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ESTABLISHED: 1843. ADDITIONAL SEWERS TO BE BUILT AT ONCE So the City Dads Decided at Thursday Night’s Meeting Extension of Water Mains Will Not be Undertaken Just Now For Lack of Funds. A adjourned meeting of the city council was held Thursday evening foi the purpose of considering several proposed extensions of sewer and water works. Aldermen present were Delos Abrams, Henry Henkel, Fred Barnett Will Lathrop, Geo. P. Goble. L. D. Eastman and Jas. Treloar. The petition of the residents living along and m the vicinity of Lincoln Avenue, to have the sewer coustract ed along that street was Cuiisidered. Henry Henkel one of the residents of southeast portion of the city again ap peared in person and strongly urged that this petition be granted, which it was. after due consideration. Tbis extension has been estimated to include about 1,700 feet or in the neighborhood of six blocks and will perhaps cost $690. It is to run from the Judd property below Mr. Henkel'a directly west to L. Alt’s, where it will extend north and northwest to connect with the manhole near the Jacob Drew house. Work will be started on this line of sewer as soon as possible. There will be quite a number of patrons along the route and the con struction of this line will bring ample returns to the city. It was also decided to build the 500 foot line of sewer east from the J. T. Lane property. This short ex tension will amount to about S2OO. A petition from the residents of tne west portion of the city to extend the water mains from the John Pink corner on Elm Street west to the city limits and then south two blocks, the extension to include approximate ly 1,725 feet or nearly seven blocks, was laid over indefinitely, it being thought that with the other fixed ex penses the city can not well afford it at this time. A motion that the water main be extended along the “Beetown road” to the Richard Willis residence was lost; five voting in favor and two against, six being necessary to carry such a motion. A morion for a 163 ft. sewerage line to be constructed from the R. Trentzsch property near the M. E. church south to the next corner was also lost. The petition of the stockbuyers that the city scales be removed to a position to better accommodate those who do not own their own yards had oeen investigated last week by the council as a whole and was discussed at this meeting. The situation is this: The two lower yards, nearest the scales are leased by one us the buyers. To get their stock weighed and in the yards the other buyers have to drive them through these private yards, clear to the upper end of the company's stock yards. The lane at this end, into which it is necessary to drive the stocK is open and therefore causes the buyers no little annoyance. To remedy the difficulty, otner than by moving the scales, which would probably be in the end a very expensive and unsatisfactory piece of work, it was moved that the railroad company be asked to put in a gate at the end of the lane. This motion was carried and the arrangement will doubtless be satisfacto. y to those concerned. During the evening at different times the sidewalk question was mentioned and informally discussed and as the sentiment of all the mem bers seemed to be that the work was at the present time the most import ant of any of the municipal improve ments and «hould be carried on as fast as the city could afford it; it was finally decided to consider the con struction of more walks. City Clark Stone was asked to draw up an ordinance condemning those stretches of walk suggested by the Board of Public Works and others of the aldermen. This ordinance embodies the con demnation of those walks which the members felt it was almost im perative to construct before the close of the year. They are all important and very generally used. Their con struction will probably cost in the neighborhood of $350. No other business of much import ance was transacted other than the granting of a saloon license to Aug. Wenzel. Bills were allowed to the amount of $261.86 for walks and $13.20 for oil. GRANT COUNTY HERALD Our New Features. The Herald today contains the first installments of several new features which will appear regularly in these columns and which we think, will prove both interesting and instructive to our readers. Under the bead of ‘‘Betzville Tales’’ Ellis Parker Butler will each week write humorously of the foibles and eccentricities of cei ! tain of the good people of Be 4 zville. Theses sketches which are written in Mr. Butler’s inimitable manner are illustrated by well