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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-23
BOscObeI Man Falls
Against Saw; Hurt

. BOSCOBEL-Wm Hulsether, well
known farmer residing in Boscobel
township, narrowly escaped fatal in
iuries Saturday forenoon when he fell
against a circular saw and sustained
painful decorations.
Mr. Huisether was assisting III
saving wood at the home of his
neighbor, VIM. Young. His task was
in removing the wood from the saw
after it was cut. In attempting to
break off a heavy chunk which was
not quite severed by the saw he ap-
parently lost his balance and STUN
bled backward against the revolving
blade, which tore a deep, jagged cut
in his hip before he fell to the
ground.
The unfortunate man was picked
up and conveyed to the Young resi-
dence and medical aid hastily sum-
moned. Later he was taken to the
Brookside hospital where physicians
were engaged for some time on the
case. The statement is made by doc
tors that unless complications arise
the victim will recover, although he
will require careful attention for an
extender period.-Diai.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-23
BLOOMINGTON

Iowa firms were successful in sub
hitting bids for the construction of
the new high school to be built at
Bloomington. A. R. Coffeen of Du-
buuue gets the main contract for
$4,000; w. F. Kleinpell of Elkader
obtained plumbing at $4,000; Keller
Electric company of Dubuque, cleo
trio wiring and supplies at $1,923.
Mr.. Coffeen was the successful bid
der for the old school building at
$1,000; it was built in 1885.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Ball celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary on
Sat, Apr. r. The children and grand
children were present to enjoy the
occasion with them and partake of
the wedding feast spread for all. Mr.
and Mrs. Ball are highly respected
members of this community and have
spent the half century of married life
in this vicinity Their occupation was
farming, until they moved to this vii
lage where they have a very pleasant
home. They have a family OF grown
children, grandchildren and one great
grandchild The families all occupy
positions of industry and honor in
the community, and are comfort
and a credit to their parents. The
weight of the fifty years seems to
have rested lightly on Mr.. and Mrs.
Ball, and they are a vigorous and
youthful looking couple. Their many
friends unite in extending congratu-
lations and wish for this worthy
couple many more years of happy
married life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-23
MONTFORT

Miss Clara DiValI arrived home on
Saturday from an extended trip TO
Canada and the far west.
The sad news comes to relatives
and friends that Ben Pengeily, for
merly of Dodgeville, was dead, hay
ing died of blood poisoning in a ms
pital where he was taken, fifty miles
from his home in Alberta, Canada
Interment will be made at Dodge
ville-Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-23

Ferdinand Preim, Milwaukee road
foreman at WATERFOWL, suffered sew
eral broken ribs when he fell 80 feet
onto a carload of ties. He was taken
to a hospital.
Monroe merchants have installed
iron sockets in front Of their stores
so that on holidays they insert flags
in same, putting the city in gala at
tire in five minutes.
Wisconsin college of agriculture Of
ficials plan a concerted drive against
grasshoppers the coming year. Door
county officials are especially inter
ested in the campaign.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-23

to the Prairie du Chen road from
there toward Bridgeport along the
bluff near town. Weather permitting
they will push the work along as
rapidly as possible to meet the line
at this place.
George Heiliger, who lives over on
the Kickapoo river near Steuben, has
often told US most wonderful tales
of the fine fishing to be found right
in his own dooryard, as it were. Near
his place is a beautiful s acre lake
of fresh water with an abundance of
fish the year around. Nothing unus-
ual for George and his son to take
out $50 lbs of fish in one day. When
high water prevails, big killing is
always made. George writes us we
ought to have seen the big fish his
son Dudley killed with club Satur-
day in the high water-an enormous
Buffalo weighing 2615 lbs.-Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-23
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
For MOTOR EQUIPMENT

