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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
]. B. HORsFALL's BIRTHDAY

In honor of John B. Horsfall's 18th
birthday party was held at the home
of his son. Guy, last Tuesday even
ing. A number of guests were present
and the evening was wen over to
visiting and a general good time fol-
lowed by delicious refreshments, a
feature being a birthday cake with rs
candies John B. has three children:
Guy of Lancaster; Dora, Mrs. E. NJ
Pendleton, of Bloomington; and Clar-
ence. a Thayer, Nebr., merchant.
Clarence was unable to be present
for the festivities John Horsfall is
known by hundreds az a jolly and
good-hearted OLD gentleman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
SEARCH CAR
FOR BOOTY:
FIND CIGARS
Officer OlesOn Lands Man
With 3,10O Smokes in
His Possession.

"Pete" or George Mundon, 35, a
Platteville party, was arrested here
Wednesday morning on suspicion of
being connected with the recent cigar
theft at Platteville. Mundon had his
hearing before Justice Burrows and
gave bonds of $1,000 to appear at the
circuit court in February.
Night Policeman Ed Oleson suspect
ed Mundon when the latter approached
him late at night, asking for a place
to put his car. Oleson took the man
to the Wright garage. Mundon hung
around and did not leave until Oleson
told him he was locking up. Later
Oleson searched the car and found
800 unbranded cigars.
Mundon was arrested early the next
morning at a local hotel. He said he
was on his way to Platteville with the
cigars.
Frank Mundon, brother. is being
held for the theft of 5000 cigars from
a Mr.. Knebel, Platteville cigar max
er.
Geo. Mundon, another of the family,
is serving a 60-day sentence for drlv-
ing a car while drunk.
1t is assumed that the cigars found
Wednesday morning are a part of
the amount stolen from Knebel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
George w. Cardy

George w. Cardy was born at Po-
tosi, Wis, on Sept. 5, 1843, and died
at his home in Lancaster, Dec. 30th
1924.
He grew to manhood on the old
homestead and was married to Regina
Roesch on October 18th, 1865. They
made their home on the old farm and
lived there until they moved to Ian
caster IL years ago. Five children
were born to them.
Mr.. Cardy was a member of the
M. e. church. Though unable to at
tend the services he was deeply in
terested He was quite resigned and
prepared to go to God. During all of
his long sickness he was fully con-
scious of his approaching end, and
looked forward to it and met it with
out fear.
He leaves his wife and all his chill
dren: Clara NJ, Mrs. Irwin Walker,
Lancaster: Laura R., Mrs. G.. F. Gel
bach, Albany; Albert W., Lancaster; ;
Herbert E., Lancaster; Gertrude J.,
Mrs. Schiffman, Potosi. Also one sis
ter, Mrs. Philip Roesch and IL grand
children, 2 great-grandchild many
relatives and friends to mourn his
departure.
Funeral services were held from the
NJ. E. church Thursday at 2 p. m.
Burial was made at Hillside cemetery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
What is News 2

A worthy exchange refuses to COM
ment on the weather saying every
body knows how cold it is, ETC." The
Herald begs to differ. Our analysis
of news is that people like to read
of things they know as much about as
the editor because they are interested
in the subject and want to see what
the, paper has to say. If 500 people at
tend ball game you may be sure of
500 readers at least on that particular
subject. If a thousand people attend
a revival end hear everything said one
thousand readers will want to see
what you say about the revival. Con-
versely, people do not care to read
about things they are not interested in
and be the subject ever so worthy
the reader will pass it up unless it is
along the line of the things he is in
terested in BY all means is the wealth
err an etarnally interesting news sub
ject. Nothing is talked so much about
even in greetings -"Fine winter
weather isn't it?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
BEFTOWN

Joan Slaght bruised one of his
finger quite badly the other day while
workin gwith gasoline engine.
Ruth Slaght spent Sunday afternoon
at the home of Marjorie Joyce.
The M. e. Sunday school elected
the teachers and officers Sunday. They
are as follows: Supt., Harry Peak;
Asst. Supt., Mrs. Artie Tebo; Treas,
Archie Beers; Sec, Ruth Slaght; Or
ganist, Mrs. Chester Bishop. Teach
ers: Beginners, Mrs. Hannah Hutch
croft; Primary. Mrs Rose Gates; Jun
ior, Mrs. Harry Parkins; intermediate,
Harry Peak; Senior, Ruth Slaght;
Adult, Artic Tebo. Sunday school will
be held at 100 and preaching SER
vices at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. Ev-
erybody welcome
The play that was held at the
church Tuesday eve, Dec. 23d, was
very well attended. A large number
of people were unable to get inside
the building so it was requested that
the play be given again on Friday ev-
ening. Dec 26 A large crowd at
tended the second time. The program
was a success ir all ways.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
BUILDERS DAYS
SCHEDULEDFOR
JANUARY 1916
InspiratiOnal, Educative and
Entertainment Features
To Be Provided.

