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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

will protest.
Will Smith is putting up new
building of some sort.
Wesley Oates had ten acres of corn
to replant Saturday.
Mechanical Mike has been working
for Morrow lately.
Cap Morrie, Johnny Ball and sister
Edna took in the Chautauqua at
Bloomington.
Miss Coline spent week with her
aunt. Tillie Garthwaite,, near Patch
Grove, returning Saturday eve.
Miss Helen Cooley is helping her
aunt. Mrs. Dan Hoffman.
While Mrs. Charlie Addison was at
tending her chickens last week she
slipped some way and fell dislCcating
her shoulder DR.. Lewis was called
and in a short time she was able to
be around but not able to work. Her
sister, Myrtle Barr, is helping.
Equity Society held meeting Sat
urday. A fair crowd was out The next
meeting will be June 81 III the even
ing. Now try and get there. You can
bring the Missus and kids in to the
movies while you attend the Equity.
Some talk of organizing shipping as
ISOLATION.
Sunday while you are riding up the
Ridge take a look at the Quality Ridge
stock farm. There is something in the
name.
Anyone having horses to sell or
trade look up Sweeney Br~s.
Aura Popularis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
Aberdeen-Angu Meetipg.

The county Aberdeen-Angus asso-
citation held its meeting after dinner
Wednesday and elected officers. Their
names are: Pres, Art McKeyitt:
Sec. and Treas, Walter Steinhoff;
Vice Pres, Reuben Austin. The asso-
citation decided to form a county herd
to show at the state fair and other
principal fairs this summer and fall.
$50 was voted for special prizes for
the 1920 baby beef show at Madison.
The sale date was set for October 81.
The sale will be held in the new pa
vilion.
During the day F. H. Higgins, Asst.
Sec'y OF the State Angus association,
showed moving pictures at the Or
pheum theatre. The leading herds,
prize winners, and methods of de-
velopment were graphically illustrat-
ed on the screen
Frank Promo of Baraboo. an officer
Of the State Association, was an in
terested visitor at the Angus meet
ing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

This is the third time in recent
years that Potosi hAs been swept by
fire. In 1900 the bIpck from the Po-
tosi bank to the south corner was
burned out. 1t was all frame and a
fire-trap. Everything went. Since
then substantial brick buildings have
been built and are still standing. In
November, 1916, the village was
burnt again starting from the jail
where Jack Cranage was burned to
death. He is supposed to have struck
matches and started the fire. The east
side was burned including the livery
barn, the hardware store and the
Runkel store. That loss was 1000.
This last fire was the most destruc-
tive of ALL
Potosi has no adequate protection.
A chemical engine was used on the
Key & CallOwayM@ warehouse and it
did well as far as it went but of
course was not sufficient to fight the
big blaze Under the city hall is a
cistern holding 700 barrels and an
other cistern isel0cated in the street
block north This is fed by a spring.
Following the 1916 fire the village
voted $4,000 bonds for a new water
system the plan being to tap a min
ing shaft above the village and pipe
the water down under natural pres
sure. The high prices due to the war
made apparent that this sum was
about half enough. Not having the
funds the village fathers could not
build the proposed system.
S. A. Thomas, village President,
says it was the hottest fire he ever
saw especially when the drug store
with its paints, oils, ETC., burned.
Then it did get hot Mr.. Thomas and
all the other citizens answered the
alarm and remained on the job doing
all they could to fight the fire.
Mrs. Veva Kirgues, the telephone
operator, gave the alarm to the citi-
Zens and the other towns remaining
at her post from 1:45 a. m. to 10: 80
the next day. Mrs. Kirgues has al
ways been known as one of the most
obliging telephone operators, to be
found anywhere. Now she has de-
veloped other commendable quail
ties. Mrs. Kirgues is "some" opera
tor
Five barrels of whisky exploded one
after another in the basement of the
AdS ktS1GsrSt0G1tuIlA SdlOOu. lie IGpOEtS
were loud and sickening. Beer ex-
ploded at regular intervals all day
long. Some case goods were saved
and me over-zealous persons are
said have taken bottles home to be
sure ethey would not be lost or stoleni
One man said, "The buildings can be
replaced but all that good whisky
gone!-Oh Yoi-Oh Yoi!' The whis-
ky was worth $4,000.
Potosi was thronged with visitors
all day Sunday. Even the sick and
lame went down to see the ruins. 1t
was some fire and the Herald joins
with everybody in saying, Here's hop
ing it is the last"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
OLD BOREAS KNOCKS
ST0CKMEN' EVENT
DELUGE OF WATER PREVENTS
HOLDING OF STATE CONyEN-
TION HERE POSTPONED.

The annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Livestock Breeders Association
scheduled to be held here last Wed
nesday was completely knocked in
the head by the terrific rain storms
Of the first of the week. Bridges
washed out and rail travel delayed or
unsafe prevented several of the i'm
portant program men from arriving
and impossible roads made certain
that attendants from the rural com
munities and adjacent counties and
states who would come by motor car,
could not possibly get here. AS a re-
suit it was decided Wednesday morn
ing to postpone the meeting. The
date will be announced later. 1t may
be held around July 25th at which
time it is hoped that the new sale
pavilion will be ready for dedication.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
PROPOSE ELECTRIC
PUMPING OF WATER
INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY
SUBMITS PLAN TO DO AWAY
WITH STEAM SYSTEM.

The Interstate Power Company
proposes to pump the Lancaster wa
ter.
1t submits to the city council a
proposition as follows:
To install two electric pumps at the
pumping station at Klondike spring.
These pumps will have a suitable
electric motor with local control The
pumps as planned will each pump 275
gallons of water per minute One
pump will be controlled automatical-
ly by the rise and fall of the pressure
should the water level drop to IS feet
in the pipe the pump will start itself.
1t will pump until the water reaches
70 feet when it will stop itself. Thus
this pump will go on and off as the
pressure demands leaving the stand
pipe at safe margin of pressure at
all times.
The second pump will be started
each day and stop when the heavy
consumption is over For fire pro-
lection this pump can be turned on
at any time doubling the water capa-
city Of the pumps. The two pumps
will hold the spring at a standstill as
the spring flows $50 gallons per min
ute.
Another pump with capacity of
600 gallons per minute will be in
stalled between the standpipe and the
city. This pump can be put into SER
vice during a fire within a few min
utes. 1t will make available the wa
ter in the standpipe at high pressure.
Comparing the costs of steam oper-
alton and electric operation the COM
pany submits that it costs SLIP each
"a hours under the present method of
steam pumping. The company figures
the cost of electric pumping at $S.43
per "a hours. The saving would be
S2.79 per day or about $1.042 per year.
The company will install all electric
lines at their own expense.
The lump cost of installation would
be $1,000. The electric plant would
pay for itself in about six years. An
attendant would be required for
maintenance purposes with the cleo
trio method just as at present.
The company eliminates several
items such as depreciation in the
present steam plant which has been
operated % years. Under the new
system the city would get new
pumping outfit complete This would
be necessary in any event sooner or
later should the old system be re-
tanned.
This, in nutshell, is the proposal
of the Interstate Power company. The
figures are entirely their own. The
proposition was submitted to the city
council at it's meeting last Tuesday
and has been referred to the business
committee for report. The company
states that it can now get current
from either Galena or DEBORAH, Iowa
"a double facility and means of
minimizing probable current failures.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
THE 1919 FAIR HEADS
FOLLOWING is A LIST OF THOSE
WHO WILL DIRECT THE WORK
OF NEXT FAIR MEETING.

At last week meeting of the new
fair officials the following named per-
sons were selected as department
superintendent and committee heaCs
for the 1919 fair:
Horses-James E. Bailie.
Cattle-Henry Macke.
Sheep and Hogs-R A. Austin.
Chickens-Geo Marks.
Vegetables and Grain-Louis Yes
perman.
Cakes and Canned Fruits Mrs. w.
w. Reese, Mrs. Ed Austin.
Art Hall-Misses Florence Cash
man and May Rogers.
Machinery-W. P. Rowden.
MARSHALL. E. Lewis.
Premium List. J. Austin, r. c..
Willis, w. J. Battle.
Entertainment-L A. Clark. ]. c..
Doolittle, T. J. Haley, J. Harold Pugh.
Advertising-H. G. Orion, H. E..
Schreiner
Supts. Speed and Committee Car
son Whitmore, DR.. Bailie, F. Meyer.
Moved and carried to accept Poland
China futurity pig contest; put up
$50 prize for same.
F. A. Morehouse-Supt. of Pig
Club.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
WELCOME HOME CONTRIBUTIONS.

