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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Constitutional Rights
VS.. Law Breaking,

A case in circuit court alst week re-
suited in dismissal of the action where
a deputy sheriff had searched a car
without a proper warrant for such
search AS the Herald is informed,
the men in the car had a large cargo
of pure alcohol on board. Whether it
consisted of one gallon or fifty gallons
is beside the point. 1t was being
transported for beverage purposes in
defiance of the law.
But the case was non-suited on the
grounds of illegal search.
We wonder just how far law
breaker can go in invoking constitu-
tional rights when he is clearly trying
to break the structure of the law
under the mantle of which he seeks
relief from prosecution.
Apparently as the law is construed
a man committing a crime can fall
back on his constitutional rights wher
detected. BY the same reasoning a
man intent upon a more serious of
tense than bootlegging, say murder,
can get his freedom if the officer ar
resting him in his offense does not
follow strictly legal procedure.
If this is the case, the law is wrong.
Designed to protect law-abiding citi-
zens, it becomes the refuge of male
factors.
Which is the more important any
how? Detecting and Furnishing crime
or looking after procedure?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Revision From War Hates.


1t is interesting to note how the
pendulum has swung from war preju-
dices and how benevolent an attitude
is assumed toward Germany as COM
pared with, say, seven years ago
Then we were all for making clean
sweep of the Teutons. Now American
feeling is as kindly toward Germany
as toward any other foreign country
if not more so. In fact Americans re-
turning from abroad whisper to each
other that if Germany attacks France
and England again they are favor of
staying out and letting the Germans
nail the English and French hides to
a barn door This is inspired no doubt
by the wrangle over war debts and
the feeling that our late allies are I'M
grateful if not insulting.
James Oliver Curwood American
author and a recent guest of former
Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm at
the latters estate in Silesia, paints a
picture of a quiet, studious man liv-
ing subdued but happy domestic life
with his wife and five children. And
Curwood goes on to tell of hard
working nation which he deems the
strongest in courage and character in
Europe. He would have been hooted
out of this country had he uttered this
seven years ago. Yet it smacks of
truth.
The point which appeals to us is not
German depravity as it was pictured
to us during the war or German ex-
cellence as it given to us now Be
tween the true extremes lies the
truth. And that truth is that the Ger
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Too Many Uplift Agencies;
Not Enough Parental Interest.

Instead OF having more agencies to
reform and uplift young people the
Herald favors a general campaign to
teach fathers and mothers to live up
to their responsibilities and to take
more interest in the welfare of their
children.
This is not said to belittle the var
ious agencies engaged in uplift work.
But they can never do more than to
supplement the work which should go
on in the home. AS place for prop
erly raising family the home can't
be beaten. And without this funda-
mental agency the other work is use
less.
At present we have any number of
clubs and leagues designed to provide
a wholesome activity and mental life
for the youngster. In some commun-
tiles these agencies abound so that
they overlap. If another is to be
launched we favor one for the parents
instead of the children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
AMER. LEGION PROGRAM NOV. II

10:45-Parade by American Legion,
Women's Auxiliary, all patriotic or
carnations, school children and high
school band
12:00-Banquet served to all ex-
service men and auxiliary members at
Grantland club room by Mckinley
circle.
2:00-Football game Lancaster high
school VS. Fennimore high school.
All citizens are asked to take part
and to stand uncovered for IL seconds
facing the east while the bell is tolled
IL times in memory of of fallen COM
rades in the World war.
Stores and business houses will be
asked to close from 10:30 to 4 p. m.
"To be a Legionaire in the best
sense of the word, is to be a director
of Americanism in the home, in the
community and as far beyond as ones
influence reaches"
America needs better home towns;
how about ours?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Cutting Taxes.

