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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
The Dog License.

1t seems to the Herald that the city
council is little inconsistent in max
ing no distinction between licensed
and unlicensed dogs in its new i'm
pounding ordinance. Under the terms
of the ordinance dogs, either licensed
or unlicensed, found running at large
whether committing a nuisance or not,
will be impounded. Owners of licensed
dogs will be charged So and Csc day
for each day the dog is impounded.
1t seems apparent that the owner
of a licensed dog pays a tax for the
privilege of committing the cruel and
inhuman act of keeping the dog tied
to a stake in his back yard. Just what
advantage accrues to being law-abid-
ing and paying license to keep dog
tied up is not apparent.
Our view is that the dog tax should
be high enough, say So for males and
| SIS for females, to make it proof of
real sincerity in owning dog. Then
| if a dog runs at large without tag
get rid of him instanter. Where the
owner is willing to pay stiff tax for
! keeping dog it seems to us he should
have some protection.
Under the heavy tax system the
number of dog licenses taken out are
surprisingly few. And the few dogs
under tax do not become nuisance
because their number is too small.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
"JanitOrS and MilliOnaireS
Worked Side RV Side"

On the night of March 18th last
Palm Beach was visited by fire
which destroyed property valued at
$5,000,000 or more. and the same night
a tronado swept through Southern
Illinois, and in its wake there were
nearly 1000 dead and twice as many
injured.
On the following morning, city pap
ers all over the country displayed in
black headlines the caption: They
Worked Side By Side"
In the face of calamity, human SYM
pathy cut all conventional, social and
financial wires, and so it was that the
millionaire and the man who washed
the windows or handled the pick, CO.
operated with soul and with hand in
sympathetic aid to those who were
suffering and bereft.
Why is it that most of us wait I'M
til man is dead before we say the
kind word? Why is it that church or
CARNATIONS quarrel and fight over
creeds and rituals with other similar
groups, and also quite frequently
nowadays, even with themselves?
Why is it that in the industrial
world-but why prolong the story?
What the world needs today is not
more mawkish sentiment but more
genuine human sympathy more I'M
derstanding and less of avoidable
Observation-Disclosures.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
The Editors Task.

mo editor has the right to say we
must give the people what they want
to read Ours is a profession, not
mere business. We are not dealers in
self commodities. We are above the
plane of hucksters and peddlers. We
must give these readers better things
than they want because we want them
to become better men and women than
they are. We respect one of the
most powerful agencies in American
public life We preach to people who
never enter church, We teach folks
who were denied the opportunity of
school and university. We make the
mental food upon which mems and
women's souls are fed and healed. 1t
is our duty to make our readers in
terests broader, their world wider,
their tastes appreciative of the finer
things in life. Make these readers
think. Unless our newspapers do this
our dreams of democracy will never
be realized. Unlimited publicity of the
right kind is the life blood of a peo-
pies government" Mrs. Marie Weeks,
Editor, Norfolk (Neb) Press, and Pres
ident, Nebraska Press Association.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
Bring Back Our Forests.

1t is interesting to note along with
a revival of interest in forest con-
servation that the John Muir leagues
of this state are making an effort to
develop Wisconsin forests.
A bill is now before the legislature
to authorize the national government
the use of 10000 acres of cut-over
lands in the northern part of the state
for forest study. 1t has the endorse
ment of the John Muir leagues of the
state.
At Milwaukee the league has under
taken to plant 1000 pine trees in
Jackson park this spring. Boys and
girls will plant trees. This planting
is the first serious reforestation pro-
gram undertaken by the league. Next
year the members will plant thousands
of trees along the barren shores of
Lake Michigan once the home of vir-
gin pine and hardwood.
In this connection the Herald be-
lieves that the best way to bring back
the forests of Grant county is to quit
bewailing what has transpired in cut
ting and looting the native timber
stands and to encourage a new forest
program. If every farmer would make
it a point to plant at least a dozen
trees a year it would not be long be-
fore our forests would cover the lands
not suitable for pillow or pasture pur-
poses. We would be surprised to note
in what few years it would take to
develop fine timber stands. Our soil
and climate lend themselves to forest
culture. Where few years ago bluffs
stood gaunt and bare they are now
covered with young saplings. Nature is
busy all the time reforesting. A little
aid from the devastators, that is our
selves, and nature would solve the
problem.
Farmers should not do it all. Towns
people can plant tress and they can
form leagues to assist farmers in Sc
curing trees and in actual planting.
The county agent can take an active
part in advising and directing. Let
us have some agitation along this line.
Bring back Grant county-one of the
most beautiful natural forest areas in
Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
Service or
Dissolution 2

