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GRANT COUNTY HERALD A. L. SHERMAN, Editor and Publisher issued at Lancaster, Wisconsin eTery Wednesday morning, at $1.50 per year. Entered as second-class matter, at the postoffice at Lancaster, Wiscon sin, under the Act of Congress. One week until Thanksgiving. ooo Summer is fine, and the Fall is glorious, but doesn’t this kind of early Winter weather give you more “pep” than anything you know of? ooo The first snow on November 14, and the last snow was on May 18—a little less than six months apart. Between these dates any amount of —but what's the use. Let’s forget it. ooo The Grant county board accomplish es a remarkable amount of work in the short time it is in session. Con sidering the size of the county, the amount of business to be handled at each session, and the distance many members have to come, it is a marvel how it is all done in so short a time. oco Community correspondents are es sential in making a home paper inter esting to its readers. Grant County Herald has, it believes, a splendid corps of correspondents who take an interest in the welfare of their paper -—for it is their paper just as it is ours, and every week send us a great many interesting items. Occasionally we like to voice our appreciation. ooo Life comes and goes and the only sure thing about it is the certainty of the inevitable end of us all. Sor row has come to one just entering up on the threshold of life’s happiness. Words are poor things to express sym pathy and yet one knows the true brotherhood and sorrow behind the handclasp. We all feel for him. ooo Do parents in general give the teachers of their children all the credit they deserve? Of course, in a gener al way we realize that our children are being instructed and so forth, but we rarely stop to think of the tremendous power a teacher has in moulding a child’s character and mind. Women make better instructors than men, we believe, because a woman can go more thoroughly into the psychology of the child’s outlook. A gdbd teacher should be treasured far above ri bies. ooo Booker T. Washington is dead. We do not believe that any fair-minded man ever heard him talk without feel ing convinced of the sincerity of his effort and the justice of his cause. He came from the utmost obscurity and rose to a high place among members of his race. He despised the “Jack Johnson” type of negro as heartily as he could and believed that by work and development at common things the race would come to better condi tions. The negro lost a great friend when Booker T. Washington passed. ooo It is a very common human failing to consider some people as very, very good and some people as very, very bad and let it go at that. This is an easy way to classify our friends —and our enemies, and doesn’t require any thinking to find out just what kind of a chap the other fellow is. As a mat ter of fact the man whom we once in a while get put out with is probably just about as good as ourselves and about as bad as we are—in other words, just as human. The distance from the man in the high place and the man in the gutter isn’t as far as we are prone to think. ooo The proposed sanitorium for the tu berculous failed this season in Grant county, although we notice that Mara thon county voted $50,000 for a build ing. The proposed institution here would cost about $22,000 or a little more than fifty cents per capita. There isn’t a man in the county who would not gladly give fifty times that amount if he could afford it. if it were put up to him in a personal way that by mak ing the gift he could save several lives. Experience has shown that the hospitals save about sixty per cent of the patients and at no cost to the tax payers after they are once erected— the revenue from the patients able to pay, more than providing the running | cost. The October report of the health department gives tuberculosis and cancer as the leading causes of mor tality. Cancer is not curable, but tu berculosis is curable and can be stamped out entirely under the right system. Isn’t the hospital worth all it costs? ooo The farm sale season is now on and to the farmer who wishes to have a successful sale, the importance of properly advertising it cannot be over estimated. That, of course, does not mean that money should foolishly or unnecessarily wasted but in general to get the facts of the sale before a large