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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-27
Story is Told.

London, May 27.-The correspond
ent of the Daily Mail, who is travel
ing with Harry G. Hawker and Lieu
tenant Commander Mackenzie Grieve
Inverness. Scotland. a detailed ac-
count of the difficulties encountered
by the two airmen. a. 1fsi
During the. first four hours of the
voyage, the air was freezing cold but
the airmen were comfortable. Hawker,
however, was unable to steer good
course because Of the clouds, being at
times forced to go around them.
Weather Bad.
When about 500. miles out to sea-
the weather continued bad and
clouds rose to great heights. Several
times Hawker tried to clear them but
lost height at every attempt and each
time the machine was started climb
ing the water in the radiator boiled
furiously which involved waste.
At last, however. the airplane
reached a height of $4,000 feet and it
was decided to stay at that level for
the rest of the trip.
I'VE had not as yet doubted being
successful in getting across" Hawker
said.
q. I'VE continued at this height until
we had been in the air twelve and a
half hours Then came heavy clouds
again. 1ney were very nlen, reach-
ing d level of $4,000 feet and being
very black, it was almost impossible
to steer through them and the water
boiled badly"
Hawker described his efforts to find
the cause of the trouble with the wa
ter cooling system and said he con-
cluded something had worked into the
water filter between the radiator and
the pumps and that the only thing to
do WAS to st0n the motor and nrr ts,o
nose of the machine down steeply,
with the hope that this might clear
away the refuse in the filter. This
was successful.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-27
HAWKER AND
CRIEVE WIN
MUCH PRAISE
Australian Delegates at Par
is Express Joy; Fliers
Tell Story.

Edinburg, Scotland, May 27.-Harry
q. Hawker and Lieutenant Comman-
der Mackenzie Grieve, who were res
cued bv the Danish ship. Mary, after
the airplane in which they were at
tempting to cross the Atlantic had
alighted in mid-ocean. arrived here
this morning on their way to London
from Thurso. from where they were
landed by a British warship yesterday.
They were seized as they left the
train and lifted to the shoulders of a
crowd which bore them to hotel,
where they had breakfast. They were
heartily cheered when their train left
the station at 10 O'Clock.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-27
Delegates Praise Him.


Paris, Monday, May 26.-The JOY
of the Australian delegation at the
peace conference over the news of
the rescue of Harry G. Hawker, was
expressed in a statement issued by it
tonight by Premier Hughes.
THE world will not forget his
plucky attempt" the statement said.
Australia whose soldiers have done
things the world will not forget, is
proud of Harry Hawker and the
Australian delegation halls him
as a worthy son of the great land
which gave him birth. The fligh, was
for the purpose of testing the ability
of an airplane to cross great space
in a new way. Technically the air
plane has yet to be proved but Hawk
er's attempt has more than proved
the ability of the men who operate
those machines. 1t is a great thing
to know we can still ~roduce brave
men; it is perhaps greater that the
whole world after five years of war
still admires bravery"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-27
THE WEATHER..

Alinsaosota and North DakntA:F
Y Fair tonight and pgObAbly Wed.
ncsday: not much ciAan',e . sena.S
pefatuEe. Il
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-27

BERGER HEARINGS JUNE, II.
washington, May 27.-Hearings on
the eligibility of Victor Berger, rep
resentative from Wisconsin. to seat
in the house will begin before house
committee June II
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-27
No Change in Winnipeg Dead
lock Except an Increase
in Commercial Activities;
Railroad Officials. Making
Vigorou. Attempt to Bring
About a Settlement.

