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gress will provide a separate tribunal
to be known as the income tax court
Of claims. for the final adjudication
Of differences between the bureau and
the public. .....l s,.. .'
The income tax bureau, unlike sew
eral other branches of the govern
ment departments. which were great
ly expanded during the war and
which are now rapidly diminishing in
size and relative Importance. has
steadily expanded despite the signing
Of the armistice, and will continue to
expand for several months to come.
The military branches of the gov
eminent required and spent vast sums
Of money within the short period Of
the war In carrying out the nations
military programs. These programs
were financed. for the most part, with
borrowed money. Certificates of in
debtedness were used for short-tme
loans, and liberty bonds were sold to
meet the short time obligations and
provide the funds to meet expenses
that could be estimated in advance.
This borrowed money must now be
repaid. and the method which Con-
gross has adopted for raising the
necessary revenue. for this purpose
and to- meet the current. expenses OF
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tax have apparently made their re-
turns and turned over their bit in
cheerful and patriotic frame of mind.
The number of persons who have
even vaguely attempted to evade the
law In any detail is said to be so
small as to be considered of a neg
ligible quantity. -
The most remarkable feature about
this bureau is Joseph H. Ca1ian. the
man who organized it a nd who con-
ducts it, He is the youngest man
connected with the U9ted States gov
eminent holding a high executive po-
sition. According to the record in
the back of the family Bible. he is
thirty-two years Of ageI but SO far
as appearances are concerned he Is
not more than twenty-five. When it
comes to display Of high-class
ability. he is easily as old as Clemen-
ceau. Foch or Uncle Joe" Cannon.
He is mental heavyweight and a
physical lightweight. His friends say
that some years ago he decided to
fiesheh up q trife and after strenuous
training managed to tip the scales at
1877 pounds ,s
Some idea of the immensely Of the
job this young man handles without
getting excited Of losing his custo-
mary smilc and Chesterfieldian man
ner can be obtained by the statement
that there are more than 25.000.000
letters in hts office files and almost
100000 income tax returns. 1t re-
auires the services of 400 especially
trained young ladies to place his cor
respondence and tax papers in the
files and to locate them when wanted.
Conducting the Congressional Library
with it's 100000 books is mere
Saturday afternoon picnic in COM
parison. Mr.. Callan has devised such
a perfect system of fling that any
one of the more than 30,O00.o00 letters
and tax returns can be located within
three minutes or less. ie..,
II II X u
There seems to be nothing arbitrary
about the conduct of the income tax
bureau. They say to no man or con-,
Germ: "You owe SO many dollars. now
nay II and pay 1t quick" On the
other hand, capable representative
IL sent to any one feeling aggrieved
or puzzled, and every effort is made to
satisfactorily adjust the diHiculty. II
this cannot be. done the question at
issue can in turn be referred. to the
appeal unit, the advisory tax board.
thence to the courts, 1t is quite pos
sibls that within the near future Con-
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H. o. BISHOP.