CutClng IaXeS.
AS a taxpayer the writer is inter-
ested in taxation. Who that pays
taxes is not?
Under Gov. Blaine's plan state taxes
will not be assessed this year. The
burden will be borne by farmers and
business men aggressive and thrifty
enough to be paying income taxes.
There is no relief-the burden is
simply shifted.
Our general taxes then run three
ways-city taxes, school taxes and
county taxes The first two have al
ready been fixed by budget and may
not be lessened The last could be
decreased if the county board, meeting
next week, would make sincere eff
fort.
However, the way it will work, is
that no department of the county will
want to take less. Good reasons will
be presented in each case for not
cutting or doing away with the ex-
penditure by eliminating the depart
ment. And the result, unless we are
badly mistaken, is that county taxes
will be little less than a year ago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Alleged Booze Found
i'm Platteville Raid

PLATTEVILLE-A raid conducted
by Sheriff Harry Livingston Saturday
night, assisted by Chief John Rowe
and night officer Savage on the Per-
cival soft drink parlor resulted in the
arrest of Charles e. and Thomas Per-
cival. The two men were lodged in
the city jail, and on Monday were
taken to Lancaster to appear before
Justice Burrows for preliminary hear
ing. In the raid pint and half of
alcohol is alleged to have been found
in tumblers behind the bar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Ladder Slides to Ground;
Workman Fractures Hand

Henry Brandemuehl, employed put
ting storm windows on the front of
the Martin Mcdonald building, fell to
the ground Thursday afternoon, when
the ladder slid and raked the front of
the building. BY some miracle the
plate glass did not break although the
ladder grazed it in falling.
Henry suffered fracture of the
left hand but was not otherwise hurt.
His hand was put in splints and he
went home, refusing to stay at the
hospital.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Bank Theft Suspects
Will be Tried Nov. g

DARLINGTON-James Ford, John
Adams, John Thompson, Thomas Fos-
ter and Joe Dawsie, held in the coun-
ty Jail of Lafayette county for robbing
the First National bank at Shullsburg
last June, came before Justice Nc
Carville at noon Friday, where they
waived examination. Justice McCar-
vile bound them over to the county
court under bonds of 100000 each,
and they will come before County
Judge ]. B. Simpson for trial Monday,
Nov. 9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Double Accident Mars
Little Grant Saving Bee

A peculiar accident Wednesday
married the usual good cheer prevail
ing at a saving bee held at the John
Ertz Jr. home in Little Grant
Felix Wanazek, a neighbor, was the
first man hurt His mitten caught,
throwing his left hand in the saw. He
suffered a badly spit thumb.
About 20 minutes later, Vivian Van
Malta had the thumb and fore finger
on his left hand neatly sawed off. A
crooked stick is supposed to have
caused the Van Malta accident. In
neither instance was the operator
careless, Mr.. Ertz said Saturday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Flashes
''Life is ShOrt-Tell the Truth"
A New POstoffice.

Petitions are now being circulated
asking the good offices of Hon. John
M. Nelson, Congressional representa-
tive, for new postoffice in Lancaster.
The business of the local office has
grown rapidly and as the present
lease expires in the Spring, it is felt
that now is good time to begin
working for a government building
here. Such building would be a fit
ting addition to the present fine group
of public buildings in Lancaster.
Lancaster is entitled to this and if
we will work together patiently the
Herald believes we will get it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Cold Snap Freezes
the Wisconsin River

STEVENS POINT-Timber cruisers
of Badger pinery days scratched their
heads Friday but none recalled any
October date in Wisconsin history
when the Wisconsin river froze COM
pletely over from shore to shore The
stream is frozen to a depth of more
than half an inch, the result of a tenn
perature drop to above zero Thurs
day night, the coolest October night
on record here
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
Youth Hunting, Falls Off
Bank; Not Badly Hurt

Melvin Hartman, son of Jacob
Hartman, Hurricane farmer, fell from
bank. while hunting Saturday and
was badly shaken up. AT first it was
thought his collar bone was broken
but an examination disclosed nothing
worse than severe bruises.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04

