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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Cutting the High
Cost of Living.

In another column will be found an
interesting article on the excessive
taxation in this country and its rela-
ton to the high cost of living.
The writer goes further and bases
the perniciOus doctrine of state and
federal aid at the bottom of high
taxes. He summons to his view emil
nent authority in the person OF Sena-
tor Reed Smooth of Utah.
The Herald wants every reader to
read this article carefully. We found
lot of interesting information in II
and believe you will find the same.
The bureaucrats running this coun-
try have gradually built up this sys-
tenn OF government aid until it al
fects nearly every public activity.
you pay dollar and we'll match it"
sounds like getting something for
nothing but it isn't. The fact re-
mains that the dollar handed us was
taken in the first place from our
pockets. 1t comes back with special
provisos and mandates and woe be to
us if we fail to spend it as directed.
This scheme Of central direction af
fects roads and schools in particular.
Aside from the tremendous expense
involved it takes all government and
initiative away from the people.
To break the chains would mean
the turning down OF ever dollar Of
fered as outside aid. 1t would mean
a declaration of independence on the
part of communities against the state
and national government. 1t would
mean the refusal, on the part of
school boards, to accept domination
from the state and particularly would
it mean a willingness to pay the price
of freedom by refusing to be bound by
university dictation in order to have
what is called IAN accredited school"
This sounds revolutionary but i
isn't 1t involves simple indepen-
dence, common sense and economy.
AS things stand no community in this
state dare be independent. Neatly
every public activity is cleverly
fenced in by some state government
proviso. And, unless you do what
we say, we will withdraw state aid"
We do not believe the spirit of free
dom is entirely dead. We like to be
lieve that most people would rather
be free to work out their future ever
though the way might be rough for
while. Our fOrefathers thought so.
We must be equally courageous if we
expect to ever get the government
back in our hands and away from the
bureaucrats.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Didn't Like Bracelet
But Court Collects

MANITOWOC.-Fifty dollars and
costa total of $8129-was the fine
imposed upon Armin McWilliams,
Sheboygan man, who pleaded guilty
to resisting an officer. In addition,
he was obliged to pay for a pair of
handouts which he sawed from his
wrists.
The trouble occurred at a dance
hall at Centerville, this county. A
number of men were about to start a
fight when Deputy Sheriff Gardner
Grotegut ordered the gang to dis
perse. They obeyed, only to reassem-
BILE later. The deputy began making
arrests and had snapped the bracelets
on one of McWilliams' wrists when
someone interferred, allowing Nc
Williams to escape.
Arrested later at Sheboygan, it was
found he had sawed the handouts off.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
These Boys Thought
of Their Mothers.

Talking to a boy about his mother
is what they call 'old stuff" We adj
NIT it. We thought os tOo-once. But
when we see fine young fellow with
good parents Keeling along the street
and ready to duck in an alley, or
practicing some petty piece of vic
iousness, or in the company of good
for-nothing low-lives, we always
wonder what his mother would think
if she knew it. We are glad, too, that
his mother remains in ignorance. 1t
would probably break her heart.
One boy we knew had a mighty
good mother She had that wonder
full love that passeth understanding.
Nothing was too hard for mother 20
undertake She was always sympa-
thetic, kind and willing. No trouble
was too big for her to share. That
from childhood on.
This mothers hands were worn and
somewhat blackened by toll. She did
so many things with those cracked
hands that they couldn't remain soft
and white. But now that boy knows
those hands were the most beautiful
things in the world.
That boy guided by the influence OF
his good mother became a useful man.
When he had won the high places in
the world and was crowned by sue
cess and rewards, people would COM
nliment him. NO, he would say.
t.Don't praise me- I had a good moth
er. To her influence and example
owe everything. She deserves all the
nraise" There were tears in his
evs when he said this. Yes, and tears
in the eyes of those who heard him
speak.
And another boy who lost his moth
or was a good boy too. But he was
weak. He drifted into evil courses
and one day came to an accounting.
In his cell he wept. "Oh. mother
he cried. "If you had only lived /
wouldn't be here now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
16 SHIPS LOADED WITH
IMMIGRANTS RACE TO u. S.

