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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
SPIKED TROUSERS
VIVID MEMORY OF
1000 TRIP WEST

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Fischer return
ed Wednesday from a seven weeks
trip through the west during which
time they saw many interesting
sights in 1000 mile journey. They
visited DR.. Roy Fischer and wife at
Spokane and spent Christmas there.
The next stop was at Yakima, Wash,
where LOUIS brother, Fred, is in the
insurance business. After a visit
with Spike Knox, residing in the ap-
pie country they went to Seattle and
thence to Portland and down the
coast to San Francisco where an
other brother, Mike, is in the auto
mobile body business. From there
the Fischer's went to Los Angeles and
visited Theo Calvin and wife among
others. Mr.. F'ischer's most vivid re-
collection of the last visit is getting
tangled up with large palm tree
while cranking car so that the
thorns penetrated his trousers. The
trip home was made via the Denver
and Rio Grande road, through the
Royal Gorge, and thence to Galloway,
Nebr., where Mrs. Fischer's sister
lives. Then back to Lancaster and
regular routine again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
BABY HAS FITS; MA
SCRATCHES BACK
AS SURE REMEDY

Mrs. Barbara Fletcher went to
Fennimore Friday to assist in the
conduct of mother and child well
fare clinic. The clinics along this line
have met with much success the past
year and number of children have
been taken out of the path of disease
and infrmity and placed on the road
to health. A particular defect not Of
ten noted by parents is weak ankles.
Many little ones are afflicted that way
and unless the trouble is corrected
permanent though mild deformity
may result. AT a clinic last year the
child of physician was examined
and a weak heart discovered. Rest
for a number of weeks proved the
remedy in this case. At another 10
cal clinic an Italian mother brought
in an infant afflicted with epilepsy.
The little one was in a sad state, hav-
ing paroxysms every hour or so. In
Rome the mother had been advised by
her pastor to slash the babes back
with a razor each time it had fit.
AS a result the child's entire back
was covered with minute scars. The
mother received intelligent instruc-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
NEARBY NOTES

Dodgeville is installing 100 h. p.
oil burning engine at the city pump
ing station.
Darlington business men are max
ing a protest over the proposed raise
of rates by the electric light company
Vava Divan, twice champion Girls
Pig Club in Wisconsin, has scored
again. Her Poland China pig sold for
$50 topping the sale conducted by her
father and brother at Monroe.
The new canning factory is en-
closed. Five car loads of machinery
has been received and are being in
stalled, giving employment to many
men at Cobb.
Miss Manda Nelson Of Montfort, and
Henry l.. 'Everson of Iron Mountain,
Mich, were married at Castle Rock
Feb. 2. They will reside at Iron
Mountain, where the groom is en-
ployed in garage.
The new bridge to be constructed
across the Wisconsin river will be
paid for Jointly by the counties of
Richland, Iowa and Sank, the state
paying half and the other being di
vided between the three counties
named.
4dldJ SCtS COuAIJ LOCUS INC oCFSh$J
counties of the state in assessed value
per capita, $3054. Iowa county is
next with $1,000 per capita of resi-
dents, and Green county third in the
list with $2978. These figures we're
based on the population of the 1920
census.
William Butteris, former resi-
dent of Edmond, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Anderson,
at ColfaX, Wis. With his wife and
five children he came to America
from England in 1878. They located
at Mineral Point. He was the father
of Ia children. Six of these survive.
Mrs. Clara Hartsook, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Matthews,
died at Montfort Jan. 80. She is sur
vived by her two sons, DR.. Francis of
Danville, ILL.,, and Augustus Earl of
Montfort, two sisters, Ella Matthews
and Mrs: Allie Williams of Butte,
Montana, and brother Ed of Presho,
S. D.
Sheriff Larson of Clayton county
swooped down upon an island in the
Turkey river near Volga and caught
Fred Lattiyer i'll the act of making
hootch. With the bottlegger they
took still, coil and boilers and ditch
ed It's gallons of mash. He is wait
ing for the grand jury under $500
bonds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
CROP TABLE
INTERESTING
TO FARMERS
Hay Leads in Value and
Acreage--Corn Next.

