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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
BIG MEN In SMALL TOWNS

William Allen White is one of the
great editors of his generation; the
Mayo brothers are among the great
physicians and surgeons; John W.
Davis is among the great lawyers. And
they all brought it about in the little
towns where they were born.
Davis made himself what he is in
Clarksburg; William Allen White, in
Emporia; the Mayo brothers in Ro-
chester, MINI. Somewhere among the
fragments of gossip one picks up about
the world it has been repeated to me
that when the Mayo brothers were
young they wanted to go to Chicago to
practice; but were dissuaded by their
father, who told them they could make
themselves first-class doctors in Ro-
chester, and that if they were suffi-
GENTLY good doctors Chicago would
come to them.
When the city publishers tried to
lure William Allen White to the cities
with promises of what they persuas-
lively said and believed would be his
best opportunity to reach the maxi
mum of fame and other recompense,
he took a look at Chicago's and New
York's skyscraping apartment houses
and said he preferred to live in place
where he could water his own front
lawn with thirty-five feet of hose
McNaught's Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
LET SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID

LET SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID
When over the fair name of friend
or foe
The shadow of disgrace shall fall;
instead
Of words of blame, or proof of so and
so,
Let something good be said.
Forget not that no fellow being yet
May fall SO low but love may lift
his head;
Even the cheek of shame with tears is
wet,
If something good be said.
No generous heart may vain1y turn
aside
In ways of sympathy; no soul so
dead
But may awaken strong and glorified
If something good be said.
And so I charge We, by the thorny
crown,
And by the cross on which the Saw
ious bled,
And by your own souls hope for fair
renown,
Let something good be said.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
Even That Strong,
Silent Man May Be
Nothing But a Sham
From The London opinion.

from Ihe London Opinion.
She was leaning against the man.
telpiece, throbbing ecstatically, every
chord of her vibrating, quivering, for
him. Silently he stalked into the
room on his great, big, powerful, pas
sionate feet.
"You look worried" she said, and
stretched out one slim arm toward
him.
He bit her callously.
II am worried" he cursed. "I've
had a rotten day at Newmarket"
Have you lost much?"
mo. not much. A paltry $4,000
pounds"
What are you going to do?" she
asked.
Nothing" he answered shortly, and
twisted her ear in bored way "Why
should l do anything?"
She laid her golden head on his
breast.
Forgive me-" she sighed. 'T only
wished to help you. Why don't you
ask mother for check?"
Because 1 dislike asking trifing
favors' he said haughtily, and kicked
small piece out of the Chippendale
coal scuttle.
ooh, please don't wreck another
home!" she whimpered. "My mother
loves that coal scuttle. She would
do anything sooner than harm should
come to it."
A keen, shrewd look came into his
face, and he bit her. again, but not
unkindly.
ut is against my principles to take
money from your mother" he said
coldly. Yet, for her sake, tell her
that unless I receive a check for
$4,000 pounds in half an hour I will
kick her damned coal scuttle into the
area"
Utterly cowed, she moved toward
the door. The money should be got,
even if she had to ask for it on her
Bonded knees With her hand on the
door knob a strange, soul-searing
thought occurred to her and she
paused.
Herbert" she whispered. Herbert,
tell me what makes you such a glori-
Gus beast?"
He looked surprised. Never before
had she tried to pierce his hidden
motives. Weakness, weakness for
the truth, came over him.
He drew her tenderly toward him.
For months he had wanted to draw
her tenderIy toward him, but he
hadn't dared.
Mildred" he stammered shyly, Ct
I feel the time has come when I must
tell you the truth. l cannot go on de-
ceiVing you any longer. Before we
were married I could, but now I can't.
[ am not a glorious beast. I'm simply
oen huge sham. I'm just what woman
made me-"
"a woman, .Herbert?" she sighed
happily. "You mean me?"
mo, not you, Mildred. That woman
writer who invented the strong, 81
lent man. I'm really a nice, quiet,
easy-going chap who hates all sorts
of fuss, but" he wept bitterly,
but I tried to live up to sample"
Dumfounded, her heaven shattered
in small pieces, she stared miserably
at him.
"And when you strike me, Herbert,
does it mean nothing?" she asked
duly. "Do you only do it because
it's in the book-the book of rules?"
For no other reason" he muir
INJURED wretchedly.
1t seemed incredible to her.
"And when you threw me into the
sink last Tuesday before going out
to Bandino's to dance the whole night
through" she pursued doggedly.
Surely that was your own big
thought"
mot even that" he whispered. "I
got it all out of the book"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
OLDSMOBILE
SIX