known artist Peter Newell, who has no peer in his especial line. ; “Notes of the Diamond” will be heartily welcomed by those of our readers who are confirmed “fans.” I This timely baseball gossip is written by experts and will each week be pro fusely illustrated with cuts of well known players. “The Kitchen Cabinet” will con tain things of general interest to women readers. This feature which is edited by Olivia Barton Strohn does not con sist as do many such woman’s sections of recipes and LouseholG hints rehash ed from old cook books, but is all original and right up to date. Herald readers should get into the habit of reading these new features every week. If once you get interest ed in any of them which you no doubt will on first perusal, you will wait anxiously for them every week. Hair From Dead Chinamen. In their devotion 2o fashion some of our women are probably now carrying part of the remains of a dead China man on the tops of their heads, says Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Ac cording to a consular report, nearly a quarter of a million pounds of hu man hair were imported from the Ce lestial Kingdom last year. In 1907 the amount exported to the United States from Hong Kong was 460.000 pounds. But snch was the demand for the bales of nair on tops of women’s heads that lasi year we got more than a quarter of a million pounds from the Chinamen. The hair is disinfected first by a marine hospital surgeon at Hong Kong. Hong Kong is the central gathering point for hair dealers. They get it from all parts of China. It is said that so keen was the demand last year that many thrifty Chinamen cut the hair from the corpses before they were buried. Fashion is an inexplorable dame, and her decrees must be obeyed even if one has to enter the grave or a pest house for material. Beautiful Grant County. Some weeks ago a passenger on the Narrow Gauge R. R., in admiring the scenery along Green River re marked. ‘‘Why, I did not know that such beautiful scenery could be found in Grant County?” All around the county can be found glimpses of pleasant looking nooks, and land scapes and charming pastoral scenery. A most attractive view of all is that at the cross-roads on the ridge be tween British Hollow and Potosi. Going toward Potosi you note billowy wooded ridges reaching into Dubuque county, lowa. Sherrill’s Mound rises above them as a charming back ground to this pleasant view. But turn around and you will be con fronted with a beautiful panorama. Below you lie as if in a great basin, the towns Harrison and Platteville, with the Platte Mound rising above; by using a telescope the village of Elk Grove should be seen. Transplant yourself to the crag on the north west corner of the Glenn farm in Wyalusing. You will be about four hundred feet above the beds of the confluence of the father of waters and the Wisconsin rivers. The almost ancient city of Prairie du Chien lies at your feet, flanked by the prominent lowa shore on one side and the varicolored bluffs of Crawford county on the other. It is one of the most attractive views in tbe state. The state made a mistake in not pro curing the farm as a park. All the ravines which carry the waste water either into the Miss issippi or Wisconsin rivers, when clad in their autumnal garb, cannot be surpassed for beauty. The city of Lancaster is especially favored. One can find most attractive view on the ends of most of streets. Platte Mound, lowa county and Sherrills Mound and Eagle Point and the lowa shore bluff of the Mississippi river can be seen in many places. There are so many other pleasant nouks and enchanting cozy corners in Grant county, but space will not permit to name them all. Grant county is good enough for all. Taffey. Finest Fishing Grtund. Lake Erie is the richest body of water in the world in fleh. PUBLISHED AT LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1909. SILVER JUBILEE AT WATERFORD Rev. Father Albers, Formerly of Lan caster, Celebrates His Twenty -fifth Year in Priesthood. Tbs following is taken from the Waterford, (Wis) Post concerning tue recent silver jubilee of the cele bration of the first mass of Rev. Albers, former pastor of St. Clement’s congregation : ‘‘Just twenty five years ago at the St. Mary’s church in Racine, Rev. A. Albers celebrate! his first mass. The silver jubilee was quietly observed in Waterford on Tuesday. It con sisted of solemn high mass, followed by a very able and eloquent sermon by Rt. Rev. M. Locbemes, rector of the teachers’ seminary and Pio Nono college at St Francis. Some of the ,- 1 -' V ■ —>... .X., ... L. ..... L , , ■ . : 1 Ik K Ik - REV. AUGUST ALBERS other priests who came to offer their congratulations were Rev. Philip Vogt, rural dean of tbis diocese and stationed at Kewassum, Rev. E. Schiefen, of Dover, and Rev. H. Neuhaus, spiritual director of Sisters Notre Dame, Milwaukee, bather Albers, with bis usual modesty de clined to have anything special but the school children prepared an in teresting program which was present ed in rhe assembly room of the school. A surprise was in store for Rev. Albers when a lace pillow in which twenty-five silver dollars were in geniously arranged was presented as a gift from the school children. Father Albers has been a resident of Waterford over five years, coming here from Lancaster, Wis. In that brief time he has accom plished much, especially in the way of improvement to the church property. The society was in debt when he came. This was first paid, then im provements to the parsonage, after which cement walks were laid around the entire church property. Recently at a cost us $12,00 rhe church edifice was painted and frescoed. The electric lights are being installed at an additional cost of S3OO, new sanctuary lamp at cost of $75 and a new carpet at $125, and, best of all, everything is paid for. Of a kindly, genial manner, be is beloved and re spected by everybody in this village. The Post believes it voices the senti ment of all when it offers hearty con gratulations and hopes the good father may live long and be permitted to celebrate his golden jubilee. FLORA. Special Correspondence to the Herald. Everybody is busy these days like the ant storing away those things that we shall need during the long winter months, even gathering gooseberries. John Kelly, of Minneapolis spent a couple of days with friends the first of the week. Editor Roethe of the Fennimore Times passed through here one day last week. We were sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. John Anstey which cocurred last Tuesday; she leaves six small children to mourn for her, one an infant of but a few days. Mrs. Walter Zeigler gave us a short call last Thursday; she was on her way to her sister’s Mrs. Lois Sprague. Ervie Edwards went to Lancaster last Thursday. Sam Oates of Lancaster visited at the home of Geo. Peterson last week. IT’S HE— WHISPERING SMITH. Salt a Poison. Salt in measure is wholesome, but in surfeit Is a deadly poison. Rascal ly amateur drovers, to make hogs weigh more, sometimes heavily salt and water them just before selling; this often kills the hogs before they reach the scales. THE NATION’S CROPS ARE LARGEST EVER ■ Startling Immensity Reported for the Year 1909. All Records Will be Broken for Grains and Indications Give Promise of a Prosperous Year. The government crop report for July was issued last week, and it shows beyond question that the United States in the year 1909 will, according to present indications, have the largest yields of grain ever known in our history. What this means will be apparent to any one who will stop and consider how closely con nected are good crops and general prosperity. Wheat promises a yield of over 691,000,060 bushels; corn promises a yield of 3,117,000,000 bushels; oats 1,030,000,000 bushels; barley 180,000,- 000 bushels; rye 30,000,000 bushels. Figuring these crops as yielding to the farmer 90 cents for wheat, 50 cents for corn, 40 cents for oats, 50 cents for barley and 70 cents for rye, we have the following pnenomenil figures: Corn $1,558,000,000 J Wheat 623,000,000 Oats 412,000,000 Barley 95,000,000 Rye 21,000,000 Total $2,709,000,000 When the returns are in for the cotton crop, bay, potatoes, beans, and other vegetables, it will be found that the farmer who ‘‘feeds us all,” will have produced crops if sold at market prices would break all records. The indicated corn crop is the largest ever grown in this country, for the first time passing the 3,000,000,000 mark. Surely we have great reasons to be grateful too; for without America’s big crops the rest of the world have a much harder time than they do. Obituary—Atkinson. Matilda Jane Jamison was born in Pye Co., Missouri. August 7th 1830. Died July 7, 1909. She came to Beetown with her parents in the year 1846. In 1850 she was united in marriags to Henry Mayne; to this union six children were born, two boys and four girls: John H., of Prairie du Chieu ; William,his where abouts unknown ; Mrs. Warren Jami son of Montana and Mrs. George Atkinson of Beetown still survive. Henry Miyne died in Dec 1861, left with a family of small children she endured many hardships. In the year 1865 she was united in marriage to William Atkinson ; to them were