: H. o. BISHOP.
THE WASHINGTON Monument.
Rock Creek Park the United
IL States Treasury and the de-
partments OF War. Interior
Agriculture and Navy have always
been pointed to with justifable pride
3 by the residents of Washington as
being the biggest things to be found
in the National Capital.
Quietly, and without blare Of
trumpets another institution has been
developed in this city. which so far as
the number OF employees ia concerned
comes next to the Treasury. Interior.
Agriculture and War departments. It
even exceeds, by several hundred. the
Navy Department.
This mammoth new institution is
known as the income tax unit, a
branch Of the Internal revenue bureau
1t Is by far the largest and most in
tricate tax collecting agency In tho
world. It's function Is to collect in
the neighborhood OF $4,000. o0o.o 900 an
nually from about 100000 peoples
! TO perform this herculean task re-
. quires a force Of $500 trained en-
ployes In Washington, which will be
Increased to about 1000 as rapidly as
they can be trained for the work. In
addition, there Is scattered In all sec
tions of the country a force of 1000
field agents. These men are gatherers
OF facts that are used as basis In
figuring additional tax liability as a
result of the auditing of the returns
submitted by the taxpayers. Then
there are 5000 collectors and deputy
collectors at various places through
out the states. whose duty consists In
explaining the many features and de-
tails Of the law. how to Ali out the
forms and, last but not least, collect
ing the tax in actual cash.
The cost Of collecting this tax each
year is a trifie more than $12.000,OO0.
At first blush this seems like tre-
mendous amount of money to be spent
for that purpose. But 1t Is really
only az tenths of per cent OF the
total amount collected. The cost OF
collection seems still more reasonable
when 1t is taken into consideration
. that the collection activities extend
into almost every civilized country. due
to branch houses Of American institu-
lions located all over the world
Thus far the individuals and cor
phrations of America subject to the
\ wi thent' Of 'inceAAsiSna excess profits
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the government consists principally
Of the income tax. From this source
the. government will get the major
portion of the $4,000. 100000 needed
this year, and approximately 100000
taxpayers have just completed and
filed returns Of income on which the
tax will be assessed for 1913. -sa.,
Because of the great number Of
returns that are made at one time in
the year ,it is not practicable to ex-
anime each return carefully to. de-
termine whether the income of the
taxpayer has been correctly reported.
Therefore an intensive audit Of the
returns Is commenced Immediately
after all the returns are assembled
and Is carried on until the succeeding
years returns begin to come in.
Preparations for this work have
been under way for a year and half
The bureau has been reorganized and
the personnel increased from about
400 to $500. The recruitment Of this
force must continue until it Is suffi-
GENTLY large to do the job, Courses
Of training in the tax laws and the
principles Of accounting recognised
Quoted. The work. of auditing has
been classified by industries and spe-
cial studies have been made of the
methods Of financing and carrying on
business in the different classes
Programs of work have been laid out
and standard methods OF procedure
prescribed for each branch Of the
work.
The story Is told that at one of the
big Army camps in Texas during the
war \ soldier whose occupation in
private life was that of chauffeur
in New York city was detailed by a
lieutenant to assist veterinary
mules, while ranchman who had
known nothing but horses all his life
and who had never even ridden in an
auto was put at work repairing
motor trucks There is no chance OF
such bungling happening In Mr.. Call
lan's bureau. In order to avoid such
errors he has created a separate per-
sonnet division. This division is
charged with the duty Of prescribing
the qualifications of the employees
who are to enter the service. arrang-
ing with the Civil Service Commission
for examination Of applicants for en-
ployment and selecting applicants
from civil service eligible lists and as
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signing them to the tasks for which
they are best fitted. This division
is more than an ordinary appointment
Office. 1t is in charge of a man who
has made an intensive study Of voca-
tional aptitudes and who has had
wide commercial experience in the
employment of men and women.
The auditing work requires &C.
counting ability, and accountants
with legal training are preferred. In
assigning the new appointees to work
the effort is made to place each where
proficiency will be most readily at
tanned and advancement will be most,
certain. A record is made Of the out
standing features of the -appointee's
previous experience and training,
especially IL 1t indicates, unusual
of industry or business. Among. $500.
persons drawn from all parts OF. the
United States and having accounting
training, it Is natural that a wide
range of experience is disclosed so
that it is possible to assign to each
Of the industrial sections Of the audit.
work men and women who are fa..
miliar with the practices peculiar to
the trade or business and also peculiar
to the section of the country from
which they come. =.
4 \ 4
Similar courses are followed in tho
assignment OF employees for the less
c1n
stenographers. computing machine
operators. etc. Fortunately for these
thousands of employees, Mr.. Callan :
does not permit the interest Of tho
personnel division to end with the
assignment OF the appoin,ee to his
first job. After period of thirty to
sixty days and at intervals Of thirty
days thereafter a denomination Is
made of the progress OF every person
in the department and reassigGmcnts
are made where circumstances war;
rant. The theory underlying this part
of the organization Is that the perrna-
nent success OF the work will depend,
according to each individual. on the
best possible opportunity for his per-
sonal development and to put at ais
disposal the facilities by which he
may advance in the service.
In order to give every man ard
woman in his employ chance to
perform better work at their present
jobs or to 1T themselves for rapid
advancement, Mr.. Callan has or.sai,-
Confined on Fifth i'ageD
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Continued on Fifth l'aseJ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
A ODROADS SCHOOL
GOODLY NUMBER ATTEND TO
HEAR BEST WORD ON HOW TO
BUILD HIGHWAYS.