Under auspices of the. Lancaster
Kiwanis club, County Builders
Days." Of imuport to every farmer and
business man in Grant county, will be
held at Lancaster municipal center
Thursday and Friday, Jan. 1916.
A program of educational an dem
tertainment features has been ar
ranged. Both men and women will be
provided for. The Kiwanis will enter
tain and look after the men while
the local Woman's club will perform
a similar service for the women
guests.
Thursday Program, Opens 1 O'clock
Community singing.
Address by J. P. Riordan of the
Wis. Mfrs. Assn, on Pulling Togeth-
er, or Team Work"
Illustrated talk by Prof. L. F. Ora
Der on Things that Make Farming
Pay"
Thursday Evening Program, s to 10
Entertainment by local talent
Address by Comm. of Agriculture
John D. Jones, "The Future of Wis
consin Agriculture"
Friday Morning Program, 1880
Address by Prof. R. A Moore, U. of
w. Agronomist, on '"The Best Grains
for Grant County,
A program for the women at Grant
land club rooms while Prof Moore is
talking to the men.
Free cafeteria luncheon at noon.
Afternoon Program
Address by T H. Campion, Sec'y
Greater Wis. Assn, on "Dairy Profits
How to Make Them"
Address by John L. Tormey of the
Amer. Shorthorn Breeders Assn.
Making Beef Cattle Pay
Address by Prof. J. B. Hays, U. Of
w. Poultry expert, Making Chickens
Pa"
Women's program in afternoon at
club rooms, Miss GLADYS Stillman,
home economics expert, in charge.
While both farmers and townspeo-
pie are cordially invited to all SEES
sions, an especial invitation is extend
ed to farmers and their wives. The
entire idea is to be helpful in max
ing Grant county better and more
PROSPEROUS place to live in. There are
no charges. donations OF collections of
any kind in connection with the two
dav program.
Try to be present.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
FENNTMORE AND
LANCASTER ROAD
WORK POSTPONED

1t was noised around Lancaster
Monday that the state highway COM
mission had decided not to make the
ancaster-Fennimore road improve
ment next year although all surveys
have been made, plans drawn up and
right-of-way acquired. This is keen
disappointment to the people of the
county. Lancaster and Platteville XII
wants are taking the matter UP to have
the decision reconsidered if possible
and the work proceed as planned as it
is felt the whole new county system
of hard roads hinges on the Lancas-
-Fennimore project. The proposed
improvement called for nine miles of
hard surface between the two cities
with relocations away from all grade
crossings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
Nothing to do but look forward to

Nothing to do but look forward to
spring.
Ice is the cheapest thing now and
coal the dearest.
Things come and go but winters re-
main old-fashioned.
Paragraphers are now kidding ev-
erybody about writing it 1925.
Away back when-the old-fashioned
man thought he had to have little
s1jkker" around the holidays.
A federal farm census is about as
much help to farmer as a thermome-
ter is to a man who is freezing to
death.
All the people who received pres
ents from people they didn't think of
themselves, have returned the compli-
ment by this time.
President Coolidge advises us all to
keep out of debt. If he had advised
us to buy a bigger motor car his adj
vice would have been followed.
The old-fashioned man who was up
all night with a sick COW and saw the
thermometer register 81 below at three
a. m, will now present his annual re-
port.
New subscribers keep piling into
the Herald office. and old ones come
back. If YOU are Herald Teduel anu
know a friend who isn't, give us
boost.
What would be the fun of spending
a winter in Florida or California when
YOU can remain in Wisconsin and stay
up nights firing furnace to keep
warm?
People who say reporters are
'nosey" when they are asked where
they are going, are the first ones to
kick if their names are left out OF
the paper. !.
Friends of the commission form of
government as it functions in Wis
consin need not fear the coming legis-
Iature. The bureaucracy is in the
hands of its creators and friends.
Speaking of hard roads. did yon ev-
err see the roads any harder than at
present? Smooth as glass and all the
ruts filled in. Beats 1nacadam, asphalt
or concrete all hollow.
A man who always kicks because
the paper '1eaves things out" was IN
not long ago to ask the office to sun
press something about his own af-
fairs, he thought wasn't too credit
able.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
TABULATION OF CRIMINAL CASES

