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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
SCHOOL EXPO
HAS REAL MERIT
FIRST ATTEMPT OPENED
EYES OF VISITORS.

The school exposition held last
Wednesday and Thursday opened the
eyes of the visitors when they saw
the array of interesting things. 1t
was evident that every child in the
school had given their hearty efforts
to the teachers in arranging a SPLEEN
did exhibition. Following are the
awards:
Booth Prizes.
Grade work, South School-first
place, 1 and 2 grades; second place,
5 and grades.
Grade work, North School first
place 5 and 6 grades; second place,
3 and grades
High School, Vocational and Scien-
tifis-first place, Manual Training;
second place, Physics.
High School, Academic-first place,
History; second place, Mathematics.
High School, Teachers Training
Course-frst place, No competition.
Signed; " M Russell, E. j. Stone
man and Mrs Beach
Manual Training.
Second Year-Projects and places.
Buffet, Clifford Duncan, first place.
Flat Top Desk, Otto Austin, second
place
Kitchen Cabinet, Frank Perrin,
third place.
Kitchen Cabinet, Harry Kroening,
Honorary Mention
Cedar Chest, Clarence Hoffman,
Honorary Mention.
Dressing Table, John Mcdonald,
Honorary Mention.
Library Table, Everett Grimes,
Honorary Mention.
Library Table, Roy Schiffman,
Honorary Mention.
Sectional Bookcase, Charles Pol
lock, Honorary Mention.
Morris Chair, Arthur Block, Hon
orary Mention.
Not given places:
Sewing Cabinet, Mortimer Backus.
Sewing Cabinet, Orval Govier.
Library Table, Melvin Bevins, Hon
orary Mention
Writing Desk, VIM. Krohn.
Dressing Table, Ruben Bark.
Library Table, VIM. Knotwell.
The school exposition took in $102.10
admission; $41.64 at the refreshment
stand The expense was $97.10 leav-
ing balance of $46.64 to be used as
awards, etc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
COUNTY HIGHWAY NOTES.

At the opening of bids on federal
aid projects last Wednesday the Of
ficials rejected all bids on the Hack
EFT branch project and will call for
further bids in the near future.
Kidder & POWELL of Viroqua were
the low bidders on the Fennifnore-
BOscobel project with bid of around
$4,000 This was considerably below
the appropriation. The bid is held
up subject to approval by the state
and government engineers and the
highway office declines to give out
specific figures until the bid is APP
proved.
The -Platteville road has been
graded and drained and the road will
be covered with mine tailings or
chats very soon.
The Northwestern road has agreed
to pay for filings around crossings
and to lengthen planking at cross
ings.
T. w. Reilly and force of district
engineers are well in the harness in
their new offices at Lancaster, super
vising the road work in the five
southwest counties in the district.
There are at present Is jobs under
construction in the district with a
large number of men and teams at
work The Office force personnel is:
T. w. Reilly, Div. Engineer; J. r.
Vernon and G. e. Germond, Asst. Div.
Engineers; r. A. Skemp, Mainten-
ance Assistant The first three came
here from Madison. Mr.. Skemp's
home is in jamestown.
The force of craftsmen and engi-
neers is as follows: F. Fl. and ]. r.
Hiestand, Madison: H. Austin, Bosco-
bel; III. Nelson, Boscobel; D. +. Glad
ish, Chicago; A. J. Bray, Fond du
Lac; O. E. Callan, Platteville; E. l..
Neff, Madison; NJ M. Hanson, Madi-
son; G. Holway, Madison; G. R. Sech-
Ter, Madison; Kenneth K. Kaap, Con-
struction Clerk, Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
LANCASTER PEOPLE
HONORED BY NORMAL.
Editor of the Herald,

Editor OF the Herald,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
My Dear Sir:
Your readers will probably be in
terested in the fact that at the Platte
vile Normal School Commencement
several people from Lancaster were
their work done during the school
year 1921.
Miss Vera Maiben received honor
able mention for teaching in the Pri-
mary Department.
Miss Nellie Martin received honor
able mention for teaching in the
Grammar Department
Miss Anna Kress received the high
est standing of any senior for the
entire course. The standing obtained
by Miss Kress was So plus.
Mr. Ralph Orion received second as
the student combining to the highest
extent, all around helpfulness in ath-
letics and scholarship.
We consider these of special inn
portance as the school stands for a
very high and excellent record in
scholastic work.
Yours truly,
ASA M. ROYCE, President.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
BANK ENTERED
AT MONTFORT
BUT THE THIEF RAN AWAY
WITHOUT ANY LOOT.

