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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
EASIER FOR GERMANY
TO BECOME BANKRUPT.

Rome-If the treaty of Versailles
is not revised, Germany will find ii
more convenient to declare bankrupt
cy than work fifty years paying the
allies Gugliemo Ferrero, the historian
asserted in an article published here
Should Germany do this, Ferrero said
Europe would be plunged into chaos
The German republic is tottering, the
historian added, asserting the COM
munists are assailing it from all
sides. He believes the present gov
eminent will be overthrown at the
next election and the monarchy re-
stored.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
INCOME ASSESSOR BRIGGS
TRANSFERRED TO MADISON

H. R. Briggs, Dodgeville, Income
Tax man and Supervisor of Assess
ments for Grant and Iowa counties
for the past three years, goes to Mad
ison April 1st to ent the tax COM
mission Office as expert on corpora
ton return work. Mr.. Briggs du ing
his incumbency here presented a par
adox in that he rigidly enforced tax
matters and retained popularity at the
same time. He is a capable and gen
ial young man and his friends in both
bailiwicks will wish him success in
his new departure. The appointment
of a successor depends upon a civil
service examination to be held March
20.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
Record I'M Infant GAS.

The idea of Editor Sherman of the
Lancaster Herald as to the proper
way to carry on an argument such as
has been stirred up over the Bloom
ington and Lancaster fair date prop
ositiOn is to say You're another" ald
then start talking about something en-
tirely foreign to the matter in hand
Those are primary class tactics, hard
ly in keeping with the prestige of a
great family journal like the Herald
Bloomington Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
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WHIG.

There was party at Harry Goke's'
one evening last week given for Miss
Rosena Bentz, who became the bride
of Clifford G. Atkison on Wednesday
The happy couple spent short honey
moon with relatives at Milwaukee.
They will be at home to their friends
on High Lawn dairy farm April 1st.
Congratulations
Clair Stephens was visitor at the
Jesse Knapp home one night last
week. He left Monday for Kenosha
where he is employed by the Nash mo-
tor Co.
Fay Pickett moved in the Ben Edge
house last Friday We welcome them
in our midst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Nohns cele-
brated their silver wedding last Sat
urday by inviting friends to the num-
Der of 70 to spend the evening. They
received beautiful gifts and everyone
had a splendid time
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
Then and Now.

In the early days of this town we
raised a nice fat hog and sold it to
the butcher for ten dollars.
Clarence Croft the other day sold
in Fennimore a pedigreed boar he
raised to a well-known breeder for
four thousand dollars.
Pigs are no longer pigs They are
aristocrats, with names, pedigrees
and a genealogy longer than the king
of England's.
And read with more interest.-Fen-
nimore Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
ERIE RAILROAD HEAD
WOULD REDUCE FARE.

New York;. D. Underwood, presi-
dent of the Erie railway, in a state
ment declared he believed passenger
fares should be reduced to cents a
mile except on certain lines serving
limited territory He said he fav-
ored readjustment of freight rates
raising the tariff on commodities of
comparatively limited use.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
CARDINAL GIBBONS
FOR LIGHT DRINKS

New Orleans, La.-Cardinal Gibbons
urged liberal Interpretation Of the
question of what constitutes an in
toxicating beverage and steps to le-
galize the sale of beer and light wines,
in the first public statement he has
made since his arrival here to visit
his brother. The cardinal declared
the dry law carried a menace of un-
rest to the country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
FORCED TO KISS FLAG,
GETS $4,000 IN SUIT.

Lincolnton, N. Damages amount
ing to $4,000 were awarded by a jury
to S. P. Houser, who sued nine prom
inent citizens for $4,000, alleging that
they accused him of pro-Germanism
during the war and that it was at
their instigation he was compelled to
knell on the public streets and kiss
the flag
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
$3.50 POUNDS MILK IN
YEAR is RECORD FOR COW

New York-Plain Mary of Bangor,
Me-, has won the worlds champion
ship of the Jersey bred COWS, the Am
erican Jersey Cattle club announced.
She did it by producing 1925 lbs.
of milk and 1,04O lbs of butterfat in
year, surprising by nine pounds the
butterfat record of the former cham
pion, an Oregon Jersey, Vive La
France.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
FATAL POISON FOUND
IN CANNED PRODUCTS

Madison-The bacteriology depart
ment of the state college of agricul-
ture has issued a warning against
botulinus poison in spoiled foods
which has brought fatal results in
many cities in the country. House
wives are advised to discard food con-
tanning the least evidence Of decom-
position.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
: COUNTY PRESS POINTS. >
Johns Unguarded Moments.