A reader gently chides us for not
showing more interest in the state
university and its plea for funds. And
says that outside the state the Wis
consin school is looked upon as some
thing that once was great but has fall
len on evil days.
There is pathos in this last state
ment. 1t indicates a genuine love for
the university and keen regret that
it is slipping when compared with
other great state schools.
And it is no great advertisement to
the Badger state.
Our view is that state university
is maintained by a great body of peo-
pie who will never see the buildings,
much less partake of it's advantages.
They make the sacrifices necessary to
keep it up in order that small per-
centage of selected minds shall re-
ceive its benefits.
The people of Wisconsin can we'll
afford to make the sacrifices they must
make to keep their university fore
most providing the students realize
in all seriousness, the privilege ac-
corded them. If the student body takes
the view that they are selected from
the people to be trained so they may
go back among the people and give
them the advantage of their training
in the form of service-if they go fur
Their and actually carry out this ideal
then the money is well spent.
If the students regard the college
as a social ladder, a place for hav-
ing bully good time or place where
they may train themselves in becoming
more expert at grabbing dollars for
themselves-we believe the entire
proposition is waste of money and
that the buildings could we'll be RACED
to the ground.
AS we sense the University policy
we believe it is based on the first view.
But the people don't know it. The I'm
iversity heads have been negligent in
selling their purpose to the people.
And because of that the public looks
on the University as a place to pour
money in or take but slight interest in
it,
The business men, the men at the
pillow, the men at the forge, the men
in the mercantile establishments, fac
tories, warehouses, creameries, cheese
factories-these and innumerable 9TH
ers pay the bills for the University
and all else in the scheme of things.
AS we read the human heart they
would consider it a proud and high
privilege to make the sacrifices ne
cessary for making our school fore
most if they knew it carried that high
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
Federal Control
is UneScaDabIe.

We are forced to conclude that re-
pugnant as it may be to our ideas
of freedom and states rights that in
certain things federal control is part
of our evolution as a republic. One
thing is national roads-another is
national forests.
The states are well qualified and
well able to build state roads. Con-
Meeting them up in a national high
way program is a task beyond the
scope or powers of the various states.
And here and there are states too poor
to build complete road systems. Such
states as Nevada, New Mexico and
Arizona, for instance. These states
must have government help. National
highways are coming.
So far the states have shown lack
of vision and unwillingness to meet
the problem of depicting forests. This
too is a national problem and one re-
curing a national program. The gov
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
May II Cleanup Week

The week of May 1 to May has
been designated as Cleanup Week"
by many Wisconsin municipalities.
During this week all residents of Lam
caster are requested to clean up their
premises, back yards, alleys, ETC., dis
posing of all rubbish, ashes, ETC., ac-
cumulated during the winter.
While there is a city ordinance COW
ering this point it should not be ne
cessary to enforce it. A natural pride
in presenting Lancaster as a beauti-
full, sanitary city should impel every
resident and business house to clean
up their property.
Collect your rubbish, burn what you
can and try and have the balance dis
posed of by May Z.
Yours for a "City Beautiful"
11c2 GEORGE E. BECK, Mayor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
A Better Wisconsin.

