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
w. c. t. U.
MGGting.

The w. C. T. U. met with Mrs Mary
Thompson last Thursday PLANS were
made for the annual visit on Thanks
giving afternoon to the county home
under the auspices of the w. c. r,
u. The invitation to this service is
general and as many as can are urged
to go. 1t being customary to remem-
Der each inmate at that time with a
little package of sweets and fruit,
contributions for that purpose will be
accepted and can be handed to Mes
DANES Burrows, Klarman, Mary
Thompson and H. E. Baxter. Next
meeting Dec II will be with Mrs H.
r. King. Cor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20

Frank Meyers, a Great Lakes sail
or boy, returned Monday to his du-
ties after spending ten days with rel
ativos here.
Mrs. Frank Morkin of Mikana, re-
turned home Monday following a Wis
it of week with the Ryans and 9TH
err relatives in this county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20

Don't Fail to Attend MOOre's
Profit Sharing Sale at PlatteviIle
ending Saturday Night, Nov. %,
and Save Money on Coats. Suits,
= Skirts, Waists, Dresses, Dry
Goods, Rugs, LinOleums, Etc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
Mrs. Augusta VOelz.

Mrs. Augusta Vnelz, widow of the
late Gustav Voelz. died at her home in
the north part of town last Wednes-
day. The funeral was held Sunday at
the residence, Rev, Campbell officiat-
ing. Burial was made at Hillside
Mrs Voelz was born in Germany on
Feb. 25th, 1S47 The surviving chill
dren are Abel, Charles, Arnold, Max
and Elizabeth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
Attention w. r. C
and Tom Cox Post.

Members are requested to meet in
regular session of Corps on Saturday
Nov 23rd. Refreshments will be
served at $50 consisting of sand
wiches and pickles, cake or dough-
nuts and coffee. Bring baskets and
own sugar. Com.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
HAD A GOOD SALE.

/. A. Vesperman's sale last week
was marked with good prices. Cows
and heifers brought $50 to 800 A
bull sold for $11O. Brood sows $50
Fall pigs SO. The sale totalled at
$4,000. The Red Cross horse brought
$40.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20

FOR SALE The James Blewett res
idence property, corner Harrison
and Cherry streets, Lancaster, Wis.
House and barn with TOKYO it. lot.
Will be sold reasonable to close up
estate. James T. Webb, Admr. S9tfc..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20

I am licensed and registered under the
Wisconsin state law.
Eyes tested and glasses correctly fit
ted. Come in and get your glasses
Strengthened; no charge.
WRIGHT HOUSE, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, Nov. 22nd. 23rd and oath.
At Ostermeier Hotel, POtOsi, Nov. 20,
afternoon, and Nov. 81, Wednesday
and Thursday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20

The Farview Ladies Aid will hold
q chicken pie supper and bazaar on
Thursday night of this week. After
the supper there will be given pat
riotic address. Everybody welcome.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20

John Domer and wife celebrated
their 55th wedding anniversary this
week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
Meeting of
Gen. Calls Circle,

The next regular meeting of the
Gen. Calls Circle, Nov. 25th, will be
a covered dish supper at O'Clock.
Regular meeting at 7:3O. Members
De present; a good time for all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
CHURCH AND SOCIAL
Congregational
LadieSl Aid

The Congregational Aid meets on
Friday with Mrs. Everett UT. Large
attendance desired for bazaar and
supper arrangements to be made. Or
der President.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23
CHINESE READY
 TO JOIN LAPS

London, June 22.-Chinese soldiers are available for cooperation With the Japanese at Harbin and near the Siberian frontier and if necessary more will be sent, General Yuan Chl- .Jui, the Chinese premier and war minister, told the Picking correspond ent of the Daily Mail. The premier added:
 "The threatening situation on our frontier certainly demands safeguards. We do not want the Bolshevikl III China" ,..
 With reference to Chinese partici- nation in the war on the European battle fronts, the premier said; T would like to help the allies ana would be glad to send 4O,O0O or oo.- 900 troops, but am prevented by IT. nancial difficulties and the aetlvet}es of the provincial ebeds. have sent 15O 00O troops south. I am hopelul that the Canton rebellion can be re- nressed within two months and then 2. good many of these troops can pc, for service elsewhere. < aasFrance originally ssuggested that ,dwe send troops to the western iron
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23
FINE BLUFFIANS AID
 WOMEN'S HOSPITAL,