The Citizens State bank at Mont
fort was entered last Wednesday night
by an unknown person who pried open
the north window. The marauder cut
hole Is inches square through the
vault from the north room to dead
air space. Another hole six inches
square was cut through the inner wall
into the only vacant space on the in
side of the vault wall. Tools taken
from the railroad tool house were
used to effect entrance. These con-
sisted Of crowbar and a pick.
The visitor either found that he
could not finish the job or was scared
away BY cars that kept rolling in from
the picnic at Highland until three a.
M, as no further damage was done.
The thief left no clue and was care
full about this as he used gloves to
open the window with.
The Montfort bank is fully insured
against burglary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
WOMEN,S RELIEF CORPS NOTES.

All members of the corps be at the
hall with flowers on June 20, to go
to the cemetery. There will be con-
veyances for all.
Ladies of the executive committee
are wanted at the hall on the after
noon of June 16 at two. The chair
man is Mrs Fannie Croft. Members
are: Mae Tiller, Mary Croft, Florence
Pattee, Kate Kaap, Kate Brendemuhl,
Martha Simpson, Louise Galley, Pearl
Pendleton, Leta Yarwood, Anna Cur
tiss. Clara Hodoval, Carrie Pendleton,
Linda Bennett, Nellie Mccormick.
Last Friday our friend, Thompson
Stoney and wife took a party of ladies
to the Cassville home of Mrs. Finley
where our sister, Mrs. Irene Ward, our
past chairman of the quilting society.
was busy on a beautiful quilt. So
Mrs. Stoney, Mrs. Walker, Fannie
Croft, Mary Croft, Linda Bennett,
pitched in and helped them out with
it. Which was much enjoyed by all.
and such dinner, Oh, myl that fish
was some fish, they called it eat but
we thought it was bloat, ha ha.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
A TALK WELL
WORTH WHILE
COMMENCEMENT ORATOR
HAS POWER AS THEME.
(By Eve Witness J


Tell us not in mOurnful numbers
the size of the audience at the local
opera house Friday night when the
1921 graduates received their sheep
skins and were formally launched in
to the sea of life. Every seat was sold
downstairs and upstairs and despite
the heat and humidity the crowd was
keenly interested all the way through
the program.
James T. Webb acted for President
Morse of the board in handing out the
diplomas Mr.. Web spoke a few sin
cere words of advice and extended
the best wishes of the board to each
graduate Mrs. McNelly sang when
the Heart is Young" by Buck and the
high school orchestra rendered a
selection. Rev. Guy Campbell pro-
nounced the invocation and benedic-
tion.
William Rainay Bennett of the Red
path Bureau delivered the commence
ment address his subject being, 'The
Man Who Can" Mr. Benefits topic
touched upon the possibilities in every
human being to do dare and if the
will to do and dare is foremost. He
used the life of Roosevelt, foremost
y
how far the will to excel will carry
a man poorly endowed in physique
and almost blind. He told how the
clumsy, anemic and near-sighted
youth had developed his body away
from asthma and tubercular faint un-
til his physique was extremely robust
and how he had trained his mind un-
til it became one of matchless uni
oI1S Il iVorr
interested in every thing. Back OF
this fine strong body and brilliant
mind was the driving will ruling and
compelling.
Mr.. Benefits address was touched
with humor but he became grave
when he decried war and it's horror
He spoke of woman's problem as one
of suitable marriage and said that
war had robbed the race of its finest
specimens of young manhood He
said that the next World war would
be immensely destructive and that
there would be no non-combatants-
old and young, rich and poor, strong
and weak, would be victims of bombs
and poison gas let loose upon every
city and village by marauding planes.
He plead with his audience to adj
MOulSu IlGlI sCOuS TSSSIuSn w A1ln4A
but not abolish ornaments. He fears
the destruction of the white race
through war and the rise Of the pig
mented races in control of world af-
fairs This he calls a disaster.
Mr. Bennett then reverted to his
keynote and used the latent power
and wealth of the earth to illustrate
the latent powers in human beings
He said that every person had I'M
touched reservoirs of energy which
could be summoned when the need
came No one knows when he may
have to run on high.
Mr.. Bennett closed with a dramatic
recitation of the hunting down of the
''Black Wolfe" He is a high-priced
speaker, travels for the Redpath
bureau and opens this week in New
England with Gov. Brumbaugh OF
Pennsylvania, Viscount Bryce anc
Opie Reade on the lecture circuit
Lancaster was fortunate to get hin
but good speakers are always worth
three or four times as much as poor
ones. !
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
LIVINGSTON

