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ESTABLISHED 1843. A PATRIOTIC PARADE A Patriotic and Preparedness par ade will be held on the streets of Lancaster, Friday afternoon, com mencing at 2 o’clock. This will be fol lowed by a public address at the band stand on the courthouse square where addresses will be given along patri otic lines. A meeting was held Thursday night at the Teller office, attended by Judge E. B. Goodsell, Mrs. Ellen W. Ten nant, H. S. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Dav id Crichton, J. C. Doolittle, Geo. Mc- Carthy, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Clem entson, Frank C. Meyer and A. H. Kessler. It grew out of a spontan eous and almost universal hope that expression should be made of local loyalty and patriotism. Arrangements were made to hold a parade and the following details cared for: All school children will be asked to march and will be furnished a flag free of charge. All fraternal orders will likewise be requested to take their places in line. Nothing but Am erican flags will be carried by any of the various groups. The schools will close for a half holiday and the bus iness houses will close during the parade. GARAGEBURNSDOWNiTHOS.M’DBNALDDEAfI LEO McCORMICK’S PLACE WENT I P IN SMOKE MONDAY NIGHT VARIOUS PERSONS AFFECTED. A suspicion of fog or haze in the west part of town Monday evening at supper time turned out to be smoke from the burning McCormick garage buildng 1 ocated on Cherry street just west of the courthouse which caught on fire about 6 o’clock and blazed merrily until nearly 9. The cause of the blaze is unknown. When Leo McCormick returned from supper shortly after 6 o’clock he found a fire in the floors over the shop in the rear basement. Mr. McCormick enedeavored to ex tinguish it with water and then tele phoned an alarm. The fire depart ment came and soon had two streams playing on the blaze the idea being more to save the adjoining property than the garage building which was old and oil soaked and burned like tinder. A crowd of 1.000 watched the big blaze for two hours. The flames were very intense and burning embers car ried through the air west by a strong wind, made nearby property owners feel uneasy for some time. The Underwood house to the west caught fire three itmes but was carefully watched and no damage resulted. The building belonging to the Mon itor Auto Co., had SBOO insurance on it. It is a total wreck. Nothing else was saved in the structure outside of some stock that Mr. McCormick was able to carry out. Mr. McCormick carried SI,OOO on his machinery and supplies yith a total loss of SI2OO. Geo. Sykes had S3OO insurance on his paint shop located upstairs, rear, but lost $l5O more on unfinished work. Gus Posey lost a pair of bobsleds, nothing being left but the iron. Henry Belz is the biggest loser as he had five uncompleted farm wagons and a new wagon ordered by the Potosi Brewing company, that were a total loss. Mr. Belz’s loss will be at least S6OO with no insurance. Two cars were in the building one of them be ing an Overland B. 90 worth $695. This was fully ( insured. A Maxwell roadster belonging to LaVerne Clan ton is also buried in the embers. This was worth several hundred dol lars. A number of storage batteries in the building for winter storage were destroyed and will be a total loss to their owners. Peculiarly enough the tires on the Overland demonstrator were still full of air Tuesday morning although the car was covered with embers. The building wasl an old one and aside from the losses named no one will regret its going. It has been up for fifty years and at one time served as a city opera house. Al. Ringling showed there years ago when his biggest act was one of balancing a plow on his chin. FROM FARAWAY FOLKS. Grant County Herald. Lancaster, Wis., Dear Sirs:— Your card stating $3.00 would make my subscription to the “Herald” paid to August 7, 1917 is at hand. Please find check for $3.00 for same. . You are publishing a commendable paper, and one to be appreciated. Very heartily, Richard D. Orton. Glencoe, Minn. Milwaukee, Wis., April 12, 'l7. Grant County Herald, Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find a money or der for one dollar and fifty cents in full payment of this year’s subscrip tion to your paper. I cannot tell you how valuable your paper is to me in the news of many old friends in Lancaster and vicin ity. Yours sincerely, Roy Phinney. GixANT COUNTY HERALD Committees. The following committees were ap pointed : Marshal —W. P. Rowden. Drum Corps—L .A. Clark. Boy Scouts —Rev. W. A. Weyhrauch. Camp Fire Girls—Margaret Taylor. G. A. R. —John F. Taylor. W. R. C.