The January number of the Wis
consin Crop and Livestock report,
compiled by Paul o. Nyhus, agricul-
tural statistician, contains some in
teresting data on Wisconsin crops.
The farm value of Wisconsin crops
last year in round numbers was:
Hay 70 million dollars; Corn, 81
millions; Oats, 40 millions; Potatoes,
Is millions; Tobacco, IL millions;
Barley, millions; Peas (canning), 4
millions; Apples, 8 millions; Wheat
2 millions; ALI other crops, II mil
lions.
The percent OF total land to each
crop was: Hay, "a acres; Oats, q
acres; Corn, "a acres; Barley, 5
acres Wheat, l acre; Peas, 1 acre;
All other crops, 1 acre.
Hay is Wisconsin's leading crop,
due to the large dairy industry. How
ever, it will be noted by comparing
the acre percentage to the monetary
value that other crops produce a
much higher monetary value per acre
than hay does.
That the silo has not reached the
point of saturation on Wisconsin
farms is shown by the number in
state There are but SO silos to each
100 farms, leaving nearly half the
farms without this necessary piece of
equipment.
An elaborate table is devoted to the
average yield per acre of each crop in
each county. The. table for Grant
county is: Potatoes, 1858 acres, SO
blu. per acre; Hay, 100,432 acres, Z
tons per acre; Alfalfa, LAP acres, 2.3
tons per acre; Oats, $3.50 acres, 81
blu. per acre; Barley, 4,808 acres, 81
bu. per acre. (Other crops not given.)
The Grant county milk prices per
cwt. for the LAST two months OF the
year were: Nov $3.50; Dec. $2.28.
How Wisconsin crop production
ranks with other states is shown as
follows:
First-Canning peas.
Second-Clover seed and cabbage.
-Cranberries.
Fourth-Oats and rye.
Fifth-Hay.
Sixth-Potatoes and barley.
Seventh-Tobacco and buckwheat.
Eight-Sugar beets.
Eleventh-Corn.
Thirtieth-Wheat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
FEBY Term
COURT OPENS
next MONDAY
Is Criminal, IL Jury, Il
Cases for Court.

The February term of circuit court
opens next Monday with the following
cases to be considered:
Criminal Cases.
John Clark, assault. Jesse Quinn,
assault. Clyde Beckett, incest. Os-
car Huehne, forgery. Martin Muir
ply, forgery. Clyde Berry, arson.
Norman Luce, passing bad checks.
Purl Barrett and Delbert liable, lar
ceny. Harry Johnson, taking auto
without owners consent. Herman
Albeit, change of venue, adultery.
Carl Yttri, change of venue, bastardy.
John Kendall, violation prohibition
act. Geo. Meyers, change of venue,
violation prohibition act. Geo. My
ers, change of venue, violation prohi-
bition act. Walter Southern, change
of venue, violation prohibition act.
Otto Ristow, change OF venue, viola
ton prohibition act. Glenn Bartholo-
new, change of venue, violation pro-
hibition act.
In addition to the criminal cases
there are II issues of fact for court,
which include Is divorces. There are
also eight naturalizations and eleven
jury cases.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
''THE CAT AND CANARY"
MYSTERY MELODRAMA

1.-THE Cat and the Canary" which
Kilbourn Gordon, Inc, will present at
the Grantland Feb. %, is melodrama
replete with mystery that begins al
most Immediately after the rise of
the curtain and remains unsolved un-
til the very last minute of the play.
The story revolves about the strange
events that follow the reading of the
will of a rich and eccentric old man.
1t begins in the library of his mansion
on the Hudson, continues with in
creasing dramatic tenseness in the
room in which he had died 20 years
before the action of the play and
reaches an exciting climax in the
library.
The action all takes place between
IL p. m. and 1 a. m. but in that time
a murder is done, a necklace worth
fortune is taken from the neck of
sleeping girl, while suspicion is turn
ed upon first one and then the other
of the characters with rapidity.
"The Cat and the Canary" had a
two season run in New York and one
season in Chicago, while other COM
panies were playing it in Australia
and the Orient. The Chicago COM
pany will be seen here, which is the
same company that appeared in Du-
busue earlier in the season.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
RIVER CITY WILL
INVESTIGATE NEW
LIGHTING SYSTEM

BOSCOBEL.-The 10-year contract
for light and power existing between
the city and the Interstate corpora
ton expires April 1, and unless a
more satisfactory agreement can be
obtained for the next decade it is
quite probable a local plant will be
installed, either. by the municipality
or a home company.
The question has been under con-
sideration for some time and is now
b fore the city council At the regu-
lar meeting of that body Tuesday
evening the proposition was made a
special order of business. A repre-
sentative from a motive power COM
pany was present and furnished the
council with some interesting infor-
nation and figures relating to cost
and maintenance of equipment neces-
gary for the needs of Boscobel. 1t
was voted to investigate the project
and Mayor Kicks appointed a special
committee, consisting of Aldermen
Miller, Waters and Wooley, to give
the proposition careful inquiry.-Dial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
SUDDEN FALL is
DEATH CAUSE TO
LIBERTY FARMER

