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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25

Friends here received the sad news
Wednesday of the death of Mrs Theo
Gavin at Los Angeles. Mrs. Calvin
formerly lived here and is well known
In Lancaster. The aged husband is
reported to be in a precarious state of
health. The body of Mrs. Calvin will
probably be brought to Lancaster for
burial at Hillside. The Calyins went
west about eight years ago.
Ed. Jones. 70, resident of the Welsh
settlement near Belmont, committed
suicide at his farm home Saturday a
week ago. The tragedy took place in
bedroom in the house, a revolver
shot through the temple ending the
mans life. Mr.. Jones leaves four
sons and daughter AS he was in
the best of health prior to the suicide
no reason has been ascribed for his
act.
Seven boy students of the L. Dubu-
que high school were summarily ex-
PEELED last week for INSTRUMENTATION
and hagrant conduct The expulsion
caused a furore in the placid little
river town. 1t was thought that the
| differences could be ironed out and a
conference between the principal. the
school board and the parents of the
! boys has been arranged to that end.
Inc boys are among the brightest in
the school.
information has not been divulged
| as to the extent of the sealed bids re-
ce1ved on L. A. Clarks equity on his
handsome home in the second ward,
put up by him shortly before the col
lapse of the ill-starred Peoples State
bank. The equity is held by the trus-
tee in bankruptcy as one of the banks
assets. There is $500 against the
property. AS the place cost around
| $4,000 someone will get a bargain
either by bid or, in the next step. bv
sale on foreclosure.
S. S. McNelly has been appointed as
personal local representative of/Gen
Benz. A. PoOre to take applications for
the citizens military training camp to
be held at Camp. Custer, Mich, and
Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, from July %
to August p. The camps will provide
30 days of wholesome outdoor life and
training for young men between the
ages of 1-7and "a years. All expenses
including transportation are paid fol-
by Uncle Sam. All that is necessary
is to make application and undergo
the lenient demands toward being eli
gible.
The Herald has just completed a
nice order of the printing for the Ten
nyson creamery Among the work is
a booklet for use of dairy patrons
which contains lot of valuable in
formation on the care of that valuable
animal-the dairy cow-and her prod
uct. The booklet also contains q
table for each month so that the pat
ron can keep a record of the cream
delivered, b. f. test, etc. The Tenny-
son creamery is under the able man
agement of F. R. Tobin, an industrious
and enterprising young man of that
section.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
PROHIBIT AIR RIFLES

The state senate ordered to engross-
ment and the third reading a bill pro-
hibiting the sale and use of air rifles.
The move is backed by the state hui
name societies. Every city and village
in the state will support such move
and see that the provisions are car
ried out. The menace to bird life has
been great and many accidents caused
by this nuisance will also be averted.
Among the other bills ordered to third
reading was the measure extending
the privilege to BARRIERS to cut hair
for women.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
ADVERTISEMENTS
notice.!

We wish to announce that we have
disposed of our garage accessory bus
mess to Robt. Leffler. We desire to
close our books at once and respect
fully ask those knowing themselves to
be indebted to us to call and settle at
once. After 80 days all unpaid ac-
counts will be placed for collection.
Please make this unnecessary by cal
ling at our place of business as soon
as convenient.
BURR WALKER-ROBERT KINNEY
NOTE-The Bai1ie Auto Co. will
continue as an auto sales concern with
w. j. Bailie and Burr Walker as part
ners. We will handle the Hup, Essex
and Hudson line of motor cars. We
will be pleased to figure with you on
new motor car at any t
BAILIE AUTO COMPANY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
THE QUICK AND THE man

The Sunday school teacher had been
telling her class about the benefit of
being good. At the end of her dis
course she turned to bright-eyed
miss and asked:
!, Where do good little girls go when
they die?"
TO Heaven" was the prompt re-
ply
And where do bad little girls go?''
TO the depot to see the travelling
men come in!''
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
Little Grant Board OF Audit

FOR SALE-One good Jack, ready for
service. Inquire of Hub Slaght, Bee
town, Wisconsin. 5p5
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
SITTING AGAIN,

A Richland Center man received a
circular last week telling him that an
organ would be sent to him free in
order to introduce it into this locality,
and that four dollars would have to
be sent to pay transportation charges.
He sent the four hard earned dollars
and in due time the musical instru-
inent arrived and it proved to be a
ten cent mouth organ.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
First Quiets-Then
Ends A Cough

