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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24
Blaine Veto AK Falls
on Three More Bills

MADISON-Gov Blaine has vetoed
three more bills on the ground that
they are in conflict with the cities
home rule amendment. One, authoriz-
ing villages to acquire lands, was
vetoed because it is not of statewide
concern and it's objects should there
fore be met by local legislation
Another, affecting Milwaukee, pro-
vided for a tax levy to meet interest
and sinking funds for bonds and scrip
and made it mandatory on the common
council to levy the tax for these pur-
poses. The billetaoi shrdl cmfwyp sh
poses. This bill the governor vetoed
because it is not uniform and is not
of statewide concern"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24
Query and AnsUer

little above sea level. Can you tell
me how much?
Ans.-The average throughout the
Dominion of Canada is a trifle over
1000 feet above sea level.
F. P, Montfort-Can you publish
poems in your @. &, A. column that will
Garry Me Back to Old Virginia?''
Ans.-We haven't any on hand that
are going in that direction.
F. NJ, livingstone am subscrib-
er of your paper and always have
been, so please answer these questions
as 1 am in distress: What could / do
to keep the millers out of the house;
they seem to be so thick that l can't
keep them out (2) Is there any
thing I could water my house plants
with to kill the small worms in the
ground. They just kill my house
plants, and I take great pains with
the ground when / plant them and in
time it's the same thing over. Thank
you very much.
Ans.-We know of no way except to
be we'll screened. For the care of
your house plants write to the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, Washington, D. c..
C. j., Blue River-Are there any
giant women in existence. II SO,
where?
Ans.-The record on giant women is
rather dim, but there are lots OF wild
ones. However, Anna Swan, who was
on public exhibition many years, and
whose home is in Nova Scotia, was
eight feet, two inches tall. Up to re-
cent years she was still alive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24

H G., Avoca-Will you please ans
wer how fast the earth travels in its
circuit around the sun? And what is
the distance it travels before it gets
to where it was?
Ans.-The velocity of the earth in
it's orbit around the sun is about 10
miles a second, and the distance it
travels before getting back to a given
point is 56O,O00,000 miles.
c. R., Blue River-How many Fed
eral prisons are there in the United
States?
Ans.-There are three strictly Fed
eral prisons where no state prisoners
are incarcerated. They are: Fl.
Leavenworth; Atlanta, Ga; and Nc
Neil Island, Neb. A few state prisons
have contracts for keeping Federal
prisoners.
Subscriber, Muscoda.-At the cleo
ton last November how many votes
were cast for governor, and how were
these votes distributed among the can
didates in the village Of Muscoda; in
Grant county, and in Richland county
ty?
Ans.-There were 796,442 votes cast
for governor in Wisconsin. Of this
number Blaine received 412,255. We
have no records at hand for Muscoda
and the two counties mentioned.
B. NJ, Boscobel-What is the nigh
est mountain in the world Where is
it located? Who has reached it's sum-
NIT?
Ans.-Mt. Everest is the highest
mountain in the world. 1t is 10000
feet above sea level The nearest ap-
proach to it's summit was made by G..
H. Bullock and G. Mallory in 1921,
when they got within 5000 feet of the
summit. The mountain is located in
acknowledgements.
F. R., Lancaster-Will you please
tell in the Query and Answers who
Mohammed was, his age, when, where
and how he died?
Ans Mohammed, the prophet of
the Turks, in his youth was employed
as camel driver between Mecca and
Damascus by his uncle who adopted
him. When IS years old he married
a rich widow He then led life of
meditation, during which time the
Koran (the Mohammedan bible) was
drawn up. Mohammed said it was re-
vealed to him by an angel from heav-
en-. At 40 he was forced to leave Nee
ca, and went to Medina, where his fol-
lowers increased rapidly. Mecca was
then stormed, and in time all Arabia
and Syria was conquered. He died at
Medina at the age of so from poison
ed food.
H. D., Fennimore-I have been told
that the Dominion of Canada is very
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24

