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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
DEER MAKE
HABITAT ON
WINNESHIEK
Denizens of Wild Find a
Refuge in Uncle Sans
New Preserve.

PRA. DU CHIEN-Wild animals and
water fowl have discovered that the
Wlnneshiek bottoms of the Mississippi
along the west border of Crawford
county are safe habitat This in
herent intuition has brought a num-
Der of deer to the vicinity of Goose
lake, between LynxvilIe and Ferry
vile, on the 1880 acre game pre-
serve. A buck, two does and several
lawns. They were discovered by Will
liam Nelson and John Bechtel, Lans-
ing farmers, who were hunting swine
on the islands in that vicinity
These deer probably did not come
from Nelson Dewey state park, at the
junction of the Wisconsin and Mis-
slsslpp1 rivers, from which the herd
OF deer sometimes wander. Most of
the park deer are so tame they will
eat from a hand and some of them
will even allow fondling.
Those discovered in the Winneshiek
region above the city were so wild
they scampered to shelter on sight of
the men.
nee the Crawford county tract
has been set aside for a game pre-
serve, beaver, too, have made their
appearance, and muskrats and rab-
bits are multiplying at an enormous
rate. All the fur-Dearing animals are
being guarded zealously by the land
owners, who have banded together to
protect not only the fur animals, but
the fish and wild fowl as well.
thousands of ducks nestled in the
area the past summer and it is ex-
pected that the number will be ma
terially increased in 1926. Untold
numbers of Canadian brant in their
migratory flight from the lake regions
of Saskatchewan in Canada and north
ern Minnesota stopped the past week
to rest and feed on the wild rice while
following the Mississippi watercourse
to the south.
Deer from the state park have been
wandering about the city streets of
Pra. du Chen the past few days, as
has been their custom for the past
several winters, and the school chill
dren are enjoying a real treat of wild
life in their own dooryards.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
IN CIRCUIT COURT
"SailOr" Johns Gets Prison Term for
BOOtlegging.- Other Cases.

Circuit court came to a temporary
close Wednesday when Judge Robert
S. Cowie of La Crosse disposed of the
cases before him on change of venue
Court opened again Monday for a day,
Judge Smalley presiding. Further
court matters will be considered on in
term days between now and the Feb
ruary term.
Laverne "Sailor" Johns of Platte
vile, charged with transportation of
liquor, was found guilty by jury. He
was given six months in the work
house and $500 fine. In case of
failure to pay fine he must serve go
days longer. Johns was given a 60
day stay of execution on $4,000 bond
Louis Brandt of Keller, charged
with violation of the liquor law, plead
ed guilty. He was given his option of
$40 0and costs or two months in the
county jail.
Cases against Chas. Kaap and JOS.
Holmes were continued by motion of
the district attorney Absence of an
important witness is said to be the
cause of the states delay in forcing a
trial at present. A man named Ap-
pleby, engaged in securing evidence in
liquor cases, has apparently dropped
out of sight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
French Government Wants
Herald Travel Articles

The Herald has a request from the
American publicity end OF the French
travel bureau for articles on Paris,
France and Switzerland. And a re-
quest from the International Air Union
for our story on the flying trip from
Paris to London
This comes as a surprise to the ed
itor as there was no effort on our part
to do anything like what might be
called "fne writing (Which we could
MT do anyhow. The main idea was to
translate the impressions as they came
into general running story for home
folks to read.
And that, it seems, is just what the
overseas people want
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
Is Our Civilization Decadent?