born four girls: Mrs. Herny Welsh, of Beetown; Mi’B. Frank Cornell, of Beetown; Mrs. George Moore, of Millville, who preceded her mother three years and Eveline died in in fancy. William Atkinson died in Nov. 1888. She remained a widow till the time of her death, living among her children until the last two years when she made her home with her daughter Mrs. Geo. Atkin son. She was laid to rest in the Bee town cemetery. Services were held in the Beetown church, J. C. Edging ton officiating. A large congregation of relatives and friends assembled m honor of her who was well known and respected among young and old alike, as she was ever leady to lend a helping hand. We cannot think of her as dead but as one that sleepeth. -Tho’ sown in tears thro’ weary years, The seed will surely live; Tho’ great the cost, it is not lost, For God will fruitage give. The harvest home of God will come, And after toB and care. With joy untold, her sheaves of gold Will all be granted there,” A Friend. FOR RENT—Rooms to rent over Henkel & Co’s, store; either for office or sleeping rooms; for particulars in quire of John J. Oswald. 20tfc WISCONSIN DELEGATION NA TIONAL EDUCATIONAL AS SOCIATION. Wisconsin teachers and their friends are arranging for a special party for the National Convention at Denver, leaving Saturday, July 3, 1909, via the Chicago & North West ern Ry. Low excursion rates from all points. Choice of routes. Sleep ing car space, itineraries and full particulars of ticket agents: or in quire of W. N. Parker, Wise main Journal of Education, Madison, Wis. 18w3. KING SOLOMON’S QUARRY American Consul at Jerusaleum Dis - covers Ancient Masonic Lodge Room. As a result of the effort of the depaitment of state to learn all that is possible of the “birthpalce of Masonry,” Tnomas R. Wallace. American consul at Jerusalem, has made an extensive investigation of “Solomon’s quarries” in the Holy city. His report to the state depart ment is of interest to Masonic bodies, and particularly to American Masons, because an American Rolla Floyd, became senior warden of the Royal Solomon Mother lodge, in stituted in Jerusalem in 1873. “Solomon’s quarries” were men tioned by Josephus in the writings of the ancient historian. Taey were lost through the Middle ages and un til most recent times. A chamber is pointed out ia the quarries as the original meeting place of the ancient boy of Masons. The chamber is the so-called “Chamber of Brotherly Covenant. ” Mr. Wallace said that his in vestigations led him to believe that the quarry became lost when the Romans destroyed Jersusalem. It is believed that the stone with which the ancient temple was built was taken from the quarry. The basis of this belief is that Josephus described the temple as having been white, ‘‘like a mountain of snow.” The stone in the quarry is white and soft, hardened with exposure to the air. The quarries were discovered by accident. According to the story told Mr. Wallace, a Dr. Barclay was out hunting. His dog disappeared in a hole near the north wall of the city. The dog failed to reappear. Dr. Barclay tore away the earth and weeds about the hole until he had enlarged it enough to enter. It was the entrance to the quarries A chamber is pointed out m which it is said the first meetings of Masony were held. It is a small semi-circular place with seats about it formed of shelves of stone. Crumbled into a shapeless mass at one end of the semicircle is what once was a pillar of stone and is said to have been the chapel of the lodge. It is in the sanle condition nhw as whe> discovered. Mr. Wallace said. An American named Page, accord ing to Mr. Wallace, gave the best in dication of the time that has pissed since tho quarries were lost. A small pottery lamp such as those used by the early Jews was found in the quarries by Mr. Page. It was filled with the minute particles of dirt which float in the air. These particles would remain in the vessel after falling in, because protected from air currents by the rim of the vessel. The pottery lamp had a bowl one inch deep. It contained only these atoms of dust showing that it required ages to fill. The supposed connection of Solomon with these quarries together with the traditional idea that associates him with the early history of the Masonic fraternity, is responsible for the interest with which Masons re gard thase caves, and especially the particular chamber where lodge meet ings are sometimes held. Gavels and paper weights made from the white stone of the quarry,and on which are Masonic emblems, are to be had in some of the stores of Jerusalem, and are much prized by