The Guernsey calf club promoted by
the county agent and the southwest
ern Guernsey breeders association,
held their first picnic on Friday at An
drew park. A large number were in
attendance. Fifteen boys purchased
calves for club work and it is said
that never before were fifteen better
calves brought together for club work
and sold. The Guernsey breeders put
in the best of their herds and they
sold to the boys at an average price
OF $40 Some of the calves have re-
cord dams whose butterfat average is
close to 500 pounds Prof Stoneman
of Platteville talked on advertising
and marketing milk products. County
Agent Graf spoke on calf work and
George w. Davies emphasized the ne
essity of follow up work
cessity Of showing and follow up work
that needs to be done as many OF the
boys will either make successful
breeders or fail. Many pictures were
taken of the boys and their calves. The
boys who purchased calves are:
Roy Drinkwater, Allen Biddick, Cliff
ford Bourret and Neal Nicholson, Liv-
ingston; Harold Hill and Jack Grin
u6Il, TIdLISPnlG, hS1lOS5 INliOy1 - AVSA
wicklow, Virgil Brinkman, Floyo Bal
lie, Rudolph Berndt, Burnell and JOS.
Kehoe, Lancaster These were all
purebred calves. Herbert Schmidt and
Warm Bowling of Livingston pur-
chased grade calves.
Nelson Gundlach has broken arm
due to cranking a car.
Will Goldman and wife and daugh-
ter of Madison are visiting relatives.
Wallace Livingston of Eau Claire
and Robt. Andrew of La Crosse have
been visiting the home folks
Teachers home: Velma Wilkins Of
Hopkins, Mimi; Florence Fisher of
Dodgeyille.
IA people sattended the excellent
Children's day program at the M. E..
church.
Mrs. A. J. White is spending sew
eFal days at Madison.
Martha frankie had the second
highest average standing at normal
and the highest standing in the rural
department. Her average was a.
Miss yenie Markee has been suffer
ing with an abscess under her arm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Frank Suchanek of Montfort is a
medical patient at the hospital here.
Jos. Hurlburt's condition is much
worse, requiring doctor in attend
ance daily
Mrs. John Krohn of Fenimore under
went an operation at the Doolittle hos
pital here Monday.
John Tiedemann and wife of Platte
vile motored over Sunday and visited
at the Chas. Tiedemann home.
For slight infringement of the To-
cal ordinances Matthew Muench con-
tributed $40 and costs to Justice Bur-
rows conscience fund Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Turner an
nounce the marriage of their daughter,
Elizabeth, to Joseph Sweeney of Mad
ison. The bans will be announced at
ST. Clements for the first time next
Sunday and the wedding will take
place here July 18th.
Mrs. Alice Galloway and grandson,
Jesse, went to Minneapolis Monday via
Cassyille. Mrs. Galloway will be alb
sent about three weeks and Jesse will
remain until fall. Chas. Tiedemann
and wife motored them to the Burling-
ton route.
picnic was held near the hydro-elec-
trio dam at DEBORAH, Iowa, yesterday
with big time for all attending. The
program consisted of sports, music
and other festive events. Those in ev
( idence from Lancaster were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Tannehill, Mr.. and Mrs. f.
Pickering, Misses lone Roesch and Mae
Brooker, Messrs. Barney Long and
John Zenz.
At the Chautauqua meeting Friday
R. M. Orchard was chosen chairman,
Guy W. Campbell, secretary, " l..
Showalter, treasurer, David Crichton,
advertising mgr, E. l.. Mccoy, ticket
supt, John Peterson, grounds supt.
The Chautauqua will be held on the
city hall site July IL to is inclusive.
Admission 81 plus war tax. The COM
mittee pays $1,100 for the event and
proceeds will go to the city band.
The marriage of Albert Flesch of
Madison and Miss Marie Turner OF
Lancaster took place at st Clement
church in this city yesterday morn
| ing at 9 o'clock. TIE Rev. Kaiser per-
formed the ceremony, Joseph Turner,
brother of the bride, and Miss Helen
Schiffman, niece of the groom, acting
as best man and bridesmaid. Follow
ing the ceremony a delicious wedding
breakfast was served at the Turner
home to relatives and close friends of
the contracting parties. Mr. and Mrs.
Flesch drove away at noon for the
Burlington train at Potosi. They were
ushered off with rice, old shoes and
other goodby symbols that accompany
happy wedding The young couple
will visit in Chicago and other points,
returning in a couple of weeks to make
their future home in Madison. Mr..
/ Flesch is the youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Matthias F1esch of Liberty. He
| is an accountant for a large firm in
Madison and an energetic and able
young man. The bride is the second
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Turner of this city. She was born
and reared in Lancaster and for sew
eral years past has been employed as
dentists assistant in Madison. The
young people have a host Of friends
who unite in wishing them every hap
piness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