That terrible "4acl1", s'hack",
shack, that almost drives you fran
tic and strains your whole body can
swallow now and then of that fine
old medicine, Kemp's Balsam. 1t cuts
the phlegm, soothes the infiamed
membrane and takes away that con-
slant desire to cough, cough, cough.
Only 80 cents at all stores.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
GONE ARE THE DAYS

we had to wait for a rainy day to
see the girls silk stockings.
we paid cents for a quart of
milk.
Our best girl considered a stroll
through the park and nice cream
soda "a good time"
Gone-but not forgotten!
H Il n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25

FOR SALE-Early Yellow Dent seed
corn, $3.50 termination. Inquire of
Philip ]. Muller, Rt 4, Potosi, Wis.
Phone 5-25. Sec
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25

FOR SALEIBrown Leghorn chicks
and eggs. Mrs. l. A. Vesperman, Lam
caster, Wis. 4tfc
FOR SALE-Small, all modern house.
Priced reasonable. Inquire of DIR. ].
III. Reed, Lancaster, Wis. 50tfc
FOR SALE-1923 Buick touring car.
Like new. Property of Mrs. C. D. STRAIT
ton. See e. r. Alt, Lancaster, Wis. 2tfc
FARM FOR RENT-The farm known
as the Welsh farm containing ESQ
acres, situated one Sections IL, 13 and
Il in the south part of the town of
Potosi, two miles east of the depot
There are 80 acres under cultivation,
40 acres of which is bottom land, the
balance is in pasture with running
water thereby making it good dairy
farm. There is good dwelling house,
barn, silo and out buildings on the
premises. VIII rent one year for cash
with the privilege of a three year
lease. For further information write
or see Mrs. Eugene Keller, Potosi,
Wis. 47tfc
Evening star., 1925-03-07

ployer of the District, with over co.
600 on his pay roll, can Uncle Sam
conscientiously say that he is doing
all he should to enable his employees
to meet the increased cost of living?
Is he paying his lowest paid employees.
who suffer the most. an increase of
compensation even approximating the
Increase in the cost of living or the
increase in compensation of employees
paid by all other District employers?
Will not Uncle Sam take the same
pains to provide cheap, sanitary hous-
ing for his employees, in part at his
own expense, that many great private
employers have taken? Where are his
fashion? Why should he not extend
largely the principle and policy which
authorized and justified the building
of Government hotels for employees in
the war time?
Many employers, including a num-
ber in Washington. help their en-
ployes as home owners or builders by
financing them at low interest rates
in the purchase or building of homes.
Uncle Sam might, as the great, dom
mating example employer of
the District, guard his employees
against the too short first trust and
the too expensive second trust, with
its high commission, by creating
large loaning fund at a low rate of
interest for the benefit Of his em-
ployes who may wish to buy or build
a home.
The hope of Washington Is that in
the future peace era neither the ten.
ant nor the landlord shall be Mt the
mercy of the other, but that even.
handed justice and fair dealing be.
tween them shall be assured, restor-
ing the condition of past peace time,
when men were expected neither to
eXtOrt nor to break their word OF con.
tract once given.
Let us all, renOuncing recrimina-
tiOns and reprisals, and i'm the spirit of
civic loyalty, work together to make
Washington the ideal city of homes,
small as well as large, pushing still
farther into the remote past the period
i'm WashingtOn's life when II was
viewed as merely the temporary camp
ing place of unsympathetic or hostile
transients.
Evening star., 1925-03-07

Dilatory in general, says the New
York World Congress can make 1t
snappy when its own pocket is con-
cerned"
why all this fuss about increasing
Congressmen's salaries from $500 a
year to S10,0O0?" asks the Cincinnati
Times Star, which continues: Every
body knows that no man can live on
81, 500 a year as a Congressman should.
Not only is the expense of living in
Washington greater than in almost
any other city. or in any town, village,
hamlet or farm, but there is invari-
ably the necessity of maintaining, to
a degree. the establishment back
home" While the Minneapolis Tribune
thinks, Unless the view be taken that
a member of Congress should deem
himself partly compensated by the
putative honor that attaches to his
position, $4,000 year salary cannot
be called excessive in country so
well postured financially as ours"
IF $500 a year was a fair salary
before the war it is not a fair salary
now" remarks the Portland Telegram,
which adds. When we read authentic
and oft-repeated stories of outrageous
profiteering at the National Capital.
not only in exorbitant rents, but in
practically all of life's necessities,
the increased pay does not appear un-
just"
The San Antonio Express wakes
sarcastic and observes: we must not
be picayunishly ungratefu1. For the
sal Senator's and Representatives that
increase would mean but a beggariy
$1,327.500 a year more to the tax
payers And the Sixty-eighth Con-
gress' glorious record simply would
shrek against the injustice of deny
ing this salary boost"
Evening star., 1925-03-07
Tourist Camp Comment.
Patron Considers Charges Too
High Under Government.

