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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
ROAD SCHOOL
TO BE HELD ON
THURS.,MAY 10

Everything is in readiness now for
the 5th annual county road school to
be held at the court house Thursday,
May 10. An interesting program has
been prepared and all patrOlmen, road
officials, etc., are expected to be pres
ent All citizens interested in the
progress of road work in the county
are cordially invited to attend. The
one-day program is as follows:
Morning Session, 10 a. m.
Opening Address, d. Eastman.
1.-THE Road School and Why 1t is
Held"-Henry Mink.
"Co-operation" S. Huff.
"Patrolman's Work While Heavy
Grading is in Progress Gar
ner.
Short talks on work done, methods
used and difficulties overcome.
"Drainage"-Geo. Wetter.
Widening Narrow Roads"-Chas.
Mckinney.
Center Lines-Ditch Lines'-Chas.
Roesch.
Work After Rail-" -Frank Ashby.
Work on Section 58"-Frank Nc
Guigan.
Widening by Grading"-F. Edward
Hoffman.
''Hay and Clay for Sand Roads
Henry Richter
Maintenance of failing Roads
Henry Rosenthal and Porter Oyer.
Maintenance of Gravel and Crush
ed Stone Roads"-Frank Ostermier,
J. J. Rockwell and Jess White.
Afternoon Session, 1:3O p. m.
Roll Call
Relation of Patrolmen to Property
Owners and Travelling Public"-Roy
o. Wolfard.
care of Dirt Roads"-Oluf Hoff-
land, Oliver Ashley, John ]. Ryan, M.
H. Brandt, Clarence Anderson and
Gerald Hartman.
How l Won the Prize"-John Ka-
lille.
Views of New Patrolmen"- Frank
Critchlow, Jesse o. Blackburn, Cas-
per Kirschbaum, Frank Lynett and
Frank Hayden.
Accounts, Records, Report" -Nel-
lie Okey Mink.
"The City Merchant and the Good
Roads Movement" u B. Ludden.
How Good Roads Help the Fal mer
and Tourist and Boost the County
M. w. Metcalf.
''Notes on the Maintenance of 1922
and Our Hopes for 1923"-Fred A.
Skemp.
Road Progress"-T. w. Reilly.
Address,. T. Donaghey.
Business meeting of patrolmen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
Chest Clinic to
Visit County

The Travelling Free Chest Clinic of
the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION, which comes to Grant coun-
ty in May for it's fourth series of elm
les under the auspices of the Red
Cross, will spend nine days in the
county and will reach nine different
communities, according to an an
nouncement received from the state
association. The following are the
communities which will be visited .
Cassville, Platteville, Potosi, Hazel
Green, Fennimore, Castle Rock; Mt
The clinic team will arrive in the
county on May II and remain until
the 25th.
Getting down to cases" is the slo-
gan in Grant county and with the do
operation of the Red Cross, the
County Nurse, physicians and inter-
ested people throughout the county,
efforts will be made to bring to light
as many as possible of the unknown
cases of tuberculosis. To this end an
intensive campaign to induce every
person in the county, who has been
closely associated with a consumptive
for a prolonged period, to seek ex-
animation at the clinic, will be car
ried on for the next three weeks pre-
ceding the clinic.
Grant county leads the way in Wis
consin in starting countrywide series
of chest clinics, and this far-reaching
plan is being followed now in a num-
Der Of counties, in some of which ap-
preparations have been hade for the
work by the County Board. Among
the counties, which will have similar
series in the next few months are:
Pierce, Polk, Barron, Fond du Lac
and Ashland.
Over $4,000 examinations in all
parts of the state, reaching nearly
every county, have been made by the
Travelling Clinic since the work was
started in 1919. Ten thousand of
these examinations were made in
1922
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
Farmland,
PUTSBULLETI IN
RIGHT TEMPLE
Tragedy at Grant
River Farm.

