Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-18

bad roads or che past TOUR Weeks.
Good roads are not only money
saving, but they are money max
ing as we'll They are absolutely
essential to every well-settled com
muniry. Grant county has mil
lions of tons of waste rock and
gravel which might be placed on
the roads at a light expense. Let
every township in the county double
It's appropriation from this time on
ward, in order to bring about a bet
ter condition Of the public high
ways.
There has been some complaint
registered of stock running at large
in the village. When one sees his
neighbours cow cutting six-inch holes
with her hoofs across his soft lawn
he is ready for a row. Poultry is
also nuisance to a neighbor who
is trying to keep up a good garden.
The ordinance permits one to kill
stray poultry as wild game, but NJ
matter what the provocation, one
hates to kill ones neighbours chick
ems in cold blood" as it were. The
average villager has many dis
couragements in the matter of
making garden.
The members. of Blakes Prairie
Agricultural society meet today to
close up the soclety's business for
the year. After a hard pull on a
stormy financial sea, the society is
in sight of land. The proper amount
of good management and enthusl-
asm will steer the old ship safely
into harbor. It is a worthy enter
prise, and certainly has been a great
benefit to the town and community
since pioneer days. Let us all give
it boost.
The boy without fishing outfit
nowadays is as forlorn as mai
den without beau. Blake's Fork
has yielded up many fine strings of
suckers, chubs, shInees, and occas-
ionally a small sunfsh. Prof.
Gustavius Adolphus Betcher, tie
piano tuner, is the best expert at
discovering the haunts Of the fnny
tribe,
We are informed that our school
board has nearly concluded negotia-
tions with the able and Efficient
corps of teachers now conducting
the educational affairs of the WI
lage. Prof. and Mrs. Barnes an d
Misses Orcut5, Gisson and Adki S
are likely to retain. their presel t
positions, v lille Misses Schreiner
and BalIantine are consideri lg the
matter.
p. BARLEY returns this week from
a visit in the Montana mountains.
By all odds. let US adopt the sug-
gestion to have Memorial Day ex-
ercises here. One year we had the
best exercises ever seen by the writ
er in this county. We have the
talent to get up a fine program.
Let us not neglect the opportunity
of giving eloquent expression of re-
verence for all that the day signi-
fies.
Mr.. Bieloh, the owner of the
Bridgeport bridge, expects to start
this week the work of repairing the
damage done by the recent ice jam.
The G.. M. e st. P. bridge gang will
do the work for him in about three
weeks.
Frank Riese, railroad operator,
was home last Tuesday. Frank
was transferred from Han over, ILL.,,
to Minnesota.
It is expected that the deaf and
dumb department. of our school will
be in working order today. Any
one having children afflicted in this
manner please send them here to
school.
Mrs. Finicle visited at Fenni-
more last week.
Harvey Foster was over from Ian
caster Friday. Harvey is now en-
plOyGd Dy the bell 10l0pnOu0 COLu-
pany.
There is rumor of a case or two
of smallpox on the lower prairie.
If such report proves to be true,
our authorities should be on guard
against it.
Chas. O'Neill and wife were down
from Patch Grove Saturday. Charley
recently returned from a trip in In
diana. He says the O'Neill- James
company have fifty men on the road
now.
Roxy Prideaux entertained her
classmates Friday evening. The
party was a surprise.
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