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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
IN MEMORIAM
OBITUARY-WHLIAMM MERRILL

William Merrill was born March 81,
1890, in Bloomington, Wis. He was the
youngest child of Edison Merrill and
his wife, Elizabeth, nee Baker. He
was a straight, honest young man
well liked by everyone. He was
raised and received his early school
training in Bloomington and in 1907
he moved to Glen Haven with his
parents and the last eight years he
spent in Clayton.
He was married to Ida May Frye,
March 27, 1917. She preceded him in
death May II, 1922.
On Sunday, Sept. 81, he intended to
call on his mother, crossing the Mis-
sissippi river in his launch. A terrible
windstorm approached. He tried to
save himself, calling for help, but no
one came to his rescue as no one
knew the condition he was in. All
search for him in the vicinity proved
of no avail. He was found Oct. by a
man who ligths the government lights
near the village of Cassville.
He leaves to mourn, his aged mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Merrill of Glen Haven,
and sister, Mrs. Ben Orr of Glen Ha-
ven, and many other relatives and
friends His father preceded him in
death Jan. 81, 1922.
William was 81 years, months and
"a days of age. The funeral was held
at his home in Clayton, Iowa, Friday,
Oct. 8, 1924, Rev. Brown having
charge of the services. Burial was
made in the Clayton cemetery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03

cion. The most magnified stories are
told and given prompt credence. This
has always prevailed and always will
prevail unless people are willing to
meet on a common ground and state
what they have in their hearts.
Our belief is that human nature is
cast much in the same mold. We find
people capable of broadness, friend
ship and sympathy just as we find
them capable of hatred, suspicion and
intolerance Every living person is
capable of both viewpoints. When they
meet openly and talk things over they
will find most things in common. And
the things they may differ over will
not be things 10 quarrel about.
This is the right way and the dem
ocratic way. Our plan and purpose
should be to allow all classes their
respective rights guaranteed them by
moral law and the constitution. To
exemplify the belief that after all we
worship one common deity. That diff
fering as we may on the road to par
adise, while we live we stand together
under one flag and supporting one
system of government and that our
own.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
OBITUARY-MATHEW LORANG

Mathew Lorang was born June 10,
1888, in Luxembourg, a province OF
| Germany, and passed away at the
home of his son. Matt, of Platteville,
Nov. %, 1924, at the age of &c years,
months and II days.
At the age of 16 years he came to
America with his parents and settled
at Dubuque, Ia. Later he went TO
Flayhill, Ia, where on October 8, 1866.
he was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Eppendorf.
To this union were born 10 children,
two OF whom are deceased, the eldest
having died in infancy, and Frank on
Aug. 81, 1905. at Beetown, Wis. Of
these, nine of the children were born
in Iowa, the family then moving to
Wisconsin July 6, 1886, and settled
on a farm near Potosi. 1t was here
that his wife passed to eternal rest on
Aug. 6, 1897. From this time until 1917
he spent the greater part of his time
in Minnesota with his son, Peter, the
rest being spent with. his daughter,
Rosa, in Platteville. For the past seven
years he made his home with his son,
Matt, of P1atteville. He always en-
joyed good health until the last year,
Wn6n Oh sept. J. lie was SIIlChSA Will
stroke of paralysis and confined to
his bed until death, during which time
he was tenderly cared for by his chill
dren and their families.
He was a loving father to his chill
dren and always willing to give help
ing hand. Since 1885, after coming to
Wisconsin, he was faithful member
of st. Andrews Catholic church of
Tennyson up to the time of his death.
He leaves to mourn his departure
three sons and five daughters, namely:
Mrs. John Ehlen of Potosi Nicholas
of Lancaster, Mrs. Joe Linden of
Platteville, Mrs. e. r. Brown of Ben
ton, Peter of Rewey, Rosa, Matt and
Theresa of Platteville. Besides these
he leaves to mourn eight grandchil-
dren, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Frs. Lillis and Scheffer at st. An
drew's church at Tennyson, Tuesday
morning Interment was made in st.
Andrews cemetery beside his wife.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
Johns Big Problem

