Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-20

charge Of the work between Hastings
and a point fifty miles below Du-
buque. A Sub-statiOn will be at La
Crosse, with one or two crews work
ing out of that city in the bottoms
north and south, where there are hum
dreds of slOughs which become land
locked in low water. Four new gas
oline launches, each "a feet in length,
have been ordered to augment the
fleet of boats now in service. 1t is
expected that between fifty and sew
enty-five men will be engaged. Be
cause of continued high water, the
Mississippi having started to fall af-
ter the second big rise, the work will
not begin until early in August this
year. Last year 31,000,000 fish were
saved. Taking cOgnizance of the re-
markable results the first year, Con-
gressmen j. j. Esch, La Crosse, and
Sydney Anderson, Lanesboro, induced
the bureau to extend the rescue work
Nearly all fish taken from the land
locked sloughs by the government
crews will be utilized to stock inland
lakes and rivers, although a percent
age will be returned to the MISSISSIPPI
pi river. Rescue of fish was started
as result of agitation of hook-and-
line and commercial fishermen in Wi
mona, and La Crosse
The collection of Indian copper and
stone implements owned by Henry P
Hamilton, Two Rivers, Wis, one OF
the largest and best of its kind in the
world and valued at more than $780,
900, is to be presented to the State
Historical museum, Madison, and will
be on exhibit in the fall Mr.. Hamil-
ton is vice president of the Wiscon-
sin Archaeological society and mem
Der of the State Historical society
The greater part of the collection has
been obtained from Manitowoc coun-
| ty, along the seven-mile lake frontage
between Two Rivers and Two Creeks
| which was formerly the site of In
dian villages and is rich in material
! More than 1000 selected specimens OF
exquisite Oregon jewel points, made
| by the Indians of agate, jasper and
similar stones, and the finest example
of flint chipping in the world, are the
only parts of the collection that were
not obtained in Wisconsin. Mr.. Ham
ilton originally had $4,000 specimens
in his possession, but retained only
the finest. The largest collection OF
native copper implements in the coun-
try, numbering $4,000 pieces, will al
SO be part of the donation. Mr.. Ham
| ilton started collecting Indian nipple
ments and ornaments as early as 49,
! 81, and his collection is famous al
over the warld. His gift is consid-
cred by the museum authorities as
the most important since the museum
was organized in 1854
| Gottlieb Keeling, after a journey Of
over 5000 miles in six months, is in
Cumberland with his wife and child
| to search for whom he went to Rus
STA. In 1911 he left his home neal
Lutzk, Russia, and came to America
| leaving his wife and baby son. He
worked hard for money to bring them
to America. But before it was pos
sible the war broke out and he coulC
not get in communication with his
wife, who was in the territory where
| the Germans and Russians battled IN
Andrew Lund, Madison, committed
Litovsk. When the United States en-
tered the war, he enlisted and served
until discharged Dec. 81. Then he
went to Lutzk, which had been de-
stroyed He found a sister of his
wife, who informed him that shortly
before the signing of the treaty his
wife and child and other members OF
| the family had been taken to Germany
as prisoners. He continued his
search clothed in ragged Russian
uniform and tattered shoes. After
many hardships he reached Germany
and began the long. search of prison
camps for his wife and child. He was
greatly aided by his knowledge OF
Russian, Polish, Bohemian and Ger
man languages. After visiting nearly
$50 prison camps he found his wife
at Ost-Trosen. She had been farm
| laborer, working from $3.50 a. m. to
8 at night, caring for ten cows, scant-
| lily supplied with food of the poorest
quality and subject to every indignity
With the scanty means left him and
the assistance of the Red Cross and
American officers, keeling reached
Holland where a Hollander lent him
money for passage to New York. On
the vessel some American boys made
up purse of $74 with which he was
able to. buy clothing His former en-
ployer, Nick Hopman, helped him
reach Cumberland.
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