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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
Move to Bagley
and Pick Berries

A number of Bagley people are
picking ripe strawberries from the
summer variety and there are lots of
flowers in bloom Sunday it rained
and Monday most of the day and the
ducks and geese are flying in large
COCKS south. The prospect is that
the berries and fruits will all be gone
soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Marshall ana
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Quartermain, drove to
Dubuque Saturday.
Alvin Cook was taken seriously i'll
Saturday night and had to call the
doctor twice during the night.
Mrs. Henry Kabele and children of
Denhoff, n. d., came and moved in to
the Mrs. Houghton house in Bagley
last week. Mrs. Kabele is a daughter
Of Mrs. Dick Dancliff Of Hazleton.
Joe Greer arrived with his horses
and outfit last week. He has been
with the Gollmer circus in the south.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Harris of Colorado
came last week to visit his brothers
and sisters here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Jakeman and
daughter have returned from an ex-
tended visit with children in Nebraska
termain0Bnsdreta0in etaOin
Lee Grist, Frank Cook and Lester
Clark OF Savanna spent the weekend
at home.
The w. C. T. U. and Prof. Hit gave
program at the hall for Armistice
day Saturday evening. They had a
good program which all enjoyed.
Clarence Gulick drove over from
Platteville Saturday.
Lester Clark and wife came from
Savanna Tuesday and Lester returned
on the noon train the same day.
Mrs. Lester Quartermain and Miss
Elsie Hausler went to Dubuque Tues
day. Mrs. Quartermain returned We'd
nesday. Miss Hausler will stay for a
several weeks visit
Mrs. John Keller went to FennimOre
via Pra. du CHEN and Woodman on
Tuesday to visit at the Max Kolb res
idence.
Mrs. Ed Ready and Mrs Lee Grist,
returned home from Savanna Tues
day eve.
Henry Schmidt and Virgil Key up
from Savanna Thursday morning,
Harold Pitzer and wife, who have
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Pitzer, returned to their
home in st. Paul Friday eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hickok and son
Of Bloomington visited the Eli Millen
amily last week and tried their luck
! at fishing
There was a large special extra
Chicago silk train pulled down the
line Sunday morning.
The Coop shipped five cars of hogs
and one OF cattle Sunday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
BEETOWN

Corn social at Muskellunge school
Nov. "a. Ladies bring ear of corn
and lunch box.
Clyde Rogers and boy friend were
down from Boscobel to visit Clyde's
mother Saturday.
Mrs. Fletcher and mother of Lam
caster spent Tuesday and over night
visiting at the Tom Hall home.
e. l.. Auel motored to Dubuque on
business Wednesday.
Misses Meyers and Hillary spent the
weekend at their homes.
Mrs Allen Meyers came home from
Piatteville hospital Tuesday, where
she has been for the past five weeks
She is slowly regaining health.
George Metcalf is improving slowly
from his recent illness.
Lightcap and Lynn, the Delco Light
men, were recent callers.
Mrs. Hayes, friend of Mrs. Elgie
Jamison, visited her the past week
A large crowd at the Aid Society
last Thursday and all enjoyed pleas
ant time. Several auto loads from
Lancaster, members of the Society
were present.
Next meeting Nov 23rd, will be with
Mrs. Stella Auel. Don't wait for an
invitation, but come, everybody well
| come.
Elizabeth Tebo and Charlotte Joyce
came home from Platteville Normal
Thursday to spend the weekend.
A. Hartman and wife entertained l..
Kraut and wife of Lancaster, and Alex
Humes and wife of Charles City, Iowa,
at their home Saturday.
Oscar Brady of Lancaster was a
Saturday caller.
Frank Vincent was here from Ga
lena Saturday, erecting a monument
at the resting place of Mrs. John Ian
caster.
Harry Dolphin, wife and babies of
Lancaster, came Saturday to visit rel
atives here for few days. tfa
Orvie Flickner and mother, of Cass-
vile, are here for farewell visit with
relatives before leaving for California.
A horse and buggy tipped over the
embankment below town Saturday
night, but none of the occupants were
injured
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
ELLENBORO

