Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-17

j 10 900 people, The lone case was
against a physician who speeded his
car and paid a fine of $1398.
Five children out of 118 examined
at Watertown by school nurse were
found infected with diphtheria Those
infected were quarantined at once to
prevent the spread of the disease.
SuEerior-An ordinance, recently
enacted by the common council pro-
hibits keeping of denatured alcohol in
soft drink parlors with soft drinks.
The ordinance went into effect today
and holds the soft drink parlor prop
rietor liable.
The skeleton of an infant found on
the premises of John Borchers. Wa
tertown, caused an investigation by
District Attorney Stengle, Jefferson.
A member of the Borchers family
made the find and reported it. Indi-
cations are that the babe died at birth
or shortly after.
Ray Lyons, Hixton, Wis, brought
back to La Crosse on a charge of pas
sing WORTHLESS checks while visiting
there, was given opportunity by Judge
Brindley in county court to pay fine
OF 500 and make good his fraudulent
checks. Instead the young man took
a jail sentence of Is days.
Joseph Kastenmeier and Walter
zimmerman have purchased two ac-
res of land near Beaver Dam which
they will fence in soon and stock
with skunks as preliminary to con-
Quoting a skunk farm of the fur
bearing animals. The skunks are of
the black variety
A. Clay, fireman, was blown thru
the window of the engine cab when
the engine exploded one mile north of
Madison. The fire blew into Glay's
face and he sustained internal iniur-
les. The engineer, j. Humphrey, es-
capped without hurt A new engine
and crew were sent out and the train
proceeded after an hours delay.
w. l. Lawrence, Sturgeon Bay
poultry man. claims the egg-produc-
ton record for the month of Febru-
airy. His count for the month shows
that his brood of Sc Rhode Island Red
hens laid sol eggs or an average of
Is per month per hen Inasmuch as
February was very cold month the
record is considered exceptionally
good.
The state of Minnesota in the U. S.
supreme court won it's suit against
Wisconsin over a boundary line be-
tween the states in ST. Louis Bay. Val
liable mining, docking, and manufac-
turing property is included in the area
claimed by both states whose joint
executive boundary commission dis
agreed in an attempt to fix the boun-
Diary and then appealed to the SUI
preme court.
King Gustaf of Sweden saw that a
shipment of medicine consigned to
Arthur Beijer, Stevens Point, should
go to America altho the export laws
forbade. The medicine was needed
to cure Beijers daughter who wrote
to a noted Swedish physician when
| local efforts failed Wartime laws in
Sweden forbid exporting drugs and
Beijer was so notified He then
wrote a personal letter to King Gus
tat who took immediate action in the
matter and then wrote Beijer to that
effect. This came on a white sheet
OF paper with no reference to royalty
except that the back of the envelope
had the words "His Majesty the King"
engraved upon it.
dancing and no more matinee parties
is the decision of the women at the
University of Wisconsin, This is the
consensus of an opinion obtained bv
Questiannaires sent by Dean Nardin
to each Of the 40 girls rooming hous-
/ es. The girls also have agreed not to
/ permit nOnuniversit3 women to attend
university mixers and have made
plans for a committee to keep close
watch that the rules are observed.
/ The majority of Girls declared them
selves against excuses. whether in
i dancing. eating or amusements. The
| questionnaires show that greater
howe of the women favo~ having dis
cussional groups to talk of these prob
lens Of campus life.
The high cost of living is not both
ering j. j. Schumacher of Beaver
Dam. Mr.. Schumacher is the owner
of q White Wyandotte pullets that,
he believes hold the egg-Droducing
record for that section of Wisconsin.
During December they produced 93O
eggs; January's records show $50
eggs from the flock, and during the
month Of February they presented
him with 433 eggs. The owner is very
proud OF the record or l,2l3 eggs for
the three-monta period Asked the
secret which produced those results.
Mr. Schumacher said: Plenty of the
right kind of food, dry, cool quarters
and a 12-hour day" Further ques-
tioning brought out the fact that an
electric lighting system had been in
stalled in the coop and that the lights
were turned on promptly at O'Clock
each morning with the result that the
hens We're UP and scratching long be
fore the neighbors' hens. The lights
are again turned on in the afternoon
and the henhouse is flooded with light
luntil the factory whistles blow at 6.