class of readers. This can be done at a very moderate cost when the matter of bidders is considered, and getting even three or four bid ders from a distance may make a great deal of difference in the amount of cash realized. Another thing of im portance is to get the copy to the pa per in plenty of time for insertion. After the arrangements are made the printer should have his copy at once so that he can insure the sale prop er space. Newspapers are limited in size and unless notified in time may not be able to carry advertising no matter how much they would like to GRANT COUNTY HERALD, LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 17, 1915. do so. Get a good auctioneer, adver tise your sale well and in plenty of time ahead, and you have covered three big factors toward making the sale a success. LANCASTER SCHOOLS BUY MOV ING PICTURE MACHINE. A combined stereopticon and moving picture machine has been ordered for use in the Lancaster schools. It is ex pected that it will be in operation not later than next week, and possibly this week. Arrangements have been made with the University Extension Division for securing their service of slides and films. These are sent out in twenty five packages, one packages of from 50 to 100 slides, and from 1,000 to 3,- 000 feet of film being received each week for twenty-five weeks. These may be kept for use in the school for a period of one week. The only cost of securing this material is that of transportation. After the machine is paid for, no ad mission may be charged for programs at which these slides and films are used; but a special arrangement with the University Extension Division has been made whereby one evening’s en tertainment each week is to be given for which there will be an admission fee of ten cents. The need of a good stereopticon in school has been felt very greatly. In teaching some subjects, in literature and history especially, and more or less in practically every other subject, pictures add greatly to any pupil’s comprehension and understanding of the facts being taught. Most people retain indefinitely that which they see in life or in life-like pictures, while the spoken or written message is soon forgotten. There is absolutely no question as to the great educational value of moving pictures, and the school has come to feel the necessity of making use of this modern help in education. At least one room in the high school building will be darkened so that this machine may be used for various classes at the usual time of their reci tation, whenever it may seem desirable to do so. It is hoped that many of the people of Lancaster will be interested in these pictures that will be shown at the school building, and your liberal pat ronage is asked for, not only to help pay for this equipment, but that you may become better acquainted wit** the work of the school and all its activities. Following are some of the subjects that will be shown by slides and films: The Gasoline Automobile and Auto mobile building, Tractor Engines in Farm Work, Colors of Birds, Insects and Other Animals, Historic Boston, Japanese Butterflies, Rip Van Winkle, (drama), Landing of the Pilgrims, (drama), Egypt and Along the Nile, India, The Holy Land .Damascus, A Day in the Shakespeare Country, Yel lowstone National Park, City Planning in America, Picturesque Wisconsin, etc. Announcements will be made of the first entertainment as soon as the lan tern is received and in running order. Last week Mr. Burr kindly ran the films, “The Making of a Magazine,” at the Orpheum on Friday afternoon. The pictures were very good and all seemed to be very much interested. COMING EVENTS. Congregational Ladies’ Aid meets Friday with Mrs. Carl Roth. The Ladies’ Aid of the Latter Day Saints church will convene with Mrs. Charles Perrin Wednesday, Nov. 17. The Junior Endeavor of the Congre gational church will meet Thursday evening at 6:30 at the home of Berna Knobel. • The ladies of St. Mathias Guild of the Episcopal church will hold a home baking and fancywork sale, in the city hall, Friday, Nov. 19, commencing at 2 o’clock. Everybody come! Where? To the Thanksgiving entertainment and bas ket social at the Dyer school, district No. 1, North Lancaster, Wednesday evening, November 24. Lillian E. Walker, teacher. School concert, entertainment and shadow social at the Red Brick school house, district number one, Castle