Prof. A. E. Wiggam, noted biologist,
in an address before the Wisconsin
Teachers convention last week, as
sured the assembled pedagogs that we
are on our way to a decadent civiliza-
ton, ruled by imbeciles and ignora-
muses..
Only one loophole, that of assortive
mating, was left by Wiggam. This
mating, he said, is where the strong
will be welded to the strong, the
beautiful to the beautiful, and the
weak left to die of their own weak
ness.
Declaring that civilization is on the
decline, Prof. Wiggam offered the col
lege man and woman as proof
Three college women are married
before one child is produced. A scrub
woman has six children to a college
woman's one. What does that mean ?
1t takes 1000 Harvard graduates to
produce so children, while unskilled
laborers will produce 100000 in the
same length of time. What do you
suppose is going to happen in hum
dreds of years from now?"
The moral to the professors con-
clusion seems to be this: eff you want
grandchildren, don't send your boy or
girl to a college. nevertheless, we
think he makes the common mistake
of educators in assuming that the
world is better served by producing
children from educated parents than
from uneducated ones and that college
bred people are superior sort of
people.
In any event how did the world wag
along as wag along it did in the CEN
turtles when there were no colleges
and even the best educated would be
termed ignoramuses by modern STAN
dards? But it got along and will get
along, collegian sterility notwith
standing.
The fact is that families of every
class have been getting smaller and
smaller for the past fly years al
though the general popu ltion of the
world has increased vastl- 1t seems
to be a fact that as life is made safer
and the term of life inc eases that
Mother Nature by some immutable
process not known to us restricts the
number of children born or more cor
rectly speaking, the demand for chill
dren. Let us leave Professor Wiggam
to ponder over these few points for
a while before he breaks out again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
HOLD MECHANIC
FOR AUTO THEFT
Clyde HickOk of This City
in Tolls at Dubuque
Makes Guilty Plea.

Dubuque papers have carried a
news item relating to the arrest and
trial of Clyde Hickok, formerly of this
city, for auto theft. The assumption is
that Clyde is now held at Dubuque
awaiting sentence. He pleaded guilty,
the newspaper states.
Hickok, aged about 80, was en-
ployed at the Monitor garage in this
city up to two weeks ago Sunday. On
that day he went to Dubuque in his
own ar. He left the machine stored in
garage and assumed possession of
Ford sedan owned by battery sales
man who makes Lancaster. Clyde
drove to Chicago where he was appre-
hended by the authorities and brought
back to Dubuque.
The battery salesman stood about
$40 loss but has declined to press the
case. The prosecution so far has been
carried on by the insurance company
which was out over a hundred dol
lars.
Hickok appeared before Judge Mel
son at Dubuque last Thursday and
pleaded guilty to larceny of an auto
mobile on county attorneys informa-
ton. Sentence was deferred to Thurs
day, Nov. IL. Hickok still stands I'M
der a chance of being prosecuted I'M
der the Dwyer act, a federal law re-
lating to illegal transport of motor
cars from one state to another. The
federal grand jury convenes at Du-
buque in November. The car taken
was the property of D. B. Dominy of
Cascade, Iowa.
Clyde has wife and two children
living here His friends here conclude
that his actions point to nothing less
than a deranged mind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
TEN PERCENT
DIVIDEND IN
PEOPLES BANK
DepOsitOrs See First Sign
of Money SOOn.- Other
Court DispOsaIs.

Judge Smalley issued an order
Monday authorizing Chas. Brown. re-
celVer for the defunct Peoples State
oank, to pay ten percent dividend to
deposltors and creditors. This will be
handled as rapidly as Mr.. Brown can
get at it.
Pleads to Assault
Lester Gerlach of Clifton pleaded
guilty to plain assault and was given
SIS and costs or two months in iail
The charge of assault was substituted
Tor previous more serious charge
MADE against the young man.
Sent to Green Bay
Lisle Scott of Patch Grove pIeaded
guilty to having had criminal reIa-
lions with minor and was given not
less imam one year or more than six
years IN Green Bay. The young man
was taken into custody last Monday
night.
Dismiss Jones Case
Oliver Casey Jones of Cassville
won freedom when his attorney, R.
u. walker moved for an arrest of
Judgment and dismissal of the action.
Judge Smalley granted Mr.. Walkers
motion. Jones was found guilty of vi
olatlon OF the liquor law by jury.
One Divorce
Nellie Barto of Mt Hope vicinity
was granted a divorce from Oliver
Barto.
Jail for Court Contempt
For failure to pay alimony and suit
money in a divorce action, Raymond
Burback of Jamestown was ordered to
jail for so days.
This concludes court for the present
term and the hall of justice is now in
use by the county board.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
ON ROADS
OF COUNTY
is S3OS,96O
Main Expense Does Not
Fall on Taxpayers
County Share Small.