J. Harold Pugh, Treasurer of the
Welcome Home funds, reports $1,000
subscribed to date. There was one
subscription for $100, three for $50,
20 for SIS and number for So To
date the subscriptions have come from
the Lancaster business men and the
farmers. Many have not been heard
from and those feeling they can con-
tribute something are urged to call
at one of the banks or see Richard
Sweeney. At least $1,000 more is
needed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
ShorthOrn Breeders Met

The Shorthorn breeders for Grant
county met Wednesday and discussed
plans for a sale and possibly two
sales to be held at the pavilion here
the latter part of November. The sale
committee is L. D. Eastman, Leon Low
and Ralph Ketterer. They decided to
attend the picnic Of the state Short
horn breeders held at Waukesha last
Friday.
The Shorthorn officers are: Pres,
w. F. Mccormick; Vice Presidents
Ted Griswold, Livingston; Eric Gil
bertson, Preston; I. S. Metcalf, Glen
Haven; Sec'y and Treas, L. D. East
man.
All the associations-Ang Short
horn and Grant County Poland China
discussed the boys and girls pig
and cattle clubs. They recognize the
Importance of these movements.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
POfOSi Fire Swept
STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND
co. OFFICIALS HOLD EX-
AMINATION YESTERDAY

A representative from the State
Fire MarshaPs office and the coanty
officials, Dist. Attorney Meyer, Sher-
if He'll, and Reporter E. j. Morse,
were in Potosi all yesterday after
noon conducting an examination as
to the fire causes. Important de-
velopments are looked for. The COM
mission was examining witnesses
when the Herald forms closed at
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
STRIKES AT SAWLOG:
HITS FOOT INSTEAD.

Gordon Bevins of So. Lancaster,
was assisting his Uncle Jim saw logs
last Thursday. Gordon essayed to
chop log but missed it and struck
his left foot. The blade penetrated
his shoe and almost severed two toes.
He is taking treatment from DR.. Fowl
err
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
INFANT CHILD DIES.

Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Allen who
reside east of town, lost their infant
child, Leslie Cyril, Sunday, June 9Th.
The babe was born Feb. oath this
year. Burial was held at Farview yes
terday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
FARnACREAGE GROWS
GRANT COUNTY FORCES AHEAD
AS AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.
GROWTH in NINE YEARS.

Grant county has added 1906 acres
in leading crops since the census of
1910. There are 798 silos and the
number of all cattle is ,873-8,885
more than when the census was TAX
en-. Here are the figures:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
MANY LIVE ITEMS.

Live news items can be found on
every page. Read the Herald sfrom
kiver to kiver" and get it all. Read
every page for live items.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

owing to heavy rush of news sever
al contributed obituaries, etc., will be
carried over to next week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
GUERNSEYS BREAK
ALL SALE RECORDS
LIVINGSTON COMBINATION SALE
OF PURE-BREDS TOTALS S25,5OO.
AVERAGE OF $417.92.

