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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Political Influence
In CITY Government.

At Philadelphia General Smedley
Butler of the U. S. Marines, closes his
second year as director of public safe
~ and goes back to military work with
few regrets either way. Gen. Butler
made an honest attempt to reform a
town which didn't want to be re-
formed and retires, broken and disil-
lusiOned. A Philadelphia man told the
writer that Butler hadn't a friend in
the town. Butler said himself the may
or was the only man who would speak
to him or shake his hand Society
Stunned him. Officials and politicians
spat when his name was spoken. Yet
what did Butler do to incur all this
enmity?
HE TRIED TO ENFORCE THE
LAW!
One man took the statutes serious
ly. That was all. They broke him. Not
the politicians, brothel keepers, saloon
meA or corrupt police but the
APATHETIC SPINELESS GOOD CIT
IZENS.
Butler did one thing. He made it so
hot for the crooks that Philadelphia
became a safer town to live in. Safer
for life and property. Moral conditions
are as bad there as ever. And Butler
says crime is but reflection of bad
morals in a community.
The story of Buffers stay in Phil
adelphia is a long and interesting one
Suffice to say that the legal machine
ITSELF controlled and corrupted by
politicians the leader being a United
States Congressman, defeated his ev-
cry attempt to enforce the law by re-
leasing prisoners as fast as the few
honest police at Buffers elbow could
bring them in.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
SITTER

A miscellaneous shower was given
at the Mrs. VIM Gerhardt home in
honor of Miss Edna Gratz last Wed
nesday evening About 100 guests were
present and many useful and beautiful
gifts received.
Abe Smith is one of our number as
he has come to town and is staying
with Mr.. and Mrs Otto Briel
Adam Fart and family were at the
Henry Fart home Sunday.
Hilton Kirchner while sleigh riding
came in contact with passing car
and in the mixup two teeth were brok-
en- and he was somewhat bruised
Will Kasper and family were at
Henry Kasper's Sunday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
FORMER SHERIFF
BUYS HOME HERE

Frank He'll was here from Madison
Friday to close a deal for the pur-
chase of the Hal Pugh house in the
third ward, now occupied by Thos-
Reilly and family Mr.. He'll takes pos
session at once and will move here
with Mrs. He'll in few days. He
plans to make Lancaster his home as
it is better located for his work than
the capitol city. Frank says he was
born and raised in Grant county and
has never given up his residence here.
During the four years of his residence
in Madison as Deputy U. S. Marshal
he kept his voting residence at Bos-
cobel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
A TIMELY WARNING

Dear Fellow Citizens and Losers in
the Peoples State Bank:
j. Harold Pugh is out for a pardon
or shorter sentence.
Let's go again to our Captain with
the warning that the watchers are
still along the shore.
So get your pen and ink ready to
sign our petition Yes or No again.
MRS. ROBT. BAILIE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
FENNIMORE
Big Auction Sale

The Joe VOpalinSky sale on the DR..
W. Cunningham farm southwest of
Fennimore Wednesday, on the place
better known as the Cutler Borah
farm, was a big one and attracted
lot of buyers. Joe had his stuff in fine
shape-a lot of machinery, grain,
feed and live stock, and some nice
Guernseys which brought first rate
prices. The sale totalled close to the
$4,000 mark and was sold in quick
time by Auctioneer George P. Finne-
gan, and clerked by George Howell
and Otto Boebel for the State Bank
of Fennimore Three Vogel brothers,
who have been on the Pine Knob
farm east of Sitter, have leased the
Cunningham farm for the ensuing
year
New Masonic Lodge Officers
Election of officers was held at the
Masonic lodge Wednesday night and
the following officers elected for the
ensuing year: A E. Keller, w. M;
DR.. H. lockwood, S. w; w. R. Deck
err, J. W.; F. E. Parker S. D.; A D.
Kreul, J. D.; Albert Morse, Sec; c. ].
Niehaus, Treas; Jos. Stephens, trus-
tee for three years. Installation of Of
ficers takes place Wednesday night,
Dec. 23d.
Modern WOOdmen Elect Officers
At the regular meeting Of the Mod
ern Woodman lodge Thursday night
the following officers were elected for
the coming year: V. c., M. H. Schleck;
w. A., Mark Christman; Clerk, R. S.
Williams; Banker, Arthur Wagner;
Escort, N. Hofstetter; Waterman,
Herman Porter; Sentry, Allen Hin
son; Trustee, Elmer Napp. After cleo
ton and degree work the Royal
Neighbors gave the Woodmen pleas
ant surprise in the form of a nice
spread which was thoroughly en-
joyed by all present. Installation takes
place Thursday, Jan. 8.
Locals of the Week
David Freymiller and wife of Mar
ion have moved to town into the John
Cox home which they recently pur-
chased.
John Buster came home from the
Doolittle hospital at Lancaster Tues
day and is recovering his health IN
satisfactory manner.
A big bunch of feeding pigs were
offered for sale at the stock yards on
Friday afternoon. Farmers in the mar
ket claimed the prices too high for
them to realize any profit on them af-
ter feeding them to the finished hog:
Mathew Schleck returned to Mil
waukee Saturday after spending the
past two weeks at home.
The Perfect Oil Co. have completed
the ir gas filing station on Spring
street on the lot recently purchased
of Will Burr and it is fine improve
ment and a mighty pretty building.
The building is finished in kellastone
of pleasing colors and the inside has
an Office, ladies' rest room, ladies'
and gents toilets and waiting ROOM
hot water heat and nicely lighted. Mr.
Burr will sell Puroil products and
look after the wants of the customers
along with his work in the wagon
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
WILL CLARKS
ARRIVE HOME