Louis Lesser has postponed his trip
to his old home in Switzerland until
early in December. While there he
will transact business and renew old
acquaintance in the beautiful noun
tain land. He will be accompanied to
the "Old Country by four men of
Monroe, the center of the Swiss col
ony in this state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04

Miss Vera Garthwaite who formerly
lived in Lancaster and has been Wis
iting relatives here the past week, re-
turned to her home in Milwaukee on
Saturday by automobile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04

mans are neither better nor worse
than any other nation or class of
people. Let us neither abuse nor wor-
ship and let it go at that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04

destroyed the moral enecL oI STATE Up-
ton and in time brought about ma
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
WAX is PRODUCT OF INSECTS
important Export Of Chinese Province
Deposited on Trees and Gathered
In Its Season.

White wax, one Of the most impor-
tant exports of the province Of Szech-
wan, In China, Is chiefly found In the
districts Of Kiating. Chiewei and Ipin,
and along the Yangtze river In the
vicinity Of these places. 1t is a SUBJ
stance deposited on trees by insects
known as wax insects. Once a year
lin March-they are collected from
the regions on the border Of Yunnan
by the wax-wOrm ralsers, and are
placed on pOllarded trees, either ash
or privet, which are mostly grown In
Kiating and neighboring districts.
Speed is essential in the removal
Of these insects, or they would hatch
out before they get to the wax dis
tricts, and would thus be wasted.
Therefore, the coolies generally travel
In relays so as to reach the destina-
ton in time for the Matching. When
the moulting period is over, the worms
begin to deposit the wax on the leaves
Of the trees. This process continues
up to the end Of August, when the
wax Is collected. After dissolving in
boiling water, it is usually moulded
into cakes Of various sizes and shapes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
A Third Is Waste.

1t is estimated that there are
100000 acres of idle, cutover for
est lands lying within the boundaries
OF the three lake states. The COM
bined area OF these states, Minnneso-
ia, Wisconsin and Michigan, is 127,-
1876, 920 acres. This means that well
over one-third of the total land area
is at present nonproductive, a bur-
den to the commonwealth and con-
tributing nothing to it's wealth and
progress.
Here we have real problem.
The proper utilization of this land
requires the best thought of our land
economists, our state and federal agri-
culturists and foresters and taxation
experts. The bulk of this idle land
lies in countries that are on the verge
of bankruptcy, counties that find
thousands of acres of land reverting
to the state for nonpay-
ment OF taxes; counties with depict
ed treasures and no place to turn
for additional treasures and no place
to turn for additional revenue.
The situation, as our remaining
timber is cut, approaches land cri-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
Genius and the Rest of
Us.

At what age does genius flower i?
Alexander Black, the writer, tries to
answer by compiling a list of 95
of the worlds great books, together
with the age of the authors. He finds
that Is of these books were written
by men in their thirties, 43 when
the authors were in their forties, 20
when they were in the fifties and
seven when they had passed the 60
mark. No evidence there that genius
has a fixed period. The forties are
the most productive, but from the
list of books Mr.. Black sets forth in
his article in the Bookman it is clear
that the works produced by men in
their fifties and sixties rank higher,
in average, as literature Genius,
clearly, may flower at any age.
But why limit the inquiry to the
select circle of geniuses? At what
age may any man do his best work :?
Obviously, when he has found his
true bent and has accumulated suf-
ficient experience and Judgment
Milwaukee Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
Bus Right of Ways.

Why does not the traction company,
when it abandons the electric line,
turn the right Of way into a private
motor road and operate motor busses
on that road? 1t would require very
little work to make the old roadbed
into a good road and it would be the
private property of the traction COM
pany. No others could operate over
it and the company would rot be fore
ed to ask the permission Of the public
service commission because the law
is written to cover only public high
ways. The company could operate
their BUSES at any rate of speed
which they wished except where that
speed is governed in passing through
towns. They would have the advan-
tage of other automobiles at road
crossings. They would be as indie
pendent in the bus business as they
now are in the other.-Indiana Her.
AID.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
A Big Moon Map.