—Mrs. Tennant. Gen. Callis Circle —Mrs. Helen Budd Taylor. Sons of Veterans—Mrs. Tennant. Speakers Carriage—G. B. Clementson. Spanish War Veterans —Eugene Starr. South School—Adams. Band—Meyer. North School —Adams. High School —Adams. Parochial —Rev. F. A. Wambold. Mayor and Council—McCarthy. Fraternal Orders—Goodsell, Rhodes, Adams. Committe on Speaker—Clementson, Crichton. Speaker on Parade and Program— Doolittle, Mrs. Crichton, Mrs. Ten nant, Kessler, Meyer. Finance —Rhodes. Business —E. L. McCoy. Advertising—Sherman. Dist. Schools—Brick. WELL KNOWN LANCASTER MAN DIED OF APPENDICITIS SAT- I RDAL—FI NER AL TODAY. Thomas McDonald of this city, passed away Sunday at T o’clock at Mercy hospital, Madison. Mr. McDon ald had been a sufferer for nearly a year with appendicitis but kept on nis feet up to last week when he agreed to submit to an operation. He was taken to Madison Thursday noon and went on the table Friday morning un der the hands of Dr. Fox. The sur geon found a large abscess surround ing the appendix the indications be ing that it had been there for some time. This was removed and Mr. Mc- Donald rested comfortably for about 24 hours when he began to sink from the effects of the poison already in his system. He was conscious almost up to his death and put up a brave fight for life. The body was brought home Mon day noon by Mrs. McDonald and his brother, John. The funeral will be held today at 2 o’clock. Thomas McDonald was 51 years old the 24th of last February. He was born in So. Lancaster. Surviving are his mother and widow" and brother, John. A tribute to him will appear next week. VALUABLE HORSE LOST BY ELLENBORO MAN. David Baker, cheesemaker at Ellen boro, lost a valuable horse one day last week when the animal ran away. Mr. Baker was thrown out when the buggy tipped over but luckily escaped with a few bruises. The horse had its leg broken and had to be shot. INHERITANCE TAXES PAID. The following have paid inheri tance tax: Chas. Grindell, $269.14; R. B. Mclntyre, $454.34; I. S. E. Washburn, $87.40; John Wilkinson, $135.75; Joseph Wiegel, $32.92; Geo. Nelson, $9.97: L. B. Thurber, $101.28; Joe Kienzler, $33.21; Emperance Brown, $42.12; Chas. Stimpson, $638.- 31; Joe Blessing, $302.24; O. H. Mar tin, $76.61; Fred Wehrle, $98.43; Pet ■er Brechler, $29.68; Thos. Carmody, $73.73; Walter Kleinpell, $126.74; i Garret Cody, $3.33. SNOW STORM HITS lOWA. Central lowa was visited by a ter i rifle snow storm on Saturday a week ago. The blizzard lasted for 12 hours and snow piled three feet deep in , places. By Monday icicles, ice and snow were all gone. WORK VS PLEASURE. When you notice a man digging in the garden very slowly, stopping of ten to rest, it is always safe to say i that he is making flower beds for his wife. But if he is working like a Turk 1 and scarcely stopping to take a breath you can bet your life he 'is digging worms for bait. —Platteville News. HORSES WANTED. Dan H< aly dropped in from Wausau, yesterday, and will be here the rest of the week. Call him at the Wright house or phone Joe McCoy and they will call on you. Ralph-Patey. Mary Ralph, daughter of John Ralph of Cuba, and Wm. Patey of Dubuque, were married Wednesday. Lucile Ralph, sister of the bride, gave a mus ical reading, “Hiawatha’s Wooing.” Mrs. Patey attended Lawrence college and later taught in the Cuba Citv schools. Mr. Patey is engaged in the Y. M. C. A. work. PUBLISHED AT LANCASTER WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1917. Make it County Affair. People from outside towns and com munities are