The Livingston Combination Sale
OF Pure-Bred Guernsey cattle topped
al sale records in Grant county to
GATE. The sale was held last Thurs
DAY the total bringing $25,5OO for 81
nedu. Inc top COW was consigned by
Chas. Wilkins of Platteville. 1t sold
70 :. A. Brlnkman of Zumbrota, MINI,
LOT Sl'OIO. f. G. Granville, Frank
meyer, II. M Orchard, Matt Zenz.
hurt SchWantes, of Lancaster, all
Dougnt cattle. Frank Meyers COW is
III can TO May King of Ingleside, the
JUL Granville q Wilkins bought of
rrult couple OF weeks ago. Mr.. Mey-
eF was offered $500 for a heifer calf
or $3.50 for bull calf aged 6 months
rom TINS COW. This offering was
made in sale ring.
Inc actual sale data follows:
$3.50. - Dufen' Lone Rock
z. A. P. Bean, Vesper, wis.-$95O.
O. Sao Everett L. Baker, Patch Grove
$3.50. 49, = 1'Oei ~ L.
ar :; Lloyd Rundell, Roberts, Wis
Z. F. G. Meyer, Lancaster-s555
eooo - Y. hramer Jr., Livingston
8. w w. Young $3.50.
dO. Normal School, Platteville-
B B; L. Rundel, Hammond, Wis
: i. Y. Normal School, Platteville-
1 49,, A. A. Bindl, Spring Green, Wis.
$445.
10. A. R. Duren, $3.50.
Is. John H. Williams. Waukesba
$345.
$685.. i1''es me
49, A. P. Bean $40.
$500
TO- Co. Charles Brooks, Mankato, MINI.
p. Kurt schwantes, Lancaster
p. Robt- McNagny, Columbia city,
ind 5000
% A. P. Bean-s46o.
"a Lloyd Rundell-$375.
20. J. c. Hill, Platteville- $3.50.
26. Will q. Owens, Platteville-
$315.
y. Homer F. Rundell, Livingston
2S. J, A. Brinkman, zrmbota,
Minn.-$1, 01O
20. W. w. Young 1920.
81. A. A. Bindl- S4O5.
go A Raan-S225
80. c. S. Ristow, Black River Falls
-$525.
"a. Geo. L. West, Plain, Wis
$16G.
So. Wilkins & Hill, Platteville-
$500.
SO. R. M Orchard, Lancaster-$41O.
SO. F. w. Brandt, Fennimore-
$685..
80. Robt. McNagny-$575.
40. G. R. ingalls,, Eau Claire, Wis.
-$305.
Al. c. S. Ristow-$S5O.
AZ. G. r. Ingalls-$29O
43. A. r. Duren-$335.
As. W. r. Adams, Mankato, MINI.
-$475.
46. G.. c. Booth & Geo. E. McNett,
Elmo, Wis.-$2OO.
AZ. ]. F Davis, Livingstoh-$510.
48. Matt Zenz, Lancaster-$49O
40. W. w. Young-$505.
so. F. W. Brandt-$5OO.
81. A. A. Bindl-$30O.
81. A. P. Bean-$43O
SO. Will E. Owens-$430.
81. Chas. Berger, Pewaukee, Wis.
$3.50
SIS. w. w. Young $3.50.
S. r. M Orchard-S4OO
81. A. P. Bean-$35O.
So. Ben Hargrafen Jr., Sinsinawa,
Wis.-$31O.
SO. A. P. Bean-$460.
60. Geo. B. Snowden-$530.
81. Rundell Bros, Livingston
$780,
81. F. ]. Glanville, Lancaster
5000.
So. c. E. Gray, Platteville--s35O.
a. R. M Orchard-$51O
IS. Geo. B. SnOwden-$215.
Large crowds attended the sale from
various points in and out of the
county. From Lancaster were Burlie
Dobson, H Schwantes, Kurt Schwan-
tes, Roy Eddy, Will Brinkman, Ed.
Olson, Matt Zenz and sons, Ira Muir
ply, R. M. Orchard, r. Meyer, Frank
Meyer, County Agent Davies and 9TH
ers. The sale started at IL and finish
ed at 2:35 p. m.
The Griswold Bros. Shorthorn sale
last spring brought $21,000-a small
Ter figure than the Guernsey sale.
The Livingston Ladies Aid served
dinner clearing $120.
WELCOME HOME CONTRIBUTIONS.
IT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

Mrs. Chas. Weber spent yesterday
in Fennimore.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10

Red Seal Carbon Paper Writing
Fluids and Inks and Typewriter Rib
boas for sale 1T The Review Office
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
To Federate Business
Women's Clubs

The movement to organize profess
sional and business women into Ma
tional Federation has received sup
port from all sections of the coun-
try.
On June ". there will be state
meeting held in New Orleans, when
effort will be made to federate the
business women's CLUBS of Louisiana.
July 20. the National meeting will be
held in St. Louis at which time Ma
tional Federation will be organized
Business women's clubs of the cities.
smaller towns, and individual pro-
fessional and business women are
invited to join the state and national
federations.
DR.. Haidee Weeks Guthrie. Chair
man. Maison Blanche Building. New
Orleans. will be glad to answer ques-
tions and accept names for member
ship. Mrs. Nina B. Price. organizer
for the Southern States will be at the
in New Orleans on June H.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
General Meeting Of Committees Held to
Complete Plans for Home Coming Celebration
May Not Erect Dancing Pavilion in City Park Booths and
Other Concessions to be in Park

music committee was advised to get
i'm touch with out-of-town bands at
once, in order that nothing Would
be permitted to interfere with the
success Of the day.
A number of citizens have express
ed themselves as in favor of erect
ing a permanent memorial to the
boys. This idea is not overshadowed
by the plans for the celebration, and
it is proposed to use whatever funds
that are left when the expenses of
the day are paid towards establishing
a memorial fund. The memorial
question will involve another issue
of many angles. as a like movement
was started in Lafayette sometime
go. and there were so many differ
ent ideas as to what would be suit
able memorial for the boys that
nothing has been done. The money
IS there. but there is too much con-
flicting opinion. 1t is hoped that no
such condition will arise in Morgan
City.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
Commencement Ex-
ercises Tonight

