davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26

l. Type of surfacing: 16 fit or IS
IT. cement concrete, or concrete base
with higher type top if funds will per-
NIT.
Name Of Road Miles Ami
/. Boscobel- Fennimore
Is. 7. H. No. 800 IS $4,000
2. Fennlmore-Lancas
g. 7. H; No. 300 y 10000
6. 7; H; No. 800 a15 5oSooo|
IS. T. h. 10 sS1, 900
5. Cuba City Galena
(s. IT. HI So 1Ss, 900
g. Hazel Green-Dubuque
6S. t. H No. 20) 10 34S. 600
Z. Sandy Hook Dubuque
IS. T. HI 2 $4,000
8. East Dubuque Dickeyvine
IS. T. H. No. 2S) 80 252 600
8. Lancaster-Potosi
Is. T. H.) 9 264, 600
10. Lancaster CaSsville
(S t. H. Cast Enid rs 100000
II. Bloomington Bridgeport
IS. T. HI IL 361, 900
II. Lancaster Jct.-Mt. Ida
(S. T. H. No. 19) s 23S. 600
16. Platteville- Dickeyville
(S. t. H. No. 2S) 10 $4,000
Al. Platteville- Belmont
Is. T. H. No. 2S) 2 $1,000
II. Type of surfacing 16 TT. bitumi-
nous macadam or higher type surface
ing if funds will permit.
Is. Bloomington
Is. 7. H.). (west end) s 100000
IA. Lancaster Cassville
(S. T. H.) (west end) II $4,000
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26
Information to Voters.

The following instructions are Civ
en- for the information and guidance
Of voters:
A voter upon entering the polling
place and giving his name and resi-
dence, will receive a ballot from the
ballot clerk which must have indors-
ed thereon the names or initials of
both ballot clerks, and no other bal
lot can be used. Upon receiving his
ballot, the voter must retire alone to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26

ed so that the inside cannot be seen
but so that the printed Endorsements
and signatures of the ballot clerks on
the outside may be seen. Then the
voter should pass out of the booth or
compartment, give his name to the
inspector in charge of tie ballot box.
nand him his ballot to be placed in
the box, and pass out of the voting
place.
A voter, who declares to the pre-
siding officer that he is unable to
read, or that by reason of physical
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26

be spoiled, it must be returned to the
ballot clerk, who must issue another
in its stead, but not more than three
in all shall be issued to any one voter
Five minutes time is allowed in
booth to mark ballot. Unofficial bal
lots or memorandum TO assist the vot-
er in marking his ballot can be taken
into the booth, and may be used to
copy from. The ballot must not be
shown so that any person can see
how it has been marked by the voter.
After it is marked it should be fold
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26

disability he is unable 10 mark his
ballot, can have assistance of one
OF two election officers in marking
same, to be chosen by the voter: and
II ne declares that he is totally blind,
ne may be assisted by any person
CHOSEN by him from among the legal
voters OF the county The presiding
oincer may administer an oath in his
discretion, as to such persons disa-
me following is facsimile of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26

II. Dickeyville- Potosi
"a. Patch -Grove-Mt. Ida
rs. T. H No. 19) II $4,000
81. Montfort-Lancaster Jet.
Is. t. H. No. 49, 10 1S2, 1000
III Type. of surfacing: 16 TT. gravel,
tailings or higher type if funds will
permit.
10 Cuba City Keller 80 $4,000
49, Roclville-Plattevill
Is. Potosl-Cassville
3pEast End) S $1,000
20. Potosi- Cassville ~ oo
yrr 49, West Enid To $4,000
1e.4 10000
145 $4,000
- wen f'ase IL $4,000
"a. Patch Grove-Bagley
Is. Mt. Hope-MillFille-W oodman 49,
10 10000
26. woodman-Mt. Hope
81. Woodman- Werley Mt. Ida so
%. Boscobel- woodman = $1,000
10 $4,000
80. Watterstown Road (Blue s.ls...
River Bridge S. & S. W) 81 $4,000
81. Blue River Muscoda 81 $1,000
80. Muscoda- Montfort 1914 l7LOO0
SO. Sitter Lancaster Jet "a $1,000
Sc. Little Grant Road 1913 $4,000
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26
MlCKlE SAYS

