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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
MAY REFUSE TO SELL

New York.-It may be illegal for
workers to withhold their patronage
from a business, but Federal Circuit
Judge Rogers rules that a business
concern may refuse to sell to retail
ers if it so desires.
Judge Rogers held, in effect, that
business concern may sell its pro-
ducts to wholesalers at one price and
to retailers at a higher price, and
that it may even refuse to sell to the
latter
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
DEFECTIVE LOCOMOTIVES

Washington Nearly one-quarter
of the railroad locomotives on the rail-
roads of this country are in need of
repair. The actual number of defect
ives on March is reported at 1887,
or 23.8 per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
STOVE MOUNTERS GAIN

Detroit, Mich.-Offcers of the Stove
Mounters' International Union report
continuous gains in wages and work
ing conditions throughout their juris-
diction.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
FOOD PRICES GOING UP

Atlanta.-The nations prosperity
is endangered because of the rising
prices in food, according to Francis
E. Hamper, president of the National
Association of Retail Grocers.
"Rising food prices are unfortunate
at this time," he said. 1--WE are drift
ing into an infationary period which
will be followed by depression of cor
responding intensity. This imitation
must be checked if prosperity is to
continue"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
RUGS CLEANED!

Elmer Berry cleans Rugs. New
and better way. Work guaranteed.
Phone 41O2-L; S64 Forest Ave. (tf)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06

No, gentle reader, road hogs are not
included in the pig census now being
taken by the government.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06

The process of defation also affects
some of the heads that got that way
during prosperous times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
THE FREEZING POINT
OF AUTO BATTERIES
LUNAR ECLIPSE VISIBLE
IN WISCONSIN MARCH 2

A lunar or moon eclipse, not an I'M
usual event, will take place shortly
before midnight on March 2. Provid-
ing the night is not cloudy observers
who stay up until 11:50 p. m. will
have an opportunity to witness the
eclipse in all it's wierdness. A partial
eclipse will end at that time after hav-
ing begun at 7:12 p. M, w. P. Stewart
head of the Milwaukee office Of the
weather bureau announces.
Another partial eclipse OF the moon
will take place Aug. 26. 1t will be
visible in this city from 2.12 a. m. to
1905 a. m. These will be the only
eclipses of the moon visible this year.
Eclipses of the moon are caused by
the earth's getting between the moon
and the sun, cutting off the suns light.
One eclipse of the sun will be Wis
ible this year. 1t will take place Sept.
10. and will be a partial eclipse as
seen from this city, although total as
seen from some parts of the United
States. The eclipse will begin at 12:14
D. m. and will last until 5:19 p. M.
Eclipses of the sun take place when
the moon gets between the sun and
the earth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
HOME BANKS
ASK CITY TO
TIGHTEN TAX
SPECIAL MEETING AT CITY
HALL LAST NIGHT TO
CONSIDER MATTER

At the last meeting of the city
council the banks of Lancaster asked
for a tightening of their tax burden
and the matter was deferred for
further discussion at a special meet
ing Of the city council held last night.
Similar claims have been pressed
more or less successfully by state
banks all over the country They
arise out of a situation created by the
decision of the United States supreme
court last year in the so-called Rich
mond case, which declared Virginia
statute unconstitutional because it
disseminated in the tax assessed
against the shares of national banks
and the tax assessed against other
money capital in competition with
bank capital Attorneys for the banks
declare that the same discrimination
exists under the Wisconsin law.
At Dodgeville the First National
bank went before the city council and
obtained not only a RECESSION of taxes
but a refund of considerable amount
for back taxes paid.
The Lancaster bankers have not
asked for any back taxes refunded In
fact they could not do so unless they
paid such taxes under protest and
fled a claim within twelve months.
The local banks do ask a tightening
of their burden not from the stand
point that they are tax dodgers but
that they are assessed 'clear up to
the handle" whereas the general run
of valuation is about 20 percent.
The actual assessment for each
bank is as follows:
Peoples State Bank, valuation OF
stock $4,000, assessed at $4,000, or
$52875
Lancaster State Bank, stock yalua-
ton $4,000, assessed at $36,500, or
$1,133.93.
Farmers & Citizens Bank, valuation
of stock $4,000, assessed at $4,000,
or S777.3S.
Union State Bank, valuation $4,000,
assessed at $62,500, or S1,941.66.
The apparent discrepancy between
assessments is explained at the city
hall upon the basis that the Peoples
and Lancaster State banks own build
ings and are paying taxes on the
buildings where the other two banks
do not own buildings.
The Herald goes to press before any
action on the foregoing by the city
council From talking to various
councilmen it seemed evident that the
august body did not feel empowered
to lower the bank taxes and that the
appeal would be in vain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
S45.6O AVERAGE FOR
CROFT & SON SALE