| Prof Milton Frazier and family of
Norwalk are visiting at the parental
Andrew Frazier home here.
| Misses Susan and Vesta Johnson are
attending the six weeks summer
school at Platteville Normal.
Miss Myrna Bergheger is from bar
studies at the state university, her par
ents motoring down for her.
Miss Margaret Calls has been visit
ing her friend, Catherine Walker,
who attends school at La Crosse.
Mrs. Mary King Williams went to
Livingston Friday for weekend visit
with her niece, Mrs. Clarence Jerrett.
Mrs. Frank Fivecoat and daughter,
Eva, move to Dubuque soon to join
Mr.. Fivecoat who is in business there
Miss Velva Bradbury of Fennimore
was guest of her cousin, Miss Elva
Dyer, last week returning home Fri
day.
Miss Bessie McNair is taking her va
cation while the library is being re-
decorated. She will spend part of
the time in Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Perkins are NOV
ing into the John Schmidt home to
reside with Mr.. and Mrs. Schmidt Mr..
Schmidt is in poor health.
George Finney writes THE HERALD
from Kenosha asking to have his pa
per sent there for the summer. George
says kids all O. K, ten of EN-"
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Watkins and
children of Oklahoma City, are visit
ing relatives at Bridgeport and plan a
visit here before returning south.
Several Lancaster men are con-
templating trips abroad this summer,
as yet so that announcement of their
names would be premature.
Miss Susan Bacon of AlbertOn, Mont.
visited her friend, Miss Grace Noble
of Lancaster, the past week, returning
to Fennimore Thursday. Miss Bacon
is visiting relatives, the ALT. Payne
family.
Miss Elsie Brennan went to Madison
Friday to attend commencement exer-
cises at the University. She returns
to the state. school in the fall to pur-
sue advanced work, having been
warded a fellowship.
Mrs. Frank Heidel and daughters,
Gretchen and Mary, returned home to
Hartland, Wis, Friday following a
visit at the McBrien and Walter Weber
homes in Lancaster. Mr.. Heidel, late
of Highland, is opening a jewelry
store at Hartland.
Joe Kayther, Madison man, arrested
at Blue River on a charge of liquor
transportation, put up cash bond last
Monday and was released from custo-
dy to await trial. His companion, one
Joe Marcus, being unable to provide
bond was held in jail.
Mrs. o. J. Anderson of Grand Rap
ids, Michigan, has been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Caspers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fronk and babe
of Spring Green are expected soon for
summer visit at the Casper's home.
The Lancaster State bank boys are
further improving the little park back
of the building by planting an orna-
mental flower bed in the center. Last
year choice collection of junk was
carted away and a grass plot pla 1ted.
This idea of making a vacant place
slightly to the eye is certainly worthy
of emulating.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24

tires and muddy car was all the dam
age done.
The car was driven from Sparta to
Dennison, distance of over 500 miles
in two days. A heavy rain storm max
ing muddy roads caused the driver to
lose control of the car, when it went
down an embankment at Dennlson,
where the auto was abandoned. The
license plates had been taken off the
machine.
Other PIatteville Events.
ALT Patterson has been suffering for
weeks from a siege of neuritis. In
hopes of lessening the pain he has
been using a salve. One night recent
ly he retired as usual, when the pain
started. In the dark he grabbed what
he supposed was the box of salve and
applied to his arm and in short time
went peacefully to sleep. In the
morning to his disgust he found he
had used shoe backing in place OF the
reliable salve.
The Misses Gardner gave a dinner
Thursday noon in honor of the class
of 1875 who were here for its fiftieth
anniversary. AO SoS01o -
were Mrs. Ella Grisby Marshall, Will
lam D. Washburn and Dennis j. Gard
ner. James Rate, a member of the
first class of the school. Other guests
present were Mr.. Sprague of Elkhorn,
Mrs. Brunson of Waupaca, Pres. and
Mrs. Royce, Mr.. and Mrs. James Muir
ply, Regent Dempsey of Oshkosh, r.
L. Dugdale, Misses Alice McGregor
and Bell Burke and Dave Gardner, Sr.
The fire department was called to
the brewery Tuesday afternoon. The
department quickly extinguished the
fire which was burning a barn. The
high wind at that time made it very
dangerous, but the fire ladies soon
had the blaze under control
J. S. Block, now of Chicago, and the
father of Attorney M. S. Block of this
city, is attending the annual meeting
of the Masonic grand lodge at Mil
waukee this week He is the only liv-
ing member of the Platteville Masonic
lodge who is an ex-grand officer of
the State and hopes to be here on June
81 to take part in the dedication by
the grand lodge of the New Masonic
Temple.
Clyde Howard has been absent from
his duties on the rural route On ac-
count of illness. Les Dickson has
been acting as substitute News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24
Auto Hits Telephone Pole;
Two Are Severely Injured