w. H. Saunders, motor truck driv-
er employed on Grant HIGHWAY con-
struction work between Elizabeth and
Stockton miraculously escaped death
Wednesday morning when his car
jumped over a steep embankment and
plunged end over end for $50 feet
down the side of a sharp bluff. Saun-
ders was thrown clear of the machine
as it made it's wild plunge and to that
fact he probably owes his life. The
truck finally stopped $50 feet from
the highway near the Kaul home.
Saunders was knocked unconscious
and fellow workmen rushed him to a
physicians office in Elizabeth where
he recovered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03

United States river engineers of the
Rock Island river district have been
asked to make an estimate of the cost
of surveying all tributaries of the
Mississippi river in this district. The
information is asked by the chief of
engineers at Washington. 1t will be
determined in the survey, if author
lied, what can be done by the govern
ment to improve irrigation, navigation,
flood control and power conditions of
the tributaries.
James Cavanaugh, an old time con-
ductor on the Milwaukee, lost his sis
ter, Miss Mary Cavanaugh, at Muscoda
She was IS years old and had lived
in that village all their life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
THE ART OF BLAMING OTHERS

1t is often said and taught that we
should not blame others.
But there are times when others are
wrong, and we are right-at least
we feel So There are times when we
must stand firmly by our own convir-
tions, no matter what the world says
There is a time to take your own
part against the whole world, just as
there is a time to admit your own
failure, if caused by inner collapse.
1t is very necessary to maintain a
proper balance between blaming our
selves and others. All life, for that
matter is balance, and a question of
Judgment, and there is nothing which
the distinction should be more sharp
ly drawn than in the matter of hold
ing others to be at fault on the one
hand and ourselves on the other.
If you will read the life of any man
of achievement, you will be struck by
his absolute confidence in his own
great ideas.
The whole world may have laughed
at him, but he knew that the world
was wrong.
1T is written: ITO the jaundiced
honey tastes bitter, and to those bit
ten by mad dogs water causes fear,
and to little children ball is line
thing" So says Marcus Aurel1us.
So is it an art calling for all our
facilities to know whether it is our
selves or our friends who are little
children or bitten or jaundiced.
Napoleon realized this when he said:
ITO succeed one must be sometimes
very bold and sometimes very pru-
dent"
If we are always blaming others we
become disagreeable. 1t is a bad habit
to which we are all liable, that of
laying our blame or failure on other
people.
But it is also bad habit to be so
blind and to so lack spiritual back
bone as to be a continual doormat.
There are times when we must
stand up for ourselves.
This perfect balance is indicated in
the teaching of Scripture, which says :;
Love thy neighbor as thyself." Ii
there is no intelligent love of oneself,
there can be none that is of value for
ones neighbor.
1t is important to know when we are
wrong, and important to know when
the world is wrong. 1t is all part of
the difficult art of life.-Dr. Frank
Crane.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
Jesus Was a "WOnderful jew"

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, of New York,
in sermon at the civic Lenten SER
vice held under the auspices of the
Paterson council of churches, said
that Jesus was wonderful Jew"
There is less differences than most
people think in the creeds of the Chris
tians and Jews" he said. 1--WE differ
only in the way in which we place
Christ. He was a wonderful Jew.
He is my teacher as we'll as yours.
1t would be we'll for everyone, Jew and
Gentle alike, to follow the teachings
of Jesus Christ"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03

. Harold Austin was Baraboo caller
the past week.
LYLE Blackburn has received an
offer from school authorities in Mil
waukee for him to coach athletics and
each mathematics and history the
coming school year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Schmidt were
in Rochester last week to consult
specialists in regard to Elmer's health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dickinson of
Patch Grove are planning to return
to Lancaster to live.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Prohibition Officers Get
Goods on Six ViOIatOrS
DRY SQUAD NAB SIX IN RAIDS
ON WESTERN PART OF
Villas COUNTY