Croft & Sons Duroc sale held at the
pavilion Friday proved very satisfac-
tory to the firm. Thirty Eight head of
gifts brought an average of $3.50.
The top individual, fall gilt, sold to
Clarence Croft of GAINESVILLE for $50.
But two sows were sold out of Grant
county, the balance going to home
buyers. This indicates that local
farmers are taking a keen interest in
purebred stuff and have much con-
fidence in Croft & Son as fancy breed
ers. The sales were as follows:
Robt. Stoffel, SAL; Fred Foster, $35;
w. P. Backus, $45, 500, $50; M. G.
Williams, SAL; Roy Luckey, $45, SAL;
J. A. Fuller, $38, $38; Lancaster Can
ming Co., $9S, 500, $35; Henry Ben
dorf, $38; Roy Greunewald, SAB; Har-
old Draggs, $36; w. o. Jones, $40;
Carl Alt, SAL, SAT- $50, $40, $38, $39;
William Pink, $57, $51; Rusk Okey,
SIS; Clarence Croft, $50, $50; A. ].
Udelhofen, $54, $57, SAP, SAL; Ed.
Staver, $64; Erskine Blackburn, 500;
Albert Vesperman, $44, SAG; Andrew
Zenz, $45, $55.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
LOVE COOLS, DES MONIES
GIRL ASKS HEART BALM

Miss Mabel Pittenger, formerly of
Indianapolis, Ind, now of Des Moines,
has brought suit for $4,000 against
Van F. Beran, Muscoda, Wis. Miss
Pittenger claims that she nursed Mr..
Beran through a spell of sickness and
after that his love grew cold. Nov.
20, 1922, Beran married Miss
Blanche Sampson Of Des Moines. She
claims their engagement lasted from
July 1919, until last year when Mr..
Beran broke it off. Mr.. Beran is en-
ployed by the Herring Motor Co., Des
Moines, but lived at Muscoda until a
few years ago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Trains Stop and Roads
Pile High With Drifted
Snow Travel Resumes

The blizzard of Wednesday para
lyzed traffic in Grant county, putting
railroads out of business for a whole
day and Gripping service for several
days more. Rural mail carriers were
unable to go out Wednesday and on
Thursday went but part of the way on
most routes. A few carriers made full
deliveries. Farmers stuck close to
their farms Wednesday and Thursday,
performing only the necessary and
humane tasks with stock Townspeo-
pie Rugged the fires and told stories
OF other Billiards. 1t was just like
old times when for days not a wheel
turned in the county
The storm broke Tuesday night and
ragged with undated fury for twenty
| four hours. The snow of Monday and
Tuesday was picked up by the high
winds and deposited in deep drifts,
blocking the roads six and eight feet
deep in some places. The north and
south roads were the worst affected
These roads filled with snow and
/ awaited slow traffic to break them
through. The east and west roads
were in many places blown bare and
could be Travelled with a car.
The Northwestern morning train to
Galena was unable to get out of town
Wednesday and stayed here all day,
pulling south Thursday. The noon
train, inbound from Madison, made
Montfort shortly after noon and hung
there until four the next morning
when it pulled for Madison. 1mmedi-
ately upon reaching Madison the train
returned to Lancaster, reaching here
about 1870 p. m. 1t pulled east at 300
o'clock with a promise of clear line.
The Lancaster snow pillow broke the
line clear through to Montfort We'd
nesday with the way freight crew on
deck and in charge.
On the Galena run six engines and
snow pillow reached Montfort late We'd
nesday night. They had broken drifts
all day and reached their destination
with a caboose and twenty-five pas
sengers.
Along with the biting gale and
binding snow was IL below zero
temperature, made no less warm by
the wind. All old settlers agree that
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
were very much like old times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
RIDES PONY THRU
BLIZZARD TO AID
OF SICK BROTHER

