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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-06-18
Local items OF Belt
and Vicinity

Mrs. Matte Mosier and Martha AT
kinson left Friday for the Bearpav
mountains where they will visit at tbs
McCOnkey ranch for a few weeks.
j Harry Browning went to the StepA.
ensOn ranch on HSghwood Tuesday
where he win look after things in his
line.
Bin Fluhr and C. W. Stuffed atten-
ded the COnsistOry in Great Falls yes
terday.
Mr. and Mrs E. Davis Of Greas
Falls and Mrs. Mary Davis Of Conrad
visited Mrs. John Harner Sunday.
Marjorie Sharrard is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. Lindstrom IN Gem
terville.
W Noble and A. L. Winston and
family spent Sunday on Little Belt.
]. r. Culver and Roy johnson spent
Sunday on Highwood creek.
Leland Kennedy, son of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Walter Kennedy Of Missoula Is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Leland.
Mrs. Henry Livix, her small daugh-
ter and Florence Livix Of Raynesford
visited friends in Belt Friday.
Mrs Ralph Parker and Mrs. Jack
Kierstead motored out TO Gelt Mon
day and spent the day with Mrs. joe
Leveille. Mrs Leveille and Mrs. Btr~
geron returned to Great Falls with
them.
]. H. Vaslxey and Howard Brown
ing accompanied Sam Bright to Belt
to help him buy q Ford.
Harriet Stein came home last FL
day from Terry Mont. where she
spent the year teaching. John was
at the train to NEST his daughter and
IS now smiling every day.
Edith Blain viii be graduated from
he University Of Washington this
week.
The Rebehah Home Club met with
Yrs. Pilgeram at Arlington last Sat
lrday afternoon. The afternoon was
pent in working on uniforms which
ella Graphical win wear as a novice
lurse when she enters the training
curse at the Deaconess hospital.
hose present were Mes. Graphical
'oleman, Beynon English. May, Mil
ard, Simonis, johnson, Pilgeram,
Vest, Richardson, Newman, Childer-
ose and Miss Ella Graybeal After
ancheon the crowd expressed to Ella
;raybeal their regret that she IL leav-
~ so soon, wished her good luck and
ssured her that she would be missed.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mondik OF Black
agle visited Mrs. Mondik's mother
Irs. Venohr last Sunday. Mrs. Mon
X was formerly Greta Venohr. They
ere married about two weeks ago Ia
reat Falls. The groom az well as
le bride Is sn object Of inaerest TO
cit people because he was born In
cit and is a brother Of Alec, Larry 4
I'd Maggie.
Guy Schmeer and family expect to
ave today for Dutton where they
N visit friends. After their return
company with Walter Rice and fam Y
! will make q tour Of Yellowstone :
Irk. Later they win leave for the
nth where they will locate. I
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-06-18
MAs0Ns NOTICE

A regular meeting Of Belt
Lodge viii be held in X. p. a
hall on Tuesday, June 2Srd, ~
1925. After lodge smoker ~
will be held All Maaons cor W
daily invited to attend.
Committee.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-06-18

Leo c. Graybln City Clerk.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-06-18

Bin Fluhr and C. w. Stuffed atten-
ded the COnsistOry in Great Falls yes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
SlNSINAWA FARMER DEAD

bernard kuhle died at his home
near Slnsinawa, Wednesday at four
3ciock. Illness of ten days preceded
: lie was born in Freyen, Hanover,
germany Nov 20, 1852, and came to
america with his parents when quite
Souns. They settled on a farm near
sne present home. Forty-three years
"sD ne was married to miss Anna Pulls.
Inc surviving relatives are his
Nluo" six children. Mrs. John Vas
zen and Mrs. Ed Kruser of Sinsin-
ava 5"d Ars Joseph Weber of Du-
poque, Mrs. Bernard Kruser and Mrs.
NY Mass of Louisburg, Joseph of
- y one sister, Mrs. John Grimm
y ~ dubuque, and 80 grandchildren.
S Tng SON. William, and one daughter,
55,assie, died during the influenza cpl
T IsI IN 1915, and one daughter, Mrs.
'o ~ Weber, died in August, 1923.
81. deceased was a member of the
j. o'loi'c knights of Wisconsin, a char
NJ n, member of st. Joseph and Holy
c = societies and an attendant of
o. Josephs church.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
Sam1 Pearson Letter
Written to Friends
70 Odd Years Ago

