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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-11-02
President Erskine Awards
Medals to 147O Employees
Who Have Served Cor
ppration From Five
To 20 Years and
Longer.
OF This Number 220 Have
Been With Studebaker
From 20 To 60
Years.

THE seventy-first anniversary
= of the Studebaker Corpora
= ton was observed at South
Bend, Indiana, with entertainment
at Springbrook Park to which the
families of $4,000 Studebaker en-
ployees in South Bend had been in
vited.
During the afternoon President
A. R. Erskine presented medals to
employees for continuous, loyal
service to the Corporation for
periods of five, ten, fifteen OF
twenty years. More than LOO en-
ployees received bronze medals for
five or ten years service; $50 were
awarded sterling silver medals for
Is years, and 220 had gold medals
pinned upon them for more than
90 years employment by the House
of Studebaker. The last group in
cluded those employees who have
been with the Corporation from 20
to 60 years. They were given live
ly applause by their fellow workers
as they received the honors.
Service medals for members OF
Studebaker's Detroit plants will be
awarded there shortly.
A high-class vaudeville program
during the afternoon and a man.
moth fire works display in the
evening, feature of which was an
Illuminated replica of a Studebaker
Liglt-Six, furnished entertainment
Tor the thousand of employees and
thair families.
Remarkable Growth
Although the automobile in
dusty is the largest of the nation,
it liz so young that traditions are
not generally associated with it.
The Studebaker Corporation is a
notable exception. Certainly no
company in the industry-and few
companies in any indslstry-are as
rich in tradition as Studebaker.
Fer seventy-one years the name
Stadaoaker has been linked, not
cnly witch every improvement in
transportation, but with American
industrial Development as well.
Since it's inception in 1852 as a
crossroads blacksmithing and wag-
embedding shop, Studcbaker has
expanded to one of the greatest
manufacturing institutions in the
world, with $S0,000,0o0 of actual
net assets, including S45,000,000 of
plant facilities and a production
capacity of 10000 cars annually.
Studeoakor has 1900 branches and
dealers in the United States and is
widely rer aented in all foreign
countries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-11-02

Henry and Glenn Studebakel
commenced operations in South
Bend in 1852 with two FORCES and
cash capital of $68. They built
two wagons their first year, one OF
which was in daily, constant use
for SO years, a record that indicates
the ideal of quality upon which the
business was founded. Three other
Studebaker brothers, John NJ, Peter
E., and Jacob F., joined the firm;
the first, John NJ, adding to the
assets $4,000 which he had earned
during the "gold rush" to Cali
fornia.
The fame Of Studebaker vehicles
spread rapidly. In 1868 the firm
name was changed through incorp-
Grafton, to Studebaker Brothers
Manufacturing Company, and a
few years later the first branch
house was opened at st. Joseph,
Mo-, to handle the trade of pioneers
who were crossing the country in
large numbers. The business pros
pered and expanded accordingly
during the following years until
Studebaker became the worlds
largest producer of horse-drawn
vehicles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04
CASSVILLE

Adam Henry Dresser had horse
killed by lightning during last Satur-
day nights storm
Joe Ketner, brother Of Mrs.
Sherm Greenwood, who spent the
past two years in the coast states.
Washington, Oregon and California,
where he was employed in the lunI-
Der camps arrived last week for a
months visit.
Fire at the telephone central, the
home of George Mcdowell, called out
the fire department at s o'clock last
evening. 1t is supposed to have ORR
ginated from a short circuit. The fire
was eXtinguished by a bucket brigade.
The flames were bursting from the
roof when discovered and only for
timely action the house would have
been destroyed. Clothes and wearing
apparel in a closet were considerably
damaged
VIM Thoennissen, who was en-
ployed by the Klauer Mfg. Co. in Du-
buQue, met with an accident Friday
in which he had two fingers on mis-
left hand crushed and broken. He
was feeding a certain machine and
his fingers were caught between the
steel rollers. Only for a fellow work
man coming to his prompt assistance,
who shut off the power, the whole arm
would have been drawn in. The
young man is now at his home here,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Stage of Anacon-
da Mont, arrived Saturday evening
for weeks visit with her relatives.
the John and Matt Habermann and
John Moore families. Mrs. Stage will
perhaps be better remembered as
Elizabeth Habermann. They were in
attendance at the Shriner's conven-
ton in Washington, D. c., two weeks
ago and since then have been visiting
relatives and friends at different
points on their way here.-Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04
YOUNG CASSVILLE MAN
IN GASOLINE EXPLOSION

