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PAGE TWO GRANT COUNTY HERALD PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Phone No. 12. Farmer’s Phone No 49. Entered April 30,1903, at Lancaster, Wis., as second class matter under act of Con gress of March 3. 1879. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. B. J. LOWREY, Editor and Prop. Subscription Price. $1.50 per vear. GET THIS STRAIGHT. The victories of Villa in northern Mexico and the great activity of the Constitutionalists in general have created a wide-spread impression that the scope of the Huerta government has been seriously limited, that it represents or controls only a minority of the Mexican people, the lesser part of Mexican territory. The president’s war message tend ed to confirm this impression, than which nothing could be more errone ous. There are today over 13,500,000 Mexicans under the authority of Gen. Huerta, as against less than 1,400,- 000 in the states dominated by Car ranza. More than that, Huerta still controls territory nearly twice the size of that occupied by the Constitu tionalists. When, therefore, the president speaks about “fighting only Gen. Huerta and those who adhere to him” and adds thereto that we “cannot be forced into a war with the Mexican people, ” he makes state ments not only technically absurd, but not borne out by the facts. To fight Hureta and his adherents does not mean the engagement of only a small and indifferent part of the Mexican nation; it means fighting the thirteen and more millions who are under Huerta’s rule, and who, barring the Zapatistas and other robber bands, appear to be loyal to the government in Mexico city; or, even if they were not, would become so under the stress of American at tack. The trouble is that the operations and conquests of Villa and the Con stitutionalists have been vastly over emphasized in this counry. They in volve a large and sparsely settled territory which Huerta has shrewdly left to their tender mercies. At no time have any of these opera tions and conquests actually threaten ed Mexico city and the strongholds of the dictator. Even Torreon was more of a victory for the latter than for Villa because, in spite of its capture, his experience taught Villa the peril of further southerly progress and turned him back into his own baili wick. Huerta may be all sorts of a deep dyed villain; he may hold no title to his office, but that does not alter the fact that in making war upon him we are making war on the bulk of the Mexican people, and upon the prepon derant power of the country.—Mil waukee Free Press. ODD FACTS ABOUT MEXICO. Mexico has a superficial area of 767,290 square miles, or it is about as large as 13 such states as Wiscon sin. Its greatest length is 1900 miles,not much more than the longest line through Texas. Mexico has a population of 15,003,207, which gives about 20 persons to the square mile. Less than one-fifth of this population is called white. About 40 per cent is Indian, and the balance is classed as mixed blood. Because of bad sanitation and a lot of other reasons the death rate in Mexico is heavy, among the Indians it runs to 50 per cent of the children. In the City of Mexico the death rate runs as high as 56 per thousand in a single year. This should be one of the healthiest cities on the continent, as the climate there is accounted almost perfect. There are only 15,251 miles of railways in the republic. Some of out states have more than that. In telegraph lines Mexico does a little better, there being 46,112 miles. City of Mexico has an elevation of 7,415 feet above sea level, and is called the most perfectly located in geographical and topographical sur roundings of any city in the world. The climate is never too hot nor too cold, With proper sanitation it have a very low death rate. Jt w 264 miles from Vera Cruz, its Seaport; City of Mexico has a population of more than 300,000 and is accounted rather prcrgessive. It has 353 state schools, 13 technical and professional Schools and as many as 200 private schools. The national library, locat ed there, contains 250,000 volumes. It was founded in 1692;, There are 150 manufacturing establishments, many of vhich are owned and con ducted by Americans. Politically, the Mexican republic is, and has been for many years, con spicuously rotten. During 59 years it has had 52 presidents and dictators, generally the president was both. Diaz was impossible for anybody that believes in human liberty. His administration represented the most odious kind of an oligarchy. Human liberty in every form was banished from the so-called republic. It is claimed, and probably is true, that the administration of Huerta has been even worse than was that of Diaz. Diaz tried to do something for the industries of his country, but Huerta seems to have no sense of the needs of his people, and to care for nothing but to keep himself in power. DIGGING PANAMA CANAL 'Continued from First Page.) his time. Had he lived now he would have made an excellent candi date for the progressive party, but unfortunately for him he arrived too soon. The Spanish governor being more or less of the stand-pat persua - sion grew jealous of Balboa and so had him hanged. Of course Balboa would have passed out early in his career anyway as he was of a temperament which forbade longevity in those times, but I would have liked to see him have his chance, just to see what he would have made of it. But nevertheless as I looked down into the muddy depths of the Panama Canal my mind went back over the long list of attempts; of hopes and ambitions of one nation after another and it was a source of satisfaction to me that the job was finally completed, and that by the accident of birth I happened to belong to the nation which put on the finishing touches. CREATING CONDITIONS. Another thing which I wish to put down here at the outset. It is not such a remarkable job of engineering as people suppose. Given three hun dred millions and suitable conditions and any nation could build the canal. The trouble previously has been this matter of conditions. Favorable con ditions