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The New York herald., 1921-12-04

-Women's white linen Hdk'fs,
with small block initial.
Box of six, $50
T-Women's Madeira Hdt'fs, hand
embroidered corner and scal1op, fine
sheer quality, assorted designs.
Each, so
73-W Women . Madeira pure linen Hdlk'fs,
hand embroidered scallop and corners,
various designs. Each, 100
zs-Women's pure linen Hdlx'fs, Lis or
u I'm hem. Six for l so
T-Women's Hdls's, fine sheer linen
center with wide net edge.
Each, so
7o-Men's French linen Hdl<'fs, white
center, hand-rolled co1ored hems with
hand embroidered initial.
Box of six, 900
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

l1-Varity Purse of imported black French taffeta
silk with black satin stripe. Solid gold clip
on clasp of bag; four vanity fittings. 500
l4anity Purse, (copy of French model, of imported
black French tafeta silk with black satin stripe.
Double compartments; gilt clips on both
sides; chain handle match. 075 Tax. 23
TOILET ARTICLES illustrated
2-Ten-pece shell finish toilet set, with
18 KIT. gold decoration. 1900
2a-Same Set; without decoration. $500
Three styles of monograms for Toilet Sets: Old
English, Script, or Diamond-shaped Block, in Gilt;
no charge for monograr,r1ing requires three days.
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

g. -Chiidren's novelty folder containine
two Hdl<'fs, large assortment of
figures. rs
g. -Children's novelties; one for each
day of the week. Box of seven, rs
HANDKERCHIEF SHoP-Sfvssf Floor
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

Hand Bag of imported black French tafeta silk
with black satin stripe, square rhinestone
buckle on clasp of bag 975 Tax u
6-Leather Purse of calfsl<in in gray, brown,
or tan. Silk cord handle to match 500
Flat Model Hand Bag Of imported black French
taffeta silk with black satin stripe, solid
gold edges flap of bag. 1925 Tax IS
10-Hand Bag of black French taeta silk with black
satin stripe, fitted with purse and mirror $50
THE GIFT SHOP INDIVIDUAL
Street Floor
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

81 Mems sheer linen Hdk'fs.
white, marrow hems, assorted
tape and borders. rs
83-Men's White linen Hdk'fs,
narrow hems. Each. .3s
85-Men's co1ored novelty Hdlx'fs, fine
quality, assorted colors and stripes.
Each, so
N-Men's white Jap silk Hdl'fs. V or
- inch hem. Each, 100
S9-Boys' Hdk'fs, white, narrow hems
and initial. Box of six, LOO
91--Men's white initial Hdk'fs. sheer
quality, u inch hem. Six for / S1l
93-Women's extra fine quality white
linen Hdk'fs, hand embroidered initial.
Box of six, 600
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08
A HARDY RYE

Fargo, N. D.-For North Dakota
conditions, there is no variety of rye
to yield, to what is known as N. D.
that compares in hardness and ability
to yield, to what is known as N. D.
No. 959, says T. E. Stoa, assistant
assistant agronomist at the North
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. This strain Of rye has been
selected for its hardness by the
North Dakota experiment station
over long series of years. Where
N. D. No. 959 can be obtained, this
should be used in preference to all
others. As second choice, a rye
that has been grown in the commun.
ity for few years and proven to be
reasonably hardy should be used.
The less hardy varieties such as
Rosen rye can not be recommended
for our general use, Mr.. Stoa says.
There are many instances this last
year where Rosen rye did we'll. The
winter of 192O-1921, however, did not
bring out to the full extent the lack
of hardness of this variety. By act
ual count, Rosen rye, Michigan grown
sed, grown on the experiment station
p1ats at Fargo, on fall plowed land,
winter killed more than so per cent.
Seed from North Dakota grown Ros-
en- did slightly better.
Devoting a portion of the farm
acreage to winter rye is good prac-
tice. Rye aids in the control of
weeds on the farm and acts as a
cleaning crop. A portion Of the
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS IN
SPECTS HOPPER CONTROL

