Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-26
Tribute to War Dead.

Tribute to War Dead.
1t takes the form of a beautiful
! Gothic tower in grey stone, adjoining
the city hall The tower will contain
a carlton of chimes. This imposing
tribute to the war dead is being erect
ed by a city of 5000 or 1000 at cost
of 10000 pounds And every town and
hamlet you visit has a dignifed mem
orial.
Peeblesford, little resort town of
5000, on the Tweed, has a colonnade
of stone with bronze tablets at the
back wall bearing the names of over
200 dead! All Scotch lads.
In the center of the memorial is a
mosaic column seated in an urn. This
is kept filled with lovely flowers. Two
men, one young and one old, were at
the memorial when our party visited
it. They looked as though they had
both been crying.
The younger man asked me how l
liked the memorial and responded in
way that seemed to please him. He
thanked me with gentleness and cour-
tesy.
$4,000 Memorial.
Even little Walkerhaven, town of
a thousand, has a memorial costing O.
900 pounds That's $4,000 1t is
made of marble and gray stone with
the figure of a soldier in bronze at
the back. He stands trencn-neimeted
with his musket at rest, on either side
are the names of boys from the village
and countryside who "gave up their
lives at the kings command, for the
bride of the race and the peace of the
land"
These memorials, beautifully but
simply done, are scattered all over
Britain. They express the sincere love
and grief of the people.
Nearly every home has its loss and
sometimes two or three.
Visit to WOOllen Mills.
At Gallashiels we went through the
immense tweed mill of Sir VIM. Sykes
& Sons, Ltd. A tweed mill, manufac-
turing Scotch wooden goods for all
sorts of wear, is an interesting place.
Mr. WEIGH, the manager, took us
from the wool room, where hundreds
of different grades of wool are stored,
clear to the shipping department
where the completed product is packed
and loaded.
The mill now has a big order from
New York, and is working night and
day. The process leads from the
carding rooms where huge machines
gradually work the wool into a yarn,
on through the dyeing and spinning
departments. The dyeing is done af-
ter the yarn is made. The spinning
machines, on looms, work like light
ming by power
When the cloth is woven it under
goes several inspections to remove de-
fects 1t is then shrunk and packed.
The Sykes mill employees 900 hands
and it is only one of dozens in south
ern Scotland.
The standards are high and the
! Tweed wooden makers guard their
output jealousy,
Enjoys Hospitality.
At WaIkerburn / remained over
night as guest of the Irvines and their
relatives. The home is simple coy
place similar to thousands over Scot
land; tiny from our standpoints, but
overlooking with hospitality and good
cheer Everything was offered with
the apparent feeling that nothing was
too good for the guest and without
apology for simplicity To me this is
the ultimate in good taste and genuine
hospitality.
After tea (prepared on the "auld
CRATE" a typically Scotch institution
several of us including Mr.. Irvine es-
sayed the climb of one of the large
hills back of the town Those who
have never seen a hill as they con-
slider them in Scotland, have some
thing ahead.
Climbs "MOuntains"
The trip UP to the summit and re-
turn took about two hours. The dis
lance about six miles. The altitude
at the top, where the water supply is
located is about 1000 feet. The way
up led through fine pastures and then
through oat fields. Following that
an underground Of heather to the top
When you consider that the greater
part of Scotland is composed of these
huge hills, breaking into mountains,
with valleys between, a land of thouS-
ands of streams, and everywhere a
carpet of green, you begin to get an
idea of what the land of the heather
is like.
At the top of the hill we saw the
large reservoir which supplies Wal
kerburn and its industries with pure
and abundant water Nearby were
shooting stations used by the gentry
when the August shooting of grouse is
on.
The grouse are abundant now and
we flush many coverys as we walk
about through the heather.
To the south in a higher summit
where one of the boys has gone
searching for the lucky white heather
We see his tiny figure a mile away
against the skyline.
Sheep Feed on Thousand Hills.
To the north is the valley of the
Tweed, the stream winding ribbon
of silver through field of green. And
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