Mr. and Mrs Will Clark write Miss
Abbey Phelps that they are at home
in Oakland, arriving there on Nov. 20,
just nine days out of Oklahoma City.
They took an extreme southern route
avoiding high mountains. Will speaks
Of the many adobe houses in the south
west states. Some are neat and some
crude but all are lived in. Will drove
1923 miles the day before he arrived
home and could have gone 108 miles
further, making 431 miles in one day,
but Mrs. Clark was all in from ia
tigue. He says the weather in Oak
land is beautiful with no fires need
ed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
W. /. GELBACH
DROPS DEAD

w. L. Gelbach, native of this city
and well known resident. dropped dead
at his farm in So. Lancaster about
1870 yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Gelbach
had gone to the farm where his SON
in-law, John Bendorf, is tenant, to
spend the day. He ate a hearty dinner
and was on his way to the barn when
he collapsed. Death from heart dis
ease was apparently instantaneous.
Mr.. Gelbach was about So years Old
He leaves his wife, formerly Miss Ella
Roesch, two sons, Parke and Earl,
two daughters, Mrs. Leta Bendorf and
Veva, at home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Flashes
"Life is Short the Truth"
'Life is Short-Ten the Truth"
House Has Right to Discipline
The InSnrgent COngreSSmen.

Republican leaders have denoted
Wisconsin congressman from import
amt committee posts they won through
long service and seniority. The reg
ular republicans, stronger than the
insurgents and democrats put to-
gether, punished the Badger members
by shearing them of their power. They
are now on unimportant committees.
An organization is wrong when it
Furnishes men who differ with the
bosses. The insurgents may be right
and the bosses wrong. Sometimes the
wheel turns and the public backs the
insurgents.
But the organization is right in
reading out of the party those who
form new party. These men par
ticipated in such an organization
thinking it would win. They lost.
After losing they tried to creep back
in the old party They should not be
allowed to do so.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16

TO YIELD
WHITE COAL
Interstate Plans Gays Mills
Water Power Plant.

The Interstate Power Co. has started
operations on construction of new
power plant at Gays Mills, harness
sing the Kickapoo. The building will
be 30x50 feet and so feet high and
will be of modern concrete substitute
ture with brick superstructure and
will house two waterwheel units with
driving generators having capacity
of 125 kilowatts each, total $50 kilo-
watts. This will take the ordinary
flow of the river and will use the ex-
cess water which has not been used
heretofore. The two buildings across
the river will be maintained as auxil-
larry units to be used in case of emer-
gency.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Jerrett.Loney Wedding

Ormie Jerrett and Miss Norma
Loney, bot hof North Lancaster, were
married at the Methodist parsonage
in Lancaster at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning. Dec. 10. Miss Wilma Croft
was bridesmaid and Kenneth Loney,
groomsman A dinner was served at
the farm home The newlyweds ex-
pect to settle on a farm in North
Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
LANES RAuIE DEAD

James G. Bailie, son of Robt. Bailie
and former resident of this city, died
at his home in Platteville last Thurs
day, aged not quite 43 years. Funeral
services were held Sunday with inter-
ment at Hillside Mr. Battle leaves
wife and four sons ranging from IA to
three years of age. An obituary will
appear next week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
American WOrkHen are
The Worlds Rest Off,