VIM. Born, Liberty farmer residing
near the Clifton town line, died at
midnight Wednesday from injuries
received Tuesday while putting up "a
small building on his place. Mr..
Born stumbled while at work and fell
headlong to the ground. He was in
jured internally.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day, the Rev. Johnson Of Sitter, con-
Quoting the services. Interment was
made at Farview cemetery beside an
only daughter, Matilda, who passed
away during the flu epidemic a few
years ago.
Besides the widow Mr.. Born leaves
four sons Will, Adolph, Ed and AL
bert He was 68 years of age and a
native of Wilmington, Delaware. He
came to Grant county at the age of
seven and made his home here since.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
FENlVZMORE MAN
FOUND HANGING
IN STOCK YARDS

Ben Schuppener, aged 55, we'll
known stock buyer of Fennimore, was
found dead about IL o'clock Sunday
morning in the stockyards at Fenni-
more. The body was discovered by a
stock buyer who happened to be in
the yards. 1t was hanging in one of
the pens and the frozen condition in
Dictated that death had transpired
about "a hours before.
Mr. Schuppener@ returned home
from Madison on the IL o'clock train
Saturday and had dinner with his
family. He was not seen alive after
wards and the supposition is that he
went to the yards and committed
suicide.
A wife, one son and three daugh
ters survive. Mr.. Schuppener was a
well known stock buyer and at one
time was a partner of Joe Edge, pres
ent sheriff He was born and raised
in the Sitter vicinity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
H6rrin is the Ultimate
I'M Present Day LaWleSSneSs.

Bloody Herrin, now filled with
troops to prevent bloodshed between
warning clans, is the natural result
of government by faction instead OF
by law
A few months ago striking miners
at Herrin shot down numerous strike
breakers. The "scabs" were tortured
and slain. About twenty-seven died.
The law, being on the side OF the
side of the miners, was moribund NO
action was taken to punish the muir
derers. 1t was even unhealthy local
w to express a mild opinion that such
things were wrong.
More lately the Ku Klux Khan mas
taken it upon itself to repress boot
logging in Herrin. Again the people
have divided themselves-kla and
antiIlllan. Murder has become com
mon
We need a group of citizens ready
to align themselves behind the law.
Until we recognize this government
as a government of law and not
government of men of faction no
mans life or property is safe. NO
mans liberty, freedom OF thought or
religion is safe.
Today, in many communities, the
law is moribund So far have we de-
narted from the tradition of our faith
ers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
MCCOY THROUGH:
OTHER NAMES FOR
LANCASTER MA YOR

Mayor E. L. Mccoy has stated posi-
lively that he will NOT be a candi-
date for reelection and other candi-
dates are being discussed.
Among those being discussed as
likely candidates are L. H. Stevens,
banker, Frank Schreiner, retired
business man, W. J. Bailie, former
mayor, and W. L. Gelbach, retired
farmer.
None of the men express desire
to make the race, but may be willing
to do so if importuned sufficiently by
their friends.
Incumbent county officials have de-
cided to stand for reelection to their
various offices. They are:
Jas. T. Webb, County Clerk.
Lincoln Hounsell, County Treas.
F. G. Burr, Clerk of Court.
John Cox, Register of Deeds.
The various officials base their
claim for reelection upon familiarity
with their various offices. To date no
candidates have appeared in opposi-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
GLEN HAVEN

Will Hammes of Pra. du Chen, was
in town Tuesday.
Will Thiessa of Bagley, visited the
John Thiessa home Tuesday.
w. A. Ryan, Chas. o. Metcalf and
M. N. Petry attended Farmers Week
at Madison last week.
Sylvia Spoden returned Thursday
morning to her work at st. Francis
hospital, La Crosse, after spending a
couple of weeks at home.
Mr., and Mrs. L. l.. Reinecke of In
dependence, Iowa, came Friday af-
ternoon and visited at the Tornowske
home. On Saturday they went to
Bloomington to visit at the James
Sprague home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Spoden
spent Saturday in Gutenberg at the
Ben Petsche home.
Thos. Hammes spent Sunday at
home.
Mrs. Pecore from Minnesota, is Wis
iting her aunt, Mrs. Nate Weaks.
Miss Lula Walz and Catherine
Schneider, attending school at Platte
vile, spent Saturday and Sunday at
their homes here.
Celestine Gockel went to Lancaster
Friday.
Miss Elizabeth Ryan, attending
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sprague of
Bloomington, were in town Monday.
school at Pra. du Chen, came home
Thursday for visit and also rest af
ter her recent illness.
Joe Walz and Cornelius Kaiser
drove over to Gutenberg Sunday
Many are taking advantage of the
good ice and are hauling ice from
the island.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
GAMBLING MACHINES
AROUSE IRE OF EDITOR

