Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-14

arrests for violations of the state
games law were received in the state
game warden's Office AS result
Sc, 745 was collected in fines and the
costs of the actions amounted to
81, 4S5 90. The general belief that this
money goes TO the support of the de-
partment is wrong. Two thirds goes
to the state school fund which amount
in the last nine months is over $4,000.
The other third goes to the treasury of
the county in which the action is
brought Thus both our county and
our schools are benefited every time
any violater of the state game laws is
arrested and fined within the limits of
Grant County.
The canning season, perhaps the
busiest Of the year for the housewife
is just about over, and the long row of
glass jars in the Lancaster cellars
testify that the year 1908 was far
fro being an exception to the gener
al rule. From the reports of the
local grocers it is very evident that
more peaches were put up this year
than last. In fact the sale of all
fruits this year GEMS to be materially
increased over last season. Sons of
the late varieties are still being sold
but few of these will be used for
canning purposes. Apples, staple
fruit at all times of the year are fairly
plentiful. Grapes are also a good
crop. In the vegetable line tomatoes
are quite plentiful and corn averages
about the same as usual. The crop
of potatoes is not as large as last year
but the reports of the great shortage
all over the state were probably ex-
agerrated A large supply of onions
seems to be on the market and the
late vegetables such as squash. pump
kins and carrots all seem to be pleni-
full. Our friend the bee, has not
been laying off this year, for there
seems to be good supply of honey.
Taken all together the season hasn't
been so awfully bad.
Rural mail carriers are accommo-
dating fellows and always willing to
do errands for patrons along the route.
Whether they have buggy full OF
mail and no merchandise or buggy
full of unstamped bundles and no
mail their salary is the same. But
your Uncle Sam has word to say re-
gardlng the carrying of bundles and
no matter how accommodating the
carriers would like to be they must
live up to the law or lose their jobs.
The ruling laid down by the post
Office department regarding this matter
is found in section ninety eight of the
code of instructions for rural mail
carriers and reads as follows: Rural
.carriers are permitted to carry outside
of the mails, for hire and upon request
of partons of their routes, only I'M
mailable articles or packages of mer-
chandise, articles and packages of
maiIable matter weighing over four
! pounds, and mailable and unavailable
packages when combined in one
package whether weighing in the
aggregate more or less than three
pounds, provided such articles are re-
ceived from one merchant or patron.
But intoxicating liquors (ardent,
vinous. spurious or malt, explosive,
liquids liable to explosion by shock
or jar, or to spontaneous combustion,
or any article exhaling bad odor,
shall not in any circumstances be
carried by rural carriers in their
vehicles while on the service of their
routes or while they have mail in
their custody for delivery or dis
patch. Elk.
| Have Mrs. ThOs. Wright laundoT