asked to be in attend ance and to also participate. Those in charge will ask the school child ren from North and South Lancaster to march and a cordial invitation will be extended to Potosi, Ellenboro, Bee town and other nearby communities to be here in full force. PROGRAM. America —Assemblage. Invocation. Introduction of speaker—C. H. Baxter. Address —A. W. Fopp, of Platteville. Star Spangled Banner —Assemblage. Benediction. BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSE FRIDAY. The Lancaster business houses will close Friday afternoon at 1:50 p. m. ' This will give time to get to Ryland Park at 2:00 o’clock and fall into line. The stores and offices will re mained closed until 3:00 o’clock. HON. A. W. KOPP SPEAKER OF DAY. Hon. A. W. Kopp of Platteville, former United* States Congressman and a leading Grant county attorney, will be the principal speaker at the bandstand, Friday afternoon. Mr. Kopp is a two fisted American with a whirlwind address on that greatest of all subjects—Patriotism. You will miss something if you don’t hear him. TO THE WOMEN OF LANCASTER The Patriotic Parade to be held on Friday afternoon, is a symbol of Pa triotism. It will show where Lan caster stands, and the Challenge is flung equally to women and men to sho v their colors. The more wlho particinate in this demonstration, the more glory for Lancaster and Wiscon sin. Nothing short of illness or recent bereavement should excuse the par ticipation of any American woman in this vicinity, in this demonstration. And march! The line of march is short, and it is the least you can do for your country to be in it. The boys who are going to fight our bat tles for us, may have many a weary mile to trudge before this war is over. So march. It will be 1 good for your country, good for Lancaster and good for you! Wear short skirts, and comfortable shoes that will not be affected by the middle of the street. This is a dem onstration of patriotism—■ not of clothes. Besides, there will be no audience —everybody is expected to be an actor. After the program in the court yard, a mass meeting for women will be held in Calloway hall to organize a Women’s Patriotic League. The meeting will be addressed bv Mrs. Ellen Tennant. XXX. HERE’S A POTATO MAN. Ed. Olson residing west of the city, hopes to be ahead of the game on po tatoes next fall. Mr. Olson took $96 worth of seed potatoes out last week and will plant them in four acres. Much success, Edward, and don’t for get the Herald next fall. STILL CHANCE TO GET PICKLED. The contractor for pickH acreage will be in our city all next w k mak ing final arrangements with all par ties for their amount. The pickling tanks are here and we will very short ly have another industry of note in Boscobel. —Dial-Enterprise. SPRING MEANS MOVING. The coming of nice weather always means the moving of one place to an other and this year is no exception. For the past few days Mr. Barnett re ports the following changes in loca tion : Frank Smith moved into the Alcorn house, north part of town. Mr. Bowen moved onto the old Bar stow place west of town. Peter Hoffman moved back to his farm east of the city. Clyde Webb moved into the old Lou Starr house, north part of town. Clyde Prideaux moved into south side of Walker house, near depot. BEETOWN Miss Helen Anstey of U. W., spent Easter vacation at home. A. Obershaw cf Cassville, was here Thursday. Beetown Ladies’ Aid meets April 26 with Mrs. Fred Garner. Toney Auel captured a grey fox one day recently. Mrs. Tyler of Bloomington, spent Thursday at Jos. Klein’s. Mattie Burns returned home Sat urday from a visit in Cassville. Mis. Louthain returned from the Rochester hospital, Monday. Mis. Chas. Thorpe is under Dr. Kraut’s care with pneumonia. A Dubuque nurse is caring for her. Mrs. Wm. Engross went to Bridge port yesterday, for a visit with rela tives and friends. HEATH IN DYNAMITE MINE WORKERS IN CHANGE HOUSE AT MONTFORT MINE RECEIVE BLAST FROM CAPS. An explosion of a box of 1,000 dyn a mite caps each having a force of 500 pounds, occurred Friday night at midnight at the O. P. David mine near Montfort, operated by