AElLO1--. ON, AeLLo, SILL! VNAENl
"a CIV eAcN FROM vHAAcE!.. SO
IA ENOoNEp IA PAPER OVER
1AERe7 1AASS MAUI 1Ag>, n,l
SAN teASA---- san. GILL, CROP
lNlTA IA OFFICE ~ TEAL Us 4
ASoOT AER ex1EsIAsNcEs So I
ME- N<,rA 0ANE MA. a LIZ MRlTE.
No. NELL. MOVIE COY X
CONAN. N'0ETcAA! ALL NOV {
FEILsES AANE. G'eNE! i
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26
ONCE Of County Clerk.


November %, 1919
To the Electors of Grant County:
Notice is hereby given that special
election is to be held in the several
towns, wards, villages, and election
precincts in the county of Grant on
the 18th day of December, 1919, at
which election the proposition to issue
county bonds, under the provisions of
section 1317m-12, will be submitted
to the people of the county and voted
upon, which special election has been
called and which said propositis to
bond is submitted to the electors of
the county by and pursuant to a res
olution of the county board adopted
November II, 1919, which resolution
is as follows:
RESOLUTION
Providing for Issuing County Bonds
For Highway improvements
Be it Resolved, By the County Board
of Grant County Wisconsin, that for
the purpose of the Original improve
ment of portions of the State Trunk
Highway System and the County Sys-
tenn of Prospective State Highways, as
shown on the map hereto attached. the
said County shall issue it's Series "a,
non-taxable, semi annual interest pay
ment coupon bonds, as provided in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26
OFFICIAL REFERENDUM BALLOT.

FFICIAL REFER ENDUfB
10 prop iin make acrosCx II
the
ord BE
BoSDs-----.------- AGAINST BosDsE7 JANE
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
SEVEN CONVERTS
nIRE[|Ll3|l
UNION SERVICE
Rev. Mr.. Lawson Preached
an Eloquent Sermon
on Heaven.

Al Z =
The largest audience since Sunday
night netted seven converts the re.
vival services being held In the; Dia-
rhond. strset- N. E. church. lastsnlsht.
The sermon which was q most inter
esting one was preached BY Ethe Rev.
Mr.. Lawson. h
!. Preceding the sermon there was
the usual song service. Each lumber
sung was st the request Of some one
in the audience. Help Somebody To
day" 4 viii Shout His praise in
Glory Throw out the Life sEine.:'
Somebody sIsnows," were called for.
Several Of the chorus were absent
during the first song. Prof. NICK Kfnley
explained later that these had, been
enderinga a splendid service sung for
some people who were silis
The theme for the evening dis
course was Heaven, and in developing
Ut Rev. Mr.. Lawson said: :;
THE Scripture passage, John IA;
which hal been read by Rev Mr..
Continued on page ithreesl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
DANCES FOR
! DENOUNCED 3
Largest Turn Out Since Sun.
day at the First M. p.
Church. ]

~ 3ffsrst
Rather heeause Of excuse for hold
ing 1t more than thh cause itself q
dance recently held for the benefit Of
charity EatrWqnt was attacked last
evening in the revival services at
First Methodist Episcopal church by
Rev. r. ]. Yoak, pastor Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, south, before
1900 people.
There were six persons converted,
five Of whom were adults. One OF the
converts was member OF the Wood.
men Of the World. who attended the
services In q body. The attendance
figure last evening scared and It was
the biggest: congregation since Sunday
night. There are SO conversions to
date.
Rev. Yoak said: .Men living in
Fairmont who do not Join the Chris.
tian faith because 1t interferes with
their business are simply delying Cod.
Men who have money invested in any
building that is used asa dancing hall,
q card room or Illicit place, get you,
money out OF 1t. 4
When i was pastor Of one Of the
churches in Huntington meeting OF
500 men was called for the purpose OF
cleaning up the town and giving 1t a
(CcLtinued on page three.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
WATER main BROKEN.
By slip Of HAND.
Is Second Happening Of
That Character in Past
Ten Days.