Prohibition officers working in the
gathered up six violators who were
charged with the possession and sale
of moonshine. Appearing in Munich
pal court they were found guilty of
both offenses and being taken before
County Judge Carter for sentence, re-
ceived the following.
Henry Charles, fined $4,000 and
costs.
Augusta Basvh, lined $4,000 and
costs.
Cap Sipps, fined $4,000 and COSTS
Everett Jones, fined $4,000 and
costs.
Herman Kettles, fined $4,000 and
costs.
Oscar Johnson, fined $4,000 and
costs.
The alternative penalty was three
months in Jail and all but one elected
to pay the fine. The costs in each ac,
tion were $4,000 each.
Today, before Municipal Judge Hig
gins, the case of the State of Wiscon-
sin VS.. John Olendar, for reckless
driving in the Village of Phelps last
week in which man by the name of
Hake was injured so seriously that
he had to be taken to the hospital
will be heard.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
No Deer Hunting This
Fall in State; New Law
OPEN SEASON ONLY ON EVEN
YEARS WITH CINE BUCK LAW
STILL IN FORCE

There will be no deer hunting in
the state of Wisconsin this year as a
result of a measure passed by the last
Legislature and put INTO effect by the
Wisconsin Conservation Commission.
And when the season opens next
year the one buck law will again be
in effect in an effort to further protect
the animals, while the season opens
Dec. 1st, and last for ten days.
The effect of the alternate closed
season will be watched with interest
to determine to what extent il bene
fits deer propagation.
Under the terms of The new mea
sure grouse season starts on the third
Saturday in September and lasts for
four days, while the partridge season
opens on the first Saturday in Octo
Der and lasts for four days.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
WHEN A BANK CLOSES

Eagle River pc op.c found within the
past week that it is one thing to cas-
ually read of banks closing temporar-
lily or permanently in some other town
and having the same thing occur in
their own town. Those who did all
of their banking business with the
Farmers & Merchants State Bank sud
denly found out that as far as cash
was concerned, in the form of checks
that they had none and were lucky
if they collected sufficient cash and
checks on other banks to meet their
payrolls Saturday night Should the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Second Annual TOnSiI
and Eye Clinic Now On
WILL BE IN EAGLE RIVER THURS
DAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
OF THIS WEEK

Villas county's second annual tonsil
and eye clinic started at Phelps Tues
day morning of this week. Six cases
were taken care OF on the first day
and a waiting list at that time prom
ised plenty to do during the few days
the clinic is being held in that town,
Thursday the clinic opened at Eagle
River. Tonsil operations will be per-
formed here Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, and next week if necessary. DR.
Flavia Doty OF. Gary, Indiana, is the
operating surgeon assisted by Miss
Ann Christman, county nurse and
other local nurses and helpers. The
forenoons are devoted to tonsil cases
and the afternoons to eye examina-
lions.
This is not free clinic but under
the management of the Villas County
Welfare Association, the operations
are performed at cost, which makes
it possible for a great many needed
cases to be treated without hospital
expense. Proceeds from the Child
Health Fund tag day held last week
are used for those cases where i'm
mediate attention is absolutely needed
among those people who arc entirely
unable to pay.
The tonsil and eye clinic is feature
of public health work seldom attempt
ed in counties of this size, but it's
success last year warrants continual
tion of the event every year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