Henry Shindeldecker, 65, a farm
hand, employed by Henry Roth on the
old VIM. Hoffman place on Grant
river, shot himself in the right tenn
pie about o'clock last Thursday
morning. The act was committed in
a barn on the place, revolver being
used.
Mr.. Roth heard the report and go
ing to the barn found the hired man
on the floor with the revolver in his
hand Just at that time Gallagher,
the Standard Oil man, happened on
the place, and he took the injured man
to Lancaster where the wound was
washed but nothing further could be
done Conscious by that time Mr..
Shindeldecker was taken back to the
farm. He died at o'clock Saturday
morning.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day at Buckwheat Ridge cemetery
east of Lancaster. Rev. J. H. DeVries
of this city, was in charge of the SER
vices.
No motive, except dependency is
known. Deceased was in poor cir
cumstances, old and in poor health.
He resided for many years in Ellen
boro township, working as a farm
hand. Recently he entered the en-
ploy of Mr. Roth, tenant on the Hoff-
man plate.
Ma relatives could be located until
Sunday, but several appeared at the
funeral. These relatives reside in the
vicinity of Belmont. Deceased was
unmarried
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
MORE TESTING
ASSOCIATIONS
Being FORMED
Week'sNewsAlobg
Farming Lines.

Wednesday night, April, 25 at the
City hall in Platteville, number of
men came together and listened to A
j. Cramer, Fieldman for the WiScon-
sin Dairymen's Association, talk on
Cow Testing Work and its Value.
The result of the meeting was that
Grant county lis to have one more Cow
Testing association. One more group
Of twenty-siX men are going to learn
about their cows, another four hum
dred head of cows are going before
the jury for trial. The jury verdict
will be handed out as Ga payer or Ia
boarder)?
A temporary board of directors
were elected and the following Off
GERS elected: Geo. Basden, president;
0. j. Bennett, vice president; Ray
Bushnell, secretary. Two other di-
rectors, John Hill and Elwood Nc
Fall
They plan to start work by the 18th
OF May. Let us have more people in
terested. If you intend to dairy, you
can't afford nE to know. Why gam
BILE?
lancaster Association Almost Full.
Only few more members are need
ed for the Lancaster Cow Testing as
ISOLATION. Just a few more signers,
in fact seven more at this writing.
Those near to Lancaster, who wish to
join, better speak soon or it will be
filled up and your herd will not be
among them.
Lime Grinder Started.
That Grant county is soon to see
great strides as a county in the move
ment toward the use of lime, is be-
ginning to be not dream but fact.
o. P. Noble, at Glen Haven has pur-
chased a lime stone grinder and is
now operating around Glen Haven.
The cost is low and the results are
great The stone in some places
around where he is operating runs up
to 100 per cent Calcium Carbonate,
which is very good. People around
that part of the county should con-
slider the use of lime. Our soils need
it. Why not have a few more outfits
in the county? If interested let's
talk over the lime situation. At least
think of it's value.
MuscOda Cow Testing Association.
The Muscoda Cow Testing associa-
ton, although being made up of
number of RiGhland county men is in
the process of recognizing. Last
Tuesday night l met with few of
the director of the association and
steps are being taken to get members
on the Grant county side. Men near
that part of the county should con-
slider it and write or call l. H. Har-
ness, Muscoda, Wis.
County Agent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
GRANT RIVER

Miss Elizabeth Joyce of the P. N
S. spent the weekend at home.
A new boy arrived at the Albert
Blum home Sunday morning.
Ed. Kiley, wife and daughter
Helen, and Miss Charlotte Grebe were
Sunday callers at Edward McLean's
Ed. Yoose and family and Mary
Yoose, and Wesley Pollock and wife
visited at the Frank Mclean home
Sunday.
Mrs. Minnie Cooley and daughter
Helen were Sunday visitors at the
Dan Hoffman home.
Lilah Mclean spent the weekend
with Alma Edwards.
Mrs. Mary Hoffman visited her
daughter, Mrs. Edwin Mclean few
days the past week.
Frank Mclean delivered calves in
Lancaster Monday.
The trout season opened yesterday
and a number of good catches were
reported. Fishermen were out early
in streams around Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
BASEBALLFUND
NOW $1,000, LAIN
AT $1,000 MARK
Big Clocks Denote
Drive Progress.