',a
Saskatoon, sask., May 27.-By
q vote of more than five to one
Saskatoon labor unions decided
to go on a synnpatlietic strike at
noon today. Railroad shopmen,
teamsters, plumbers, carpenters,
briclklayers, telephone operators,
telegraphers, aud postal workers
decided to stop work, as did some
clerks and hotel and restaurant
workers. XII .
Vancouver, B. c., May 27.-Winni-
pegs general strike, in progress more
than a week, spreading to Calgary
and Edmonton, Alberta, including
Regina. Sask., and several
small districts, seems about to sweep
into British, Columbia Late last
night it was announced from Victoria
that the trades and labor council had
decided to call for strike vote, In
with Winnipeg strikers, the
results to be in by Sunday night.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-27

Continued on Page 2.)
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-27

Lincoln, Neb.-John Pesek defeat
ed Chris Sorenson in two straight falls.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-27

The NC-4 passed station ship No. 1, i
the destroyer Thompson, between 60 !
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
ODD FELLOWS 100 YEARS OLD.

Wisconsin Oddfellows and those Of
the entire Urited States observed the
one hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the organization April
26th.
Since its organization in the United
States in 1919 the order has grown
from membership of five to more
than two and one-half millions. The
first lodge in the United States was
formed in Baltimore April &c, 1919.
The first lodge in Wisconsin was or
ganized in Mineral Point in 1885 I'M
der the name of the Iowa lodge No. l..
Since the order was organized in
the United States it has invested more
than $73,0OO,000 in the interest of
it's members. 1t has relieved 4,S44, 321
members, cared for 37O,7O1 families
of widows and buried 50S,456 deceas-
ed brothers. 1t maintains fifty-five
homes for aged widows and orphans,
but it is not an insurance order.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30

Bolshevism or Socialism divides
up. Not in property sense (the
very breath of this Interpretation
causes the Socialist to rave) but in
an ability sense. In other words
that all must strive to their utmost
but that each share shall be equal.
Can it be done? Can we take away
the handspring from a man-his am
bition. Can we expect him to work
equally hard and see others with less
ability, thrift and industry, benefit
from his effort? Or will he lay
down?
"All property is theft" or so Prud-
homme expounds Rather takes our
breath away doesn't it? Interest is
theft also. Put the whole thing in
plain words and say "Cut selfishness
out of humanity" But do that and
| it will be like some operations moth
| ing left but the original.
The world is slowly working for
better things. Socialism of some sort
is coming but not for long. lone
time. Democracy will work it out
and call it by some other name. This
planet has revolved considerable
time and there is plenty of time left
to do the improving.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
A WONDERFUL AGE.

A wonderful age, this, we are now
living in. Wonderful in it's invention,
its power or control over nature and
development of science! Wonderful
too III other ways. One wonderful
thing we have witnessed is the world
binding itself to the democratic idea.
America did this. America, the
home of democracy, found itself and
with a shining face marked the path
to freedom.
Sometimes we despair of Democra-
cy Sometimes we see littleness
where there should be broadness.
Sometimes we think that American
ism is dead. There is always a dan
ger too. Always danger that we
will forget what others have fought
and died to give us.
Then we see our great country
open its big heart for freedom. See
the boys go away to battle. See the
people, old and young, rich and poor.
enroll to make the great purpose eff
fective. See them impoverish them
selves and mortgage their future
Csome of them for years. to buy the
bonds of our country All, this is
one OF the greatest things-the
mighty response to our Liberty
loans.
To think we have lived in this age!
To think we have seen that which
is best and high in our ideals made
actual. To see the people, our fell
low citizens, show such nobility.
This is wonderful age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
LETTER FROM JOE TURNER.

France, March 2S-19.
My Dear Mother:
l have a few minutes to write you
tonight and am awaiting myself of the
opportunity in doing so. 1 suppose
that you have been waiting to hear
from me for some time but l have
just returned from my leave and
therefore had no chance to write soon
er. There is nothing new that l can
write you about except that I had a
splendid trip to Nice and Mentone
where Monte Carlo, the famous gam
bling resort, is located. 1 wish you
at home had the opportunity to see
this garden spot of Europe. 1t is the
one big thing of my sojourn to France
and one thing that l can thank Uncle
Sam for. The U. S. government pays
all expenses for the enlisted men to
visit various places in France and 1
was lucky enough to get to Nice.
Words cannot picture this place to
you, you must see it in order to be
able to appreciate it. Il is the most
beautiful place in the world to my
notion Except of course home) which
at the present time looms up in my
memory as sort IF paradise. But
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
< < + I :
E DIT o r / A L.
THE OLD HATE STUFF.

