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The Washington times., 1925-03-21

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The Washington times., 1925-03-21

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The Washington times., 1925-03-21
Real Estate for Sale
STYRTIRRAN PROPERTY IOs

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and new proposed concrete road g
city. sS.sSO. Terms $500 and sS'
FIVE rooms and bath. gssS' n +s..ss
$3.50 cash and sss month. 3. 9. l.
Mells. owner; Phone AxaIls: -
A VERY HANDsoME COUNTRY
sSms with Etc Il n nearby GvirsiS.a.
The location is most desirable and
room and second fireplace. den, PAM
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end attic. Steam heat. metal wealth.
er strips. window shades. electric
lights. deep well and electric pump
way, twenty minutes Ride from Waite
House. Cross Chain Bridge. follow
meuadam three miles to Langley.
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evening. Only $50. 900. Including 81
acres valuable land.
Mclean. Va. or 513 Woodward Bldg.
Phone Main 1856.
A BEAUTIFUL Virginia home. almost
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seven rooms. hot-water heat. electric
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large fertile garden. chicken yards.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
Collie Starts Master Up
In DurOc-Jersey Business

PLATTEVILLE-Ben Culver, pros
porous farmer residing near this city,
owns a fine female Collie dog that is
diligent as watch dog. Mr. Culver
owns no pigs this spring and there is
not pig, young or old, on the place.
Last Thursday night he heard a
great commotion in the front yard, the
Collie being unusually demonstrative.
Ben donned his trousers and came
down to investigate.
He found Georgette, the Collie,
romping with baby Duroc-Jersey,
and tried to account for the pigs
presence as he knows it did not rain
pigs in the vicinity-of late at least.
The Collie evidently picked up the
little pig, which had strayed from its
native home, and knowing Ben had no
pigs, was going to give him a start in
the business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
LIVINGSTON

The commencement exercises of the Liv-
ingston Hin school took place Tuesday, May
26, Nancy Andrew was valedictorian, and
Max Livingston salutatorian. Professor Mil
Ter of university of department of educa-
ton of Madison, delivered a brilliant lee
ture on the mind. 1t called The In
curing Mind Seventeen graduates receiv-
ed diplomas
Mrs. Edward wishoff, husband and boy
visited her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Run
dell, Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Won Valid, sons Kenneth, Yer
non Robert and daughter, Henrietta, went
to South Bend, Indiana for two weeks to
visit relatives.
Mrs. Sloan of Milwaukee visited her sis
ter Mrs. Won Valid last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wisdom have pair
of twins, boy and girl, which arrived last
Monday.
Mr.. E. n. Hawley and Thomas Johnson
went to Evansville last Saturday to attend
commencement exercises.
A family reunion took place at the w.
M. Livingston home last week end as all
the children were home. Their daughter,
Mrs. Claude Watson, intends to make her
visit indefinite.
Among the out of town visitors were Mrs.
Will Pryor of Barnevilde, Frank Fisher of
Savannah, Roxy and Louis Biddick of Madi-
son were here Saturday.
Decoration Day was held here Saturday
and was celebrated by a programh which
was held in the park west of town. The
ladies of the l. o. o. F. got up the pro-
gram which was very good. Frank Whic-
her of Platteville spoke, after which firing
squad fired a salute and had taps. A-large
number of children and adults went to the
graveyard and decorated it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Grey and family visit
ed relatives of Richland Center from Fri
day until Sunday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
AN ENDURING STONE
War Memorial at Lancaster Subject
of Trade Journal Article.

The current issue of the Monumen-
tai News, the monument mems trade
journal, carries an illustrated article
bearing out the fine points of YER
mont marble and using the Soldiers
and Sailors monument in Lancaster as
an illustration. Two pictures appear:
One shows the old courthouse with
the three-raii board fence in the fore
ground and the monument Immediately
behind. The other shows the present
spacious arrangement with Grant
county's magnificent courthouse in the
background and the monument, stable
as when erected, in the foreground.
The point brought out forcibly is that
with the sweeping changes in Lancas-
ter in sixty years, the monument re-
mains unaltered. This evidence of
appreciation by a grateful citizenry
was erected shortly after the Civil
war, said to be the first of it's kind
put up in memory of the soldier and
sailor dead of the Civil war. 1t bears
the names of all those from this
county who gave up their lives in the
greatest conflict the country has ever
known. Vermont marble, by the way,
has a noble and dignified history.
Out of it was cut the first soldiers
monument in 1875. The latest and
greatest achievement to be carved
from this wonderful American stone
is the Arlington Amphitheatre in our
national capital.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
Flashes
Life is Short-TeIl the Truth"
Flags For Only
The Soldier Dead.