The sum of SHOPS has been con-
 llOuted by 23 Pine Bluff people to- ward the fund being raised for the american women's hospital service in Trance, a work in which the equal suI1raglsts of the nation are promi- aetiy interested.
 M. P. Bloom contributed $25, Dr. M sna Mrs. John Waters. Currin M. Micnc! $. Katzenstein, l.. Froug, E. M M Schober, R. M. Knox, Mrs. s. M. TNcGehee, " J. s. Currie and Pinchback nsaylor $5 each; John Reap and Leo n,n M, Andrews $1O each; Dr. J. c. ggDanlels, " E. J. Voss, McGaughy naldware Co. and c. A. Linaker $2.50 savn; w. J. Shepherd, Wm. Rosen- sS ssSselgnn, Q. c. Hauber and J B. Simon s1 s1 each; D. G. Maxey and Fred Vining :" n each and Lera Hut, Jr., 25 cents. ,. very few people know that there iat a,s more than 100 women physicians IIauorlng over there,' many of whom ta sase left families and lucrative prac- sI %sss and asked no remuneration M,aateyer," {, said Dr. Jessie E. Savin, fn. t% announcing the donations. "This s isau IS to defray their expenses and 7 So me first national fund raised by v,ua runen physicians for foreign ser
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

their story is no longer a secret, some to be released" at once. He brought hundreds of feet of movie film depicting some of the scenes in forest and shipyard. World Traveller Thrilled. The photographer was c. J. Hubbell of the Atlanta office of the Hearst-Pathe Company. Hub- bell has been Fall over." He spent his Christmas year ago i'll Hongkong, ill a hotel infested with smallpox. He has cranked his camera in a dozen lands. He has had ringside place wherever there has been "big doings." " But he declared as he exhibited some of his pictures that he hadn t been thrilled by anything quite as much as when he watch ed the building of these ships for Uncle Sam.
 "There's s so much to tell, and so little I'm allowed to tell, that I don't like to talk about it, " said HubbeI. "It took all kinds of Government permits to get there, and all kinds of trouble to get pictures after I got there. And the guards around the yards have an unpleasantly careless way of handling their sawed-off shotguns. The insist on resting the muzzle on your trousers band while they remonstrate with you about butting-in, and it isn't good for the nerves.
 "I can't tell you where any thing is, or how big the ships are, or any other details I'd like to give you., But these pictures have been giveI the Government o. K., so you can use them.
 "The movie film will be re- leased pretty soon, both in the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23
DK|E WOODS RAPIDLY GOING |NTO SHIPS.
Biggest Sawmill Tn World at Work
 in Forests. Running Day as: < # and Night.

z Southern pine is helping to win the war.
 While Congressman and Sena- tors are quarreling over details and putting on the gridiron the heads of Departments, the mills of the piney- woods are turning out tall timbers for brave ships. In one Southern shipyard four teen ships were on the way this week, while another had just been launched.
 Far in the forest the biggest sawmill in the world, equipped with the most modern machin- cry, is ripping through the big timber. Towering pines, as ma- jestic as any Oregon fir CT Nor way spruce, are falling beneath the blades of the sawyers.
 Railroads tracks, laid hastily across the wiregrass, send a long trainload a day of lumber to the yards, sawed to specifications, ready to be modelled into stanch bottoms for transatlantic voy- ages. It is a race against the submarine, and the advantage just now is with Southern pine.
 Nobody knows just what the Gouth is doing in the new-old craft of shipbuilding, unless it is Edward Hurley, chairman of the Federal Shipping Board. Many officials know part of the story. Ten thousand workers know what is on their own sector. But probably not until the war is over can the complete history of Southern pine in the great war be published.
 One of the men who has seen bit of the work came back to Atlanta this week with a chest full of photographs, some of them to be hidden away until
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

