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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-05
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YOkh, oct. A.-FolowinE gro to- 1Hy sales. nigh, low and closing prices u stocks listed on the New 1orh stock 44xcnauge:
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FLAX MARKET
RAW SILK

DULUTH, Minn.. Oct. 4.-Close: Flax October, S2,49i November. s2.4s; Decem- Der, $2.46%i May, s2.41A,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-05

NNw YORK. Oct. 4.-Raw silk steady: prices unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-05

NEW YORK. October 4.-sub,cription ennniSs 'ne New York Central Lines os s1f.sSo.oOo 5 per cent equip- 'pient trust certificates. were opened at 10 b. m today and immediately closed 'J, F. Morgan & Co. heading the offerina
 Syndicate announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-05

NEW YORK, Oct. 4.--statistics made kpublic by the National City bank show Nhat list of 20 bonds closed the month lo, September 1.z2 points below the end So' August level and SIS points below tho md of September. 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-05

NEW YoR. oct. 4-The New York lcoffes and sugar exchange voted today tao oloss Saturday. October l3, the day Following Columbus day. when all the sSsw Yort sscurity and commodity mar sLsts wn,- bes, ciossi. Other exchanges fare sxpsotsd to raest dur,ng the day 10 ivote orlt. .1e Gussftan nt dsslartnS the ik<~ tlall1rs-
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NEw ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES
SPOT COTTON

NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-spot cotton quiet Middling. 29.20o.
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FOREIGN MONEY
ATLANTA REsERvE RANK

X NEW YORK, Oct, 4.-Bar silver. G4c Mexican dollars. 4s%c.
The Kusko times., 1923-02-07
Alaska News Notes

Hyder has new electric light plant.
 Fifteen men are employed in the .Kougarok mining district.
 Only six tourists visited Mckinley National Park last season,
 The Portland block in Dawson was destroked by fire. recently.
 George B. Grigsby, former delegate from Alaska and attorney general, is now located in New York city.
 The Kennecott Corporation declared dividend of 75 cents a share on Janu- ary 15, on stocks of record Dec. p.
 George Hazelet is installing a 1C9, barrel still at his we'll at Katalla, to be used in the manufacture of lubricating . olls.
 Dawson lodge of Yukon Pioneers re- gently celebrated the twenty eighth anniversary of the founding of the order.
 Earl Hyde, we'll known in Nome and other parts of Alaska, is in New York, raising funds on oil properties near Billings, Mont
 A. R. LBrson, former cashier of the Miners x Merchants Bank of Ketchi- kan, is raising funds to start another bank in the portal city
 Casey McDanel. the noted caterer on hshe Alaska railroad, has made pro-
The Kusko times., 1923-02-07

That you connot believe everything that you read in newspapers was aptly illustrated by little Johnny's perusal of the column headed News About Our Town Folks" He startled his mother by exclaiming suddenly: "Ma, what part of lady is her honeymoon" Grabbing for 8 foothold, his mother countered, Il don't know; why?' "Well. the paper says Mrs. Doitup Brown fell down and hurt herself on her honeymoon.
The Kusko times., 1923-02-07

pOsal to put in first Class hotel at the base of Mount Mckinley to accommO- date tourists.
 Mitchell Rose. of Tanana, was re- cently arrested by federal officials, and in resisting arrest struck an officer over the head with bottle. Nome Odd Fellows recently elected new of1icars as follows: Gus Johnson, noble grand; George HobleY, vice grand; James Bogan, secretary; Earl Modini, treasurer.
 Ben Myers, well known miner on Last Chance creek, In the Dawson dis trict, having passed away while seated at his table. The body was warm when discovered.
 The U. $. district court house at Nome, the bureau of education, and the Nome postottice are now being supplied with steam heat from the Alaska Mines heating plant.
 Old-time Alaskans in San Francisco are not satisfied with conditions and long to return to the Territory, accord in~ to E. c. Woods. of Fairbanks, who recently returned from the Outside.
 The Ketchikan Daily News, a new publication, has been started at the portal city by Ebert Bennett, who is elltor and business manager, and Der ntfd NJ. Stone, who is well known h the Alaska newspaper field.
 Several outfits will be in operation al the recent strike in the Chatanlka flats W4en the water commences to run this spring. Many holes have been put tc bedrock, and in some instances the praspectors are greatly encouraged.
 Alfred Stoney, 6 hog rancher, living near Juneau, had hara luck recently Federal officers raided his place and seized all of his Christmas brew. He twas mulcted ot Sl00 fine, and the iudge threw thirty days at him as NeS u CdL DICoCGUs
 w. R. Millard is expected to redper the Granite mlne at Port Wells in the near future. The mine was bid ir under a lien sale last year by MT. Mil lard, and as the period of redemption has expired Mir. Willard and associates will take over the property.
 It is reported in Prince William Sound that the Midas mine, across the bay from Valdez, has been sold by the Granby corporation to the Guggenheim interests and that work will be resumed this summer, aftey several years shut down. This is d copper property.
 A committee was appointed at a re- bcent meeting of the Nome lgloo ol Pioneers for the purpose of starting g movement to remove the Pioneers Home, tt Sitka, 10 California, or some other location. A resolution was also drawn asking the legislature to pro- vide pension for pioneers sufficient for them to choose their own locality in which to reside.
The Kusko times., 1923-02-07

