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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
| TURKS AT LAST
TAKE HATS OFF;
SMASH TRADITION

BAGDAD-Few things have denom-
strated more clearly the slow, gradual
but certain absorption of western
ideas by the east than an order which
has just been issued by the project of
Constantinople, Emin Bey. The pre-
feet has authorized visitors to his resi-
dence and members of his personal
and office staff to remove their head
dresses if and when they wish-a
statement which has agitated some
! members of the religious community
not little.
Hitherto it has been the invariable
rule among the Mos1ems to keep the
head covered at all times, the shoes
only being removed as a mark of re-
spect equivalent to the barring of the
head of an Occidental
Reason for Brimless Headgear
Moreover, no headdress has ever
been allowed which made it impossible
for the wearer to touch the ground
with his forehead when praying. For
this reason, the turban, the feZ, the
kalpak, the Enverich field service
headdress for the army, the tarbush
for the army and the navy, and even
the helmets of the Constantinople fire
brigade have been either soft or else
without brims.
Emin Bey's revolutionary order is
really an outcome of the resolution of
the army, navy and municipal police
to wear peaked caps, decision which
would necessitate the headgear being
removed at least when praying, if at
no other times. The school children
of Constantinople have defied an age
long tradition by petitioning that they
be allowed to attend school barehead-
ed, which permission probably will be
given.
Straw Hats Shock Them
Certain Turks at Prinkapoo caused
some CONSERVATION among the Mos
lens by appearing in public in straw
hats; in fact, so concerned was the re-
ligious community that the senior
Qsai (judge) of Turkey has issued
long statement on the subject.
The Qsai endeavors to pacify his
countrymen by declaring that fidelity
to Islam is not a matter of headgear
and that any good Moslem is free to
wear any headdress he pleases with
out in any way diminishing his repu-
tation for piety. The Qasi, moreover,
strengthens his argument by quoting
a text.
He refers to that passage in the
Koran in which it is laid down that
if Moslem buys a cow from Chris
tian who is accustomed to wear a hat
instead of headdress, and if the cow
refuses to give milk to her new mas
ter, it is lawful for the new master to
put on hat in order to milk the COW
satisfactorily This decision of the
Qsai seems to have appeared the Mos
lens.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
Cardinal Hayes Blames
Modern Eve for Evils

NEW YORK-Blame for the evils of
the Jazz age was placed upon the
modern woman by Cardinal Hayes in
a dedicatory address here Sunday.
The sons of Adam are returning to
the religion of their fathers but the
daughters of Eve are still flirting with
the follies of the present day, the car
dinal said in blessing a retreat at
Mount Maressa, Staten Island.
1--WE are gravely and sometimes, l
might say, sadly disturbed and anx-
ious about our good women, especial
ly our young women" the church
head declared. within a short time
there has been a radical and revolu-
tionary upset of principles that has
eaten into the very home and that has
desecrated the fireside, and is still
menacing the very foundations of OUT
society, civil, political, social and
moral.
"Men are not only going to mass on
Sundays now but on weekdays as
WELL Cardinal Hayes said in defend
ing the modern man. "They are go
ing to the sacraments not merely once
year or twice year but monthly
and weekly and many of them daily
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
HIGHLAND

DR.. Herman Pierick had thrlilng
experience with big Holstein Dull at
his farm east of Highland Monday;
The animal is five years old and had
always been kept in a stall in the
harm The doctor and hired man were
nrenaring to bring the animal into
market when, without any warnlng'
the bull attacked the doctor, Knock
ing him down and having him IN a
had way when the hired man came TO
tb the, rescue and succeeded in fighting
the bull off, but not before he mad
inflicted painful injuries to the man.
Monday morning while Joe Frye
was backing out of the T. S. Aide ga
rage. Ed Hanrahan, who was on the
crossing. became confused and ran
into the car. Ell was knocked to the
round and the heavy Buick car
nassed over his arm and leg, and his
face was also badly lacerated. He was
rushed to DR.. Trentsch's office, and
after thorough examination 1t was
found that there were no bones brok-
on and aside from few bruises on
his arm and leg, he was none the
worse for the accident, although 1t
was a close call.-Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
Mysterious Gas Poison
Perils Life of Expert