The Herald is not an advocate of
road expenditures beyond the ability
of the county taxpayers to meet them
comfortably. Regardless of how neces-
sary things may seem it is we'll in
these times to consider the taxpayer
first. There are lots of things we may
do without although good roads may
not be one of them.
However that may be it is interest
ing to note that an analysis of next
years road funds shows that but about
a fourth of the money to be spent will
fall on the taxpayers shoulders.
Three-fourths will come from outside
sources as federal or state aid.
Out of an eight-tenths of a mill tax
the county will raise around $4,000,
which sum is about $4,000 less than
the amount voted for similar purposes
last year Around $68,863 of this mon
ey goes on county trunk line improve
ments. $11, 1923 goes for emergency
bridges, making total of $80,386. The
county board can, if it deems advis-
able, cut out another $4,000 recon-
mended for county trunk line patrol
men. However, it is probable that no
board member will want to have coun-
ty trunk patrolmen done away with in
his particular section.
* Heavy State Aid
The allotment of state and federal
funds RIMS aS follows.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
MOTHER, CHILD
HURT I N SPILL
Moving Truck Tips Over on
Pigeon Hill. Driver
Has Nose Broken.

Mrs. Clifford Baker and babe riding
on moving truck from Wauzeka to
the Nick Adams in Beetown, were in
jured Saturday afternoon when the
truck tipped over on Pigeon Hill near
the Adams place. Mrs. Baker and
babe were bruised up and Mr.. Hunter
of Wauzeka, the driver, had his nose
broken. The furniture was more or
less smashed up and the truck was
dana ged. The story is that the truck
ran down the hill and turned turtle
when the drivers brakes failed to
work on a steep incline.
The Baker family is moving back
to Grant county from Crawford coun-
ty. At present Mrs. Baker and child
are staying AT the Jess Blackburn
home in this city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
BIasphemy.

bIdSpnemys
A news account of recent Jewish
colonization schemes in and around
the Holy City, reminds the writer that
during the World war New York
yellow" newspaper ran head over
the story of Allenby's occupation of
Jerusalem to the effect that British
Take Christ's Home Town"
An attempt to be f1ippant over sac
red things strikes even profane
man as a good deal worse than
swearing. Though the name of names
may be the same the profane person
at least has the provocation of vex-
alton or excitement and an inability
to express himself effectively without
the use of profanity. In the New York
case it was simply an effort to be
f1ippant and apropos without a regard
for anyone's feelings or sentiments.
And this also reminds us of the ia
nous evangelist who inc one of his
public prayers said: Lord be with
us tonight, and Jesus you come too. !"
Such an effort to appear on familiar
terms with the Deity grated on many
people. This same evangelist who
skirted blasphemy when he talked of
the Saviour as though he was poor
relation, paid an income tax of ten
thousand dollars last year. Some
people are impressed by him. The
Herald is not nor by his many cheap
limitations more or less prevalent in
this country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
COMING EVENTS

The Ladies of the Congregational
church will hold their annual ba-
zaar on Wednesday, December 2, 1925.
Everybody welcome. 1922
Come to the program and chicken
pie supper at the Welsh school on
Saturday night, Nov. 14th. Elizabeth
Joyce, teacher. 39c1
There will be meeting of the Mys-
tic Worker lodge at Mrs. Mary Brack-
ett's Thursday night, Nov. H. A good
attendance is desired as there will be
important business to transact.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
THESE MAY WE'D

Seward Garthwaite, Mary Daley
Bloomington.
Chas. E. Wannamaker, Lancaster
Clara H. Ecklund, Flasher, N. D.
Philip P. Houtaker, Hazel Green;
Sylvia D. Kunke1, Jamestown.
John A. Schier, Salem, S. D.; Ce-
ella Placke, jamestown.
Ernest H. Gutherz, So. Lancaster;
Myrtle N. Nelson, Fennimore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
FOOTBALL GAME A R0IT