Clerk of Court F. C. Burr finished
his compilation Saturday for the
years criminal work. There were Is
criminal cases pending when 1924
opened. 50 cases were begun during
the year and one case was brought
in on change of venue making to-
tai of rs cases. During the year three
convictions resulted. Three were ac-
quilted by jury. 81 pleaded guilty and
received sentence. % cases were dis
missed Four were disposed of out of
court One case took a change of
venue to La Crosse. IL are left pend
ing for 1925, making total of 7S
cases.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
Herman Dersch Dead

Herman Dersch, husband of Mrs.
Clara Hodoval Dersch, died at the
family home in this city Friday, Jan.
2, at the age of 81 years, three months
and Is days. Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon at the Evan
gelical church with burial at Liberty.
Deceased was a son of Herman and
Margaret Schmitt Dersch. He was a
native of PENNSYLVANIA but had spent
most of his life in Grant county. Sur
viving are the widow, three brothers,
Jacob of Lancaster, Henry of Slough
ton, Wis, and John of Hillsda1e, Ind;
and one sister, Mrs. Oscar Heberlein
of Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
DEATHS OF WEEK
Mrs. EIVa KnOerenscheId

Mrs. Elva Leta Knoerenscheld died
at her home in Chicago, Dec. 30, 1924
Funeral services were held at the
hoime of her mother, Mrs. H. L. Fisch-
er of Sitter, Friday, Jan. 2, at two
p. M, The Rev. E. Crusius officiating
Burial was made at st. Paul cemetery
Liberty Ridge.
Deceased was born in Sitter, Jan
II, 1895, the youngest of IL children.
She was married April 4, 1915, to Her
bert w. Knoerenscheld of Chicago
She is survived by her husband
mother, four sisters and four broth
erS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
THESE NAY WE'D

Lewis E. Oleson, Watterstown; En-
ma Beyeler. Bend, Ore.
Milo E. Bean, Wyalusing; Dolores
HazeIbower, Wyalusing.
Herman F. Martin, Edna Freymil-
Ter, Marion
VIM. ]. .Schauff, Lillian E. Acker-
man, Cassvil1e
Clifford H Hill, Dubuque; Margar-
ct B. Habermann, Cassville.
Fred W. Gerhard, Marion; Rosie
Freymiller, Boscobe1
Philip j. Kreiser, Susanna Esser
Cassville
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
An Early LaWgiVer.

In other days reading the Bible was
an honored occupation. People read
the Bible for instruction and 1nsplra-
tiCn. They found both. Those well in
formed on Biblical subjects were
looked up to. "The Book of Books"
held a high place in the daily lives
of the people.
Nowadays people who read the
Bible are regarded as queer. People
who quote the Bible are dubbed &C.
centric. And to our mind this cynical
attitude toward the holy book is re-
sponsible for a good deal of the stray
ing away from good citizenship and
much of the general race degeneracy
The great laWgiver of the Bible was
Moses. Moses sold the promised land
To the Hebrews and led them out OF
Fgvpt. Later on he laid down the ten
commandments as the fundamental
law. His "Thou Shafts" and Thou
Shalt Nots," have never been improved
1pon except for the one addition
Jesus made The ten commandments
as outlined by Moses form the basic
law of all civilized nations. Take away
all law and leave the ten command
ments and morality and civilization
will still function. Pile human law
upon law until the original moral
law is buried and obscure and we
have the general disregard for law
and order which prevails now.
Moses was certainly a great man.
He is one of the great characters of
Biblical. history and his life and
works stand up almost without a
flaw. His doctrine as handed down
from Mt. Sinai forms the keystone of
human progress, code of life, which
nhrnruad will lead no man wrong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
BANQUET OLD Statesmen

