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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

Average Man, have duty too. You
cannot shirk it if you want what you
say you want-good government. If
you see something wrong you must
not be AFRAID to make a complaint
and be the sponsor for that com
plant
Public officials must show more
courage A strong stand by various
civic bodies will do more than any
thing else toward correcting law
breaking. The men hired to enforce
the law must know what is expected
Of them and that they will be backed
up in their efforts to keep the cOmmu-
nifty law-abiding.
If the man who made moonshine
made it for his own use or the free
delectation of his friends there would
be little quarrel with him. The prob
| lem here becomes a moral one, not a
legal one. We are not concerned in
personal morality, it would be fool
ism, futile and altogether unwise to
attempt to regulate the morals Of
every individual in a community.
Our stand must be taken against a
business of making hard" liquors for
the purpose of selling to those who
desire a kick and will go hundred
miles to get it. If moon was to be
compared in quality with old-time
whiskey it could be considered more
charitably 1t is not. Most moon
will "get" the user sooner or later.
The traffic in moonshine, prevalent
all over the country and perhaps not
to be entirely stamped out will thrive
and flourish if the attitude of CLOSING
over and condOning continues.
We do not consider that law obed-
fence is a question Of wet" or dry"
Our personal conviction may be that
sumptuary legislation along the line
of the 18th amendment and the Vol
stead act is entirely wrong in princi-
pie and responsible for much more
harm than good.
Our personal belief IS that the Ii
quor problem was we'll on the road
to a sensible settlement when the
matter was picked up body and
breeches and hurled into an unnatur
al state of affairs. The people were
well on the road toward temperance
when the Supreme Court of this coun
try ruled that dry state could not
control the traffic in liquor from an
adjoining wet state. This Immediate
ly pre-supposed a national prohibition
act instead Of local or state option
The federal government removed the
right Of choice from the people of va
rious commemorative and hell broke
loose at once and has been unclaimed
ever since.
But getting back to our text. What
we need is splnes. Disrespect for law
on one hand can never be met by cow
ardly and iellyfsh methods on the
other Be afraid if you must, but
don't give in to fear and lose your
self respect.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
WITH THE FARMERS

for the last time If we cannot raise
membership list of at least thirty
by April we're going to quit. DO you
want Grant county to drop out OF the
Holstein game? Do you want to see
Grant county pointed to as a failure
with Holsteins, where other counties
are succeeding so we'll? OF course
we don't. You're too proud OF your
black and whites to want that
The state association is now work
ing under the affiliated plan. That is
everyone who joins the county assoc
citation at once becomes a member OF
the state association. Grant county
directors have endorsed this plan
and have advanced to the county as
ISOLATION treasury the amount neces-
sary for state utilization. Most coun-
ties are asking three dollars member
ship for state and county assocla-
tions. We felt that we could make
things go on two dollars, but we will
need a good sized membership
AS county secretary l have recent
w filed out six inquiry blanks on
prospective members for our Nation
al Association In not one of these
was I able to answer the question,
us he member of your state and
county club?" in the affirmative.
Why? Why are the breeders in Grant
county not supporting their local
clubs as other county breeders do!
Perhaps you say you get no benefit
from them. If so, then it is your
fault. During February thirty-two
inquiries for grade and pure bred
Holsteins were sent out to all affiliat-
ed county secretaries by the state
secretary. It is the county secre-
tarys duty to answer these inquiries,
telling what his county has for sale.
In order to do this HE MUST have
list of the cattle for sale in his coun-
ty. Certainly Grant county has grade
Holsteins to spare and some pure
breds. Let us help bring these out
side buyers to your herd, and get
better prices That is but one of the
things the state and county associa-
tiOns are trying to do. Let us tell
you more at the big Grant County
Holstein Picnic we are planning for
this spring Let's wake up Let's
support the Grant County Holstein
Calf Clubs. Let's all be members of
the county and state club.
Let's all be boosters for our big,
hard working Black and Whites. The
state slogan: Holstein-Freisians
Prevail-They win at the Pail-Buy
them in Wisconsin,
Two dollars will do your share.
Send it to the secretary now.
CARL L. DOEPINGSFELD
Secretary.
Fennimore, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
REPORT OF HAZEL GREEN
TESTING ASSOCIATION