CUBA CITY.-The recent executive
order of Mayor Langendyke ousting
the myriad of local slot machines was
ignored and the machines were quiet
ly restored to function again. But
complaint of the temperance of the
machines was made at the board
meeting Monday evening and now
they are again benched.
Public sentiment is against the slot
mIachine-and the law is against it,
too. Now that they are out, let's keep
them out.
Shorty" it's up to you-News-
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
BEETOWN

A. Kimble and neighbors delivered
hogs to Lancaster last Monday.
Wesley KittO is staying in Potosi.
Mrs. Earl Sturmer is teaching the
school while Mr.. Nicholson is away
on account of his wife's illness.
Ben Hayden has purchased the
house of Llyod Duncan formerly the
property of Joe Gerard.
Mrs. Ed. Richardson is at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Stella Jamison,
very ill. e
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
HUGE cow AT FENNnMORE

F'ENNIMORE.-Herm Fosbinder,
local shipper, has on display at the
local shipping yards the largest cow
that has ever been seen in southwest
ern Wisconsin. The cow is almost
six feet tall and weighs almost ton,
and if she was fat would easily weigh
2,400 pounds. She is six years old
and has been kept on the Fosbinder
farm near Animation until rerently.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
MRS. CITY HORsFALL DEAD

Mrs Guy Horsfall died about $3.50
Monday, evening after a lingering i'll
ness. She is survived by her hus-
band, sons John, Carter and Lloyd
and daughter, Lois. Funeral ser
vices will be held at the home today
at one O'Clock, the Revs. Morgans
and Birrell officiating. Interment at
Hillside.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13

A conference between RICHARD
Burns post, American Legion, and the
local business men was held at Grant
land club rooms last evening. The
purpose was to discuss means Of cele
brating the Fourth and to provide for
same. The local post has been allo-
Gated the duty of celebrating the
coming Fourth and intends to do so.
Full details will appear later.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
FEDERAL INCOME MAN COMING

II. R. Cook, deputy revenue coIIec-
tor, will be at the court house March
1 and 3 for the purpose of assisting
citizens in making out their federal
income tax statement. 1t is asked
that all data be brought by those de-
string aid.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
OF ALL
COUNTY TAX
GIVEN BELOW
Nearly Half a Million is
Raised and Spent.

Feeling that tax matters are of in
terest at this time the Herald has
compiled from the county clerks
records table showing the total tax
paid by each district in the county.
The footing for each represents all
the taxes in the bailiWick:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
Flashes
"Life is Short-Tell the Truth"
Germany's Unhappy
Faculty for Blundering.


Faculty for laundering.
The i'll grace evidenced by the fail
ure of the German embassy at Wash
ington to fly a flag at half mast as
tribute to Woodrow Wilson has an
gered this country A simple thing
has caused Germany to lose ground
it was so painfully making.
The same propensity for tactless
laundering caused Germany to alien
ate the sympathy of the world at the
outset of the war, when its soldiers
invaded France by way of PROSTATE
Belgium. The same faculty for doing
the wrong thing brought the United
States into the war to the ultimate
destruction of German aspirations.
Germany is asking the aid OF Amer
lea In feeding her starving children:
The act of it's embassy was stupid
anront, childish and tactless. All
differences should end at the grave.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13

At the installation of the officers of
the w. r. c., Mrs. Kate Brandemuehl
presented Mrs. May Tiller, the retir-
ing president, with lavalliere.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
Enforcing Prohibition VIII
Cost Money. But it Can be Done.