John Howe left yesterday Tor DeIa-
van where he attends semi-annual
sales conferentce of he Bradley Knit
ting Co. One evening this week Mr..
Howe and another old salesman are
guests of honor at banquet given by
the sales force. Mr.. Howe severed his
relations with the Bradley Co. Jan. 1
after many years of service. He spent
43 years on the road.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
Raj, PRESIDENT DIES

Sundays Chicago Tribune carried
the death notice of Myron ]. Carpen-
ter, Jan. 2, beloved husband of Re
becca w. Carpenter, and father of
Mrs. j. e. Windsor and Mrs. Frank
Van Dusen of Chicago. Funeral was
held at La Grange Sunday. Prof.
Van Dusen is we'll known in Lancas-
ter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
BABE BREAKS COLLAR BONE

The 18-months-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Alt is under the care of DR..
Fowler due to a broken collar bone.
The infant fell from a high chair q
couple of weeks ago but it not until
Sunday that the broken bone was dis
covered. BY that time Mother Nature
had practically completed a cure and
the break is about as well along as
it would have been with medical at
tention.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
CUBA AUTO COLLISION

CUBA CITY-Two autos crashed to-
gether at the corner of Main and Cal
houn streets, Saturday. One was owned
by Joe Alt and the other by Lloyd
Ralph. Considerable damage was done
to both cars, but nobody was hurt
News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
MARRIED IN DUBUQUE

Miss Ethel Peterson, niece of DR..
Fowler. and Virgil Weisbenner, two
popular young people of this vicinity.
went quietly to Dubuque on Dec. 81
and were made man and wife. They
are keeping house on the Weisbenner
farm south of town.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
DELANEY TO WEST COAST

Arthur Delaney, better known In
Lancaster as "Swede," has been traded
to the Oakland, (Calif.,) club of the
Pacific league. He was with the st.
Louis Nationals last season.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
LAST WEEKS WEATHER

Dec. 5I-dlgN 10, low o
Dec. 31-High %; low 6.
Jan. l. No report.
Jan. 2-High 26; low %. Prec. .02.
Jan. 3-High 26; low "a.
Jan. 4HHigh 80; low 20
Moderate Possibly I'M
settled with snow end of week. No
severe temperatures reported.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
START Orr NEW SERIAL

IF you haven't already done SO get
started on the Herald's 81 900 serial
story 1.-THE Wings of the Morning"
now running. The third installment
appears IN this issue with generous
installments to follow week by week
You will find it to be one of the best
stories you ever read. Don't miss it..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
And This is FameI

Ignace Jan Paderewski, the famous
Polish pianist who for years drew his
own price for concerts in this coun-
try, was recently offered three dol
lars day to play for dance at a
little Swiss village where he was stay
ing. The villagers didn't know the
identity of their famous guest. Pad
erewski accepted, playing few num-
bers which in ordinary recital would
be worth $1,000 apiece.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
BUYS FINE TOWN PLACE

Austin Dewey has purchased the F.
Marion Eastman property on So. Mon
roe St., and will move to town in the
spring. For number of years Mr..
Dewey has farmed the Gingrich place,
east of the cemetery
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
EMMANUEL PARISH
BURNS MORTGAGE
ON GUILD HALL

ia the annual parish meeting Mon
day night, Emmanuel church burned
the mortgage on the guild hall, which
leaves the parish free of debt. The
guild hall was formerly the Presby-
terrain church before that organiza-
ton erected the handsome and modern
edifice they now occupy. The guild
hall is a we'll constructed building
and serves its purpose admirably.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
TURKEY MATCHES
SETTING OF SIX
IN COLD DECEMBER

A Mr.. Sedbrook residing in the
north part of Potosi township had an
old turkey hen hatch out half a dozen
young chicks early in December.
There were Is eggs in the setting and
apparently all were fertile as the I'M
Matched ones were picked through.
The hen selected warm place under
log in the woods for her Matching
experiment When Mr.. Sedbrook found
what had happened he transferred the
baby turkeys to the house where he
is keeping them safe and warm. FUR
keys Matching in December is some
thing unusual.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07

Deputy Sheriff Calls at sheriff's
sale sold the old Gasner farm of 1895
acres in Millville Saturday The place
went to the plaintiff, Hannah c. Will
ka, for $4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
ENJOYS TIE HERALD

A. L. Sherman,
Lancaster, Wis.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed find check for $500 to pay
my wife's subscription to the Herald.
We enjoy reading the Herald very
much, especially the editorials.
Yours truly.
J. F. TEIEDEMANN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07