The city council met Tuesday night
allowing bills of $8,223,2S.
Dr. Kraut, Fl. G. Orion and Geo.
Rockwell were appointed as board
of public health.
Aids. Barnett, Henkel and McDon-
aid were appointed as a board of re-
view.
The Brooks Stock Co. was allowed
the use of the city hall site and a
license to show for SIS.
Aids Orion, Barnett and Mcdonald
were appointed as committee to
confer with the Schreiner Park trus-
tees upon new dressing rooms for the
park swimming pool and policing the
park. They will report at the next
meeting.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
CHILD DIES FROM
BURNS AT MUSCODA.

Muscoda- 14-months old child
of the Rev. and Mrs. j. A. Smukel
died from burns received about three
hours before. The child's mother
had just completed frying doughnuts,
and had placed the dish containing
the hot lard on the kitchen table.
when the child, playfully pulling the
tablecloth from the table, caused the
dish of lard to spill upon its face and
upper portion of the body. Mr.. Smu-
KEEL has been the pastor of the local
Lutheran church, as well as covering
the Boaz and Plant circuit, for the
past eight years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
POLAND PICNIC
WELL ATTENDED
FINE DAY AND GOOD PRO
GRAM-AWARDS MADE.

The county Poland China picnic on
Saturday was a big success with a
representative crowd present. On the
program was band master Nealy and
his boys and they assembled the au-
dience with several excellent select
ions. Then the county agent present
ed r. M. Orchard who gave the ad-
dress of welcome. Geo. w. Davies was
given charge of the program for the
rest of the day. Among the speakers
were Burlie Dobson who stated that
the state association needs a year
around field man which he feels can
be made possible by real cooperation.
VIM. McFadden approved of the picnic
idea and the awarding of pigs to boys
and girls. He believes in the last more
for the children's sake than for the
breeds sake.
The guessing contest took place
just before dinner Some boys must
have been weighing pigs as one lad
guessed within three pounds of the
correct weights of all three pigs
After dinner Nellie Kedzie Jones
spoke on the farm home and it's needs.
P. w. Young outlined better adver-
Using. DR.. J. T. Purcell gave some
valuable inforation on swine disease
and Prof. Gus Bosted told what hog
to raise to stop" the market. He says
farmers should produce less lard and
more bacon.
After the program Mr.. Davies
awarded the prizes to the following
named boys and girls, in the order of
their winnings:
Paul Austin, Walter Drew, George
Keene, Lowell Mccormick, Harry Nc
Mahon, Geneva Krohn, John Kaspe1
Allen Austin, Donald Spaith, Ambrose
Zenz, Delbert Hore, Floyd Dixon, Will
Abrams Roxford Mink
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
BLASER GETS YEAR FOR
KILLING PAL IN BRAWL.

Darlington, Wis.-Herman Blaser,
charged with the murder of Ernest
Stalder, Swiss cheesemaker, follow
ing drinking brawl last Christmas,
was found guilty of manslaughter by
a jury in circuit court.
Judge Sherman e. Smalley, holding
his first term of court, imposed a
sentence of Imprisonment for one
year.
Blaser pleaded self defense. He told
how after hours of drinking he and
Stalder had quarreled. He alleged that
Stalder had attacked him and that he
had drawn his revolver to keep Stall
der at bay, He declared that he fed
from the place and did not know that
Stalder was dead until the next day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
A RIG BARN RAISING.

John H. Wenzel had his barn rails
ing Wednesday with one OF the big
gest crowd of visitors in local history.
There were 80 men to assist at the
work and sixty women helped Mrs.
Wenzel prepare and serve food for the
hungry workers. The barn, 32x6O,
18-inch stone basement and hip roof,
was up and practically sheathed by
evening. The barn work was done by
John Rock and Otto Briel was the
stone mason. After harvest Mr.. Wen
gel will install the barn equipment.
One feature of the barn is special
truss in the basement that does away
with two posts and leaves 80 feet
square for COW room. 1t is said to be
a model of modern barn construction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
HALT ATTEMPT TO
KILL BLUE LAWS.