After quoting our editorial express
sing good will toward PlatteVllIe anu
it's papers, The Witness says:
mo fight with you, Sherman, put
when you've known Lancaster Tor
fifty years as we have, you'll know
that if Lancaster thought Plattev1lle
was thinking of building a golden
throne in heaven, some of the fellows
I'm there would kick and would COM
mence a movement to construct an
asbestos one in hell. o, they do love
us!"
of course, Bill, if there was to pc
fight we would have to stand by
our town just as you would have to
stand nv yours. We believe with De-
catur, Our Country, Right or wrong
Our Country, etc" But why nght!
We hoped and believed that the war
uniting Americans as brothers IN a
common cause, bringing torth tnelr
finest sides. would do away with
lot of these old inherited preJuolces
and iealousies. In a word, nelgnDore
hating neighbors, communities hatlhs
other communities, counties hating
other counties, states hating states
and countries hating countries. It's
all of a piece-this hate stutf-small-
bore, foolish and provincial.
Of course there are jingoes III ev-
cry town just as there are Jlngoes IN
every country. There are people VINO
hate and suspect continually but does
it get them anywhere? They do not
by any means represent the senti-
ment of the community but the Jlng-
oes elsewhere brand the whole COM
munity as being the same way. We
have seen this work out in a lot OF
other things too.
Now when the big things come
along we forget our narrowness and
buckle down to do the job. We all
did that when the country was in
danger. Nobody shirked-everybod
helped. 1t was fine. And too when
trouble comes we all show up right
If a disaster happened to Lancaster
Platteville would be the first one to
come over here and help us out. II
this office burned Bill would rush
right over and say, Gal, come on over
and use my paper just as long as you
want to-" We know he would. And
we would do the same for Bill
Now the point we are making is
that folks are the same wherever you
go. Good folks and bad folks but
most of them good and bad mixed with
the desire for kindness and helpful
ness predominating in their natures
If this isn't SO we had better put dyn-
amite under the universe and blow it
all up in one big shot. But it is So
Lord help us we haven't time to
hate anybody. We may differ on some
things but we can overlook that and
look for the many things we have in
common to get together on.
Let's forget this hate stuff. Life is
too short for it. Wish all we'll, and
work for our own and others better
ment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30

once. AS / mentioned before there is
nothing new to write about except
my trip and l am going to reserve
that until get home to you and then
we are going into details about that
and many other things that we have
not been able to write about Well
mother, 1 guess this is about all l can
write for the present. Will try to
get another off to you in the near flu
ture. With the best of wishes to all
and hoping that you will write soon,
l am as ever,
Your son and brother,
Inn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
HOW THE WORLD CHANGES.

A year ago our whole thought was
to kill the kaiser" In thought we
killed him in thousand ways each
pleasanter than the other. Now he is
too miserable and low for scorn.
A year ago we had one thought
and one hope and that was to beat
Germany. The job was done and
much quicker than anyone realized.
Today the world faces Bolshevism
something even the President Will
sons and Lloyd congratulations
and leaders of thought as they are
could not foresee. This makes us
think that after all the big fellows
are often just acting big-in reality
they can't see much further ahead
than Jim n-the-woods. They
didn't foresee Bolsheviki although he
was in front of our noses all the
time. They didn't see him and now
they don't know just what to do with
him.
You can bet on that.
BolSheviki is a world current, If
he comes he will come and we can't
stop him We will have the usual
splurge of words but nothing can
stop world current.
Bill Hohenzollern found that out.
The writer's idea is that the result
Will be an ever-changing compro-
mise.
The trouble with our thinking is
that we catch up to the idea after
It's gone whirling beyond us in a
new phase. We catch up and endeav-
or to hold it down. But it won't be
held down. We talk but talk won't
DO 1t. Finally again we rush madly
after the idea.
Capitalism-the system we are all
born under and living under-in its
best phase eliminates special priyil-
eyes, maintains equality of oppor.
tunity and bids each man to strive and
achieve according to his ability
thrift and industry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
Public Forum
Complaint of Lancaster City Assess
menf.