The side Of the moon toward the
earth has been mapped more often
and more carefully than any like
area under human observation.
The most reliable of the modern
maps, published in 1910 and likely
to remain the standard for many
years, was prepared by a group of
English astronomers directed by Wal
ter Goodacre. The drawing, to which
Mr.. Goodacre gave nine years, was
reduced in publication from an ORR
ginal diameter of n inches to 60
inches; it is based on 1,433 mea-
sures of position and visual and
Photographic observation extending
over 80 years.
Besides the drawn maps a number
of Photographic aliases have been
prepared, the Paris atlas, in three
volumes, containing 83 plates from
photographs of 1894 to 1909. Some Of
the enlarged plates are on a scale
of nine feet to the moons diameter
Detroit News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
Rifle and Shotgun Combined.

Four-barreled guns are a recent in
vention of an eastern gunsmith. They
generally have two rifle and two shot
gun barrels, although the arrangement
is occasionally varied. Two shotgun
barrels Of the same gauge are usually
placed on top. while below them are
two rifle barrels. one Of high caliber
and the other Of low caliber. In some
designs the rifle barrels are placed one
above and one below the two shotgun
barrels. This type Of gun, it is
thought, will be Of particular advan-
tage for hunting in territory where
a wide variety Of game abounds. The
weight of the guns is about eight and
a half pounds.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
CARRY MAIL DESPITE PERILS
Storms In the Arctic Often Endanger
the Lives Of United States
Postal Workers.

Throughout the United States and its
possessions the government has estab-
lished one of the most efficient and
greatest postal services In the world.
Promptness in delivery Of the mails
has always been its motto, as records
Of the post Office department show. In
the far north the mailman" expert
ences the severest hardships, as evil
denced by the history Of the Alaskan
postal stations.
In the Arctic the mailman" is uSu-
ally not called upon to make extensive
overland trips more than once or
twice in the long winter night. These
trips, however, are fraught with i'm
mense hardship and danger.
Working from the seacoast postal
station at Tanana, Alaska, from which
stations in the bleak interior Of north
ern Alaska are served, the dog sledges
which carry the mail must travel 600
weary, perilous miles overland to the
"farthest north" office, at Point Bar
row. One trip winter to this Office
Is seasons work for the mailman
on that route.
The trip means weeks upon weeks
Of the most arduous travelling, In utter
loneliness, with only the savage, half
wild dogs Of the team as companions,
all the time under the pail Of the long
Arctic night, only relieved by the shift
ing, terrible glory Of the northern
lights.
Many cases are on record where
mail carriers, travelling behind their
dog teams, have been caught in dead
ly blizZards and lost. In almost every
case the mail has been rescued by
searching parties and taken through
to its observation-disclosures Edgerton
In the Washington Times-Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
Embraced by Monkey.

A horrible experience befell a letter
carriers wife Of Babylon, n Y, when
monkey dropped on her shoulders
from a tree and embraced her. She
was riding in her surrey through a
lonely stretch Of road, between Baby
Ion and Lindenhurst when something
dropped as If from the sky and land
ed on the seat beside her When hairy
arms encircled her neck she screamed
and an unidentified rabbit hunter APP
peared on the scene and shot the
monkey. The dead monkey was
brought back to Babylon, where the
woman will have 1t stuffed as a me-
mento Of her unusual experience The
monkey Is believed to have escaped
from ship off the coast near Babylon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
To Protect Plants.

Growers placed parchment cones
over the hills of cantaloupes to pro-
tect the young plants against insects
at the suggestion Of the county extern
sion agent in Dona Ana county, New
Mexico. 1t was found that the tenn
perature under the cones remained
from five to ten degrees above that Of
the outside air, so that plants under
them were not injured by a light
freeze which killed unprotected plants
in that district. The growers stated
that the covers paid for themselves In
securing better and more uniform ger
mination aside from the protection
against insects and frost.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
One In Ten.