Alec Bailie of No. Potosi township
departed Wednesday night for Ell Cen
tro, Calf, where his brother, Charles,
lay dangerously i'll with pneumonia.
A letter had come day before advis-
ing that Charles, who with his mother
was motoring east in their Franklin
sedan, had taken very sick at Ell Cen
tro and required the care of band of
doctors and nurses. Wednesday came
the wire bearing still more serious
news. Alec attended school meeting
in the evening and in the binding
snow storm and gale mounted pony
and rode eight miles south to the Po-
tosi depot. He turned the pony loose
to find its way back and caught the
Burlington for the south. Up to Sat
urday night no further disquieting
news had reached anxious relatives
here and they interpreted this as be-
ing good news"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
MRS. SUSAN FRANKLIN

Mrs. Susan Franklin was born in St.
Joseph, Missouri, July "a, 1887. Died
January 81, 1928, aged IS years, six
months and three days.
She WIS the daughter of Aaron and
Catherine Van Vickle. While she was
an infant her parents moved to War
saw, ILL., There she lived until her
thirteenth year Her father having
died, the widowed mother, with her six
children, moved to Patch Grove, Wis,
in 1850. In 1858 she was married to
A. A. Franklin. Nine children were
born to this union, all of whom were
living at the time of the fathers death
in 1896. Since then three daughters
and one son have passed away. The
five surviving children, Boradil, Jesse
", Mary, Estella, and Catherine Mrs
w. A. Whitcomb), were with their
mother at the close of her life.
From 1868 until 1914 Mrs. Franklin
liven in the old home in North Lam
caster, Wis. Her long residence there
gave her a wide acquaintance with her
neighbors most of whom she knew
from their childhood. Her devotion to
her own children seemed to make all
childhood precious, and she dearly
loved all the little ones of her ac-
quaintances. Her faith in God was
best expressed by kindness to all. Her
interest in world affairs was broad
and deep. Her wonderfully retentive
memory was a constant surprise to
her friends.
In the eight years of her residence
in Montana, she proved claim, made
four trips to her old home in Wiscon-
sin and kept in regular touch with old
friends and relatives. Her last illness
was long and painful but the strong
active mind was clear to the last
moment
The death of tbs loving mother is a
sorrow to her family inexpressibly
great.
Mrs. Franklin enjoyed attending
church and for years was a worker
and attendant of the M. E. church Of
Mt Zion, North Lancaster, Wis.
The simple and beautiful service
was conducted at the home by Rev.
Crater Mrs. A. A. Wood, Mrs. E. E.
Bonebright, Misses Dorothy Smith,
and Florence Hagen rendered several
beautiful selections during the SER
vice. The beautiful flowers were the
gift of pupils, teachers and friends.
Interment was made in Hillside
cemetery at Culbertson
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

Circuit court opened yesterday with
naturalizations as the first procedure.
Seven men were admitted to citizen
ship and court attaches pronounced
them to be an intelligent looking lot.
They were: Carl Grenander, Jas. R.
Kennedy, Theo. Stastney, F. P. Sem
rad, o. B. Fuerstenberg, Richard
Walther and Antonin Roescky.
The first jury case called yesterday
afternoon was Chas. L. Brown VS..
Everett L. Anderson and Leo Gala
han, money demand. This was being
argued as the Herald goes to press.
The case involves a turning back of a
$4,000 Blue River farm to it's original
owner and suit over money due on
notes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
PEOPLES FORUM
OF INTEREST TO TAXPAYERS