ment.
Several complaints about the as
sessment of the city of Lancaster
have been made to the assessor of
incomes. These complaints have been
investigated, and as the people of
Lancaster are entitled to know facts
in connection with their taxes, this
statement is made by the assessor of
incomes.
Although there is a basis for the
complaints made, it does not appear
that the public interest would be
served by a re-assessment of this
city. Most of the city appears to be
fairly we'll assessed, but there are in
equalities in some of the farm land
within the city limits. This ineuual-
ity the city assessor can and un-
doubtedly will correct The assessor
of incomes will meet with the board
of review this year, and will go over
the assessment with them. In city
assessments the important assess
ment is that of the business section.
The opinion of many business men
here is that the business blocks are
fairly assessed close to the selling
value. This is the hardest part of
a city assessment to get correct, and
if this is Justly assessed, it ought to
be comparatively easy to adjust dis
crepancies in the assessment OF other
sections of Lancaster.
There is one change the assessor
of incomes would like to see made.
The membership of the board of re-
view should be enlarged, and at least
two of the supervisors placed upon it.
The council will be informed more
fully in regard to this.
On the whole, the assessment of
Lancaster city seems no worse than
in other cities in the county. There
are no more inequalities than in prev
ious assessments but they show up to
greater extent because the city is
assessed at practically true value,
and this brings out the inequalities.
The assessor of incomes will do all
in his power to bring about fair as
sessment but does not at present feel
that there are many gross inequali-
ties, or that the city needs a re-as-
sessment. Any facts which will help
in securing just assessment will be
given careful consideration.
H. r. Briggs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
HERE AND THERE.

A cablegram received from the
Chinese World San Francisco news
paper, from its Shanghai correspond
ent, said the Japanese government has
settled with the United States govern
ment for the killing of two American
soldiers by Japanese soldiers in the
recent disturbances in the French
concession at Tientsin by the payment
of $4,000.
Washington reports show that ap-
proximately $4,000 tractors will be
manufactured this year. This is more
than double that of last year and in
dicates not only the growing demand
but also that the tractor will soon be
as common on the farm as the pillow.
The opening of the beverage expo
sition at the Coliseum, Nov. 1, promis-
es to make Chicago the soft drink
center of the world. Advance orders
for space are pouring in from all
parts of the country. Soft drinks I'M
heard OF before will be exhibited, to-
gether with the producing materials
and implements. Everything from the
latest duplicate for beer to tea and
coffee will be exhibited. "There will
be more than 800 exhibitors at the
show" said Feliz Mendelsohn, gener-
al manager. ct will be ever larger
than the brewers exposition of 1911
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30

when you are out under the palm
trees and the orange trees, with the
snow covered mountains in the dis
lance the blue Mediterranean at
the foot of them and with all those
wonderful buildings made of marble
you forget that such sordid thing as
the army ever existed and you forget
the many little disagreeable things
that you have put up with, and I
could not help but wish that you were
here to see it all. Such a vacation as
have had would cost the average
American about four thousand dol
lars. We had splendid quarters at
hotel and the only thing that was
not in keeping with the surroundings
was the fact that they did not give
fellow all he want d to eat OF
course we had the chance to buy
things here but you understand that
they charge just about double for
their things here. We sure did eat
lot of oranges here which grow
right in the vicinity
| suppose that you know by this
time that our division is going to sail
for home about the first of May and
| we are all looking forward to that day
as the Red Letter day of our lives
We expect to leave this place by the
middle of next month and from here
to Brest, our embarkation point. We
should be home by the middle OF
June unless the good and wise war
! department changes things again, a
habit which they seemed to have
formed lately. But I guess things will
orn DC III
home and mother for me. If there is
any change of any sort which will
effect these things will write you al
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
ELIMINATE THE OBVIOUS.
(Richland Democrat.l


We are again constrained to call
the attention of correspondents to the
utter uselessness of including Sunday
and evening visits of neighbors in
their news items. 1t is of no inter
est to anyone outside the person men
toned to have a correspondent state
each week that Charlie Soandso
spent Sunday evening with Anna
Treatemwell," or words to that effect.
What a newspaper wants is news of
the community, not gossip of the
neighborhood. Space is valuable and
it costs money to put items into read
able form. So please give US the news
and eliminate the petty gossip.
Michael Russo, a Kenosha farmer,
is charged with having sold a dis
eased cow to the butcher.
Bills are before the Wisconsin leg
islature favoring the manufacture of
three per cent beer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
STATE AUTO LICENSE.