LONDON-Mystery surrounds an
accident to Prof Harold Maxwell Lee
troy, British expert on poison gasses
who was found by his wife and an at
tendant, unconscious from gas poison
ing He was at work in a secret lab
oratory of the College of Science and
Technology in South Kensington.
Prof LEROY was hurried to st.
Georges hospital where he still lies
unconscious. His condition is similar
to that from drowning. His lungs are
filled with an unknown liquid which is
slowly strangling him. The doctors
say his symptoms indicate a gas con-
tanning chlorine.
This is the second time Prof. LEROY
has been a victim of his enthusiasm
for science. Six months ago he was
slightly poisoned while experimenting
with a gas to kill flies which would not
be dangerous to man.
His room was always kept locked
and the door to it bore a sign read
ing, Dangerous, this room must not
be entered"
On Saturday night Prof. LEROY S
wife alarmed by his nonappearance
went to the laboratory and not getting
any answer called an attendant who
forced the door. The professor was
found on the floor almost in dying
condition with an atomiZer beside him
Doctors say there is no treatment for
his condition-they can only give him
oxygen and wait for his improvement
or his death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
Desert Utopia Fails
Why? Human Nature

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Job Harri-
man, once Americas greatest expon-
ent of communism, admits that his
faith is gone. For 35 years Hartman
gave his fortune, the best years of
his life, and many friends for the
cause. Now he is broken physically
and financially.
The city of Llano, del Rio, in the
Mojave desert, stands silent, ghostly
testimonial to Job Harrimans findings
"a tragic, deserted, untenanted vii
lage which once f1ourished as the CAPT.
tai of communism in America.
Twelve years ago Hartman gath
cred a score of families together and
settled Llano. One by one, commu-
nists from all parts of America, fol-
lowed the pioneers.
Forced to COnScript Cooks
Homes of adobe were built. The
men did the construction work and
the women cooked in a great COM
munity kitchen. Enthusiasm waned
after the first few weeks, and men had
to be conscripted as cooks. The wom-
en- would not work.
Finally, $50 persons resided at La
no. A great community garden was
planted and all essentials that make
community life independent of the
outside world were provided.
"Then the bubble broke" Hartman
said, "for some of the cOlonistS would
not do their share Some were not
physically or mentally capable of full
filling their duties. Some did not want
to be laboring at the far end of the
field, when the dinner bell rang, for
it meant that they would be late for
meals.
Draw and Waste Food
Theoretically the communistic idea
seemed the solution of the worlds
woes, but I learned that social prob
lens are not alone economic, but
largely biological"
Until the Llano experiment Harri-,
man would not believe that any one
would consciously waste food, but
eight families there daily drew their
portion of fresh pork at the commits
sary, although they never ate pork,
he says. They took the meat because
it was their share, and when they
brought it to their homes they threw
it in the community garbage barrel
"There were malicious gossips in
the colony. One was always compared
with another. There was jealousy,
too" Hartman explained.
1--WE went out there to get away
from just that thing-maliciousness
and competition-and we ran into it
in Llano. Human nature is just the
same, in the desert or in the city.
Communism is failure for a very
fundamental reason. 1t lifts response
bility and checks, if it does not stop,
the development of the individual.
Not until the selfish urge becomes re-
cessive and the love urge is dominant
will communism become possible"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
IRON OF ANCIENTS
SUPERIOR, STEEL
MEN ARE TOLD

