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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
Lancaster. January 8, 1921


While in the Herald office with 9TH
ers this morning we were asked if
there was any news, but we had moth
ing new, but / think / can give you
something both old and new SO will
give you little history of the Farmers
Telephone Co.
A way back years ago the farmers
had one wire from Beetown to Lam
caster and one phone in the Phillips
House and if you needed the sheriff
they would deliver your message for
ten cents. There was another line
from Beetown to Hurricane and down
Boice Creek to Potosi, but no switch
board in Lancaster. p. A.. Jamison
came to our place and says to me, why
don't you fellows start here some place
and run line to Lancaster" / told
him I was agreeable but was afraid
we could not get enough to go in, to
run line that far Well he says, "If
we can't we can put in a little switch
board at Russell Taylor's on Beetown
and Potosi line and use it until some
one would finish the line to Lancaster"
| So / struck out with Mr.. JamisOn to
hunt victims, but we could find but
| fonr besides myself to run ten miles
lUf line where We were suppose to
furnish mile of poles, wire, brackets,
insulators and phone and was told
the tine we built would belong to us
as soon as we got our line into Lam
caster the business men would pay
in, think twenty-five dollars in money
in place of poles an the other material
re furnished. BY charging small
fee the line would be self-supporting.
| We went in the woods to cut our
poles and started our line. We hired
Mr.. Jamison to put on the wire and put
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
PIONEER SUBSCRIBER PROTESTS
BOOST IN TELEPHONE RATES

in the phones. After we got started
another lot of farmers said they would
start at Hurricane and run east until
they struck the road our line would
go through on and set half the poles
to Lancaster. That is what we did
and put in the first switch board on the
farmers line and where is that line
with. others today? | will tell you
where 1t is. About two years after
our line was built they organized as
phones then told US we would have
to buy new phones which we did and
of course our new phones worked bet
ter. Some smart alec thought it
would be nice to buy some old phones
and rent them for SO cents per month.
The first phone rented put us in the
public utilities class and under the
thumb of the rates commission There
is where we will stay until we go bust
ed unless we have a set of officers
that will make fight for Farmers Co.
and some of them are not doing so now.
Now / will tell you little more
about the line | helped build Ten
years ago three of us moved to Ian
caster. We were cut off from the old
line at the city limits and a short time
ago some one got it into their head
to split up the whole thing and put
four on line. They split up, neigh
bOrs and families and | am the only
one left on the old line out of three
but they are tying on others until they
have got five and six on a line and
after spelling the lines they want
more money Now the late history of
the Farmers Telephone Co., is very
profane history and if You talk with
the share holders some of them will
use genuine cuss words.
Ed. Pierce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
FLORA.

The year 1920 being past and the
year 1921 coming in with her smiles
everyone seems to be busy.
Will Garthwaite is getting up a saw
ing of wood.
Andrew Lewis bought bunch OF
cattle of Lee Vogt.
Lester Snyder and Ervie Edwards
are getting up wood.
Will Garthwaite and Lester Snyder
and families spent New Years with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ervie Edwards.
Miss Amelia Spease visited with her
brother and family the last OF the
week.
Clarence and Paul Miles and Beryl
Irish were at Frank Bishell's Sunday.
j. G. Edgington and wife vera at
Homer Irish's, Sunday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
NORTH LANCASTER.

Cecil Beetham spent the past week
with his cousins at the Hickin home.
The Big Grant Cemetery Aid society
meet Thursday Jan. 13 with Mrs.
Alma Diesel.
Several neighbors attended a party
Saturday night at the George Foreyt
home.
Algie and Helen Beetham spent part
OF their vacation with their aunt, Mrs.
Geo. Mccormick
The No. Lancaster schools with the
exception of the Badger. begin work
again this morning after two weeks
vacation.
Dale Rumble was pleasant caller
in the vicinity Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Walker expects to
spend the week visiting friends in Du-
buque.
The next community meeting at the
Rowden will be Friday, Jan. 14th.
A number of choppers are rapidly
converting the timber owned by H
Barnett, into wood, making quite a
clearing
The ladies of the No. Lancaster aid
met last week with Mrs. S. Pittenger
About fifty were present Dinner pro-
ceeds were $3.50.
Mrs. John Diesel and Miss Laura
Walker went to Dubuque, Monday. re-
turning Wednesday.
Lorenzo Riley left Monday to attend
an engineering school at Minneapolis
his sister, Inez, is attending business
college at Rockford this winter.
Ormie Jerrett is visiting at Phillips
Il. 4. !. HR~.~
Harmon.
James Bollard is having Delco lights
installed this week at the farm home
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
JAMES v. GARDNER.
PLATTEVILLE, DEAD
Well KnolDn Resident OF
Neighboring City Sue
cun1bs TO Illness.