The auto license money this year
is $40 for pleasure cars, $25 for deal
ers, 81 for motorcycles, SO for
trucks used in cities and villages,
(affidavit must accompany applica-
tion) trucks up to 2,1OO pounds SIS,
trucks 2,1OO to 800 $40, above 800
$25.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30

The plant of the Northwestern iron
company at Mayville, was wrecked
when a huge shipment of naptha ex-
ploded $4,000 damage. No lives
were lost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
VIA THE AIR LINE.

Soon the Atlantic will be crossed
by an air vessel. Maybe not this
week or this month or perhaps not
this year but still only question of
time. The ground work in invention
has been done-the rest is a matter
of the man doing it.
Jules Verne wrote a great book and
called it Around the World in Eighty
Days" That was short time ago,
too-a little over a generation. This
generation will see the whole spann-
ed in eight days-one-tenth of the
time it took Phineas Fogg and Passe-
partout. Air mails are being estab-
lished. Air travel will soon follow.
Vickers Ltd, of London, announce
air passenger service between Eng
land and America.
The motor car age is passing as
swiftly as it came. Soon men will
scorn to travel over the ground when
they can fly through the heavens.
worse roads? Why go like the tor
eagle! The air age is surely COM
ing.
1880 Herald note-"Billy Bailie
accompanied by John Stone airplan-
ed to New York where Mr. Bailey
took in the new flying model show.
They were gone two days returning
Monday. Billy reports good weather
enroute but some nasty weather off
Lake Erie. John proved a good sail
or. The new models will come
through in the annual fiy-out next
week"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30

A locomotive 100 feet long is at
Charming to be used in iron ore work.
1t is one of the largest engines in the
world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-04-25
King county. held meeting at which
a we'll defined plan was outlined for
MA cinp MANY additiOnal sheen on

King county. held meeting at which
a well defined plan was outlined for
placing many additional sheep on
Western Washington farms, not only
in Lewis county, but in\ any other
counties where farmers may wish to
take an interest in the project.
Under the plan as outlined it Is
believed that splendid coarse-wooled
sheep. suitable for the foundations
for fiocks in Western Washington can
be purchased from owners on the
sheep ranges east Of the Cascades.
The plan for purchasing sheep con-
templates that prospective buyers
shall pool their orders and place
them with the county farm agents of
county agent. with the county agent
nearest their shipping point.
The arrangement is so that sheep
suitable for Western Washington
may be selected with care. properly
inspected. contracted for and later
shipped with the cost kept at min
imum.
Commissioner of Agriculture Ben
sons department will co-operate with
the men In charge of the work by
having inspectors from his branch on
hand to look after this part of the
work.
A number of farmers in the coun-
try tributary to Chehalis have for
years kept sheep with good success.
Passage by the last legislature of a
strict law that will probably elimf-
nate the sheep killing dog will also
prove a strong factor in encouraging
the industry. a
According to the best authority on
the subject OF wool prices there is to
be scarcity of wool during the next
four or five years, If not real short
age in the United States. with high
prices prevailing for mutton and
other meats.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-04-25

Tonoa lightweight, and Clyde Ohm Of
Doty, providing. however, that Ohm
makes 135 pounds ringside. The two
boys met in Chehalis last week in
one OF the fastest bouts ever staged
in Southwest Washington, Revel get
ting the decision IN spite of the fact
he was outweighed eight pounds.
Arch StOy OF ChehaIis. who chal-
lenged the winner of the bout last
week. will be given a chance at Revel