LONDON-Attention was drawn to
the superior corrosion resisting quail
ties of ancient iron compared with the
modern product at their autumn meet
ing of the Iron and Steel institute at
Birmingham.
Dr. ]. Newton Friend and Mr.. W. E.
Thornecroft gave the result of exam
nation of iron nails discovered dur
ing recent excavations at Marlborough
castle, on the site of an important
Roman naval station. In comparison
with a piece of molten mild steel, the
loss in weight of the Roman iron was
only approximately half that of the
modern metal.
Sir Robert Hadfield took the case
of the sixteen hundred year old pillar
at Delhi, the iron of which, he said,
was freer from inclusions even than
Swedish charcoal iron. at is an ex-
traordinary fact" he said, that in
spite of modern scientific progress the
metal of the Delhi pillar is superior
to anything we can produce today"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
BelOit College Men
Off to Learn Secrets
of Desert Whites

CONSTANTINOPLE Franco
American expedition seeking to I'M
cover hidden chapters on ancient and
prehistoric Africa assembled here to
start on a 1900 mile dash through the
Sahara to Hoggar 1t will seek to trace
the ancient trade routes and deter
mine the original of the strange white
race of Tauregs in central Africa.
Count de Prorok and Bradley Tyr
rell, a trustee of Beloit college, ar
rived from Tunis, where Count de
Prorok reviewed last springs excava-
lions at Carthage and Utica. Here
they met Maurice Reygasse, the north
African archaeologist; Alonzo B.
Pond, Beloit college anthropologist;
Baron d-Erlanger, Andre Chapuis,
Caid Belaid, the Taureg interpreter,
and others.
The six wheeled cars which will car
ry the explorers through the most
dreaded Sahara region arrived by
train. After a final tuning up they
will start via Batna, Timgad, Biskra,
and Touggart.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
BOSCOBEL

Chas. Finley met with misfortune
one day last week when he accidental
ly severed the index finger OF his left
hand while cutting some klndllng
wood.
Local ice dealers are facing short
age at the close of the season. john
Carroll succeeded in obtaining sup
n1v from Fennimore for his custom
ers and Chas. burlington shipped in
a carload from Madison last week.
Bob Coleman, who has been sta
toned at Juda for a number of years
as agent for the Milwaukee road, has
been transferred to Sumpter, Mimi.
at which location ne will be enabled
to make more rapid advancement and
at a very encouraging raise in wages.
Dial
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
LOCAL ITEMS

Miss Theresa Haas went to Madi-
son Wednesday for a months stay.
Geo. Schaal and wife of Chippewa
Falls, visited in Lancaster last week
with VIM. Schaal and wife.
VIM. Miller and wife of Colome, S.
D., have been visiting friends in
Grant county the past couple of weeks.
Miss Helen Judd of Madison was
Lancaster visitor last week on her
way home from Chetek, where she
visited cousin, Miss Ada Morris.
j. Roy Grindell, Platteville monu-
ment man, is home from a two-weeks'
trip to Barre, VT, and Montreal,
where he transacted business along
his line.
"Howdy" Richardson, lately of the
U. S. army, visited his mother, Mrs.
Matte Richardson, here last week.
Howdy is now employed on a job at
Omaha as plasterer.
Miss Velma Stivarius returned to
her work at Madison Friday follow
ing visit here with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Stivarius. Miss Sti-
Yarius is registered nurse at the
Madison hospital.
Mrs. Kathryn Honkamp of La Porte,
Ind, Mrs Alex Sweeney of Platteville,
and Mrs. Tad Louie of Darlington, re-
turned home Wednesday noon follow
ing a visit at the home of R. J. and
the Misses Julia and Kate Sweeney.
Matthew McKelvey and wife, Lloyd
Mosier and wife and Laverne and
Vernon McKelvey all of Wessington,
S. D., motored here last week and Wis
tied at the James McKelvey home. The
visiting McKelveys formerly lived
here.
An article on the Indian relic COL
lection of Rev. Boerger, formerly Luz
theran pastor at Platteville, appears
in the current issue of the Pathfinder.
Rev. Boerger's collection is said to be
one of the best private ones in the
country
A. J. Hamer and wife and grand
daughter, Alma Garthwaite, were Lam
caster visitors at the A. J. Frazier
and Jos. Hamer homes, from Tuesday
to Saturday of last week. The Herald
acknowledges pleasant call from
Mr.. Hamer.
" L. Showalter, Sol Goldstein and
Delos Edwards were in Winnishiek
bottoms last week at their camp en-
joying an outing. T. ]. Haley of st.
Paul and Nick Tiedemann of Waterloo,
a. completed the party of hunters
and fishermen.
Grand Master Oscar Stegeman, I. o.
o. F., with headquarters at Milwau-
kee, will be in Lancaster Friday
night, Oct. 23d. Mr.. Stegeman will re-
view degree work put on by the local
lodge and give an address. AS this
is an especial visit by high lodge
official all Odd Fellows in Grant
county are particularly invited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
PLATTEVILLE