Leo Kuhl and Son ranked first in
the Hazel Green, Grant County Cow
Testing association during the % days
of February, with an exceptionally
high mark of 644 pounds of butterfat
as the average production of their Y
registered Holsteins, according to the
report of Tester Zenz.
Second high herd was that of Lup-
ton Rawson, which produced on the
average of 1872 pounGs of butterfat.
The Rawson herd is made up of seven
grade Guernseys. Walter Runde's
seven grade Holsteins averaged As
pounds Of butterfat.
The high cows in the association
were the following:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
Does Fear Control U.s.

Fear is a human tfait and an eX-
cusable one Cowaroice, the triumph
of fear over personality is despic-
able trait We may be ever so fear
full but we are not to be condemned
unless we give in TO fear Then we
lose the respect OF others and what
is far more important. lose our own
self respect.
Failure to enforce and live up to
law is due to fear. Fear per-
meates every class. Newspapers are
AFRAID t. print the plain, unvarn-
ished facts. Nevertheless, newspap-
ers in general are more courageous
than average individuals and news
paper writer's often triumph over fear
and tell the truth although their
knees may be quaking.
Ministers in their puIpits are often
AFRAID. Frequently their sermons
dwell upon abstract propositions re
lating to things gone, dry and dead
instead Of dealing in a courageous
manner with lively and vital prob
lens of the present. Yet, ministers,
too, are not as cowaTdly as the aver
age man. We admire many of them.
The average man who votes right,
lives right, is honest and decent in his
ways, lacks courage. He is strong on
sticking people on to do things and
willing enough to applaud, but not
one out Of one hundred is willing to
step forward and take the initiative
in correcting an evil
The average public official is de-
cent, a gentleman and would not be
guilty of a dishonorable or law-break-
ing act. But he too. lacks courage.
He often CLOSES over or condones
conditions that should be forcibly met
and stamped out rather than compro-
missed with.
What we all need is backbone in
place Of wishbOne. Newspapers
should get right and stay right. Truth
should be told even though the blow
up impends the next minute. Minis
tiers, nearly always of the highest
character, should be uncompromising
and deal with conditions with bare
knucks
The press and pulpit must not be
expected to bear all the brunt of bat
tie while the average man does the
shouting and sticking on. You, Mr..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
Comfy Breed Associations.


l am running in the news this week
little article by the secretary OF tue
Holstein Freisian Breeders Assocla-
ton Of Grant County. | wish TO urge
the Holstein men to reaG well anu
consider what he says.
On March 10th a man from Stock
ton. IL, came to this office IL search
of information Of where he coula IND
car load of grade Black ana
Whites. No one knew. We tried TO
locate them. He has gone back to
the state of Illinois with the idea that
Grant county don't want to take ad-
vantage of the outside market. we
can't afford to let them go away
This is true of all breeds. Many
letters come to this office saying, can
get cattle, this is not alone one
breed but all. County organizations
Of our different breeds should be bet
ter Remember four things that help
make business Of any kind a success.
% Quality of your produce, CD Ad-
vertising or publicity of what you
have, CD Uniformity of produce, "a
Your service to the buying public.
We are trying always to build quail
ity, selection of breeding stock will
control to an extent your. uniformity.
Your service to the buying public
comes with organization.
Let's get together men of all breeds
Of livestock and follow these plans
mentioned for better live stock con-
dition in Grant county.
Seed Samples-COunty Booth.
In order to improve the standing of
our county booth at the state fair for
1928, we are asking the help of Grant
county people Before Smelling your
seed corn of any known variety, look
it over and select about ten or twelve
of the best ears that would do for
showing. Likewise, if you have
good sample Of Oats, Barley, Rye,
Wheat, Beans, Peas, Glover or Grass
seed. A sample for this show is one
peck Each sample that goes in the
booth bears the name Of the prOduc-
er. In this way each sample is an
advertisement for the producer as
for Grant county.
Kindly give this your attention and
help us to make first prize booth at
Milwaukee next fall. Kindly let us
know by letter what you are doing
for this booth. That is what you have
to show.
J. B. KEENAN,,
County Agent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
Why Our School Bonds Won't
Buy 4 High School Building.