Mrs. Catterson ito literary husband): "Has the mustard plaster relieved you so that you can focus your mind on your worki'
 Catterson: "It's relieved the pain in my back. but now I've got my mind focused on the plaster"
The Kusko times., 1923-02-07

For Sale-Graphophone, with sixty records; in good condition. Inquire Times office.
The Kusko times., 1923-02-07

For Sale-A we'll broken leader, cheap. Inquire Times office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20

scheid. so, at her home in the village
She is survived by several cnlioren
Sister Irma, West Allis; Sister VIII
mira. Prairie du Chen; Mrs. JACOB
Schulz. Milwaukee; Mrs. Donald NC
Donald, Santa Monica; Calf; VII
liam P. Ortscheid, Cassville; Mrs. Al
bert Kleinpell, Great Falls, Mont
Mrs. M. WooIf and Mrs. R. A. Wlegel'
Chicago. ILL., She was buried from
the st. Charles church. Rev. r. D.
Jones conducted the services.
Geo. Orlady, cashier OF the MondoVl
state Bank, Ed. Percicol, DuTanc
real estate man, and Arthur C1ntfeli'
townsville garage man, were arrest
ed Friday on a charge of having
worked from the inside" to loot the
Mondovi bank Dec. %, 1922, Orlaedy
was alone in the bank at closing time
last December, when two bandits
walked in and forced him into the
vault. They escaped with all cash IN
sight Later Chas. Labb and Alfred
Meyers, two bank robbers, were ar
rested in Minnesota for robberles
there, and given ten years apiece. me
men confessed guilt in connection
with the Mondovi bank; duplicating
the local men. The Friday arrests
created a sensation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
VACATION PARTY ENDS
IN SUDDEN DISASTER

DARLINGTON, Wis.-Leaving here
in gay spirits on a motor trip that
was to take them to their old home IN
st. Ignace, Mich, the family of A. E.
Cross, principal of the Darlington
high school, met with tragic acct
dent at a sharp turn three miles south
of the city Saturday when their car
skidded and overturned. Nelson
Cross, Is, was instantly killed, his
father was seriously injured, and the
mother and daughter were slightly
hurt. =
All four were pinned under the ma
chine when it overturned in a ditch
and were rescued by passing motor
lists. The boy was crushed to death.
Mr.. Cross was rushed to the local hos
pital and is believed to have suffered
serious internal injuries.
The road makes sharp turn at
this point and the car struck some
loose dirt, causing it to swerve
around the corner and overturn.
The Cross family came here from
ST. Ignace a year ago. Mr.: Cross was
recently engaged for another year as
high school principal by the board Of
education.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
SPEkKING OLE KANSAS