Madison-Attempt to change the
Wisconsin blue laws so as practically
to nullify them, went down to defeat
in the senate Wednesday 21 to 8. Hun
dreds of petitions from churches
throughout the state were presented
to the upper house by Senator Roethe.
1t was proposed under the Czerwin-
ski bill, which was killed, to include
sports and amusements as necessities
and not subject to the penalties for
violating the Sunday observance laws.
Senator Roethe said that from the
number of petitions he had received,
it was evident that there was no de-
mand for the legislation but rather
strenuous opposition to its passage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
NOTICE

The attention of the public is dir
ected to sections two and three OF the
chapter three of the ordinances OF the
city of Lancaster:
Section 2.-No person shall fire, ex-
plode or set off any squib, cracker or
other thing containing powder or other
combustible or explosive material, on
any of the following named streets at
any place within the following named
limits towit: Maple street, between
washington and Monroe; Madison
street. between Elm and Walnut street
Jefferson street, between Hickory and
Cherry street; Cherry street between
Monroe and Washington street.
The penalty of the violation OF the
above ordinance is not less than 81
nor more than $50. / have directed the
police of the city to arrest anyone
violating the above ordinance.
e. L. Mccoy, Mayor of Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
FLORA

Mrs. Chris Nelson spent a few days
last week at Frank Atkinson's.
Mrs. Alma Borah closed her school
at Brodtville and is at the home Of
her sister, Mrs. Ervie Edwards.
Frank Atkinson hauled hogs the
first of the week.
Will Garthwaite spent Sunday at
Fletcher Garthwaite's.
Ervie Edwards and family and John
Edwards went to Glen Park Sunday.
Mrs. Allie Irish called on her
mother Sunday
Lloyd Duncan and family spent Sun
day evening with Mrs. jim Duncan
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
EVELYN LIyENS MARRIED.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Llvens announce
the marriage of their daughter, Evelyn
to Arthur H. Wright of Milwaukee.
The wedding took place on Saturday,
June 18th. Miss Livens has been a
resident of Milwaukee for the past two
years and has been employed in the
brokerage office of Paine-Webber &
Co. Mr.. Wright is associated with the
First Wisconsin National bank of that
city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
BODY OF WILLIE BRIEL COMING

Chas. Brie1 of Liberty received tel
egram Saturday stating that the body
of his son, Willie Carl Briel, who was
killed in action Nov 10, 1918, would
arrive in New York Wednesday, June
Is. The body will be shipped here
for burial by Saturday or early next
week
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
THESE MAY WE'D.

Ernest Johnson and Laura Johnson
of Castle Rock.
Wilhelm Cruel, Milwaukee, Hilda
Muller, Muscoda.
Claude McReyno1ds and Winnifred
Williams, Platteville.
Alba Humes, Glen Haven, Hilda
Giesen, Potosi.
Floyd Quartermain and Myrtle
Koecke, Wyalusing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
sMALLEY CUSTER TRIAL ON.

The Judge Smalley custer trial
opened yesterday with Judge Alex
Reid of Wausau presiding, G. F. Cliff
ford, Green Bay, and G. B. Clement
son for the state, Kopp & Brunck-
horst, Kopp appearing, for the de-
Tense
The morning was consumed in
drawing the following jury: J. S.
David, Wingville; Leonard Griswold,
No. Lancaster; E. o. Pendleton, Fen
nimore: Frank Brandt Sr., Mt. Hope;
Almon Wright ST., Glen Haven; Paul
Friar, Woodman; A. B. Williamson,
Millville; Clemens Meyer, Wyalusing;
James Trewartha, Hazel Green; G.
w. Patterson, Hazel Green; Bert
Chandler, Glen Haven; H. S. Cad
well, Cassville.
The court overruled motion OF at
torney Kopp's asking that the action
be dismissed In his opening state
ment attorney Clifford said he ex-
pected to show a violation OF the cor
rupt practices act in the distribution
of the James circulars. He also eX-
pected to show Mr.. Smalley's direct
approval of the circulars and their
distribution He expected to show
that Ada James, Purl Lincoln and
others were acting as a personal COM
mittee for Mr.. Smalley. Attorney
Kopp in his opening remarks con-
tended that Mr.. Smalley had no COM
plicity in the origin or circulation
of the James circulars. The charges
outlined in the circular were publish
ed in the Herald several weeks ago.
Miss Ada James of Richland Cen
ter was called on the stand as an
adverse witness by the state in the
afternoon. Mr.. Clifford's line of
questioning brought out Miss James
connection with the circulars. Cross
examination was going on at four
o'clock Yesterday
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15

The Jr. Aid of the NJ. E. church will
meet with Mrs. Henry Damn Friday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15

Florence Myers is attending summer
school at Platteville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15
The Misses Lenice and Mildred

The Misses Lenlce and MIIdieu
Laughton plan to leave late in June
for Chautauqua, N. Y, when Mildred
will avail herself of d scholarship.
Joseph Biddick, local patrolman,
has received favorable mention Of his
work Tourists from Milwaukee de-
clare his section to be the best on the
entire route.