Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-05-02


in the road, and ran into the ditch.
Moar received two fractures of the
left arm.
Abandoned miscreants at Marin
cite broke open the poor box in the
took small sum of money. The
week previous the parochial school
and the priests house were looted by
the thieves.
To inspire dignity i'll the circuit
courts Judge E. B. Belden has issued
a proclamation which requires the
people to stand at the opening of each
session and remain standing until the
judge has made his announcements.
Judge Belden sits at Racine
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Affairs at the Goodman-Sawyer
mills near Marrinette, have been at a
crisis since 700 employees struck for
union recognition The men were re-
Gently granted 25 cents day increase
but held out for an organizer to
come. Chas. A. Goodman, principal
owner, says that the mills will be
closed down if a strike is declared.
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A movement has been started at
Oshkosh, to secure netting of fish and
the conducting of fish markets, all
under state supervision, so that Lake
Winnebago will furnish food for Osh-
kOsh people who are now Obliged to
curtail their purchases of vegetables
and meat on account of the high cost
of living
Claiming that he was left alone
without care and as a result jumped
from window of the Madison Gener-
al hospital while delirious, NJ Nickel
son has brought suit for $4,000
against c. B. Livingston, at the time
manager Of the institution, and the
hospital association. Nicholson says
that in the fall of 20 feet he sustained
broken ankle, a broken instep. a
dislocated shoulder and a wrenched
back. II
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The Iowa county children suffered
accidents last week One of them was
Edgar Anderson of Edmund, who
broke his right arm while wrestling
with friend. Jack Kirst of Dodge
vile, aged 8, fell from an express wa
gon and broke his leg at the hip.
Phillip Reese collided with a barbed
wire fence in the same city, and re-
ceiEed dangerous cuts The child
rem are all doing we'll
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Senator Frank Raguse Of Milwau-
kee, was severely rebuked by his
colleagues last week when he declar-
ed that the way to create patriotism
was to destroy lives. Raguse averred
that the Maine was blown up from the
inside to bring about a crisis. Angry
retorts followed and a motion was
passed to expell the Milwaukee man,
when the latter would not retract his
statement. Raguse was a Socialist
member.
Love of speed caused the death of
Frank Cooper, a Richland Center
young man, and seriously injured J.
WalWOrth, a companion. Cooper and
WalWOrth with a travelling man left
Richland Center for Lone Rock late
in the evening. While travelling at
high speed the car left the road at
turn and struck telephone pole
Cooper was badly mangled and lived
but few minutes He leaves an in
FAINT son and aged mother Walworth
was badly cut and sustained internal
injuries. The travelling man was
thrown clear and escaped injury.
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Hundreds Of acres Of WiscOnsin's
sandy lands may be devoted this year
to raising beans. This move, it is
thought, would be an excellent war
measure. 1t would be possible to in
crease the been crop greatly without
reducing to any extent the acreage
Of any other crops and few crops
yield more food or are as valuable
when the small cost Of seed and the
value Of the yield itself is consider
ed" said A. R. Whitson, head of the
State Soils Laboratory last week.
Beans will grow on soil which can
produce good grain only after years
Of special treatment Beans do not
draw heavily on soil fertility and get
their nitrogen from the air like other
leguminOus crops. There are still six
weeks or more before planting time
and half bushel of seed, worth about
$3.50 to $500 will plant an acre.
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Letters from Geo. J. Thompson, a
Canadian soldier, who is in a prison
camp in Germany, have been received
by his brother, H. H. Thompson, in
Racine. Thompson enlisted in Ca
madam regiment soon after the war
started and was captured by the Ger
mans in one of the numerous engege-
ments in which he took part. He
says prison life is becoming tiresome
because of it's mOnOtOnv "Tha nriS-