PLATTEVILLE. While driving
Monday afternoon Laverne Johns and
Wardie Hartshorn, who works at the
American Cafe, ran into a telephone
pole at the corner of Water and Madi-
son streets. Johns suffered three
broken ribs and Hartshorn was thrown
through the windshield, cutting his
neck and face so badly that it required
fifteen stitches to fix him up.
The Buick has some balls broken
in the steering gears, which allowed
it to back, causing the accident
Witness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24
Burglars Get $1,000
at Madison Bakery

MADISON. = About $1,000 in cash
and checks was obtained by burglars
who broke into the safe of the Occi-
dent Baking Co. here Saturday night
The robbery was discovered early Sun
day morning.
The Fred Zarndt garage at Middle
ton was entered by burglars the same
night and $4,000 worth of notes, mort
cages and other papers were taken.
The papers were later found along
the road near Middleton and turned
over to the Rev. George E. Hunt, of
this city, who gave them to the police
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24
Dried Buttermilk Valuable
By-PrOduct of Creamery

The Highland Press says this: Dur
ing the past year the Preston Crem-
cry Co., of this place, has been manu-
featuring dried buttermilk, which is
proving a profitable venture. Today
there was shipped out from this con-
Germ $3.50 pounds amounting to ST.
84447.
A year ago last March the creamery
started manufacturing the dried pro-
duct. Up to date they have sold 258,-
9SS pounds, bringing in a revenue OF
$9,064.58.
The dried buttermilk is put up in
sacks at the creamery and is sold to
the Coils Products Co. of ST. Paul. 1t
is used mostly for poultry feed.
Several of the large fox farms OF
the state are also using this as a feed
for the animals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24
Lightning losses Bricks
About; Couple Sleeps

MONROE.-Bricks from chimney
fell about the yard like hailstones, g
ball of fire played tag along the caves
downspouts and chased down in the
cellar via the chimney, upsetting q
stove pipe and blowing SCOT about
yet Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Einbecl
slept on and were not aware their
home had been struck by lightning I'm,
til they saw the bricks in the yard al
daylight. ON fire was started, but
damage of the bolt will reach several
hundred dollars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24
FIND STOLEN CAR
PIatteviIle Mans Machine Stolen at
Sparta Found in Iowa.

PLATTEVILLE.-- The Ford coupe
belonging to Charles Hill was stolen
at Sparta during ten minutes while he
was in his boarding house. The first
of this week the auto was located at
Dennison, Iowa by the sheriff of that
county.
Mr.. Hill had a pasteboard box in his
car which fortunately had his Sparta
address upon it, which gave the sher-
if a clew to work upon. When he
telephoned to Charles the number of
the engine was given, which proved
the ownership of the property. w. c.
Hill of Platteville, went to Dennison
and brought the car here. Two down
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24
Girl Bites Masked Man
After Brutal Assault

FOND DU LAC.-After brutally as
saulting Lillian Theyerl, Is, by drag
ging her into the yard of the Wallichs
Fuel Co., and beating her over the
head with a piece of wood, masked
assailant escaped by running along
the railroad right of way. Although
painfully injured as the result of being
struck over the head, the girl engaged
her assailant in struggle and bit
him in both hands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24

and trained thinker TO speak Of world
affairs.
Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, ex-vica
president, was q member Of his church
IN Indianapolis. OF Doctor Loveland
he said: "He is no superficial CO.
server. He Is a profound student, Q
deep thinker, sound reasoner. and
an orator without superior upon the
platform today. There Ia much need
at him In the present disturbed cehdi'
ticn Of the mind Of America and the
world Such thinker and such an
orator Is needed everywhere"
Nothing can take the place Of the
spoken word. When one who "a 20
richly endowed comes to our midst.
can we set price on its valuef Yet
It all comes with our season ticket
Get one for each Of your family. Buy
q little brain food-yes, even II you
dispense with little Of the material
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24
ShawanO Boy browns,
He Stood Up in Boat

