Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30

low who is constantly investing in du-
picate note, lightning rod and other
buuco schemes.
Tho proceedings of the Grant
County Board of Supervisors for the
annual session of Novembe last as
printed in full from official minutes
were issued from the Herald job
rooms this week in pamphlet form and
are being sent out to applicants by
County Clerk Griffis.
According to statistics by Judge
W. P. Lyon, president of the state
board of control, the insane in public
institutions Of the state last year in
creased 149 and the chronic insane
$50. The ratio of the increase in the
number of insane is about the same
as that of the increase in population.
Mrs. Chas. H. Baxter and daugh
tiers, Mrs. H. w. Brown and Miss BaX-
ter, left the Hollenb beck yesterday for
a few weeks stay in San Luis Obispo,
where they will be guests of Rev. and
Mrs. Ernest Bradley. Mrs. Baxter's
husband is prominent former sena-
tor and capitalist of Lancaster, Wis.,
Los Angeles Herald.
A dance will be given at the rink
this week, Friday night, Jan. S1st, by
the High School orchestra. Tickets
only 50 cents. Dancing will begin
promptly ct o'clock, and a cordial
invitation is extended to all. The
High School orchestra has shown its
ability to furnish first-class music for
dancing and it's efforts should be APP
preciated and encouraged.
Sam Hood, the genial knight of
the grip who can't count his Lancas-
ter friends on the fingers Of his two
hands, goes on the road Feb. 1st for
new firm. His old house of Mer-
riam, Collins and Dexter has been alb
solved into the we'll known grocery
firm of Franklin McVeagh & Co., the
last named becoming mem Der of the
McVeagh company while the other
two partners retire from active life.
Mr.. Hood was engaged at his own
terms on short notice and has the
same territory as he travelled before
the change was made.
Within the next few months
about 700 certificates will have to be
issued to river men running between
ST. Louis and st. Paul on the Missis-
sjppi. These certificates will be is
sued from the office of the local steam
boat inspectors in Dubuque. The
men requiring a license are pilots,
engineers, mates and captains. For
merly license was issued for one
year, but a law was passed which
went into effect in 1897 which made
them good for five years and this is
the year these certificates expire.
The issuing of SO large a number as
they run out within few months
will keep the local office force busy
while it lasts.
Contractor Ray who is engaged
in wrecking the old court house
| brought to the Herald office the other
day section Of one of the tim bers
which supported the roof of the
structure to verify the statement he
! do fO To- in
reference to the condition of the
building. The timber is nothing
more nor less than punk, being en-
tirely decomposed and it is plainly to
be seen was capable of supporting
nothing, How some people can be so
inconsistent as to believe structure
held together by such material is safe
and sound is more than man with
common ordinary horse sense can
comprehend.
The secretary of state has just
completed the compilation of the re-
turns Of local assessors showing the
total valuation of all taxable property
in the state. According to these re-
turns the valuation of all property is
81, O82, 62t, O95, or 1854, 552, 906 less
than that fixed by the state board of
assessment last fall. For the purpose
of levying the 1mill tax for school
purposes the state tax commission
sitting as the state board of assess
ment and equalization last fall, fixed
the value of all taxable property at
ST. 1856, 2S4, 900, an increase of over
100 per cent more than it was in 1900.
From the returns Of the local assessors
it is apparently that the state board
of assessment will have more work
next fall in equaliAing the assessments
of the various counties.
GO to Burns for groceries. Granu-
lated sugar Is pounds for dollar.