Il have seen Kansas so dry" says
T. A. McNea4, author Of When Kan
sas Was Young" that you had to
Urine the mourners at funeral 10
make them weep. have seen it 50
wet that the ducks mired in the prai-
ries and the water backed up against
the barbed wire fences. l have seen
it SO cold that Greenland had nothing
on rs. I have seen it so hot that
evangelists were unable to work up
an enthusiasm telling Of the fiery re-
gions below. If all the wheat grown
in Kansas since it achieved statehood
were ground into -four and made into
a doughnut, the 10 million negroes i'll
this country could stand in the hole
in the center, and by the time they
had eaten their way out the race
problem would be solved"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Carl Lasky, 20, Mazomanie, was
drowned in a deep sinkhole near Sun
Prairie Sunday.
1921 degrees, the largest class in
history, were given out at the Univer-
sity Monday.
Ralph Moody Jr., Z, was drowned in
Pine lake, near Oconomowoc, Friday
morning. The boy, visiting at the
summer, home of his grandmother, at.
tempted to catch some fish and fell
into deep water
Cecelia Whitiz, II, who died in Mil
waukee, June 8, was brought to the
home Of her mother, Mrs Mary She'd.
FennimOre, for burial Funeral ser
vices were held from the Catholic
church,, ..z.s9
Twelve deputy prohibition com
missibpets of Stanley Smith, state
commissioner, must take vacation
or work without pay until July l.,
when additional appropriations made
by the legislature are available.
DespOndent over the death of her
baby two months ago, Mrs. Irwin HUI
berty, 26, Fond du Lac, cut her throat
with butcher knife. The body was
found by farm laborers returning
from their work.
More than eight and a half tons of
butter in less than nine hours is a
new record established by the Barron
creamery. On May %, 1922, all
records were broken with an output
of 1926 pounds. Thursday the
amount tOtaled 17,050 pounds.
The four-year-old daughter of Err
nest Ortendahl, whose farm is six
miles southeast of Grantsburg, was
killed while playing on a wood rack
that rested on some poles The poles
gave way and the rack fell on the
child, crushing the frail body. She
lived but few hours after the acct
dent.
Cap" Everhardt, Platteville, a
state highway inspector, was injured,
Wednesday while working near the
Rush CT eek bridge in Richland coun-
ty. A AKA timber struck him in the
back as Cap" stopped over. The in
juries were not serious. Everhardt
a graduate of the state mining school,
is capable pitcher of baseball and
has filled the slab position for Rich
land several times this season.
The farm of James Collentine, Mon
roe farmer, was raided for the second
time this year Friday. Mash and
moonshine were confscated. The
farmer paid fine of 500 last winter
promising to ''be good in the future
]. r. Eldred, F. Camp, R. E. Lee,
Orland Hill and ]. K. Cogan, high c.
ficials in the Manufacturers National
Bank. ct Racine, handed in their
resigna+ ions Friday o. w. Johnson,
head of the bank, is in California.
Jos. PinellO, trained swimmer
was drowned in Lake Monona Sunday
morning. Pineollo went in for a
swim before lunch and after splash
ing around bit went down without
warning. His wife watching from
shore, began shrieking for help. A
man with a boat saw Pinello's plight
and almost rescued him, but the man
sank before he could grasp him by
the hair. PinellO, native of Pough
keepsie, N. Y, had been married six
months.
Cassville lost one of its Oldest resi-
dents by the death of Mrs. ]. B. Ort-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
THE LITTLE OLD TOWN

l love to live in a town like this
just little old town like this; where
the jessamines bloom along the way,
and the birds sing songs the live
long day, and the glorious sun, with
a genial kiss, makes it good to live
in town like this
/, love to live in town like this
just little old town like this; where
you know the names of folks you
meet, though they happen oalive on
a different street, and if they move
their faces you miss, in a little old
town like this.
love to live in a town like this
just little old town like this; where
every anguish in ones breast is felt
and shared by friends. the best, who
share the gall and share the bliss, in
a little old town like this. ,g
| love to live in a town like this
just little old town like this; where
nelghbors watch by the loved ones
bed and weep with you Ger the bier
of the dead, and forgive every. deed
that was done amiss--in a little old
town like this.
Then let me live in a town like this
just little old town like this
where your foe of today is your friend
of tomorrow, who is eager to bear
the cross of your sorrow, and make it
as light as the morning mist, in a
little old town like this. =
Yes, let me die in a town like this
just little old town like this: and
DER my grave let the roses creep to
brighten the spot where my poor
bones sleep, when my soul has winged
theSdeep abyss and I rest on forever
lin a town like this.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
TO BE AN EDITOR

{ Some Of VIII Cartoons happy days
must have been spent on a country
weekly. That he knows Of the trials
and tribulations and some of the joys
of being. a communicable is to be
seen by these lines:
The Editor SATIN his sanctum and
looked TIE old man in the eye,
Then. glanced at the grinning young
hopeful andt mournfully made his
rs your son "a small unbound edition
of Moses and Solomon both?
Can he. compass his spirit with meek
ness, land strange a natural oath?
Can he leave alBhis wrongs to the fu-
ture, and carry his heart in his
cheek? ...&
Can he do an hours work in minute
and live on sixpence a week?
Can he courteously talk to an equal
and browbeat an impudent Ounce?
Can he keep things in appIe-pie or
der, and do half dozen at once?
Can he'pTess all the springs of knowl-
And be sure that he knows how much
! to know, and knows how to not
j know too .much?,
Does he know how to spur up his vir-
tue, and put a check-rein on his
pride?
Can he carry gentleman's manners
within a rhinOcerOS' hide?
Can he know all, and do all, and be
all, with cheerfulness, courage, and
vim?
If so, we perhaps can be maxim an
editor outen of him!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
HOW THE RIVALRY WAS SETTLED