Eleven of the twelve highway pa
trolmen, the entire county highway
committee and goodly number of
others attended the Good Roads school
held at the court house last Wednes-
day afternoon The program carried
out was as follows:
Stalking Out a Grading Job Fred A.
Skemp.
Markings Earth Cuts and Fills Peter
Glynn.
Drainage w. Metcalf
Guard Fence and Culverts- Peter Mil
Ter.
Standardization of Earth Works and
Road Plans---F M. BalsIey
Care Trucks, Rollers and Crushers
M. Kinney
General Duties of a Patrolman- -Chas.
Roesch.
Stalking Out Heavy Grader Work
------------------M agnus Broaden
Use of Road Plane or Light Grader
on Earth ROads-------Geo. Wetter
Patching Macadam Roads Fred Skemp
General Discussion of Patrol Work
NJ Balsley
Remarks by Each Member of Com
mittee.
Keeping Accounts-----H Henry Mink
In the evening Frank A Cannon,
Secretary of the Good Roads associa-
ton, talked on the future of the road
problem and stated that bonding the
counties for permanent roads was the
only true solution. Under the pres
ent plan it will take II years to de-
velop the state highway system as
outlined. Under the bonding plan but
five or six years will be required. The
difference, Mr.. Cannon claimed, was
that by bonding the roads can be had
in advance of payment and full use
can be made of them.
Lieut.. Clarence Rich, who recently
returned from France, gave a short
talk before the meeting on the roads
of France. There the roads are built
of granite. Old men were used as
patrolmen and were continually on
the job, making repairs as soon as a
small defect made it's appearance. He
further stated that during the war it
sometimes required from two to
three weeks to secure permission to
move the heavy artillery over the
roads of France for fear of Destroy
ing them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
THE VITAL STATISTICS
A DEATHS DUE TO DISEASES
BIRTHS DURING MONTH";
MARRIAGES RECORDED.

There were "A deaths due to natural
causes and excluding accident in the
reports filed with the county regis
trar for March. IL marriages were
recorded and IS births-26 females and
80 males. The age and causes of
death named are as follows:
Male-55 nephritis. SO auto intoxi-
cation. IS myocarditis. 80 pneumonia.
81 peritonitis. scarlet fever. IS GER
ebral hemorrhage. 20 tuberculosis.
Sc cancer of stomach. 70 dropsy. Is
nephritis. rs general debility SO
pneumonia. So cancer. pneumonia.
&c cancer of stomach. So blood pois-
oning. 25 appendicitis. 70 cancer of
liver. "A nephritis. 20 heart disease.
q pneumonia. SIS heart disease. 80
influenza. 72 heart failure 68 mitral
reorganization. 81 stomach cancer.
Female-60 cardiac thrombosis II
bronchitis. Is nephritis. 80 tubercu-
losis. SO myocarditis. 81 nephritis.
infant bronchitis. II mitarl regurgur-
itation. IS cerebral hemorrhage. 81
blood clot on lung. 80 pneumonia. SO
old age. 5S influenza. 60 influenza. So
pneumonia. IS unknown. % pneumo-
MIA. "a myocarditis.
The death rate was about Is per
thousand population.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
FOR THE VICTORY LOAN.

Plans for the Victory Loan are rap
idly taking shape under the guidance
of County Chairman R. M. Orchard
A meeting of the bankers of the coun-
ty has been called at the court house
for Wednesday evening by Mr.. Or
chard, at which plans for taking care
of the loan with the least disturbance
to normal business conditions will be
discussed. Grant county bankers
have been solidly behind every loan
and have shown a commendable spir-
it Of self sacrifice and devotion to
the governments interest. The Vic
tory loan organization is proceeding
satisfactorily. The six months pay
ment plan announced a few days age
by the Secretary of the Treasury, has
created favorable comment on all
sides. It is not expected that Grant
county will experience. any great diff
ficulty in underwriting its quota,
whether it be based upon a five or
six billion dollar loan.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
MINING CO. PAYS
HIGHEST INCOME TAX
BLOCKHOUSE MINE AT PLATTE
VILE FORKS OVER S5,5S5.72.
WOMAN BIG TAXPAYER.