simply did not exist. The climate, the jungle, the perpetual rainfall, the tropical fevers and plagues were more formidable than the mountains. Given a chance to work and it was only a question of time and money when the job would be done. But there was no such chance. Before making the dirt fly it was necessary to make it possible for men to live long enough to get to the dirt. PROBLEM FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OLD This was the one feature of the case which it took four hundred years to understand. Instead of making conditions possible for men to exist the popular mistake had been in at tempting to make men fit the condi tions and they died in the undertak ing. The French failed, nor did they realize the cause of failure even when a death list of six hundred out of every thousand stared them in the face. Way back in 1698 the British government sought to plant a colony on the isthmus and they chose a band of Scotchmen for the undertak ing. No hardier race than the Scotch can be imagined, but they could no more live there chan their native vegetation. It was foreign to their natures and they simply died. CLIMATE NO BAR TO THE SPANIARD. The only European race which seemed to thrive in this climate with out molesting conditions was the Spaniard. He could stand it and history fails to mention that in the good old days he entered a protest be cause he couldn’t get a room with a bath. And to this day, travelers in the interior of South America where the seed of these early Spanish ex plorers has multiplied, report the existence of filth unbelievable and yet the population seems to thrive unhindered. HUNTING THE MOSQUITO. And so I say again that the biggest thing about the building of this ditch is not in the building but in making it possible to build. New York state has spent already on its barge canal and good roads, enough to build the Panama Canal. New York city has expended on her subways and tubes and aqueducts enough to build several canals, all in themselves monuments of engineering skill. But this was done under conditions entirely different than those confronting the Panama Canal builders. But listen. When the Commission got through getting ready they had changed condi tions. Instead of trying to accli mate the men and burying them be fore the process was completed, they cleaned up the isthmus and put it in shape so that acclimitization was un necessary. They filled up the swamps, drained the pools, made it sanitary. Instead of allowing the malaria mos quito to make it unhealthy for the men they made it unhealthy for the mosquito. In fact they made the conditions to fit the work instead of working under old conditions. NOT A BAD PLACE TO LIVE. And that brings me to another phase of the situation. After com pleting all this very necessary preli minary work it seems to me it would have been wiser to build a sea level, rather than a lock canal. Men can live on the island now. Once cleaned it is easy to keep it cleaned. Those in a position to know tell me that in Panama and Colon, where the Ameri can invasion has enforced sanitary GRANT COUNTY HERALD, LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, MAY 20, 1914 regulations, that the natives them selves take to the new order of things and would not go back if they could. In other words, they have imbibed certain standards of living, which, from an innovation have become necessities. Therefore the effect is lasting. THINGS NO MAN COULD FORESEE. It has been but ten years since the canal project was first put in motion. And yet in that time many things have arisen which could not have been forseen. One of them is the enorm ous growth in the shipbuilding in dustry and the demand for larger and larger ships. At the time when the canal was planned, the largest ships afloat could pass the proposed canal, but since that time both battleships and commercial vessels have increas ed enormously. Originally it was planned to build the locks 900 feet long by 95 wide, but later by execu tive order the dimensions were en larged to 1000 by 110. At present our largest battleships with a beam of 97 feet will have barely six feet of room on either side in passing the locks. SEA LEVEL CANAL PREFERRED. Another change is in conditions which govern modern warfare. When the canal was planned and the ques tion of a lock canal was broached we knew comparatively little, if any thing, of aeroplanes. Now we know that one aeroplane with a business like torpedo could do all the damage necessary to the locks. With all our coast defense and all our battle ships, what defense have we against the aeroplane? This may never be tested. We may remain at peace with all the world, and the locks may stand for ages but, nevertheless, the fact remains that the lock type of canal is a weaker link between the waters of two oceans than would be a sea level canal. Another point. What about earth quake? The locks may stand the shock and again they may not. Con crete has proved to be a comparative ly safe material in resisting earth shocks, but concrete in such vast quantities has yet to be tested. What will happen? We can only surmise that if a real old-fashioned earthquake hits the canal zone that things will happen and what it will do to the locks and dams will be plenty. • The original estimates called fur two years more time and expenditure of seventy-five millions additional to build a sea level canal. Whether in the light of later events more time and money would have been found necessary, or not, is not of irpport- Talk about the wonders of the Adding Machine —It is is a wonderful machine, sure enough There is one thing that has it beaten a mile— INTEREST The Adding Machine ADDS, while Interest MULTIPLIES. Interest has been properly called The “Magic Multiplier” This bank pays interest on time, or savings deposits, and that interest compounds, or Multiplies every six months. It multiplies for you advantage. Think it over. We are here to receive your deposits Lancaster State Bank / Formerly First National Bank CAPITAL $50,000.00 Just a Suggestion One of the richest men in St. Louis recently gave out