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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
Woodn1en Hold
Quadrennial
Co. Convention.

The quadrennial county convention
of the Woodmen lodge was held at
Lancaster Wednesday afternoon with
some thirty-five delegates in attend
ance. Henry Roberts of Blooming
ton presided and Albert j. Wieden-
beck of Lancaster acted as secretary.
The delegates represented % camps
in the county with a total of 1890
members being by far the largest
fraternal order in this region.
The conventions prime purpose was
to select delegates for the state con-
first Wednesday of next month"; The
delegates, four in number, with their
alternateS, are as follows:
George Groom, Cassville. Alter
nate, Henry Roberts, Bloomington.
E. C. Thomas, Potosi Alternate
Chas. Baumler, Potosi.
Albert Huppenbecker, Boscobel Al
ternate, F. L. Blair.
John Mankel, Lancaster Alter
nate. Amos Brown.
The Oconto convention will select
delegates for the national convention
to be held in ST. Louis in June.
The convention went on record as
opposing bill 425-A. This measure
would provide for segregation of the
orders funds and the division into
two classes of the members. The
Woodmen, feeling themselves to be
perfectly solvent, resent interference
with their fraternal affairs.
The ratification of the appointment
of Neighbor Bort as trustee of the
surplus funds was endorsed.
Following are the names of the
county delegates in attendance al
the convention last Wednesday:
Bagley-W. r. Pace, VIM. Remy,
Jay Champion, l.. Quarterman.
Bloomington-W. G. Hickok John
Gates, Del Moore, Henry Roberts, j.
S. Erwin
Boscobel-A. J. Huppenbecker, H.
f. Daywitt, V. P. Mcdowell, J. T
Ruka.
Cassville-George Groom.
Potosi-E. C. Thomas, Chas. Baum
Ter.
Fennimore-R. j. Cohen, Henry
Wepking, Rollo Smith. Emil Fisher
Glen Haven-Bert Bennett, o. +
Noble, T. S. Metcalfe
Lancaster-A. ]. Wiedenbeck, John
Mankel, F. W. Halferty, F. S. Turner
Amos Brown, VIM. Hieronymous.
Stitzer-W. II. Pien.
Livingston-Sa Nero.
The convention will meet again in
four years on the first Wednesday IN
April, 1925.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
HIGH SCHOOL ORATORS
TRAINING FOR CONTEST

Disciples of Demosthenes, Cicero,
Tecumseh, William J. Bryan, ct al, in
the Lancaster high school, are vigor-
ously training for an elimination ora
torical contest to be held locally
soon. There will be an afternoon
contest for boys and evening contest
for girls, about a dozen contestants
participating. Two boys and two girls
selected from this contest will repre-
sent Lancaster in an inter-county con-
test to be held here April 20, in which
Fennimore, Bloomington, Mt. Hope
and Lancaster will be represented by
four contestants each.
In this connection Miss .Laures
owen, university graduate and teach
er of platform oratory and expression,
arrived here Sunday to instruct the
Lancaster classes. Miss Owen will
remain for two weeks. She is a
daughter of Judge Owen and twelve
to fifteen young people will be coach
ed by her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
GRAND ARMY DAY

Grand Army Day was celebrated by
the W.. r. C. Saturday, April 9th. It
was q splendid success and was large
ly attended
A. short program was given. The
audience united in singing "The Star
Spangled Banner REGULATIONS were
given by Dorothy and Mary Morse,
Ralph Tiller and Robert Morse. There
was also speaking by three young
ladies, on Flanders Field, and read
ings were given by ladies of the order
Comrades of the post gave some
splendid speeches. A duet was played
by Mrs Tiller and son Ralph, with
Paul Blackburn singing.
After the program light refresh
ments were served All left having
had a pleasant time.
The next program will be given on
Saturday, April %, in honor Of Uly-
ses S. Grant. Don't forget the date
and come if you can.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
TO PROSECUTE SUNDAY
CASE TO CONCLUSION

District Attorney Clementson stat
ed yesterday that he intended to pros
ecute the Platteville Sunday picture
show case until jury had rendered
clear decision, either for conviction
or acquittal. The authorities are not
satisfied to leave the case in disagree
ment as it stands by the jury's vote
of week ago Friday-three for con-
viction and three for acquittal. Dis
trict Attorney Clementson reiterates
that the prosecution will not stop
until decision has been reached one
way or another.
The Platteville picture show is run
ming each Sunday announcing full
program.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
MALNUIRITION
ENDANGERS
MANY YOUNG
Mother and Child VEL
fare Problems Discussed
by Mrs. Featherstone.