the Hump De velopment Co. There were thirteen men in the changing house when the accident oc curred. No known cause is given for the explosion although a report is out to the effect that two men were scuffling while changing clothes and that in some manner the box of caps was kicked over. One man, Peter Petersen of Cobb, Wis., aged 30 years, had a huge splin ter driven into his body and died in an hour.. John Chaney of Drybone, near Montfort, was terribly injured and may be blinded. Saturday, Dr. J. A. Gault of this city, who is looking after the case, said there was a pos sible chance for the vision being par tially saved. Chaney is married and i has five small children. I Seven other men, their names be i ing A. Alger, Willie Dale, Jim Kurta wich, Tony Welch, Harry Smith, F. Leverude and Earl Kennedy, received serious injuries. Kurtawich and Smith are in the Montfort hospital. The mine officials have no explana tion to offer for the disaster. They have referred the matter to the state industrial commission who will inves- I tigate. MUSCODA MAN DIES FROM SERIOUS INJURIES. John Nachazel, who was fatally in jured by being hit on the head by the limb of a falling tree recently, and later taken to a Madison hospital, died from his injury Tuesday. His re mains were brought here yesterday and prepared for burial. The funeral will be held tomorrow from St. John’s church and interment will be made in the Catholic cemetery.—MuscodaPro gressive. GRANT CO. PARK TO BE CALLED AFTER JOLLIET. To pay honor to that great French explorer, Jolliet, to whom many his i torians attribute the discovery of Wisconsin, or “Ouisconsin” as the In dians had it, the state affairs com mittee of the assembly has decided j to give the big natural park in the northwestern corner of Grant coun ty, his name. While Joliet in Illinois is spelled : with one ‘‘l” the state authorities af ter careful search found a document in the archives at Quebec, signed “L. Jolliet.” The name ‘‘Marquette” was con sidered for some time but abandoned because a county and several other places have been named after the great priest-explorer. .The park has been known as ‘‘Glen Park” by the people of Grant county. COKERVILLE MINE TAKEN OVER BY THE GOVERNMENT. The Cokerville mine at Livingston with all other interests of the New Jersey Zinc and Lead Co. were taken under the jurisdiction of the United i 1 States Government on Friday, April 6. The mines will continue to be op erated on the present basis, the men to receive their full wages, including their p°r cent on the profit-sharing plan recently adopted by the com-1 pany. A per cent of the profit will be ; paid to the owners. The. government jurisdiction keeps these supplies at a reasonable figure for the nation’s use. A national guard company is watching , ! the power plant at Mineral Point and it is expected by Mr. Noble, - superin tendent at the Coker mine, that the guaid vs ill arrive soon to protect Jo i cal interests. —Fennimore Times. i THE REASON FOR COLD WEATHER i - The extraordinary cool weather the [ past week is accounted for by the lack 'of thaws in the timber country and I great lakes to the north. A dispatch ! from Sault St. Marie last week said that a steamer had been trying to force a passage through the Soo riv er but had struck solid, blue ice a foot thick all the way down and the j progress was very slow. If a cold breeze strikes you just re- I ' member that it is blowing off several hundred miles of very cold ice in Lake Superior. TAKEN TO MENDOTA. ■ Mrs. Bertha Hopkins of Hazel Green, i 36 years, and mother of one child, aged j 10, was examined last Wednesday for insanity by Drs. Godfrey and Doolittle I and found to be in a deranged condi , tion. She w’as conveyed to Mendota t the same day by Horace Hymer and a woman deputy. The circumstances ; surrounding the case as in most in- I sanity matters are very sad. Chas. Vesperman and Albert Wied enbeck went to Milwaukee, Tuesday. Mr. Wiedenbeck bought an Oakland Six and will drive it back. WATTERSTOWN FARMER ENTERS GREAT BEYOND. Peter Flynn, a highly respected cit izen of the town of