this interview: “My first bank deposit was for $3.20 at the age of nine. I have saved ever since. I would be just as unhappy in not saving money every month as I would be in los ing my chance for three meals a day. In fact I should eat only two meals a day, if it came to deprivation to save money. ” THINK THIS OVER ance. We could have found the money and as I have pointed out, the cleaning-up of the isthmus made it possible to live there and accordingly the digging of a sea level canal would be only a matter of extra time. HEALTH CONDITIONS ON THE ISTHMUS Concerning health conditions Mar shall says: “The canal zone is at the present day more healthful to the white man than many parts of the United States. There has been an absence of yellow fever during the past nine years and it is safe to say that no epidemic of that disease will ever occur again. Malaria is being rapidly reduced. The general health of the employees both white and colored is better than of che several communities from which they were drawn. “A total of about $20,000,000 has been spent upon the Canal Zone for sanitation. It is a reasonably healthy place to live, but it must be remem bered that this condition can only be maintained so long as the stringent methods of health precautions are enforced.” DEATH RATE NOMINAL. This is the kernel of the matter. Keep the zone clean and it is healthy but let it go back to squalor and filth and the old conditions will prevail. During the ten years with an army of sometimes 45,000 working on the canal there have been in the neighor hood of 6,000 deaths, less than 300 of them being Americans. Of the total number somewhat over 1,000 died of accidents. The French lost in nine years somewhat over 16,000. These figures to me are more in teresting and tell a bigger story than the statistics giving the yards of dirt moved and the yards of cement pour ed. They give us the real root of the matter, and tell us why it was possible to keep men alive to dig the dirt and pour the concrete. Next week we will go through the canal and attempt to review the work of those bronzed soldiers in the great peace army, who under Col. Goethals have completed a work which has advanced the cause of civilization. LOU D. MacWETHY. Curing a Cold. A doctor’s prescription for a cold is to first take a quick acting laxative, then a mustard foot bath, which will relieve most of the cold in the head. If preferred take a general hot bath, remaining in the water twenty min utes with a cold wet cloth tied on the head. But when this whole bath is taken a blanket must be wrapped round the body, or, better yet, a soft bath robe slipped on. Take hot lem onade or flaxseed tea. HYOMEI RELIEVES IN FIVE MINUTES You Breathe It. If your head is all stuffed up from a cold or catarrh, you suffer with dull headaches and seem lacking in vital ity, or are constantly sniffling and coughing,you need a remedy that will give the quickest, most effective and lasting relief possible—something that will go right to the spot, clear the head and throat and end your misery. Surely use Hyomei—all druggists sell it. It is just such a remedy,and is entirely harmless and pleasant to use—you breathe it —no stomach dos ing. The antiseptic oils of Hyomei mix with the air you breathe —its health giving medication immediately reaches the sore and inflamed mucous membrane—you feel better in five minutes. It is practically impossible to use Hyomei and not only be re lieved but permanently benefited. J. T. Bennett will refund your money if you are not satisfied. Ask for the complete outfit —$1.00 size. J. T. Bennett. —Adv. Europe's Land of Sunshine. Spain has more sunshine than any other country in Europe. Th'e yearly average is 3,000 hours. In England it is 1,400. DO IT NOW Lancaster People Should Not Wait Until it is Too Late. The appalling death-rate from kid ney disease is due largely to the fact that the little kidney troubles are usually neglected until they become serious. The slight symptoms often give place to chronic disorders and the sufferer may slip gradually into some serious form of kidney complaint. If you suffer from backache, head aches, dizzy spells; if the kidney se cretions are irregular cf passage and unnatural in appearance,do not delay. Help the kidneys at once. Doan’s Kidney Pills are especially for kidney disorders —they act where others fail. Over one hundred thou sand people have recommended them. Here’s a case at home: W. G. Weir,Lancaster, Wis., says: “I have used a few boxes of Doan’s Kidney Pills at different times during the past five years and they have OFFICERS L. H. STEVENS .... President G. A. STEVENS . . . Vice President F. J. GLANVILLE .... Cashier A. E. BUDAHN . . Assistant Cashier I lived up to the claims made for I them. ” Mr. Weir is only one of many Lan ’ caster people who have gratefully en dorsed Doan’s Kidney Pills. If your back aches—if your kidneys I bother you, don’t simply ask for a , kidney remedy—ask distinctly for • Doan’s Kidney Pills, the same that Mr. Weir had—the remedy backed by home testimony. 50c all stores. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. “When your Back is Lame—Remember the Name.’’ Adv. Beautiful Home for Sale. i The beautiful residence and sever? lots known as the Caskey home in the south part of the village is offered for sale. The bouse is a good one story building containing five rooms and a new summer kitchen, all recently painted. There is a good well and cietein on the premises. The premises are enclosed withanice painted picket fence, cement side walk in front and cement walks inside of premises. Here is a chance for some one to buy a good bouse. Title perfect. For further information, terms etc., ap ply to A. Kaltenbach, agent, sm3c. Potosi, Wis. Fruit Plants for Sale Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Currant and other leading varieties. Fresh Fruits in Season! Strawberries My Specialty. Plants are all thrifty and hardy growths, well rooted and true to name, and have been state Inspect ed. Located in east part of the city. MEURER’S FRUIT FARM Successor to R. A. Irwin 9tfc Both Phones LANCASTER, WIS.