Fargo, N. D.-Russia has to con
tend with grass hoppers, short grow
ing seasons and scant rainfall much
as does North Dakota says DR.. D
Borodin, former chief Of the ento
mology bureau Poltava Russia, who
recently visited the Agricultural Elk,
pertinent station, and several North
Dakota communities, in a tour of in.
spection of the experiment stations
in the United States.
hopper control used by N. D. Exten.
sion workers, is not effective in Rus
sia, DR.. Borodin says, as the hoppers
are inclined to fly from plant to plant.
rather than travel on the ground,
where the mash is scattered. Poison
gas has been tried as control met
hod, and sodium arsenate spray is
used. DR.. Borodin was in charge of
Grass Hopper eradication work in
Russia.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08
LAYER. DESPITE CONFESSION,
DECLARES HE is INNOCENT

Bismarck, N. D. Aug. 27.-HenrI
Layer, is serving life sentence ir
the North Dakota penitentiary TO-
the murder of eight persons.
But he insists that he is not guilty
Notwithstanding the fact that in 9
detailed confession made in open court
he recited the manner in which nc
killed each of his alleged victims, and
disposed of their bodies.
Today Layers application for the
reopening of his case is pending be-
fore the supreme court of North Da-
kota after the district court of Buy
leigh county to which he originally
appealed denied his petition.
Newly discovered evidence, Layers
attorneys assent show that Layer
didn't kill Jacob Wolff. his wife,
their five children, and their chore
boy on the Wolf farm near Turtle
Lake, N. d., in August, 1920.
Layers petitions for the reopening
of his case will be heard by the su-
preme court early in September, when
his counsel will be called before the
court to outline the theory upon which
it is proposed to have Layers pre-.
vious plea Of guilty set aside.
Fear of lynching at the hands Of
angry citizens of Mclean county
while he was a prisoner in the county
Jail at Washburn, N. d.. and threats
by officials who were in charge Of
him at the time are alleged by Lay
~er's attorneys in their petitions as be-
ing the cause of the convict's de-
tailed confession of the murders, and
his plea of guilty to one of the most
sheinous crimes this state has known.
There is only one member Of Jacob
VOLTS family alive to-day, she is
Emma, aged two years, who was
asleep in her crib in the living room
of the Wolff home the time Of the
terrible crime.
"The only reason / didn't kill the
baby was, l believe because I didn't
90 into the room in which the baby
lay," is Layers signed confession.
Five Of the little girls sisters were
brutally slain, two Of them were shot
down while they were trying to es-
cape by hiding in pile of hay in the
barn, and their bodies were found
side by side, several days later when
the lack of activity about the Wolff
farmstead caused inquiry by neigh
bors.
In the signed confession that has
been presented to the district court
by the state prosecutor, J. H. Will
liams, in opposition to Layers at
tempt to obtain a re-opening Of his
case, Layer not only confessed the
murders but detailed the manner in
which he went to the farm, and the
manner of his departure.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08

had his dinner. After dinner the
team was again hitched to the load to
pull it up to the coal shed for unload
ing. Thinking it not necessary to
bride the team the halters were left
on them and Mrs. Steinwand was
leading one horse while he led the
other when the dog on the place is
thought to have snapped one of the
horses heels. This caused the team
to become frightened and unmana-
gable. Mrs. Steirwand let 60 of the
horse on her side while Mr.. Steinwand
held on thinking he could stop them.
bnt the team kept on going when. f.
nally he stumbled and fell still hold
ing on to the horse, thus pulling the
team toward him when finally he had
to let 60 and the wheels of the wagon
passed over his body at the chest and
over one foot. The heavy loaded
wagon crushed the body 50 severly
that he only lived a few minutes.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08
THREE MONTHS OLD BABY is
FOUND DESERTED AT JIMTOWN

Jamestown-A 3-months old baby,
richly dressed. was found lying desert.
ed on lawn near Fifth avenue and
Fifth street. The police have been
unable to unravel the mystery and at
ter the notice was published of the
fact that the baby was a homeless
youngster, Judge Coffee awarded the
custody to Mr.. and Mrs. Morris, who
wish to adopt the hild. Final adopt
ion papers cannot be made out until
after they have had the child for two
years.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08
Berthold Lod Drowned in Abandoned
Well

Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon from the Zion Lutheran
church for Kenneth, the ,three-year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Whit
son, who was drowned in an abandon
ed we'll last Friday morning. The
lad had found the old well while play
ing about the yard and in endeavoring
to remove the boards fell headlong
into the water. The boy received q
bad bruise on the side of the head by
hitting against t.(e stone curbing.
Kenneth was an exceptionally bright
and loveable child.-Berthold Tribune
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08