NEW YORK.-Another flood tide of
European immigration will soon be
beating against the shores of the U.
S. A, as 16 big passenger ships ale
now on their way and are due to dock
in New York and Boston this week.
The ships are racing from Europe
so they can get here before their pas
sengers find the September quotas
filled.
The larger number seem to be from
British ports. Because more than
one million men are out of work III
England Their has been an unprece-
dented exodus to the United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
LAST WEEKS WEATHER

Forecast: Fair and warmer.
The general weather conditions for
the month of August were as fol-
lows:
Possible percentage of sunshine SO.
Departure from normal, L.
Relative humidity, 2; lowest OBJ
served 80 on the 14th.
Temperature: The highest temper
ature occurred on the11th with 81,
the lowest of 45 was on the 25th. Nor
NAL for the month II.
Number of clear days during Au-
gust were 9; partly cloudy, 10;
cloudy, II.
Thunderstorms were frequent dur
ing August, they having occurred on
the following dates, z, IL, 20, p, 70,
Of, % and 31st.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Church Must Lead
Fight on Booze

LA CROSSE The Rev. D. L. Nc
Bride, superintendent of the Wiscon-
sin Anti-Saloon league, declared that
prohibition is a church fight, in an
address at the West Wisconsin Meth
odist conference, and that every day
in every way we are getting better
and better"
Strange things have happened in
the Wisconsin legislature" he said
land l am satisfied the legislature
does not represent the people. 1t is
our business to see that it does. The
responsibility is on the individual and
the pastors are the key men in the
fight against liquor"
Bishop Charles Bayard Mitchell, st.
Paul, caused surprise in the first
business session when he asked to be
assigned to a new district.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Helping Out
The Helpers.

Petty viciousness peryades the age
we live in. 1t saturates modern Ire.
While disgusting to the mature NINA
II has a gloss and attraction to the
vnnng We know just how it is ana
how Strong the lure is. And its dan
gar lies in its insidious, corrosive ei-
fect It simply saps the metal from
a developing character. =
In the mindst of these moron VIC
tons aspects of life a young person
has a hard time of it. There is SO
much to pull down and so little 70
mil one up. So much that is degrad-
ing and so little refining.
That is why every agency endeaV-
or;ng RI better conditions and save
characters deserves our whole-heaft-
ed support.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
FINES OR JAIL AWAITS
MICHIGAN MASKERS

LANSING, Mich-Any person who
appears in public in Michigan wear
ing mask over his face or any OBJ
struction which partly conceals the
face is liable to arrest and punish
ment by $25 to 500 fines or 80 days
in Jail, under the provisions of the
Burns law, which went into effect at
midnight last Wednesday. The law
exempts children and participants in
religious, historical, educational or
dramatic demonstrations and persons
going to and from masquerade
parties.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
MOTHER CAN BREAK
ENGAGEMENT OF son

WASHINGTON, Pa.-The Washing
ton county court has decided that any
woman in Pennsylvania has perfect
right to exert sufficient influence over
isfed with her prospective daughter
gagement to marry if she is not sat-
isfied with her prospective daughter
in-law. This decision was made IN
an opinion handed down by Judge Err
win Cummins in dismissing the suit
of Gertrude Lowenstein against Mrs.
Florine MCGOWAN for damages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
RLAMES MODERN GIRL
FOR IMPROPER DANCES

NEW YORK-The way the stag
line cuts in on dancers makes ball
room look like a football practice,
William P. Rivers, Brooklyn, declared
before the American Society of
Teachers of Dancing. He berated
'.cake eaters" and denounced cigar
cite smoking by Miss 1923. Cigar
cites and TASKS is doing away with
the dignity of the, dance, he said.
"The modern girl is responsible for
the exaggerated and improper dane
ing so evident particularly at affairs
for high school boys and girls" Mr..
Rivers asserted.
eff the girls would refuse to dance
in such positions they would be
quickly eliminated"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Hernit's Slayer
Given Life Term

MADISON-AlvinL L. Jensen, con-
fessed slayer of Robert Jaeger, Black
hawk hermit, was sentenced to hard
labor for life Thursday by Judge E.
Ray Stevens in the Dan county circuit
court, when the prisoner pleaded
guilty to first degree murder.
Jack Galloway, Jensen's confessed
accomplice, was sentenced to rs years
Imprisonment as an accessory to the
murder.
Both men were taken at once to the
state prison at Waupun.
Judge Stevens entered the court
room following a long conference
with attorneys and at once arraigned
the two confessed slayers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Card of Thanks.