In Chicago the G. A. R. has publicly
asked that people in decorating the
graves of their loved ones for Memoir
ial day omit the flag unless the grave
contains the body of soldier or sail
or of the U. S. arms. There is no law
to enforce this. Nevertheless, it is
fitting and in good taste that the re-
quest should be complied with.
The American flag above a grave on
Memorial day should indicate that the
one beneath bore, in some capacity
or other, the U. S. arms. AS citizens
we gladly concede that this tribute
should be rendered. And we gladly
concede also that much as we all
love the flag it belongs a little more
to the one who stood ready to bare his
breast in its defense than to us 9TH
ers. 1t is little thing to do, and we
should do it.
Keep the flags for the graves of SOL
diers and sailors of the republic. They
earned it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
Farmers Son Finds
Valuable Pearl in Clam

What a Freeport jeweler declared
to be an exceptionally fine specimen
of fresh water pearl was discovered
Friday by little Austin Borchardt, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Borchardt of
Buckeye township, who found the gem
in clam he dug out of the bed of
Yellow creek in Kent township Mr..
Borchardt and his son went to the
creek to fish and the lad waded around
in the stream looking for clans for
bait. The first two he opened were just
ordinary bivalves, but when the third
one was opened 1ustrous lavender
tinted pearl dropped out onto the
ground. The elder Borchardt examined
it and decided it was pearl. Howev-
er, it was not until he brought the
pearl to Freeport that he learned its
real value. A jeweler offered him $100
for it. but he decided not to part with
it for a while.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
NEAR EAST RELIEF
Turkish Missionary Tells of Life In
Stricken Orient.

Last week Thursday, Mrs. Sophia
Sherman Holt, who has spent ten
years in Turkey in high school and
orphanage work, spoke to the children
of the various schools in Lancaster.
She told thrilling tales of the Armen-
ian deportation, of the Kemalest war
that followed the World war, and of
the Greek evacuation. $4,000 .Armen-
ians and Greeks fed from Ismud in
1921, and the American orphanage
and hospital contained all the Chris
tians remaining in town for a whole
year. Their only protection was the
American flag.
Today one-fourth of the population
of Greece is refugee. After the Greek
defeat at Smyrna Turkey ordered all
the Christians to leave the country, so
that today, with the exception of a
few Greeks and Armenians in Con-
stantinople, Turks alone (and some
Jews) remain in Turkey
Monday was Bundle Day in all the
schools. The children brought cloth
ing to b eshipped to Greece, Palestine,
Syria and Russian Armenia, whittier
the Christian population of Turkey
have taken refuge.
Anyone desiring to contribute cloth
ing may take it to the Congregational
church on Friday of this week, as the
Ladies Aid is in charge of the pack
ing and shipping. The Near East re-
lief is non-sectarian in character.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
Federal Men Make Raid
on Mineral Point Brewery

MADISON-Eight hundred bottles of
beer are alleged to have been seized
by federal prohibition agents in raid
on the Mineral Springs Products Co.
at Mineral Point, Friday night a week
ago. Warrants were issued the next
day for the arrest of Otto HI. Lieder,
president; Milton Unterholtzner, vice
president; and Ray Lieder, secretary
and treasurer of the company. Fed
eral agents Victor Schaefer and Ed
win Smith made the raid.
The three officers were arraigned
before C. E. Blake, United States Com
missioner, at Madison, Wednesday, on
charges of making beer containing
more than one-half of one percent OF
alcohol. They demanded a hearing
and were released under $1,000 bonds
each, to appear for trial June 8.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
BLAINE SIGNS
BILLREVOKING
HOMESTEADLAW'
Says Act Works Hardship
On Small Taxpayer.-Is
effective Now.