creosoting, including oil and la.. DOT, ranges between 3 and $ cents. Fence posts treated in dhk way have been in place ff-s 3teen tn~tw'enty. ayears, and t,anA; still sound. In addition to the low cost, wooden posts have sev- eral advantages over metal or concrete, namely:
 Creosoted posts hold staples well, greatly facilitating t h e erection or the dismantling of a fence. Such fastener is much easier to repair than those used on metal or concrete posts.
 Creosoted posts are stiff, nei- ther bending nor breaking. Met al posts are often bent by a large animal i'll pasture, and are with great difficulty strengthened. Concrete posts are often snapped through the carelessness of a driver in backing heavy load into fence.
 Creosoted posts are light and easily handled; many may be handled at one time on a wagon, and one is but a small load for q man. If it becomes necessary to move a fence the creosoted posts are easily pulled, which is not true of concrete posts.
 T he obvious advantage of using creosoted posts rather than ordinary wood posts which are not creosoted is that the ordi- nary post will rot out in a short time, necessitating constant re- pair of fences and replacing of posts. The creosoted post elimi- mates this trouble to a very large extent.
 The College of Agriculture in it's circular, "Pro'Gns;ng Life of Farm Timbcrs," gi,~s full infor- nation as to creosoMasg. The cir cular is free Hpen requxt.-Prof. James $. Bexy, 6enke CAlless of Agriculture. ;.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

Scenes Southern shpbuiding yards sells are being turned out for Uncle Sam help win the These pictures made by C. Hub for the Hearst Pahe News Weekly and have been by Government general view the at Southern port where fourteen big ships of construction At the extreme left of the picture frghter virtually finished ready the sea- Mo- gives an idea the activity at of the building plants this being the largest in America the light The plants working night shifts in the against the Uboat Mo- negro employed extensive y at the Dixie hpyard They overa and jumpers do much of the lighter work releasing negro work Mo- shows of the thousands of posters that have been the pine forests of the South the Southern Association urging upon u,nbemen the utmost diligence getting out their product Ito help the toys in France
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

turns it this way and that at the touch of lever, jerking it into any position lesired as though 1t we're a feather. Tracks run ev- anywhere. Lumber is kept mov- ing in straight line from stump to freight car. There is no lost motion, no lost tiiae.
 "I wish ! coul;l give you some
 figures on tic f,otsne turned out, but they won t l.t ,ne. Hut you can rest asc.,red If ibis: The South is, dp:rs i;s ss,s" of the big work ct bu,:d;.s ships for Cnel2 ;saa,."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23
TREAT WOODEN FENCE ;:
 POST WITH CRE0SOTE
Makes the Post Last Much Longer H and Insures Better and 5
 Cheaper Fencing.

Many farmers are thinking se- riouslg of substituting posts of metal%or concrete for those of woods'Without first Investigating the merits of the creosoted Wood en post. This is not good farm economies, because it nas been demonstrated h creosoted wooden post will give better service at a lower annual cost. Metal in time corrodcs, concrete decomposes under the action of alkali and frost, but wood, prop erly treated, is, for many years, unaffected.
 Creosote may be obtained from any of the oil or coke companies l; during normal times costing 10 to 15 cents per gallon. Often coal tar may be obtained from the local gas company at 3 to 5 cents per gallon. The creosote or tar is heated to boiling tenn perature and applied to the posts with brush. A necessary pre- requirement is that the posts be peeled and thoroughly seasoned ; only under these conditions can the treatment be success. One gallon of oil will suffice for 15 to 20 posts. Usually the cost of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

lumber and for southern pine lumber for a period of ninety days from June 51, have been established by the price fixing committee of the war indus tries beard, an announcement today said. The detail schedules for the prices, which are maximum rather than fixed prices, have been approved by President Wilson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

Tuesday morning It is alleged that Dedmon, employed as a collector for Simpson and Webb obtained several Small sums from defferent people, rep resenting that he needed the money to make change.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

quest of Deputy Sheriff J. l.. McBur- nett, who sought Dedmon on war rant charging him with false pre- tense. The accused made bond at Camden in the sum of $500 for his ap-
 pearance in municipal court here
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23
FIX PRICE FOR
 PINE LUMBER

nashington, June. 22.-Maxin,uin
 Rs'ces tor northwestern fir logs g
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23
Railroads Through Forests.

