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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
A HeI-Roaring Administration.

Some friends with more enthusiasm
than foresight have suggested to the
writer that he run for mayor of Lam
caster. The public need not be unduly
alarmed. Their number is not many
although their value is like fine gold.
They perhaps assume that because
Editor Ed. Roethe has made Fenn1-
more a good mayor, some the same
medicine would be good for Lancaster.
Which is where they are wrong. 1t
wouldn't be the same-that is the
medicine
While we decline with thanks, we
cannot help a provocative line of
thought. What would happen, we will
say, if the town imported manager
who had no particular desire for pop
ularity but with an itch for efficiency?
The city hall would be turned up
side-down Every lame duck would be
thrown off the city payroll. The
Grantland theatre would be put on a
self-spporting basis or burned down.
Sunday shows would be run if it was
thought it would turn the theatre from
a white elephant and standing loss
into a good community investment.
People, not permanent residents and
who do not own property il the town,
would be welcomed and treated kindly
but they would not be allowed to die
tate how the town should be run.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
DOdgeviIle Lawyers
Case in High Court

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS proceedings
were begun in Dane county circuit
court here Friday against James d.
and William c. McGeever, Dodgeville
attorneys, but soon after the case was
opened the defendants obtained de-
lay until Dec. IA. The action was
brought by the state of Wisconsin and
the state board Of law examiners. H.
H. Thomas, Baraboo attorney, repre-
sents the state. The charges against
the McGeever brothers are that they
appropriated various sums from their
clients, making settlement later. The
state contends the defendants are
guilty of unethical practices.-Mil-
waukee Journal.
(The McGeevers brothers, Jim and
Bill, are well known in Grant county
having been raised at Cuba City. They
will undoubtedly be given full oppor-
tunity by the press of the county to
negate any charges made against
them)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
Greenhouse Damaged;
Award Owner $500

BEAVER DAM-Mrs. Jacob Kolb,
proprietor of the Beaver Floral Co.,
with greenhouses here, was awarded
damages of $500 in circuit court in
a damage suit against Frank Hayes,
Janesvilel contractor. The suit grew
out of damages caused at the green
house in September, 1924, when Hayes
was constructing a concrete road past
the buildings. Blasting work found
necessary in clearing rock from the
road, threw number OF rock frag-
ments through the glass roof and also
twisted the framework of the green
house so that extensive repairs were
necessary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
AUTO LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
TO CHILDREN
State Adopts Handy Method
for Obtaining Plates for
Next Years Motoring.

MISUNDERSTANDING of State Fred
H. zimmerman has issued another
statement that should interest every
one of the 100000 automobile owners
in the state.
Ready-made applications for 1925
are now being mailed by the secretary
OF state to all owners who were reg
lstered IN 1925 at the address given in
their last application A blank an
pllcation for certificate of title which
is required by new law and a return
envelope with directions is also in
Guided. When the owner receives these
forms he should compare the descrin-
ton in the application for license with
the actual description of the car talk
ing special care to have the engine
number correct Fill out the applica-
ZION Tor title and send both appIica-
lions with the correct fee for each
in the same envelope to the secretary
of state.
Ii the car described in the applica-
ton has been sold or DESTROYED the
application should be discarded If
need not be sent to the new owner or
pack to the secretary of state. If the
description is wrong in any respect
1t should be corrected. 1t is very i'm
portant to the owner that he describe
his vehicle accurately.
The applicant for certificate of title
is required by the law to report anv
encumbrance on the vehicle, that is if
the owner gave mortgage, sales con-
tract or title clause note A debt is
not the same thing as an encumbrance.
The car may not be encumbered even
though it is not paid for
All necessary information should be
given in the application A letter is
unnecessary. The secretary of state
gets more letters each day than fifty
clerks can read and answer. Don't
write to him for information which
you can get from your garage, bank
or police department.
After the close of 1925 no one can
obtain license for privately owned
car without having or applying for
a certificate of title No used car can
be legally sold unless it is titled.
The discount for age will not be al
lowed unless it is claimed at the time
Of making the application and is de-
Quoted from the fee.
The number of your license will
generally be placed on the money or
der, draft or check you send in pay
ment.
Be careful to have everything cor
rect-your name, address with street
and number or RID, engine and ser
ial number Cords have no serial num-
Der or model number) and the cor
rect fees.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
Locates at Brentwood;
Wins Wilderness Home