Mrs W. P Richardson has in her
possession two letters which she val
ues exceedingly, written tby her father,
the late Samuel Pearson Sr., who died
in Lancaster in~1905 after having lived
here a number of years. They are writ
ten to Scotch-Irish relatives in the
North of Ireland in the spring of 1849
one from St. Louis, Mo, and one
from Benton Wis. Mr.. Pearson left
Ireland in December, 1848, bound for
the lead mines in Wisconsin, whittier
many of his friends had gone, one OF
whom was Thomas Bailie, a school
mate, father of w. c. Battle, formerly
mayor of Lancaster, and an uncle, by
marriage, of Postmaster Mcmahon
The letters tell interestingly of the
long sea voyage in a sailing vessel,
commanded by Capt. William Hard
castle, a relative, later learned, OF
Rev. John Hardcastle of Plattevllle;
of the landing at New Orleans, where
the immigrant was forcibly impressed
by the imposing collections of bowie
knives seemingly adapted for the var
ying ages of man; of a long wait at
st. Louis for boat to Galena; OF
landing at Galena on st. Patrlcks day.
1849: of walking that day to New Dig
gings. distance of II miles, so eager
was he for action; OF spending the
first night, Saturday, at the home Oh
John McKelvey, father of Miss Mary
A. McKelvey and uncle of Miss Mar
garet Jordan, both of this city; ana
of going with Thomas Bail1e. already
mentioned, to Benton the next Day
where, due to the efforts of Mr.. Balile'
he secured immediate employment IN
the mines, his employer being Matt
Murphy. who, it will be remembered
on diving a few years ago left very
large fortune, most of which ne pc
uueathed to Lafayette county Tor
court house.
A dispersion of the Scotch-Irish col
ony at New Diggings (only seven
miles from Hazel Green) soon ensued,
for. the search for fortune in the LEAD
mines bringing general DISAPPOINTMENT
the miners gravitated to farming, some
going to Apple River ILL.,. not tar
away: others-the Bailies-to Bolce
Prairie; and others, including the Jor-
dams and McKelveys, to Bo1ce Creek
near Potosi
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11

left the state for other areas where
healthy business is appreciated and
encouraged rather than condemned
and hamstrung.
Atty. General Ekern comes forward
with the most sensible proposal we
have heard yet Mr. Ekern would re-
move every iota of personal property
tax, deriving the needed revenues from
graduated income tax. He says an
income tax is fairer because it is
based on incomes and returns en-
Joyed 365 days in the year whereas
a property tax is arbitrarily deter
mined on the amount of taxable per-
sonal property on hand May 1, one
day in the year.
The personal property tax is break
ing the backs of Wisconsin business.
The writer knows of dozens of mer-
camille firms who are not doing
enough business to pay expenses but
who are compelled to pay consider
able taxes on their inventories al
though the goods on the shelves do
not turn and the owners are worried
to death over how to make ends meet.
This is not bunk but fact
On the other hand numerous pro-
fesSiOnal men who are making the
most money pay almost nothing in the
way of taxes because their investment
in personal property is extremely
light. They carry their stock of trade
around in their brains instead of on
shelves and cannot be taxed for it.
The Herald's belief is that the av-
erage man is willing to pay taxes in
accordance with his income and his
ability to pay. If man makes con-
siderable money out of his business
he should expect and be willing to
pay greater amount of taxes than
his less fortunate brother who may
have an equal investment but hasn't
made a cent. Maybe. lost money.
The Herald would like to hear more
from Mr.. Ekern. We believe he has
something good
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
BOSCOBEL

Arthur Lathrop of Woodman dis
covered a badly broken rail on the
main track of the Milwaukee road in
the west yards of that village Sunday.
He Immediately notified Agent Ed
Brown, who in turn communicated
with Section Foreman Squires in this
city. The latter rushed a new rail
to Woodman and repaired the dam
age without a mishap occurring.
Clarence Steele and Chas. Parrish,
Boscobel youths, were caught with a
bottle of hootch last evening by Dep
uty Sheriff Appleby. The lads were
questioned for some time by local au-
thorities in an effort to determine
where the 'pizen" came from. They
finally accused Chas Gibbs of this
city as being the guilty party. A war
rant was issued by Justice Payne for
arrest of Gibbs but he had learned of
the proceedings and made himself
scarce. At this writing the diligent
hunt for him has been unsuccessful
Dial
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
Trout to Enter
Famous Plot of
Moth and Flame