Masons. * TAKE IT IN TIME Just as Scores of Lancaster People Have. Waiting doesn’t pay. If you neglect the aching back, Urinary troubles, diabetes, surely follow. Doan’s Kidney Pills relieve back ache, Cure every kidney ill. Many people in this locality re commend Doan’s Kidney Pills. Here’s one vase: Mrs. Mary McDermott, S. lowa Street, Dodgeville, Wis., says: “I know that Doan’s Kidney Pills are a reliable kidney remedy. For some time I suffered from pairs in the small of my back, accompanied by severe headaches. Doan’s Kidney Pills were finally brought to my at tention and I procured a box. They drove away the pains and restored my kidneys to their normal condition and as the result I am now feeling much better in every way.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s—and take no other. • ■ I FOR SALE-500 flour sacks at 30 cents per dozen. W. S. Lathrop 20tfc BASKET PICNIC ST SCHREINER PARK Two Hundred People Had Err Outing There Friday. Taken Out in Automobiles and Treat ed to Band Concert—Should be Made an Annual Event. About 200 Lancaster people enjoyed the big basket picnic at Schreiner Park last Friday. Nine or ten auto owners lent the service of their ma chines to convey the picnickers to the park and many of them made one trip after another during the entire after noon. This affair had been arranged but, two days in advance and was the sug gestion of Aiderman F. P. Barnett. The fact that it was so successful on such short notice goes to show now 1 enjoyable such a picnic would prove if preparations were made several weeks before hand. Local merchants might hold a big basket picnic annually. There is but little expense attached to such un dertakings and they have always proven successful in other cities. In Madison and Dubuque great prepara tions are made every summer for the groceryman’s picnic, the merchants’ 1 picnic and a dozen other like gather ings. Director Hyde, of the Lancaster band, volunteered the services of his musicians for the event and from one o'clock until evening they rendered selection after selection. At the, park impromptu games were played and everybody enjoyed themselves. Two fire places had been built for the benefit of those who wished to cook or warm their suppers, and of course the usual amusing incidents connect ed with preparing an out of door meal occurred. Schreiner Park has been nicely ‘‘cleaned up” this summer and is without a doubt the most ideal picnic: ground in this vicinity. With such a beautiful spot so close at hand, it will be very strange if local citizens do not profit by the success of the “short notice” picnic last Friday and hold a similar affair annually or semi annually. GYPSY VISITORS NOT APPRECIATED. Visitors of Such Nomadic Bands Give Much Annoyance, in Various Sections. Lancaster citizens hive been greaty annoyed this summer by several gangs of dirty gypsies. Reports, from other places indicate that this annoyance is by no means local, and that this yaar there are perhaps more of these vagrants on the road than, ever before. Lancaster people will heartily agree with the sentiment expressed lu the following taken from the Mont fort Mail • Gypsy bands are making tours . through the country, and one is in clined to term them simply “Pillag ing expeditions. ” Gawdy drees and. sublime nerve mark their arrival in a community where they ply their trade of horse-trading and what not Montfort has been visited by two or three hands of gypies already this season. They should be compelled to pay a license for selling their ‘‘fancy work” and telling fortunes, if they must be tolerated at all, as they cannot give a permanent place of business. The best remedy is for the authori ties to order them to move on, and for failure to comply, they should be charged w’th vagrancy and given the limit provided for the offense. Des Moines, lowa, is hot on the gypsy trail. What the city treasurer says is true everywhere : ‘‘The city re ceives but $25 from fortune tellers . Some gypsy women often use main, force in gaining entrance to homes. I have Known of them to push doors open and enter against the protests 'of the housewives. Some steal whatever they get their hands on and cause endless trouble for the police depart ment. Some steal more than their $25 license in one day, so it is better all around to cut theem all uot. ” Dissolution of Partnership. By mutual consent between the* undersigned, on July Ist, 1909, the firm of Blewett Bros, was dissolved. Tom Blewett continuing in the busi ness and Jas. Blewett retiring. All . bills due must be paid at once. Jas. Blewett, 19w3c. Thon. Blewett. VOL. 66. NO. 21