BLANCHARDVILLE-A very cheer
full letter was received recently from
Henry B. Eidsmoe, who is located on
a farm near Brentwood, and is having
the experience of starting in COM
paratively new country with very
little means and winning home
away from the forest, overcoming OBJ
stacles usual to an undertaking of
this kind. He is in the dairy business
and keeps as many COWS as possible.
Owing to his early training on the
Ole Farmer place and other farms, he
lans strongly toward the dairy, and
consequently did not have any gold
mine on his place this year in the way
of a nice lot of potatoes to sell. He is
building a new barn and if he and his
good wife have their health, they will
some day have good farm in a very
desirable part of the state. Here is
the best of luck to you, Henry, from
your many friends in Balnchardville
and vicinity.-Blade.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
GOOD FELLOWS
TO BE SANTAS
TO CHILDEN
Kiwanis to Carry Out Same
Plan as a Year Ago.
Public May Help.

AS it did year ago, the Kiwanis
club of Lancaster plans to see that no
child in this city or vicinity goes
without happy Christmas.
Last year a number of children were
taken care of in an transformations
manner. Members were given the
names and responsibility. In every
case the children Good Fellow work
was carried out.
A similar arrangement will be car
ried out this year. Lists will be made
up and names distributed. The Good
Fellow work will follow.
The Kiwanis does not wish to ap-
propriate the work of this deserving
form of charity, but simply takes the
lead. Any man, woman or child out
side the organization who wishes to
play the part of a Good Fellow at
the Christmas season can be supplied
with name or names.
J. d. Henkel is chairman of the XII
wants committee. His associates are:
HI. L. Folio, S. S. McNelly, William J.
Webb and Jacob Hoffman
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
HERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM

The Herald's sheep problem, relat-
ing the story of George and Earl
Henry's venture in western sheep
proved so interesting that we submit
another one to the beginners class in
business arithmetic. Here it is:
Last August Austin & Lewis sold
Bert DiVall 279 head of western sheep
al an average weight of "a pounds.
Two died from bloat The 277 remain
ing made gain of 80 pounds each up
to Wednesday when they were sold
back to Austin & Lewis, who shipped
them to market. The sheep cost Bert
s2,240 40. They were sold for $3,59S.75,
making gross profit of S1,35S.35.
Cost of feed is estimated at $500. What
was the net profit per head and what
price per hundred was paid for the
sheep in August? At what price did
they sell back for? Get busy, boys
and girls. Your problems in later
years will be as practical as this one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
Bloomington Bank
Backs Corn Show

BLOOMINGTON - Thursday, Dec.
10, is corn day in Bloomington. A
corn contest is being fostered and
promoted by the Woodhouse & Bart
ley bank, one Of the Oldest banking
institutions of Grant county.
The contest is open to farmers re-
siding in the townships of Glen Ha-
ven, Beetown, Patch Grove, Little
Grant, Wyalusing, Mt Hope, and
Bloomington. Ten ears, crop of 1925,
yellow or white, constitute an exhibit.
Any exhibitor can enter both classes,
and there is no entry fee.
Cash prizes of $85 are offered in
each class, a sweepstakes prize of
$40 additional and SIS special prize
to the township having the largest
number of exhibits.
Prof. R. A. Moore. of the Wisconsin
Agricultural college, a recognized au-
thority on corn, will judge the corn
and award the prizes. He will also
speak on corn. The show will be held
in the bank hall and the contest will
be managed by F. P. BARLEY, presi-
dent of the bank.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
Why the Mayor and His Four
Aldermen Must Serve Again.