We thank our friends and neighbors
for the friendly help during the sick
ness of Mr.. Stephens. For floral Of
ferings and the universal sympathy,
we wish to express our thanks.
Mrs. John Stephens.
Mrs. E. Basford.
Ed. Stephens.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Science and Religion.

There is and can be no conflict be-
tween science and religion. They why
make such a hubbub over the teach
ing of evoluation in the state univer-
sity? Evolution is not opposed to re-
ligion. 1t is not contrary to the teach
ing of the bible. On the other hand it
helps to explain and make more clear
many of the utterances of the holy
book.-St. James (Minn.) Plaindealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
HAS PARALYTIC STROKE

A. c. Long, prominent and well
respected resident of Lancaster, was
stricken with paralysis on Saturday
evening at about 10 o'clock. His con-
dition is reported as being serious
Children and relatives were notified
of his condition. 1t is the hope of his
friends that his condition will i'm
Or0yp
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Go To Church Sunday
Methodist Episcopal Church.

Rev. Birrel has returned from the
conference at La Crosse, and will fill
the pulpit Sunday. He has been re-
turned to this charge to the satisfac-
ton of the congregation and his many
friends.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Liberty Ridge Church.

The Mission Festival of the Liberty
Ridge church will be held Sunday at
1920 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. Revs.
Krumm and Kaehle, of Waverly, Ia,
will preach in German. Rev Crusius
of Lancaster, will preach the English
sermon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
THESE MAY WE'D

Lee Mogan. Mt Hope, and Geneva
Boom, Mt. Hope.
Joseph P. Schueller, Dubuque, Rt
5, and Elizabeth Brant, Keller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Evangelical Church.

German services, 8 a. m.
English services have been can
celled.
Beginning Saturday, Sept. Is the
confirmation class will meet for in
struction at a. m.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05

Miss Vera Tewskbury arrived Sat
urday from Oseola, Wis, to take up
her duties as domestic science teach
er in the public schools.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
ALMEDA LILLE GREENE

Almeda Lille Green, daughter of
Thomas and Hattie Greene, was born
Sept. 26, 1875, and passed away Au-
gust 80, 1923, at her home in the town
ship of Beetown, Wis.
She leaves to mourn her loss a
daughter, Verna, her father, three sis
tiers, three brothers, and a foster sis
ter, beside other relatives and friends.
Her mother and two sisters preceded
her in death.
She was baptised in the Methodist
faith six years ago. She showed her
Christian spirit by doing for others
more than herself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Flashes
SIife is Short-TeI the Truth"

Some people suffer from too well
developed sense of humor and others
will die if they don't stop taking
things too seriously
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05

If Henry Ford can take couple OF
lengths of stovepipe, tomato can
and four spools and make it run, why
couldn't he run the country?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

Tuesday, Sept. denomination in
structions at the Rectory at Ais.
Wednesday, Sept 5.-St. Agnes
Guild meets at the Guild hall at 1870
p. m.
Thursday, Sept 6.-Vestry meets at
the Rectory at 745 p. m.
Friday, Sept. 7-Evening prayer
choir practice, 1880.
Sunday, Sept. 9-Holy Communion
at 1880; Sunday School at $3.50;
Morning Prayer and sermon at 10:30.
Presbyterian Church.
Sunday School, 945.
Morning worship 10:45. Rally day
services. Our slogan: Everybody
Present"
The Aid meets Friday instead OF
Thursday. Mrs. Hartman entertains.
Hurricane.
Sunday School, p. m.
Preaching service, p. m.
Study Group, s p. m.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
ROBERT EMMETT THOMPSON

