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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
LIBERTY MAN
SHIPS HOGS TO
CHICAGO SHOW
County Agent Talks On
Live Farm Topics.
Swine Feeding Demonstration.

Last Tuesday 125 people gathered
together from all parts of Grant coun-
ty to see the results OF feed test
that has been run at Clyde Walkers
near Liberty. The results of good
feeding, proper care and good founda-
ton stock showed up very strong IN
the group of hogs Some time in the
near future we will give complete
report of the demonstration and its
results.
Clyde Walkers Hogs to international.
The same group of hogs that was in
the above mentioned feeding demon
stration are now in the Chicago yards
awaiting their time to be shown in the
car lot division of the great Interna-
tional show Mr.. Walker shipped TWO
carloads Friday morning of what d
number of good hog men proclaim e
be the best We hear of course some
one say, II have better hogs than
that, or some other such remark. We
would be glad to see them and you
should be proud to show them. Tell
us about them.
Mr.. Walkers best car Will average
at the show right close to 275 or $50
pounds, and his second load around
240 pounds. We don't know what the
results will be put we know that tie
California of Wisconsin" will be
looked over twice by the judges be-
fore the placement will be made. II
no place is awarded these hogs we
will have had the honor of competing
in one of the best car lot shows in the
world Watch for the results OF
Walkers hogs at the show.
$1,000 Pound SOdatOl Car CnIOaded.
Friday and Saturday of last week
was Sodatol days in Lancaster. The
second carload of this war salvaged
explosive is in and distributed. This
makes a total Of 10000 pounds of this
material that has been ordered and
obtained by Grant county farmers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
RADIO SHOW MARVEL
To VISITING RANDOM
DR.. DeForest Talks on
Future Possibilities.

Local radio fans returning from
the annual Radio Show at Chicago
say the exhibition was marvellous be-
yond telling. Models exhibited rang
ed in price from $40 up to $1,000
A big crowd was gathered at all
times around the radio controlled
Is and 20 feet long and complete in
every detail An operator sat some
distance away from the ship and
by pressing certain buttons would
light the lights in the ship, give the
various signals, turn the ship around
raise the flag, fire salutes, lighting
the powder and doing every act by
wireless.
DR.. Lee De Forest, inventor of The
audion tube which made possible gen
eral radio broadcasting, was the lion
of the radio show Thursday. The
young man who used to work for SIS
a week and lived in boarding house
on Washington boulevard near Eliza
beth street, returned a multi-million-
aire to tell the world-literally, over
the radio-hoW he did it.
mo country in the world compares
with the United States in radio in
terest, equipment or results obtain
ed" the inventor declared in his
broadcast last week eve are the
leading radio nation. Radio is reach
ing into every field of human endeav-
or and is extending it's influence for
good in development of our citizen
ship"
DR.. DeForest promised that in the
near future a new application OF the
audion amplifier should be shown TO
the public, the phonofilm, which pho
tographs sound, together with NOV
ing pictures, and projects the results
in a motion picture theatre, giving
perfect synchroniation.
An era of simplification in radio
broadcasting, with fewer but larger
distributing stations, who forecast by
Bowden Washington, builder of many
marine and United States navy sta
tions.
1.-The small, independently operated
station is doomed" he asserted.
"Such stations cannot get programs
of the highest quality, and since the
novelty of radio has worn off the pub
lie is no longer interested in listen
ing to stuff that sounds like scratchy
monograph records
The radio equipment displayed al
the show, which has drawn crowds
since its beginning on Monday, evil
denced the same tendency toward the
larger receiving sets and greater re-
fnement of detail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
PEACE PLAN VOTE
MADE MANLJARY

Judge E. B. Goodsell has under con-
sideration The local Craftsmanship OF
a committee on the Box Peace Award.
1t seems that Edward j. Box, a Phil
adelphia publicist and multi-million-
aire, has awarded a prize of 100000
for the best outline on a scheme to
preserve the peace of the world. When
the winning outline is named it will
be scattered broadcast throughout
the country and vote taken for or
against it. Full details of the plan
will be announced the latter part OF
this month and the straw ballot will
take place early in January.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
InSuIin-The Greatest
Discovery of the Year.

