Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
George P. Goble is in Chicago on

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Less than two weeks until Thanks
giving
james Sweeny is in Livingston
this week doing job of plastering.
Have the Herald d. your auction
printing.
Ora Sitter, f. who has been ad-
vance agent for the Dode Fisk Show
arrived home for a visit Thursday.
Mrs Eugene Whitmore is visit
ing heI daughter Mrs. Paul Humphrey
in Patch Grove.
john Cramer and wife and Mrs.
Pendleton have moved in the old
home in the northeast part of town.
Game Warden Storrs has been
assigned to duty near Marinette during
the deer hunting season.
Miss Mile Lisherness left We'd
nesday for Milwaukee where she is
visiting her sister Dorothy who is
attending the State Normal there.
Henry Hartline while engaged in
building a barn In the country fell
off the scaffolding and sustained
severe injuries. He will not be able
to work for a while
Geo. Durley, of North Dakota,
has been visiting relatives in Lancas
ter and vicinity. He has been gone
from the county for good many
years.
The first number of the Linden
Leader, the new paper established by
II. J. johnson, the former editor of
this paper, has reached our exchange
table. The paper is we'll patronized
by the Linden merchants and Mr..
johnson appears to have covered the
local news field quite thoroughly.
The Herald wishes him success in his
new home.
Geo. w. Barrows who was
elected clerk of the Circuit Court
with his wife where they rented a
house and have arranged to move their
| household effects to the county seat
next week. While regretting their
departure from our midst owing to
the many warm friendships formed
during their long residence here,
still our people rejoice in the success
of one of their fellow citizens and
their best wishes accompany them to
their new home. -Cassville Record.
The Bureau of Plant Industry has
prepared the following statement in
anticipation of inquiries concerning
"Alaksa wheat A variety of wheat
under the name of "Alaska" is being
widely advertised as capable of yield
ing at the rate of 200 bushels to the
acre under ordinary soil conditions"
and even better "under extra condi-
tions It, is stated that this variety
was found growing wild in Alaska,
and claims of the most extravagant
nature are made fol it. In con-
sequence Of this notoriety the de-
partment is receiving many requests
for seed. This tpye of wheat has
J been known for many years both in
this country and in Europe. 1t has
] been tried at several state experiment
stations in the western part of the
United States during the past fifteen
years, but nowhere have the yields
been high enough to merit attention.
The wheat has been grown to very
limited extent on certain heavy un
drained soils in France for many
years. In such locations it is said
to yield rather better than ordinary
wheat, but as it is one of the poorest
wheats known for making -four, it is
never grown where ordinary varieties
of wheat will thrive.
1T is said that consolidation of
the best paying zinc mines in this
district will be effected within the
next two months. Lancaster people
and Grant County citizens generally
will be interested in what the Du-
buque Times Journal had to say of
the project "The next sixty days will
witness the consolidation of twelve of
the largest lead and zinc mines in the
Dubuque and Grant county districts
of the tri-state field, according to the
statements of we'll informed mining
men, Monday morning. In fact
negotiations have already been opened
for the perfection of the consolida-
tion and it is expected that the work
of completing the combine will be
started as soon as the preliminaries
have been finished For some tim e
past mining men have had in mind
the consolidation of many of the large