Robert Emmett Thompson was born
in Liberty, Wis, May 10, 1851, and
died at his home in Lancaster very
suddenly August 80, 1923, at the age
of Y years and four months.
His father and mother were natives
of Scotland, and when they came to
this country settled on farm nine
miles east of Lancaster, in Liberty
township.
On December "a, 1877 he was unit
ed in marriage to Elizabeth Jane Day
of Lancaster. They lived on the farm
until 1898, when they moved to Lam
caster.
Funeral services were held at the
residence Saturday afternoon, Rev. j.
DeVries officiating. Burial at Hill
side.
Surviving him are-:~ His widow, two
daughters, Mrs. J. d. Murphy and Mrs.
J. J. Audrey, and three sons, Charles
R., BeetoWn; Wesley E., Lancaster;
Lester L. Madison, and four grand
children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-05
Deaths of the Week
JOHN STEPHENS

John Stephens was born November
5, 1845, in Cornwall, England. When
p years Of age he came to America
with his father They settled at
British Hollow.
On September 8, 1869, he was mar
ried to Hannah Bennett of British
Hollow. A few years later they
moved to Lancaster, where Mr..
Stephens has lived ever since with the
exception of two years spent in Cali
fornia. There were six children born
to this union, four of whom, together
With their mother, preceded him in
death.
On December %, 1897, he was mar
ried to Jennie Stuart, of Lancaster.
They lived together for q years in the
most happy and loving domestic re-
lations.
Mr.. Stephens was superintendent of
the Wooden and Excelsior mill and
also helped to locate and superintend
the city water works.
He joined the fellowship of the Lord
Jesus in the old Methodist Episcopal
church. He has been a very faithful
member and trusted official there for
many years.
AEL6l Slowly weakening Illness Ol
senility lasting a number of months,
he quietly passed away to that other
vineyard where he labors in a new
and deeper fellowship with his Lord.
He was every inch man, big-hearted,
unselfish, sympathetic, possessing the
qualities of a Christian gentleman.
He leaves to mourn his loss his
wife, a daughter, Mrs. Basford OF
Madison, and son, Edward, of Milwau-
kee, grandchildren and host of sor-
rowing friends.
Funeral services were held in the
Methodist Episcopal church Sunday,
Sept 2, 1923, Rev. John Birrell Off
ciating, and burial was made in The
Hillside cemetery.
The Washington times., 1923-02-06
BRITISH BOY
: FASTIDIOUS
DRESSER

VOFIGSpOmOcnGs
ToNDoN7 In sartorial ele-
gance the next generation
of schoolboys is likely to be
one Of Beau Brummels, Beau
Washes and Count D'0rsays, If
the opinions Of London's leading
tailors and boys outfitters are
any guide.
At one time the unwilling
schoolboy was dragged by his
parents to the tailors and a
made-up suit from stock was Sc
lected. With luck it fitted; IL it
did not no one worried much.
But the old order changeth.
Nowadays it is the schoolboy
who takes his parents to the out
filters and superintendent the or
dering and measuring-but not
the paying-with precocious
exactitude.
Modern tailors say they find
that in many cases the up-to-
date sohoolboy is more exacting
than. his father. He insists that
his jacket and pants should be
cut in Hthe latest style, and the
OLD IDEA OF leaving plenty of room
for growing is dead and buried.
The leading tailors' organ
thinks that this fasti6fousness on
the part of modern youth Is all
to the good. "a boy who is able
to decide for himself on such
matters at an early age should, T"
thinks the periodical, "be able be-
fore long to decide what is cor
rect when graphing with the
bigger problems Of life."
The Washington times., 1923-02-06
Lucy Lowell Urges Sleep as One Of
Most Effective Aids to
Beauty

the most delightfully."- beautiful
woman who ever gladdened
beauty-loving eyes.
We all know that anything
which constantly presses against
the plastic skin and muscles of
the face causes wrinkles in time.
Haven't you seen oldish ladies
with hollows on either side of
their chins caused by nothing
more nor less than the habit of
boring in with aforefinger dur
ing moments of thought or en-
barrassment?
But 1t seems to me that there
is another beauty secret con-
nected with your theory that you
have overlooked. Contact be-
tween the face and the pillow Is
a most wonderful line eradicator,
but wouldn't the. contact be as
sisted by long hours of restful
You have seen many a drawn
spiritless face become animated
and young-very young and
lovely-afters nights real re-
pose. a
A very great deal is being said
about the odd and nervous"
faces OF even young American
women. It is true. And do you
know why? It's because the
American woman sleeps, so tits
said, an average of four hours
nightly less than the woman of
any other nation.
We worry lines into our faces
and we forget to relax even for
the sake of our compilations. We
dissipate our hours of sleep in
fussing with unnecessary things,
making over clothes for example.
And we don't always hold our
full allotment Of optimism, for
bearance and kindness, which in.
sures spiritual beauty. the great
est charm there is, after all!
Copyright. 1929. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1923-02-06
Once-Overs
EDUCATE YOURSELF TO MEET THE "BooK1sH" MAN