With $1,000 pledged by Tuesday
noon better baseball promoters in
Lancaster felt jubilant. Every indi-
cation is that the amount desired
50 ,500.00-will be reached by the
end of the week.
Solicitors have met with a hearty
response all over town and generous
donations. The average is $25 with
a sprinkling of lesser sums. The big
clocks in the H. c. Orion and Peoples
State bank windows register the pro
gress of the fund and the effort now
will be to bring the hand around to
the 100000 mark by Saturday.
Officers of the club want to hear
from the country fans who take as
much (if not more) interest in better
baseball, as the town bugs. Farmers
are cordially invited to call at the
Orion store, Peoples bank or Lancas-
ter Motor Car Co. and make a dona-
ton. In fact the plans for winning
team cannot be carried out without
help from the farmers.
A number of good games have been
booked and all is ready for the start
after bigger honors than ever with
the opening game May 20 with the
Rockford Maroons.
Watch the big clock and if you
haven't subscribed-step in and help
push the hand around.
Helen O'Neil of Seymour, died at
Sinsinawa of double pneumonia.
Eleven teachers of the 4e OF the
Monroe schools have resigned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
PASS AUTO PETTING
PARTY LEGISLATION

A bill to revoke the auto licenses of
persons convicted using thir auto
mobiles for immoral purposes and
providing for confscation of the car
by the state on the second offense,
was approved and sent to engross-
ment by the lower house of the legis-
lature Friday, by vote of 43 to 81.
A bill was drafted by Judge o. A.
Stolen, of the Madison superior
court, and introduced by Assembly
man c.. M. Grimstad.
1t provides that after conviction on
various sex charges, if it appears that
the owner carried out the crime in
the car, or if he used it to transport
the object of his crime to or from the
scene, the law is violated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
Mississippi High;
Spearing at Bagley

The spearing of the festive German
carp is now at it's height and wagon
loads of the fish are being taken out
daily. The river, it is supposed, will
reach it's crest Wednesday and from
then on will fall rapidly. With fall
ing river spearing is over until anoth-
er rise appears.
Mrs. Roney has returned to her
home in Sibley, Iowa, after a visit
with her niece, Mrs. Geo. Ready.
The Burlington signal gang has
changed the kerosene lights to cleo
trio lights along the line. A step for
ward, indeed.
Mrs. Herbert Herold and son re-
turned Thursday to Cochrane, Wis.
Mrs. VIM. Ault returned Thursday
from a winter visit was a son in
Michigan and a daughter, Mrs. Frank
Fralick, at Monroe, Wis.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clifton of Chi
cago, returned here from Lacrosse,
where they were called by the illness
of a niece, Miss Jennie Beer. The
latter is slowly recovering.
The Earl Brothers family, Dubu-
que, were weekend guests of Edgar
Marshall and wife. Earl broke one
arm cranking car one day last
week.
The school play Friday evening was
a success, $25 being cleared. All the
young thespians did we'll in their re-
spective parts.
Mrs. Otto Plondke of Charme, Wis
tied here over Sunday, returning from
a Savanna call.
Mrs. j. c. Beck of Dubuque, week
ended with Mrs. Jack Bockes, a sis
ter.
VIM. Moore, Blakes Prairie. shipped
carload of nice fat cattle Sunday.
Harold Marshall motored here from
Monroe Saturday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
NE|CHBORHOOD
BREV|TIES AND
NEARBY NOTES

Madison will build a quarter of a
million dollar Masonic Temple this
season.
Bands are being organized at Poto-
ST, Hazel Green, Dodgeville and Liv-
ingston.
Miss Helena Jansen of Keller, and
Leo Primssing of Dubuque, were
married Tuesday at Dubuque.
A five foot alligator is on display
at Galena. 1t was brought north
from Florida by Frank LIE Pert.
The Wisconsin Zinc Co., is buying
carload of mules for use in the
mines belonging to this company.
Blanchardville business men have
| voted to keep open Wednesday even
ing until for the accommodation of
! the farmers.
Oliver Pitts of Savanna, who was
called to Mineral Point by the death
of his father, died at the home Of his
mother Friday.
Joseph Griffith, 81, a former resi-
dent of Big Patch, died at the county
house Wednesday. Burial was made
at Big Patch cemetery.
Peter Peterson, who suffered
paralytic stroke several months ago
! died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
| George Kitelinger of Montfort.
Laverne Smalley, son Of Judge and
Mrs. Smalley, is in the Finley hospital
| under the care of DR.. GratiOt. He is
suffering with an eye trouble.
Rev. and Mrs. Conklin of Benton,
are at Geneva, ILL.,, where they have
been with their daughter, who has
been at the point of death for three
| weeks.
The Vinegar Hill Co., will soon
| west of Shullsburg. Machinery from
the Yewdall mine is being placed on
the property.
Spring Cleanup" campaigns are
now in order. Proclamations by the
heads of city governments are to be
noted in various exchanges coming
to the Herald table.
Little Marion Goldthorpe, the five
year-old daughter of Postmaster and
Mrs. Herman Goldthrope of Cuba
City died suddenly Monday. She was
stricken and before a physician ar
rived the little one passed away. The
| sorrowing parents have the deepest
| sympathy of friends in their grief. A
| few years ago they were called upon
| to give up another daughter.
Rudolph Knebl arrived from Ger
many at the home of his uncle John
Baumler at Potosi, last week. He
states that Germany has plenty of
good wholesome food. That the la
| boring class has plenty of work but
the pay is small. He said that it was
almost certain there would be further
war in the Ruhr unless the French
change their attitude toward the
Germans.
Two weeks past ducks have been
coming back from the south by thous-
ands. Along the Wisconsin river
| they could be seen on the wing any
| time of the day, and the gsme war
| dena were kept busy taking due pre-
| caution for their welfare when large
! flocks came down on the numerous
| marshes. Only last week an Illinois
| farmer complained of the ducks
stopping and foraging on him, be-
cause they were afraid of the wealth
err farther north. Before his unwel-
| come visitors continued on to the
northland. they aabout exhausted his
supply of corn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
Flashes
"Life is ShOrt-Tell the Truth"
"Clean Up Premises"
Order of the DaY