A Duroc Jersey SOW that belongs to
F. H. Gehrke, has had 62 pigs and
the SOW is but two years old. She has
had these pigs in four filters, the last
one being on October IL, when she
narrowed IL pigs, 16 of which are still
living. BY putting some OF her pigs
with other sows, Mr.. Gehrke has sue
ceeded in raising all but five of the 81
which this pig has farrowed. He very
naturally considers this pig quite a
valuable animal on his farm.
Henry Carl died at the Will Bentz
home on Sunday, at the age of "a
years. He had been i'll but short
time. Mr. Bentz is residing in the
Carl home, where deceased also re-
sided. The body was taken to the
Grindell parlors, for care, and funer-
al services were held Wednesday. De-
ceased leaves the wife and a daugh-
ter, Elsie Carl Sprenado, who reside
at Sweetwater, Tenn, and who were
here for the funeral.
Henry Wolf sold "a head of fat
steers to Mr.. Buckhop of Belmont the
first of last week One of the cattle
was found missing when the parties
went to the pasture to inspect them.
The following day search was made
for the missing member and it was
found in the pasture in a critical con-
dition and died soon after. 1t had
caught its foot in the fence and been
pushed down, likely by the crowding
of the other cattle. These cattle were
delivered Saturday and netted Mr..
Wolf $4,000 per head plus the sum OF
$1,000 which was paid to make an even
sum of $185000 With the exception
of one year Mr. Wolf has sold his
feeders to this same party for the past
ten years Mr.. Buckhop corn feeds
these cattle for a year before selling
them.-Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
HERE AND THERE

Dance hall proprietors in Pontiac
and Lincoln, Ill, won the right to a
county license, in lawsuits against
| county boards and as a result dance
hail managers of the entire state ex-
pect to win their fight under the law
without going into the Supreme court.
Future national conventions of the
American Legion are to be tanner. Of
ficers and delegates of the organiza-
ton declared as they left Omaha Sat-
urday for their homes after a siren
uous five days in Omaha. The conven-
lions hereafter will be limited to three
days and will consist almost entirely
of business sessions, under resolutions
adopted at Omaha.
Inventors are seeking a factory site
at Lansing, Mich, for building an auto
of revolutionary design operated by
oil pressure. Gears, driving shafts and
brakes are to be replaced by oil pipes
A gasoline motor operates the system
creating oil pressure which is used
to run Independent driving motors on
each of the rear wheels. Necessity for
brakes is eliminated by mechanism to
reverse the direction OF flow of the oil
pressure. The inventors claim the ma
chine is practical and can be operated
with greater efficiency than the ordi-
nary type of motor vehicle. Announce
ment of the proposed factory was
made by the Lansing Chamber of
Commerce.
Representative of two hundred
women's clubs, parent-teachers' and
other civic organizations, meeting I'M
der the auspices Of the Chicago Wom-
ems Aid Wednesday, declared war on
the circulation of obscene literature,
pictures from Paris" and other un-
clean matter among Chicago's school
children. The books and pictures de-
picting immortality, easy virtue and
sometimes perversions were character
lied as having gained great inroads
into the morals of the young. Funds
weer ordered collected and the fight
to stop the sale of the stuff will be
started at once.
Four rural schools of Livingston
county, Ill, were closed when a num-
Der of cases of infantile paralysis
were ordered collected and the fight
School officials planned to keep the
schools closed until all danger of the
spread of the disease is passed.
Under Indiana's new Wright bone
dry liquor law the minimum fine for
getting drunk is $40, compared with
the old penalty of $11, but even this
apparently has failed to quench the
thirst of drinkers, 173 tipplers hav-
ing been arrested in Gary during
September, according to the monthly
police report The report also shows
that fifty-nine bootleggers were ar
rested during the month, 249 of them
being infringers of the liquor laws.
Twenty-four nationalities and thirty
seven different crimes from murder
down were represented.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
DEALS IN REAL ESTATE