A great many more farmers will
raise more corn and less wheat next
year. The experiences of this year
will have more to do with getting
farmers to diversifying than any 9TH
er thing imaginable. The farmer
who has made up his mind to grow
more corn and potatoes, has taken q
long step towards success.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08

acreage in rye distributes the harvest
labor, and lesens the work in the busi-
est season. Winter rye is compare
lively free from diseases and insect
pests, and planting hardy strain of
winter rye reasonably assures fair
Weld of grain at harvest time.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08
Garrison Farmer Crushed to Death

Uaff1SOn dFmeT CIuSHeu 10 OedtH
Tuesday afternoon George Stein
wand was fatally Injured when wag-
on loaded with coal passed over his
chest, resulting in his death after a
few minutes.
Mr.. Steinwand had been in town
and got load of coal from the Rupp
mine Tuesday morning. Reaching
the farm in the afternoon the team
were put in the barn and fed while he
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08

The Independent will pay &c per lb.
for clean cotton rags Of good size.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-08
StylepluS
america . knolDn clothes Of medium price
SIS $50 SIS $40

and the known Dalue at medium
price! Their styles always splendid
and their quality all-wool and guaran-
teed, Styleplus Clothes make great
appeal to men and young men who
want real clothes at moderate cost.
For Fall particularly, made under the
most favorable conditions Of several
years, this brand offers you exceptional
clothes at popular prices. Make it
point to see them there's great va.
riety Of models and patterns, and un-
usual values.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13
HOW MUCH WATER
IN INCH OF RAIN
Precipitation Records. Familiar to all,
Understood by Few.

Do you know how much one inch
of rainfall is?
When it rains "cats and dogs" or
''pitchforks" for a length of time it
is not at all unlikely that the wealth
er man will announce precipitation
of one inch of rainfall in his official
report
Just what does he mean by an
inch of rain? The weather man has
instruments for the very accurate
measurement Of rain, also of snow
fall, sunshine and the direction and
velocity of the winds, to say nothing
of the rise and fall in the tempera
ture.
An acre is composed of 6,272,640
square inches and if there was an
inch Of water on it, that would
amount to 6,272,640 cubic inches.
There are 227 cubic inches in a gal
lon, so that 6,272,640 cubic inches
equals approximately $4,000 gallons,
and that much water would weigh
100000 pounds, or ITO tons.
1t figures out, then, that an inch
of rain falling is at the rate Of Ito
tons per acre. 1t is good thing that
the tonnage is scattered over so
much territory.
If an inch of rain fell in Laredo,
Texas or Phoenix, Arizona, it would
give the people something to talk
about for a long time for the pre-
cipitation in Phoenix is less than
eight inches during a year, while in
Laredo, it only rained once during
1915.
In the arid parts of Texas there
are children three and four years
old who have never seen it rain,
snow, or beheld any kind of vegeta
ton with the exception of mesquite,
which survives the long draughts by
sending its roots deep into THE
ground in search of moisture.
On the other hand, folks at New
Orleans, La, are given an average
precipitation of nearly five inches a
month.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13
Learn To Forget.
Sheldon Mail.


To fOrget-that is what we need.
Just to forget, if we can, all the petty
annoyances, all of the vexing irrita-
tions, all the mean words, all the
bitter sappointments-jus let them
GO don't hang onto them.
Learn to forget. Make a study OF
it. Practice it. Become an expert
at forgetting Train the faculty of
the mind until it is strong and virile.
Then the memory will have fewer
things to remember, and it will be-
come quick and alert in remember
ing the things that are worth re-
Numbering. 1t will not be numbered
with disagreeable things and all its
attention will be given to the beauti-
full things, to the worthwhile things.
No matter what business you are
pursuing, no matter what literary
subjects you may be studying no mat
ter what scientific problems you are
trying to solve, take up the study of
forgetting The art Of forgetting will
give added lustre to your literary,
business or scientific attachments,
and it will add immeasurably to
health of mind and body.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13
MORE BAUMGARTNER RECORDS.