PLATTEVILLE-Ch Wolf of
this city, who has put in four years at
Brentwood, Wis, in building up a
great private trout hatchery on Big
Lake Chetac, has worked out a novel
scheme for feeding his children as he
calls the big speckled beauties, de-
veloped there in special trout tanks.
The resort has been equipped with
a Kohler, Wis, electric light plant.
Another unit is now being installed at
the trout hatchery. Just above the
water Wolf and his assistants are
stringing wires along the middle of
the pool and main stream, and from
these wires about five feet apart a s.
watt lamp will be dropped to within
three inches of the water level Then
at night when the flies collect around
those lights the trout will jump out
and get the flies and when the wealth
er is favorable the feed problem, SAYS
Mr.. Wolf, is solved, and further, The
trout will have a fine flavor. Mr. Wolf
claims this idea is original with him
self and says he wants others to have
the idea and hopes it will be given a
fair trial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
Richland Road Commission
to Regulate Tire Widths

HIGHLAND CENTER-The County
Highway Commission has issued or.
ders which they hope will save tbo
Ioaus Oh the county during the spring
pIedh up. mat season will soon be
WIN US ana wagons and trucks are
olCen loaded to hard road capacity.
resulting IN the destruction of the
roads 1t will be sought this year to
limit the weight of loads on improved
ROADS, and thus work for their preser-
walton.
The order issued by the Highway
commission will limit loads to 400
pounds per inch of tire tread For
example we take one-ton Ford
truck with 31a inch tires in front and
re inch tires in the rear. This will
give tire tread of IL inches. figur-
ing the tread of the 80 inch tire at
2B inches and of the AZ inch tire at
5 inches. This would make the truck
carry load including the weight of
the truck of 440 pounds. The trucl1
and driver will weigh $500 pounds.
which means that a load of 1900 lbs
may be carried on the truck. The order
applies to wagons as well as trucks.
Other size. tires and loads are fig
ured in much the same way and in
formation will be distributed over the
county giving the tread of different
sized tires, so the public may be
governed in the loads placed during
the soft spring weather The move
ment will require the cooperation of
all for its enforcement, and looks to
us like wise precautiOn Heavy
loaded trucks and milk trucks can de-
stroy more road in a month in the
spring than can be built during the
Summer.-DemOcrat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11

PLATTEEILLE- Great excitement
prevails here over the strike made by
Ed Wehnke and Oliver Vickerman on
the Miss Mary Shields farm near Up
switch Large chunks of lead and in
goodlE quantity, have been taken from
the hole since last Thursday. The
large lode was struck that day and on
Tuesday the men took out about 300
pounds in an hour and a half and
there was lead all around it.
Three holes have been sunk Moth
ing was struck in the first two and
small amount of lead was found in
the third one They went to the
creek on Thursday and saw a few
pieces OF lead in the water that
looked as if it had washed out. They
tried to do some digging there but
We're prevented by the water So they
went about 200 feet west and started
70 sink hole and went into rich lead
at about I feet. Mr.. Wehnke stated
That they were down about - feet
and had taken out two salt barrels Of
rich ore.
The strike has created a great deal
q interest and the place has been
nesIesed with spectators. On Tues
gay afternoon there were from IS to
70 callers there. Old miners say it
Is one OF the richest discoveries in
LEAD tney have ever seen. Chunks
weighing from to 81 lbs. each have
been taken out
Inc water is now bothering quite
little and they will install pump
TO take care Of it.
LOUIS Bartling, a prominent farmer,
residing just north of the city, died
Monday night following an illness of
oat a week. Mr. Bartling was 40 years
OF age early in February. He leaves
nus WIFE and four children, the oldest
i years Of age and the youngest 18
months, and several brothers and sis
ters.-Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
FOLEY'S INDEXINGS

Sure enough there seems to be two
classes-dreamers and doors. One
wants light CD wines, the other plants
grape vines.
You have noticed of course how
some young women select new gowns
and coats that show refinement and
good breeding; others select to show
good form only.
These are the days when the short
and simple cuss-words of the unfor-
tunate poor make poverty less annoy
ing when applied to alwyers and we'll
to-do mortgage holders.
Judging by the number of triangle
lawsuits in Chicago one would natur-
ally believe that ninety per cent of
the married men have affinities. Prob
ably the other ten can't get them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
WITHIN | HOUR
Of The court
HOUSE SQUARE
Happenings From
Exchanges and
Reporters.
CASSVHIE
CASSVILLE
Charles Gilberry Dead