A lot OF lying propaganda has been
fed the American workingman to make
him believe he is being exploited and
held down. And all the time polite
ians have held themselves in office by
capitalizing class prejudice American
industrial standards and living con-
ditiOns among the workers have i'm
proved not because of the batting of
industry but in spite of it.
Anyone who has been in Europe and
seen the humble condition in which
the masses there live knows how
we'll off the Americans as whole are
The Europeans know it. Most of them
want to come over here and share in
our prosperity
Read what a prominent Austrian
recently home from a trip to the
states, tells his countrymen:
1.-THE average wage of an American
worker must be at least three and one
half times that of European. Never
theless, the product of his labor is by
no means three and one-half times
dearer than in Europe. 1t is not two
and one-half times dearer. Many
things cost twice as much, but other
things cost no more, and some things
are even cheaper than in Europe.
ANY man can see that if an oper-
alive earns three and one-half times
the European wage for making a hat
and the hat can be sold for the Euro
pean price he can buy three and one
half times as many hats as his Euro
pean comrade If, however, as in thu
automobile industry and the building
trades, he earns from four to tel
times the European wage but can pro
duce things to sell at one-fourth the
European price. in such cases the
American worker is sixteen to fort.
times better off than our workers.
"They keep on raising the wages O.
their employees, reducing the price o
their cars, and adding to their profits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Any Citizen Can Be
Christmas Good Fellow

Anyone desiring to be a Good Eel
low" this Christmas can report to j.
D. Henkel, chairman of the work for
the Kiwanis club, and receive name
or names. The list is large and the
opportunity great-therefore if you
are interested see Mr.. Henkel at once
Any person may apply-man, wo-
man, boy or girl.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Methodist Church

Special notice for Sunday evening,
Dec. 20. The pastor will give as dra-
matte reading, Van Dykes "The Other
Wise Man" Of interest to all lovers
of good literature.
Miss Myrtle Caldwell of Cassville
was a recent guest at the Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
JOHN EMLER HAS GOOD SALE

John Emler had good results on his
sale Friday with total of $4,000. The
high cow brought $40 with an aver
age for the COWS of $97. Sows sold
for an average of $35, corn at 69.5c,
barley at Tic and oats at 45c. Ma
chinery brought good prices. John
bought new Ford coupe to celebrate
hsi good humor over the sale. He
used Herald advertising service ex-
clusively, taking the advice of the Of
flee as to what was needed to get the
sale before the public.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
CHRISTMAS CARDS &c POSTAGE

Last weeks postal information
failed to carry the line that holiday
postal cards take two cents postage.
Regular government mailing cards are
1c as formerly but all private cards
are &c. The office asks patrons to par
ticularly bear this in mind as it
means the card must be delayed until
proper postage is affixed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16

Mrs. Frank Wilson went to Cudahy
Saturday to see her son, Frank, who
has been ill of late.
Homer Cook, employed at DR..
O'Hara's church in Chicago, spent
part of last week visiting friends
here. He returned to Chicago Satur-
day
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16

w. A. Johnson is seriously i'll at his
home in the fourth ward with a para
lytic stroke. His daughter, residing in
Colorado was sent for last week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
THESE MAY WE'D

L1ALDL Iu1hL W It'd
William Budack and Edna Gratz
Sitter.
Harry Hartwick, Avoca; Gertrude
L. Riddiough, Fennimore.
Robt. DeForest jenkins, Belmont !;
Grace Hope Tracy, Platteville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
What We Always Suspected.

What We Always Suspected.
1.-THE only devil that exists in this
or any other world is a man-made
devil created for the purpose of MAX
ing people afraid and holding them in
a state of bondage and superstition. F."
So says D. Claude E. Sayre, minister
at Wichita, Kan, who has created
quite a stir in his community through
his sermons on hell.
The modern girl smokes cigarettes
and the old-fashioned grandmother
smoked corncob Which showed that
Grandma had an iron constitution
We always thought the old-fashioned
woman pipe smoker was hard-boiled
and the cigaret smoking girl looks
tough.
The Tennessee Academy of Science,
wistful for the notoriety the state en-
loved last summer, memorializes the
legislature to repeal the evolution law
because it marks a backward step
in our educational progress" Thus
another bromide jumps out of the can
merry
A Minnesota man gave neighbor
a ride to town. The car overturned,
the neighbor was hurt and the driver
was sued for $4,000 Moral-If you
give pedestrian a ride, stun him
first.
If you don't know what to give"
send them the Herald. Your thought
full action will be the subject of
thanks and remembrance So times a
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05
EKs VIII Fay
Tribute TO Dear
Departed Friends

