Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-02-14

charge Of disturbance" Mike Cook,
| KenOsha man, took big chances when
he jumped out Of window in the mum
icipal court building. A police officer
gave chase and caught Cook when he
When he was brought back he enter
ed plea of guilty and paid fine of
$40 and costs
Boone Lawrence, of Belvidere. ILL.,,
helped his father who was in custody
at EdgertOn, to escape. The youth
was arrested but was later released
when, SO it is stated, the authorities
found that the Wisconsin statutes
sanction the son in aiding his parent
to escape. Lawrence, the elder, is
still at liberty. He was detained
awaiting the arrival of an Illinois
sheriff
! Declaring that his brother should
have square deal, Maurice Farr, of
La Crosse, commenced action in the
courts to have his mothers will set
aside. It seems that by the will the
estate of $4,000 was divided into three
parts, two girls getting third each,
Maurice getting a third, and G. w.
Farr, OF Eau Gale, another brother,
nothing at all. To "be on the square"
with their brother will cost Maurice
Farr and his sisters, $685. each.
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John Kahn, Barron county farmer
ing under circumstances which are
| being investigated by the district at
torney. Dr.. Phil, local healer who
| has been twice arrested for practic-
ing medicine without a license, at
tended Kahn. Phil, it is claimed,
treated Kahn by placing plaster on
his back. The healer claims to make
no charge for his services, taking con-
tributions, as his patients see fit to
give him.
Holm Huber, who is introducing
hemp growing in Fond du Lac county
and who is now erecting a plant at
Brandon for reducing the crop for
fibre, hopes to have his factory in OPP
Grafton in a few weeks When it is
completed, Fond du Lac county will
have one of the largest fibre produc-
ing plants in the United States, with
a capacity Of turning out carload of
finished fibre every twenty-four hours.
Mr.. Huber has about 500 acres of
hemp to start the plant with. Some
OF this, he says, is now lying under
the snow and cannot be recovered un-
til spring. There are to be 5000 acres
OF hemp grown in Fond du Lac county
next year, which is sufficient acreage
to class the county among the leading
hemp producing counties in the coun-
! try.
A. shock like that of a tremendous
explosion shortly before midnight
Monday night week ago, caused re-
ports that there had been another ex-
plosion at Pleasant Prairie, where a
big powder plant was destroyed sever
al years ago, with the loss of half a
dozen lives. The utmost efforts of the
authorities, however, failed to discov-
er the location of the explosion. 1t
was felt throughout Kenosha county,
and appeared to be west of Pleasant
Prairie, which is near Kenosha. APP
parently, however, no damage was
done. Telephone messages through
Kenosha, Walworth counties, and as
far as Rockford, ILL.,, failed to locate
| the cause of the shock. Later a re-
port of huge meteor falling was re-
ceived from Delavan.
/ Investigation of situation at Silver
Lake, near Portage, which has resulted
in wholesale dying of fish in that wa
ter, has been made by the state con-
servation commission. "The fish in
the lake seem to be suffocating and
are dying by the hundreds said Con-
servation Warden j. W. Dalton. "They
come to the holes made by the ice har-
veSting crews and are seen to turn over
in a Supplied condition and sink to the
bottom dead" Commissioner James
Nevin, who visited the lake, was not
of the opinion that there is and dis
ease among the fish, but said he be-
lieved the heavy snow covering and
the extreme thickness of the ice pre-
vented the required amount Of air from
reaching the water with the result that
the fish were really suffocated Large
sunfish as we'll as good-sized black
bass are seen to come to the surface
and sink again, apparently lifeless.
The water has been literally filled
with them about the holes made by
the ice cutters. 1t appears that the
fish in the big end of the lake to the
west are all right. The ice in that
portion is not so thick Steps may be
taken by the commission to transfer
the fish by means of nets. Sportsmen
of this city have been at considerable
pains for several years to keep this
{ handy body water well stocked.
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Wisconsin's most unique fox raising
industry is experiencing a splendid
winter. The colder the weather and
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