A slip in the road near the Shaft
mine barn on Buffalo creek yesterday
broke the city water main at that point
and as q result residents Of that sec
tion Of tia city are today, without a
water supply. City Water Commission
er Ira L. Smith was notified and has
"a force Of workmen engaged in re-
pairing the damaged main and It Is
believed the work will be completed
and the water turned into the main
by late this afternoon.
"A similar break in q water main oe-
cured Wednesday in the vicinity Of
Eleventh street and caused a water
famine there for a short time. How
ever this main has been repaired.
The city Water department is hav-
ing considerable trouble with broken
fire plugs caused by careless auto
truck drivers backing their trucks In
to and breaking the hydrants. One
was broken at the corner OF uincy
street and Pierpont avenue yesterday
and one was reported today as being
broken In front Of the Jacobs build
ing.
The hydrants which are Of heavy
metal were broken squarely off by
the impact. 4
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
'nn. ALEXANDER
0EN PRESIDENT
TRACTION Co.
accseds j. o. Watsor, Who
Becomes Chaiman Of
( BOARD.
WATSON REIIREg !
New Management Will Seek
to Make GooA Past
Promises.
WATSON REI!RES

George M. Alexander, who has lust
sretnrned 10 Fairmont after number
4 0f nonthss service, IN the Ordnance de.
/ sbsffinent of the War department, was
s lSlSctad president Of the Monongahela
Vaii6v Traction company ut q meet.
nd AZ the directors and officers Of the
ss2{nnration Held Yesterday afternoon
n sthe company's offices in the Wat.
Nm bnildire.
;nhis action followed the resignation
~ & h. watson. chairman of the board
"A idireetors. and The advancement Of
i ia. Watson snnfil Yesterday uresi,
iltit az fhe cornoration. to that post.
Inn6nncement Of the changes et.
fsdtedf at the meeting Of the directors
M made at the close Of the meeting
M Col. q. w. Watson who said that
ssi,S new manaaemefit, was NOT goine
3S li6ska anv nromises and that Il
5n,,id devote all az its time at the
sfSrt IA naltine good on the promises
5 Ikat have lbeen made.
.SI,t,es M. u n Colonel Watson add.
~ .is E ,nne ~ tba hast nronerties In the
sconi,trv with q wonderful future before
if Int stiie. oniv wav IN which ii, may
s. sbana = Ia realize that future to the fuii
I. ~ stfvSs. ma ,,nblfcs 81 the valley
s:s,s,i, ana for nnrely selfish reasons 81
g&sli asx xbecanse q their feeling 81
j6s,slty to The communities and people
st,Ss offisers Al ti,eg company are going
: Ia seA IA Il that Monongahela Valley
T,rae aetion win sbe ,bnt another name for
/: ,eoSds serxice,
sTbei new nresident Of the company
Shas 7bean sitientified with Il for q mum.
'ft, Z ,,asr ~. -, hood ~ ,ts Lace,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
PRODUCER GAS
COSTS HALF LESS
THAN NATURAL
That is Result Of Actual OPP
Grafton at Wilett's
Plant.
AT THE BOTTLE WORKS
Morgan Produced There Do
ing Better Than the
Cuban.