What will Blaine do now? Does he
think he is big enough to play the
game as Senator La Toilette has
played it? 1t is generally believed that
he wants to be senator. Attorney
General Ekern is also slated for that
position by the La Toilette group.
Will there be break between Blaine
and La Toilette on this question? The
progressives are figuring that they
can have their own way and can de-
feat Senator Lenroot. The Governor
has a hard row to hoe if he thinks
that he can play La Follette's style
of politics and defy the Senator and
get away with it. But that isn't all
that is going to worry the Governor
He cannot play the legislative game
as he did in the last session. One
more such exhibition and Wisconsin
will be ready TO do almost anything
| to restore sanity in the two legisla.
tive wings at the BrodheaG
| INDEPENDENT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
TOM FAGIN

Tom was a geezer hard
To figure out:
He never touched a drop
Of his own stuff;
Some said that once he drank just
Like a fish.
While others called his
Temperance call bluff"
Tom had level head,
That's plain enough.
I've heard him tell the lads
Around his bar,
"Now, boys, go slow; this schnapps
Is mighty strong.
The chap who downs lot of
This each day
Is pretty sure to
Not be with us long.
They'll sing for him but he
Won't hear their song!"
One day when I was flush
says to Tom:
won't you have one with me?"
almost knew
That he would turn me down, and
So he did.
I Tapped my gin up,
And when I'd got through
Old Tom, he said: Jack, that
Stuff's gettin' you!"
When Iowa went dry
Tom left our town;
All business in his line
Was on the bum
didn't hear from him till
Just last week;
He's up in Chi
He wrote for me to come
And hear him lecture on
"The curse of Rum"
Law O. Siomund
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
They Howl But They Keep on Voting
for Blaine, Etc.

Over in Rock county some Jealous
folks thought it would be fine idea
| to engage the services of an expert
Home Agent. Now we don't know
| just where that idea originated, but
we do know that any red-blooded wo-
man would be a fish if she permitted
any woman to come into her home
and tell her how to do her house
keeping better. Now, we men folks
| have gotten caSe-hardened and it is
no novelty for us to have some man
who probably never made a success
of anything in his life, come in and
| tell us how to sweep the floor, how
to hang pictures, how near our stove
pipe should come to the walls, how
| to guard our machinery, how to keep
our cellars clean, and thousand
other senseless demands. They are
dignified with the title of inspector,
and dubbed behind their backs as
shoppers, because they need salary
they couldn't earn in any place where
| it required any hard work or original
thinking. This old state is full of
them, and our tax budgets are padded
with their salaries. But woman is
different thing She is too wise to
nave 10 nave SOIl0OuC ClOO CC1A 11O1
how she should wash her pots and
kettles, bath the baby, make over her
worlds fair yea rdress. Take off your
hats to the Rock county board to max
ing quick work of the proposal. If
the same people of the grand old
Badger state want little more san
ity and less frills in their government
they can have it. Why, folks, they've
gotten so reckless up at Madison they
long ago outgrew the palatial capitol
building and have various state de-
partments housed in other buildings
in Madison. What Wisconsin needs is
DON'T DO 1T CLUB" in every
city, village and township of the state
to act on every proposal for a new
office or a new frill in state govern
ment Let's make it point in every
section of the state to protest against
any further foolishness at Madison
this winter We are pretty sure that
we shall hear many "Amens" from all
parts of Observation-Disclosures indie
pendent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
4 Tnified School System.

Fearing that the motive will be mis-
understood. that the reading public
will misinterpret what is said and
that others will endeavor to read be-
tween the lines, the majority of ed
itors fear to discuss a subject of wide
spread interest. That is the cleavage
between the two main branches of the
Christian faith and the effect upon de-
mocracy of the two separate school
systems. Yet there are no matters OF
greater Importance or of greater in
terest to both sides.
These subjects are kept surrounded
with a mantle of secrecy and silence.
Each side talks about them with their
brethren but keep politely away from
what they think is an embarrassing
subject when they talk to people of
opposite belief And all the time, it
seems to us. the cleavage grows
wider and wider.
Because a matter of paramount i'm
portance is not openly discussed evils
follow. ORGANIZATIONS spring up on
both sides to- carry on and protect
their work The policy of silence on
religious and educational matters is
absolutely undemocratic. 1t invites
a whole train Of evils born Of mis-
understanding and suspicion. Once
in while civil war breaks out.
No doubt the reader saw what DR..
Brakeman had 20 say on this subject
in last weeks Herald He expresses
our own ideas exactly We think the
breaking up into little groups of the
American people is at the basis of all
fear, misunderstanding and suspi-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
Arithmetic ND TO Date.