The Wisconsin Highway Com
mission requests sealed bids on the
following motor equipment:
One Harley Davidson motorcycle
known as Mo.
Two side cars for Harley David
son.
One Dodge touring car Known as
DID
One Dodge touring car known as
Deg.
One Dodge touring car known as
D-39
One Ford touring car known as
F-29.
The above equipment will be
sold as is and where is.
Equipment will be available for
inspection at the Monitor Garage,
located at Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Bids will be opened at 10 a. M,
On APRIL 28TH, 1924,
at the office of the wisconsin
Highway Commission, Herald ,
Building, Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Bids to be accompanied by GER
titled checks in an amount equal !
to the bid, said checks to be re- !
tanned if bid Is accepted
Checks viii be returned il bids
are rejected
All bids viii he nl3 opened
by an authorized representative of
the Wisconsin Highway Commits
sion. The Commission reserves
the right to reject any or all prop
osals and to accept any bid which
may be most advantageous to the
state of Wisconsin. 9c2
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-23

IRON the pure bred
j. herds of cows that
make Wisconsin fac
NOUS comes every day
the fresh milk for Quail
ity Cookies.
Fresh, whole milk, pas
teurized and with all its
original health-giving
qualities, such as is de-
Iivered every morning at
your door.
just another good reason
why more and more peo-
pie are buying Quality
Cookies and Crackers.
. QUALITY BISCUIT COMPANY
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16
Plan Airplane Service to South America

is on the north coast Of South America.
The New York Buenos Aires route
will go along the coast and over Flor
ida to Key West, whence it will cross
to the West Indies, by way of Cuba,
Porto Rico, Haiti and other islands.
1t Will touch South America first at
Ciudad Bolivar in Venezuela Then
the following countries Of South Amer
lea will be traversed: Colombia, Bra
zil, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay and Ar
gentina.
In connection with tie New York
Buenos Aires route the organizers of
the service point ont that natural con-
ditions favor its success. Hydroplanes
will be used. When the machines leave
Key West they sweep around an arc in
the Caribbean sea formed by the West
Indies. The largest distance between
any Of these islands is Is miles, an
easy distance.
In South America, even though the
route lies through its center, there will
always be facilities for easy landing
in hydroplanes. since the route follows
the course of the largest rivers Of the
continent, the Orinoco, the Amazon
and the Parana.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16
below. The belt Is travelling

below. The belt Is travelling
Ia ,..e opposite direction from
that of the train, and thus II
clears each truckload in time
to receive the next load.
The conveyors are from 80
to 100 feet in length. They
travel 40 feet a minute and
carry all the precanceled mail
going through the building.
The width of the belt Is 42
inches and 1t has a carrying
capacity of IS pounds per
square foot. This would
amount to approximately %
600 pounds, or 1914 tons per
hour. Two, main conveyors
deliver to inclined convey
ors which in turn deliver to
two primary separation units
on the second and third
floors.
The separation unit on the
third floor, which is 130 feet
long, takes care of the mail
for the states of Iowa, Indi-
ana, Michigan. Wisconsin, IL
linois and Ohio. The sort
ing clerks stand on a plat
from extending between the
two tiers of belt conveyors,
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16
Electric Lamp for Miners Gains Favor

~ HE fashioned flame safety
lamp used for illuminating the
miners working place is fast GO
ing into the discard, according
to the United States bureau of Mines
which estimates that about 100000
electric. cap lamps are now in use.
In 1911 approximately $4,000 flame
lamps and no electric lamps were be-
ing used in the Pennsylvania bitimi-
nous mines, which were then produC-
Ing 30 per cent of all the soft coal
mined in this country; by 1918 the
flame lamps had decreased to 1900
whereas electric lamps totaled nearly
$4,000. In Great Britain during the
same years the total of 723 1874 flame
lamps decreased to 59O,1S5 and the
electric lamps gained rapidly from
4,29S to 156,521. No later reliable fig
ures are at hand
Though coal was known to the an
clients, the earliest mention being cred
tied to Theophratus, a Greek writer,
about 81 B. c., the first known record
of coal mining was made in England
about 11S0 A. d." the bureau of
mines points out. "It was at least 900
years later before the safety flame
lamp was introduced. At first coal
was undoubtedly obtained from out
crops, and mining was done by day
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16