In looking over the annual reports
to the State Superintendent it is
found that the average daily atten-
dance at the High School for 1915 was
115 pupils. That was eight years ago.
In 1922, the average daily attendance
was 215, or an average of 100 students
every day school was in session, more
than in 1915.
The record shows that there were
nine teachers at that time or an aver
age of II 2-3 pupils per teacher. In
1922 there were twelve teachers in
the High School which would be an
average of Is pupils per teacher.
In 1919, four years ago, the average
daily attendance was 139 and this
wear with an enrolment of 260 it is
likely that the average daily ,atten-
dance will be about 239. We have the
same number of teachers we had In
1919 but the actual average number
of pupils is loo more than it was at
that time. This makes it necessary
for the same number of high school
teachers to provide instruction for
this increased enrolment together
with the former 1879. The only addi-
tional space provided to handle these
people is one additional class room
made possible by moving the fifth and
sixth grades.
Figuring the number of pupils per
teacher on the basis of what it was
eight years ago-12 2-3 pupils per one
teacher-there would be 10 teachers
in the high school.
Since the high school enrolment
has doubled in the last eight years, it
is to be expected that the cost would
be greater. We're the number OF
teachers increased in proportion to
the increased attendance the cost
would be still greater. On the other
hand if II teachers today have to
handle just an even 100 more students
than II teachers handled four years
ago, it would be expected that they
receive little more pay.
A little further study of the above
figures will suggest to different pee
pie different ideas concerning the
high school situation in Lancaster
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
| Oday
Our S1st Birthday.

With the present issue the Herald
begins its S1st continuous year. Birth
days after one gets to be eighty-one
years old are rather passe event and
we defer any special blare of trumpets
until we reach one hundred.
During our eighty-one years we
have announced practically every
birth in this county and gray-headed
men reading these lines can come in
and look at our files and see how Mr.
and Mrs. So-and-So welcomed a
bouncing boy in their home on such
and-such a morning. Along with
births come marriages and finally
deaths These and myriad other
events are chronicled in the Herald
In fact the history of the Herald is a
history of Grant county.
The Herald, as we have said before,
is entitled to no veneration because it
is old. If it is bright, useful and con-
structively critical where criticism is
needed, helpful and clean-then it
will get the measure of support it de-
serves.
We thank all our friends for their
patronage and also for their acts OF
hclpfulness. AS we have tried to
serve and help them so they have
tried to assist us in various ways.
We hope that you will all attain
eighty-one years and as many more
as may be allotted you. Thanks one
and all and best wishes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
.KANTCHEFF FIGURES IN
RUNNING PISTOL BATTLE

Ivan Kantcheff, former dry agent
for Grant county, was principal in
running pistol battle at Milwaukee
Tuesday night. Kantcheff and Will
liam Loose, federal agents, were fol-
lowing a supposed rum car and the
occupants ignored a command to halt.
Then the officers opened fire. Loose
fired two shots and shot himself in
the hand when his gun damned. Kant
chef fired six shots and the men in
the car returned two shots. The run
ners escaped, but the dry agents think
they riddled the rear of their car.
Kantcheff worked in this territory
up to two years ago. He was the OBJ
ject Of maledictions by many but the
size and evident strength of the big
native of Bulgaria kept most OF the
criticisms behind his back.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Wednesday Storm
Held County in Grip
DEATHS OF WEEK
LITTLE GIRL DIES

Irene Latham, daughter of Richard
Latham, Fairview farmer, died Tues
day of pneumonia following scarlet
fever Burial was made at Fairyiew
cemetery Wednesday. Irene was four
years, ten months and 26 days old.
The family has had considerable
misfortune in the past two years. The
mother and two children died two
years ago of influenza One daughter
is a congenital cripple and has been
under hospital care at intervals for a
couple of years. Mr.. Latham has six
motherless children left.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
RUncO Advertising Schemes.

During the past year the Herald
management with the aid of several
tried and true merchant friends has
suuelched at least half dozen swind-
ling advertising schemes. Statesmen
drop in with some wonderful plan to
develop the town and unless the idea
is nipped in the bud they walk out in
day or so with several hundred dollars
in cash for advertising space sold for
far more than it is worth and the de-
veloping is left to the newspaper and
the merchant along with a bitter eX-
perience after the shine has worn Off.
The Herald wants to make money but
we want it legitimately.
Along with this kind of swindle
comes calendars and various advertis-
ing devices in which some charitable
or religious body is roped in to act as
advocate. Worthy local organizations
cheaper themselves by lending their
names to such propositions. They
lose respect by it that is worth tar
more than the few dollars they may
get Always the salesman or woman
takes the big end for a few hours
work
A merchants committee to pass on
such schemes would be a good thing.
Until we get it the Herald will rely
on our own little advertising commit
tee. This is a Pigment of our vivid
Imagination but it fools the stranger
who is not always so much smarter
than the small town man as he thinks
he is.
Newspaper advertising is not the
only legitimate medium although we
contend and can prove it is the cheap
est and best. A good thing can afford
to bear scrutiny and the willy stranger
who depends on sharpshooting the
prospects, one at a time, should not
object to critical inspection of what
he has to offer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
FERN BIDDICK DEAD

chronicles the death of our Living
ston correspondent, Miss Fern Bid
dick last Friday of congestion of the
lungs after an illness of two weeks.
Miss Biddick, aged %, was the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Biddick. One
brother, Earl, lives in Idaho, and a
sister, Mrs Roy Simpson, lives north
of Livingston. Funeral services will
be held Friday with interment in the
Rock cemetery. Further mention will
appear later.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
FIND GOOD LIME Deposit