Order of the Day
Cleaning up winter ashes, going
over lawns, painting and papering--
all these are signs of spring. Streets
are being cleaned and graded, I'M
slightly rubbish piles are being re-
moved and the accumulated dirt of a
long winter is being carried to where
it belongs-filling lots, etc.
Lancaster has always had the repu-
tatiOn of being one of the cleanest and
best kept little cities in the state. One
might travel many miles and not see
such a delightful combination of well
painted white houses, green lawns,
neat garden spots, we'll trimmed
shade trees and shrubbery and so on,
all speaking Of good taste and if not
wealth at least prosperity, happiness
and love of the beautiful in life.
This year will be no exception.
Cleaning work is now going on. We
will maintain our reputation of having
the cleanest and best town to live in
in South Western Wisconsin.
Move to Repeal Sunday Closing
Law a Good Thing
In the Herald opinion a move to re-
peal the present rigid Sunday observ-
ance law, now before the legislature,
is a good thing. We believe this not
because we do not favor Sunday OBJ
servance but because we believe that
a law not backed by public opinion is
better off the statute books.
The Sabbath observance law has
been impossible of enforcement but to
date legislators have lacked the nerve
to repeal it. Juries invariably disa-
gree when the law is put to test and
icfo &C 10 do q
hypocritical mockery.
With the Sunday law repealed OBJ
servance becomes what it should be-
a matter of conscience. Now man
attending a baseball game, picture
show or theatre is legal violator.
With the law removed the legal phase
of violation is done away with.
Strange as it may seem with
more liberal attitude on Sabbath OBJ
servance we look for considerable
more attention to Sunday worship and
an increasing interest in spiritual
things
Baseball Players
Should be Gentlemen
With the the certainty that Lancas-
ter will have a baseball team the
coming summer the Herald sincerely
hopes the management will insist up
on gentlemanly conduct from the
players as we'll as professional ability.
A few rowdies on a baseball team
makes the whole team seem rowdy.
1t is not a good advertisement for
town and not good thing for the
town itself Men who play ball we'll
but spend their spare time day and
night in boozing and other question
able pursuits furnish a bad example
for young boys who naturally look up
to an athlete as something like god.
1t is also a sad but undoubted fact
that flappers of a certain type are cas-
lily daZZled by uniform.
We believe in baseball as a clean
sport and having watched the game
for years are convinced that the best
players are men of reasonably good
conduct. The r0ugh-neck type should
be shooed off the lot and kept off for
good. All this for the good of the
game as we'll as morals. Let's have
this understood on the jump.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
PLATTEVILLE CLUB
GETS GOLF TEACHER

PLATTEVILLE.-W. N. Smith was
made president of the Platteville
Country Club at a recent meeting OF
directors and Raymond B. Heating,
secretary. Mrs. Wilson Cunningham
was appointed chairman of the social
committee. The services Of a profess
sional, F. Fitzpatrick Of Dubuque,
have been secured. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
will instruct in golf, will have charge
of all the caddies, and will have COM
plete supervision of the grounds If
present plans materialize the opening
party will be given the last of May.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
FISHING SEASON OPENS