light. AS the outcrOps were worked
out, the miners advanced gradually
further and further into the coal bed,
until the openings became quite ex-
tensive and somewhat resembled the
small mines of today.
Even the approximate date when
lamps or tallow candles were first used
in mines is unknown, but some source
of artificial light was probably used in
metal mines long before coal mining
began. Agricola, in treatise on metal
mining published in 1856, gives
sketches that show conditions prevail
in" in his time.
"One Of these sketches shows a min
er carrying a lamp which apparently
consisted of wick dipped in grease or
oil of some kind.
"Dr. William Reid Clanny was un-
dOubtedly the first to design a closed
flame lamp and the first to build q
lamp and to have ii actually tested un-
dergrOund in a gaseous atmosphere.
His first model was about 1911. George
Stephenson made lamps of three dis
tinct models and tested them under
ground in 1915. The first flame safety
lamps devised by Sir Humphry Davy
were put in service January, 1915; by
the end of that year they were in
fairly general use.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16
WUNAIIONAL.TG
CApIIAL. AFFAIDS
Predict South's Control if Davis Wins

ON the ticket, and Representative Gar
ner of Texas now is ranking minority
member of this committee and will be
come chairman If the Democrats win.
Representative SABBATH of Illinois,
and who is ut the top of the minority
list on the immigration committee, Is
one of the few Northern Democrats
who, under seniority rule, will be in
line for chairman of an important com
mittee.
The present minority leaders of the
senate and house, both Of whom are
from the South, will become majority
leaders in the event of Democratic
success. Senator Robinson OF Ar
kansas will step into the place OF
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, pres
ent majority leader of the senate,
while Representative Garrett Of Ten
nessee similarly will take over the
majority leadership now exercised by
Representative Longworth Of Ohio, in
the house.
The appropriations committee In
both houses, as important and power
full as any, will be headed by South
erners. Representative Byrns of
Tennessee in is line for the chairman
ship in the house, while Senator Over
man of North Carolina will have the
place in the senate.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16
Maps Eliminated With New Air Compass

tors influence. 1t is actuated by the
earth's magnetic field of force like
any other compass, but the difference
lies in its use of the known and
charted isogOnic lines, which are
imaginary lines joining places on the
earth's surface where the magnetic
force of the true north is the same"
Mr.. Jones pointed to wall map in
the Mitchell field operations office,
showing charted lines running south
in irregular waves from the magnetic
North pole.
1--WE know where these isogonlc
lines are. They don't change posi-
ton" lie said. "The new compass has
two coils on either side of a rotor.
Before making a trip the navigator
plots out his course by the isogonic
lines and then sets his instrument in
the relative position to these lines that
he wants to travel. Then on the drift
Indicator he makes his allowance for
wind and they set off. Whenever the
pilot gets of the set course-that is,
gets out of line with the navigator's
isogonic route-the field of force in
the instruments coils Is cut and cur
rent is set up.
This is recorded on a dial in front
of the pilot. An index needle that
should point straight upward falls to
one side and all the pilot has to do ls
maneuver his plane to right the needle
again. Simple as the 4 b Cs,"
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16

~ LANS are in the making for an
- airplane service linking New
Il York with Central and South
America, according to Abraham
Martinez, director of the Colombian
government information bureau Serv-
Ice at first will be devoted to carrying
mall, but 1t is expected the passenger
service eventually will be added, the
director says.
According to the present plans there
will be two lines-one between New
York and Buenos Aires, Argentine re
public, and the other between New
York and Barranquilla In Colombia.
The New York-Barranquilla service
will connect with the present air line
between Barranquilla and the capital
of Colombia, Bogota. The latter line
has been in existence several years
and carries passengers and mail, and
is called one of the best in the world
Service between New York and Bo-
gotta therefore will be made possible
by this connection.
The route between New York and
Barranquilla will take In New Orleans
and go through Mexico, Guatemala
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Pan
anna and thence to Barranquilla, which
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16


w Democrats win in November,
according to political prophets
who are unusually busy these days in
the capital
Although two of the South's favorite
sons were given back seats by the
Democratic convention, Democratic
members of congress from below the
Mason and Dixon line are confident of
cornering the desirable committee
chairmanships if their party comes
into power
1t is said by some that the control
of the South in congress will be even
more secure than during the Wilson
administration, when the Southern
states held most of the positions of
influence in the senate and the house.
Northern Democrats lost out, 1t Is
asserted, when the Harding landslide
of 1920, by putting them out of office.
deprived the ones who came back in
1872 of their original rank in the
seniority list. Representative Rainey
or Illinois, for example, would have
been in line for the craftsmanship of
the powerful ways and means com
mittee If he had not been defeated in
1920. Although reelected in 1922, he
Is listed eighth among the Democrats
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16