W'atterstown, and wealthy land owner there, the possessor of over 600 acres of beau tiful land, passed away at his home last Wednesday morning. lOWA COUNTY HOG BRINGS TIDY SUM. W. L. Huson of the town of Dodge ville, sold a hog to Jas. McGilligan Monday that weighed 560 lbs. and brought $72. Will Cutler, also of the town of Dodgeville, sold Mr. McGilli gan six hogs that averaged less than 200 lbs., for $l9B. —Dodgeville Chron icle. U. S. GUARDS AT MINERAL POINT ZINC PROPERTIES. The United States government has placed guards about the zinc and acid works at Mineral Point and have also placed guards around all mining prop erty of the New Jersey Zinc Co. At night search lights are employed which make the vicinity around the zinc works as ■ light as day. No sus picious characters have as yet been iseen. ! MINERAL POINT “WET” VOTE NOT DECIDED. [ The final vote on the liquor ques tion in Mineral Point was two in fav or of “wet.” Since the canvas has been made two young men are" said to j have acknowledged that they were un der age and voted “for license.” This I would leave a tie vote with several other challenged votes to be consid ered. The “dry” side has employed Dist. Atty. Priestly, who is assisted by the anti-saloon league attorney, to take the matter into the courts. FRUSTRATE ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP DUBUQUE BRIDGE The federal authorities according to the Chicago Tribune, arrested four men last Tuesday who were in the act of blowing up the big railroad bridge at Dubuque. The structure is a mam moth on and is used oy the I. C., Great Western and Burlington roads. The men were taken to a “temporary place of detainment” in Chicago. Hin ton G. Clabaugh, department head at Chicago, had nothing to say about the report but it is known that several jof his men met the I. C. train from Dubuque, at Park Row station. BOSCOBEL VETERAN IS AGAIN HONORED. Hugh Mathews, Chairman of town of Boscobel, was 72 years old on Mon day of this week. Mr. Mathews was honored at the recent election by be ing again chosen for township chair man. He has held this responsible position for nineteen consecutive years. This was exceeded only bv the late Adam Kruel of Hickory Grove, who served for 23 years in succession. I Mr. Mathews is a member of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Commis sion and w’as in Lancaster a week ago attending a session. He is hale and hearty for one of his years. NELSON HEIRS CONTEST CLAIMS AGAINST ESTATE. Testimony was taken last Thursday afternoon and Friday morning in Judge Goodsell’s court in tw r o con tested claims in the estate of Wm. Nelson. j One claim vms made by Mrs. Min nie Brown, step-daughter of the de ceased, for the sum of $1,196. Mrs. Brown’s claim covers payment for domestic services following her mo ther’s marriage to Mr. Nelson. The other claim was from the wid ow, Christina Nelson, who was left $2,000 by pre-nuptial agreement. She asks for $693, this being for improve ments made to the Nelson home by her. W. E. Howe and Mr. Schinkler, the latter being a North Dakota attorney, appeared for the estate. Blaine & Kemp acted for the claimants. The matter w T ill be decided at a later date. ANNAPOLIS A BUSY PLACE SAYS PLATTEVILLE YOUTH. Royal Karrman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Karrman of Platteville, wipes his parents that there are 300 candi dates at Annapolis, Md., at present awaiting admittance to either West Point or Annapolis. The Naval Acad amy and Marine Barracks are closed now to visitors on account of the war situation. Young Mr. Karrman has successfully passed the physical tests and expects in June to take the ex amination for admittance to the acad emy. He is greatly impressed with the beauty of Annapolis and especially of the buildings, some of the noted ones being: The Peggy Stewart Home, The Old Treasurer House, U. S. Naval Academy, Maine Barracks and St. Johns Military School. He states that the suffragettes are doing much work in that section. In Washington they wait about the Cap itol, and when the President appears they wave their flags in his face. REAL ESTATE