Along with the arrival of the pump
ing plant machinery and the fact that
a new year is almost upon us, brings
to mind two things:
One-The machinery will soon be
installed
Two-Election is April 9Th, 1925.
We think of these two things CO.
ordinately.
For one, Mayor Beck and his sup
porters pushed through the purchase
of the oil pumping outfit in the face
of considerable opposition including
four of the council.
For two, having pushed this pur-
chase through, insisted that it was
right and necessary, it becomes in
cumbent on the mayor and his sup
porters to see the thing through.
1t is general talk that Mayor Beck
will not stand for reelection. He
should BY all odds the oil pump is
his pet objective. 1t may be the best
thing in the world He is convinced
it is.
1t would be passing the buck for
Mr.. Beck to step out and leave it for
another mayor who might not be in
sympathy with the oil pumping meth
cd to make it work. Beck started it
let him see it through. If it does pay
out big as he says it will he will be
justly entitled to credit. If it falls
down as it might in his or other hands,
let the blame stand where it belongs.
And this applies for the aldermen,
three of whom will have served two
year term by April. Let them see
their project through.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
A State Sex Institute
Would Be Beneficial.

w. J. HOLMAN, travelling represent
ative of the Anti-TuberculOsis Christ
mas seal campaign, was in Lancaster
Tuesday. While here he called at the
Herald office as is his wont, and said
a few things. Among other points Of
interest was a reference to state in
situte for the prevention and cure of
sex diseases.
Mr.. HOLMAN referred to an institute
now being operated in Chicago, say
ing there is nothing of the kind in
Wisconsin. Nearly every evil in the
world is considered in this state All
but venereal disease. 1t is politely ig-
nored And like hidden flame in a
coal pile it burns deeply in the heart
of the social order.
The Chicago institute is financed by
philanthropic people. Treatment is
given whenever asked for, free if ne
cessary This treatment is handled
by legitimate and capable doctors.
Along with the treatment goes much
publicity and instruction. 1t is safe
to say that the page advertisements
run at intervals in the Chicago papers
depicting the evils of sex disease,
have alone more than justified all the
expense.
In the main young men are appealed
to. You cannot reach young man
by an appeal along moral lines That
is, most young men. You can reach
a young man if you can convince him
that a promiscuous sex life may result
in his physical ruin.
Most men are not moral by nature.
Man is naturally pOlygamous and pro-
miscuous In later life he acquires a
certain amount of morality. He rarely
approaches the average woman in his
moral outlook. But he does better as
he gets older AS his vitality declines
his spirituality increases.
A young man of sense might be
made to understand that moral laXlty
may scar him permanently. Sooner
or later he will want a family. He
will think twice before he will curse
his own flesh and blood and have q
living reproach before him all of his
later days The child may not know
what caused his condition but the
father will know. Know and curse
himself in his inmOst soul for the acts
it is too late to change.
The evils of wild oats are just that.
The greatest evil is the physical evil.
Sins can be repented and wild oats
sown and forgotten. A ruined body
can never be repaired. This knowledge
keeps many a man straight.
The Herald endorses Mr.. Kollman's
idea and wishes him success. Wis
consin like every other commonwealth
needs the light turned on society's
cancer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
Flashes
"Life is ShOrt-Tell the Truth"
Hunting With Ferrets.

A Madisin item stating that one lit
tie ferret used for hunting rabbits had
resulted in the arrest and prosecu-
ton of two men, both foreigners,
brings to mind that this form of brutal
and unfair taking of game is viola
ton of the state law and should be
prosecuted wherever enacted
One reason is that it is unsports-
manlike. It kills the game off and de-
prives the law-abiding hunter of his
chance for a rabbit. Another reason
is that it is unfair to the game. Even
rabbit should have sporting
chance. The man with a gun who
shoots at a rabbit on the run gives
the game its fair chance. Ferreting
rabbits is the same as dynamiting fish,
if not worse.
The writer minds that one of the
loudest shouters for law enforcement,
ie., Sunday closing, he ever knew,
went hunting rabbits with a ferret.
He got about no. Why he wasn't
prosecuted we don't know Probably
his position and pull saved him. A
common dub would have been fined
fifty dollars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
LANCASTER 8; POTOSI 10