Two doctors, Bantlng ana BEST, eX-
perimenting on dogs evolved the prod
uct, Insulin, for the cure of diabetes
and won the 1928 Nobel prize of $50
600 in medicine. Their discovery has
been termed the medical event of the
year just closing.
The human body, acting as a chem
zeal laboratory, converts food into two
principal forms. One form is known
as the aminoacids which are changed
by adding oxygen into the body It's
sue. The other form is glucose, which
receives oxygen and produces heat
and energy. In both cases it is mat
ter of adding oxygen.
An organ, the pancreas, is made up
of two kinds of cells. One kind Sc
cretes pancreatic juice and pours It
into the intestine, aiding dlgesuon.
The other cells, known as the Islands
of Langerhans," produce an internal
secretion known as "InSulin lnsu-
lin seems to be necessary in the blood
for the glucose to be burned and re-
ceive oxygen. Where the lnsulln Is
insufficient the glucose is not used up
and increases in the blood stream.
The kidneys cannot hold back sucn
large amounts and glucose appears Ill
the urine. The patient is known as
s'diabetic."
The patient is thirsty at first and
consumes large quantities of water.
Later he tires easily and begins TO
lose flesh. Eventually more serious
symptoms appear and the patient
passes through WEAKNESS, labored
breathing and sleepiness to stupor and
death.
BY a careful diagnosis the skilled
physician is now able to determine
how much Insulin is needed to use dp
the excess glucose and keep it out OF
the urine. The doctor also studies the
individual case and determines what
diet is necessary. He finds how much
food is lost every day as unused glu-
cose and to what degree the blood has
become acid. He then estimates the
amount of Insulin necessary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
BLOCH. 4 Graham Wedding.

A pretty wedding took place Tues
day evening, Nov. 9th, at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Block ST., when
their youngest daughter, Anna Cor
nelia, became the wife of Harley G.
Graham, the only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Graham.
Rev. Emanuel Crusius of the Evan
gelical church performed the ring
ceremony in the presence of the i'm
mediate relatives. At eight o'clock
Mrs. Crusius played the wedding
march, the bride wore brown canton
crepe and carried yellow crysanthe-
NUNS. The house was tastefully de-
corated in yellow and white. A lap
supper was served after the cere-
mony.
The happy couple departed on a
short honeymoon to Rockford, ILL.,,
and upon their return will go to farm
ing on the farm of the groom's father.
Best wishes are extended to them for
a long happy life. %**
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
1928 SEASON WAS
FOOTBALL LOST HOPE
Eye Witness in ReUieuU
of Eccentric Shouting.

Outclassed in football knowledge,
weight, age, experience and every
thing that goes into the making of a
successful football team, eXcept
gameness, Lancaster went down to a
33 to defeat at the hands of Fenni-
more Thanksgiving afternoon.
This game brought to close the
most disastrous season Lancaster
has ever experienced since football
was revived in 1915. Seven games
were played, two each with FennI-
more and Richland Center and one
each with Monroe, Mt. Horeb and
Monticello, and all resulted in de-
feats by substantial margins except
that with Monticello which was won
by 20 to 13 score.
To the casual observer it would
seem that something must be radical
ly wrong with the athletic system at
Lancaster to make possible such a
showing after the two big years we
have just experienced, but to those Of
us who are acquainted with the con-
ditions and have kept in touch with
athletic affairs both here and in the
schools which we have played, the re-
suit of the season was foregone
conclusion.
In 1921 we had big team and made
a wonderfully good record, winning
all our games but one, and scoring
somewhere in the neighborhood of $50
points to our opponents 81. At the
end of that year we lost but three OF
our regulars-Seipp, Huff and Ed
wards-all from the back field. OF
these, all but Edwards could be re-
pIced by men just as good. The loss
of Edwards could not be made good,
so the 1922 team was not quite the
equal of that of 1921, but it managed
to win most of its games by fairly
comfortable margins and defeated
both Richland Center and Monroe. II
will be seen that these teams were
successful because they were made up
of fast heavy and experienced men.
At the end of last season one of
these men was declared ineligible on
a technicality, seven graduated and
two left Lancaster, leaving only two
regulars as a nucleus for this years
team. Of these only Heberlein played
the same position that he played last
year, while it was necessary to take
Ellis from end, where he played a
star game and transform him into a
half-back. AS the team was finally
made up the whole line was of green
material, only the tackles and one end
having had any experience whatever
in the positions they played while
back of the line only full-back had
had previous experience. Added TO
lack of experience was lack of weight
and age; two very important qualities
in football team.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
T "Baby Peggy" Montgomery.