To the Editor of The Star:
I have noted the statement in The
Sunday Star about the tourist camp
at Potomac Park.
The article would lead one to think
the Government had recently taken
1t over and made wonderful strides
there. The writer lived there over
three months last year and made a
special trip to see the improvements.
He found the cement washing plat
form for cars was the same one con-
structed by party who operated the
camp before Government control. He
also learned the registering fee was
hiked to so cents per night, and tents,
which rented last year for so cents
and later raised to 75 cents, were also
raised to 81 per night.
We, as tourists, were told the camp
was operated on a non-profit basis.
Groceries were higher, gasoline was
raised / cent above the general price,
the price of tents raised, with regis
tering fee of so cents, which is more
than the writer has ever paid except
in Miami, Fla
Camps run by private individuals
are glad to get a fee of 25 cents. Is
this Government so poor that it has
to charge more than individuals? AS
high as 500 cars have paid registra-
tion fees in one week, to say nothing
Of the extra profit made in the rent
ing of tents, which were always
filled; the grocery, the restaurant,
post cards, maps and the filing sta
ton.
One man offered the Government
$4,000 for the concession and was
refused. and yet we are told the con-
cessions were O failure Why is NJ
CURTIS F. SMITH.
Evening star., 1925-03-07

States. They have insisted that a group
of Republican Senators could not prop
erly deprive them of their party desig-
ration. The rub will come when they
are asked to vote on the assignments
proposed by the Republican confer
ence to standing committees of the
Senate. In these assignments the con
ference has removed the insurgents
from their old committee rank and has
provided for them as minority mem
bers of the Senate. in the same way
the Farmer Labor Senators have been
handled.
But one of the insurgent group.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin, is
definitely through with the Republican
party. This has been apparent since
in Chicago, when it was determined to
form new liberal party in accordance
with recommendations of La Toilette.
Senator La Toilette Is in Florida
whittier he went early In the Winter
for his health. Had he been here yes
terday for the organization of the Sen
ate II is likely he would have voted for
a candidate of his own for President
done 50 before, When he returns to
Washington he may seek to organize
new political group in the Senate
and House, with the blacklisted insur-
gents as the nucleus, provided he can
prevail upon them to join with him, as
they did in the last campaign. Tn
doubtedly La Toilette and his follow
ers will seek to regain the balance of
power which they held in the last Con
gress and lost in the recent election.
The effort of the Republican organi.
cation in the Senate and House to
eliminate the insurgents from the
party ranks Is the first open attempt
along that line. In the past the Re.
publicans have sought to placate the
so-called progressives, to herd them
into line at the polls. But il has
dawned ON the Republican leadership
that the rank and file of the so-called
progressive movement was more nu.
merous in the Democratic than in the
Republican party. They discovered tha t
a third-party movement was more detri-
mental to the Democrats than to the
Republicans. Why, they ask. should
they frown upon a rd-party move
ment which would be more injurious
to their traditional enemy than to
themselves? To split the opposition is
good generalship.
The Democrats were inclined to play
the game with the progressive group
in the last Congress and during the
campaign. They have learned the
error of such tactics. At the Demo.
cratic caucus of the Senate yesterday
it was determined to anow the Repub-
licans to handle the progressives as
they saw fit in the Senate organiza-
ton. Henceforth the Democrats will
act alone. 1t is no secret. however.
