Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-03-14

! steer gates nave D00u 1uSLa1lo0 II
the Consolidated Pulp and Water Pow.
er company's dam at Grand Rapids
These steel gates are 80 feet wide and
II feet deep and weigh eight tons each
The six gates will be operated by cleo
tricity.
Elm Court farm, near Briggsville
has made an official milk and butter
record from pure bred Holstein
heifer, years and 4 months old, that
I has been exceeded by only one heifer
of that age in the state Of Wisconsin.
In seven days Elm Court Johanna
Pearl II produced 1881 pounds of milk
testing 3.8 per cent, making 1872 lbs.
of butter. She is owned by w. o.
Briggs and H. Van Schoyck
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Attracted by the cries of 10-year- old
Madeleine Denny, when she broke thru
the ice in Fox river at Green Bay, a
bull terrier, owned by Miss Helen
Scheller, superintendent of the Hick-
DRY Grove tuberculosis sanatarium,
rushed to her assistance and succeed
ed in rescuing the child The dog
dragged her nearly 500 feet to the
shore Of the river. Miss Denny re-
sides at Little Rapids.
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Mrs. Emmett Allen of Dodgeville,
was notified by telephone that her hus-
band had been killed in a mine at
Benton She directed that the body be
shipped to her for burial and went on
with arrangements for the funeral.
While things were in progress Allen
called Mrs. Allen up asking what the
fuss was about 1t seems that Allen
was working with man who was
killed and the mine clerk got the
names mixed.
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The desire to become an American
citizen is going to cost Joseph Kraus
of Merrill, Wis, native of Germany
twenty-four dollars a year, When
Kraus was a young man in his native
land he was injured in a woodworking
factory. Under a government COM
pensation act, he was awarded $24 a
year for life or until such time as he
became a citizen of another country
He has now applied for United States
citizenship papers.
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Miss Mable Curry, Richland Center
young lady, was badly burned, but may
get we'll Miss Curry was warming
herself in front of a sheet iron heater
that had the door open. Her skirt
was drawn through the opening by the
draft and became ignited. She became
frightened and ran from one room tC
another lodging those who tried to as
sist her. Miss Curry was badly burned
| from the shoe tops to the waist line
Hopes for her recovery are entertain
ed.
The heaviest sentence ever imposed
! in the Milwaukee court Of Judge Geig-
er for violation of the Mann act, was
melted out to AnastasiOs KonstanOpo-
lis last week. The Greek was found
guilty on seven counts, and his tota
/
opolis and other Greeks had abused
Florence e. Whitsall, aged 16, of Mus
kegon, Mich, bringing her into the
state for immoral purposes. Tbs
Greek attempted to say something ii
his own behalf, but was given short
attention by the Judge.
Thomas Jones, a logger at Nash
vile, Wis, is dead, and Burton anC
James Robinette, woodsmen from
Breathitt county, Kentucky, are in jai
at Crandon, as the result Of a quarre
and shooting at the depot at Nashville
The RObinette brothers gave them
selves up after walking ten miles K
Crandon while a posse sought then
in the woods. They say they killed
Jones in self-defense after. he threat
ened them with a knife and revolver
James Robinette was shot through the
hip and stabbed Much excitement is
evident in Nashville over the affair
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1t is not generally known that Wis
years ago following bitter fight on
the question of temperance This was
about the time when the whole country
was swept by prohibition legislation
The legislature twice failed to pass
a referendum act but the temperance
people were finally able to elect a
legislature in their favor and the aci
was passed. It went down under Gov