The Lancaster-Boscobel football
game played here Tuesday proved to
be a rout as far as the Boscobel fore
es were concerned. The final tally was
70 to 0 in favor of Lancaster and the
local coach used all his forces to give
them practice
Lancaster plays Fennimore here to-
day.
The next and final game will be with
Darlington here on Nov. 81.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11

The last total represents the three
fourths of the money to be spent on
county road work next year which
will not be derived from direct taxa
ton on property. It comes from var
ious other sources-auto license, gas
oline tax, weight tax, federal aid, ETC..
The item ''free funds" is fluid fund
held by the state highway commission
to be Spotted" where the body sees
fit. Heretofore a good deal of this
fund has gone toward road improve
ment in northern counties. Next year
Grant county gets a good slice of it..
To Improve No. 10
One big improvement projected for
next year and to be paid for out of
aid money is the Improvement of No.
10 from Mt. Ida to Patch Grove. This
is BLANK section" in the Lake to the
River route insofar as hard road is
concerned. Following the closing of
the gap next year the road will be
completely hard-surfaced and relocat-
ed according to highway engineering
specifications.
Further recommendation of the
highway committee pertaining to road
work for next year will be discussed
following consideration by the county
board
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
New MontfOrt Church
to be Dedicated Nov. IL

MONTFORT-The new church at
this village, to be known as st. Thorn
as Catholic church, will be formally
dedicated today The RI Rev. Bishop
McGavick of La Crosse will be present
and will conduct the dedication SER
vices which will take place in the
morning at 10 o'clock At noon the
ladies of the parish will serve dinner
and church bazaar will follow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
HELD FOR DISCRETION

Sheriff Harry Livingston went to
Rockford Friday for Carl Porter, for
merly of this city but missing since
last May. Carl was wanted for failure
to support his wife and step-child. He
was found working in machine shop
when picked up. The case comes be-
fore Judge Goodsell for disposal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
FIVE SCARLET FEVER CASES

Scarlet fever cases under quaran-
tine are as follows:
Carl Kress, Lancaster, two little
girls.
Leo Kress, No. Lancaster, one girl.
Clifford Gerhart, So. Lancaster, boy
and girl.
Attending physician reports that all
cases are doing we'll
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11

Pearl, daughter of Leo Kress, en-
ployed on the Fred Schloesser farm
north of town, has been ill with scar
let fever.
Mrs. M. MONTE Sr. left Sunday for
Rock Island, ILL.,, where she will
spend month with her daughter,
Mrs Pfeiffer and son, Oscar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11
Flashes
''Life is ShOrt-Tell the Truth"
A COndensery for Lancaster.

A COndensery for Lancaster.
The Herald notes that the Merrill
Soule Co., a big concern manufacture
ing powdered milk, has located a
$150,0O0 plant at Browntown, a small
village in Green county. The plant
will employ around thirty people the
year around and bring thousands of
dollars into the community every
month
To those interested in the future of
Lancaster, the Herald would suggest
that here is something practical to
work for. 1t may be that some of our
capable local business men could or
ganize such a concern like we did the
canning factory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11

DR.. Fowler reports the following
births: A ten pound girl at Lester
Martin home in Liberty, Monday. Nov.
8. A ten pound boy at Will Dobson
home, Ellenboro, Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11

Fred Day and family and Mrs. EN-
ma Day were Platteville callers Sun
day.
Mrs. Wallace Helms and son, Fred,
returned home to Milwaukee follow
ing a visit at Lancaster and Patch
Grove.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11

Miss Kathleen Crichton was WISH
tor at the eco. B. Clementson home
in Beloit over the weekend.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11

