Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-17

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instruction in the German language
has been banished from the Marsh
field schools by unanimous vote of
the board of education.
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When a dog became entangled in
the wheels of Police Chief Thomas
Shaughnessy's automobile at Madi-
son, Policeman Michael Lochner and
Bobby Hogan, II years old, were
thrown out and injured.
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William, the young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Witty of Berlin, was
drowned in the Fox river. The scow
in which he and his companion were
claiming overturned when they
threw out their bar of hooks.
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At the semi-annual meeting of the
Sheboygan Falls school board, it was
decided unanimously that the study
of the German language be removed
from the curriculum. The motion
was carried without discussion.
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Police and farmers of Winnebago
Guilty, udN6 UGGn dShGu W d1u Ill
the search for Clarence Stannard, 16-
year-oId youth, who disappeared from
the home of his sister recently. His
bicycle was found near the lake shore.
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A fall which he suffered last week
and in which he struck his head On
a stone, is believed to have affected
the mind Of Joseph Janda, a Manito-
woo farmer, who committed suicide
in the woods a half mile from his
home.
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Mrs. Chas. Powell of Phelps, died
at the hospital in Amigo as the re-
suit of terrible burns from the eX-
plosion of a can of gasoline at her
home. Her two children, between the
ages of three and five, were burned to
death almost at once.
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Locating his father after a separa-
ton of thirty-one years was the ex-
~perience of Melvin Sunbeck, Manis-
tee, at Koss. John S.. Frederick lost
trace of his son, whose mother died
when he was three days old. The
baby was taken by the grandmother,
who removed to another city without
notifying the father. Recently Mr..
Sunbeck learned that his father was
residing in the vicinity.
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High prices of farm implements
will be cut, the secretary of agricul-
ture warns the state food administra-
ton. 1t will be necessary to survey
the industry with a view to discover
whether the commissions, profits or
prices are unjust, unreasonable, dis
criminatory and unfair, and if so,
to cause their discontinuance. The
law does not provide for direct price
fixing, but the food control act grants
power to prevent unfair profits.
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It was decided at the annual school
meeting to remove the study Of Ger
man from the Mansion school and de-
stroy the German books. A new ma
tional banner, a service flag repre-
senting ninety-nine of MaustOn's boys
and a Liberty bond flag were raised.
At the bottom of the platform which
was built around the pole were stack
ed the German books which had been
used in the school. These were sat-
urated with kerosene and burned.
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Two alleged deserters from the ma
tional army are being held at Anti
go. They are Robert M. Pryor and
Bernard J. Lyons. Pryor was arrest
ed three weeks ago at a camp of the
Langdale Lumber company near Bass
Lake after stabbing a man He had
a registration card but admitted not
having filled out a QUESTIONABLE. The
board of exemption of Lake county,
Indiana, was found to have classed
him as a deserter. Lyons says he is
from GAINESVILLE.
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The conscience fund.- of the state
is growing. Treasurer Henry John
son received a check from Cambridge,
Wis, for SIS. The letter did not dis
close from whom the money came,
but stated the state had been de-
frauded of this amount in income tax
es and that the person desires to make
up the sum. Within the past few
days $3.50 was paid from a Madison
source in the same way. During the
past year several smaller amounts
have been received from Waupun and
other parts Of the state.
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In 1914 a Wisconsin farmer harvest
ed 70 bushels of oats from a 4O-acre
tract, which he decided to drain the
following year. In 1916 he harvested
1928 bushels of oats from the same
field, and besides got an excellent
catch of timothy and clover. A 10
acre marsh grass pasture was drain
ed into a tillable field which, the sec
ond year after drainage, grew a crop
Of corn which yielded Is tons of sol
ids to the acre. The owner of a peat
marsh expended $500 in draining a
20-acre tract and grew a corn crop
the first year which paid for. the til
ing. On a 40-acre field which former
ly grew nothing but willow brush, the
owner has since harvested as high as
125 bushels Of corn to the acre. Drain
age did the work.
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Gen. Charles King spoke on mill
tary courtesy and discipline to the