The receipt of an additional volume
the earliest, making thirteen in all
of the journal of Jacob Baumgart-
ner. Fennimore farmer, completes
that valuable source for agricultural
history in Wisconsin. This first vol
ume begins in the year 1916. 1t de-
scrioes the travels of the writer, then
a young journeyman dyer OF Bavaria,
over large portions OF northern Ger
many His itinerary covered some
five thousand miles, all made on foot.
1t then describes the emigration to
America and the writer's early ex-
periences in Wisconsin; also MS
travels to st. Louis and elsewhere, in
the hope of securing work as a dyer;
his failure, disappointment, and final
determination to accept employment
on a farm. A very picturesque fea-
ture is the account of his trip, IN
1858. from Jefferson to Fennimore
with yoke of oxen and homemade
wagon. This wagon had five wheels,
all sawed from the trunk of big tree.
The fifth wheel was carried as re-
serve, like the extra tire" of the
autoist, and it was needed before the
tourney was ended. From that point
the record reveals a life which was
almost uniformly successful, econo-
mically and otherwise. Recorded
here are the various purchases Of
land for two farms, and the steps IN
the development of the home farm to
1859. The other volumes continue
the story to October, 1916, the month
in which Mr. Baumgartner died
Historical Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13
LANCASTER PIONEER DENOUNCES
EARLY DAY POLITICIANS.

If there are any who believe that
the art of political denunciation in
Wisconsin is today superior to what
it was in earlier times, we commend
to them for perusal a manuscript re-
port of an Assembly Committee pre-
scented February 4, 1856, sixty-fve
years ago, and which has repOsed in
the archives since that date. The
subject was the management of the
school fund. Loud complaint is made
against the system of loaning fol-
lowed, under the law, by the School
Land Commission.
Under the present law, whoever
gets a loan must either be favorite
with the powers that be- or he must
communicate with the august Board
of these political Rothschilds through
some powerful courtier. And thus a
system of diplomacy is established
that is no contemplate miniature of
the Boulevards or the Court of St.
James. Ministers and ambassadors
come here from remote counties to
negotiate loans, and the success OF
needy citizens depends on the infiu-
ence of the representative they send
to the council Board of this huge
monopoly. But can this Board ever
communicate with the toiling me-
chanic, the quiet farmer, the secluded
laborer'
On the favoritism shown land
spectators the report says: ''Knowl-
edge is power says Lord Bacon; and
the books of the Secretary's Office
flew open of their own accord, as
Heavens gates on golden hinges
turning when Ludington and Black
we'll approached these records, and
there they saw the fertile and well
watered domain of the school lands
mapped before their eyes. They gaz-
ed as the mighty Hannibal looked
down from the summit of the last
Alp upon the sunlight plains and
olive groves of Italy, in fancy already
within his hand and soon reduced to
a gem on the brow of his dusky para
mour The feats of Ludington
like those of Julius Caesar may be
recorded in three words, veni, vidi.
vici-and now the tenant of the soil,
confined at home by daily labor, and
who could not attend this great auc-
ton where his hopes and heritage
were sold, nor compete with the con-
hungry spectators must chatter for
his 40 acres with the julius Caesars
of the school lands"
The committee which made this
report consisted of Joseph T. Mills of
Lancaster, chairman; John F. Potter
of East Troy and D. K. Moves of Bara
boo. 1t is supposed that Mr.. Mills
wrote the report which may have led
to the great investigation of the
School Lands Commission conducted
by a joint Special Committee of the
two houses that year and which re-
suited in an exhaustive report. This
was published, but Mills's report has
been buried in the files for two gen
erations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13
THE INCREASING DOPE PERIL.

A campaign of education to check
the appalling spread Of narcotic
drug addiction in the United States,
now second of the worlds dope
bound nations, is a crying need If
thousands of Americas youth are to
be saved from terrible enslavement.
This secret vice today is authori-
tatively said to claim between one
and two million victims in this coun-
try. 1t must be hauled out into the
open. Only thus can it be curDed.
Every parent, every teacher and
every adolescent youngster, at least,
should be acquainted with the facts
and effects of narcotic habituation.
1t is largely because of their ig-
norance that the dope bootlegger is
enabled so lucratively to exploit the
curiosity and bravado of youth ready
to embrace the merciless vampire.
And it is this adolescent question
which, federal drug officials say, is
rapidly bringing the average age of
ADDICTION down into the twenties.
Kids toying with helI-fire for the
sake Of a new kick" is the way
Director Mutt of the Narcotic field
force at Washington phrases it.
And no one-at least no argan-
lied. trained agency-to tell and
warn these kids what price they'll
have to pay!
Not one in a thousand who have
become confirmed drug users under
stood in the beginning that it takes
only from 10 to 80 days to fix en-
slavement, and that, thereafter it re-
quires almost superhuman will and
courage to break free. Few indeed,
ever are permanently salvaged.
The first educational step needed
to stamp out this creeping horror is
to squash the vicious falsehood, per-
petuated since De Quincy's time by
a certain school of writer's and by
imaginative perverts, that the juice
of the poppy inspires preasant
dreams; that it opens mysterious
doors of life closed TO the normal
un-drugged mind.
That He-and it is certainly lie,
once addiction to opiates is fixed, ac-
cording to medical authority-has
wrecked millions of lives.
1t is not sufficient for the govern
ment to attack the traffic through
court and police machinery. The
pernicious drug disciple of the I'M
derworId must be countered by dis
semination of the disease facts.
knowledge of these facts vii prove
the surest preventive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13
Notice for Administration and Notice.
to Creditors.