HE astounding fact that a child
film star like Baby Peggy"
Montgomery or Jackie Coogan
can become a screen drawing card
and draw salary running into the
hundreds of thousands per annum is
one of the marvels of modern life.
The whole structure of popularity
and enormous remuneration for the
child star is built upon solid business
principles. Hard-headed managers
do not pay fancy salaries unless there
is a box office return. Baby Peggy"
ranks with Jackie Coogan in salary,
worth and popularity.
Interest locally in Baby Peggy" is
heightened by the fact that her
mother, Mrs. Jack Montgomery, lived
here as Margaret Baxter before her
marriage she spent her early life in
Lancaster at the home of her grand
mother, Mrs. W. b. Baxter, now dead.
She was married here about ten years
ago.
Jack Montgomery, the father, was
forest ranger in the Yosemite valley
at the time of Peggy's birth. The
family lived in forest cabin miles
from other people for two years. 1t
was so lonely there that the family
finally moved to Los Angeles, where
Mr.. Montgomery found employment
as a stock actor at Universal City. He
took Peggy to the studios and the
babe became a great favorite with
movie people. When she was two
years old she appeared in her first
picture, Century comedy. Her tai
ent became recognized at once and
her father quit the acting game to be
his daughters director.
Baby Peggy" is now past three
years old. Her parents have signed a
contract which insures an income of
around $5,0O0,O0O during the next few
years. The money will be placed in
trust fund for Peggy to use when
she grows up. At present her allow
ance is three dollars a week
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
DEATH CLOSE
IN HOLIDAY
AUTO SMASH
Slippery Pavement and
Speed Cause Crash.

Two automobile loads of people
escaped serious injury or death by a
narrow margin Thursday evening
about 5 O'Clock at the Wright House
corner.
7-passenger Studebaker driven
by Allen Belscamper of Mt Hope with
his wife and parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Belscamper, as passengers, col
lided with Ford car driven by Art.
Bass of Lancaster with his wife and
child and Mrs. Thos. Bass and two
children as passengers.
Mr.. Bass was coming south on south
Washington street, enroute home
ward. The Belscamper car coming
west on Cherry street struck the front
end of the Bass car just west of the
street center line.
The Bass car stopped with smash
ed front end No one was hurt. The
Belscamper car hurdled on, turning
over. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Belscamper,
in the back seat managed to crawl
out They were bruised but not badly
hurt. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Belscamper,
in the front seat, were pinned beneath
the car. The machine was pulled
away from the couple. Both suffered
a severe shaking up and bruises but
after an examination at the hospital
were able to go home.
The Belscamper car was badly
smashed up about the front end and
top and needs extensive repairs. The
Ri,scampers had been at the Andrew
Yoose home near the Hurricane and
were enrOute homeward when the ac-
cident happened An apparent desire
on the part of young Belscamper to
pass the Bass car caused the smash
up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
why Government
Has Declined.

A writer on the interesting subject
OF the decline of representative gov
eminent says:
"The whole theory Of representative
government is based on the interest,
the intelligence and the patriotism Of
the voter Let the voter fall in these
qualities, let him refuse to vote or
vote ignorantly, corruptly or indif-
ferently, and the whole scheme of
representative government, as it diff
fers from those forms in which the
people have no voice, falls to the
ground Representative government
can be just as bad as the worst form
OF government that ever existed, once
it is deprived, by whatever means, of
the intelligent participation OF the
most responsible part of the people
whose authority it rests upon. Gov
eminent is thus deprived when the Of
flee of voting is declined by those best
fitted to vote and is exercised only 10y
those the least fitted, or who vote
from interested motives not public IN
charact
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
BOY AND GIRL
EXPO GUESTS

Dorothy Nehls and Donald Miller,
Platteville school children go to Mil
waukee to attend two-day show of
the Wisconsin Products Exposition
beginning Dec. 8. The children have
all expenses paid and will stop at the
Hotel Pfister. They were the Grant
county winners in an essay contest in
which II school children took part
The title of the essay was, MY Best
Opportunities are in Wisconsin"
Other prize winning children from
other Wisconsin counties will be
there also as the guests of the expo
sition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
Flashes
"Life is Short-TeIl the Truth
Open the City Theatre
with Fine Entertainment.

