Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-08

Snowballs came in handy at Stew
ems Point last week when a house
caught on fire and threatened to burn
down. Three hundred men, women
and children, made snowballs and
threw them on the house and barn ex-
tinguishing the blaze.
The Wisconsin Pea Packers asso-
citation held their eleventh annual
convention in Milwaukee last week.
Wisconsin produces about half of the
canned peas used in this country and
the annual meeting of the society is
regarded as very important. The as
ISOLATION has done considerable in
raising the quality of the vegetable
and thus increasing it's popularity with
the housewives.
Frank Willard, who the police
claim robbed sixteen sleeping lumber
jacks in a smoking car on the Pioneer
limited train of the c., NJ. & st. Paul
railroad between Watertown and Ocon-
omowoc, is being held by the Milwau-
kee police. After committing the rob-
berries the police claim that Willard
left the train at OcOnOmOwoc and
went to Milwaukee on an interurban.
Unusual typhoid conditions at Bay
field has prompted the people of that
city to have an analysis of the drink
ing water made by the hygienic labor
atory which disclosed an amount of
colon bacilli sufficient to cause the dis
ease. Bayfield,, Ashland and Washburn,
draw their water supply from Che
quamegon bay and also discharge their
sewage into that body of water. The
people are now boiling the drinking
water.
Elmer Mcdonald, aged 26, cocaine
addict, received twelve year sentence
in the Milwaukee municipal court af-
ter being convicted by the jury of bur-
glary. Mcdonald who was recently
released after serving long prison
term, wept when he was sentenced.
He denied being guilty of the robber-
les and claimed that he had never been
given a chance. Judge A. G. Backus
in delivering sentence told Mcdonald
that long sentences were the only rem
edy for repeated offenders.
Twenty Wisconsin cities celebrated
Christmas eve last year by erecting
municipal trees last year and the
movement is being extensively
Ill 70,
ed in New York three years ago and
spread so that one year later over 100
cities observed the Yuletide in this
manner. The university extension
has recently published new bulletin
which any town may have for the ask
ing, describing the community Christ
mas and telling how it may be carried
out Seven old carols are given in
the pamphlet with band arrange
ments Carolling took an important
place in the community celebrations
last year. Groups of singers went
through the streets, stopping at hospi-
tails and in sections where music is
seldom heard.
The Nativity Play will be used in a
| number of community celebrations this
this year.
Wisconsins corn crop is only sixty
per cent of the 1914 crop. The 1914
yield was about 10000 bushels while
the 1915 crop is about 100000
bushels.
But shortage is not the only bad fea-
ture of the 1915 crop. Breeders and
stock owners must be careful in feed
ing this years crop.
State Veterinarian O. H. Elaison, of
the department of agriculture, has
sent out the following warning to
stockmen:
Farmers should be careful in the
feeding of this years corn and corn
stalks. Veterinarians are reporting
considerable difficulty with horses af-
fected with stomach staggers' as the
result of feeding corn and corn stalks
designated 'staggers' because of de-
lirium or sleepy symptoms resulting
from the poison produced. The same
condition is reported from other states.
eff corn is fed, it should be fed very
carefully. If it is mOuldy it should
not De leu 10 HORSES DIS IL Will lu0VlC-
ably bring trouble to the owner.
"This situation is not easily COPIED
with by veterinarians and the patient
generally succumbs to the disease. If
relief is to be had it must be early and
energetic"
An electrical voting device has ar
rived at the assembly chambers at
Madison and will be installed by the
inventor, B. l.. Bobroff, of Milwaukee.
1t is claimed by Mr.. Bobroff, that this
method of taking rOll-calls will re-
duce the length of a legislative session
by one-sixth and save the state thous-
ands of dollars every years the legis-
1ature is in session.
The machine is supposed to record
the vote of the assembly Simultaneous
ly, by each member pushing a but