In an attempt to settle the war of
rivalry that has so long existed be-
tween the cities of Minneapolis and
St. Paul, it was decided by the civic
organizations of the two cities to have
a banquet and get-together meeting
to see if ways and means could not
be found to bury all animosities.
=- After partaking of good food and
pre--Volstead refres speeches
Were in order The chairman called
on a prominent citizen of Minneapo-
lis, who in a very forcible manner
eulogized the Twin Cities, their re-
sources, their advantages and the
pleasure of living in the united city. r.
When he had finished a. gentleman
from st. Paul arose and. stated that
there was just one question he wanted
to- ask: What shalI$ we name the
united city," ga59sSSs.% D., :
The gentleman from Minneapolis
arose, and after considerable think
ing: II would name it Minnehaha-
Minnie for Minneapolis and 'Ha!
Has, for st. Paul.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
No poVArty If Everybody Works.

with all of our culture and QlHus-
ION Of knowledge the world stlll mas
ills as anyone may note with hail an
eve. One of these ills is poverty
cumulative seed i'll, like a seed war =
distributing its onus over every Iano'
every community. One of the great
oct evils of the human race is poTert!
ali are agreed as to this. The PROB
lem is how to Danish 1t from the
world. 1t might be accomplished IL
everyone would work and practlce
thrift. Here you reach the end Oh
ybur reasoning, because of. the oll-
lion and a half of people in the worlu
a comparatively few are doing what
work is being done. All the balance
are Ioafers. MASTERS and dawdlers''
living by their wits and on the fruits
Of the labors of others. Judge Gary
saws the solution of the world i, Ills Is, is is
IN Sob for every person. "a ms prnpe-
sftSob is its own answer. The man
INV without a Job is without 1t be-
ohiIse he would rather die than WORK.
AM OF his wits are employed IN the
tttaheuvers necessary to dodge Iapor.
FE& in time becomes as skllltul al IL
ASsa tight-rope walker or trapeze
tkffotmer. OF course all such WORTH
lgss creatures lose out. in the end;
lbs2 their identity and are thrown
back in the melting pot.-Burlington
PhSt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
WILSON AN EVOLUTIONIST

In connection with the dismissal OF
F. E. Dean, a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Missouri, as superintendent OF
schools at Fort Sumner, N. NJ, for
teaching evolution, an opponent of
the superintendent said that ex-Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson did not believe
in evolution. Prof. W. c. Curtis, OF
the University of Missouri, at once
wrote to the ex-President, whose re-
ply was:
Washington, D. c., goth August,
1922.-My Dear Professor Curtis:
May it not suffice for me to say, in
reply to your letter OF August %,
that of course like every other man Of
intelligence and education / do be-
lieve in organic evolution. 1t sur
prises me that at this late date such
questions should be raised. +
Sincerely yours,
- WOODROW WILSON.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
JUST EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENS AT A BALL GAME