The Herald earnestly hopes that
the new city theatre will have as It's
premier performance an entertain
ment by a company of artists. If
dramatic the company should be near
the top in excellence. We can visual
ize that David Warfeld, Mrs. Fiske or
a number Of others would be glad to
open the theatre for us. The probab-
iMty is that if asked any one of the
big American players would be pleas
ed to bring a troupe to Lancaster for
a premier night. The event would De
an advertisement for them and for
the city. We would certainly regret
seeing this theatre opened with some
Uncle Toms Cabin show or scrumlny
little stock company. We may haze
such things later-don't open with
them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
NO REPORT ON F. & c. BANK

No report can be made on conclus-
ions reached at the Saturday confer
ence of the Farmers & Citizens
State Bank stockholders as delibera
tons were postponed for further con-
ference The Herald will have no
news to report on this subject until
something definite and authentic has
been reached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
LAST WEEKS WEATHER

1t is not claimed that the insulil
is a cure but it has been found to be
a relief. The extract is taken from
the pancreas of various animals, pre-
pared for human use and administer
ed intravenously or through the cir
culation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
CLARK OBTAINS
NEW-$I5, 600 BAIL

L. A. Clark waived examination
Tuesday afternoon on new charges
preferred against him and provid cd
bail in the sum Of $4,000 his bonds
men remaining as before. He then
took the Wednesday morning train
back to Waupun, where he will visit
until his trial comes up next Tuesday
before Judge Fritz here. Levi Ban
croft of Milwaukee will appear for
Clark
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
TO SELL NOR Users
ON PACIFIC SLOPE

L. M. Dixon leaves this week in his
car for an Overland trip to California
via Denver and the Santa Fe Trail.
Mr. Dixon travels in the interest of
the Bracket Power Mortiser Co. He
will cover California, Oregon and
Washington and return east through
the northwest states, reaching Lam
caster some tipe next summer. Mr..
Dixon's success has been marked in
selling the Bracket machine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
HAS PARALYTIC STROKE

Mrs. Adam Buhser of Fennimore,
was here Monday to visit her aunt,
Mrs. Anna Adams, who took i'll with
a paralytic stroke last Wednesday,
The aged lady is 80 years old and her
condition up to Monday was anything
but promising. She was showing
some improvement Monday afternoon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
TRAIN HITS STEER;
ENGINE OFF OK

The Saturday train, inbound from
Galena, was delayed several hours
due to hitting a steer at the Griswold
farm north of Sitter. The steer
wandered on the track and was run
over. The engine jumped the track
from the impact and had to be tender
ly nursed on again. Mails were dis
tributed about $3.50.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
FAIR MEETING DEC. II

Stockholders of the Grant County
Rair Association are being notified
that the annual meeting will be held
at the County Agents Office, Tuesday,
Dec. II, at two o'clock p. m. A full
attendance is desired
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
DEC. 2O-2I RIGDA VS.
IN ROAD CIRCLES

Dec. 2O-21 will be big days in coun-
ty road circles. On the goth bids will
be opened on the rock work resurfac-
ing a part of the Hackett road. $12.-
900 will be spent. On the eve of the
goth the county will buy road machin-
cry for next years use. On the 21st
patrolmen for next year will be Sc
lected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05

Thursday night about IL o'clock the
high tension wires of the Interstate
Power Co. became crossed and put
a number of lights out of commission,
besides keeping the trouble shoot
ers" busy for several hours. The
cause Of the cross was a broken limb.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05

Arch Parkins and wife and John
Schmidt and wife spent Thanksgiving
in Madison The drive home was
made without trouble until the party
was near Sitter. There the muddy
roads caused the car to go to the
ditch. The car was pulled out and
Arch finished his drive home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
The Bat as a
Mosquito Killer.