James v. Garner. father of attorney
David Gardner Jr., died at his home in
Platteville, early last Monday evening
following three days illness.
Mr. Gardner was until a few years
ago, in the grocery business in Platte
vile and was we'll known throughout
Grant county He was 70 years of age.
He leaves a wife, three sons, three
daughters, three brothers, Dennis j.,
John NJ. and David, Sr., also three sis
tiers, Misses Cecilia, Ella and Bridget,
all Of Platteville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
LAST WEEKS WEATHER.

Tuesday-High 2; low 8.
Wednesday-High s.; low 6.
Thursday High So; low "a.
Friday High 80; low 80.
Saturday High So; low 30
Sunday-High 50; low 30.
Monday High AZ; low 80.
Warm and unsettled
ALiscellany-W Warm wave due to low
pressure central in Manitoba. All
points show mild weather. Thunder
storms occurred i'll midwest last week
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
MUSCODA TOLL BRIDGE
WANTS HIGHER RATE,

The Muscoda Bridge Company has
petitioEed the Railroad Commission
for a hearing for raise in toll rates.
The toll bridge has valuation of
$24,000.00 and in the statement pub
lished by the company last February
the earnings on the above amount for
the preceding year were $3,64S.25.
There are probably twenty-five thou
sand or more tolls, foot and vehicle,
paid into the treasury of the company
each year
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
GRANT RIVER.

Earl, Mark and Ellie Hoffman, Paul.
Dorothy and Lila Mclean, Marie and
Iva Cardey, Donald, Helen add Mar
agret Voeltz attended the party at
George Hoffman's Thursday evening
Friday evening the John Joyce and
Edw. Mclean families, also Earl Hoff-
man, Marie and Iva Cardey, and Alice
Hoffman were at Frank McLean's.
Carl Moore and family visited at Mrs.
Mary Hoffman's home, Sunday.
Saturday evening Miss Elizabeth
Joyce entertained number of guests
at party
Claire and Reuben Clifton returned
Saturday evening from Platteville. left
Sunday for Mt. Hope to visit Claude
Clifton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
ORPHEUM THEATRE.

Wednesday Edith Roberts in "The
Adorable Savage"
Thursday Earl Williams in "The
Twins of Suffering Greek" Harry
Pollard in You're Punched"
Monday & Tuesday-Edith Sterling
in "The Girl Who Dared" Harold
Lloyd in Number Please"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
CUBA CITY FARM FIRE.

A spark from a feed cooker caused
fire at the granary on the John Wills
farm occupied by Earl Wills. The
loss to the building was about $500
and to the grain and machinery about
$500. covered partly by Insurance.
News Herald
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Schrumm and
daughter OF Galena were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton over New Years.
Mr.. Schrumm conducts a job printing
establishment in the leadmine city.
Some misunderstanding seems to
exist over the Herald subscription
rates Many subscribers who reside
in the county come in offering to pay
$3.50 a year when the price inside the
county is 50. Outside the county the
rate is $3.50 due to extra cost Of hand
| ling, postage, etc. This extra cent a
copy applies to all foreign subscrip-
tions including those leaving the city
for the winter. etc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
CONGRATULATIONS DUE

Jos. Morris, Bloomington; Susan
Mergen, Bloomington.
Ernest C. Reiser, Ada Holzer, Platte
willie.
James Cary, Beloit. Adela Schnoren-
berg, Hazel Green.
John F. Novinski, Delphia Budack,
Sitter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05

Between the hours of 6 p. m. Friday
and a M. Saturday, thirty-one per-
sons were taken to the Emergency
hospital at Milwaukee. Too much
''likker" is attributed in every case.
One death was reported from acute
alcoholism
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05
Raises Muscoda Telephone Rates.