We are living in a mile-a-second
gait! Humanity has not fully awak-
ened to the terrific pace which pro-
gress has set. For this reason there
are an appalling number of accidents
which are increasing day by day.
One of every ten of our entire po-
pulation fall victims to some form
of accident.
Every minute of the day records the
accidental injudy of twenty-three per-
sons.
Over twelve million persons suffer
from accident every year.
Two hundred and forty persons are
killed every day.
Automobiles blot out lives at the
terrible toll of an average of thirty
eight souls daily. You may think you
are reasonably free from this liability
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
College Dollar.

School is out now and a number of
the boys and girls are confronted with
a new problem, that Of going to college
and finishing their educations, or stay
ing at home and finding employment.
Parents Of today realize that one must
be well educated to compete with the
many who are well prepared-but how
is the money to be raised? That is a
big point.
In the average family the practice
Of economy is necessary to meet the
regular bills that come in from day
to day. Dad and mother are kept
busy figuring out ways of saving a
little here and there in order that
there may be something laid aside for
an emergency.
Perhaps the boy and girl who have
the will to go through college can
work their way through, or at least
help. With this extra effort on their
part they can the more appreciate
their opportunities and learn the val
ue Of the money that dad has worked
so hard for to put them through the
public schools. After all what is bet
ter than work for those who are at
the Threshold of life. It is the
greatest lesson they have to learn
that of making their way in the
world, and what better way is there
OF starting than to take part of the
load off the shoulders of dad and
mothel.
1t is so often, in fact almost always
true, that the young man OF woman
who has worked his OF her way to a
higher education is ahead of his
school mates. They are learning every
day the value of the money they are
spending and during their hours
away from study their thoughts are
on something that will always be of
use to misunderstanding Gazette
Telegram.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24

sis. Are the industrial centers to
continue to bear the great burden of
taxation that is now thrust upon them
through undeveloped, idle land? Are
schools to be maintained, roads built
and state government supported
through taxing the home Of the wage
Garner? Or are we to witness the
fruition of some plan, some method
that will put these idle acres to
work, producing some crop, the reve-
nue. from which will contribute it's
share to the cost of running our
state and county affairs?
This is a problem which demands
action.-Detroit News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24
A Lesson to Others.

A. N. Jacobs, who libled Magnus
Johnson during the 1924 campaign,
has been sentenced to 60 days in the
Hennepin county Jail. There is little
sympathy for Jacobs. A man who
will knowingly blacken another's
character to gain his ends, politically
or otherwise, should expect to pay the
penalty when caught in the act,
Stealing a mans character is much
more serious than taking his money
and a sixty-day sentence is hardly
Falls Transcript.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24

The young man who imagines
that the business men of the town
are not keeping close tab on him is
badly and sadly mistaken. Business
men do watch the young fellows.
They know whether lad is to be de-
pended upon OF not. They know his
habits, and they know his associates.
They know whether he is reliable or
not. And when the good jobs are
passed out, they go to the young men
who have measured up to the right
standards. There is no guess work
about it. The man who fails is large
ly to blame himself.-Fred E. Hadley.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-24

the botanical treasures of any one
considerable neighborhood, unless one
makes a dead set at it, like an ber-
balist. One likes to have his floral
acquaintance come to him easily and
naturally, like his other friends. Some
pleasant occasion should bring you
together. You meet in a walk, or
touch elbows on a picnic under a
tree, or get acquainted on fishing
or camping out expedition. What
comes to you in the way of birds or
flowers, while wooing only the large
spirit of open-air Nature, seems
like special good fortune. At any
rate, one does not like to bolt his Boz
tany, but rather to prolong the
course.-John Burroughs.