Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-02-18
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

t''cAJ uCpdI llueIAC VI the OnlV6F-
slty of Oregon and now superintendent
OF the State Historical society, is to
gather the data, industrial, CONNER.
clal and historical, of Wisconsin since
the days of the Civil war.
e. S. Leverich of Angelo recently
made the largest single shipment OF
blooded stock ever sent out OF Mon
roe county. The shipment consisted
OF 20 head Of ful-blooded Holstein cat.
tie consigned to the E. N. Murphy
farm Egg Harbor, Door county, Wis.
Each animal is valued at an average
Of $1,000, or $4,000 for the herd.
Twenty-Five upper Wisconsin coun-
ties are going to add $4,000, 900 to the
wealth of the state between now and
next fall. This is a conservative esti-
mate made by John Swenehart. in
charge of the land clearing operations
for the College of Agriculture, Madi.
son, in announcing the summer cam
paign to clear more land.
The Oshkosh health department has
secured barrel of whisky, which will
be taken out of bond by federal order
and shipped there for use at the city's
emergency hospital. The hospital has
many influenza patients and all they
will need to get drink is a prescrip
ton from physician who believes that
the stuff is good for them.
Sturgeon Bay is to have an Episco-
pal church. The local Episcopal con
gregation have been assured of a new
structure by the Rev. Horatio Gates of
Milwaukee, who conducts services
there. AT present members of this
faith are holding their services in the
K. P. lodge rooms. A site is now un.
der consideration and it is expected
that building will start in the spring.
Castor Taylor. oldest resident of the
Western part of the state, to whom a
goodly number of residents of Pierce
county are reIated, has seen 100
Christmas days, but will not complete
his century until Oct. Is next. Of his
twelve children, nine are living. There
are 169 living descendants, the nine
children, f1fty-one grandchildren, 100
great grandchildren and nine great
great grandchildren.
Since it's organization fourteen years
ago, 1919 was the most successful year
in the history of the Farmers Indus.
trial association at Clifford, Price
county. The association, which is
comprised of farmers, did a business
of $251, 591,41 When organized the
company's capital was only $50. Today
it is capitalized at $4,000. General
merchandise and forest products CON
stitute the associations chief line.
To eliminate the necessity of build
ing four new schools, four school dis.
tricts in the town of Cicero, Outagamie
county, decided to consolidate and
erect central school building. Ac.
ton of the boards must be ratified by
the taxpayers of the four districts.
Transportation must be provided for
school children, some of whom live
more than four miles from the pro,
posed school.
Plans and specifications are at Eau
Claire for the $4,000 concrete high
way to be built between Eau Claire
and Osseo this summer and it is ex
pected that that work will be started
at the Eau Claire end of the job as
soon as the weather conditions permit
Louis Schroeder, who became blind
as result of drinking a concoction
believed to have contained wood alco-
hol, recovered his eyesight at a La
Crosse hospital after three days.
What is probably the last round of
a long and bitter fight between two
factions of the village of Rockland,
Wis, over the, question of incorpora-
ton, has inst been staged The fight
eliminated in a motion on the part or
anti-incorporators to open a judgment
denying their application and restrain
ing the village from further procedure
toward incorporation, The reasons
were alleged Irregularities at the cleo
ton The motion of the anti-incorpor-
ators was denied in circuit court by
Judge E. G. Higbee, and Rockland will
at once proceed to incorporate as a
village in the usual manner.
Dane county with $4,000 head of
milk cows leads Wisconsin counties
according to figures compiled by the
department of agriculture. There are
close to 100000 milk COWS in Wis.
cousin. The report places the figures
at 1.S46,0O0. Dodge County ranks sec
ond with 70,412 COWS, Marathan county
third with 64-710 and Clark fourth
with 1866. This is a gain of 8 per
cent over a year ago. The total valu.
alton of this stock is $179,062, 900.
Horses decreased in number from 694,-
600 to $4,000 on Jan. l. Swine in
creased 8 per cent over a year ago
with 2.2S6,O0O on farms in 1920. There
were 6S7, 900 sheep and lambs in 1920.
compared to $4,000 in 1919. The
total valuation of Wisconsin livestock
is listed at 1878, 10000.
-Four week investigation into the
high cost of living by a federal grand
iury at La Crosse, have disclosed tire.