Yesterday, in an unguarded mo-
ment, we read half-column of inter-
esting matter imparting information
concerning the restoration of pnysi-
cal force and beauty to the human
race, and so on and so forth until we
bobbed up against the word ''Tanlac. .
Get caught that way every few days.
-Cassville Index.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
SICK AND MANNED SEEK
DIVINE AID OF HEALER

San Francisco, alif-Despite rain
pouring down in torrents, hundreds
of sick and MANNED stood in line or
sat in wheel chairs awaiting their
turn to enter Grace Cathedral where
James Moore Hickson breaches cure
by faith and laying on of hands. Hick-
son, who came from England, is a
layman of the Episcopal church.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
MT. HOPE.

g g
Mrs. Albert Ellis was at the home
OF her daughter Lora (Mrs. F. Rec
tori near Preston last week helping
Their pack preparatory to moving to
thei new home in Minnesota. not
far from Spirit Lake, Iowa. Lora and
the children returned here with her
mother Tuesday of this week to re-
main a few weeks visiting relatives.
until the weather and roads are more
settled and they recupcrate from a
siege Of scarlet fever and fiu.-Record
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
NEW YORK WANTS
SIX PER CENT BREWS

Albany, ~ Y-Assemblyman Cuv-
illier seeks to have six per cent es-
tablished as the boundary between in
toxicating and notwithstanding bey-
erages in New York He introduced
a bill for drinks containing that per-
centage of alcohol.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
NOT A PENNY LOST,
is BANKING RECORD.

Washington, D. Cone in every
six persons in the United States kept
an account in national bank, accord
ing to official returns made TO the
Comptroller of the Currency, for the
year ended June 80, 1919. Not one of
the 1S,240,300 depositors in such
banks lost a penny during the fiscal
year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
George,s Parting Shot.

Grin " Barrett says if he lived in
Lancaster he'd sell out and move to
the United Substances Teller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10
STRUGGLES DIAMONDS
IN FOUNTAIN PENS

New York-One of the most ingen-
ious schemes for smuggling diamonds
into this country ever brought to
light was revealed when Is stones.
valued at $4,000, were discovered by
a customs inspector in two fountain
pens and tube of tooth paste carried
by Joseph Newman. a passenger on
the Norwegian American liner Stavan-
gerfjord. which arrived from Scandi-
navian ports.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-10

Earl Loveday. held at Kenosha on a
charge of numbering Tony Pingatore
Waterman at the American Brass
Works, was assaulted by the wife OF
the dead man at the preliminary
trial.
Evening star., 1920-02-01

specting Frances part in the struggle.
His information must be unusually
full, and justified in part by private
correspondence and memoranda Any
contribution of his to the subject
would be read with the greatest avid.
ity both at home and abroad.
In order to perform such service
it will be necessary for NJ. Clemen-
ceau to "cut out" both politics and
daily journalism and keep himself fit
for the soberer task. Will he be equal
TO the tests With all the politicians
in full cry. and all the Underwriters
in Paris busy. will it be possible for
this veteran .controversialist to stick
to the shelter Of his "den' and to the
writing Of something like historys
NJ Clemenceau may not be through.
Even at his advanced age he may yet
with tongue or pen, or both. again
become one of the foremost of the
actir forces in French affairs. Con
ditiSks in France are still much dis
turbed. and the field is inviting for
men who like and understand poll
ties. and strongly inviting for vet
eran who knows little else, and loves
every turn and feature of the po-
ns.ical game.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
POLITICS AT HOME
The South at San Francisco.

At one time-net SO long ago-it
seemed likely that the south would
present several names to tie next dem
cratic national convention for consid
GRAFTON in connection with the presi-
dency. There was much discussion of
the subject.
Mr.. Underwood's name was mention
cd. His prominence at Baltimore in
1912 was recalled. and the opinion ex-
pressed that he had grown in interest
since then as a national figure. But
he has O fight on hand for renomina-
tiOn to the Senate. and is giving
thought only to that. His party's nom
ination for President is not, he says,
in his mind at all.
Carter Glass was under discussion.
At that time he was Secretary of the
Treasury. He is now on the eve of
entering the Senate by appointment.
Later, it is understood, he will ask for
election. But nothing now is heard of
his presidential boom. Has it dis
appeared for good.
Georgia, it was suggested, might pre-
sent the name of Senator Hoke Smith,
a man who has repeatedly enjoyed her
favor, and has been known to national
life for quarter of q century. When
q young man he was called from his
law practice by Mr.. Cleveland to the
Department of the Interior, and his
record as cabinet officer brought him
much praise. But there is no Smith
presidential boom today.
In her senators North Carolina has
two able public men, and both have
been very much in the imelight since
Mr.. Wilson became President. But she
is booming neither for the San Fran
cisco nomination.
Former Senator Bailey is regaining
some of the popularity he once en-
joyed at home, but his name is not
connected with any presidential gos-
sip. He is one of the ablest demo-
Gratis in the country, and ranks with
the country's ablest lawyers. He is
easily of presidential size.
Why this slump in southern spirit
With good men and true in commits
sion; with the democracy depending
on her electoral votes for success;
with an excellent record made in the
war just closed, why does not the
south brace up and put in claims for
recognition commensurate with her
services to the partyi She has sat be-
low the salt in meek mood and aspect
for half century. The, recent sign
that she had at last decided to try
to move up has disappeared. What is
the reason? She has some very attrac-
tive and competent men.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
More Treasure Trove.

