Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-10

VIM. Poutsch of Fl. Atkinson, retir-
ed for the night in cattle shed in
the rear of a Jefferson garage. POut-
! sch was found the next morning with
his clothing partially off and in
frozen and unconscious condition
Amputation of the feet was at first
deemed necessary, but Poutsch is
now getting we'll.
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Initiating the tactics of Capt Kidd
proved fatal to Carl Cormack, II years
old Of Racine, who, with number Of
companions used cave, formed by
the ice on the lake shore, as pirate"
house. A bonfire, built in the cave
brought the heavy mass of ice down
crushing Carl to death. His cOmpan-
ions, Harold and Clyde Solomon, and
Monroe Schultz, escaped.
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Wolves have been causing lot Of
trouble over in the town of Akan,
Richland county, lately. Farmers re
port loss Of sheep and hogs. A round
up hunt was held one day last week.
but on account of the crust an the
snow the dogs could not travel fast
enough to catch the beasts. The
wolves are large ones and the farmers
are to make a determined effort to
catch the animals.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hall, of Be
lott, are man and wife, although red
tape for time threatened to defer the
wedding. Mr. Hall and his bride were
ready in the evening for the ceremony
when they discovered that the license
did not permit them to wed until five
days had elapsed from the time it was
taken out. The wedding party waited
until the stroke of II wneh the knot
was tied and all were happy.
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Arthur Oehrke, of Milton Junction,
and Otto Rohloff of Lima, went to al
most instant death on Monday of last
week when the car they were driving
turned turtle after skidding, five miles
west Of Delavan. One man, William
Kidder Of Milton Junction, was not
severely injured and managed to crawl
from beneath the car and summoned
aid. With some difficulty the car was
raised, but both men were dead when
taken out.
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The International Dye company, of
Milwaukee, founded with capital Of
100000 upon the representations Of
Henry Clay Arbuttle, aged 10 years,
that he could make dyes, will now be
dissolved. The plant was located at
Wauwatosa Arbuttle skipped" with
valuable minerals, but was captured
at New York and later sent to Green
Bay. VIM. Oesterreich, secretary and
treasurer of the concern, said last
week that the company would be dis
solved.
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Milwaukee butchers have under cor
sideration a sliding scale Of meat pric-
es. The scheme as proposed by Chica-
go club women, gives the minimum
rate for poor people who pay cash and
carry home their package. The next
rate is one cent more for credit Gus
toners. The high rate is for the we'll
TODD who have goods delivered. This
will be the second rate plus sc. 1t is
said that the Milwaukee butchers are
not enthusiastic over the plan
1000
Commissioner of Agriculture G. p.
Norgord on Thursday last recommend
ed to Gov. Philip that aid for the next
state fair be more liberal than it has
been. He said that the value of live
stock of Wisconsin is $239, lit 1872,
that of agricultural products $780,
100000, and dairy products $1,000, 000,-
600. Commissioner Norgord urged lib
eral appropriations for building and
ground improvements and for premii
ums and general expenses.
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With heavy SHOWS and the tempera-
ture below zero for some time, the
greatest logging activities in years is
expected by lumbermen, who have
their general Offices in Green Bay. Be
cause of the extent of the logging har-
vest large tracts of undeveloped cut
over land will be placed on the market
will go into the billions of feet, over
SO percent of which will be hemlock.
The Brentwood branch Of the Adnapee
Veneer and Seating company will har-
vest 100000 feet Of mixed logs for it's
plant. Wages have had a greater at
traction for woodsmen than for years
past, and it is estimated that fully g.
600 ''jacks" will be in the Wisconsin
woods during the winter. Average
wages are $40 month and board.
Lumber prices of the immediate flu
ture are in line for decided increases,
lumbermen say.
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There were 8O1, 456 children between
the ages Of 4 and 20 attending the pub
lie schools of the state on June 1,
1916, according to the report of the
state superintendent Of public in
struction, made public on Thursday
4 Of last week The reDOrt goes IN ~