The Blockhouse Mining corporation
of Platteville, paid S5,585.72 in in
come tax this year for earnings dur
ing 1917. This company is by all odds
the largest taxpayer in the county.
Mrs. Mary Schroeder of Platteville,
paid in $97732 but the record shows
it paid under protest Mrs. Cchroder
owns lands leased by miners hence
her big income.
The total income tax collected ac-
cOrding to the county treasurer's rec
ords was $18,362.60 Seven-tenths of
this sum or $13,85382 was retained by
the municipalities in the county
where it originated. The balance of
S5,509.77 was forwarded to the coun-
ty and state. The county treasurer
retains one third of the three tenths
he received for county purposes. The
balance goes to the state.
Some of the large income tax pay
ments made by individuals and cor
porations were as follows:
Lancaster Canning Co., $136.24;
Standard Oil Co., $1O98.49; Kiindt-
Geiger Canning Co., $1,694.16; Thos.
Bailie of Bloomington, $12O.56;
Schmitt Bros, Blue River, S1O3.89;
=. l. L oil hGI, 6uulL1OF6, DlJO.0H, w.
Fl. Thomas, Hazel Green, $20099: Geo.
F. Hildebrand, Boscobe1, $112.85; G.
H. Baxter, Lancaster, $S2.37; Beck e
Schwartz Creamery, Lancaster, SCI ga !;
H. w. Brown estate, $118O9; Doolit-
tie Bros, Lancaster. $10O.O1; Geo. S.
Whitcher, Lima, 1886; Meuser Lbr.
Co., Glen Haven, $685.; Tormey
Bros, Fennimore, $119.32; Geo. Nc
Cormick, Little Grant, $S217; John
Langkamp, Harrison, $104.15; J. J.
C'Meara, jamestown, $6588; Ellis
worth Jeide. Little Grant, $5614: j.
G. Betz, Boscobel, $4549; Chas.
braves, Wingville, $52.O3; Jas. G..
Bailie Potosi, $65.O4.
Wyalusing township altogether paid
in 1897. Liberty paid in $15.41, the
Sitter creamery paying $149f
All of the above with the exception
Of the STANDARD Oil are actual cash
receipts AZ eT II! exemption: for per
sonal property have been made. In
other words net income tax paid to
the county treasurer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
AN |NDENTURE OF Al.
FRED C. BURR HAS A TRANSFER
MADE BY GOV. DEWEY TO. HIS
GRANDFATHER.

Fred C. Burr stumbled on an old in
denture the other day while going
through some papers. This indenture
dated April II, 1841, was by and be-
tween Nelson Dewey, the old terri
torial governor, and Harvey Pepper,
Fred Burr's grandfather. 1t trans
ferred the southwest quarter of sec
ton three, township four north of
range three west of the fourth prin-
cipal meridian. The consideration
for the 100 acres was $1,150.
This piece of land now lies in the
city of Lancaster. 1t began about
where James T. Webb lives and ran
north to Chris Fischer's. 1t extended
west to the brickyard on each side.
In that day it was all farm land and
Mr.. Pepper farmed it for several
years.
]. Allen Barber, pioneer, wit
messed the paper. Mr.. Dewey's statue
stands in the court house yard-erect-
ed by the people of the state of Wis
consin in grateful memory of his ser
vices. OF Mr.. Peppers three chill
dren but one remains Frances
ID. Burr. Mrs. Minerva Clark, anoth-
er sister, died year ago. Mrs. Burr
is up in years but more active than
many women of sixty. She is prob
ably the Oldest living native of Lam
caster. Fred says he wished he had
that land now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
LOCAL BOYS PARTICIPATE
IN BASKET BALL CONTEST

Lawrence Campbell and Donald Dy-
erof this city, with VIM. F. Water
pool, former coach and high school
instructor here, were members of the
five which won the state basketball
conference for Lawrence college a
week ago and were instrumental in
placing their school at the head of
the game in Wisconsin, Illinois and
Minnesota. The local boys are highly
spoken of in college athletic circles.
The Appleton Crescent in part says:
Dyer played good ball thrC !hout
the season, not keeping up his record
for scoring but playing on the de-
fensive. He ably assisted the team
throughout the season. Campbell,
starting out the season as guard, soon
showed his ability at tossing and in
the latter part of the season he was
one of the regular forwards, playing
a stellar game against Ripon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
LECTURECOURSEENDS
IN DYNAMIC NUMBER
BROOKS FLETCHER HITS HIGH
SPOTS In TWO HOUR ADDRESS
AUDIENCE SPELLBOUND.

For more than two hours Brooks
Fletcher, the "fill-in" man for the
seasons last lecture number, held an
audience spellbound at the opera
house Friday evening. Fletcher, an
Ohia newspaper man, was sent to re-
place John Barr McCutcheon. If Nc
Cutcheon is more interesting than
Fletcher he will have to go some.
Brooks Fletcher is a rubicund, jol-
ly little man with a layer of avoirdu-
pois around the equator. Short in
stature he seems to grow as he talks.
He is brains from the neck up and
maybe more so. His eyes snap as he
speaks and his manner ranges fromo
the extremely comic to the height of
pathos with equal facility.
Mr.. Fletcher handed out some
gOOd-natured knocks but they were
done in such way that no sting ex-
listed. His lecture was so well liked
that it is a pity that more of the Ian
caster public liking wholesome en-
tertainment of this kind could not
have attended.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
MENINGITIS KILLS
RETURNED SOLDIER
DREAD DISEASE, AFTER-EFFECT
OF INFLUENZA, ATTACKS AR
THUR GRANEY-A FINE BOY.