W. B. Schenk is visiting John Myers
at PlatteVille.
Geo.. Cushman helped Lee Baker
shred corn last week.
Ben Kern and Lloyd Tucker took
in the dance last week at British Hol-
low.
Nelson Baker while cutting brush
on his farm found bee tree which
had 40 pounds of honey in it.
Sam Risic and Will Boyd have the
measles.
Mrs. Nelson Baker is visiting Mrs.
Geo. Gall at Tennyson
Geo. Kinsell and wife of Fennimore,
visited Geo. Tucker Sunday.
j. E. FaWcette of Platteville, was
out here hunting wild ducks last
week.
Will Parish Of Platteville, is busy
moving his farm machinery out here
on his farm
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
QUALITY RIDGE

While Jim PagenkOpf was trying to
herd Lizzie" into the barn one day
last week it became unruly and kicked
up. 1t ran off the approach, turned
over on her side and landed on a disc
nearby. Nobody was hurt as luck
would have it. But, Oh! those dreams.
Mrs. Ellsworth Jeidy has been con-
fined to her bed for about week with
measles. Dir. Baldwin was the attend
ing physician, and MISS Leamy the
nurse.
Ernest Pagenkopf arrived home Sat
urday morning. He had been away on
a measley trip.
Miss Ora Smith is kitchen mechanic
at Jeidy's the last week.
Grandma Jeidy spent part of the
week at the old homestead
There will be a sociable at the
Bowen school sometime in the near
future. Be prepared and bring the
pocket book
E. Jeidy delivered his pork at Lam
caster Saturday, about fifty They
weighed about 260 apiece, and May
pigs. Pretty good uncle
Little Grant town board had bust
ness at the Hub Saturday.
Chairman Hank was absent Satur-
day evening. Charley and Bog and
"39" were at hand and of course
nothing could be done for looking for
Dug, / suppose.
Lester Garthwaite and wife were
callers at Snaps Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike MONTE were out
to Brother J. W. Garthwaite's helping
husk corn.
Casey and Hates boy expect to bring
their shredder home Tuesday.
August Losch is taking treatment
at Shades.
On account of it being late in the
season there will be no more church
services at the Little Grant church
this year.
Walter Griswold, wife and daugh-
ter, put in one day last week at Sam
Welshe's.
Verda Van Malta has been on the
measel list the past week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
THE TOILER
(By Edwin Barkham)

What strong awakening shape is
this
What is his breed, his genesis?
Peer into the Past: from every age
His visage stares in silent rage.
Down the long centuries he came.
Who is he? Ask the sands his name.
Who is he? Ask the leaves that die,
And have no language but a sigh.
Ask the gray fields he plowed for
bread
To feed the nations-he, unfed.
Ask the slow vultures as they wheel
Over the battles for a meal.
Behold, he is the Toiling Man,
Unresting since the world began.
What blind road has he come to this
Out of what darkness, what abyss?
Grinding grim blocks in ages gone,
His groans gave Greece the Parthe-
non:
Out of the deeps of his despair,
The Colosseum whirled i'll air.
Back somewhere in the night of years,
The bricks of Babel felt his tears.
Back in the ages, stopped with loads,
Silent to curses and to goads,
With painting mouth and sullen lids,
He piled the monstrous Pyramids.
Yea, staggering under stripes and
scars,
He heaved huge Cheops to the stars.
The Memphian Sphinxes in their day
Saw him go by as still as they.
And on ali roads he ever trod,
His silence was his cry to God.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
CASSVILLE

Chris. Garner came down Wednes-
day from Bloomington to take his sis
ter, Mrs. Flickner, and son, Orve,
home for visit
Mrs. Ed. Roschi was up from Nc
Cartney and spent the past week with
her daughter, Mrs. Ed Boldt.
Mrs. Orson Farrand and daughter,
Myrl were IN Dubuque Wednesday,
Mrs. B. E. Groom of Langdon, n. D.,
has been visitor at the Geo. Groom
home for week or more.
Mrs. Henry Dresen had news of the
death of her Oldest brother, John Es-
ser, Whittemore, Ia, the funeral SER
vices held at 8 o'clock Saturday a. m.
Landlord May of Denniston House
passed away at a hospital in Dubuque
Saturday morning. He had been
taken there several days before. The
body was taken to Boscobel his for
mer home, Saturday afternoon. The
village inn had been in his hands for
Is months and he and wife had made
many friends here.
Mrs. O. H. Failing and children,
Owen and Ruth, were in Dubuque on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walt Flicker were in
Dubuque Friday and Saturday 4G.
Mrs. Mike Schmelz and son, Ray
Unterharnscheidt, were shopping in
Dubuque Saturday.
Egbert Rockefeller and wife were
returned from Fairchild and are at
home in their house on Bluff st.
o. H. Failing was in Chicago at
tending Gamers convention.
Mrs. Jas. Bennett and son, Leon
ard, have been away on visit at St.
Paul, Minneapolis nd Madison.
Miss Edith Kleinpell Of Chicago
spent the past several weeks in ST..
Paul with her daughters, Mesdames
Geo. Smith and Joe Nelson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
GRANT RIVER

