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

Every man who forgot to pay his
water rent would have the water sup
ply shut off. 1t would stay shut off
until he paid up. The water DEPART
ment would be put on a paying basis.
Why shouldn't it be? Every user
would have a meter. No fiat rates.
Every man who renigged on his taxes
would have his renigging shown I'D.
Gambling games would be allowed to
run as long as they stayed between
friends. Public gambling would be
stopped and the gamblers Jailed.
All kinds of gambling devices, punch
boards, slot machines and the like
would be confiscated The owners
would be prosecuted for a second Of
Tense
Men, good and decent when sober
but cursed with an appetite for strong
drink, would not be arrested and pub
licly Inundated. They would be taken
nome and put to bed. People could
drink as much as they liked as long
as they remained il their own cellars,
II man was caught selling hootcn
he would be prosecuted and if he sold
1t to minor, boy o. girl he would be
shot at sunrise and without benefit of
the clergy.
The interfering bureaucrats at the
state capitol who try to run ali the
towns IN the state, would be told to
go 10 hell and stay put. Lancaster
would run itself. There would be full
publicity of every dollar spent so that
the people would know just who the
money went to and why. No "biank-
citing of items. A paving program
would be instituted without delay.
The main streets would be treated
first and the bystreets taken care of
just as fast as they could be reached.
Inc citizens would soon be shouting
Tor paving in their own blocks.
The city would be re-assessed and
all property placed on an equal yaIu-
alton. All motor cars would be as
sessed at fair value and the money
derived put in a special fund for
street Improvement.
4 plan would be put under way to
operate the city's lighting sytem by
the municipality. The city would
force lower rates from the operating
company or go into business Compel
itively.
The rock quarry would be gouged
out and municipal bathing beach in
stalled. This would be particularly
attractive on Sunday afternoons. The
whole county would come to Lancas-
ter for swim and remain for good
show at night. Perfect order would
be maintained.
Every unsightly firetrap in or near
the business district would be con-
demned as a public nuisance and taxed
out of existence Anyone, merchant
or otherwise, who left inflammable
material stored adjacent to his prem
Uses would be warned and for a second
offense, prosecuted.
Speeders would be prosecuted and
not warned. People driving without
lights or with one light would be
treated likewise. Violators of the
motoring laws would give this town a
wide berth.
The county would be asked to re-
move the inside walk around the
courthouse square on the grounds that
it is an impeachment to traffic. If the
county refused the city would exercise
its sovereign power and dynamite the
walk. The streets would be cleaned
up and kept clean.
This is our idea of hell-roari1g
administration They are things we
all know should be done but we have
MT the moral courage to do them our
selves nor the git-up to import man
to do them for us. The people might
think they would like a hell-roaring
government but they wouldn't. They
prefer the other kind. And things
drift along.