Meningitis, the disease so dreaded
by army surgeons as one of the bane-
full after-effects of influenza, caused
the death of Arthur Graney of this
city, Satur day afternoon The funeral
was held yesterday morning at half
past ten o'clock.
Arthur Graney was born in the
town of Ellenboro August 10, 1895,
and resided there all his life up to
July 18th when he was called to the
colors. Arthur was sent to Camp
Hancock, Ca, remaining there until
Feb 9Th when he was discharged. A
month before his release he was quite
sick with influenza. He came home
and for a month worked foro L. o.
Vesperman as farm assistant but was
continually bothered with head pains
Two weeks ago yesterday he was OPP
Grated upon for inflammation of the
mastoid process. This operation was
a success and the patient recovered
rapidly On Wednesday last he took
i'll with meningitis the disease being
an influenza after-effect His final
illness was matter Of but two days.
Arthur Graneys parents are Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Graney lately moved
to Lancaster. This is the first death
in their family. There are five bro
Tiers: Riley, George, Carl, Roy and
MurI. Three sisters: Velma. Hannah
and Alice.
The death of Arthur Graney came
as shock to the community as all
supposed he would recover. He was
universally liked and the general
comment on hearing the sad news
was "Too bad-he was a fine young
man."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
LOCAL WITS PLAY JOKE
ON VOLUNTEER SLEUTHS.

To round up a couple of doubtful
characters in town last Friday night
Chief Mankel deputized a half dozen
local men who were authorized to
conduct a complete search. The
search was unavailing. On Saturday
the parties in question left town. Sat
urday evening couple OF young men
of waggish turns, with the connivance
of friends, dressed up to initiate the
parties under suspicion. Arrests were
made about IL o'clock to the immedi-
ate triumph of the volunteer sleuths
but their subsequent disgust. The af-
fair was extremely funny.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
COUNTY INSTITUTION PRAISED.

more or less ease at the register of
deeds Office but the system in vogue
in abstract offices is truly wonderful.
Take the Grant County Abstract Co.
at Lancaster, of which c. M. Calvert
is the efficient secretary and treasur-
er All you have ~ give Mr.. Calvert
is the description of certain piece
of land and on a moments notice he
will open his books and give you a
detailed history of it, and of every
transaction it has undergone to the
minutest detail. Simply great. The
Grant County Abstract Company is an
institution of which Grant county may
we'll be proud, thoroughly reliable and
giving the best of service. -Fennimore
Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
LECTURE COURSE ASSURED.
JACK SWEENEY HELD FOR
TRIAL AT OCTOBER TERM.

Jack Sweeney, the 15-year-old
youth mixed up in the stabbing ARRAY
two weeks ago last Sunday, had his
hearing Saturday. Sweeney waived
examination and was bound over to
the October term of court; the same
bail and the same bondsmen as be-
fore. 1t is said that Sweeney is a
victim of nervous attacks due to adj
enoids and that an operation will en-
tirely relieve him of his alterations.
1t is thought likely that he will re-
ceive expert surgical attention with
a view of eradicating the defects be-
fore anything further is done The
Wilson boy has recovered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY.

Atkinson, Poilu
Barr, The Paper Cap.
Beach, Winds of Chance.
Farnol, Our Admirable Betty.
Parrish, Wolves of the Sea.
Rinehart, Twentythree and One
half Hours Leave
Sawyer, Doctor Danny.
Sullivan, The Inner Door
Harrington, Magnificent Ambersons.
Webster, Dear Enemy.
Williamson, Everyman's Land.
Morganthau, Ambassador Morgan
thau's Story.
Hagerdon, Boys Life of Theodore
Roosevelt.
Ames, Mystery of Ram Island.
Burgess, Happy Jack.
Hunt, Little House in the Wood.
Knipee, Girls of ga.
Seaman, Boarded-up House.
Seaman, Girl Next Door.
Lathrop, Five Little Peppers and
Their Friends.
Smith, Janey and Josey and Joe.