At least two gas producers in the
city are measuring up to standard and
so far hare not only met all expecta-
tons but have gone q little way be-
yond. Ono Of these Is the Underwood
Producer ct the Willett's Clay COM
pany factory and the other is the Nor
gan Producer at the Owens Bottle Ma
chine company factory. OF these two
the Underwood Producer is probably
bringing mere real Joy TO the hearts
Of It's owners than the Morgan. The
Underwood is working like q, charm
with moro gas being made than is &C.
tually needed at half the cost Of ma
tural gas. The Underwood Producer,
Of course, does not need to produce
any very great quantity Of gas be.
cause ct tlls factory no gas is used
except 70 fire six kilns Of various di;
mensions where the, clay parts for
glass furnaces may be dried. The pro
position at the Willett's Clay factory
Is q different one than the problem to
be faced at the various glass factoriea
I'M tie city, though had the Willett,s
Company hst found an sadeqnate gas;
t6'nntlnits q Pare sIlae.li
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
BELIEVES LAKE
DEMAND WILL Be
GOOD THIS YEAR
Coal Asso. Committee Has
Not Yet Seen
Hines.

Although no buying has been done
in the lake trade as' yet, w. v. Fra
zier, Of the p. & o. Mining company,
Cleveland. o., is in Fairmont today,
and he has an opt 'mistic outlook for
the lake business during the coming
season. He believes that the ship
ments viii. be very large this year.
The lake business, which starts
about May i and usually continues
until about December 1. is the big
spring business of the Fairmont re-
gion. The coal issent by rail to Lor-
raine, o., from which port It is ship
ped over the Great Lakes to various
points. Last year the shipment to the
Ilages totalled 100000 tons.
Hines Was Busy.
According to the information re-
ceiyed today from Washing ton, D. G.,
the subcommittee of the National
Coal ASSOCIATE ion did not hold its con-
ference yesterday with Walter D.
Hines, director general Of railroads,
Ebecasse OF the mass Of business that
the official had before him. 1t is
hoped that the railroad fuel situation
may be gone over with him this week
iif possible.
Retaining Records.
Today j. Walter Barnes, Federal
Fuel administrator for the State Of
West Virginia, received a letter from
II. B. Harris, custodian of records Of
the United States Fuel administra-
ton, Washington, D. c., directing
him what records should be sent to
Washington and what could be dis.
posed Of.
This Is Moving Day.
y Late this afternoon ]. Walter
Barnes, Fuel administrators for the
State Of West Virginia, will remove
his offices to the City building, taking
up his room in the department OF
of city finances. It is expected that
Mr.. Barnes will continue to hold the
position until March /, when the Of.
fee will cease to function.
81 United Mine Workers.
J. L. Ballard and Nick Aiell, organ
izers, are at Monon today.
Sam Ballantyne, international or
,ganizer, Is in Philippi today.
Ira Marks. organizer. is at Berry
Continued on page four,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31

Six Machines Ill Danger
Were Resc.l lsed Before
Blaze cache a Thsln.

NYACK. N. I, Jan, Three 1.|
sons were reported isSinf and 90
others have been tetS1ff,l io hos.
pital within asShoEt time 6fttf 11 11.
plosion wrecked the pi9tl 81 the AMI.
line Products corpora ation near here TO-
day.
The fire which staftSd from u0.
known cause was fauh1d bl heavy
wind, adding TO the alttitu||y of the
firemen and navy Stnil| who join.
ed in fighting the blaze
The plant was doomed b3 fire II 0|
came evident iiHiAe elliai6l{ after the
explosion. II wal estinsal6d the los.
would exceed St00.oQQ' l1nf|Y reports
that several schos children had been
killed proved e bb Untrue although
several We're cut BY glass from the
windows.
There were tWo explosions, the first
was so heavy thu many buildings ia
the neighbcrh0ed Were shaken and
damaged.
PITTsHUR9ta, ~ 2i Fire which
Etiifeate tened b lpe uuI the bnA|'I
section Of HfaadOck. near here. had
destroyed q tlshillite warehouse aud
|ia department store aud was spreading
rapidly at 10: 80 this morning
Fire appafatlis from East Pitts
urgh and Rankin was summoned 10 aid
the Braddock tlfenen ia fighting The
flames.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
HAs Jon! !IN FRANCE.
pARKERSRfIRG NJ Va ian