Hart Hanson, Chicago school board
member complains oil the alcohollc
nhases of the old-time arithmetlcs III
nse in some of the Chicago schools
Numerous sums have to do with mer-
chants buying whiskey, sales OF liquor
atc The aroma of the good old days,
when ioviaI barkeeps sold red-eye
from polished bars pervades the old-
stvle book. Mr. Hanson thinks tne
sums in booze bookkeeping should DC
deleted. ~,
Another plan would be to bring the
hook up-to-date For instance:
"a bootlegger sells a customer
mart If moonshine at $500 which
cost him SOC. How much too mucf
did the customer pay for his mead
ache?" -,
bootch at a New Years party and slA
died, How many went blind?
Still another: "Ten roadhouses are
being operated at soft drink parlors
How many are straight?
Or: "a druggist issues 1000 WINS
kew prescriptions in one year. How
MANY customers were sick? How many
bought the liquor for beverage pur-
poses?" IT.
One might go on for quite a dis
+ance in a modern arithmetic Illus
trating present phases of the liquor
business. If Mr.. Hnason needs hefE
we will be glad to assist MN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
What Will
Canada Do!

Sturgeon, Falls, in northern Ontario
instructs its police officers not to en-
force the provincial prohibition law.
Ontario recently voted to maintain
prohibition. But Sturgeon Falls voted
1,040 for government control and only
102 for prohibition.
States Rights" again. An Ameri-
can municipality dare not set its own
ideas up against national law regard
less as to how hypocritical it might
be under cover This makes us won
der what the Canadian government or
rather the Ontario provincial govern
ment will do about Sturgeon Falls.
Our guess is that prohibition will be
enforced at the mining town if it
takes every constable in the province.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03

last trip selling groceries, for some
time at least. He has decided to quit
the road and start general store a.
Raelev, in the building formerly oc-
cupied by the H. c. Brookens store.
He accordingly moved his family 1rOm
Pra. du Chen to Bagley last week
Mr.. pack has had considerable ex-
perience in merchandising and Will DC
sure to run good store. For ABOUT
four years he had charge OF the sr =,
Gerry department at Ludden & co, IN
this village, and has many rrlenus
here who wish him the best OF sue
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
COUNTY AGENT NOTES

AS a result, of a resolution passed
by the county board, the $50 head of
Shorthorn cattle at the Grant county
poor farm and asylum were tested by
the federal tester, DR.. Nelson, this
past week. There were found but six
reactors among the entire herd. The
herd will be retested again in six
months and in fact every six months
until they go through two clean tests
when the herd will then be declared
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
nisagreeing With Mr.. Ford.

DlSdSIteIHS WIN AU1us
Henry Ford, in a signed article IN
last weeks Dearborn Independent, de-
MES that increased prosperity should
mean higher prices. He says that man.
ufacturers should find an increased
demand an opportunity to cut prices
because they can keep plants busy
and thus lower production costs. From
his own viewpoint Mr.. Ford is right.
The Ford plan has been to cut the
price below the cost of production
and then make the increased demand
occasioned by the low price speed the
production up to where profits start
to pile. AS soon as this is accomplished
the price is cut again. Today Ford is
one of the worlds richest men and
probably has the worlds biggest in
come.
But all business men are not Fords.
They haven't his gift or his vision. So
they are likely to plug along in the
old lines, cutting prices when bust
ness is dull and raising prices when
the demand gets brisk.
In general our view is that good
times indicates a buying market rath-
er than a selling market In good times
things are bought. They are paid for
or defaulted on in poor times Poor
times indicates a selling market as in
general people are trying to convert
into money what they bought in good
times
In good times people do not care
so much what they pay for things as
long as the money keeps rolling in.
In poor times they count the pennies
and haggle over a nickel
In good times, with buying mar
ket prevailing, commodities become
scarcer. Scarcity means higher prices
1t also means that the seller realizes
that the psychology of the deal is with
him and he begins to charge what his
conscience will let him.
Mr. Ford knows the science of man.
ufacturing and marketing to a fine
point He states things as they should
be- We humbly state them as they re-
ally are.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03