Mrs. Thos. Hannah and little son.
Ebert, of Livingston visited over the
weekend in Lancaster at the home of
the formers sister, Mrs. Geo. A.
Moore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
Flashes
d.ife is ShOrt-Tell the Truth"

New Years Resolutions.
New Years day is a good time for
making resolutions although the peo-
pie who wait until New Years to get
on the right track generally fall off
before February first.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
MOVIE INDUCED BOY
TO KILL MRS. BOWEN
Austrian Farmland Fired at Amer
lean Woman From Treetop,
He Says.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BASLE, Switzerland, July 31-A
moving picture he had seen the day
before in Basic led Johannes Ham
merschlegel, 16 years Old to shoot and
Kill Mrs. Mary Levitt Bowen of Berke-
ley, Calf, in a suburb of this city
Wednesday.
The police say the boy, an Austrian
farmland, made this confession after
his arrest. He had no time to rob the
woman OF her handbag after he had
fired the shot which caused her death.
The boy stole an army revolver
from his employer and fired at Mrs
Bowen from a treetop Is feet away.
The bullet entered her neck and
then penetrated her breast Mortally
wounded, Mrs. Bowen dragged herself
$50 feet into the ruins of the old castle
Dornach, where she bled to death
Physicians who examined the BODY
say that her life might have been
saved if she had received prompt at
tention.
Mrs Bowen had come to Switzerland
TO study anthroposophy-the knew
ledge of the nature of man-in the
first temple erected to that modern
art
Evening star., 1925-07-31
SAY PAPER RATES
HIT POSTAL INCOME
Journals Use Mails Less Be.
cause of Cost, Publishers
Claim.
By the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, July 31.-The
ing newspapers by the United States
mails as compared with the cost by
private agencies was asserted yester
day before the special congressional
joint subcommittee, sitting in hear
Ing on the new postal rates, to be an
important factor in the alleged postal
deficit.
Newspapers prefer to use the post
office to private distributing agen-
cies," Elisha Hanson attorney for
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association, told the Congressman;
but the cost since 1917 has increased
so overwhelmingly that publishers
have withdrawn their mail deliveries
as far as possible -
The average cost of delivering 100
pounds of papers by mail, said James
p. Considine, speaking for the local
metropolitan dailies, as chairman Of
the Philadelphia Newspaper Publish
ers Association, has been SIS5,
whereas. similar service has been OBJ
tanned from baggage, motor truck
and trolley lines at As cents.
philadelphia publishers are no
longer seeking circulation beyond the
third zone because of the excessive
cost" Mr.. Considine told the commit
tee. But If the 1920 rates were re
stored we should attempt to regain
our readers in distant points"
Senator Lawrence c. Phipps Of
Colorado said certain of the testi-
mony presented was mot fiat com
parisons of identical services, as in
the case of the mail contrasted with
private deliveries" and that it was
not convincing"
Evening star., 1925-07-31

China's silk industry was developed
from. the domestication Of the wild
insect. a nd has lived for 4 900 years.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
PROBATING OF PETTlC0AT
STARTS THIRD WILL SUIT
Lawyer Benefciaries of Earlier
Testament Join Y. w. c. A. and
College in Contest.
BY the Associated Press.

Los ANGELES, Calf. July 81
When George W. Hazeltine. wealthy
eccentric recluse wrote his will on the
hem of a womans petticoat he started
a furry of legal skirmishes in which
a suit filed in Superior Court by his
attorneys yesterday was but another
development.
The petticoat will, written while
HaZeltine was dying in a Los Angeles
hospital, left $4,000 each to the hos
pital proprietor and a nurse. The
remainder of the $5O0,000 estate was
left to grandniece.
After the petticoat was filed for
probate the Young Womens' Christian
Association brought suit to have the
will set aside. Then Pomona College
brought a similar suit, and todays
action by Hazeltine's attorneys like
wise seeks the substitution of a pre-
vious will for the peticoat.
In all of the suits the charge is that
Hazeltine was not in full possession
of his faculties when he penned upon
the petticoat his desire to beCueath
the estate to his granGniece and
those who attended him in his last
illness. The previous will left most
of the 100000 TO his attorneys and
some of it to the Young Women's
Christian Association, Pomona College
and other institutions.