charles Gilberry, retired farmer
God e. died at his home in this viii
iaoa early Tuesday morning of can
nor following years illness the last
tbrea months of which he was bed
fast He leaves a wife, one brother,
W-iIIiar3 of Morehead Mimi, and one
sister Mrs. Phal Mccartney, of Lam
.aster He was born in England and
came 10 this country when but a
yonne man. Funeral was held at st.
charles Catholic church on Friday
morning, deceased having having en-
nraca9 the Catholic faith on his death
bed
Woodmen Initiate Large Class
The local Modern Woodman camp
initiated thirteen new members into
their organization on Monday even
fng the Forester drill team from Lam
caster. in full uniform, in charge of
raptain Amos Brown, conducting the
impressive ceremonies which were
held in Concert hall in order to ac-
commodate the visiting members from
nefghboring camps Fully $50 Wood
men including representatives from
Lancaster, Potosi Burton, Beetown,
Bagley, Genoa, Platteville and Ellen
5oro. besides a large local member
ship. Witnessed and participated in
this unusually elaborate and impress
siye affair which. by the way, was the
most pretentious ever attempted by
The home camp. J. j. Gathers, the pop
ular district deputy, was the moving
spirit and no detail was overlooked in
order to make it a thorough success.
A splendid musical program, including
vocal and instrumental selections,
proved highly entertaining. At mid
night i swell banquet was served in
the W. W A. hall. Burton sent the
largest delegation, the party from that
camp numbering IS. The local camp
nov boasts a membership Of upwards
Of 1870 and much activity has been
manifested of Iate.-J M. K.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11

Thomas c.. Wenzel and Kathleen wenzeI
his wife, Lancaster State Bank, a domes-
, tic corporation. Union State Bank, a do
mestic corporation Peter Hoffman, as ex-
ecutor of the will of Casper Buell., de-
ceased, w L. Winsl1el and Minnie Wins
kell, his wife, and Frank Burrows Defen-
dants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
and pursuant to Judgment of Foreclosure
and order of sale made in the above en-
titled action, at the regular October term
thereof, for the year 1928, held at the Court
House, in the City of Lancaster, Grant
County, Wisconsin, said term commencing
on the Eighth day of October, 1928, said
judgment and order bearing date the Fifth
day of February A. D., 1924, and the time
allowed by law for redemption having ex-
pired, and no redemption having been made
therein, l will, on the 2Sth day of March,
A. d. 1925, at one o'clock in the afternoon,
of said day, at the front door of the Court
House in the City of Lancaster, Grant
County, Wisconsin, offer for sale and sell
at public vendue to the highest and best
bidder or bidders, for cash, the following
described mortgaged premises or so much
thereof as will be sufficient to raise the
amount due on said judgment, interest and
costs, together with expense of sale, to-wit:
The South Half of the South West Quar-
ter of Section Thirteen (13) the South One
Fourth of the North East Quarter; the
South Half of the South East quarter of
the North West Quarter; and the North
Half of the North East quarter of the South
East quarter; and Twenty Two and one
halT acres OF the North side of the North
East quarter of the South West quarter of
Section Fourteen (14); also a Tract
Land commencing at the, North West cor
ner of the south east quarter of said sec
ton fourteen C4), thence running south
40 rods; thence east thirty rods thence
south eight rods; thence east fifty rods;
thence north fifty three rods; thence west
eighty rods to the place of beginning, ali
being in Township Five north, Range i our
west of the 4th Principal Meridian, in
Grant county Wisconsin. Containing one
Hundred forty seven and one-half acres
more less.
Dated, Sheriff's Office Lancaster, Wis.,
this Ninth day of February A. D. 1925.
H. F. LIVINGSTON
Sheriff of Grant County wis
By F. B. Calls Deputy.
S. II. Taylor, PLAINTIFFS Attorney, p. o i'd
dress, Lancaster, Wisconsin. SECS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
WEST GRANT FIRE

While Chris Garner was burning
some brush in his pasture over by
Lee Brookens' farm, the fire spread
to the grass and stubble in Lees field
and advanced rapidly toward his home
and out buildings. AS soon as Chris
saw how fast it was moving he ran
down to Lees house and telephoned
to town for help. A number of the
boys went out and helped put it out
Later in the day it started up again,
and help was again summoned, but
it did not get so much of a start the
second time. The ground has been
very dry for March. but the weather
man has promised us plenty of mois-
ture this notwithstanding Record
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11