Seniors are always anxious for the
last term of their school year. Stu
dying fills their vacant moments,
staying up nights trying to master
Latin. or get away with a problem in
Trig is one of the many stumbling
stones. Their one hope and conso-
lation is that there is only short
time left until they will be getting
that long worked for dip.
Now their studying is over for
awhile, tonight at 8 80 will find them
assembled for the closing exercises
Happy moments are in store for the
happy graduates and still, they feel
a strange pang to realize their school
days are over in the Morgan City
High School even though they did
worry over horrid exams and work,
and wish for May to come to end it
all
The graduates will leave tonight
with a feeling of happiness mixed
with little lonesomeness. still there
will be ever deep gratitude and
thanks for the teachers who helped
them reach their goal, and feeling
above all for their Alma Mater.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
First Attack on Liberty
League is Personal Assault

(By Interstate News Service)
New Orleans, June 10.-Because
William Davilla, 60, charter
member of the Democratic Lib
erty League, held that a man
could not vote in a precinct in
which he did not live, it is alleg-
ed that John Hogan assaulted
him in a brutal manner. Hogan
knocked Davilla down then
kicked him while he lay prone,
witnesses assert. He was ar
rested and taken by to see the
ward leader of his precincts
regulars" (the affray occurred
at the polls) before being taken
to Jail. The ward leader assured
Hogan it would be all right, it is
reported. and told him that he
would elk it,. Hogan stayed
in Jail about half an hour. He
was released on bond and Dan
McManus, foreman of one Of the
city's street department labor
gangs, in his bondsman. Da-
villas son will push the case.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
New South American
Steamship Lines

At this mornings session Of the
American Commercial Congress
in session at Washington, D. c., Mr.
Edward n. Hurley. Chairman Of the
Shipping Board, announced that new
steamship lines will soon be put into
operation. on both the Atlantic and
the Pacific coasts between this coun-
try and Central and South America
He also stated that these new lines
will have vessels equal to any that
are engaged in passenger and COM
mercial business throughout the
world.
This announcement will be well
coined throughout the whole coun-
try. for it means the opening Of all
South and Central America to our
trade 1t also means better feeling
and closer relationship in every way
than has ever before been possible
between the people Of the two conti-
nents. This is by no means the least
important of the various results,
beneficial to humanity, which afe>
taking definite form as a measure Of
compensation for the sacrifices and
horrors of the great war.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10

A general meeting Of the commit
tees appointed to carry out tx
Fourth of July Homecoming Ceica
! bration to be staged here next month
was held in the City Hall yesterda,
afternoon at four o'clock. All of the
details concerning the different com.
mittees were discussed in full, and
each was given an outline OF what
was expected.
Mrs. NJ. P. Palmer, chairman, and
K. R. Hood Of the refreshments COM
mittee, were present and went into
details as to what would be expected
of this committee It was decided
that they appoint assistants to have
charge of the refreshments booths,
and that all soldiers would be en-
titled to refreshments without cost.
Mr. M. Blum stated that he had
looked into the cost of building a
dancing pavilion on the park, and
thought that the cost would be great
er than the revenues from the dance.
1t was further announced that the
Knights of Columbus had decided
not to have their fair in the park, and
for that reason it would be necessary
to build the pavilion at the entire ex-
pense Of the executive committee
For this reason, it is possible that
the dancing part of the program may
be carried out in the City Hall. Mr..
c. A. Blanchard who has charge of
the Catholic Fair, appeared before
the committee and stated that in his
opinion. it would be Improbable to
build pavilion. and that the booths
and candy wheel and whatever para
phernalia that would be used by the
committee would be gladly turned
over to the celebration committee.
1t was decided that all soldiers
would be presented with a badge in
order that they might be easily dis
tinguished. The parade committee
advises that it proposes to get in
touch with every soldier boy from
the sixth ward to see that none
missed the celebration.
The committees went into lengthy
as to what provision would
be made for the colored soldier
boys from this ward. It was decided
that special fund would be provided
for staging celebration for them
on the big day, and that the different
representative organizations of the
race, together with the prominent
citizens as a whole. would
be called upon to take charge Of the
These will be asked to
raise whatever funds possible for fl
nancing the event. The colored SOL
dicrs will march in the parade in
body, after which they will be honor
ed by their fellowmen in another
section Of the city.
1t is planned to have every manner
Of entertainment that it is possible
to procure for the celebration. The