A dispatch from johannesburg,
South Africa, says that reports of rich
diamond discoveries in Bechuanaland
have circulated recently with the re-
suit that great numbers of men are
preparing to make crush" into the
territory 1t has been a long time
since such a treasure field has been
opened, and if the reports from the
first diggings bear out the prospect
probably another drive will be wit
messed, with tens of thousands of
seekers .fter wealth stalking every
thing upon the chance of locating pro-
ductive claims.
These treasure rushes occur every
few years and attract multitudes Of
men who are dissatisfied with the slow
process of prosperity by ordinary
methods. There is, in addition to the
lure of the riches to be gained, GER
tain fascination in the adventure The
most famous of all the gold rushes
of modern times was that which set
across the plains more than seventy
years ago, when gold was discovered
in California. Far more than gold
was the result of that movement. The
great middle west and the Rocky
mountain region was colonized and
continental America was advanced
toward complete civilization far more
rapidly than would have been the case
otherwise. The United States has
profited to an incalculable extent by
the movement infinitely beyond the
actual riches that were dug from the
ground.
The Alaska rush of twenty years
ago opened up a new country and lail
the foundations for wealth greatly in
excess of the measure of the golden
grains taken from the frozen soil.
Australia has been developed by the
gold rushes to the fields of that land.
South Africa owes its present state
Of civilization largely to the influx
of gold and diamond seekers, who have
contributed far more to the worlds
wealth than the precious metals and
gems they have extracted from the
surface "diggings."
That part of Bechuanaland where
the diamonds are now reported is de-
scribed as a waterless, treeless and
virtually gameless desert. If there
are any precious stones there to be
found in all likelihood the rush will
cause its transformation. II the fields
are bare of riches the rush will sub
side and the land will lapse back into
its desert nature. The war has left
many men with restless spirit Of
adventure. and that may cause the
drive on Tlaring to become one of the
greatest movements in the history Of
fortune seeking.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
Is Clemenceau Through?

\ On the eve Of leaving home for a
Test-he sails Monday-M. Clemen.
eeau says to Partisan editor:
: --.+ssome persons need hint, others
q, kick. l am through. My enemies
may think l received a kick; my
friends only a hint. At any rate I
nm through. l am of for Egypt, first,
then-weI, we shall see Perhaps In
dia,o
Is he through May he not be mis-
xaxen' He is eighty, but still full of
ginger. lie has been an active and
eminent figure in French politics and
Partisan journalism for more than
half a century. The late Theodore
Roosevelt himself did not love q
%scrap" more, or conduct himself more
sggressively after entering one.
In Egypt-and also in India, if he
extends his 1ourney-M. Clemenceau
will find himself in an atmospher,
surcharged with results of the war
There is great unrest in those coun
tries, and many native agitators and
politicians are at work trying to capi
falize it for their purposes. This viii
Keep the war constantly in the minG
of the distinguished traveller.
When he returns home M. Clemen
beau is certain TO find both polite.
and journalism brisk and fierce, ever
70. France. His enemies are taking
command, and when they get int,
their stride are likely to do many
things of ~hish he does not approve
Will he retire to his study and philos
ephixe, OF throw himself into thu
melee and bear a hand in the old ia
pillar wayi
There has been the suggestion o
ens or more books from him On tn
subject Of the war, particularly re
Evening star., 1920-02-01

the travelling public from avoidable
collisions, doubtless some such system
would today have been in operation
The most serious difficulty in the way
of development and adoption has been
the unwillingness of the railroads to
experiment and to permit the use of
their lines. Only few miles of rail
road have been actually equipped with
trial devices, and on these such sue
cess has been achieved that it has been
plain for long time that automatic
train control is feasible and that its
general adoption would materially cut
down the death toll on the American
railroads.
Automatic train control will not
solve all the problems of American
railroads or stop all the slaughter on
the rails. 1t will, however. without
question reduce to small minimum
the element Of human error which is
20 often the cause of collisions.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
Automatic Train Control.