CASSVIILE.-John Conrad, young
farmer living on the former Chas
Pierce farm east of town, was terri
bly, burned last Friday evening when
a gasoline can exploded. He was
pouring gasoline from a large can
into a smaller one when the fumes
became ignited from a lantern which
stood several feet away, and caused
an explosion. Conrad threw the blaz-
ing cans out of the granary and in so
doing his clothing caught fire. RUSH
ing toward a water tank, into which
he threw himself thus putting out the
fire, but not before he received terri
BILE burns.
The granary meanwhile was ablaze
and despite his terrible injuries lie
carried sufficient water to extinguish
the flames there and then collapsed.
His wife heard his cries and came to
his assistance A physician was i'm
mediately summoned who found that
his chest, body, right arm and part of
his face were frightfully burned and
it was feared that he had inhaled
some of the flames and had thus re-
ceived internal injuries.
Although he has been resting fair
ly comfortable since his injuries have
been dressed, the outcome is still un-
certain
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04
BLOOMINGTON

Miss Jean Roberts, with friend
with whom she was teaching in IN
diana the past year, is on a trip to
Yellowstone Park, and will go from
there to Plateau City, Colorado for
visit at the home Of her sister, Mrs.
Leo Ryan. She expects to be in the
west for about two months.
Last Sunday q reunion of the ZenZ
family was held at the old homestead
at Hurricane, now owned by Frank
Zenz. Those present were Frank
Zenz and family, Henry, Andrew and
Matt Zenz and families, 0. l.. Brady,
wife and daughter, and John Zenz and
wife, OF Lancaster; VIII ZenZ and
family, Ceiestine Brauner and family,
and Paul Zenz, of Hurricane; Clar
ence Zenz and wife, of PotOsi; John
Zenz and son, Cletus, Matt and Bert
Zenz and families, Pierce Patterson
and family and Dan Leamy and fam
lily Of Bennington, and Ben Zenz and
family Of Patch Grove.
Miss Beulah Hickok, accompanied
by a friend, Miss Ethel Robinson, OF
Connecticut, arrived in this city last
week. Miss Robinson, after a two
days visit started on the return trip
to the east. Both Of these ladies are
teachers in New York City. Coming
West they had delightful trip by
steamer through the Great Lakes,
landing at Duluth, MINI. While in
thai city they went out to a subur-
ban resort and were caught in tor
nado, but fortunately escaped with
out injury. A number of people were
killed.
Richard Graves, pioneer resident Of
Beetown and veterans of the Civil
war, died at the home Of Joseph
Mayne, town Of Beetown, at $50 on
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Graves was 50
years of age August 16 last, and had
been resident Of BeetOwn many
years He served three years and
three months in the Union army dur
ing the Civil war His wife died last
year. During the past year Mr..
Graves made his home at the home OF
his brother-in-law, Joseph Mayne,
where he received kind attention.
Funeral services will be held at the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04

NJ. E. church, in Beetown, tomorrow,
Thursday, Rev. Forster Of Blooming
ton, officiating. Interment will be
made in the Beetown cemetery.
Mrs Martha Hunter is visiting at
the home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
Linn Woodhouse, Mrs. Hunter, who
is only rs years young, is success
full teacher at Thorsby, Alabama. She
travels extensively, and is lady Of
remarkable mental and physical vigor
for one of her years.
That is fine improvement near the
Sandy bridge on the Bloomington
Bagley road A new road has been
cut through the timber on the fat
just west of the bridge that willeelim-
mate the dangerous curve just be-
yond. The town of Bloomington is
also doing considerable other road
work this year A big county grader
is now in the town and will. grade
most of the side roads, and when this
is finished the balance Of the road
money on hand will be used to sur
face the Bloomington-Bagley road
Record
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04
BOSCOBEL

