Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-10-13

AT the last meeting of the city
council attention was called to the
annual library report which shows
that institution to be in q furnishing
condition. One Of the items of
particular interest was the number of
volumes lent for home use. This
embraces. of course all the books
taken from the library during the
year, the total of which was 10, o7Y.
The number of borrowers at the be-
ginning Of the year was 1928 to this
145 names were added during the
year. Perhaps in no better way can
be shown the peoples appreciation of
the benefits afforded by the library.
The year opened with 1888 volumes on
the shelves; it closed with $3.50
volumes. Books added by pur chase
were 1874; by binding 81; by gift "a.
There were 81 lost and Withdrawn.
One new book case was added to the
equipment of the main room and two
magazine cases to the periodical de-
partment. The tables installed for
the benefit of the children have prov
en- wise investment as on almost any
library day" a number of little peo-
pie may be seen seated about them on
the diminutive chairs, deeply engrossed
in the adventures of the "Goops'' or
the classic characters OF Mother
Goose. The light presented by the
Woman s Club has also been a much
appreciated gift.
The second annual game hunt
will be held in Lancaster Nov. 3
Anyone who wishes to take part this
year may, on the payment of one
dollar az the timeof their registration
The books will be op3n for registra-
tion at Lou Fishers blacksmith shop
from October 10 to the last of the
month. The north side will be chosen
by Al Steinborn and the south side by
Clint Edwards. The limits this year
will be marked by the Bloomington
road on the west and the "Bidwell"
road on the. east. The territory in
which hunting is to be permitted will
be practically the same as last year.
The points by which the game is to be
scored are as follows: rabbit-10.
squirrel-20, hawk and owl eacn-5O,
partridge-100. coon-200, wolf and
fox each-500 The money deposited
by the winning side will be refunded
and that deposited by the other will
60 towards providing banquet to be
held at the Lancaster House. The
game left over when enough has been
taken out for the banquet will be
distributed by the managers to those
whom they consider need it and are
deserving. The hunt it is thought
will be a greater success this year
than last and it is hoped that the
farmers will cooperate with the
sportsmen in making it so. Those
taking part will be instructed to be
careful and to avoid doing any
damage.
Owen o. Wizard, the we'll known
detective, delivered three interesting
lectures here this week. The first
given Sunday morning at the NJ E.
church dwelt more particularly on the
subject of Temperance, Mr.. Wizard be-
ing firm no-license advocate. In the
evening he spoke at the Congregational
church. In his official capacity as
head of a great detective bureau he
had, during his career, considerable
experience in ferretting out graft"
in different city organizations.
Buffalo, N. Y, was one of the cities
in which he led certain investiga-
lions and as a result the grating
element was almost wholly eliminat-
ed. During his talk Mr. Wizard con-
graduated Lancaster people on having
a clean set of city officials and told
his hearers that the mayor and council
members are deserving of having
bouquets banded them occasional
ly. On Monday evening the BLACK
Hand" lecture was given at the Con-
gergational church. Mr.. Ward told
of the formation of the original Malta
or Black Hand society in Italy several
centuries ago tracing its terrible
history down to the final stand in the
United States. He told the part that
he ord bio fo1lou dofoofiuoc f0oH IN
cleaning out the Black Hand. He
told of tn einitiation ceremonies of
the infamous society and the means
by which the members accomplished
their desired ends. Mr.. Wizard is a
very interesting and convincing
speaker. His lecture Monday night
was illustrated by various stereopticon
views.