Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-09
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A total of 1865 hunting licenses
have been granted by County Clerk
Tufhey Up TO date.
Mrs. VIM. Lewis, Sr, passed
away at her home in this city
Thursday evening, after an extend
ed illness. The funeral will be held
Sunday at the home at 2 p. IN.
Mrs. r.. G. Mckinney passed
away at her home il Avoca, Ia, of
cancer of the stomach Friday of last
week, aged 66 years. Funeral was
held Saturday. Mrs. Mckinney had
many surviving relatives in this
locality where she was born and
raised, among them being J. 81. and
Miss Eta Bennett, Thos. and John
lockwood. A husband and one
daughter also survive her, the latter
being Mrs. Harris of Hancock, La.
DO you happen to have in
| your possession a $4,000 green
back? If so the treasury depart
ment would be pleased TO hear from
you. Somebody, somewhere, holds
the single SlO,O 900 bill which is still
outstanding and which for con-
siderable period the government
has been waiting an opportunity to
retire. The amount of United
States notes originally issued i'll the
! SO, 600 denominations was SO, 0OO,.
| 600; the same amount has been is
sued in $4,000 notes. OF the former
| there remains but one that has not
been surrendered for retirement and
only two notes of the latter denomi-
nation are still in!the, hands Of the
public. It would! be interesting to
| know where these three notes are
held if they have not been ac-
cidentally lost or destroyed. The
| largest national bank notes now is
sued are for $1,000.
"A case of vital importance to-
the dairy and cheese interests of
this state is now pending before the
Railroad Commission of Wisconsin
and is to be heard Thursday
and Friday. The flight is said to
involve the life or death of the
local creaueries or cheese factories
in Wisconsin. Every dairy man in
Wisconsin is interestediin the out
come and lively interest is being
taken in the work. lit is said that
a trust has been formed to centralize
ete PLANTS and have milk and cream
! shipped themi from long distances.
The method adopted by the conc9n-
ira tors is to pay. high prices for
cream in new'territOry where they
come IN contact and In competition
with the local creamery until the
latter is force to suspend opera
tons whereupon tho prices arr
dropped to a 10 Her level than til 1t
I p I'd by the local creameries.
December 1st mileage books
will be put IN use by the lines of
tie railroad association, on a deci-
sion reached at a meeting held in
Chiceg0 There will be two kinds,
one for 1000 miles and the other
for 1000 for twentys and forty
dollars respectively. While the
books will be on two-cent basis,
their use will be convenient to the
public from the fact that they will
be- good for bearer. This means
that commercial house, for in
stance, can purchase a number of
the books, and they may be used at
any time by anybody they are
handed out to. IL will also permit
the owner OF the BOOK to pay for
the fare of his family or friends by
simply handing over the shook to
the conductor, and telling HIM who
are in the party. The new grange
ment will IN ike Identification unnec-
rssary ADD save all the trouble aud
bother incident to the former plan.