State of Wisconsin, County Court,
Grant County-In Probate.
In re estate of Richard D. Kittoe,.
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at the
specialsterm of said court to be held
on the first Tuesday of August, A D..
1921, at the Court House in the City
Of Lancaster, County of Grant and
State of Wisconsin, there will be
heard and considered, the application.
Of Nellie Kittoe for the appointment
Of an administrator of the estate Of
Richard d. Kittoe late of the City Of
Chicago in Cook County, Illinois.
Notice is hereby further given that
at the regular term of said court to
be held at said Court House, on the
first Tuesday of November, A. D. 1921,
there will be heard, considered and
adjusted, all claims against said
Richard D. Kittoe, deceased.
And notice is hereby further given
that all such claims for examination
and allowance must be presented to-
said county court at the Court House
in the City of Lancaster, in said coun-
ty and state, on or before the 18th
day of October, A. D. 1921, or be.
barred.
Dated June 18th, 1921.
By the Court,
E. B. GOODSELL, Judge.
Clementson & Frantz, Attorneys.
2Ocs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13
A PIGEON STORY OF
THE EARLY DAYS.
Estate Historical Society of Wiscon-
sin, Madison, June, 1929

Estate Historical Society of Wiscon-
sin, Madison, June, 1929
In a na~rative written by Esau
Johnson, an early Wisconsin pioneer,
we find a remarkable story of the
multitude of wild (carrier) pigeons
in the Knapp's Creek region near the
Wisconsin River in Richland County
Johnson says that on April 10, 1841,
he and a George G. White went to
Knapp's Creek from his place, OPP
posite the present Blue River Sta
ton. They crossed the creek on a
log, and posted themselves on high
bluff. THE pigeons few right by US
so that they (the flocks) had to part
to go by US and right down over the
bluff into the bottom of little creek
that emptied into the Wisconsin. The
pigeons were roosting. The trees
had all their limbs loaded with pig
cons piled one on top Of another and
others coming on top of them till the
limbs would crack and break and
come down thrash! nearly all the
time When one limb would break
the pigeons would futter, fly and
light on some other. There was
scarcely a limb to be seen that (but?)
the pigeons were piled on it from
three to six to seven, eight, nine or
ten or twelve on one another. We
walked around looking at them till it
appeared as though every hair on my
head had got up and stood right upon
end. had rife gun with me. l
then commenced shooting at them
and killed from five to thirteen at a
shot The pigeons roasted there till
they broke off all the limbs of all the
big trees in that valley for three
miles wide and six miles long. Then
they scattered out, nested, laid their
eggs and went in setting and Matched
out their young ones. After their
young began to try to fly they would
hop out and they were scattered all
over the land so that peoples hogs
fattened on them"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13
NORMALCY.
(By DIR. Frank Crane

(by Dr. FRANK Crdno.)
The fundamental force of the world
is health. BY and by everything gets
we'll. And the world which has been
desperately sick is going to get we'll.
Unseen and not spectacular the vast
recuperative forces of humanity are
gathering strength.
Those who say that business in the
United States will never be what it
was, that we can never get back
again to the good old days Of 1913,
are mistaken. We shall set back
to them and go far beyond them.
So in time will the rest of the world
recover. The British empire will
solve its perplexing problems, both
Irish and industrial, and once more
discharge the task for which destiny
has designed it.
France will bloom again, Italy will
come out of her troubles. Even Ger
many, Russia and ell Balkanized
Eueope will settle down to work and
to production.
1t doesn't take a prophet to fore
tell this. All it takes is a knowledge
OF the quite apparent laws of social
progress.
If we can only, by some sort of
concert of nations, remove the pos
sibility Of another war there is no
doubt of eventual prosperity every
where. But we must not look for
this too soon.