Annual memorial services for. III
Centre lodge Of Elks viii be held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in Elks
hall, and will be open to the pub
lie.
The services will include the, reg.
ular ritualistic ceremonies of the
lodge, prescribed for the occasion
and will also include a niusicai
program or appropriate nuni-
bers. Arrangements have been
mHde for solos by Miss Margaret
Linekin and Mrs. Pauline Reynolds
Of Holtville, also. a. quartette com
posed of Mrs. Reynolds. Mrs. Ryer-
SON, Walter Jessop and A. G.
lngle, all of Holtville.
+ Eulogies ON the five members of
the lodge who have died during the
wear Will be rendere dby Judge
franklin j. Cole.s Attorney Huber
Collins, Charles f. Pitzer. j. G.
Hemingway and WHEY NJ. Weaver.
The officers of the Elks lodge
wish to emphasize he fact that at.
tendance at the memorial services
. is not restricted to Elks' or their
families and that the general public
is cordially invited to participate.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05
THE OW.DRfVER PEST

Something must be done, the Toronto Globe De-
ieves to prod into reasonable speed the motorlst who
lags along the public highway at eight to ten miles an
hour This driver and the who persists IN parking
along main highways set accident traps dangerous
as anv that could be devised. They compel tratflc
jockeyng sudden stopping, quick bursts OF speed Tor
positions IN the traffic line ahead
This is problem already under consideration in
MANY traffic centers in isAcountry. It has been
found as necessary to fix minimum speed as maxi
mum speed limit.
OF course the driver who wants to enjoy the land
scape or who is taking ali invalid out for change of
scene as we'll as an airing, has some rights. But they
will have 10 be recognized and met by some other sou
ton than permitting him to lolter IN tne MIDST OF
traffic stream Perhaps highways ought to be wide
enough to make room for line of slower traffic
In the meanwhile such drivers should seek the less
crowded roads instead of the main arteries OF trans
portatiOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05
Cattle Market

Cattle-3OO0; compared week age
steers % higher, she stock 25-40 up
Top steers 1915, bulk 950-11JO lb.
weights $7.60@s.50; top cows $6.2S
for several loads, bulk on closing
days $5.25@6.25; few good, hcifers
up to $3.50; southwesterns, she stock
s4.35@4.75; canners, cutters and
bulls 1925 higher, csnners and cut,
ters $2.o5@3.75, bologna bulls $4.0O
04.75. s.s. ~ J. *
Calves-1600: about steady with
week ago. Bulk 230.325 Id. weights
$1,000 500; common Kinds down to
$3.50; milk veal $1,000 1880.
Hogs-2s00: trade for week un-
even, closing steady with week agQ.
Top $1,000: bulk 150-230 lb. weiXbm
$l2.50@l2.75; packing sows $1050.
Sheep-600 for week Four decks
s5-lb. shorn Imperial Valley lambs
s13.25; few common lambs $3.50 ;
medium to good 110.lb. ewes $3.50; !;
choice wooled lambs quotablc up
ward to $500. with light weight
ewes around $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05
KNIGHT MOTOR s
WINNER IN PARIS
ENDURANCE test

In a contest just conducted by
, the Motordrome Nacional in Paris,
a Knight motor won on every point
including continuous power develop
ment. motor cooling mechanical CT
| ficicncv and freedom from, wear.
The test called for 240 hours of
continuous running at maximum
| horse power with no adjustments
! allowed during the entire period.
Practically every type Of gasoline
motor built at the presen, time
was represented and the findings Of
the test were to help the French
government determine the most eff
ficient and reliable type of motor 10
use in airplane construction.
The search was for lighter, strong
er, faster power plants with in
creased lifting power and demon
strated ability to stand up under the
most gruelling service. The motors
were belted to heavy iron blocks
and operated against a dynamomet-
er which gave an accurate reading
of tie developed horsepower for
every minute of the long grind.
The motors were started stimuli
taneously and with wide open throt
ties. They were kept running at
top speed until they broke down,
either through over-heating, wear
on the moving parts or sheer IN
ability to stand the severe pace.
At the end of the first seven days
of running, only few of the origi-
nal entrants were still running.
At the end of the ten days, the
superiority of the Knight motor was
so convincingly demonstrated that
there was no doubt in the minds of
the engineers who had watched the
entire test.
For the full 40 hours, the Knight
motor steadily delivered its full
$50 horse power without fluctuation
i'll the indicating dial. At the end
or the run it was shut off. Then
without adjustments of any kind,
was Immediately started again and
when the throttle was opened up,
it showed the full $50 horsepower
without the slightest sign that it
has been deterioiated in the slight
est by the run.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05
NEWSPAPERS FOR WOMEN