Elizabeth Joyce spent the latter part
of the week at home
Ella Hoffman is home this week on
account of measles.
Mrs. Edw. Mclean and Lila, and
Frank Mclean and wife were Bloom
ington shoppers Saturday. They also
called on Mrs. Minnie Cooley, now re-
siding there.
Paul and Dorothy Mclean, measles
victims, are able to be out
Chas. and Edw. Mclean saw the ad
in the Herald and with many others
attended the big machine sale at Ian
caster Saturday.
Will Pagel delivered hays in Lam
caster Saturday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
III


Behold, Q world, the Toiling Man.
Bearing earth's burden and her han.
Because OF his all-giving grace.
halSers and kings have held their
place
Because he gave ungrudging toll
The lords have had the world for
spoil
because he gave them all his dover.
Great ladies glittered out their hour
He clothed these paupers. gave tbeno
bed, -
Put into their mouths their daily
bread.
ana MS reward? A crust to taste
AN unknown grave upon the waste,
Outcast and cursed, befooled and
f1ayed, A
With earth's brute burdens on hin,
laid, A-'Ai
ne only reached out humble hands
reached out his mercies on ALI lands
low low silent down the world he trod-
how patient he has been with GodI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15

son, Sam, attended to legal matters
n Lancaster Saturday.
A. G. Kieffer, who succeeded c. J.
Ragatz as cashier of the Potosi State
bank, has moved with his family from
Bellevue, Ioaw, to Potosi and is nov
occupying the G. J. Ragatz residence
on North street Mr.. Ragatz and fam
lily will make their future home in
California, and will leave Potosi about
December LIST.
Announcements were made from
the altar of St. Andrews Sunday Of
The approaching marriages of Chris
Craugh and Miss Bertha MEME, both
ST Potosi, and Smil Weber of Mime
sofa, and Miss Theresa Weber Of Po-
to:sh. NO Relationship"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
APPLE MEASURING 16
INCHES ON EXHIBITION

JUNEAU, Wis.-An apple on exhibit
at County Agent Browns ONCE meas
ures 16 inches in circumference ana IS
attracting considerable attention. IL
is not a Dodge county product, now
ever, but was grown in the orcnard OF
B. w. Sackett, Sturgeon Bay, and was
presented to his father-ln-laW; George
Wagner, of this city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
cfnders' Value in Road Ruitdin,

" h0au 6ull0inQ.
Clnders have been found useful n
hnghsh road making for preventing
clay of the sub-base of the road ria.
ing to the surface.
City Practically Mining Camp.
Inc town of Butte, Montana. is a
vast mining camp, combined with
modern city. The Butte district has
produced more than billion dollars,
worth OF metals, copper heading tha
list. This is the most productive
metal-bearing area of it's size in tbs
world. = 'ne
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
Is That 1t?

"Many live wire would be a dead
one if it wasn't for his connections"
remarks an exchange Meaning that
the home folks supply the currency
Watt Boston Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
Easy Either WAY.

at is the easiest thing in the world
for man to play sensible" says a
magazine writer The easiest thing in
the world is for a man TO play the
perfect fool. Anybody who's had ex-
perience knows that.--Houston Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
Love-.

Love is just one fool thing after an.
other.-Little Rock Gazette. Maybe.
Usually love is just two fool things
after each other.-Arkansaw Thomas
Cat.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
NO REWARD FOR LOYALTY