MADISON-Gov. John J. Blaine on
Friday signed the Edwards bill re-
pealing the homestead exemption law.
The law was passed at the last ses-
sion Of the legislature giving all
hOmesteads an exemption of $500 on
the tax rolls.
"The proponents of the law two
years ago advanced the argument that
homesteads up to a value of about
$4,000 would get the benefits of the
exemption but when the value ex-
ceeded that amount there would be a
slight increase on account of the re-
duced valuation through the exemp-
tion," Gov Blaine declared.
To Relieve Humble Man
"The purpose of the homestead ex-
emption is to relieve the humble man
and the homesteader, and when legis-
lation goes beyond that, the effect is to
increase the burdens upon all prop
erty in rural communities.
"There are 1856 school districts. in
this state, in cities and villages, with
in which are embraced farms, and
several more school districts in unin-
corporated villages in agricultural dis
tricts. In such cases the large num-
Der of $500 exemptions, regardless of
the value of the home in the city, vii
lage and hamlet, reduces the yalua-
ton of that part of the school dis
trict and thus shifts the burden only
on the farms within the district, as
the farms are large in acreage but
small in the number of homesteads.
In such cases the law has worked a
gross injustice.
Approves Repeal Bill.
For the reasons above stated, ap-
prove of the repeal bill. 1 want to re-
iterate, however, that I favor reas-
enable homestead exemption, limited
to homestead Improvements of specific
limited value, and with the further
provision, in view of past experience
with reference to school districts COM
posed of city, village and farm prop
erty, that the exemption should not
be taken into account in apportioning
the school tax as between the city or
village and the farming community
at is my opinion that the legislature
has the constitutional right to pass a
uniform law with respect to the ap-
portionment of taxes in school dis
tricts composed of urban and rural
property, on the lines suggested. This
bill, however, reaches me too late for
the Introduction of a bill to carry out
my suggestion"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
CITY VOTES
TO INSTALL
e OIL OUTFIT
Mayor Casts Deciding Vote
On New Pumping Unit.
Installed By Fall.

The city council at its last meeting
voted to install Fairbanks Morse oil
pumping outfit for use at the water
works, the vote being to and the
Mayor casting the deciding vote.
The contract calls for 120 h. p.
engine, pump and 1880 fuel storage
be in operation by Sept Is, 1925.
With fuel oil at &c per gallon de-
livered and lubricating oil at 6Oc a
gallon the company guarantees that
cost of pumping water will not ex-
coed one and one-half cents per
thousand gallons.
The company provides ton-day
free test
The cost of the plant shall be 3d.
000
This amount shall be paid $1,000
down and 81 monthly payments of
$324.33 each, with interest at 6 per
cent.
1t is set forth that the city of Lam
caster shall provide the sum of S.
900 in each annual budget during the
life of the contract which has been
the estimated cost of coal for the
steam plant. Should all costs of
pumping with oil including payments
exceed This sum the company agrees
to allow deduction from the pur-
chase
The upshot of the contract is that
with the exception of the $1,000 down
payment, freight, ETC., the company
claims to be able to pay for the plant
from the fuel savings. One of the
council said Monday that as $500 was
needed to repair one unit of the old
steam plant if it was continued, the
city would be actually ahead by TAX
ton.
Action by the city council on the
pumping matter followed a trip to
Portage by the mayor, eight aldermen,
city clerk, city attorney and city en-
gineer. They were accompanied by
the salesman and engineer of the
Fairbanks-Morse Co. The party view
ed new Diesel engine pumping in
stallation that cost the city of Port
age $180,000.
Opponents of the plan are many
and vigorous. They say the council
acted too hastily and without good
judgment. Some even threaten an in
junction to stop the fulfillment of the
contract. Considerable discussion is
expected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
Stats OFF! The
Flag is Passing"

One notes with regret how few peo-
pie pay tribute to the flag as it pass
es in parade by doffing their hats. 1t
is a simple and little thing to do.
But it denotes fine feeling and good
taste, if nothing more.
People do not willingly show dis
respect to the flag in this manner
Hence they should not be chided too
severely. When the flag passes con-
versation should cease. The hat
should come off the head. Ever so
slightly, perhaps, one should stand at
attention. Our Flag is Passing!
Why do people march on Decora-
ton day? Why do they decorate the
graves of soldier dead? Why do they
gather to listen to prayers and ora
tons? For the same reason that they
take off their hats when Old Glory
passes in review. Because by so do
ling we pay tribute to Americanism
and what the old flag stands for.
The barred head when the flag pass
es is not ridiculous Rather is it hon.
orable. In saluting the flag we do
honor to our country and to ourselves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
Plan to Bring Back the Trout