A report has been submitted by the
automatic train control committee Of
the railroad administration following
an investigation Of more than a year
which definitely advances the cause of
train safety. 1t declares that on lines
Of heavy traffic, fully equipped with
automatic block signals, the use Of
train control devices is desirable. The
committee is unable to decide upon a
specific device and asks for time TO
make further tests before decision can
be reached on availability for real
practical use of any Of the devices that
have been brought to its attention.
The most important passage in the
committees report is that which fol-
lows:
development of automatic train
control devices by individual enter
prise must of necessity be extremely
slow, and it is believed that the time
has come when more active co-opera-
tion be undertaken by the railroads.
To accomplish this task a systematic
study of the problem must be con
tinued, available engineering talent
must be utilized to design and con-
struct apparatus suitable for the pur-
pose intended, apply it to many vari-
GUS operating conditions and conduct
experiments on a more comprehensive
scale than has been done in the past. /"
If this attitude had been adopted a
decade earlier, If the railroads had
been officially urged to take up this
question practically with a view te
securing the best possible method OF
] train control, as a means Of protecting
Evening star., 1920-02-01
Maryland Grade Crossings.

Maryland has done wonders in the
matter of good road construction. It's
highways are a blessing to all its in
habltants and to all who visit it.
These roads have proved of great
value to the state in developing the
agricultural resources and in other
wise promoting prosperity. They
have been a most profitable invest
ment
There remain, however, many places
where even the best of roads are da,.
gerous, at the grade crossings of hig:-
ways and railways. At scores If
points all road users are in the ut
most peril at all times. The excellent
Road surfaces tempt motorists to speed
and to ignore warning signs, and oc-
casionally tragic accidents oe,ur in
consequence.
9-Now 1t Is proposed by member of
the state legislature to begin work on
a7series of grade crossing elhainations
Which will remove the worst of these
death traps, and, it is to be hoped,
Will be extended until at no point in
the state does an improved highway
interseet the rail lines in contact He
las introduced a bill authorizing a
loan of s2,00O,OOO for the work of
grade de-crossing correction, the railways
TO contribute an equal amount to the
state treasury as their share of the
cUst.
Some opposition - expected. The
railways will probably demur. Some
state economists vii, doubtless object
Advocates of further highway i'm
Pfovement will resist on the ground
that the state should proceed further
with road betterment before starting
ON course of crossing elimination.
The matter will soon be fought out in
the assembly. The present bill may
be defeated, though it is to be hoped
that the opposition will not prevail
In any case, however, a good start has
been made.
Eventually Maryland, and all other
states, must come to the point of sys-
tsmatically curing the grade crossing
EVIL. This problem has been too long
neglected. Works that a decade ago
would have cost comparatively lit
tie will now be highly expensive. The
sooner the start is made the less the
drain upon the public purse and the
treasures of the railroads.
In any case basic rule should be
adopted and unvaryingly observed, to
build no more good roads with grade
crossings. Whenever highway is i'm
proved all track intersections should
be by means of undercuts or viaducts,
according to conditions. The improve
Tent of a road ON any other basis is
4 eiHdition to the daily risk of
SAJ&iter and an addition to the ulti-
mate cost of correction.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
A "Sucker List. ="

list Of 5000 names will be sold al
auction in New York City next Friday
This is politely known as a customer
list, the property Of q broker who is
now fugitive from bankruptcy at.
tachments. In the parlance Of the
"street" it is better known as Sucker
list" 1t consists Of the names of doc.
tors, lawyers, teachers, business men
widows and orphans who have for some
time past been getting all kinds of at
tractive stock literature from this
broker, and who, it is understood, have
sent to him nearly $3.50, 900 for invest.
ments that were never made The
creditors of the disappearing broker
have seized the list and propose to sell
it as part of the assets in satisfaction
of their claims. Whether the court
will permit the passing of this list into
other hands is to be seen. If it falls
into honest hands it will do no harm.
If, however, it is obtained by another
wildcat promoter, Of the same ilk as
the former owner, it may be the means
of further mulcting a great many peo.
pie Of large sum of money.
A high value is placed upon a
"sucker list" of this kind. 1t does not,
of coure, follow that everybody whose
name is on such roll is an easy mark
for a swindler or a promoter Of fake
schemes. The majority Of those ad-
dressed probably throw the alluring
literature into the waste basket i'm
mediately on receipt, but if out of 25,-
900 people thus addressed 5000 "bite"
the profits are immense. Sometimes
actual stock certificates are returned to
the investors. Printing is cheap, even
in these days Of high prices. Promises
are cheaper yet, and it is ON promises
that this sort Of stock selling thrives.
If every person who gets a PROPOSE.
tiOn for an investment will but con-
suit business friend or banker be-
fore sending a check there will be
much less heart burning and distress.
IF an investment is sound, based upon
an actual industry or enterprise, moth
ing is lost by the time necessary to
take advice. Any bank Official will be
glad to give counsel in such matter. 1t
is better to be slow than sorry