Abbreviation in dress places the
woman right in style, but let father
forget even so much as his necktie
and he disgraces the whole family
Natures laws always move in a
circle. Corn is fed to cattle; from
cattle we get leather; of leather we
get shoes; from shoes we get corns.
If you want to know how much
you'll be missed year after you're
gone stick your thumb in a pail of
water, then pull it out and look at
the hole.
The line of beauty is a curve
like the letter S, but it is still more
beautiful when it has two lines
drawn through it thus, S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
High School Development.

One of the important planks in the
Herald platform as requiring sympa-
thetic interest and help in every way
possible is the common school system
embracing the high school.
We say common school system al
though as generally understood the
high school is not part OF the COM
mon school system And that is ex-
actly our point 1t should be. Adults
and adolescents should generally
come to recognize that high school
training is just as necessary for a
boy or girl as going through the first
grades is regarded nowadays as es-
sential.
A small percentage of high school
graduates go on to college. A larger
percentage do not Whether this is a
good condition is debateable. Some
favor higher training for all persons
and others do not. The writer is one
of the last Our idea is that only those
showing the ability and character to
Justify the time and cost should enter
college. 1t is greatly overdone.
All should finish high school. The
high schools should increase in i'm
portance and duration of courses. In
fact we have in mind a high school
that is sort of junior university
Every effort and attention should be
given to making the high school work
closely connected with the life work
of the pupil later on. And the high
school should give the pupil broad
and we'll rounded view of life so that
his intelligence will not fear to crap
pie with the unusual problem as it
presents itself to him. And that really
is what constitutes an education"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03

accredited This is according to the
Federal Accredited Herd system plan
which so many of the Grant county
farmers are now taking advantage OF;
Bode Bros. of Potosi have entered
one carload of Chester White hogs IN
the International Livestock Show to De
held in Chicago the first week in De-
cember.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
FIettner'S Boat
Sails without Sails.

Anton Flettner, Hamburg inventor,
plans to revolutionize ocean trasport.
His rotor-ship sails without sails.
F1ettner uses revolving steel towers
to move his ship. These towers, two
in number, stand 60 feet high and are
nine feet around. AS they slowly re-
volve the ship moves. A small motor
starts the towers. From that time on
they move by action of the air cur
rents.
Edison, an American, is the worlds
foremost inventor. Tesla, an italian,
perfected radio transmission. Pasteur,
Frenchman, worked wonders in the
medical field. Curie, a Pole, isolated
radium. Mergenthaler, German, in
vented the typesetting machine and
released printing matter to millions.
Flettner, another German, invents a
sailless ship, and so on. Science
knows no frontier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
GOOdnatured.