Our school bonds, $175,000 worth,
won't buy a building such as our
plans call for because materials and
labor are up so percent over what
they were when the plans were made
up.
Should we then 80 ahoad and au-
thorize additional bonds, further in
creasing the bonded Indebtedness Of
the community, now nearly 10 per-
cent of the valuation? Should we en-
deavor to erect a high school within
the sum already voted disregarding
the present plans? Should we defer
building with a hope that prices will
drop at some later date? These ques-
lions will have to be answered by the
voters at the special meeting soon to
be called.
Ii it is necessary to erect a building
worth $240,000 to meet the needs OF
q high school is it because Of the
heavy influx of outside or tuition pu-
pills? While it is praiseworthy for
outside people to send their children
to the Lancaster school and COM
lnendaDle on the part of the people
here to take them we want to know
the reason why the Lancaster district
should bond itself further to provide
an expensive school Of this kind.
In other words is it plain that our
present school or a more modest new
one would be ample 10 care for the
needs of our own high school chill
dren2 Unless it is a good business
proposition to accept outside pupils
hyhy should the district do it?
If tuition pupils make necessary an
expensive school plant the revenue
derived should be sufficient 70 meet
She difference III the cost between a
school maintained for local use and a
school maintained for a large area.
The foregoing point of view is ques-
Eioned by members Of the school
board They say the lengthening of
the school age plus tuition pupils
are responsible for congestion in high
schools now as compared to, say
twenty years ago, when the total en-
TDllment of the schools was as large
if not larger than now
1t is, of course, folly to even sug
gest that we should not accept tuition
pupils The point we wish to make
clear is that the high school problem
is getting beyond the scope of a small
community to handle, especially
where it is caring for the educational
needs Of many adjacent communities
without high schools Action is vi
sally necessary to solve this problem.
ut properly comes within the puryiew
Uf the state legislature.
These things can be determined and
4 report made to the electors when
they meet What we want are facts
and not sweeping generaIties. Let
as not SO into the meeting and deal
with the problem in an emotional
way.
Our own conclusion IS that this
school matter is one for deep study
and clean-cut report Of facts made
to the electors. Large meetings are
apt to be swept on way or another in
response to emotion or prejudice. The
electors should have the facts and
these facts should include a study Of
why our schools are congested and a
recommendation as to relief
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
MOUNT HOPE

John Auld returned last week from
Chicago, where he visited with his
sister several weeks.
Frank Plimpton lost valuable
horse last Saturday night.
Ernie Alexander has been very sick
with the flu, also several other mem
bers of the family.
H. H. Toltzien went to Madison and
Beloit last week.
It is reported that Thomas Pendle-
ton of Lancaster, is going to move
here and help his son, Joe, in the gar
age.
Mrs. John Oostdik is having dental
work done at Blooming ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

We have all heard great deal
about the evils of Ku Kluxism and
wonder if there is anything that can
be said in defense Of such mob law.
If one analyses the causes leading up
to the organization of Vigilante asso-
Citations he begins to see why such
things find hearty response even
though the principle itself is con-
demned.
Take a case such as existed at
Ranger, Texas, a city of 100000 peo-
pie The town was ridden with
gamblers, bootleggers, prostitutes,
pimps, thugs and hold-ups. This
minority element had control of the
law enforcement body. The officials
sworn to uphold the law neglected
their duty and even connived at vice
and crookedness.
The people stood this for a long
time
One day Ku K1:z was organized.
Like a whirlwind it took hold of the
town.
In twenty-four hours the corrupt
officials had taken tip and gone to
neighboring states. Ku Klux officials
patrolled the streets. Order was re-
stored. Vice was wiped out. Gamb-
ling and bootlegging stopped. The
town was cleaned up and the Ku Klux
did it.
We do not defend Ku Kluxism. Re-
sorting to secret orders to secure
public decency is an admission that
a community does not know how to
operate in democratic and legal
way. Vigilante associations have a
tendency toward going too far and do
ing fragrant things.
Nevertheless, one can see how ku
Klux organizer finds welcome when
the regular agencies for keeping the
law and preserving order are cow
ardly and have fallen down on the
job. 1t all gets back to the same
point-failure by the individual cltl-
zen to recognize and live up to his
obligations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
WISCONSIN FARM VALUES