What can a man hope for who en-
ters the government service as n
career? Let us look at some actual
cases. Here is the story Of one as
told by K. J. Ayers, chief clerk. De-
partment Of the Interior. He cites 1t
as case similar to that of many 9TH
ers In his department. and says there
are many others who are In worse cir
cumstances:
"The records Of our department
show that he entered the service as a
Of three and half years In the Uni
ted States navy rs first-class fire.
man, with an honorable discharge He
has been with US for more than thirty
three years, and Is siYty-siI years
old, and has given more than half his
life to the service Of the government.
''He owns little property three
miles beyond the Chesapeake juno
tion, and he gets up early In the morn
ing, before daylight, and comes in to
work and goes out after dark at night.
To-day he is getting $40 a year. He
has raised a family Of nine children
three of whom are now dead-elght
boys and one daughter. His elder
sons are married and have established
homes of their own. Two of his sons
were In the military service In France.
and his daughter. twelve years old,
lives with her grandmother. where he
Is supporting, educating and clothing
her.
.'He Is white man, very intelli-
gent man, emlnently qualified for this
particular line of work. His wife is
dead. He is his own housekeeper and
he does the cooking and the washing
and the ironing.
His home wns established In Its
present location because 1t was not
thought practicable to raise family
in the district, and he bought piece
of property in Prince Georges coun-
ty three miles beyond the railroad
terminal, which distance, us l said, he
walks twice day, leaving in the morn
Ing most of the year before daylight,
and returning home by dark. This
small place consists of n shack and
lew a'ieS VI iahu oH WHICH ne mas
mortgage of $1,000, and you can judge
that he enjoys no convenienceS other
than the small house, which protects
him from the elements.
"The house Is divided into four
rooms, the partitions being of paper
tackled to the framework, there being
no laths or plaster.
"The small stove Standing In the
center of the room he has used for
more than twenty years, and the pot
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
(cHAPTER iIi-continued.)

Lord. don't ask mel- Peter said,
gruffly. 81 think she's too young to
marry anyon-but the mischIers
done nowr'
Il think I'll talk to her." her father
decided. Anything is better than
having her make a mistake I think
she'll listen to mel" And a day or
two later he called her into the study.
1t was a quiet autumn morning, foggy
yet warm, with a dewy. woody sweet
ness In the air.
Before we decide this thing final.
ty." the doctor said, smiling into her
bright face, before Martin writes his
people that it's settled, want to ask
you to do something. It's something
you won't like TO do. my little girl.
l want ye to walt while-walt a
yearI"
1t was said. He watched the bright
ness fade from her glowing face. She
lowered her eyes. The line of her
mouth grew firm.
wait until you're twenty. dear
That's young enough. l only ask you
to take little time-to be sure. dear ~
Silence. She shrugged family,
blinked the downcast eyes as II tears
stung them.
Cant take your old fathers word
for itT DR.. Strickland asked.
ut isn't that, Dad - she protested
eagerly and affectionately. "ITl walt
1 have waited TIL wait until
Christmas, or April, If you say so!
But 1t won't make any difference;
nothing Will. I love him and he loves
me, and we always WILL
You don't know" Cherry went on,
with suddenly watering eyes "you
don't know what this summer of sepa-
ration has meant to us both. II we
must wait longer, why, we will, of
course, but 1t will mean that I am
just living along somehow-oh, won't
cry" she interrupted, smiling with
wet iashes. "I'll try to bear 1t de-
Gently! But sometimes I feel as If
| couldn't bear 1t"
A rush of tears choked her. She
CROPPED for handkerchief and felt,
as she had felt so many times, her
fathers handkerchief pressed into her
hand. The doctor sighed There was
nothing more to be said.
So he gave Cherry wedding check
that made her dance with Joy, and
there was no more seriousness There
were gowns, dinners, theater parties
and presents; every day brought its
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03

right at the mine, and the long sheds
of the plant, and the bare big build
Ing that was the mems boarding house.
Martins associates brought her trout
and ducks, she wrote; she and Martin
had driven three hundred miles in the
superintendent car; she was pre-
pairing for a card party.
think of little old Cherry going
of on weekend trips with three
menu Alix would say proudly. think
Of Cherry giving a party" Anne per-
haps would make no comment, but she
often felt pang Of envy. Cherry
seemed to have everything.
Suddenly. without warning, there
was newcomer In the circle, a sleek
headed brown-haired little man known
as Justin Little.
He had been introduced at some par
ty to Anne and Alix; he called; he
was presently taking Anne to lee
ture. Anne now began to laugh at
him and say that he was too ridIc-
ulous." but she did not allow any one
else to say so. On the contrary, she
told Alix at various times that his
mother had been one Of the old Mary
land Percies, and his great-grandfather
was mentioned in book by Sir Wal
ter Scott, and that one had to respect
the man, even If one didn't choose to
marry him.
MARRY him !" Alix had echoed in
simple amazement. Marry him-what
was all this sudden change in the
household when man could no sooner
appear than some girl began to talk
of marriage? Stupefied, Alix watched
the affair progress.
II don't imagine it's serious!" her
father said on an April walk. Peter,
tramping beside them, was interested
but silent
"My dear father" the girl protested.
Have you listened to them? They've
been contending for weeks that they
were just remarkably good friends
that's why she calls him FrennyV"
"Ah-I see!" the doctor said mildly,
as Peters wild laugh burst forth.
"But now," Alix pursued, shes told
him that as she cannot be what he
wishes, they had better not meetw
Poor Anne!" the old doctor com
mented.
"Poor nothing! She's having the
time Of her life." her cousin said un.
feelingly. "She told me today that
she was afraid that she had checked
one Of the most brilliant careers at
the bar"
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
CHAPTER v.