ON mage two the I'VE" part of the
editorial staff says liquor law en-
forcement will be a campaign issue
when it comes to a vote for district
attorney or sheriff.
The 1--WE" boys ponderously state
an apparent fact, but do not tell us
remedy. One exists. Flashes Will
endeavor to give solution.
1t is idle to expect a single district
attorney and a single sheriff to en-
force the prohibition law in Grant
county. They can make sporadic at
lacks. They cannot singly, repress
the business.
To do this people making com
plaints must be willing to stand be
hind their complaint Invariably,
they say: Don't mix me up in this,
The sheriff cannot raid place on
suspicion nowadays. He must have
a search warrant. This requires an
information.
And the people of Grant county
paust be prepared to spend enough
money to have deputies in every
township. These deputies must be
above suspicion. The sheriff can't De
in fifteen places at the same time.
IF the law Git ought to be our great
est possession and treasure) is worth
ANYTHING it is worth spending money
for It is worth spending thousands
ia keep sacred Until our people
recognize this there will be no law
enforcement in Grant county.
Abraham Lincoln.
Nationalism, to be preserved needs
legend surrounding its great figures
Classic Greece had the legend OF
pericles the Just Rome had the
Scipio family and the Gracchi. China
still reyerses Confucius. Switzerland
wnrships at the shrine of William
Toll Bohemia observes the birthday
of Johann Huss. England venerates
Nelson. France decorates the tomb
of Napoleon. Ireland remembers
Robert Emmett. Southern American
countries inscribe their currency
with the face of Bolivar. Our Amerl-
ca honors the birthday of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Tradition builds around a historic
figure. 1t is a habit of humanity as
the period of the man goes further
and further into the mists OF anti
guitv to surround him with the attri-
hutes of demi-god So the central
figure of a crisis in our history be-
comes all that was wise, just, mercl-
full and noble. We erect shrlnes IN
his memory.
But we prefer to think of Lincoln,
not as a demi-god but as man. we
prefer to think of that progress from
the mud of a cabin floor in a rude
pfoneer community to the White
House and a noble. if tragic death,
when his work was done. Always, we
remember, he was man.
Lincoln typifies America. He sym
bellies the land of opportunity to
those who would rise by making the
most of their powers. Lincoln bor-
rOwed books and read them b. the |
light of a flaming log. Not misusing
his mind by a mass of trivialties he !
SLOWLY worked his way to rank with !
the few commanding figures in his
tory.
The Civil war period produced |
MANY great men. OF these it seems |
Lincoln was profoundly the greatest.
And as the mists of antiquity roll |
around that epoch in our history the
shadow of Lincoln falls farther and
farther across the vanguard of our
national progress. ]
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
LAST WEEKS WEATHER

Feb. 5-High 26; low IA. Prec. "a.
Feb. 6-High 20; low 16. Prec. .02.
Feb. High 20; low 10.
Feb. 8-High %; low IA.
Feb. 9-High 26; low 20.
Feb. 11-High So; low %.
Forecast-SnoW and colder.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13

Mrs. III. Trainor was a weekend
visitor with Fennimore relatives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
THESE MAY WED

Jess Sabinson, Mabel Williams,
Clifton.
j. Leo Duve, Potosi; Margaret
Flesch, Liberty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-27
EAGLES OUTING
And Celebration July 4th
Promises to Be Monster
Affair

The biggest ever. So the commit
tee in charge promises for the outing
and Fourth of July celebration which
will be held at the Butler county fair
grounds on Friday of next week un-
der the auspices of Butler Aerie No.
4O7, Fraternal Order of Eagles.
The big annual affairs of the Eagles
are too we'll known for any need of
comment other than to say that they
are popular and are much welcomed
by the people of Hamilton and all
Butler county. They fill a big want
in. the way of entertainment and
recreation for the day, and their pop
ularity is attested to by the large
crowds attending each year.
The entertainment furnished is al
ways fitting of the day in that there
is motorcycle races, races, contests
and games of all kinds, much music
and many other amusements-all be-
ing topped off with wonderful dis
play of fireworks at night. In fact
the Eagles fireworks displays outtop
anything of the kind to be seen any
where in the state.
AS a special feature of entertain
ment this year the committee has con-
tracted for large display of daylight
fireworks to be fired in the afternoon.
1t is promised that this display will
be the finest and largest display of
daylight fireworks ever seen in Butler
county and we'll worth going miles to
| see
Carl Lehmkuhl, in charge of the
motorcycle races, reports that he has
word from many of the best and fast
est riders in the country, assuring
him that they will be present and
take part, some of them having al
ready made their entries. Mr. Lehm-
kuhl says that never before have the
riders displayed so much interest in
| the local contest. This is due to the
large purse offered the winners, sale
to be the largest offered anywhere.
All in all, with the monster affair
for entertainment offered by tn,
Eagles, surely there is no need fol
the local people to leave the city fol
their Fourth of July outing and cele
bration.