Value Of Wisconsin pillow lands is
given at $50 per acre by the state
crop reporting service. This is $12
per acre over 1916 values and $14 per
acre below the peak Of 1920.
All farm lands with improvements
is valued at $113 per acre compared
with STA last year. Cut-over farm
lands in "a northern counties is
valued at $23 per acre
A study made by the department
indicates that about 80 percent of the
1922 crops remains in the farmers
granaries. These reserves evidence a
satisfying condition in Wisconsin
husbandry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
MT. HOPE-N. LANCASTER
COW TESTING REPORT

February favors us with forty eight
quality COWS. Three hundred thirty
nine cows were tested during the
month. The following members are
milking their high cows three times
daily: L. w. Beadle, John Fuersten-
berg and Carl j. Alt.
The four high herds are as follows
John Fuerstenberg, COWS milking,
43.9; Albert Kasper, 10 cows milking
1871; Carl j. Alt, Is COWS milking
1916, and Jay F. Morse, 10 COWS milk
ing 1872.
The table bellows gives the names
and records of the cows in the asso-
citation which have produced more
than 40 pounds of butterfat during the
period Of 2S days ending February %,
1909
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
DO YOU BELIEVE IN SIGNS?
(From the Fyr-Fyter)

1t is bad luck to look in a dark
closet with a match
A crack in your chimney is a sure
sign that you are going to move.
If you dream of smelling smoke, it
is a sign that you are asleep and had
better wake up.
To see paper-hanger putting pa
per over hole in your chimney aue,
indicates an impending loss.
If you smoke cigarettes in bed be-
fore falling asleep, it is sign that
you have great deal to learn.
If you try to keep the home fires
burning by pouring kerosene on
live Goals, it indicates crowd of peo-
pie coming to your house.
When the wind means, it is ex-
tremely bad luck to burn trash near
the house.
If you smell gas and look for it
with a match, it foretells that you are
about to start on a long journey.
When you see someone throwing
burnt match or cigar sutbs into the
waste-paper basket, it is a sign that
the fool-kilIer has been Sinking on
his job.
Contributed by Oscar Damn, Sec
rotary Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
Co.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
Citizenship.

Law obedience is the first duty of
a good citizen. Empty shouting when
the soldiers march, hand clapping at
Decoration day addresses, tears in
eyes when Old Glory is waved around
on July 4-these and few other sym
bols constitute what some people call
citizenship. The whole thing is empty
and rotten unless the citizen in his
patient daily way lives up to his So
cial obligations.
We can decorate the graves of men
who when they lived WE'RE citizens,
we can applaud when the legion
marches, we can shed tears at
patriotic gatherings, we can take our
hats of when Old Glory passes-we
can do all these things and many
times more and still fail in vital and
simple test-are we law-abiding and
do we insist that the law is upheld in
our own little community.
Citizens cannot dodge this test.
Public officials cannot evade the
issue. 1t is sQuarely up to them. The
people of the community want the
law enforced. The responsibility for
failure to enforce the law in any COM
munity must rest upon the shoulders
Of the officials of that community.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
PEOPLES FORUM
Lancaster, Wis,
March II, 1928.