Rock, Monday, November 22. Admis sion five and ten cents. Professor H. E. Gross will assist. Be sure and come if you can. 38cl Ladies’ of the W. C. T. U. will make their annual visit to the asylum on Thanksgiving afternoon. Anyone hav ing candies or fruits to contribute will please leave same at the Method ist church on Wednesday. A cordial invitation is extended all wishing to come. Saturday, Dec. 11, the ladies of the Baptist church will hold their annual bazaar in the building owned by E. H. Hyde and formerly occupied by the S & S shoe store. A new feature of the bazaar will be a baby booth. Everything in the line of clothes for babies and children will be for sale. There will also be a home baking and candy sale in connection with the us ual bazaar. Members of Tom Cox W. R. C. are requested to be at their hall with well filled baskets for a social time Nov. 27. Degrees conferred on five candi dates. All visiting members of Corps , and Post in city especially invited. Al ! so, members of W. R. C. are requested to be at the hall on Thursday, Nov. JlB for an all-dav quilting. Come pre pared for dinner. Many hands lighten labor. So come and help. FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. In transcribing the report of the fin ance committee a few clerical errors were made and these were not discov ered until that section of the paper containing the report, had been print ed. The following gives the items in error and the correct figures. Total appropriated reads $273,340.- 30, should read $272,365.30. Special loans to school districts reads $19,091.01, should read $19,019.- 01. Asylum bonds and interest reads $9,- 850, should rear $9,050. Platteville special tax reads $23.50, should read $23.10. According to good authority the state taxes this year are $15,000 less than last year and the county tax is $27,000 less than in 1914. The de crease in the state tax is due largely to the change in the road law which no longer requires the state to give equivalent amounts to the towns, cities or villages in the form of road funds. ; pol* Jewelry llljiS iW Vitus Before buvincr Jr Jmm donot^tom -/ our st ° cl^o|^ \ See What We Have First M If you are at wits’ ends —if you don’t know Jpg§ H|l what to buy —if you want to get away from Jrlflg Ipß commonplace things visit our store. fttf* Look for yourself. Or ask us to help you pick out an unusual gift. Were always at your IflS % service. Always glad to help you. F. P. BARNETT, Leading Jeweler J|§ff||f| Baxter & Draper Millinery and Suit Clearance at *3 off For the next two weeks we offer all our fine millinery and tailored suits at the big reduction of % off. Fine Millinery ■| 3 off __ % This is the last call for fall and winter mil linery. We have a splendid assortment to choose from and all at the big price reduction of i off. Make your selec tions or get your order in now for Thanksgiv ing. $lO hats CC CC now f0r.... $7.50 hats (TC nn now for^.^JaUU $5.00 hats CO QC now for... u)0-0U $4.50 hats frn HO now for... .^g.UU $3.00 hats (To nn now f0r.... Y^aiUU $2.00 hats OC now for... • I .ZU Last year the county paid a large overrun on the asylum funds and the decrease in the county tax is in a large part due to this having been cared for. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY Notice. Grant county Jersey Breeders’ asso ciation will hold their annual meeting at Lancaster on Nov. 20, 1915, in Ed Hyde's hall at 1:30 o’clock. There will be a discussion on dairy feeding and calf raising. Every dairyman cor dially invited. J. R. WILKINS, Livingston, Wisconsin. NOTICE TO HUNTERS You are hereby notified that hunting or trap ping is strictly forbidden on our farms in the town of Beetown. Geo. Hoffman, Clifford Baker. 38t3c FOR SALE —House, and lots 4 and 5, in Ryland’s addition to the city of Lancaster, Wis. For terms, write James Hudson, Galena, 111. 38p4 Wooltex Suits Reduced 1 3 We have a limited quantity of this seas on’s choicest styles in Wooltex suits; sizes, age 16 to size 42, in new mixtures, Gabar dines, Serges; colors: navy, brown and black, at the following reductions: S3O Wool-fr Of) nn texSuits. $25 £ (JC texSuits. I DiOv S2O Palm (I*-IQ (](] erSuits.. 