that the Democratic party as consti-
tuted today is more widely split be-
tween progressives and conservatives
than is the Republican. Should the
Democrats undertake to eliminate the
progressives, as the Republicans are
doing, then, indeed, the prospects Of
new liberal party might loom on the
political horizon.
Evening star., 1925-03-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Dodson and Trotwood, and again
Savarin, Aberlin, Magdelin and valen-
tin.
Q. May one say The acoustics of
the new Auditorium are excellent?"-
G. ID.
A. The verb should be in the sinRu-
lar.
Q. What constitutes the national
wages board of England?-E. B. c.
A. Representatives of the railway
companies. the unions, railway users
and the general body of trade unions
The composition of this board is
definitely provided for by act of Par
Lament.
=. Does minor pay an income
taxi. A. H.
A. He does pay an income tax if he
has a taxable income. 1t is paid
through his guardian or direct, IL he
Is in control of his income.
Q. Is Houdini an American?-J.
A. H.
A. Harry Houdini was born in Ap-
pleton, Wis.
Q. Can you inform me concerning
the number of meals served in 1924 by
| the Washington, D. c., Young Women's
| Sii T. b.
| A. Last year 584,254 meals were
served by the Young Women's Chris.
| tiap Association cafeterias
Q. Why was the name Boxer"
| given to certain Chinese ?-S. B. G
A. The Chinese name for the Box
ers was I-ho-Chuan, which meanH
League Of United Patriots, but since
the last part of the name can be ac-
cented as to mean fists" and since
athletic exercises were much prac-
| ticed by the members, the name Box
| ers' was given to them by foreigners.
Q. What is the earliest recorded
lctter in history. S. II.
A. 1t was formerly believed that
| the earliest extant collection of for
NAL letters was the series of about
| 15O Greek epistles protesting TO have
| been written by the tyrant Phalaris
| of the sixth century B. c. a coutro-
| versy arose, however, and Richard
Bentley, in his famous Dissertation
on the Letters of Phalaris," in 1899,
demonstrated, as is now universally
admitted. that they are of compare
lively late origin, about the second
century A. D. Among the early gen
uine letters of the Greek period are
those of Isocrates (died 33S B. CO,
nine in number.
@ What are peanut shells used
for in tinplate mills?-T. A. F.
A. They are used in polishing tin
plate.
Q. Kindly name the person who
first set THE Star Spangled Banner"
in type.-K. n. p.
A A printers devil, Samuel Sands.
@. What is an "olla podrida" p
w o. P.
A. Literally the phrase means
"putrid pot" The name is applied TO
a stew made of meat, fish, poultry,
vegetables and other ingredients. IT
is cooked in a closed pot The stew
is highly seasoned with pepper and
garlic.
Q. How many gates and chariots
did Thebes have?-M. G. c.
A. The> capital of ancient Egypt
had 100 gates and 200 chariots at
each gate.
Q. Does the Dead Sea contain more
salt than the ocean?-O. D. h.
A. The Dead Sea contains five times
as much salt as the water of the
ocean.
Unforrn and entertain yourself by
making constant use of The Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic J. Hdski't.
| Director, TDenty- first aud c streets
northwest. There is toeGlth of tnformd-
tion at the command of The Star readers
| There is no charge for service eIcept
2-cent stamp, lohioh should be tHcLoseG
| for direct reply)
Evening star., 1925-03-07
Handling the Insurgents.

The Republican organization of the
Senate is having its troubles "shak-
ing" the insurgents. However, the
vote of Senators Ladd and Frazier of
of Iowa, three of the La Toilette fol.
lowers during the last campaign, for
the Republican nominees for Senate
office yesterday is entirely consistent
with the attitude of these Senators
since Congress opened last December.
The three Senators have continued
to insist that they were elected as Re-
publicans by the Republicans of their
Evening star., 1925-03-07
"The Liberty of the People. -