SHAWANO-Elmo Olson, eldest son
of Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Olson, was
drowned in Shawano lake Monday
noon while fishing. He was standing
up in a boat and fell over and could
not be saved. The body was recovered.
His father is manager of department
store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-24

Miss Elaine Webster, aged 10, of
Fennimore, had tonsils and adenoids
removed at Godfrey hospital Thurs
day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-16
new FORD CAR
IN GREAT
DEMAND
Company Has 49,. 800 Orders
on Hand, With Thousands
Of Others Pouring In

As people become more familiar
with the attractiveness of the
improved Ford cars interest not
only increases. but orders for cars
are growing In numbers. according
tt local Ford dealers.
Probably the best evidence of the
widespread interest manifest in
these cars comes from the gen.
eral offices OF the Ford Motor Com
pany at Detroit. where 1t was
stated that since the new cars
were announced orders for more
than 1872. 1868 have been booked by
dealers throughout the United
States.
Thousands of orders are coming
In every day.
This is not only striking ex.
ample Of public confidence in the
comDany's products. but also is a
sales record without precedent
Added Significance is given the
sales report by the fact that the
public generally has not yet had
an opportunity to inspect all the
new types.
Distribution OF cars among deal
ers so far has been limited prin-
,-pallv to touring cars. In fact
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these finishes, Given an opportun-
ity the sun can wreck most any
finish on a car. and many owners
are discovering. that leaving the
car with the finish in the SUM-
when It would be just as easy
to leave it in the shadeY represents
a definite loss.
Alcohol is onel the few enemies
Of one of the popular brands of
finish. Motorists who desire their
hoods to remain attractive are
making a note to guard against
care.essness in adding anti-freeze
mixtures to the radiator In cold
weather.
The new finishes are greatly
improved by an occasional POLISH
ing. Some of the cars have been
well cared for actually look better
after year of service. In some
instances the same care that should
be exercised in selecting a proper
polish for a painted car should
Apply. to the newand generally
lindestructible finishes.
One of the interesting features oi
four wheel brakes is their ease u
operation, but this advantage il
often completely overlooked. In
stead OF dabbing the brake peda
occasionally as the. car gains 2
| little too much momentum, the av
erage driver with cars so equipped
| keeps telling himself that ii 1t j
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considerable luggage trappings on
the rear. which increased the
weight considerably at that point,
particularly when the car was
loaded down for touring. The buy
ers of this model took the instruc-
| ton book too literally. and those
who did not seek to adjust condi-
lions to meet the individual require
ments of the car did not obtain
proper mileage from the rear tires,
nor did the car ride as well.
Here is another instance that
will show how maximum results
are being sacrificed for the want
of little closer attention to de-
tails:
Puts in New Control
An owner went to the expense
of having a certain type of spring
control device removed from his
car and replaced by more ex-
pensive and better~-deyice. Care.
full adjustments were made in order
that he should obtain the very best
ride from his car. and when the
Job was done, he. was entirely sat
isfied: But only for awhile He
began to complain to the dealer
for the device that the car rode
properly only about one-third of
the time.
: An investigation showed that it
was the owners habit to overin-
flate. This tires and then to run
with them undaIinflated before
overwhelming them again He
thought. this was sparing him the
trouble of stopping off so, fire.
quentIy at the air pump. The
spring control devices had been adj
justed for the proper tire pressure.
The cause of the owners dissatis.
faction was Obvious.
The life of the average balloon
tire lis being shortened greatly by
overlooking sthe importance of
changing tires around now and
again in order to even the wear
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TIMES MID ~WEEK44gA
49, AUTOMOTIVE SECTION ~