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, Jan. 81 - -
-. F. Perkins, Of this city, has been
commissio to retur nto France and
take charge Of a touring exhibit Of
the Department OF Agriculture. He
madc a tour Of that country with the
same exhibit during the kar. 3
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
CHILDREN URGED
70 DECIDE LIFE
NORRV[RYEARlY
Also They Are Urged to
Learn How to Solve
Own Problems.


children and a large number OF school
teachers were present yesterday aft
ernoon at the mass meeting held at
the First Methodist Episcopal church
which was addressed by John L. Alex
ander, Of Chicago, superintendent Of
the Young Peoples division Of the In.
ternational Sunday school association.
The meeting was arranged by the
Ministerial association and City Su-
,perintendent Of Schools Otis g. Will
son was asked to furnish the crowd
This he did not the pupils Of the High
school and the seventh and eighth
grades Of the ward schools acc6nipan-
led by their teachers attended the
meeting in 9 body.
a spirited song service was conduct.
ed by Prof. Heaton and the children
sang by schools and entered heartily
into the spirit OF the occasion.
Mr.. Alexander who Is q fluent and
gifted speaker, spoke on the subject
Forward Step" and he gave liis audi
ence something to think about for
some time toscome. The trend of the
address was toward impressing upon
the children the importance Of good
citizenship and the steps necessary TO
attain to good citizenship. Mr.. Aexan.
der also urged upon the children the
Importance of deciding early in life
what business or vocation he or she
intended to pursue and the Importance
Of finding out early IN life what yo-
cation. profession or business ia best
suited to the individual in order to
bring out the best that Is IN him.
ma .,.o, ,nr,.,d nnon the chi,aran stbe
imnortas,cs IL snIy;n efhe anaI, nroh
ssss t,,st have q 4, s ~, met ,., Nth esc,,
ar nj . !; She II tSs
sma1l I'm nrohlems ads ~ sts 81 so soiva i,,
tbs ''.. ,a,s, e,as r;f 10 =.
s,,s u, taS sa,,,ass @ Sat,. ~, .s's !" :. W..
3 ss.ss4 .,1--s S',s
gaI. AaeAanoer re4aten many stofles
swnicn iAustatea now necessary y y
1gr .ne poy !, OF slIl 20 pug away at ms
STUDIES aally ana % master lnem as
ne q sns goes alons ana aaasa tnat y
ils nov always Lne cniid tnats dispiays
unusually pr1ilent mental attain IN
mems tnat aenieyes tne; most m tne
long run.
one story which seemed 70 deeply
impress the audience and which Y;
iaslraled y .ne necessity OF solving daily
me problems which confront the
iscnooI glr4 or boy was as follows:
Mr. Alexander was member OF 9
snign school class numbering ~ pu-
pils. IN; this class was one young man
py the name of Kelley: Kelley said
.ae ,.'s ,.p speaker ,a never solved problem =
his lie but by his superior brains and
mental attachments coupled with great
act managed TO put u over. so 70
speak on his teachers with the result
that he secured his diploma with high
grades. He however did not retain
the knowledge which he obtained IN
this haphazard way and In 9 visit to
the, ,BoWery IN. New York several years
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
Situat zion Bad
III East Pru ssia
Press

BASEI Thursday. Jan. 31.-The
Inze|ssf'a Berlin correspondent says
the sis9Ats1n in east Prussia is very
sefions Several Bolshevilii divisions;
efs f6ping the eighth army and 70s
900 4fe fAcilg the tenth army. The DIS
patch adds that 1t is feared the Ger
man forces viii be insufficient to eff.
iecliFsiy resist.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
FEW hI5H DOLLARS |
E[D[|'D|'I|QSBVEL LIFE
Ellks Make Gene o.ls Con
tribution to Fund Be
ing Raised.