In an effort to avoid a collision
with an approaching car driven by
J. B. Nauert, George Brown steered
his own car so close to the edge of
an embankment on the Crooked creek
road Friday night that it rolled over.
In a moment the Inflated machine
was a mass Of flames and destruction
was complete. Mr. Brown and three
friends accompanying him miracu-
lousy escaped injury.
An alarm from the Ever SwensOn
home in the second ward gave the
firemen a lively run Saturday fore
noon. The blaze originated from a
defective oil stove and considerable
damage resulted. Otto Salzgeber,
milkman, happend along about the
time Mrs. Swenson was putting UP d
losing fight to subdue the flames and
made real hero of himself by pick
ing up the blazing stove and carry
ing it out of doors. With the cause
removed brief work was made Of the
fire, but the interior of the home gave
appearance of a close call to destruc-
ton.
Corn knee high on the 4th of July
will be hard to find this year. The
most of it is waist and shoulder high
Many farmers claim they never saw
such a stand OF corn at this season Of
the year. John Adams was a Dial
caller Monday and incidentally stated
he can remember on year back in his
youthful days when he followed his
father in the corn field one 4th Of
July removing clods of earth which
threatened to cover the little short
corn plants-and that year, notwith-
standing the late start, corn was a
bumper crOp.-Dial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04
MONTFORT SCHOOL BOY
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED

MONTFORT.-Willard, the 14-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Nechva-
tai, residing north of town, died Mon
day afternoon from the effects of the
accidental discharge of a % rifle
about II a. M, the ball entering the
eye and penetrating the brain He
was freshman in our high school
last year. The parents have the
deepest sympathy of the entire com
munity.
Ralph Porter's little girl had the
flesh of her right forearm badly torn
and mangled by a hound dog. DR..
Ketterer dressed the injury.
P. A. Petersen and a buyer for
Sweeney & Son, Edgerton, purchased
and Boscobel, Tuesday, at Csc and sc
for filters 1t will be delivered at
Montfort and Fennimore.
Refuse from the. stands picnic day
was dumped in a sink hole nearby
and Friday morning the cows in the
pasture found it. c. R. Mcdonald
lost fancy young heifer and w. E.
Mills COW was very sick, but they
pulled her through.
Fred Weinbrenner while blasting
on road work in the town of Fenni-
more, had a rock blown through his
hand. He was standing 800 yards
from the blast. Dr.. Ketterer dressed
the injury
DR.. Ketterer took L. T. Tucker of
Cobb to the Cunningham hospital at
Platteville Saturday, where he was
operated upon for a serious case OF
appendicitis. His friends hope for
his speedy recovery.-Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04
FENNIMORE

The following new arrivals are re-
ported the past week by DR.. E. G.
Howell a son to Mr. and Mrs. Will
Cottingham; daughter at the John
Bennett home near Sitter, and a girl
at Mike Cults on Irish Ridge.
We take off our hats to the girls
over in Marion August STEINER be-
ing laid up with sickness last week,
his daughter Helen, plowed the cora
for him. She is only II years old.
Good for Helen.
The. body of Mrs. Jack Wilcox was
brought here from Madison for Jur-
ial. Services were held Tuesday
morning from the y. B. church, with
burial in the Prairie cemetery. Mrs.
Wilcox is survived by her husband,
one son and one daughter. She has
been an invalid for the past year or
more, with creeping paralysis.
Erwin Schuppener surely has his
share of hard luck. Saturday while
busy unloading ice, the t0ngs slipped
and a cake Of ice hit him on his foot
and hurt it badly, also bruised mis-
leg severely. He will be laid up sew
eral days as a result Of his mishap,
We note with sorrow in Soldiers
Grove items that Henry Roth ST.. a
former well known Fennimore resi-
dent had been stricken with paraly
sis and was very low. His many
friends here hope he Iiay recover.
Sunday morning about 9 o'clock, ct
her home west Of this city, occurred
the death Of Mrs. Jacob Elliott, fol-
lowing an attack of heart trouble.
Mrs Elliott had been bothered with
bad heart spells for number Of
years and for the past Is years she
and her husband had lived retired
life on the farm She was past IS
years of age and is survived by her
husband and two daughters, Mrs.
Paul Bode of Pukwana, S. D., the
latter arriving yesterday for the flu
neral. Mrs Elliott was formerly
Marion Arnold a sister Of Omar j.
Arnold; she had been resident Of
Mt. Ida for SIS years and lived on the
present farm for the past AZ years.
Funeral services for this good woman
will be held at the M. E. church this
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev G.. H. r. Kershaw Officiated. In
terment at Prairie emetery.-Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04
MTSCnnA BOY RTRNED

MUSCODA.-JOhn kurtz was hastl-
" called to Minneapolis Wednesday,
on learning that his son Walter. had
been painfully if not seriously burned
by coming in contact with a high ten
sion wire while at work as a line
man-Progressiv
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04
News of the
Week Cut
Down for
Busy Readers
Washington