dealers in many sections are still
awaiting their first car.
In spite Of this. orders continue
to come in from all points, not only
for cars Of this type, but the
rest Of the open and closed line
az well, an indication that pros
pectiye purchasers are impressed
with soundness of the redesigning
and refining of the cars and are
satisfied that they will find the
same standard reflected In the tyne
of their preference.
Assembly at the PhIladeIphia.
branch of the company. which SUP,
plies this territory is increasing
daily and distribution among deal
ers viii be much more rapid from
now ON than it has been up to
the present time.
However, those desiring a new
Ford car for use during the com
ing fall and winter will do well to
enter their orders early and avoid
delay in delivery.
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Baker, Crosby & COwheFd. Columbia. Va.
CuIpeper Sales & Service Co.. cuIReper Va
HarsraVe L Lewis, West Point Va.
WInchesfer. Hudson Company, Winchester. Va.
University Hudson Motors cOmrany Charlottesville Va
White House SarVice Station Hyattsvtle. Nd
Perry Boswell MI. Rainier, Md.
Earle X. TrOne, Clarendon, va.
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on the treads. This is particularly
true of the front tires. The right
side of the fightl front tire viii
wear most. It's life can be greatly
prolonged by switching it to a
left front wheel. i,
Use Spare Balloon =
1t is also essential to use the
spare balloon frequently rather
than to carry it for any length
Of time as a mere decoration. The
efficiency of a balloon tire Is de-
ternlired largely by its pliability.
An unused Spare tends to become
like an unused rubber band. When
it is finally used it cracks. 1t
must be exercised to- be used.
This was demonstrated by a bal
loon that had been in constant SER
vice over extremely rough roads
for 10000 miles. When 1T was
punctured recently the cwner was
! forced to drive on it for several
blocks. The shoe was not DANA ged
bee uee it was accustomed to ffex'
ing
The laquer and pyroxylih finishes
| for automobile bodies are commence
ing to show the effects of the
motorists failure to try for maxi
rnum results, These finishes were
designed primarily TO withstand
| the customary abuses to which a
car must be subjected, but many
owners are forfeiting results BY
placing unnecessary burdens upon
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IIrdsav Motor Company, Alexandria, Va.
Bates Brotners. orange. Va.
DsWt's Garage. Great Mills. Md.
Robert v. Norris: La Plata. Nd
a arIhoro Motor Company. Marlboro, Md.
" v Miller. SurvatsviIlc. Md.
tInIvsrxaI Services station. Front Royal, Va.
Raiy Chance, Bowling Green, va.
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- While balloon tires are giving ex-
celIent results, for instance, tire re-
pairers report an apparent lack or
interest in greater tire service on
the part of the average balloon tire
user. This is not merely a matter
of economy. but of comfort as well;
The explanation of the comfort
feature is believed to be new to
most motorists. Tire dealers point
out that owners seem to prefer to
take some friends word as to how
much air pressure to carry. whereas
the air pressure should vary for
the make of car, for the model of
car. for the road conditions and for
the particular car itself.
Pressure Makes Difference.
What goes in one case does not
90 in another. a few pounds of air
pressure make quite difference in
balloon tire, and to carry thirty
one pounds in the tires just because
a neighbor uses balloons and carries
this pressure is quite as absurd as
using six spark plugs in an eight
cylinder engine because six plugs
are exactly right for 3six.cylinder
car.
Even the manufacturer recon-
mendatiens as to air pressure can
not always be accepted. In one in
stance the instruction book called
for the same air pressure in the
front tires as in the rear because,
as the manufacturer explained, the.
car was perfectly balanced. This,
however, applied to the models that.
were then current. Later, the mans
ufacturer put out a new model with
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necessary to stop quickly he will
have ali the braking power ne
needs. The result is, when he has
to slow down he has to step on the
brakes rather vigorously. Some.
times he experiences as much en-
ergy as the man who is operating
a car with only tw6-wheel brakes,
because. while the four brakes arc
mere effective, he allows the car
to run faster down the hill, thus
requiring equal effort in order 70
stop.
This. means expending a lot OF
energy for nothing and sacrificing
the ease which the new brakes are
there to offer the intelligent user.
EXPERIMENTS also have demonstrated
that with four.Wheel brakes fewer
stops are necessary; since the driver
does not have to allow so great a
margin of safety when driving in
traffic This feature, however, is
little understood.
over wet streets It has becoma
the rule for four-wheeI brake driy-
ers to run very much faster than
thew were with less effective brakes.
This is unfortunate. because The
comfort and security of these
BRACES are maximum when the
car is being driven at the speeds
which would be uncomfortable with
two-wheel brakes.
Right down the line, through the
safety features, as well as the
m:;lor mechanical improvements. adj
vantages are being ignored. Few
owners are getting the most out of
the new features of their cars,
largely because the features offer
such an abundance of advantages,
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