But q few more .dolalrs are needed
1T osayes the life Of the man aff1icted
with tuberculosis whose case has
been taken In charge by. the Public.
Health Nursing service. At n O'clock
this morning the contrib ions totals
1 ed STA SO, but It will require at least
l $50 to effect a cure In this case, for
fthe man will have TO. stay at the
Terra Alta sanitarium for some time.
The Elks gave the fund q good
lboost today and conrtibp ptions came in
tfrom several towns ont 1 nthe coun-
ltry. One contributi ion q bit out Of the
FordinaryI was form q woman who en-
closed seven sdolalrs, and called atten-
ltion In her note to the fact that this
Iwould provide for one weeks treat
iMent. Gontri rihptions today are as
Follows: a
lPreviously reported ...... 1850
Mrs. =. u Hall = .......... l.. S.
Leroy Book (W lgtoh s.
Cash o..
Mr. ana Mrs 4, Reamer-. s.
(WorthingtaA +
y. Funk Y: 10.
EMrsl sNettie Martin L.
(Mononsahl
SsASn =.
Mrs. =. p. Lipson ...,. ........... 2.
fOsgoodss Girls s. .............. S.
tB. r. D. Eiks =. 25.
Mrs i. N. Wetzef .,....-...-.,.....
harry Engle :. :-,..-.s---.. 9.
/. sTota1 iat IN Z :, M 8 l;1I14.5o
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-31
SERIOUS fires BREAK out AT THREE PLACES
More West Va.
Troops Reach
This Country
fBy Associated PRESS !

new YORK, Jan. 3l.-The Brit
ish transport Minnekahda arrived
here today with 27,o3s troops from
France.
A majority OF these men are Of
the SSd division, including coppan.
les A, B, C, d, l, X, L and NJ and
the field and stan OF the head
quarters company Of the 32sth in
fantry.
These troops are national army
men from Ohio and West Virginia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-13
WILL TELL FARMERS
HOW TO USE PAPERS
AS SELLING FORCE

OREGON AGRICULTURAL COZ
I.EGE, Corvallis. Dec. 13.-Talks on
using the home newspaper to open
quick and profitable sales of farm
produce will be made to Oregon far
mers at Farmers Week. december
2e-January. 2, by c. J. Mcintosh, as
sistsint professor of industrial Journal
ism. Farm produce ads that have
pulled well will be exhibited and their
subject matter. content, arrangement
and type displayed explained Many
Of these exhibits will be accompanied
by statements Of results What class
Of products to advertise, how much
money to put into ads, how to figure
space requirements for reading matter
and cuts and how to "follow-up," to
get best returns, will be discussed.
Editors having materials suited to this
exhibit are invited to send them to Mr..
Mcintosh.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-13
SURVEY OF DEPENDENTS,
DELINQUENTS PLANNED

/ UNIVERSITY or OREGON. Eu-
gene, Dec 13.-Work on state -sur-
vev OF dependents, delinquents and
detectives outside Of state institutions
.it to begin early next year under the
direction of II committee of Univer-
sity OF oregon men working at the re-
quest Of the state legislature
John Z. Almack, acting director Of
the university extension division, is
in Portland this week in connection
with the work. Serving with him are
Or. b. w. DeBusk, professor Of educa-
ton: DR.. r. II. Wheeler. professor of
psychology; DR.. Z. c. Robbins, pro-
fessor OF economics. and Dr. j. Frank
lin Thomas, head of the Portland
school Of social service. a branch of
the university school of sociology.
Oregon compares favorably with
other states in her small number of
detectives" Mr., Almack, "and condi-
lions are not so bad as some may
suppose There is close connection
between effectiveness and illiteracy,
md oregon stood second among all
he states in the army literacy tests. I
rhe percentage of illiteraey is lower I
n the western states than in the /
,astern.'' I