Orlando J. Prideaux to Lester IL.
Pritchett and Roxa Pritchett, property
in Bloomington, $2,200.OO
Everett Pritchett to Orlando J. Prl-
deaux, property Bloomington, $2,lOO.
Albert Ketterer to Edna L. Him, Id
acres, Sec. 10, Fennimore, $1,O5O.OO.
VIM. G. Lehman to Jno. McVay, lot
100x175, Muscoda, 1925.
A. A. Hamilton to VIM. A. McCord,
lots Sc. blk. II, Boscobel, $4,000.
James Kimmins to Louis Bonrlnger'
lot Bloomington, $275.
VIM. Fl. Sudmeier to Frank Edwards,
80 acres Sec. 8, Glen Haven, $lO,OOO.
Emma Wing to Hattie and Mamie
Wing. lots 16-17-18-19, Sitter, $4,000.
Sam NeCollins ct al to Vincent Muir
raw. lot 4. blk. s, Hazel Green, $448
Ida e. Jenkins to James Palmer
property Platteville, $4,000.
Chris ZeIler to Jos. Palmer, property
PlattevilIe, $1.00.
Walter Weber to EllzaDeth l. "eo-
err. lot Lancaster, $500.
Frank e. Remington to Geo. Tuftley'
81. 20 acres Sec IL, Marion, $11.50O.
Fdw Kirk to Clifford Reed, two lots
Hazel Green, 5000.
Merrill Scott to Dan Thoman, Du-
buuue. 80 acres Sec. 81, Patch Grove
$100.
Gretta Roddick to Louis Roddlck'
191 acres Secs. 22-26-27, Ellenboro,
$1.00. o,l
Jas. G. Bailie to Susie V. Bailie, SO
acres in PIatteville, deed of aftectlon.
Lewis F. Kirlahan to Edw. FaVre'
lots SIS. blk. %, Cuba City, $500: :,
%. Ellen Govier to Mary K. smith,
lot Fennimore. 81 600. 70
J. w. Moore to H. L. LEM, so. -
feet off lot II, blk. 1O-lS, brlnuley
add. Boscobel, $6,0O0.O0 -.
Theresa StolI to George Martin JOS
Martin and Geo. Stoll, ln-lot 20 ~
tosi, $500. IN
7 w Moore to H. L. LEM, ,. ~
feet LOT II. blk. 10, Brindley's ADD
Boscobel, $6,000.oo. C+ror
r 3, stephens to Christian Stuer'
LOT b1IT Siemer's add, Platte
r 7 Tevshon to Fred H. Lambert
On aorae sec %. Mt. Hope, S1O0.
r 7 Pierron to Interstate PoMel
20 1ots tn Is. blk. 4, and BLOCKS
So Clark's add, Boscobel' sf.1oU.
NIrs Anna Holden to James Rowe
land sec, %. Boscobel, $500.
F 8. Chandler to VIM. Frankian''
lot PIatteville, SAG. rorr;11 LOT
J. L. Grindell to Mabel I 39pttaIil io'
II, blk. 1, Grindell's add Plat'eSAie'
e4 Henrietta Wolf to Edmund Hubbard
lot Rockville, $125. 70 n 7
Dan Thoman, Dubuque. 70 III -
Rennett 40 feet off w. side loe IL -
lancaster. and IL int. in Diog' on
Sa b G Rosencrans to Carter H Fl Lam mn
bert. about 100 acres sec. o. w.
Hope, $1,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
us Cold Enough,
But Wild Ducks
Remain in North