UOOunaCureU.
In our schoolboy days we had an
admiration for an older student. He
was a good sport" clever appearing,
good looking and of generous impuls-
es One day in talkink to the "Prof. >
we said: &c is a good fellow, isn't
he?" The prof" answered abruptly;
Eyes, he is goodnatured." But he
didn't go on to praise him.
The answer puzzled the schoolboy a
good deal. Why wasn't c. a fine
fellow? He was and prof" was an
old-fashioned crab, was the conclu-
sion
But later on we saw what prof. y
meant. C was good fellow but
he never seemed to get anywhere. He
had shirked at school depending on
his wit and good humor to get him
by. Instead of applying himself while
he went to school at his parents eX-
pense, he preferred to run around
nights with roistering companions
When he left school he took a soft
Job that didn't interfere with his good
times and "set." Today he is around
fifty with his life frittered away on
fooIishness and nothing to look for
ward to but hard work and poor pay
AS he gets older his chances of en-
ployment will get less and less. Even
tually no one will want an old brok-
en-down sport. Finally some relative
will keep him or he will become a
public charge.
This is drawing an awful picture
but it is true story. C saw the
wrong symbols. He thought he could
be good-natured, easy-going and a
boon companion and live in a world
of flowers. AS good times are really
constituted he never had one in his
life.
The price of success is working
hard and delivering the goods. The
batting average must be as near per-
feet as possible. Eventually, if one
is lucky. he may graduate from the
school of life and take it easy in his
declining days. doing the things he
really likes to Go. Then he has good
times"
Being good-natured and popular is
fine thing. But we never saw man
amount to pinch of salt who depend
ed on merely being ikeable and
wouldn't work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
Two Worthy Exchanges.

The Herald acknowledges receipt
of a large and interesting Goth birth
day edition of the Galena Gazette.
founded in 1884 The issue is replete
with historical matter. The Gazette is
great family journal and like all
good newspapers has a strong per-
sonality
The Lodi Enterprise is conducting
an editorial department of merit, with
observations by the editor and ver~
well selected exchange matter. Editor
Coward gets out neat. attractive
paper-a credit to a town the size Of
Lodi
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
The Price.

The Price.
One cannot help but conclude that
price goes along with violation of
the liquor law The community in
which sales are allowed pays part of
the price and adjacent communities
pay the balance. The price is there
and must be paid.
In Grant county the sale of hootch
to date has rolled up charge of a
number of lives snuffed out, numer-
Gus accidents, smashups, etc. Every
now and then an accident happens.
Less frequently but certain also
comes a death or two. This is in ad-
dition to any bad moral phases of
the business.
Inert officialism and passing the
buck are to blame County officers
say it is up to the town. The town
authorities are complaisant or afraid
to make a move. The trade goes on
and the price piles up.
"He who dances must pay the
fiddler" Communities which allow an
illegal business to flourish every now
and then pay a severe price. And ev-
cry now and then also an innocent
person is made to pay because of one
mans lawlessness, another's cupldlty
and thirds weakness. The man who
gets drunk and smashes things is the
least criminal of all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03

Opens New Bagley Store.
Lester Dack, travelling salesman
for Gradys wholesale house, Prairie
du Chen, was in town Friday on his
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03

When a car stops along the high
way by day, that's trouble. When it
stops at night, that's romance. The
trouble comes later
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-03

Democrats and La Toilette progre.
sives hold together, clear majority
If the Democratic vice presidential
candidate was satisfactory to the La
Toilette group, there would be little
delay in putting him across.
Suppose, then-since this is pure
ly a speculative story-March 4 ar
rives without the House having Sc
lected a president.
President Coolidge's term expires
at noon March 4. No successor, as
such, has been chosen. What nap
pens?
A vice president, duly elected by
the Senate as provided by the con
stitution, has been chosen.
And the vice president, in event
vacancy occurs in the presidency,
accedes to that office. Therefore
Up steps the man who has been
selected by the Senate as vice pres
ldent to take the tiller of the ship
Of State. G. E. D.
Thus is the play figured, and fig
ured seriously. So seriously, in
fact, that actual discussion of a
Democratic vice presidential non.i-
who would be satisfactory to La Fol
lette, has been reached.
Huston Thompson, chairman Of
the Federal Trade Commission,
stands out as the choice for the pre-
posed coalition candidate. 1t is
stated as authoritative that La
Toilette believes Thompson is the
future leader of the progressive
movement in this country and would
throw his full support behind him to
land him in the presidency.
Should the Democrats name him
for second place on their ticket, he
will doubtless be found also entered
in second place on the La Toilette
Independent ticket. Which, Of
course, would make the above play
logical and reasonable.
Still another move is suggested
which might land the long-legged
progressive from Colorado in the
White House.
Should the Democrats see their
way clear to nominate him outright
for president, La Toilette would
help put him across by keeping out
Of the race himself.