Eugene Woodhouse, jealous and in
te rested local Waltonian, has plan
or the bringing back of the trout in
the streams in the Lancaster vicinity
that deserves serious consideration.
In recent observation on the subject
Mr.. Woodhouse said:
Il have been doing some day dream
ing on this matter of trout streams
propagation and protection,-for our
immediate vicinity.
eff the farmer could be made to see
that the timber on his hillsides and
the willows on his streams do more to
hold his land than the wood is worth,
then we surely would have something
started.
"The willows on the banks of the
streams would furnish natural pro-
lection for small trout and conf1ne
flood waters as well. I would like to
see Grant river made the best trout
stream in this part of the state.
"All the tributaries should be
closed for all fishing and made stock
ing streams only. The trout will go
into Grant when they reach two years
of age, and from then on, they are of
sufficient size to be able to protect
themselves,-and when trout is two
years old he is sure wary of man.
Grant would ultimately develop in
to beautiful trout stream. I would
like to put in three concrete ponds
where the marsh is at the pumping
station,-two ponds for stocking Grant
and one pond for large trout for per-
manent exhibition.
"How about money and co-opera-
tion?"
EUGENE WOODHOIJSE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
BEETOWN

Mildred kinney of Lancaster was Monday
caller at school.
Charles Kuenster of Cassville was Tues
day caller.
DR.. Kennedy of Bloomington had business
here Tuesday.
Ross Peak was in Dubuque on business
" ednesday.
Benjamin Hayden is in very poor health.
His daughters were called from Iowa to
see him.
Lancaster members of the aid society will
entertain next meeting at Grantland. serv-
ing dinner.
School closed Friday with picnic mi the
grove.
The stork left a new baby girl at the Sam
FARMLAND home Saturday.
John Lancaster and wife and Oliver Ask
ley and wife of Cassville motored to Madi-
son Sunday.
A car driven by girl Sunday ran int
the Mike Reynolds car standing on the
street and damaging Il badly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
DIGGING SINCE '68
Venerable Contractor Finds District
Job Too Small For Outfit.

One of the attendants at a road let
ting at the district higway office last
Thursday was Bill McCaughey, mem
Der of McCaughey Bros, Chicago con
tractors, better known as bill and
Tom" Mr.. McCaughey came and in
quired but went on TO Minnesota, say
ing that the job was too small for his
firm to bother with. He has 35 trac-
tors, $50 teams and other equipment
and men in proportion and cannot af-
ford to "set up" on a relatively small
piece of work such as the Weuzeka
improvement, four miles in length.
But the interesting part of Mr.. Nc
Caughey's firm is himself. He has
been contracting since away back in
49," is six feet and four inches tall,
straight as ramrod, of enormous
bulk, 80 years old and active as most
men of SO. The venerable old con-
tractor flew into the highway office,
chatted briefly with Mr.. Reilly and
hurried on to his Minnesota appoint
ment. And someone said, Men are
Through at $50"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
IN THE JUSTICE COURT

Adam Kirschbaum, Cassville barber,
was before Justice Burrows Friday on
a charge of driving car without au-
to license. The state inspector made
the complaint. Mr.. Kirschbaum paid
a fine of $40 and costs and agreed to
procure proper license.
D. ]. Kirschbaum, Cassville farmer,
pleaded guilty before Justice Burrows
Monday to charge of operating mo-
tor car without license. He paid $40
and costs.
These men are not the same KirscTl-
baums, three in number, who were
held by Justice Burrows last week on
a charge of fish dynamiting on Rattle
snake.
Jay Sweeney was fined SIS and
cost upon his plea of guilty before
Justice Burrows Monday. A Sunday
evening disturbance in the east part
of town was the cause of the court
appearance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
BOYS IN BLUE
FEW BUT FIRM !.
IN MARCH LINE
Decoration Day Properly
Observed In Lancaster.
A Fine Address.