NEENAH-It's ben a meager sea-
son SO far for duck hunters of this
vicinity.
Those followers of the fall sport
whose hopes of better hunting seemed
near fulfilment, with the advent of
colder weather and reports of snow
in the north regions, are still waiting
for the vanguard of southwark flights.
A week of near zero weather has
brought no change.
Lake Winnebago is as yet inhabited
only by small and scattering focks
of ducks. Reports from Lake Poygan
and Winneconne, two noted hunting
grounds, indicate that some northern
ducks have arrived during the last
few days, but not in such numbers as
to make any marked Improvement in
the hunting which has been exceed
ingly poor SO far this season.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
ONTARIO LIMITS
BEAVER TRAPPING
TO THE INDIANS

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES slaughter of
beaver and otter by white trappers, by
dynamiting, trenching and every con-
ceivable method, has compelled the
Ontario department of game to restrict
trapping rights to Indians and cut
down the open season in some Sec
lions. Since 1921, when an open sea-
son was declared, it has been lawful
to trap beaver and otter, and since the
peak of the catch was reached in
1921 there has been an alarming de-
cline in the number of these valua-
bic fur bearing animals. The indis-
criminate destruction practiced by the
whites was so noticeable that even
the Indians, who, according to the de-
partment, usually have regard for the
preservation of game life, began to
copy the bad habits of the whites.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
Unload 5 Cars Sheep
At Glen Haven

GLEN HAVEN-Five carloads of
sheep, from the northwest, were I'M
loaded here last week, in the Burling-
ton yards. Three were double deck
ers loaded with lambs. The larger
portion of this big consignment was
driven overland to the farms of Mar
tin Bros, Wilbur Scott and Gus Kuen-
ster. aMny small lots were distrub-
uted among farmers east of Glen Ha-
ven.
The lambs came from the Dakotas
and Montana. They will be fattened
for market. Many of the flocks are
culled for the maturer ewes, and
these are being added to foundation
herds. Sheep raising is becoming a
very important branch of agricultural
industry in southwest Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
Sheep Tender Breaks
Leg, But Guards Flock

LONDON - While attending his
sheep on the downs at Pyecombe, near
Brighton, George Pearce, an elderly
shepherd, tripped over rut and broke
bone in his leg. His cries for help
having passed unheded, he determined
to round up his sheep before seeking
aid for himself.
With the aid of his dog he drove
them into pen and fixed several
hurdles to prevent their escape.
Then, limping in great pain, he car
ried three bags of fodder, which he put
in the troughs for the lambs.
Having made certain that his charg-
es would not suffer, Pearce limped
over rough ground to his cottage,
nearly two miles away, and there COL
lapsed at the door.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
Platteville Farmers
Motor to Florida

PLATTEVILLE-F Wienbergen,
president of the Badger Fair associ-
alton, William c. Hill, well known
Guernsey breeder and dairy farmer,
Ernest H. Steffens and Peter Stef-
fens left here Saturday, October 10th,
for Miami, Fla. The men will make
the trip in a Hudson six, and expect to
be gone several weeks. Mr.. Hill and
Mr.. Weinbergen have land holdings
in the near vicinity of Miami for
which they have received fattering
Offers