1 O,UU $lO Spring and Fall Suits, now (£ "7 Est for J/.UU This is your oppor tunity to get good goods at a low price Classified Advertisements Advertisements under this head 5c per line each insertion. No Advei tisement accepted less than 10c. LOST AND FOUND. LOST —One black two-year-old steer. E. J. Austin, Lancaster, Wis. 38tfc ESTRAYED—From our farm in Liber ty some time during the early part of last summer, one black Angus yearling steer. Also two red with white marks, yearling heifers. All three carry 2 marks, 1 being hog ring in ear. Those having know ledge of location of these cattle please notify the undersigned. Doo son & Eastman, Lancaster, Wis.SStfe STRAYED—To our premises in the town of Potosi, large grey and black hound on Nov. 13. Owner may have same by proving property and pay ing for this notice. Aug. Kress. 381 c FOUND —A watch by A 1 Hoffman lest week, Friday. Owner may obtain same by proving property and pay ing charges. * 36t4c FOR RENT. FOR SALE OR RENT—A modern and comfortable ten-room house. Ap ply at residence. Mrs. Helen Judd, Lancaster, Wis. 36cl HELP WANTED. HELP WANTED—Good cook to take charge of kitchen. Good wages, board and room, and a permanent situation to right party. Phillips House, Lancaster, W T is. 38tf AGENTS WANTED. PORTRAIT AGENTS and others. Send for our large illustrated catalog, showing frames, 14c and up. Por traits, 35c. In business over 35 years. Samples free. Credit given. Address N. M. Friedman & Co, man ufacturers, box 300, Martinsburg, Mo. We make a specialty of odd sized frames. 37tl FARM PROPERTY. FARM FOR SALE —I offer for sale my farm consisting of 117 y 2 acres in the town of Waterloo, 6 miles east of Cassville; 80 acres plow land; bal. timber and pasture; good 7-room frame house; barn 40x42; silo; chicken house 12x24; 2 corn cribs; granary and machine shed; good well and windmill; also two cis terns. For particulars call on, phone or write, Jesse Wilder, Cass ville, Wis., R. F. D. No. 1. 37tfc FOR SALE OR TRADE—SOO acres, lo cated in Castle Rock township; 250 acres of black valley land under the plow 7; 70 acres of ridge clay land. Balance rough, but good pasture; plenty of timber and running water. Barn 36x100 ft., one year old. Con crete basement and floors. Eight room cement block house, tw r o years old. Finely finished interior. Other smaller outbuildings. This is as good a stock and dairy farm as you will find in Grant county. WE ALSO HAVE a few farms in Rice county, Minn., that w r e will trade. On any property listed for sale by us responsible buyers can have long easy terms. Call and see us at our new location ovei Hatch’s drug store, Lancaster, Wis. Clanton & Appleby. 37tfc FOR SALE —The “Massey Homestead” consisting of 98.64 acres of farm, timber and pasture land; large, brick house and other improvements. Located in the village of Potosi, Wis. Address, Mrs. E. E. Foster, executrix, Potosi, Wis. 29tfc FOR SALE —80-acre improved dairy farm, two miles from city. Easy terms. A bargain for quick sale. In quire of Mrs. James Ellis or R. C. Willis, Lancaster. 26tfc FOR SALE —My farm, 154 acres, 1% miles from the court house, on Fen nimore road. W. A. Johnson, Lan caster, Wis. 33 tfc FOR SALE. FOR SALE —Nicholls and Shepard Treshing machine outfit, in first-, class condition and practically new, Huller, shredder, separator, engine, etc., in fact, a complet outfit and a bargain. Art Vesperman, Lancaster, Wis. * 36tfc FOR SALE —A bargain; one 30 h. p. four-cylinder Cadillac, remodelled into a light truck. Overhauled and in good running shape. Price $250. See this truck at Burrows & Wins kill garage, Lancaster, Wis. 35tfc FOR SALE —One first class Ford tour ing car. This car has a fine motor, good tires, shock absorbers, Atwater Kent ignition system, and is in ex cellent condition. This is a mighty good buy if taken at once. For par ticulars see Parke Knapp, Lancas ter, Wis. 35 tfc FOR SALE —House and lot, Fourth ward; 1 block from Lancaster high school; bargain for quick sale. In quire of Mrs. George Breihan, Sr., or Henry Kraemer. ♦ 36tfc FOR SALE —Three good building lots in the Fourth ward, city of Lancas ter, two block from high school. Can tap city water and sewer. H. R. King. 35w4c FOR SALE —Residence property. The Levin residence; house is modern in every respect, and contains all the latest improvements. Lot is 95x110 feet Property located 11/*l 1 /* blocks east of Ryland park. This property will be sold at a bargain, if taken up promptly. Bell phone 113-R. Sam Levin, Lancaster, W is. 35tfc FOR SALE—A large “Seller’s” kitch en cabinet; practically new. Bar gain if sold quick. H. A. Stude baker. 