Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
Local JOttin9S.

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Bennett
are the happy parents of a bouncing
baby girl born Aug. 18th. Mrs.
Bennett will be remembered as
Miss Lou Eastman of this city.
Mrs. r. B. Showalter took her
departure Thursday morning for
San francisco where she will attend
the encampment, and will also
visit her daughter in Oregon before
returning.
"A new fraud is being perpetrat
ed throughout the country. A man
wearing government badge
and claiming to be in the secret ser
vice and looking for counterfeit
money, enters country store and
looks over the cash drawer. He in
variably finds several counterfeit"
dollars which he confscates and gets
rich that way.
Fred Schneider returned to his
home at Camp Douglas Wednesday.
His mother, Mrs. VIM. Schneider,
accompanied him for an extended
visit. Master Orville Trentzsch
also returned with Mr.. Schneider.
His departure for the northern
cline is to escape the ravages of
hay fever, which undermines his
health.
This month and next constitutes
the season Of county fairs. 1t is
time when the young folks are
happy, the agriculturalist takes
pride in exhibiting his stock and
pumpkins and the fakir has his
harvest. In fact it is the most
glorious time Of the entire year to
the average inhabitant. What
would life be without the county
fair?
The City Council held an adj
journed meeting Tuesday evening.
Nothing of Importance was tran
sacted. Anton Schmitt rehearsed
grievance about the condition Of a
street near his residence, which was
left to committee on public works
to investigate Aid. Henkel of the
finance committee submitted some
figures concerning the city's fnan-
cial condition
The Supreme Court has decided
that game wardens cannot search
on private property without a search
warrant The ruling makes
difference with the enforcement of
the laws as it was formerly inter
preted by the game wardens. They
have held that they had the power
to search any where at any time
for contraband game without the
aid of a search warrant The ex-
press and railroad companies have
tonight this contention on the
grounds that wardens had no right
to enter their cars and search sus-
pected baggage without a warrant.
-Wisconsin's state treasury was
enriched to the extent of 1927, 878
Wedn esday when the Chicago &
Northwestern road paid it's tax for
the second half of the current year.
The Northwestern pays larger
state tax than any other road in
Wisconsin, but the Milwaukee road
presses it hard, paying $28S, 237 .16
semi this year, in install
ments of from $25, 900 to $4,000
at time. The tax paid by these
roads is per cent of their gross
receipts. Under the law passed at
the last session of the Legislature
railroad property will hereafter be
taxed on an ad valorem basis.
The directors of the Big Badger
Fair have decided to give a purse
of $4,000, divided into four prizes
First prize $4,000, second prize
$500, third prize $500, fourth
prize $10OO-for decorated carri-
ages. No entry fee will be charged,
the contest will be open to all.
The Judging will be done in such
manner that it can not help but be
SATISFACTORILY W ctLI. IL Will OC etoAO
as follows: When the carriages
begin to assemble on the track, in
front of the amphitheater one of
the directors will pick out twenty
five people, at random, from tne
spectators, they will be asked to
walk out on the track and after
looking the carriages over thorough
ly to vote by ballot for first choice,
second choice, etc. All carriages
will be numbered and the judges
will be requested not to talk with
one another but to use their own
Judgment. The object of this new
feature is to give the ladies chance
to compete for some of the big
premiums instead of giving all the