In the balance of nature all things
have place. For instance, in the
Southern states they are finding that
bats keep down and often eliminate
mosquitoes The first bat rOOst Was
established at San Antonio, Texas.
Swamps near the city had rendered
large areas unfit for human habita-
ton on account of the mosquito pest.
Even cattle were kept away from sue
culent grass lands by the insects. The
colony of bats was introduced. The
good effects were soon apparent.
Malaria disappeared along with The
mosquitoes. Now the city puts a fine
of 81 on killing a bat Other Southern
cities consider bat roost a perman-
ent part of their health equipment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05

A son was born Nov. 27 to Mr.. and
Mrs. Pearl Hunt of Savanna, Ill. The
birth took place at the home of Mrs.
Hunts parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Adj
kins of Liberty, where she is visiting.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05

Judge Smalley is in Darlington this
week holding the December term Of
circuit court The RAIDER murder trial
will probably come up at this session
of court. RAIDER is held for the muir
der of Elmer Ellsworth, New Diggings
hotel man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05

Chas. Muffley and wife of Boscobei,
visited at the Harvey Schmidt home
Thanksgiving day and attended the
football game.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
Our Sun a Dwarf.

DR.. Harlow Shapley of Harvard has
completed a count of all the visible
stars in a cube of sky two thousand
trillion miles on each edge, or 325
light years Compared to many stars
our sun is a dwarf. BetelgeuXe, for
instance, is LOO times the size of the
sun. In DR.. Shapley's cube he found
% giant stars, Orion stars, 250 ny
drogen stars, 100 orange cOlored stars,
$50 white stars and 1900 yellow or
dwarf stars. He estimates that lie
missed a good many of the distant
dwarfs. In addition, he finds that it
is the dwarfs who keep on the job and
she heat.
These are a few wonders of the Uni
verse unfolding to the mind of man.
They illustrate the immensely OF the
Infinite The human mind is stag
gered in comprehending them and
turns to simpler and more earthly
things.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05

Miss Portia Showalter is visiting
friends in Fennimore.
The Lamar register., 1923-03-14
FARMER PUTNAMS PHILOSOPHY

They sure put up hard nuts fur me
to crack in this poultry expert busi-
ness. They expect me to be a regu-
lar Paul Jameson fur who nuthin' is
impossible. Now they want me to tell
'em through my department how to
make every hen lay 200 eggs a year,
l think it kin be done, but what would
be the use? 1t would mean over-pro-
duction and eggs would git cheap and
people would have to quit the poultry
business because it wouldn't pay.
Tryin' to increase egg production
per hen is all wrong, because the more
eggs hen lays the less hens we need
and fust thing you know we won't
have chickens enough to eat and then
good men will desert the ministry and
our rural districts will 20 straight to
perdition. We got to consider this
thing from a moral standpoint. Yel-
low legged chicken is a natural diet
fur country preachers and when we
fail to feed 'em properly they can't
survive.
Let's look at this thing reasonable.
What did the good Lord make hen
lay eggs fur? To hatch and raise
chicks and not to become a automat-
ic omelet apparatus. The Goldfish lays
about 10000 eggs a season and one
reason why you don't hear nuthin' on
the market about a shortage of cod
fish eggs is that thar's over produc-
tion and fish eggs has no market val
ue. If the Lord had intended the hen
to be a egg machine he would have
give her fins and scales and let her
ketch her worms swimmin' instead of
maxim her dig fur 'em in the ground.
Did you ever hear a Goldfish cackle
when she laid her eggs? No, it comes
natural to her to lay 'em in patches
of thousands and she don't think nu-
thin about it. The hen, on the con-
trary, surprises herself every time she
lays and she has to tell the world what
a fine chicken she is.
Now the lesson we git out of that
is that it's natural fur fish to lay
her eggs in layers, while the hen has
to work fur her egg she produces.
Don't crowd her, boys; let's git more
hens instead Of more eggs per hen,
thereby increasin' the supply of good
chicken meat, followin' the rules of
kindness to animals and doin' nuthin'