35tfc FOR SALE. FOR SALE Single comb brown Leg hoi n cockerels, as good as the best While they last, $5.00 for six. SI.OO each. Also extra fine Toulouse geese; a few 7 at $3.00 each. Mrs. Everett A. Cairns, Mt. Hope, Wis.. phone or write. 36p4 FOR SALE —My comfortable 8-room house, and over tv 7 o lots of ground. House has furnace; basement ex tends under entire building; large barn, which can be used for garage. This is a good property, and a quick buyer will get this at a bargain. Mrs. J. C. Parker, two blocks east of Stratton green house, Lancaster, Wisconsin. 37tfc FOR SALE—One 1% in. 3-spring wa gon, nearly new, w 7 ith top, neckyoke, and eveners. See me at the Cash Basket Grocery. Frank E. Mur- Phy. 31tfc LIVE STOCK. FOR SALE —Seven yearling and two year-old heifers. All good milch stock, some fresh in spring. In quire of Peter Hoffman, Rt. 1, Lan caster, Wis. Farmers’ phone. 32tfc FOR SALE —Fresh Jersey cow and heifer calf. Cow is six years old and a good one. Jos. G. Bailie, Lancas ter, Wis. 38c3 FOR SALE —Poland China stock hogs and fresh Jersey cows. Guy Miller, Rt. 2, Fennimore, Wis. 3Sp2 FOR SALE—White Emblem Ganders and Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. See Maurice Murphy, Lancaster, Wis. 37tfc FOR SALE—Three choice Duroc boar pigs; some choice gilts, with good bone and the dark cherry color kind. Sold at a bargain, if taken at once. Inquire of John McMahon, Lancas ter, Wis. 32tfc PURE BREED POLAND CHINA boars and gilts. The big, growthy, prolific kind that carry blue ribbons quali ty. They are going fast, as they are priced to move and are sure money makers. Frank A. Morehouse, Lan caster, Wis. Phone 121-515. 34tfc FOR SALE —Bay driving team, well matched, trained and gentle; wt., 1000 lbs. George Wieland, Hurri cane. Farmers’ phone. 20tfc FOR SALE —Pedigreed Duroc Jersey stock hogs; good ones, and priced right. W. A. Johnson, Lancaster, W T is. 33 tfc FOR SALE—One steer and two heif ers, one year old. E. C. Bryhan, Lancaster, Wis., R. F. D. No. 8. 36tlp CALVES FOR SALE —8 spring calves, 4 steers, and 4 heifers, and 1 bull about 10 months old, all Durham breed; also 6 July pigs. Earl Walk er, Lancaster, Wis., R F D 5 34tfc FOR SALE —One Poland China stock hog, one year old. Reuben Wieland, R. F. D., No. 9, Lancaster, Wiscon sin. Farmers Phone. 34tfc MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED —Fall pasture for cattle. Joseph Wright. 35tfc Auctioneer. IF YOU ARE going to have an auc tion sale, write or phone 259 Farm ers’ line. I have a long time exper ience. Farms, and full-blooded horses and cattle a specialty. F. J. Muench, Lancaster, Wis. 27tfc j. DR. GAULT is again doing general medicine and surgery; calls city and country promptly attended; special attention given to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. DR. MOORE is specializing in the treatment of pyorrhea and diseases of the teeth and gums. Special eme tine treatment expertly given. Cases from out of the city will receive prompt attention. NOTICE —We will appreciate the cour tesy of having all individuals or firms with whom we do business pre sent their bills to us monthly, as it simplifies our bookkeeping and avoids errors. Lancaster Electric Light & Power Co. Geo. P. Angus, vice president, Lancaster, Wis. 34tfc HUNTING NOTICE —The undersigned hereby warn all parties not to tres pass, hunt or shoot upon our farm in Liberty without our permission, Dobson & Eastman, Lancaster, Wis. ORDERS FOR SEED CORN and other seed. Will have plenty of good last vear’s seed corn for immediate or ders. Also take orders for other kinds of farm seeds. J. R. Place, Lancaster, Wis. 38tfc HEADQUARTERS for Window Glass and Puttv at Hatch’s Drug Store. 38c2 FARMERS ATTENTION—Save your high commissions you pay when you wish to buy or sell a farm. I bring buyers and sellers together. I have some listings that will interest you. and I am in the real estate business to stay. My prospects are located by myself and are bona fide. See me for a square deal. Henry Heuer, Lancaster, Wis., R. F. D. 1. 3Stfc A SHORT COURSE for young men and women who expect to continue on the farm. It will include instruc tions in commercial papers, business law, arithmetic, penmanship, spell ing, and bookkeeping specially suit ed for the farm. Write for Special rates and “Book of Information. Bayless Business College, Dubuque, lowa. Winter term begins Novem ber 29th.