IA compass which not only is
( Y perfectly adapted to air work,
but in addition is so advanced
in its operation that charts and maps
are unnecessary even on long flights.
Two army flyers recently sealed up
their maps in tin can, tossed them
into their plane at Dayton, Ohio, and
started the 575-mile trip to Mitchell
field without a thought as to whether
there was land, water or cloud be-
meath them. And they landed at
Mitchell field as surely and directly as
If they had travelled on rails. The wax
seals on the map container were un-
broken.
The earth inductor compass, as it
Is called, is the product of the gov
ernment experimental station at Nc
Cook field. One of It's originators.
Bradley Jones, made the first map
less fight with Lieut.. II. C. Downey.
On landing he explained the instru-
ment.
Adaptation of the mariners COM
pass to the airplane has never been
a complete success" Mr. Jones said.
The steel In the motor would give 1t
an error OF as much as twenty de-
grees. The needle sometimes spins
around rutilely. We needed some
thing more dependable and we've
got it.
The earth inductor compass is
placed in the tail, away from the mo-
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16
Problems Of the
R5toffice De-
partment are Many
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

AVE you seen one of Uncle Sans
railway mail clerks in his nice new
gas mask2 Well, he isn't pretty, but
he has to wear 1t nowadays to keep
up with the times. You see, in that
big train robbery not long ago near
Chicago the robbers not only had an
airplane and four automobiles, nitro
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16

~ LANS are in the making for an
- airplane service linking New
Il York with Central and South
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-16

A VIATORS at last have devised I
"A a compass which not only is
1 \ perfectly adapted to air work, |
l...a L.. Il. - l.. l.. Il
The Washington times., 1924-06-02
INFORMATION ABOUT PAINT
GREAT HELP TO HOMEMAKEF

hsolutions Of color used entirely for
decorative effect on woods before
vanishing.
Filters Provide Smooth Surface.
What are wood filters?
Paste wood filters are colored So
lutions intended to seal the pores OF
lopen.grained woods, such as oak,
ash and chestnut. BY their use a
| perfectly smooth surface is secured
for stain or varnish.
What Is flat wall paint2
This is the title applied to a type
Of paint for application to interior
wall surfaces, drying to q flat or
lusterleSs finish and capable Of be.
ing washed without injury. It
! sometimes contains an ingredient
| to neutralize the free lime In
plaster or cement. ct has a whfte
/ pigment base, and the vehicles are
specially prepared Of tung oil or
varnish compounds.
What is mill white?
This term Is applied to white oil
paints Of special composition which
enhance illumination, retain their
coIors well, and are washable. :
" What il a printing coat?
A printing coat. Is a thin coat oil
paint rich In OIL; for soft woods II
contains considerable turpentine
Primers are used only on implanted
] surfaces. They are necessary as d
basis for the protective and finish,
ing coat. They should dry with
very little gloss.
The Washington times., 1924-06-02
ADDRESSES GRADUATES
On EDUCATIoN,S AIM

Education, be it the training in
the home or the training in the
school and college, must train for
self-dependence or else see its labor
go for naught," the Rev. DIR. John
NJ. Cooper. of Catholic University,
told ninety.six members of the
graduating class Of Trinity College,
In a baccalaureate sermon delivered
yesterday ins the Chapel of Notre
Dame.
The ceremonies, which marked
the beginning of commencement
week, began with a. march of the
graduates in cap and gown from
the main building to the chapel,
where at 1890 o'clock a solemn
pontifical mass was celebrated by
Right Reverend Bishop Shahan,
rector of Catholic University.
Exercises will be resumed today
with presentation of "As You Like
IT, by students at 4:30 o'clock. To-
morrow, at the same hour, students
will give q concert. Class day ex-
ercises will be held Wednesday
afternoon. Archbishop Curley will
confer degrees Thursday, when
Joseph Scott, California lawyer,
will address the graduates.
The Washington times., 1924-06-02