Mrs. l. Featherstone, representing
the Elizabeth Mccormick Memorial
Fund, talked on maternal and child
welfare before a meeting of the local
pdrent-teacher association at the Con-
gr~ gational church last Wednesday
evening Her remarks on this inn
.portant subject were given careful at
tention and without doubt her visit to
the city accomplished much good and
will be Of great assistance to those
interested in the future of Americas
most important product-the child
Mrs. Featherstone said that citizen
ship began at the front doorstep and
not in Madison or Washington as so
many people imagine. She said that
the 1917 draft showed Uncle Sam that
one-third of the young men were I'M
fit physically and that this started a
movement for better physical prod
ucts all over the nation. In 1917 SIX
states had departments devoted to
child welfare. In 1920 forty states
had such departments. She deplored
the needless loss of motherhood say
ing that during the flu epidemic two
years ago $4,000 pregnant mothers
died. In many cases they left small
children who are forever bereft OF
a mothers care.
Mrs. Featherstone graphically por-
trayed by means of slides the effect
of malnutrition affecting so many
children. She then illustrated the
methods used to bring the children
up to par A deficiency of Z per cent
marks the danger line of weakened
vitality and susceptibility to disease.
To mitigate the Importance OF the
subjects touched upon by the speaker
who is known nationally, would al
most seem criminal. There are few
parents who do not want their chill
dren to be lusty physically as we'll as
bright mentally and good morally.
Perfection in the last two must be
prefaced by the first and Mrs. Feath-
erstone, whose whole soul is obvious
ly in this work, earnestly urged the
elders present to inform themselves
and then assist others.
Mrs Featherstone's main point was
the deadly parallel between the mil
lions spent on the promotion Of live
stock and grain and the niggardly at
titude of the state and national gov
ernments toward the children OF the
nation She pleaded for the same in
terest toward the child that the
government takes in the cattle and
| swine.
The Herald hopes to obtain Htera-
ture along this line which, edited
from a local standpoint, will be OF
interest and value to our readers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
APPROVE COUNTY BARN PLANS

The asylum and county home truS-
tees, Messrs. Watson, Brennan and
Mauer met with the county board COM
mittee, Peter Glare, VIM. Forck and
Chris Hartman, at the county farm
Wednesda. At its last session the
county board appointed a committee
tc confer with the trustees on the
new barn authorized at the farm.
The trustees and committee con-
firmed the plans and location for the
new barn, about 80 feet east of the
main buildings. The new structure
will be 36x 140 feet in area with a
concrete floor and side walls of tile.
The upper part of the building will
be of wood. The lower floor will be
used to house dairy cattle with a
second floor for hay and grain stor-
age. The building will be equipped
with modern barn apparatus.
Present plans indicate completion
about June oath, ahead of the hay
harvest. Much of the material is on
the ground and the contractors are
at work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
FARMER AND WIFE WIN
SAW GUESSING CONTEST

Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Spease,
farmers, won the saw tooth guessing
contest conducted by Ziegler & Son
the past two weeks in their show
window Twenty-one Disston saws
were placed in the window and at
tractive signs mutely beckoned the
passerby to make a guess as to the
number of teeth in all the saws. There
" ere several hundred guesses record
&c and the numbers ranged from 100
to several million. Mr.. Spease won
first prize, hand saw, with guess
of 3125 teeth. Mrs. Spease came sec
ond winning a Maydole hammer, with
a guess of 3116.
The actual number of teeth as
counted by the judges, G. M. Walker
and Clyde Goble, were 1925.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
CITY CLOSES
CONTRACT FOR
WATER METERS
Present Waste VIII be
Eliminated. Revise
all Water Rates.

The city council Thursday night
signed contract with the Pittsburg
Water Meter CO., for 400 standard
meters at a cost of $11.61 apiece, f.
O. b. Lancaster. The total price will
Be $4,644. Shipments will begin at
once from the factory and from the
Chicago warehouse The contract
includes further meters to the num-
Der necessary to fully meter the city
The construction of a new water
ordinance will be taken up at a meet
ing April 18th. This will involve
rates and the placing of meter cost
and installation. Two plans for sell
ing the meters are under considera-
ton. One is the direct selling to the
consumer with a gradual rebate on
the monthly water bills. The other
is a service charge similar to the
plan used by the electric company.
The effect would be the same no mat
ter how worked out as the meters
must be paid for in one way or an
other.
The meter adopted bears the ap-
prevail of at least five aldermen al
though three voted for the Worthing-
ton Pump Co, meter. The meter
will be made of special metal called
'Monel" This metal is 81 per cent
nickel and % per cent copper. 1t
is designed to stand the ravages of
hard water and test meter has been
in use here for two years to prove
that something has been found to
stand hard" Klondike water.
For twenty years the city has been
looking for meter that will stand
up recognizing that a meter sale OF
water is just and economical while the
fiat rate prevailing is unfair and
places a premium on extravaganza
and waste.
The work of metering the city will
he undertaken the coming summer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
WANT TO BE- WARDEN?
SAY. JUST READ THIS