From a local mind the farms and
factories of Wisconsin are her great
est assets. Not from a tourists mind.
The tourist sees and delights in the
smiling landscape, the glistening lakes
and rivers and the green forests.
Tourists bring Wisconsin thousands,
perhaps millions, of dollars every year.
If we wish to keep the tourist trade
attracted we must keep Natures dress
attractive. That means more attention
to conservation of natural resources.
And along with natural advantages
as a tourist state goes a human re-
sponsibility That is unfailing cour-
tesy and attention to the tourist. A
kind word, pleasant greeting, cor
rect direction given with smile make
the tourist happy as he bowls along.
"Gosh," he says, "a beautiful state and
such WONDERFUL people" A fine
send-off for us, isn't it? Let's live up
to the whole program.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
Germany.

Uerm2ny.
How long is it since burning edi-
torials have been written on Ger
many? During the world war tons OF
ink and carloads of paper were used
on that one theme. Today, Won Hin
denberg, aged German veteran is
elected president. Jacob Gould Schur-
man, former president of Cornell and
one of Americas best educated men,
is summoned from a diplomatic post
at Pekin to assume the ambassador
ship at Berlin for the purpose of &C.
menting trade and diplomatic rela-
lions between the United States and
Germany. Evidently, regardless of
what our administration may think of
the German election it is determined
to hold out the hand of friendship. To-
day we are at peace with Germany.
According to the vote trifle less
than half of the Germans are mon
archial minded. A little over half is
democratic or socialistic but that half
is split The monarchists stand to-
gether
And if large part of the Germans
are monarchial minded a good reason
exists. For centuries they have been
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06

eminent is now concerning itself with
reforestation but a generation must
pass before results of any tangible
nature can be witnessed.
National control of highways and
forests does not mean paternalism. 1t
means that we delegate to the nation
al governments things the states can
not or will not do themselves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06

taught to accept the monarchial idea
as the best and safest social order.
They bark back to older days when
work, food and beer were plentiful.
They remember Germany's flag furled
before the world. England has the
same tradition.
Democracies of the world will watch
German policy with interest. If it re-
mains safely domestic nothing will
happen. If it becomes imperialistic war
may come again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
The Clock and
the SUn-Dial.

1. One gloomy day, the Clock on a
steenle looking down at the Sun-dial
in q. garden near by, said, How stupid
it is in you to stand there like stock
9. "You never tell the hour, till a
bright sun looks forth from the sky,
and gives you leave. / go merrily
round day and night; in summer and
winter the same, without asking his
leave.
8. "I tell the people the time to
rise, to come to dinner, and go TO
church.
4. "Hark! l am going to strike
now: one, two, three, four. There 1t is
for you. How silly you look. You can
say nothing"
5. The sun, at that moment broke
forth from behind a cloud, and showed
by the Sun-dial, that the CLOCK was
half an hour behind the right time.
6. The boasting Clock now held his
tongue, and the Dial only smiled at
his folly.
Moral
z. Humble modesty is more often
right, than proud and boasting spirit
-McGuffy's Reader.
LuXurieS.
An ola lazy VINO WlSHeu d1l uCA AAAO
for a silk shawl, was advised by her
financial manager to make the pur-
chase even though she had to econo-
mize on necessities. She had her
shawl and is very happy over the pos
session of it.
Necessities form the backbone OF
life but luxuries afford the thrill of
it. Buying a luxury we cannot afford
is an experience in adventure. We
all need our silk shawls before the
entrenched habit of economy has
driven away the joy that comes with
owning a luxury.
Hence we buy motor cars, JeWelry,
clothing, homes, thousand things we
cannot afford because we want the ad-
venture that comes with owning
something shining and beautiful. 1t
is the call of the esthetic in all our
hearts.
eff | had two cents said the Chin
ese sage, "I would spend one cent for
bread for my body and the other cent
for hyacinths for the good of my
soul"
Don't beggar yourself for luxurles
but if the call is too strong buy some
of them even though you can't afford
it. We only live once and our souls
need silk shawls and hyacinths to
make life liveable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
Senator Beveridge
ON Too Much law.