Decoration day was properly observ-
ed in Lancaster according to- the an
nual custom. Patriotic orders and the
high school band assembled at Post
hall in the morning and marched to
the cemetery with the exception of the
veterans, seven in number, who rode
in motor cars. At the cemetery servic-
es were carried out according to the
G. A. r. ritual, Commander John Tay-
Tor and Adjutant Al. Morse officiating
The Rev. G. A. Mckinley invoked Di-
vine blessing and uttered benediction.
George Clementson, III, spoke the
Gettysburg address. Then the graves
were duly decorated.
In the afternoon the patriotic or
ders, Campfire girls and school child
rem led by the band assembled at
Ryland park where the march was
made down Jefferson street, around the
square to the Soldiers and Sailors
monument. Here young girls clad with
mourning bands stood at attention
awaiting the signal to place flowers
on the smaller monoliths at the base
of the monument. Prayers were rem
dered and america the Beautiful"
was sung by the school children.
At the Grantland the Rev. Doering
of Platteville gave the Memorial adj
dress in pleasing and impressive
manner. A double quartet, Messrs.
Hoskins and Corner, Mrs. A. B. Cook
and Miss Charlotte Grebe, sang two
numbers. The Rev. Birrall invoked
Divine BLESSING and pronounced bene-
diction.
Following the services the stores,
which had closed at 10:30, opened
again at p. m.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
FennimOre Breeder Buys
Jersey Sire From East

FENNIMORE-Guy A. Walker. pro-
prietor of Valley Oak Dairy Farm,
noted for its Jersey cattle and Poland
China hogs, came into ownership re-
Gently of fine sire purchased of the
Randleigh Jersey farm of New York.
Mr.. Walker in speaking of the recent
addition to his fine herd of Jerseys,
said, this sire is the best could get
in line of production"
The Walker herd of Jerseys took all
three top places on butterfat produc-
ton for April, his COW, Star. produc-
ing 1,467 pounds of milk and S0.7
pounds of butterfat; Daisy made
second place with 1928 pounds of milk
and 66.9 pounds of butterfat; Lass
made 1,179 pounds of milk and 63.2
pounds of butterfat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
FLORA

Viola and Levon Bishell spent few days
with their sister Mrs Ellsworth Landon.
Row Suttle, Ted and Beryie Irish went to
Fennimore Saturday.
Mrs George Peterson called at homer
Irish's Saturday.
the week.
John Slaght sheared sheep for Frank Bish
ell and Ervie Edwards.
Russell and Kenneth Snyder spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with their parents.
Alma Edwards and Helen Garthwaite were
at Lester Sny der's Sunday.
Clyde Cooley and family were at Henry
Cooley's Sunday.
Will Garthwaite and wife and Ervie Ed
wards and wife and children spent Sunday
at the home of DIR. Edwards.
Viola Bishell called on Edna Peak Sunday
afternoon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
MT. HOPE

John Henry was Madison business caller
last week.
Mrs. Louis Wilkinson is slowly recovering
from the mumps.
the past week.
Will Plimpton has, been hauling sand to
cement their cellar.
John Henry has big new I. III. G. truck.
Clint Patch went last Friday to be gone
three four days. over near Steuben, to
spend his vacation with John Oostdik In
teh camp wagon.
Ole Parks expect to move soon down on
Little Green, where he has patrol job.
C. w. Vince decorated the soldiers graves
with flags. Saturday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
Big Streams Are Lowest
Since the Year of 1874

The Wisconsin and Mississippi
rivers have been at low stage all
spring, due to the extreme dry wealth
er of the past two months. Only once
before in the past 81 years, in 1874,
has the Mississippi river been as low
in the spring as it has been lately.
In fact there has been hardly any high
water all spring. Usually the spring
freshets continue for several weeks
and the low lands are flooded for a
long time. A June Rise" is always
looked for by those who reside on the
banks of the big rivers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
FOUND mot GUILTY"
Russell Sloniker, Cowboy, Acquitted
BY Jury at Pra. du Chen.

Russell Sloniker, Iowa cowboy on
trial at Pra du Chen for the murder
of Peter Campbell, was acquitted by a
jury last week. Clifford Gatewood, held
with Sloniker at the time of the MUIR
der was set free last summer.
Peter Campbell, Bridgeport saloon
keeper, was found dead near his dance
hall a year ago last winter. The cor
oner's jury returned verdict that
Campbell had been slugged and
knocked off porch. Gatewood and
Sloniker, members of Wild West
who had attended the dance, were
charged with the murder.