Inc ADDRESS OF senator Reed, de-
livered at the farewell dinner to Sena-
tor Walsh of Massachusetts at the
Mayfiower Hotel on Thursday night,
was distinguished by the usual elo-
quence OF that famous Missourian.
Outside Of certain withering comments
generally supposed, although he was
unmentioned, to have been at the ex-
pense of the Vice President of the
United States, the gist of his remarks
were summed up in the more uni.
versally applicable assertion that
when you attack the Senate you at
tack the liberty Of the American peo-
ple.''
In all good humor some one. since
the Vice President is precluded under
senatorial rules from carrying forward
the argument, should point out to
Senator Reed the possibility of certain
fallacies in his viewpoint.
With the theory that any one who
attacks the Senate as an institution,
that is. in its fundamental relationship
to the Constitution, attacks the public
liberty, no thoughtful man will dis
agree. But if that theory is to be so
distorted as to render any one who
dares to protest or criticize or even, in
the case Of the most daring, to laugh
at certain Of the immaterial, super
fetal, self-imposed impediments to SEN
atorial efficiency-then there are those
who cannot see the matter with the
eyes of Senator Reed.
With varying degrees of clarity the
public memory retains the impression
that-unless the Senate is to be lifted
into a unique relationship to the Con-
stitution-the Senate has itself on occa-
sion attacked" one or another of the
coordinate elements of American con.
stitutional liberty. Why a Senator
should assume as a defender Of pub
lie liberty the responsibility OF criticiz.
ing the executive or judicial branches
of our Government and hold that one
particular. element Of the legislative
body should, upon penalty Of the
charge Of treason being laid against
its critics, be immune from any criti-
cism, is not made entirely clear.
In all seriousness and quite apart
from Senator Reeds remarks on the
subject the Senate should, and no
doubt many of that body do, appreciate
the fact that the Vice President voiced
the growing national insistence that
the upper branch of Congress shall
speedily take up the matter of so re.
vising its rules as to expedite the per.
formance of those duties with which
the Constitution charges 1t, and for
the accomplishment Of which its com.
ponent members are sent to Washing
ton. The jealous adherence to certain
rules, customs or privileges which are
stumbling blocks in the smooth and
orderly progress of senatorial business
Is of no moment outside the north
wing of the Capitol. The Nation holds
that its interests and liberties have
somewhat wider boundaries than those
of even its most illustrious public ser
wants, singly or en- bloc
Evening star., 1925-03-07

Q. How much does it cost to stop
and start train -. j. D. p.
A. 1t costs approximately 81 to
start and stop train.
Q. Why are silhouettes so-called? -
f. $. f.
A. The name is derived from
Etienne de Silhouette, a French min
lister or finance, who was famous for
his measures of economy in 1853. All
business was stripped of unnecessary
delall PAINTINGS were reduced to
mere outlines. Whether this was in
conformance with the spirit of econ
omy or because it was coincidence
that black and white outline por-
traits became popular at this time,
the name Silhouette" was applied to
them and has clung.
@ Is there any possibility of
spontaneous combustion in sawdusto
w. o. K
a. The Bureau of Standards says
that sawdust In piles, particularly
where damp, is liable to spontaneous
combustion.
Q. When were Mason fruit jars in
yented?-R. S. w
+ A. The Ball Brothers say that this
jar was invented in 1858.
Q. Is the Persian cat larger than
the Angora ?-L. A. S.
A. The Persian cat is larger and
has coarser hair than the Angora.
Q. Has the word "gloaming" al.
ways been in good usage?-C. e. B.
A. In DR.. Johnson's day "gloaming'
was classed as a vulgarism. Pony
was then considered slang.
Q. In The Road to Mandalay" doe,
Theba's Queen refer TO the Queen o
Sheba ?-E. s.
A.. The word about which you hav,
inquired is spelled "Thebaw,' moi
''Sheba." Supiyawlat was the Queer
| of Thebaw, who was in turn the las
King Of Burma. He was deposed b,
the British in 1865.
Q. Is the water buffalo usefu
animal?-L. p. L.
A. The water buffalo is valued
highly in China, especially in thu
fields. where 1t is used for the cult
| walton of the rice crop. 1t is saic
that they are more powerful than TIL,
OK and capable of dragging or carry
ing a heavier load. The female yield
a much greater quantity of milk thar
| a COW, and of excellent quality, from
which the ghee or semi fluid butte
of India is made. The hide is valued
for its strength and durability.
Q. What kind of paper is used 70
player piano rolls and when was tn
roll invented?-D. II. G.
A. The paper on which these roll
are made is 33l5 per cent rope fiber
. The perforated paper roll was in
vented in 1887, and the perforated
| music sheet appeared as early a
1912, when a Frenchpan patented i
| in France.
G. Who holds the record for throw
ing a base ball?-J. F. L.
A. Sheldon LIE Jeune, on Octobe
-. 1910, threw a base ball 426 fee
912 inches, and holds the record.
Q. Does a woman precede or fol
low her escort down a receiving line
A. v. r.
A. A woman is received first.
Q. Can a goldfish be tamed?-A
B. NJ.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says tina
it is not unusual to tame goldfish. al
though some are more easily tame'
than others. They are often know
to come to the top and eat out o
ones hand.
Q. How are Pullman cars named
w. H. d.
A. The officials of the company hav'
all the fields of literature, history
geography. botony and biology from
which to choose. The cars are named
as babies are, according to desire o.
those in authority. Often cars arr
named in series or sets, as Pickwick