The fishing season opened in full
blast Sunday and before daylight cars
were leaving Lancaster bound for the
river. Parties returned at evening
with good catches. High water is
bringing carp and buffalo into the
sloughs and considerable spearing is
being done. A good many people like
to spear rough fish and some like to
eat them. In any event the sport is
at it's height now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
THESE MAY WE'D

Ernest Schuppener, Urna A. Rem
ington, Woodman.
Arnold F. Pluemer, Leona G. Null
Ter, Harrison.
Levi Hanold. Excelsior and Eva
Harms, Muscoda.
VIM. Aldrich, San Francisco; Ber-
enice Beetham, Fennimore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
HONOR GRANTS BIRTHDAY

A very interesting program, pre-
pared by Mary H. Morse, was held at
the w. r. c. Hall, Saturday afternoon,
in memory of General Ulysses S.
Grant A brief sketch of his life,
readings, short talks by Veterans
present and patriotic songs. $50
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
FLIGHT o. THE STORK

Mr.. and Mrs. August Waldman, Lib
erty, girl, April "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Blum, Bee
town, boy, April 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Swallow, Lib
erty, boy, April %.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Haag, Little
Grant, boy, April 26.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sager, So. Lam
caster, boy, April 80.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
PATTERSON HEARING MAY 3

Preliminary hearing in the Arthur
Patterson case will be held at the
court house by District Attorney
Clementson Thursday, May 8, at 10 a.
m
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Texas University
May Become Rich
Through Oil Strike

AUSTIN, Tex, July 21.-Students
and officials of the University Of
Texas who for several years have
dreamed OF extensive improvements
for the school may have their dream
fulfilled by the magic of oil. A S.
100000 Improvement program has
been outlined for some time. This
board of regents had taken steps to
obtain loans for the improvements,
but it was not until few weeks ago
that hope developed for other sources
Of revenue.
1t is admitted by university Off
Gals that should a producing oil
field be opened on the schools lands
in west Texas it probably would be
one of the richest schools in the ma
ton. Reports of a gusher. in Reagan
county were made recently, but 1t
remains for the field to be proven.
University officials are reluctant
to express themselves regarding the
probable ircome of the scnooi from
the field. On returning from an in
spection OF the Santa Rita well,
which has caused much discussion,
DR.. J. A. Udden, head of the uni
versity geology department, declared
that prospects are favorable for a
producer,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
POOLROOM CLOSING
BILL IS TABLED BY
CLOSE HOUSE VOTE

The Woodruff bill to abolish pool
ROOMS and billiard halls in the state
of Georgia was tabled by the house
of representative Monday by vote
Of IA to 70. 1t is understood that Mr..
Woodruff will make an effort to take
the bill from the table at a later date
which can be done by a majority
vote
The motion to table the bill was
made by Representative Harrell, OF
Stewart, after a long and acrimon-
ious deoate.
Representative Woodruff. of De-
Kalb, opened the argument in favor
of the bill, declaring that pool rooms
are the lettering places for oilers
and breeding place for crime. He
stated that the pool rooms were al
ways in the back of saloons or con-
nected with the tredlight districts
before they were abolished and are
now the only relic of the dark age
in American history.
Blight Careers, He Says
Mr.. Woodruff referred especially
to pool rooms around the campus
of the University of Georgia and
not far from the Georgia School of
Technology and declared there was
no way to estimate how many bril-
liant careers have been spoiled by
their sinister influence.
Mr. Woodruff stated that the
movement to abolish poolrooms is
nationwide and read a long list of
states in which such action has al
ready been taken.
Representative J. o. Wood, of
Fulton, replied to Mr.. Woodruff. He
said that he represented the county
having the largest population in
the state, but didn't believe that
Fulton county should attempt to
dictate to any other county any
more than he believed that another
county should tell Fulton what to
do.
mot man in my county who
wears a white collar seven days
week has mentioned this bill to me
nor has anay boolroom proprietor
spoken to me about it, bit the blue
shirt boys-the laborers-are the
fellows who oppose it. They want
some form of recreation. This whole
movement is a dog in the manger"
proposition. 1t is a case of II don't
want and you can't have"
''If publicity is what the author
of this bill was looking for he has
had enough of that and ought to be
satisfied" Mr.. Wood said.