So winter passed at the mine and
at the brown house under the shoul-
der Of Tamalpais. AlIx stul kept her
bedroom windows open, but the rain
tore in. and Anne protested at the en-
suing stains on the pantry ceiling.
Cherry's wedding. once satlsfactori-
ly over. was a cause Of great satisfac-
tion to her sister and cousin. They
had stepped back duly. to give her
the center Of the stage; they had ad-
mired and congratulated; had helped
her in all hearty generosity. And now
that she was gone they enjoyed their
own lives again and cast over hers the
glamor that novelty and distance new
er fall to give. Cherry. married and
keeping house and managing affairs,
was an object Of romantic interest.
The girls surmIsed that Cherry must
be making friends: that everyone must
admire her: that Martin would be
rich some day. without doubt.
Cherry wrote regularly, now and then
assuring them that she was the same
old Cherry. She described her tiny house
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
READ LANES DIAGNOSIS

In his final report to the President,
upon completing his work as secre-
tary of the interior, Franklin X. Lane
sketched with a sure hand out of the
abundance Of his experience the pres
ent Washington condition.:
The call Is for thinking planning. engi-
neering, craftsmanship. For we are quick
ly passing out of the rough-and-ready
period of our national life, in which we
have dealt wholesale with men and
things. into a period of more intensive
development. in which we must seek to
find the special qualities of the individual
unit, whether that unit be an acre of
desert barrel of oil. mountain
canyon. the flow of a river or the capac-
ity of the humblest of men.
ITO conquer and to master-the same
old task Is ours: but not in the same old
way. We have discovered this land and
made 1t ours, but this is not the end
of our journey. for now we are to give
thought. the deepest thought to the ways
In which 1t may be made to yield most
hbundanuy in the things which COM
pleX society with most imperious curl
osty demands.
Washington is combination of politl-
cal caucus. drawing-room and civil serv-
Ice bureaus. 1t contains statesmen who
are politicians and politicians who are
not statesmen. 1t is rich in brains and
In character. 1t Is honest beyond any
commercial standard. 1t wishes to do
everything that will promote the public
good. But 1t is poorly organized for the
task that belongs to 1t. Fewer men of
larger capacity would do the task better
Ability is not lacking. but 1t is pressed
to the point of paralysis because of an
infinitude of details and an unwillingness
on the part OF the great body OF public
servants to take responsibility. Every
one seems to be afraid of everyone The
self.protecdve sense is developed abnor-
mally, the creative sense atrophies. Trust,
confidence. enthusiasm-these simple yir-
tues Of all great business are the ones
most lacking In government organization
we have SO many checks and brakes
upon our work that our progress does
not keep pace with the nations REQUIRE
nents. We could save money for the
government II we had more discretion as
TO now we should use that given us.
For the body of the civil servants there
should be quicker promotion or discharge
and sure Insurance when disability
comes For the higher administrat five
officers there should be salaries twice aa
high as those now given, and they should
be made to feel that they are the onss
responsible for the work of the Ssnar,'
ment. the head being merely an adviser
and constructor OF policies
As matters are now devised there are
100 rev In the government whose bust
ness II - 70 plan. Every man is held to
detail. to the narrower view, which comes
100 often to be the department view or
some sort OF parochai view. We need
ror the day that is here and upon US
men who have little to do but study the
problems OF the time and test their ca :
pacity at meeting them. In a word. we
need more opportunity for planning. en-
sineering. craftsmanship above, and mora
hxed authority and responsibility below.
Inc employment methods of the goy-
ernment could be improved. Under
the civil service lew Of 1888 a good