through the forest for handling logs and sawed timber, and a trainload of finished lumber leaves the big mill every day. That is just one of the wills, and I understand there are many others.
 "You'll notice in one of the pictures bunch of negro women wearing mems overalls. They are using hundreds of women around the mills, putting them to doing the lighter type of work, such as stacking light lumber, pushing trucks along the rails, handling odd jobs. This releases the men for the man 's-sized jobs.
 "The mills are running night and day. Electric light plants brighten the yards and guards are on duty every hour in the twenty-four to keep idlers or trouble makers away.
 "Not all the lumber is going direct to the Southern shipyards, but it is all going into some branch of the Government serv- ice or some enterprise approved by the Government. Some of the timbers are being shipped to Chicago, for the shipyards on the Great Lakes. Some of the lum- Der perhaps went into the big cantonments. It has had the right of way over the railroad lines.
 The best brains have gone in to this work aud there is plcniy of money behind <. 'l'l'a most
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

electricity. At the big mill there
 is what they call 2 mechanical n.ssrs" :Isat grabs a log aud
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

but questions of finance and lack of shipping compelled us to lay the pro posal aside."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

r1odern machinery is used every
 where. Nothing Is done by haEc That can be done by steam e.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

Hugh Dedmon was placed under ar rest yesterday at Camden. at the re-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-23

Hearst -Pathe educational series and in the Hearst -Pathc news weekly. Don miss them.''
 The shipbuilding operations are under the general direction of the Federal Shipping Board, and the work is being handled by most expert lumbcrmen, mill op- orators and shipbuilders possi- blc to obtain, MT. Hubbell said.
 'It's wonderful. to see them wade into tke big woods," he said. " Whoever said all the Southern pin, had been cut away was badly mistaken. They re go- ing farther back into the woods for it, that's all. It takes big trees for ship work, and they'r re getting them.
 "They're speeding things up, too. Instead of letting the saw yers tramp from place to place, there are automobiles waiting, for them, and they are raced the woods, whether there s a road or not.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-01-24
THE sQuESTIoNAOF WAGES.


Every nation has battled with the
question of wages in an effort to de-
eide the value of a laborer's hire.
In revolutionary Russia new system
of paying railway employees, based on
the cost of living, has been decided
upon. Russia has been divided into
ten districts and the worimen into
fourteen classes. The wages of the
men will be fixed in proportion to the
living cost in each district. Physical
laborers will have an eight hour day
while brain workers will have a six
hour day. ~,
This solution of the problem has
much to commend it to all thinking
people, and the experiment of the
Russians will be watched with inter-
est. It may be, however, that the
question of deciding the cost of living
will prove as irritable as the former
fixing of wages. We believe that the
effort is along the right lines and trust
that it will prove economically sue
cess.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-01-24
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

A military hospital commission, in
Quebec, Canada, which has kept a
record of Canadian casualties, gives
cut the following facts regarding. the
terrific" losses of the troops at the
front:
The boy who goes to the front has
twenty chances to come home, as
against one that he will be killed.
He has ninety eight chances of re-
covery from wound against two that
he will die because of wounds receiv-
ed in battle.
There is one chance in five hundred
that he will lose an arm or leg.
Only one man dies, from disease, as
against from ten to fifteen who fell
victims to various diseases in other
wars. -
Only ten per cent of the Canadian
soldiers, disabled on the battlefield are
rendered physically unfit to engage in
their former occupations.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-01-24
LIMITING PRODUCTION CAUSE
OF COAL SHORTAGE.

Contrary to the belief of many peo-
pie, the present crisis in the coal sit
uation has not come of our having
sent too much coal out of the country.
The coal is still in this country, but
unfortunately most of it still in the
mines. Therein lies the chief difficult
ty.> And there is absolutely no good
reason why it is still there when it
should be on the outside. We say no
good reason, yet there is reason.
That reason is the policy that the coal
operators, along with those controll-
ing many other industries, have been
pursuing for some years past--limit-
ing production. In hundreds of min
ing towns OF, the country, even since
the coal shortage has become acute,
miners have been held down to four,
three or even two days week, not
withstanding the fact that they were
clamoring for work and the public was
suffering for their output. We will
admit that the scarcity of cars had
some bearing on the question, but this
was not the whole cause.
If Uncle Sam can straighten out
this tangle he will have the thanks of
suffering public. But he will find
that neither he nor anybody else can
relieve the situation until the men are
sent into the mines and sent there to
stay until there is sufficient coal above
ground to supply all our needs. When
that is done, a little judicious manipu-
lation of the railroads VIII straighten
the matter out.--Exchange.