and 1t is only one of many such
floors which are sanitary, durable,
and extremely handsome. A ma
chine made for the purpose can
scrape it off once a year, and the
cleaning bits of marble which form
a mosaic.like pattern of color, have
their beauty perennially renewed.
The old fallacy that hard floors
are cold and damp is as absurd
as the old belief that night air was
mot good for a person."
With the advent of so many
electrical devices, an appalling mum.
Der of outlets must be provided
throughout the home. More lamps
are being used, and the prospective
living room furniture should be
arranged on paper so they may
have outlets conveniently placed
and avoid awkward lengths Of cord;
the housewife must decide whether
she will make the morning toast
on the sideboard or the breakfast
table, and place the outlet accord
ingly, and then there are the
vacuum cleaner. electric washer and
iron, and host of other conven.
tences for which provision must be
made. Not long ago / saw a bath.
room which had special outlet
provided for the housewives curl
ing iron. which would be to any
woman the. last word in conven-
fence. There are many other sim
liar ideas which sound trivial, but
which really oil the wheels of do.
nestle machinery. The purpose of
the new home is to make life
happier and more comfortable. and
no detail is. too minute to receive
consideration.
The Washington times., 1924-06-02
MANY EXPLOSIVES USED
IN HIGHWAY BUILDING

NEW YORK, June 2.-Estimates
made in connection with the vari.
GUS road building programs
throughout the country show that
approximately 1000 pounds of ex-
plosives. are required in the con.
struction of each mile Of the new
roads. These explosives are dyna.
mite and blasting powder. They
are used for blasting the stone
from the quarries. for clearing out
obstructions in the right of way
and for drainage purposes.
The 'quarr!es in the United States
use in the neighborhood of sixty
million pounds of explosives per
year and about half the material
obtained goes for road work. On
an average, three tons of stone are
moved per pound of dynamite. Ex-
plosives manufacturers have also
developed system of shooting
electrically which adds to, the eff
ficiency and safety in the use of
high explosives and has been re.
sponsible for saving much time
In road construction.
The Washington times., 1924-06-02
SMALL HOME IS
| NOT now A
DISGRACE
Spacious Residence Rapidly
Becoming Thing Of the
Past
BY GRACE LOREY.

Many features Of the home have
changed in the last decade, and
these changes must be taken into
consideration when plans for the
new home are being made and
discussed. Provision must be made
for the installation Of a host of
labor-saving devices, comforts and
conveniences which We're unknown
ten or fifteen years ago, but are
now part of any well-organized
home. Even the architecture of
the home has changed with the
succeeding years, and the prospec.
tive builders will look around at
the homes Of their friends and
neighbors before they o. K. the
final plans.
In the first place, the homes are
not SO large as they were. 1t
isn't a blot on the family name
to have a modest little six or
seven.room home, when the family
in similar circumstances twenty
years ago was obliged to have
twelve or fifteen rooms to keep
up their reputation as good citi
zens. The housewife of today OBJ,
jects to caring for so many rooms,
servants are scarce and hard to
keep, and there are so mahy activ.
tiles for wide-awake women in adj
dition to the care of a home and
rearing Of children. An ostenta.
ttous display is considered vulgar,
and the big home, with half.
dozen unnecessary rooms, is nothing
more than a way of Showing
OFF. Quality, rather than quantity,
10 the Keynote of the modern home
Closed POrches Popular.
The change most noted in the
exterior appearance Of the home
is the sudden decrease in open
porches, particularly throughout the
NortherH States. Sun rooms ana
sleeping porches, which may be
turned into open porches, almost,
IN the summer, and closed to pro-
vide another room in the winter
have taken the place Of the old.
time open porch where the lights
could not be turned on at night
because they attracted an army of
moths and night-f1ying bugs.
The furniture had to be the
rugged kind which. would withstand
wind and rain, and there was al
weys a scurrying to get in the
loose cushions when a raincloud
poked an inquisitive nose over the
horizon. Then, after the deluge.
the furniture always bore a film
OF dust and dirt which insisted
on rubbing off on the pink, organdie
dress and the white serge trousers,
Inc modern sun room can be kept