Potosi high school defeated Lancas-
ter in a game of basketball at the
local gym Friday evening. The Po-
tosi boys are veteran contenders and
Lancaster did well to roll up as good
a score is it did. The schedule for
the seasons games is as follows:
Dec IL, Cuba City at Cuba City;
Dec II, Mt Horeb at Lancaster; Jan.
8, Fennimore at Lancaster; Jan. Is,
Boscobel at Boscobel; Jan. 20, Cuba
City at Lancaster; Feb. 5. Mt. Horeb
at Mt Horeb; Feb. II, open; Feb.
10, Monticello at Lancaster; Feb. rs,
Dodgeville at Dodgeville; Feb. 5,
Fennimore at Fennimore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
WIN INTERNATIONAL PRIZES

Supt NJ " Burris of the county
farm received a wire Wednesday to
the effect that five calves from the
herd being exhibited at the Internal
ional show at Chicago, had taken third
place The calves averaged 668 lbs
each.
Andrew Bode of Potosi won second
prize on his Chester White swine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
1925 BIGGEST CORN YEAR

Farmers assisting the Wisconsin de-
partment of agriculture report the
best yield of corn of any year on re-
cord. The new high yield is 46.5 bu.
per acre which compares with the
next highest yield of 1872 blu. made in
1921. In southern Wisconsin many
farmers state that they have more
corn this year than in any year in
their experience.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Topical
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.
Fractures Arm AS
Car Gets Cranky

FAYETTEVILLE = Manafee Burris,
rural route carrier, received a brok-
en- arm last week while cranking up
his car Burt Womack received
broken right arm Saturday starting
his tractor. This makes 10 broken
arms by bucking Fords here in the
past six months.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-09
"Silent night, Holy night"

and always there was an enraptured
audience.
Joseph Mohr died at Wagrian in
1S48, Franz Gruber at Hallein in
1868.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Union Relief Pledged.

Rinaldo Cappellini, district presldent
of the union, declared that the miners
org:I riZation will furnish food ana
clothing to the miners families at
MURRAY, and that everything Will be
done for them in the way OF reller.
President Cappellini said the strikers
at Murray have no intention or re-
turning to work in viola tion OF the
union strike order, and that stories 10
the contrary are propag ganda-
At the headquarters of the union
here il was stated that il was not
known until this week that the miners
and families in Murray were in such
destitute circumstances.
moving scene occurs in Edwards
Vile at 1 o'clock every afternoon,
when men, women and children, with
pals and pitchers and saucepans.
come TO the soup kitchen. on Main
street. organized by Mrs. Mary Ryan
Bell.
About 500 quarts of soup. 700 loaves
of bread and 60 quarts of milk are
given away each day. All the food Is
donated, all the service is volunteer.
The soup is compounded of fresh q nd
canned vegetables. and good beef sim
Iners away in huge dishpans and wash
boilers on an improvised range.
Some miners, who own their homes
have asked and received small loans
to carry them over the holidays
Liquid credits are being curtailed by
banks, according to Ross H. Lloyd
president of the Dime Bank Title and
Trust Co. of Wilkes-Barre.
Business failures are predicted by
a bank official who has served on one
Evening star., 1925-12-27
HENRY LANSbURGH
SERVICES TONIGHT
Almas Temple to Honor
Memory of Potentate at
Auditorium.

The general public will be vel
coined at the memorial service TO be
held under the auspices Of Almas
Temple for Henry Lansburgh, late
potentate of the Temple, at the Wash
ington Auditorium tonight at s
O'Clock. Special invitations have been
extended to members and their fam
lilies and friends.
Principal speakers will be the
Grand Master of Masons for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Past Potentate Roe
Fulkerson. representing the Shrine;
Judge Arthur f. Hayes, SD degree
Mason. representing the Scottish Rite
bodies. and DR.. John G. Palmer, rep
resenting The Blue Lodge.
The Almas Orchestra, under the
leadership of Myer \. Goldman. and
the Almas Military Band. conducted
by William G. White. will furnish a
musical program. The Almas Chant
ers, r. Brooke Amiss. Jr.. directing,
will render vocal selections. Arrange
ments have been made for special
scenic effects and ampllficrs have been
installed throughout the auditorium.
Rev. Hugh +. Stevenson will offer the
PRAYER and DIR. Palmer will preside
The sounding of taps by bueier
from the Washington Barracks VIII
conclude the service.
Evening star., 1925-12-27