FOUND-One Indian Summer.
pays to advertise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-19
IIIIARINED MAN R0UTS
& BANDITS, SAVES
$4,000 PAYROLL
FRANK ALLIGOOD
EUGENE DAVIS

black leather satcheI containing $4,000, the weekly
payroll 81 the Frank r JeIlef Company fashionable
street store changed hands three times this morning u
sensational battle between three coored bandits and An
drew Beckett colorsd, 81 years old trusted employe of
money.
Although Beckett vAas unsa1ned ut the Tine q re
olup which took place Il The alley j. the reaF e the
store he wrested eyover from the hands Of one # &c
bandils, and after hitting him the head with Il
shot the other two who il serious condition
Il the Emergency Hospital
According Beckett who has been employee Of the
Jeeffs for twentyseven years. he had just driven hIs
automobile into the alley street between Twelfth
and thirteenth Sts, when cOlored man with hand
kerchief the lower part Of his face jumped On the
running board 81 the machine, showed revolver INTO
his ribs, and ordered him TO Stick 'em up.
Beckett grabbed the revolver from the bandits hand
and hit him crushing blow the head, knocking
him to the ground Another Of the bandits then reached
into the machine Beckett driving and grabbed the
bag containing the He handed the money e the
third bandit and together they started running out ct
the alley toward street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-19
HILLER bible =
READ IN COURT

Helmuth p. Holler, self-styled
''bishop" who is under trial in the
District Supreme Court for fraud
ulent use of the mails in connec-
ton with the activities of the
Oriental University at 1902
Oregon avenue northwest, Of
which he is the alleged president
and corresponding secretary, is
also the editor of "The Holy
Theomonistic Bible, Illustrated
with engravings and genuine pho
tographs of angels" it was re-
vealed in the court proceedings
yesterday.
''BibIe'' Read as Evidence
The .'bible" of the cult was of
fered in evidence and many pass
ages from it were read to the court
in which Holler reveals spiritual
war in connection with some OF
the great events Of that struggle.
The passages, which were written
during the war, show that Holler
favored the German side. In one
message he claims to have received
before the war Holler says:
''Xeoyah finds Germans most
spiritual" and the German eagle
has received a spiritual crown-but
let men not imagine that since the
Germans are chosen now. God does
not love all his children every
where just as much as them. II
they are not Germans"
Wilson Warned. He Says
Concerning the sinking of the
Lusita1lla, Bishop Holler says in his
"bible::" "in 1915 when the Lusitania
was to be sunk, Hannah sent a mes
sage OF warning from President
Lincoln to President Wilson. the re-
ceipt OF which was not even &C
knowledged by the. arrogant Presi-
dent. If she had mailed the letter
at once. it would have reached the
President even before the Lusitania
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-19
VIRGINIA REEL
DENIED MAILS

Scores OF ''jazzy' publications get
through the mails and to the news
stands. but the December issue Of
the virginia Reel" just published
by University of Virginia students,
has been removed from the stands
and win be prohibited from the
mails, it was revealed today at the
Postoffice Department.
1t is alleged to be so shocking
this college magazine-that print
ers have been ordered not to turn
out another copy for the public
eye. Assistant Solicitor w. E.
Kelley, of the Postoffice Depart
ment, read the magazine this morn
ing, and used such words as
obscene, lascivious and libidinous'
about it.
This is the first time this college
literature has been called to his
attention, said Kelley.
when it is officially handed to
me for censoring," he stated, II
should certainly state it will be
thrown out of the mails.
Behind an attractive frontispiece,
the picture OF a demure little blue
eyed lady in hoop skirts, Kelley
read the following ditty. entitled
"I Wonder What's Become OF
Mary?''
First attention was drawn to the
college EDITORS spicy edition by
Postmaster j. M. B. Lewis, at
Continued on Page Q. Column az
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-19
FORGER At 70,
GETS Z YEARS

Edwin P. Russell, alias Edwin
P. Sloan, 70 years old, who is
known to the police under seven
other aliases and whose speciality
is to "kite" checks, was today
sentenced to serve two years in
the penitentiary by Justice Stat
ford in Criminal Court No. 2 for
forgery and uttering.
Russell pleaded guilty to the
charge of forging a check Of $3.50,
signing it "Igoe & Bros.," New
York, and passing it at the May
flower Hotel. He endorsed the
paper and added an. D." to his
signature.
Pleads for Leniency
When arrested he had three
other checks in his possession filled
out on various banks.
: When pleading for leniency he
confessed that he had served time
for larceny and other crimes. He
told the court that he knew he
hadn't long to live: that he had
been examined and found to be in
sick condition
The court did not think this was
q proper case for probation.