The Muscoda Telephone Co. has re-
ceived an order from the Railroad
Commission dated Dec. o. increasing
the rural telephone rates to $3.50 a
month"; raise of Is cents per month
The switching rate for connecting
lines is increased to $500 year--a
raise of $3.50 per Progressive,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-05

Mrs. Clyde ~Clanton Of Huntley. Ill,
departed for her home Sunday follow
ing a holiday visit with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mccoy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-10
A Statement by
Prof. W.T.

~ was prompted to investigate ice
EMMM cream manufacturing methods by an
- epidemic. l realized that so long as
Prof. W. P. air WAS frozen into ice cream in the
nea Leaf making it could never be called alb
800 1c~ = mr ~ solutely pure. 1t
Ice cream 100
s -. vi vrfttaSt At last I discovered a way to make
ice cream without air by substituting
an atmosphere of absolute sterfEty, germ-free and clean.
The result is Heafhized Ice Cream, a hundred times
purer than air-made ice cream, the ordinary kind.
Nh. Castles, who has always been one Of the really
progressive ice cream manufacturers Of the United
States, Is now offering you Castles Heafhized Ice Cream.
Buy # for your heaithfs sake
Pure ice cream is q valuable food product Rich in
the elements which build up strength, nerve force. en-
argy and clean blood. II is rch in precious vitamines,
the growth elements Of food 50 essential to health II
is an easily digested food
II is splendid for hddies And it IS as good a
Winter food as it is a Summer food Eat more ice cream
and you'll be better, stronger and healthier.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-10

of CASTLES ICE CREAM, l have at tremendo
factrre HEATHZED ice cream in Middle New
You will say, perhaps, What is HEATHIZED ice
cream?"
will try and explain it to you-and ten you of its
advantages-as simply and non-techhically as possible.
Ice cream is made by whipping a mix" of cream,
syrups and other ingredients at low temperatures until
these ingredients are frozen.
Removing Air from Ice Cream
This mix" is whipped up in the freezer by paddles,
which constantly mix into 1t whatever atmosphere
happens to be In the freezer. If you examine ice cream
under a microscope you'll find it full of tiny bubbles
of air.
1t is these tiny bubbles of air which-mixed all
through the body of the ice cream-keep it from freezing
into a hard block, like ice.
Ice cream manufacturers are honest men. They
preserve the purity of the ingredients they put into the
Ice cream. But then they whip into this ice cream, made
of pure ingredients, air which is never perfectly pure
and is often dangerously contaminated. A scientist for
the u. S. Government found that average city air con-
tains from $4,000 to 10000 particles of dust, dirt and
germs per cubic inch. And all this was being frozen into
ice cream.
Then Prof. Heath, prompted by an epidemic caused
nv imnure ice cream, set himself the task of preventing
such a recurrence.
After years of experimenting he discovered a way
to eliminate air in making ice cream and freezing it in
stead in a sterile, pure, germ-free atmosphere a hundred
times purer than air.
CASTLES Adopts Hentkized Method
have always prided myself on being one of the
first ice cream manufacturers to adopt Improvements
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-10

and innovations in methods of ice cream making. When
| heard of Heathized ice cream | wrote to Prof. Heath
for the details of his new way of making Ice cream. |
was instantly impressed with its tremendous importance
Then | investigated manufacturers who had adopted the
Heath idea. All reported it was the most wonderful
thing that had ever come into the ice cream industry.
So | made arrangements to equip our plants at lrv-
ington and Perth Amboy for the manufacturing OF ice
cream this new way.
This is an expensive new thing. 1t costs US many
thousands of dollars every year to make ice cream this
way. But | never consider expense when it is a question
of improving Castles Ice Cream.
ADVANTAGES of Heathized Ice Cream
Heathized ice cream is super pure. The substitr-
ton of a pure, sterile, germ-free atmosphere, a hundred
times purer than air, makes it infinitely more pure. No
dust, dirt, filth or germ is frozen into Castles ice
cream. 1t is more delicious, too.
This method of making ice cream has the virtue of
intensifying the flavors with which it is made tasteful.
You'll note a deliciously clean, fresh taste. You'll no
tice a sharpening of the flavors-frritso or syrup flavors
with which its appeal is increased. !
Castles ice cream has always excelled as a quality
product. You'll like the new Castles HEATHlZED ice
cream even better.
Try it TO-DAY. Cali UP the nearest Castles dealer
and have him send over brick or a carton of Castles
Heathized ice cream for your dinner dessert.
And, if YOU 90 out for ice cream, be sure that you
: go to a Castles dealer,
Give the children all the Castles Heathized ice
cream they want. 1t S a good body and strength builder.
And it is ALWAYS SUPER PURE AND GOOD.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-10
]. 7. CASTLES most Important Announce
A new era in scientific food sanitation
CA E. S
.HEATHIZED
ICE CREAM
BY IT. CASTLES
president ]. T. Castles Ice Cream Coz