The Wisconsin Conservation Com
mission issued a request through the
press today that every person inter
ested in the protection of fish and
game and in the conservation of the
natural resources of the state report
to the commission all violations of
the conservation laws which they may
know of.
Owing to the failure of the special
appropriation bill for wardens' pay
the commission has been obliged to
drop a good many wardens until the
beginning of the new fiscal year on
July /. Because of this the Commits
sion asks that every person in the state
interested do what he can to aid in
the proper observation Of the laws
while the warden force is shorthand
ed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
NEW HERALD SUBSCRIBERS

New blood is needed in every bus
mess and while the Herald takes great
pride in retaining old customers, we
always welcome new ones. The fol-
lowing readers appeared on our mail
ing list the last month:
Lancaster-Mrs. J. P. Benedict, c.
A. Chase, Lloyd BROKER, Mrs. l..
Boerner, George Bracket, Mrs. Alice
Galloway, Gertrude Grimes, Charles
Hampton, Gilbert Mink, Anna Nehls,
Thos. Pendleton, Paul Plowman, E. j.
Young, John Kilburg, S. H. Taylor,
Burr Walker, B. K. Suttle, Frank
Champion, Geo. Sitter Jr., A. w,
Brauchler, Arthur Oates, Gus Pose,
Carl Senftlaben, Purl Breithaupt.
Woodman-C has. Walker.
Bloomington Roy Garthwaite, A.
j. Frazier.
Beetown-Thos Cook, Clyde Woods.
Cassvilie- Henry Engler, Harry
Dessert, Erskine Blackbourne.
Fennilnore-Portia Showalter.
Glen Haven-Wm. Forck.
Stitzer-Chas. Schrader, E. A. Troll
lope, Theo. Spease.
Platteville-E Hottenstein, VIM. j.
Langkamp.
Montfort-Harvey DiVall, John
James.
Potosi-Ed Blum, Gerald Hartman
F. l.. Reed, VIM. Morgan.
Milwaukee-B. H. Louthain.
Chicago-G. B. Bennett.
Single List-Clyde Roth East Mo-
line, ILL.,; Al Schreier, Specht's Ferry
Ia; Mrs. r. Turtscher, Carter, Mont.
l.. o. Holmes, Clark, S. D.; Mrs. w
]. DYER. Mellen, Wis; Minnie Brown
lee, Maiden Rock, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
HURD WINS BOSCOBEL
RACE FOR MAYORALTY

BOSCOBEL-A hot contest was
waged here Tuesday in three-corn-
cred race for mayor. John Schein-
fug, the present mayor, C. A. Blair,
and Dr. w. IT. Hurd were contestants.
Dr. Hurd who has served the city be-
fore as mayor, defeated Blair, runner
up, by an overwhelming vote. George
G. Miller defeated Jay Moore for coun-
Gilman in the second ward. Theo.
Speigelberg defeated Clarence Brain
ard. Judge Bancroft carried the city
by a vote of $40 to 213 for Attorney
SmalIey School superintendent
Carey received but 1875 to Callahan's
31S votes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
CUBA STORE BURGLARIZED
NO CLUE TO OFFENDERS

The Cuba City store of Dillon Don
ahue was burglarized Monday night
OF last week by parties who knew
enough to leave little trace of their
identity. Silk and satin patterns and
silk garments, all flimsy enough to
be packed in a good-sized suitcase,
hut worth $1,000, were taken.
Sheriff Holmes was notified of the
case Tuesday afternoon. He went to
Cuba City at once finding that the
thieves had "histed" a back window
and "clumb" inside. It seems that
during the night previous car had
been seen in front of the store about
midnight. This car contained two
men and three women. Local or
neighborhood talent is suspected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
COUNTY LET'S CONTRACT
FOR MACHINE BUILDING