receivership this week. He declared he
knows that several business establish
ments which have met with reverses
due to strike conditions cannot hold
out much longer. -.
In some sections there have been
evictions of miners families from
homes they occupied. In some in
stances these evictions have been
caused by the companies upon refusal
of the families to find other quarters
in the section. There is no money
to pay rents and the families have
doubled up in many sections.
The old commissary plan OF the
company has been sidetracked. With
no pay since September the miners
have no prospect of buying food ex-
cept for the credit that Is extended
them by the merchants in the vari-
Gus towns.
The new year brings only the add
ed hope Of an early settlement.
The miners are fighting on for
their demands but behind the
scenes and the real sufferers are those
women and children who are praying
for peace. They care not for de
mands, they care only that a bright
ness may be restored to the homes.
whether it be by a victory OF the op-
orators or by the miners.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
i. S. PLOT TOGR|P
WORLDS ALLEGED
French Paper Accuses Amer
leans OF Using Money to
Spread Control.

fy Cable TO Tho star ana New York World
PARIS. December 26.-"The New
Masters of the World" j. the title OF
an attack ON the United States
printed today in the ordinarily LIBERAL
ana SoCiahstiCally inclined l. OeuNre.
American bankers ana capitalists.
backed by 'straWmcn in " ashing-
ton. are preparing a hcg.mony based
"n industrial superiority and control
"f the worlds raw materials, Is the
charge of the paper. American trusts
are stretching out 10 circle the globe
reducing every nation t. economic
submission.
Loeuvre declares this studied pur-
pose was conceived il the minds OF
the trust builders ana Is supported
bN the American Government. which,
despite It's talk OF disarmament j..
preparing under the name oi rational
defense formidable military snu naval
forces SO that IL can back with .ums
the designs of its capitalists.
Gives Figures on Wealth.
With - per cent OF the worlds gold,
the tlSEeSJ production OF steel and
copper, with an annual revenue two
anu h3l1 times bigger than Inat of
I.nSidnd, France. Germany and Japan
combined, the newspaper declares the
ti
the world in bondage economically and
assure hsr success by adequate mill
larry and naval power.
/ OeuVre says the United States. in
suggesting the Dawes plan. reduced
Germany TO a state of re.ative supjec-
ton by an aims of a lew hundred
million dollars 1t declares that Bel
Elum accepted an American loan and
was obliged to alter her budget, and
Italy is believed To have given into
pawn her entire industrial and eco
Eomic forces TO Wall Street. in return
for credit
Poland gave her railways and her
tetephunes in pawn for American n
-. *. the charge continues. and lin
Trance. there is talk of selling the to-
I4cco monopoly to an American to-
bacco trust. which possesses nearly
ell the tobacco in the world, but not
yet ours
shows Army Cost i'm Francs.
An American effort to seize world
power by economic domination. de-
c!ares the paper. is not a chimera. Il
already q has control of most raw ma
ierialS and is seeking TO get control
az others. The figures il gives TO
show American military strength eX-
pressed IN francs are imposing
The American Army and Navy. il
saws. cost annually 1900. 900. 900
trancs-half the entire French bud
get. The American Navy represents
a capital of 100000 900 francs
more than the floating debt which
is causing Frances difficulties.
To add to the imposing figures.
L'Oeuvre quotes from an article on
American aviation in the Review
Aeronautique. which credits the
United States with spending $780,
100000 annually for airplane ex-
penses, although the military budget
shows an expenditure of only S35,-
100000.
The United States Army has 100
machines with 600 pilots. and the
Navy 500 p.lnes with 400 pilots. ac-
cording to the story. L'Oeuvre adds
that airplane construction develop
ment in the United States soon will
Surpass the rest of the world. giving
This country a formidable arm which
1t does not need merely for defense.
Copyright 1925
Evening star., 1925-12-27
HARVARD CLUBS READY.

The holiday concert to be given by
the Harvard University Instrumental
Clubs in the ballroom of the May
flower Hotel tonight has taken on the
character of an intercollegiate event.
Boxes and groups of seats have been
reserved by contingents of under
grad yates, here for the holidays, rep
resenting virtually all of the leading
colleges. The groups will carry their
college banners and enliven the oc-
casion with college yells in a spirit
Of greeting to the Harvard boys.