the primaries for the Republican nom
ination. She overwhelmingly defeated
two strong men candidates. Then into
the fight for election against a Demo
cratic opponent. Eugene Noble Foss,
three times governor of Mascsachu-
sets. She defeated him, nearly 8
votes to /.
Mrs. Kahn's supporters are quite
firm in the belief that she will be a
real congresswoman. She was forc
ed to make real fight for election
She made many political speeches
and surprised all by her grasp of ma
tional questions and the workings of
congress. Sentiment was forgotten
and she rolled up votes on merit
enough to win handsomely
1t is true that of the seven women
elected to congress since the inaugur-
alton of equal right, not one has in
any way distinguished herself How
ever, woman has shown herself an
apt pupil and recent elections indicate
that she has arrived-to make good
The seven women elected to con-
gress:
Alice Robertson oklahoma
larly elected.
Jeanette Rankin, Montana-regular,
ly elected.
Winifrad Mason Huclr Illino;c
fathers term.
Mae Nolan, CALIFORNIA; husbands
term.
Mary T. Norton, New Jersey-regul
arly elected.
Florence Prag Kahn, California
husbands term.
Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts
husbands term.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Commission Takes Steps
To Help Water Supply
AUXILIARY PUMPING OUTFIT
WILL BE IN OPERATION THIS
WEEK AT PUMPING PLANT

The Light e Water Commission are
installing an auxiliary pumping outfit
consisting of 27O gallon pump which
will be placed in the river above the
main intake and will be operated by a
tractor to assist in furnishing the
water supply for Eagle River, but par.
ticulary for use in case of fire. 1t will
relieve the main pumps of part of
their load and in that way will afford
more power for furnishing lights and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
ELECTION OF TWO WIDOWS TO
NEXT CONGRESS INDICATES
NEW ORDER FOR WOMEN
I'M POLITICS

Three women will sit in the next
Congress.
Two of them are political widows
elected to serve out the unexpired
terms of their late husbands.
However, sentiment has died in
politics the woman elected to
Congress now-goes there on merit.
Such is the political evidence of 1925.
One of the widows is from Mass
achusetts, the first ever to be sent
from the New England states. She is
Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers of the fifth
district. The other is Mrs Florence
Prag Kahn of San Francisco, elected
from the fourth California district.
The third member is not widow,
therefore had to go out in an intensive
campaign and battle her way to vic
tory. She is Mrs Mary T. Norton of
New Jersey-whose husband is alive
and in the cooperage business at Jer-
sey City
While sentiment prompted the can
didacy of both Mrs. Rogers and Mrs.
Kahn, at the deaths of their husbands,
both encountered strong opposition to
their elections which made the cam
paigns whirlwind affairs and gave to
both the opportunity to prove that
they were qualified for seats in con-
gress.
Mrs. Rogers victory at the recent
election was most notable. She first
went into a three cornered fight at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Ap,, Is. ,DDD CHARLES %. 00liegano '-'u : ,s=z

have done to perform many of the
services that he did for others, that
his own life would have been longer.
Be that, as it may, it is not given to
a,any men in the short span of years
lived by him, to be the powerful in
fuence in their communities and
among the residents of their commtln-
tiles, that will cause their memories
to be cherished in the same degree
that many in Eagle River will never
cease to remember was exemplified
in the useful and worthy life OF
Charlie Wiegand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
CHARCOAL CAR FIRE

The Fire Department was called out
about 1890 Saturday to put out a fire
originating from some cause in a box
car loaded with charcoal, shipped
from Phelps and set out here. A
stream of water soon extinguished the
blaze and aside from reloading par of
the charcoal and some damage to the
freight car, no other loss resulted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

Missionaries to Africa take a tame
menagerie, including chickens. pigs,
cattle and goats. AS they travel, the
missionaries will observe how these
interesting animals all represent EVO
LUTON. The White Leghorns and
Rhode Island Reds come from Jungle
fowl. Cows are improved sisters of
the auroch, the buffalo, or the zebu.
The pigs have their relatives scatter
ed from the tapirs in South America
to the fierce, big toothed wart hog OF
the jungle, or the hippopotamus.
Everything proves that constant
change, or evolution, exists in the AMI
NAL kingdom. Only the blind don't see
it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

The Farmers & Merchants State
Bank which was closed last week
pending an examination being made
by the state examiners, is still in
their hands and as yet no official in
formation is known as to the result
of their findings. 1t is said that they
will complete their work in day or
so when undoubtedly depositors and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

Some Wall Street gentlemen organ
lied little panic based on Santa Bar
bara's earthquake and now wish they
hadn't They sold short California
stocks, oils, rails, etc. But real finance
knows that, compared to the total
wealth of California, the property de
struction in Santa Barbara is like los
ing one nail in nail factory. The
stocks snapped" back again, and the
panic promoters had their fingers
pinched.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
DIMINISHING EARTHQUAKES.
NO THIRD TERM.
MUST THE STRIKE COME?
THE HEN, PIG AND COW.