.oThe country would be better OIL II,
fo. avarv new law passed, an old law
were repealed We complain OF law
1essness. but is not excess legislation
a basic cause of Iawlessness? How
can ANYBODY obey every law when no
body knows or can know how many
laws there are or what they command
or forbid?
..Tt has come to pass that the mass
of American legislation is RESTRICTIVE.
We boast that ours is the lana OF no
ertv vet the American people are py
law forbidden to do more thlnSs' anu
nv law. ordered to do more things imam
was the case in Russia under the
czar or Turkey under the sultan.
mot only the number of laws en-
.o+od and the whimsical and arbltrary
enforcement of them, but also the ma
tnre of many of them is IN denance
of human nature and the spirit OF Tree
institutions. ,,,,o,,+e,
have been put on our statute DOCKS
&c they should be. But some OF tnese
commandments cannot be leglslateo VI
enforced by any device OF human gov
eminent. You cannot force chIoren 70
reverence parents; you cannot pre-
want coyetousness or create altrulS'1c
love. ,+ i +be
..The sermon on the mount Is the
final word in moral duty and nooie
living. yet there is not line Oh II
that can be put into human law, WIN
. noliceman behind it. But the preacn-
or if he is on the job. can put INTO
tbe souls of men that which leglsla-
tors cannot The church cannot aool-
cate its mission and assume the TASK
IF the state without running po1n'
The best thing about being poor :
that if you have friends you KNOW
they must like YOU
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06

/ ideal of Service back to the people.
/ There is little doubt but what with
/ that point of view in their souls their
/ legislative representatives would car
ry out their wishes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06

The hest thing about being poor IS
+ba+ Il Won have friends you know
they must like you.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06

These are the great components of motor car
value In seeking lines that will meet these require
ments we also look for the utmost in price value We
offer the following in full confidence that we have
achieved our aim.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
Treat Them Fairly.

Before sending to the catalogue
houses for goods, Just step into your
home merchants and say to him
something like this: Here is a list of
goods I need. On general principles
l prefer to trade at home with the
people who buy what I have for sale
! believe in fostering home industries,
and if | can get this bill of goods at
anywhere near what I can get it for
out of town, the order is yours" We
venture the assertion that if you will
give the home merchant fair chance
to bid on your order, you will not only
save the freight, but the merchant is
right here should anything prove I'M
SatiSfactOry-Ex
The Washington times., 1925-10-21

ceeivably end right then and there.
If the six major generals and
six brigadier generals comprising
the court, decide as they undoubt-
edly wfll-that such statements are
"prejudicial to good order and mill
tary discipline then Mitchell Il
then and there guilty, and liable to
The Washington times., 1925-10-21
!. N. c. A. WORK
CONFERENCE
OPENS
Principal Address Made BY
S. Wirt Wiley, Home
Division Chief