SGuce han dhcovueda anew way to make good food produtbe HH. aaemEa6 OF milk
was big step forward in food sanitation Now ONE Prof W p Heath shngussh food
aiemiatw who has found a way to increase the purity and cleanliness of ice cream by making hn
an atmosphere a hundred times puerh than air.: HEATHIZEDI ICE CREAM khe last word food
til the newta AMI pahpst the greatest advance the protection Of food products
ever achieved Always wsthfd6 or anything that would improve quality mny and dehdoumeS
of CASTLES ICE CREAM 1 hnye at temendouse expense secured the exclusive lights to manu-
EATHIZED ice cream Middle New jersey
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
FRIDAY, JANUARY ii, 1921.
THE LEGISLATORS.

The legislature has been in session long
enough to create a distinct impression
of its character upon observers. First,
the personal appearance of the members
was noted and that was generally fav
orable. After looking at the house many
men have remarked, 1T looks above the
average" Also it was remarked that
the senate appeared like an unusually
strong body.
Now the attitude of the men toward
their work and on the issues of the SEES
sion is becoming apparent. First, there
is Il desire to take up the work of the
session with all possible despatch. Pre-
siding officers and members are anxious
to perform the work as fast as safety
warrants. Equally evident is the de-
sire to conserve the finances of the state
and reduce to a minimum the tax burden
on the people That spirit is shown
whenever increases in salaries are men
toned and Will make itself felt whenever
such bills come before the two chambers
for action.
Discussion of a lump sum salary for
the legislators shows great reluctance on
the part of many to increase their own
pay. They realize the pay is small and
little more than meets personal expenses,
but. they argue, they accepted the office
at the present salary and there are other
deserving men willing to serve the state
upon the same basis as they are doing.
Suggestions as to what the lump sum
should be vary from $500 to 5000 for
session. The bill introduced by Rep
resentative O'Brien fixes the pay at $500
for the session. That is figured as about
s. day and that figure is lower than in
most other states that pay by the day.
Statistics show that the lump sum for
Legislators in other states is not less than
$500 for 60-day sessions. 1t should be
remembered in this connection that there
are fewer members of the popular body
in those states. They do not have over
30 towns with less than 800 population
each sending one representative to be
paid from the state treasury as Vermont
does. A lump sum of $500 for a SEES
sion would make the expense per capita
in Vermont much higher than in these
states paying $500 for a 60-day session.
Undoubtedly this will be remembered
by the members before they determine
what the lump sum will be. People of
the state can feel much confidence in
the spirit of the members to deal fairly
with themselves and with the public
Apparently they desire to earn whatever
salary is decided upon and they are not
likely to lose sight of the fact that the
$4,000 people of Vermont cannot afford
as expensive a legislature as states
with populations exceeding a million.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
TELEPHONE PRIVACY.

Many indignant citizens, in letters to
a metropolitan newspaper, express their
resentment at the invasion of telephone
rights by business and charity solicitors.
They have been pestered especially BY
stock and automobile statesmen, but all
kinds of commercial and philanthropic
enterprise, good and bad, contribute to
disturb their peace. They want to know
whether there is no protection for har-
assed housewife, or for a tired business
man after office hours, against this par
ticular form of annoyance.
1t is a question of growing interest,
the ethics of which are still to be de
termined. The evil is worst in big
cities, but is also forcing attention in
small ones. 1t is akin to the front-door
evil that every housekeeper in any but
the most thinly settled community soon
comes to dread-the continual ringing
of the doerbell by agents or hucksters or.
statesmen of some kind or other. The
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14