Another interesting experiment in Journalism was
tried the other day in Sioux Falls, S. D. Club women
got out of the local daes, to show how they would
handle the newspapers if they ran them. There was
no aid from the general staff except in mechanical
matters The choice, display and arrangement OF
news and features the womens own
Crime news played down and womens IN
terests" were played up. prominent South Dakota
murder trial, which ordinarily would have been big
front page stuff, given short space and small
head page eight. celebrated eastern divorce case
was omitted entirely. New York financial news was
left out, uninteresng to South Dakota while the
grain and live stock was published in full Serial
stories were omitted ''to make way for better stuff
The local response to this edition is not given IN
Sioux Falls dispatches 1t would be well If such an eX-
pertinent could be prolonged But that might be ex-
pensive. -
Many editors will agree with those Sioux Falls
club women that they got out better paper" and
higher type of journalism than the usual run of
dailies. At the same time, experienced editors Will
tell of the men that have gone broke by publishing
higher class papers than the public would support.
1t would be worth while especially to know what
was the response of Sioux Falls women to the emina-
ton those murder and divorce stories and the serial
fiction stories Most editors contend, rightly or
wrongly that such matter is printed chiefly because
women in general want it.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05

Chevrolet Motor company during
1925. Among these was, the build
ing Of tlic two millionth Chevrolet
which came early i'll September from
the assembly limos Of the central
factory at Flint, Mich. This rec
ord production of 2,060,p00 cars has
been achieved by no other manu-.
ifacturer Of three speed transmits.
sioh automobiles.
The half million tptarfCr this year
represents q greater number ! OF
units than was built by tic company
during the. entire first eight years
of its existence. Chevrolet total
.ireducti4t. to date is grcatcr than
f t1ic iiAts,i,6r, !. Of sears tbnilk' by AL
.utop,obiles companies during the
first 20 years of tho, Industry
The phenomenal l9l6 total 10 the
result of a series of record breaking
npmthg slusing which production
oonsisfSntIyS remained far above the
previous marks for corresponding
periods in ptbets sxps,sssa eioatlt after
|.niontit tentative SJMo ,ktt4ion schcd.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05
CHEVROLET WILL
M new PEAK IN
AUTO PRODUCTION


Before the end Of December the
Chevrolet Motor company will es,
taHish new record for the entire
autdhssivsF r industry 'by attaining /
dnring the year 1925 of
Akore ,stiiat 100000 Tassetger $ ears
and trrckss,p ,gtt,
ssThis proMissioii t& a. sipgie yt;p'
ne & .hsfoye has becf approached
~ nv SSfRssqf ,niinnfactufer adtf' adf' Sc
leetixe transmission automobiles.
This year Chevrolet will exceed its
previous record sprodacffohs sN 60,
600 ears.
The ,achieyament of a,half million
production iafsa sp.glc Gear suimis, \,
ates ;eSseries OF EraordsssSa stvftlN
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05

The Spreckels sugar factory near =,
S;finam closed do~n ;ftrrTa run of
IQ5 days, 18th 10000 tops VI sugar.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05

Half tile engagement rings are
bought with money raised hurricdlT.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05

You'd think ancient mineral, the way
archaeological miners go around digging for him.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05
Bedtime SIeries
By HowAn I. GAINS
Copy1ighA 1a22 II 1cClute
NeWSpaper Syndicate
UNCLE wrGurEY HELPS Mr..
BOW WOW

Out Of the kennel house walked
Mr.. Bow Wow, the kind old dog
gentleman. He did not seem very
happy. In fact, his tail, instead of
,wagging, dropped between his legs.
And his tail should have waggcd,
for there. in front Of the Kennel,
stood Uncle Wiggily. the old rab.
bit gentleman.
Mr.. Longears was visiting the
Bow Vows and he and the dog
gentleman were good friends. The
bunny uncle at once noticed Mr..
Bow Vows tail and asked:
What's the matter!
.Oh, I'm in trouble barkod
the old dog, sadly.