The twenty-fi national confer
ence on colored work Of the Young
Mems Christian Associations In
America opened the first OF its two
day sessions this morning at the
Twelfth street branch of the Col
ored Young Mems Christian Assoc
citation, 1912 Twelfth street north
west, with Doctor w. T. Nelson
presiding.
The devotional service which
opened the meeting were led by
Doctor Mordecai w. Johnson, of
Charleston, w. Va. Charming H.
Tobias, senior secretary Of the
colored work department of the
national council. made the opening
remarks. 1.-THE Importance and
ISOLATION program" was the sub
ject of the principal address this
morning, by s. Writ Wiley, associa-
ton secretary Of home division Of the
national council. r.. l.. Wing, of
the religious work department, also
spoke. The session adjourned at
1890.
A general discussion led by r. b.
DeFrantz, personnel secretary of
the colered work department on
personnel was to open the 8 o'clock
session.
The session tonight, which opens
at o'clock, will be held at the
John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church,
Fourteenth and Corcoran streets
northwest. The principal addresses
will be by Kelly Miller, Of Howard
University, Doctor J. e. Moorland.
Of Brooklyn. N. Y, and Doctor j.
Ashby Jones, Of Atlanta, Ga.
The music Of the evening. will be
furnished by the Amphion Glee
Club
The Washington times., 1925-10-21
$50 CAR STOPS
ARE ASKED
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ings where apparatus OF the fire
department is In the habit OF cross
ing.
I'm htose days." said Chiee Wat
son, I'VE did rot have the danger
Gus congestion of traffic to deal
with which We have today. 1. Is
obvious, therefore, that with in
creased danger from more vehicles,
some step should be taken to cur
tail the accident list"
Objects To Speed
It is the opinion of the office
of the Director of Traffic that
street cars are travelling entirely too
fast on many OF the streets.
LAS street CIR moving at 80 or 40
miles an hour is a menace to the
safety OF the motorist and pedes-
trian," NJ. o. Eldridge declared.
Street cars should not be allowed
to travel at a greater rate Of speed
that an automobile.
Consideration Of the proposal
probably will be held at the next
hearing OF the Public Utilities Com
mission. Before that meeting is
held the street car company OF.
-ficials have declared their intention
OF Directing vehemently to the idea.
The Washington times., 1925-10-21
mellon FAVORS
GUT FOR POOR
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should not be touched at all, or at
least be cut below liz per cent.
Surtaxes would begin with 1 per
cent on $4,000, and increase by
single percentages until the $780,
900 class Is reached, when the tax
would be the maximum Of 20 per
cent.
By this Recommendation, the
Treasury hopes to fOrestall the
threatened move In Congress to ex-
empt all incomes up to 5000 from
at least, Mr.. Melons new recon.
incubation of slash in the smaller
brackets is offered az q compromise.
Attacks on Surtax
Attacks on the high surfaces and
on the federal estate and gift
taxes, which started yesterday from
the first witness before the COM
mittee, continued today with url-
abated vigor.
"A host Of witnesses besieged the
House Ways and Means Committee
and made numerous recommends.
tions for changes in the taxation
system.
A plea that Americans engaged
in foreign trade be exempted from
payment OF income taxes was made
BY O. K. Davis, Of New York,
representing the Foreign Trade
Other nations exempt their citi-
zens abroad from such taxes
Davis said
The committee was asked to
straighten out the tangle that ex-
lists as to whether salaries OF
municipal employees should be taxed,
by Congressman Albert Johnson
R.) of Washington. and e. c..
Little, superintendent Of the munich
pal water works at Rochester,
N. Y.
Some collectors have held them
exempt and some non-exempt, the
committee was told
Chairman Green said relief should
be afforded these employees under
the Supreme Court decision holding
salaries Of judges and other Fed
eraI and State officers exempt from
tax, which prompted the observa-
ton by Congressman Garner D)
of Texas, that he could see no
reason why such salaries should not
be taxed.
Frank w. Kreigh, representing
the American Mining Congress,
asked the committee to eliminate
retroactive taxes on corporation
transfers in reorganizati0ns taking
place as Of December /, 1917, hold,
ing that such taxes were unjust
to stockholders who later acquired
their stock -
The Washington times., 1925-10-21
ST. vINcENT's ASYLUM
TO HOLD CENTENNIAL

The centennial anniversary Of
the founding of st. Vincent's
Orphan Asylum will be celebrated
November 9, Is and IL with a
iridium Of THANKSGIVING. There
viii be a supper and bazaar each
evening from 4:SO to o'clock.
New officers Of the Auxiliary OF
st. Vincent's Orphan Asylum for
the coming year win be: Miss
Dorothy Nesline, president; James
Simpson, vice president; Miss Helen
Cavanaugh, treasurer; Miss Kath-
crime Dunlap, secretary, and Miss
Ann Easby-Smith, recording score
tarY.