California earthquake reports dwin
die down, as was predicted. Five times
as many deaths in small section of
a big Eastern city, due to some dis
ease outbreak, would attract no atten
ton.
Those that know California know
that this misfortune of a moment will
be wiped away, made up and soon for
gotten. 1t will not check CALIFORNIA;
growth by as much as an hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
NOTICE

To the Public:
The officers of the Fair Association
are anxious to receive suggestions for
the improving of this years fair,
either as to the entertainment pro-
gram or the exhibits or the manage
ment of the fair during the three
days thereof All suggestions to be
sent to Frank w. Carter Secretary
Premium lists will be sent to anyone
requesting copy, whom we may have
missed
FRANK w. CARTER, Sec.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

A great coal strike threatens here,
as similar strike threatens England.
Mr.. Lewis, leader of coal miners, and
owners of mines should think it over
carefully.
To force strike, when the people
are willing to pay a fair price for coal
based on fair wages, is folly and the
intelligence of organized money
should find way to prevent it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

The New York Times devotes part
of it's front page to "a third term for
Coolidge"
There can't be any Coolidge third
term discussion until after the Presi
dent shall have been reelected in 1928
He has been elected only once thus
far. II, as is probable, he should be
reelected in 1928, that would be his
SECOND TERM and the right time to
begin talking of a THIRD term.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
A TRIBUTE

We are united today in a common
sorrow. One whom we all loved to
call friend and brother, and who had
proved his right to the title by un-
numbered friendly and brotherly
deeds, is cut down like the new-mown
hay in the early midsummer of life.
We shall miss him in every civic and
community enterprise, we shall miss
him in the councils and undertakings
guiding hand in the affairs of Mason
ry, we shall miss him in those tender
personal relationships and fellow
ships where his gracious spirit and
kindness found their most winsome
expression. And our hearts are wound
ed today by the tragic manner of his
going. think it were well for us to
remember this, in contemplating his
act: The human spirit is an intricate
and delicately poised instrument like
which there is nothing in all the in
tricate and marvellous inventions of
man. To carry the heavy burdens to
meet the trying situations, to answer
to the responsibilities and emergen.
cies that fall upon or are thrust upon
us without mishap is to put a test
upon that human instrument more
severe sometimes than Il can stand.
Our friend, we know, has not had his
accustomed physical and nervous
strength since his operation and Sc
we're illness last fall. We know what
happens when our mastery over the
automobile is lost, even for moment.
We can guess family what happens
in human personality when for
moment the control of the guiding
spirit has yielded to fatigue and i'll
health and secret brooding and worry.
We are learning to diagnose as sick
aesS today things that in earlie1 gen
erations were judged with an uncalled
for harshness. 1t were well to throw
about the deed Of our friend that Man
tie of Christian charity with which he
was wont to shield the faults and
weaknesses of his friends. It were
well for us to forget the weakness and
the error in contemplation OF the fine
and royal things we knew in him and
loved in him.
There is one other thing needful
for us to do today, and that is to turn
to Him who devised the instrument,
the Great Artificer of the Universe
who healeth all our diseases and
comforteth all our sorrows in whose
infinite understanding and unfathom
ed love our confused human minds
and wounded human hearts may find
rest. When the problem is too great
for us and the burden too heavy
we can leave them in His hands. All
is dark now, but he "turneth the shad
ow Of death into the morning." All
is troubled and anguished now, but
AS one whom his mother comforteth,
so will comfort you," saith God. All
is anxiety now, but "They that trust
in the Lord are as mount Zion, which
cannot be moved, but abideth forever.
AS the mountains are round about
Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about
his people, from this time forth and
forevermore. So today, my beloved,
exhort you to lean upon that Grac
ious and Infinite One, putting all your
confidence all your trust in Him. He
knoweth our frame, he remembereth
and the bruised reed he will not break
the smoking flax he will not quench.
Not now, but in the coming years,