bridge controversy, nor to say any
more about town affairs in general than
that there is an annual meeting in
March.
The Greater Vermont association
through n series of questions sent to or
CARNATIONS throughout the state, is max
ing n serious effort to find out what sort
of a road policy the majority of the
people in the state favor. TO be of any
value whatever the QUESTIONABLE must
reflect a great many opinions, and for that
reason it behooves every person who gets
a copy to fill it out promptly and send
it in. What the association wants to
find out particularly is whether Yer
ment of system of state highways
built and maintained wholly by the state,
with towns free to expend their local
highway taxes on the so-callcd cross
roads. The Meddler always has believed
that until the trunk lines were turned
over to state maintenance and control
we would never have anything but a
patchwork system of road building.
There are lot of other people
who feel the same way, and this
QUESTIONABLE viii give them an opp0r-
tunity to express their views in a way
that will count. The Greater Vermont
association isn't backing any particular
highway policy but is trying to show the
legislature what the collective opinion of
the state is on this very important sub
iact
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Today's Anniversaries.

1197-First day of the battle of Rivoli.
which ended in the defeat of the
Austrians by Bonaparte.
1S14-Treaty of peace signed at Kiel be-
tween England and Denmark
1S22-The Grand Duke Constantine de-
clined the succession to the Rus
sian throne.
1S31-William ID. Washburn. United
States senator from Minnesota.
born at Livermore. Maine. Died
in Minneapolis. July %. 1912.
lSoS-Attempted assassination of Ma
poleOn III. by Orsini.
1S92-Duke of Clarence, eldest son of
King Edward VII, and their pre-
sumptive to the throne, died.
Born Jan S. 1864.
1907-An earthquake DESTROYED a large
part of Kingston. jamaica.
191S-Eiglitcen deaths resulted from a
great blizzard in Chicago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
SUMMONS TAX BILL AUTHOR.
Harding to Confer With Baeharach on
Sales Levy

WASHINGTON. Jan. 14-President-
elect Harding is taking great interest in
the different tax proposals as a substitute
fer the excess profits tax, which he de-
clared in his campaign, should be re-
pealed. 1t is understood here that he de-
sires to recommend in a definite way some
new forms of taxation in his inaugural.
In order to learn something of the final
sales tax bill. sponsored by Representa-
tive Isaac Racharach of the WAYS and
means committee, Mr.. Harding has sum-
moned the author of the bill to Marion.
Mr.. Bacharach left last night convinced
that he con show Mr. Harding that this
is the best form Of taxation to take the
place of the excess profit tax.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Ma was in her room darning holes out
Gt different peoples stockings espeshilly
mine. and all of a suddin / had good
ldeer and | put my hands rite on the "a
diater ware it was hot as enything and
my hands got all warm, and / went over
to ma saying. Gosh ma, you awt to feel
my hands, they feel as if | must have q
fever some place.
Let me see, sed ma. And she felt my
hands. saying, My goodniSs you're berning
up. have you got hedake?
| don't notice envy. | sed. Wich dident
and ma sed. Let me feel your formed
WITCH she did, saying, That's queer, your
hands are berning hot.
Maybe its some new kind of a fever,
ma, maybe its hand fever, | sed
Don't tawk foolish, there's no Sutch a
thing, sed ma, let me feel them agen.
Meening my hands. and she felt them
agen, saying, Well of all things they feel
all rite now, | CESS you must of imagined
il and / must of too.
Maybe its a imagineery fever like the
equator, ma. | sed. And | went over and
heeted up my forehed on the radiator and
went back saying, Holey Smoaks ma now
my beds hot and not my hands.
Well for GOODNESS sake, Sed ma. And
she felt my formed. saying. Mersey. are
you sure YOU have no fever?
/ mite for all | know. ma, | sed. WITCH
mite of. and ma sed, Well, Id better give
You little medicine to be on the safe side.
Aw no. ma. G, ma, I'm on the safe side,
/ wouldent be serpriZed if its Jest on ac-
count of leenlng agenSt the radiator. | Sed.
o, you wouldent, sed ma. And she gave
me a fearSe crack. me saying, Owtch. gosh,
hay ma, you awt to be glad I'm not RELY
sick, and ma saying, And you awt to be
glad dident give you a reel spanking.
WITCH | was.