In circuit Court for Grant County, Wis
consin.
John Roesch, Plaintiff VS.
Joseph Wright and Lou l.. Wright his
wife, Lou L. Wright, First Wisconsin Nat
ional Bank, a corporation and John Ham
ilton, Defendants.
BY virtue of a Judgment of foreclosure
and sale made in the above entitled action
on the 29th day of February A. d. 1924,
the undersigned, Sheriff for Grant County,
State of Wisconsin, will sell at the north
front door of the Court House, in the City
at Lancaster, in Grant County Wisconsin, on
the 18th day of April. A. D., 1925, at two
o'clock in the afternoon of that day. the
real estate and mortgaged premises de-
scribed by said judgment to be sold, and
therein described as follows
The Southeast quarter of Section twenty
six; the Northwest quarter of the South
west quarter of section twenty-five (25);
the North half of the Northeast quarter of
section thirty-five $50, except beginning at
a point three go rods east of the southwest
corner of the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of said section thirty
$3.50, thence running north parallel to the
west line of said forty acre tract IL - feet,
thence east parallel to the south line of
said forty acre tract to east line of said
forty acre tract, thence south 171$ feet
said east line to south east corner of said
forty tract, thence west south line
of said forty acre tract to the place of be-
ginning; the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of section thirty-six
(36) and a right of way being a strip of
land over and across the south half of the
northeast quarter of said section thirty
$50, all being in Town five 60 North of
Range Four ca West, in Grant County,
Wisconsin.
Terms of said sale will be cash.
Dated the third day of March, A. D.,
1925. 3c6
Harry +. Livingston, Sheriff for Grant
County, Wisconsin.
Brennan & Carthew ATTORNEYS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
False Idealism.

In another column we publish a
beautifully written letter from the
pen OF Mr.. Chas. Nordhoff, author.
writing from his home in Tahiti
french Oceanica, known better as
the South Sea Isles. Mr.. Nordhoff
touches on an evil in life-the false
ana sentimental idealism induced by
untrue literature of all sorts Nam
oy-pamby, sugar and water writer's
IN legion treat Of a world in illusion
ana not very true or wholesome
world at that Absorbing this false
ldeallsm people make the most SER
lous mistakes in the important affairs
OF life because their judgment and
perspective are clouded by unrealitv.
Particularly does this hold true of
love and marriage. Men expect their
wives to be a combination of saint.
angel, mother and mistress to their
varying whims. Women look for CAT
anads and Lochinvars. They both get
human beings. Disillusion and dis
enchantment come with a false and
unfair belief of having been cheated
Then the divorce court and perhans
later try again with more disiIlus-
ion
True art holds the mirror up to ma
ture. Those who have the gift of ex-
preston and tell truly what is in their
hearts are condemned while they live.
In time they are recorded as truly
great Poor, old, broken Walt Whit
man told the truth and was put down
as shameless by the nice, correct peo-
pie of his time. Today literature gives
Walt Whitman place among the two
or three great writer's of his century.
The teaching of true art is to face
life in it's grim reality. Courageous
meeting of issues and difficulties may
mean finding ways to combat and con-
quer them. Then comes victory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11
Soldiers Grove Bank
Closed; Cashier Held

SOLDIERS GROVE-The bank of
Soldiers Grove was closed by Dwight
T. Parker, state commissioner of bank
ing, on Wednesday of last week The
first report was that the bank was
closed because of frozen loans due to
the partial failure of the tobacco crop
in that vicinity for the past two years
and the fact that most of the tobacco
is being marketed through the Wis
consin Tobacco Pool which has failed
to sell much of the tobacco
This is probably true, but that
there is a shortage also in the bank s
finances is also from later reports
true. Nordahl Peterson, young
man twenty-four years of age, was
assistant cashier of the bank and he
is said to have broken down when the
decision was reached by the state
banking department to close the
bank, and confessed to embezzlement
of $4,000. Following such con-
fessiOn, he was arrested and taken to
the county Jail at Prairie du Chen,
where last week he is said not to have
denied the incorporation of the
banks funds, but refused to tell what
he had done with the money.
The bank of Soldiers Grove was the
only banking institution in that vii
lage, and its closing is working a
great hardship on business there. The
bank was capitalized at $4,000 with
$4,000 surplus Total resources
reached $502,659,16 at the last pub
lished report and loans and discounts
showed $467,56408 Officers of the
bank are NJ H. Malone, president;
Foster Hooverson, vice president; and
C. A. Peterson,s cashier.