BEALS DEALS IN DIRT FILED WITH COUN- TY RECORDER DURING PAST SEVEN DAYS. . Wright L. Miller to Fred Clark, lots in Woodman, $5,000 mortgage as sumed. Other considerations and sl. Ralph F. Biederbeck to Cutler J. Borah, 320 acres in Bloomington. As sumption of $24,000 mortgage. Other cons, and sl. Cora A. Tuffley to Jos. J. Staska!, 57 acres in Hickory Grove. Cons. $625. Heirs Pat. Bartley to Leo P. Bart ley, lots in Bloomington, cons. $920. ..Jos. Blessing to Jas. Dorer, 140 ac res in Mt. Ida, cons. $15,000. A. E. Cooley and wife to Wirt Mon roe, 82 acres in Mt. Hope, con. $1,500. Olaf Hoffland and wife to Adam Wehrle, 80 acres in Marion, $2,000 mortgage and con. of $4,300. Wirt Monroe to Hugh Livingston. 8.2 acres in Mt. Hope, con. $2,726.50. . Edw. J. Polglaze and wife to Lillie M. Julian, lots in Hazel Green, cons. $735. Aloyse Murphy and wife and Wm. Murphy to John Kelley, 1-2 int in 110 acres, Woodman. Cons. $1,400. Frank Bohringer and wife to Louis Bohringer, 1-2 int. 8 acres, Blooming ton, cons. $4,500. Same as above, 12 acres, cons. sl. Peter O’Connor to Walter J. Taylor, 40 acres in Bloomington, cons. $4,500. Rose Smith Lance to Ernest Stark, Lots land 2, blk. 7 and lot 10 blk “F” Bloomington, cons. sl. Harry M. Voss and wife to Herman Voss, lots 4 and 5 blk. 3, Bloomington, cons. S,IBOO. - J. B. Beadle and wife to Harley E. Frye, land in Beetown, cons. $3,400. Joseph E. Smith et al to John Wieg man, 40 acres Hazel Green, cons. $3,600. John Tracy and wife to Alta D. Stead, 8 3-10 acres, Platteville, cons. , •4’l. j Mary J. Frazier to Ernest Frazier, land in Lima, cons. $6,075. \ John L. Alcott and wife to T. J. . Hayes, lot in Livingston, cons. $1,500. Mary E. Dennis and Rhoda Hud son, to Clinton R. Wiseman, lot in Livingston, cons. $1,500. 1 H. L. VanNatta and wife to Frank >T. and Jasper G. Cummins, 1-2 acre, Platteville, cons. sl. i Jonas C. Rawson and wife to Nel- ■ son Baker, 11 acres in Ellenboro, cons. $350. John Krool and wife to Wm. Es ser, 120 acres in Castle Rock, cons, SB,OOO. Raymond Jacobs and wife to Jno. 1 Stimpson, 22 acres in Fennimore, cons. $1,900. Vernie Garside et al to Morris Quick, 160 acres Wyalusing, cons. $4,800. Amine Showalter to M. Finnegan, et al, lot in Lancaster, cons. $2,500. Kate Whitcomb and Della Frank ' lin to J. A. Huff, land in No. Lancas . ter, cons. SB,OOO. Jos. Powell and wife to Wm. Drone,. 60 acres in Muscoda, cons. sl. Thos. Walton and wife to Chas. Lip polt, lots in Cuba City, cons. $2,00G. : Louis Briel and wife to Frank W. Hahn,. . 119 acres in Liberty, cons $8,479. Thos. H. Hannan and wife to Emil INinneman, lot in Livingston, cons. I SI,BOO. M. E. Leuahan to Mary E. Miller, lot in Boscobel, cons. $1,300. Ira Totman and wife to Sam’l Ritchie, lot in Lancaster, cons. S3OO. Wirt Monroe and wife to Ivan C„ Russell, 120 acres in Mt. Hope, cons. $15,000. GLEN HAVEN Edwin Barr returned from Pensa cola, Fla., last week where he and Mrs. Barr spent the winter. Mrs. Barr stopping over for a few days at Galesburg and other points, on the return trip. Mrs. Jas. Tate and son Orlo, spent a few days in La Crosse the latter part of the week returning Sunday. . Misses Lucy Metcalf and Alberta Kuenster visited at Prairie du Chien the latter part of the week. J. C. Orr has purchased Miss Mary Barr’s residence in town. Mrs. Wm. Jordan went to. Dubuque Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Millin were up from Dubuque Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Glime of Arling ton, la., and Mr. and Mrs. Will Ham mas of Prairie du Chien, spent Sat urday and Sunday with Miss Lena Hammas. Our new doctor moves down from La Crosse this week. Adolph Lorenz went to Rewey, Tues day, for a visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Dan. Price went to Prairie du Chien, Tuesday. T. J. Haley, Paul Edwards, John Pink, Art Austin and Paul Ruth mot ored to Dubuque, Sunday, in the Haley car. Frank Schreiner went to Milwau kee Tuesday to bring back the new White 16 valve, 4 cylinder car, which he recently purchased. Fred Hall ac companied Mr. Schreiner and will drive the car home. VOL. 75. NO. 8