Over the protests of the railroads
4he interstate commerce commission at
washington ordered the abolition Of
the assigned car rule"
Automobile industries set a produc-
ton record during May by turning out
350,0S0 passenger cars and 1898
trucks The production in May, 1922,
totaled 262,4 31 passenger cars and 23,-
78S trucks, says a Washington dis,
patch.
Foreign ships violating the Volstead
act by bringing beverage liquor into
American waters will be seized and
their captains arrested when it APP
pears there is a persistent intent to
defy prohibition law, treasury officials
at Washington decided.
Senator Fletcher Oem., Flap de-
clared at Washington that there was
no waste OF public funds on the trial
"trip of the Leviathan.
The Department of the Interior at
Washington announced the opening of
1900 acres of public lands in Routt
county, Colorado
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04

Clarence Mills of Milwaukee, son
of Mrs Mary Mills of Montfort, was
married to Miss Mary Phillips re-
Gently.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04

Truth is the property Of no individ-
ual. but it is the treasure OF all men
R. ". Emerson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04

The Department of the Interior at
Washington announced the opening of
2,300 acres of public lands in Routt
county, Colorado.
Domestic
The woman's division of the Ten
nessee Good Roads association held
a state meeting at Nashville, with 500
women present.
Governor Blaine, at Madison, Wis,
signed the bill granting IN annual APP
preparation Of $225,000 to the Wis
consin National Guard. The previous
appropriation was $6OO,0OO
National Chairman John T. Adams
conference at Cincinnati with party
leaders from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana,
Tennessee and West Virginia.
William X. Vanderbilt a director
of the New York Central railroad, is
in favor of labor unionism and col
leCtiye bargaining. He testified to
this effect before State Industrial
Commissioner Sheintag at New York,
who is conducting a hearing on the
strike of employees Of the Science
tady Railway company.
l. w. ". leaders announced at Port
land, Ore, that the organization is
planning another strike within the
next few weeks on the Pacific coast
and in the Pacific Northwest, and tina
and in the Pacific Northwest, and that
work in the harvest fields.
Bert and Bertha, eleven-mOnth-Old
twins, and Vivian, three, children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunner Wickman of
Gladstone, Mich, were burned to
death in a fire that destroyed their
home.
Mrs. Bessie Harrison Coffey, known
on the stage and screen as Bessie
Eyton, was granted q divorce at Los
Angeles, Cal, from Clark COffey,
whola she charged with nOnsupport.
Experiments at the State School for
the Deaf at Jacksonville, Ill. show
that some deaf persons are able to
hear by use Of an ordinary telephone
with an simplifying attachment ike
those on radio instruments.
Bert Cole, aviator, and George Law
ley, his mechanician, were killed when
an airplane in which they were flying
over the eastern suburbs of Denver,
Colo, crashed to the ground.
Rodney Fl. Brandon, supreme secre-
tary of the Loyal Order of Moose, re-
ported at the convention in Moose
heart, H., that the order now has
1892 lodges in the United States and
Canada.
Because Americans refused to accept
the jobs, Mexican laborers have been
taken to Findlay, O., from Texas to
cultivate the northwestern Ohio sugar
rect crop. About three hundred Mexl-
cans are being used a
In an address at Cheyenne, (Wyo.,
President Harding announced his oppo-
siton to naturalization of the coal in
duStry. The coal commission would
devise a solution of the fuel problem,
he predicted.
stretch Of farming country extend
ing forty miles in the neighborhood Oh
Hettnger and Reeder, N. D., was la1d
waste by a tornado, and ten persons
were killed and scores of others were
injured, according to reports received
at Aberdeen, S. D.
Samuel 3. Crowell of Philadelphia
was elected president of the National
Coal Merchants association at the
convention at Scranton, Pa.
the Matson Navigation company an
nounced that ten of its ships will
bring $1,000 bags of Hawaiian raw
sugar 10 San Francisco within the
next week.
Eight persons were killed and
more than eighty injured when a
Brooklyn Il" train plunged 60 feet
to the Street
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-09
REJECTS CITY
WATER OFFER
AS TOO LOW
CONTINUED from Page y