by
Isn't it true that you avoid the booksh man. ocalled
hghbrow because he talks about and interested in sub
ects which unfamiliar to you, and you dsncined
to study to become conversant in them?
ALSO isn't it that you just drift along with the
crowd that avoids mental effort, you avoid it?
Sometimes you ashamed of how little know and
you half resolve the necessary studying make
self better informed but when right down honest
effort you funk
Surprising you put the test today what would
knowledge register in the things of your
should know?
For you have said that sometime you would adopt
plan and of reading and study until you
had enough OF the right of information and knowledge
to be considered at least weread but that
have gone
You feel deficiency in the presence of cultured
persons and uneasy lest you be asked questions which
would reveal your ignorance in your answer
But what are you doing for seH-improvementl
The Washington times., 1923-02-06
WORDS FROM.
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

YET them obey that know not
how to rule.
The vile are only vain-the great
are proud.
Superstition is the religion Of
the ignorant.
Perish discretion when it inter-
feres with duty.
He who does you an injury will
never forgive you for it.
The man who knows nothing in
sists on letting 1t be known.
We are never so easily deceived
as when trying to deceive others.
Leave your son education, hon.
esty, and industry; they are the
best inheritance.
He who will fight the devil with
his own weapons must not won
der If he finds him an overmatch.
Trust him little who praises all,
him less who censures all, and
him least who is Indifferent about
all.
The modern majesty consists in
work. What a man can do Is his
greatest ornament, and he always
consults his dignity by doing it.
To hide true worth from public
view,
Is burying diamonds in their
All is not gold that shines, it's
true,
: But all that is gold ought to
shine.-Bishop
Youth is ever confiding-and
we can almost forgive its disin-
clination to follow the counsels
of age for the sake of the gener-
Gus disdain with which it rejects
suspicion.
There never did and never will
exist anything permanently noble
in character which was a
stranger to the exercise Of reso-
lutte self-control.
Copyright, 1928, by Newspaper Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1923-02-06
By Lucy Lowell.

n Kiss MINERVA w., who
Nv lives in New York city,
AVA wishes me to pass along
own which she assures me will
interest women.
It will interest them, Minerva,
my dear, for it tells them some
thing Of beauty, hows to acquire
it and keep it for themselves.
And whether your theory is sound
or not doesn't matter specially.
The main point of it is that any
effort toward beauty Of body or
mind is worth while to the wom-
an who makes that effort and
to those about her.
Minerva writes:
1--WE find that between the
ages of thirty and forty the
curved contour Of the cheek
begins to sag. The laughing
wrinkle between the nose and
chin becomes pronounced. Hav-
ing discovered q simple remedy
for this defect, / think it my
duty to share my secret with
my sisters.
Massage is a great eradi-
Gator, but it sometimes grows
hair on the face. So when I
retire for the night I am care
full not to sleep on my arms.
My face and pillow must have
direct contact.
THE pillow should not be
too soft. Lie with the flesh
gently drawn awav from voI,p
mouth, nose and eye, toward
your ear. The result will be
wonderful beyond your expecta-
TONS"
Now girl, my dear, your disccv-
cry, as you say, is simple and
couldn't possibly do any harm to
The Washington times., 1923-02-06
So 100000 for a Patching Job
Better Invest in Flying Machines.

Secretary DENLY six and one-half millions to
modernize of the old ships that ALLOWED to
keep under the famous treaty of Washington.
That same treaty compes to leave perfectly modern
magnificent warshp half finished waiting be scrapped
The loss the Government work be finished and
damages tosconractors will Of millions
for which money should have fighting
ships.
Instead shall spend millions patching up ships more
less out OF date that won't be much when patched
That's called craftsmanship.
Better put money in fighting flying ships $1oooooOo
HONESTLY SPENT in that direction would make attack
sea good cooperating fleet of submarines