Burning sun, scowling faces, hand
kerchfefs everywhere, bald heads,
open shirts, tired business men who
get that way by working themselves
up about the game, young men talk
ing themselves hoarse, ladies talking
everything but baseball, much ciga-
rette smoke and sweating, cigarette
advertisement and B. V. D. ditto,
greatly agitated fan trying to make
himself heard to the outfielders,
bright cracks, dumb players, lady
wants to know what teams are play
ing, much razzing, bands of fappers,
much giggling and squealing, organ
lunged, be-sweated fan telling umpire
to go to-, bowling peanut, soda
water and hot dog vendors, customer
raising Cain because of mustard
spilled on his pants, disguised fan
wanting to know when the game
starts, lady calmly wants to know
what the third baseman is supposed
to do when he catches ball, hits,
roots, strikeOuts, boots, umpire al
most suffocated to death by dust
thrown in face, man explaining game
to wife, who has her mind on the lid
the dame in front of her is wearing;
umpires receive another volley of
abuse, ball in stand, last seen of it,,
two enthusiastic fannettes who are all
for the ~pitcher-he has such an ador-
able profile, hoarse, hulking brutes
who are for numbering him, confer
ence between pitcher and catcher,
lady wants to know what they're talk
ing about fans almost going insane
when home team scores, more razzing
from opposition factions, home-runs,
cheers, hats thrown in air, crowd
rushing for exits all at one time, two
beautiful but dense ladies want to
know if the Browns won (game be-
tween Cardinals and Cincinnati), ex-
pressions of disgust, of praise, etc.,
etc.-CIark McAdams in ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
BAGLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Quarterman
and son went to Galesburg, ILL.,, We'd
nesday to visit Claude's brother Wal
ter and wife.
Lyman Cook returned from La
Crosse Wednesday.
Mrs. Charley Haville and her niece,
Loretta Haville, were in Dubuque last
week.
Mrs. Frank Ripper, Jr., is very ILL.,
and is under the care of doctor.
Mrs. Frank Ripper, ST., and daughter
OF Gutenberg, Ia, came up Sunday to
help care for Mrs. Ripper and also
help about the strawberry picking.
Owing to the dry weather the straw
berry crop is not as good as they
thought it would be-
DR.. Mecum and bride of Onalaska,
were calling in Bagley Saturday.
John Joles and two children of S.
d., visited in Bagley several days and
went from here to CassvilIe Tuesday
to visit while before returning to
their home.
Aida Beardsley returned home
from attending Carleton college at
Mortified, MINI, Thursday.
Andrew and Charley Speth of Polk
county, Wis, were called to Rewey
by the death Of their oldest brother
and came here to see their sister, Mrs.
Richard Dancliff, and returned home
Friday morning.
Mrs. Ed. Thiessea and two children
went from here to Davenport, Ia, Fri
day, to visit her folks there.
Walter 'Grimesey went to Dubuque
Friday, where he expects to get work.
Mrs. G. A. Ready and children re-
turned from Mt. Sterling Friday.
Carp spearing has been good for
several days, as the river raised a lit
tie.
Mr.. and Mrs Austin of Blooming
ton, who were driving home from
Bagley, Thursday, ran off from the
bank below town in passing another
car, and turned turtle, but luckily
no one was hurt, but the top of the
car, a new one: was badly, damaged.
The road was obscured by weeds
growing along the roadside, which
are very bad on this end of the
Bloomington and ,Bagley road.
Saturday while the section men
were changing rail on the passenger
track above town the old rail or two
short ones sprung and struck new
one, a 80 foot rail, that was laying by
it and knocked it from the side-track
clear over the west bound track and
on the east bound main track, hitting
Lester Quarterman, the foreman, and
Robert Beard Oh the feet, knocking
them down and bruising a foot on
both of them. They went to Pra du
Chen on the evening train to have
them dressed. Mr.. Quarterman's
foot is not so badly hurt, but Mr.
Beard has a fractured bone in. his
foot. They came off very lucky as it
threw them both down a distance
from the track. If they had fell the
other way the force of that 80 foot
rail would have surely, killed both. It
is the first time the foreman has had
to report a man hurt in ten years.
Mrs. Geo. Stearns and five-months'
son, Charles, arrived from st. Louis,
Mo-, Saturday evening, to spend a few
weeks at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
G.. d. Calkins.
Sylvia Sutton of the north part of
the state, came to visit old friends
and attend to some business here on
Monday. s.,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
WHEN WE co BACK HOME

cant visualize changes. When we
leave the village of our boyhood or
gFrh66d. the picture of it then is the
9EcfIre that we carry through life.
Sbmehow it is impossible for us to
sA& that things there are also affect
ed by time Just as they are in the city
in which we live. For that reason
bht would think it better il. we re-
drained from visiting the place we
used to call home. Memories, the
permanent satisfaction of life,. would
bS,uhimpaired. And yet we return.
The disillusion and sadness which we
inlay almost certainly expect are pow
eRtess to destroy the memory picture
ofsSelightful days of yore.-Muscatine
JoGrnal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
OF INDEPENDENCE
(WauzeIa Chief

Rrof. ]. G. Brockert of the Platte
vide Normal delivered the commence
1hent address and laid down score
card and an extended test that indeed
pitt the graduates to a real test, but
wesapprehend they passed the test al
right as the superintendent and
s9hOol board did not withhold the di-'
ptomas. We might say much about
thet address but We were ordered to
laNd the address to the skies and we
take orders from no. one, therefore
We simply say it was mighty good
address. Il, = : -
~ - - 80 4 .SN s i,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-20
TWO COuRTEOUS LIARS

NOT long ago there appeared in a
western paper the following: The
gentleman who found a pocketbook
with money on Main street is request
ed to forward it to the address OF the
loser, as he was recognized The
next day there appeared in the same
paper the response, which although
courteous, had an elusive air: "The
recognized gentleman who picked up
a pocketbook on Main street requests
the loser to call at his home at a con-
venient date" - ~