The county road and bridge COM
mittee met Friday morning and let a
contract for the construction Of a
work shop and machine shed. This
building will be located on the lot
near the Northwestern tracks recent
ly purchased from the Interstate Oil
Co. The work shop will be 30 40
feet and Is feet high of two stories.
Back of this building will be located
a machine shed "a 76 feet. The
entire construction will be of tile with
concrete floors and foundation and a
four-ply asbestos roof Pennock and
Cooley have the contract. The en-
tire building will cost $500 completed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
BIRD CAUSES POWER FAILURE

A boring bird, probably Wo0dpeck-
err, was the cause of a power inter-
ruption on the Interstate lines last
Wednesday afternoon. The current
went off about two o'clock and the
local men began to hunt trouble. The
trouble showed" toward Fennimore.
Near that city the men found a pole
broken at the top with the wires all
hanging and twisted. A further eX-
animation disclosed a charred area
two feet long and evidences OF a
bird hole>in the pole. 1t is presumed
that a spark flew from brush lodging
in the hole. The spark smouldered
and eventually burned the pole in two
parts. Then came the service break.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
HORSE BITES CHILD

DR.. j. C. Doolittle was called We'd
nesday to Farview neighborhood to
attend the five-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. E. Jerrett. The little
one playing in the barn with pet
lamb was bitten by a horse that leaned
over the stall and fastened its teeth
iI the child's left cheek. She man
aged to break away and ran to the
house shrieking with pain. Twelve
stitches were required to close the
wound.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
S. {. SMALLEY
WINS JUDICIARY
BY Goa VOTES
Official Figures Glue
Cuba Man Victory
OUer LII. Bancroft.

The official vote on circuit judge as
reported by the county clerks of the
five counties in the fifth judicial dis
trict shows beyond shadow of
doubt that S. E. Smalley of Cuba City
was victorious over Levi Bancroft Of
Richland Center. Mr.. Smalley be-
comes judge June LIST and will hold
his first court at Darlington. His
term expires June LIST, 1925. as he
is elected fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge George Clement
son. Judge Bancroft was appointed
by Gov Philip last spring to serve
until regular election could take
place
Bancroft gave general satisfaction
and his defeat was a surprise to
many. He ran well in all the coun-
ties and came close to carrying Grant
county, the home of his opponent.
Only Smalley's phenomenal run in
Lafayette county, where he received
nearly four out of every five votes
cast, gave him the election The
official results county by county with
the totals are:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
LAST WEEKS WEATHER

Tuesday-High rs; low Sc.
Wednesday-High 10; low go. Rain
04
Thursday High 80; low 80. Rain
%.
Friday High 60; low a. Rain ga.
Saturday-High Sc; low %. Trace
OF snow.
Sunday-High As; low 80.
Monday-Hi so; low "a.
Forecast-Fair, rising temperature.
Miscellany-Low to freezing tenn
peratures prevailed over the northern
part of the United States and South
ern Canada latter part Of last week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
SHERIFF SEXES NECTAR

Sheriff Holmes conducted another
raid last Wednesday returning from
Sandy Hook with seven sacks of beer
and sack of homemade wine. The
liquors were, of course, in bottles.
Ernest Stumpf, who has been there
before, was held to the circuit court
on a charge of Illicit selling, under
$500 bonds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
keeping Accounts Nellie Okey Mink

The evening program was some
what disrupted by the absence of Geo.
3. Clementson, down for a talk on
the benefit of good roads to the bus
iress men of cities and villages. Mr..
ClementsOn was unable to come. The
benign presence of J. T. Donaghey,
was also missed Mr. Donaghey down
for an address, is known as one of
the best road men i'll the state. M.
w. Metcalfe, gave a splendid talk,
using Benefits of Good Roads to
Farmers" as his topic.
T. W. Reilly, division engineer,
filled in acceptably with a general inn
promptu talk on road matters. He
said that Grant county was excep-
tional in that it had no mudhOles
on it's highways during the patrol
season. He pointed out the necessity
for good roads in this county owing
to the paucity of rail lines and the
long hauls necessary for the majority
of the farmers. He spoke OF the
county trunk line system as an inn
portant part of the state system OF
$500 miles of highway. This system
gridirons the Badger state in every
direction.
The meeting as a whole was sue
cessful and the patrolmen seemed to
enjoy getting together and sticking
up" on ideas. Henry Mink, Commits
sioner, presided in a happy vein and
| is seemingly undaunted over the
I enormous amount of work facing his
office this year.
! Mr.. Mink took the Office in 1914
when 100000 expenditure was
! looked upon as an enormous year
! Since then the work has multiplied as
the need for better roads has increas-
| ed, the only cessation being during
! the war when there came a lull
| Since 1918 the work has come back
! with a rebound and today Grant coun-
/ ty has a program and expenditure III
/ excess of the other four counties Of
! the district There are 81 patrolmer
! receiving $155 monthly with So bon
! us per month if they finish the season
Twenty-four of these work on 195
miles of state trunk line and the bal
ance of thirty-three perform similar
4 duties on the county trunk line sys
| tenn of ESQ miles. The federal con
struction work alone in the county
this year will run to $350,000 and the
total road expenditures will reach {
half million. All patrol salaries are
paid from motor license fees.
This work is supervised from Mr.
Mink's Office by three people-Mr
Mink, his clerk and field assistant
Fred Skemp. Quite jump from IA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
SWINE EXPERT VISITS COUNTY