Schneider Bros, Elgar and Edgar,
residing on the Schneider farm south
Of Lancaster, find they have an ex-
cellent deposit of limestone on their
place. Prof. G. J. Chapman, soils
expert from the state university, was
here short time ago and took sam
pie of the limestone back to Madison
for test. The stone tested SO per cent
pure lime. 1t is likely that a crusher
will be installed to grind the lime up
for scattering on the soils in the
neighborhoOd in need of lime treat
ment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
GENIAL co. SUPT.
A CANDIDA TIE AT
SPRING ELECTION

County Supt F. E. Ralph has con-
cluded to be candidate for the office
he has capably filled for the past two
years To date no opposition has de-
veloped and his record as a good Off
cial may serve to make others con-
clude it would be little use to oppose
him. The county board year ago
last fall cut the salary $500 year anu
then at the last session raised the sal
airy $500 making net cut of 5000. Mr..
Ralph has had no cuts as yet as he
was elected for the full salary. July
1st he will be subject to cut of $500
a year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
INCOME TAXES

Revenue Agent, Otto Wedel, Jr.,
will be at the court house in Lancas-
ter, on March s, 9 and 10, for the pur-
pose Of assisting corporations and
citizens in rendering their United
SITES income tax return for the year
ended December 81, 1922. This SER
vice is offered citizens free of charge,
and those desiring assistance should
call on the Agent as early as possible
during the above period, bringing with
them all the data necessary to render
true return of income.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
We Call This Discrimination.

A Milwaukee dispatch states that
Abraham Solomon, convicted of sell
ing JEWS sacramental wine to gen
tiles, must serve three months in the
44o,.s9 of correction. Mr. Solomon was
supposed to be dispenser for a Jewish
congregation but his greed got the
better of his religion and he sold wine
to gentiles who according to the
workings of the prohibition act do not
need wine in their religion. We un-
derstand that the law allows each
Jewish family ten gallons of wine a
year, the same to be used for sacra-
mental purposes.
The Herald has no desire to cut the
Jewish faith away from things it
needs for sacramental purposes. On
the other hand we ask why the dis
crimination?" The prohibition law is
full OF inaccuracies and injustices
such as this.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Snow Removal Coming.

Far be it from this office to sit in
pleasant and warm quarters and ad-
vocate that farmers hike out on cold,
windy days and scrape snow off the
winter roads. That is why the Herald
is not going to 'bawl out" the town
chairmen as man suggested we do
the other day when he reached here
from Platteville.
A year or so ago snow removal came
before the county board and was boot
ed down ag an idle pipe dream. Since
then two winters have passed and
each winter has seen an increasing
amount of traffic. APPARENTLY winter
motor traffic is here to stay and in
crease. In fact cars will be running
all winter when the weather will per-
NIT.
1t is very likely necessity will re-
uuire that the main travel lanes lead
ing to market towns be kept open.
This will mean that roads must be
broken to motor traffic just as soon
after a storm as possible.
How this will be done and who will
pay for it is a matter to be solved. 1t
is coming.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Modern Rain Making.

Ancient rain makers used incanta-
ton to bring down rain. When they
succeeded they were hailed as some
thing wonderful. When they failed
they received a salvo of stones. Rain
making in those days must have been
exciting.
Near modern rain makers such as
Wright used secret process No one
was allowed monkeying around where
the rain was made and the whole af-
fair remains shrouded in mystery. II
they didn't make rain they generally
made money-for themselves.
Modern rain makers have nothing
to conceal. Prof. Wilbur Bancroft OF
Cornell University explains that
sprinkling grains of sand or dust in
rain clouds by airplane will bring
down moisture. The grain of earthly