Whereas, the said Bismarck Water
Supply Company, did by letter, refuse
said offer to buy made by the City
of Bismarck, aforesaid, and
Whereas, it is vitality important
for the City of Bismarck and it's in
habitants to own and control its own
own water utility and that the city
ought to purchase the plant Of the
Bismarck Water Supply Company or
build one Of it's own, and
Whereas, such question is one of
such public and vital Importance that
the utmost publicity and discussion
Of such matter should be had,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RE-
SOLVED by the Board Of City Com
missioners of the City of Bismarck,
North Dakota, that the new Associa-
ton of Commerce, through its Board
of Directors, is hereby invited and
requested to participate in the set
Element of this most important issue.
AND BE 1T FURTHER RESOLV-
ED that the entire board of directors
of said new association Of Commerce
of the City of Bismarck be, and it
is hereby, invited and requested to
act as a committee to serve with
committee consisting Of the entire
Board of City Commissioners Of the
said City of Bismarck, for the pur-
pose of dev;sing ways and means to
purchase the property of the Bis
marck Water Supply Company at
reasonable price, or to recommend
the building and installation of an
entire new waterworks system for
said City of Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-09
TWO-HEADED
CALF DIES,
AFTER SALE

Marmarth, N. D., Jan. 9.-When
Frank Holmquist of Bowman county
found himself in possession of two
headed calf born on his farm almost
a year ago, he naturally felt that he
had prize. After looking about for
reasonable market for this freak
animal, Mr.. Holmquist finally placed
a selling commission in the hands of
a local man who was successful in
getting in communication with John
McGinnis Of st. Petersburg, florida
who was anxious to buy the calf and
at a good figure.
Arrangements were practically
completed for the sale, and the mon
ey was forwarded to Marmarth with
the expectations that the sale and de-
livery would be completed this morn
ing. And then the calf, which had
reached the uncommon age for\a
freak of this nature, of eleven and
one-half months decided to end the
transactions and lay down and died
this morning.
While two-headed calf is moi
such a rare freak, one that is living
at the age of eleven months is excep.
tionally rare, and had this animal
continued to exist among the land OF
living it would no doubt have prov.
ed great show card for its prospec.
tive owner who was to have came ali
the way from st. Petersburg, Florida
to secure the animal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-09
CIVIL CONFLICT
PERIL LOOMS
SAYS BR0NNER
Fear Is Expressed on All Sides
That Classes May Con-
flict Over Conditions
By Milton Bronner

Berlin, Jan. 9. Unless in the
meantime something is done to help
Germany stabilize the mark, steady
ing food and clothing prices, January
and February will see grave danger
to the republic.
Communists may attempt Soviet
regime: Monarchits and other
"putsch" to restore the throne, or
put a dictator in power.
Out of this might easily grow CIV
il war.
If this occurred with its further
destruction of values, ravag ng Or
fields and shooting up of cities, the
allies could kiss goodby any hopes of
reparations or indemnities, unless
they grabbed chunks of German ter
ritory.
Since l have visited Germany this
time, there have been incidents of
grave import. In cities as scattered
as Cologne, Dusseldorf, Dresden and
Brunswick, there have been serious
disturbances. Maddened by high
prices, spurred by Communist
preaching, mobs smashed windows
and looted shops.
1t is significant that most places
plundered were groceries and shoe
stores; also that in every case the
old hands at Communist agitation
took no part. Most of the rioters
were young fellows, easily lnfluen ced
to violence. In almost every instance
the police were helpless.
A thing happened at Dresden that
BODIES no good to foreigners. The
mob marched to the leading hotels
and howled execration at those who
come into Germany, eating up the
peoples food and forcing up prices.
One of the best informed editors in
Berlin expressed to me his fear for
the republic. He put it like this:
'"Under the Versailles treaty the
republic is allowed a maximum of
100000 troops. Policing ntion of
65,OO0,O0O is tremendous task. II
mob violence started all over Ger.
many, the government simply might
not be able to handle the situation.
II fear that is what the Monarch
lists wish. The Junkers doubtless
have arms. Also in many parts of
Germany the reactionaries are sup
posed to have organizations with
subsidiaries which call themselves
storm troops, and drill in Secret.
Suddenly you might see these re-
dictionary forces appear, guns in
hand, under old army officers. They
would say fthe government had
showed itself powerless. Therefore
they would restore order. They
m:ght not aim at immediate restora-
tion Of the throne but might initiate
what happened in Hungary.
"Just as the royalists there named
Admiral Horthy as supreme dictator,
SO in Germany they might set up a
Hindenburg or Ludendorff.
7 "The bulk of the working class
would array themselves against the
reactionar:es. The result would be
civil war.
"In the Kapp putsch the workmen
struck and the strike proved highly
successful. But fear the reaction
aries learned lesson from that at
tempt. Most of Germany's food is
raised on Junker estates. It is pos
sible they would say until the work