NJ. H. Scott Of the department of
animal husbandry, university of Wis
consin, was in the county last We'd
nesday. Mr.. Scott and County Agent
Graf motored 100 miles visiting var
ious farmers They arranged for
number of swine breeding demonstra-
tons to be held soon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
CHILD TEETER.TOTTERS:
THEN COMES THE DOCTOR,

Leona Vesperman, 7year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Vesperman
OF South Lancaster, fell from teet-
er-totter at school Monday morning
breaking both bones in her right fore
arm. She was brought to Lancaster
where Dr.. J. C. Doolittle set the
breaks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
County Patrol
Boys Attend
Annual School.

The county road school for patrol
men was held as per schedule last
Thursday with 81 out of 81 patrolmen
present The afternoon session was
taken up as follows
Afternoon Session, l 80 p. M.
Address of Welcome-J T. Bennett
Earth Roads
Wet weather work for Patrolmen.
Clean Out Culverts.
wate.'
Henry Mink
Use of Tools
drag
2-GEader.
3-Planer
Fred Skemp
Dry weather work for PatrOlmen-
Making small relocations.
2-Shaping up road and cutting
bitches.
-Lengthening radius of curves
on sharp curves.
Extending culverts and widen
ing fills.
5-Cutting brush with especial re
ference to clearing out danger
Gus curves.
6-Picking up loose rock and roca
exposed in road.
Placing corrugated tubes OF
wooden box culyerts.
Il. w. Reilly
Gravel Roads
Use OF Tools.
Grader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
CAssyILLE BREWERY RAIDED.

Sheriff Holmes raided the Cassville
brewery Saturday taking a key OF beer
and a sack of bottled goods for analy-
sis by the state chemist. A similar
case is pending against the Cassville
firm in court now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
SECOND CUBA ROBBERY

Thieves gained entrance to the
Fielder Cafe, Saturday night, through
a back window The loot was only
about $1,000, and possibly some Gig
arettes. No clew to the offender has
been found. News Hrald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13

Mrs. Olive Heffner of Muscoda, Wis
tied the past week at the r. NJ. Or
chard home, leaving for Spencer where
she will visit daughter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-18

Nestled in the pine woods Of
northern Michigan. eight Mills from
PetOskey. gummers beautiful Wal
loon lake rejecting on its serene
surface the intensely blue northern
sky The wooded shore line Of the
lovely little lake Is dotted with the
attractive summer homes OF city
jewellers who annually make pill
grfmages 20 the beauty spot from
the heat tortured cities Of the middle
west. One OF the conspi clously pic
turesque cottages IS occuple each
summer season by DIR. and Mrs. 3. l..
Coon and family 625 y. Main ST.
The accompanying picture shows
DR.. Coon's home. which through
loyalty 20 Indiana has been dubbed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-18

''Indianola" by It's owners. The wide
veranda faces an original Indian
trail which winds its way along the
lake shore.
At the rear OF the little home rise
the dark pine woods which shelter
armies OF small wild folk. The va
rieties OF furry little beasts which
abound in the vicinity are quite
harmless and one chipmunk has
adopted the youngest member Of
the Coon househo. and each morn
ing comes for his oreakfast OF pea
nuts. lie sits complacently in Miss
Virginia's hand and daintily nibbles
his meal
Near by is the walloon Lake
Country club OF which DR.. Coon is
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-18
Supplying America With
Booze, Mexican Industry

ciety interested in helping the Mex
Hcans. II Is said, are letters from
worthless here who are willing 70
spend their money for them and
spend IL wisely.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-18
Slipping Clutch Cure

An oily. slipping clutch or brake
can be remedied temporarily by
spreading tale or Fuller's earth on
the surface with an insect powder