Lancaster, Wis,
March II, 1928.
To: Editor, Grant County Herald.
From: Old Timer.
Subject: School Consolidation.
Now that the heated controversy on
the merits of school consolidation is
ended and the Herald Editor has had
a chance to pat himself vigorously on
the back, it is to be expected that
Grant county Journalism will return
to normally" But what of us, the
rabble? We have waited breathlessly
through the pros and cons, wonder
ing which was Lincoln and which
Douglas.
We had hoped that the finale would
bring us truth and liberty from the
champion OF the righteous cause.
But, alas!! We fear we must go
unenlightened.
We fear our brother of the mighty
pen likens Mark Anthony not to
praise or condemn consolidation but
to bury it.
For shame!! "Manys" the years we
have followed thee. Thy views have
been the father of our deeds. That we
may not stumble, wouldst not thou
hold they beacon for us again?
Our worthy friend of the classic
turn of mind eve thought all Shake
spearians were dead) must learn to
read between the lines. Remedies
are implied rather than stated. What
is inferred is more important than
what is said Opinion on school mat
tiers will appear from time to time.
Read on, good friend, read on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
The Street Called Straight,

Enlightened selfshness is so vast
an Improvement over the other kind,
that it deserves respectful recogni-
ton. But, after all, enlightenment
tackled on selfshness is only pair Of
spectacles that can but slightly i'm
prove hopelessly blurred and short
vision If the world wants to see any
farther than just in front Of its toes,
il needs better vision than that. En-
lightenment and selfishneSs can't go
far together. They don't match. The
Street Called Straight" is straight and
wide, but it isn't straight enough or
wide enough for those two Yet,
down that street the world must go,
sooner or later, for it is the only
thoroughfare that leads anywhere ex-
cept to swamps or deserts. There is
one chart for it and it's name is En-
ightened Unseltishness.
Enlightened Unself1shness doesn't
imply the enthusiastic surrender of
purse, watch and laundry to the other
fellow. 1t doesn't even demand that
we should turn the other cheek to an
individual who has already stung us
good and plenty on one. 1t means
simply the realization that all human
transactions include at least two
parties and that no arrangement can
be permanent or even of reasonably
long endurance if it is only for the
selfish interest of one side or the
other.
Enlightened Unselfshness means
that putting something over" on
somebody isn't smart, but blind
stupidity; what is bad for one side to
a bargain is bound in the long run to
be bad for both. Enlightened I'm
selfshness knows that Honor is the
keystone of every human relation and
that magnanimity is not luxury but
a necessary par of the business of life.
Selected
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
81 YEARS YOUNG

Congratulations to A. L. Sherman
of the Grant County Herald of Lam
caster, which is 81 years young and
getting livelier every twelvemonth.-
Milwaukee Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

A little cussing now and then often
helps the best of men.
If you ever talk back to your wife
don't let her hear you.
The best place to make money is
always some other place.
Two can live as cheap as one until
the bills start coming in.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

To the Holstein Breeders of Grant
County
Your county association needs you.
We are calling for your membership
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

The honeymoon was over when the
ex-kaiser's bride fired his servants.
If you think every watch chain you
see has watch on it you are wrong.
Winter wouldn't be so bad if it
weren't for the cold weather.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

Beauty hint: Closing the eyes eight
hours every night keeps away the dark
circles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

The man with fake cure for rheu-
matism will pull your leg.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

NJ CFUF I & SUN
h, G. ]. ------ 93S 4.3 4O.S
BLAINE PAULSON, Tester.
, 1923-05-31

FOR SALE-90e0r ecroS range
land north Wamsutter twenty miles.
Daley Apartments for Income.
Maple near 9Th, Rawiins.
Eight Room House furnished.
Corner 9Th and MapAa.
Call $40 eth g., Rawlins, Wyo.
Write Executor, 26l6 Nucinal Ave.
Alameda, California. 6-3f.tf
FOR SALE Furniture for five
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|119-R. 6-31.1t
FOR RENT - Modern sleeping
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LIS w. Cedar at. t.8l-tf
FOR RE2yT-s2 fhrnished house
leeving rooms. No childfen. Call
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FOR SALE One Singer Sewing
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Phone. 344-W. 5-3i-lt
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price $2160. Also a five room housS
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s 70 6-31-tf
FOR RENT-Two sleeping rooms
oversTobias' Jewelry Store. Inquire
J. J. Cullen. 6-31-pd
FOR RENT Two Housekeeping
rooms In modern home. Apply s2l
9Th street. 6-31-1t
FOR SALE - One Four Room
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FOR SALE - One three room
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