Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-03

Survived by her three sons, three
daughters, 20 grandchildren and los
grandchildren Mrs. Martin
Pagel, SO, the oldest resident of SUI
AMIGO, died at the home of her son,
Otto. in that village.
The Dodge county farm bureau is
tackling the problem of eradicating
Canadian thistles on Horizon marsh.
The big marsh of several thousand
acres is overrun with thistles which
are spreading to adjacent farm lands.
An automobile belonging to r. NJ.
Coles, warden at Waupun, was stolen
from the garage just outside the pris-
on walls. The noise made by the
thieves aroused the neighbors but the
miscreants got away, leaving the car
when the motor stalled for lack of
gasoline.
Ten Siberian boys, made orphans
when the Reds overran south Siberia.
and ranging in age from to II, have
been taken by ST. Mary's Orphanage
of Manitowoc. The boys are from a
party of 200 who reached Chicago sew
erals weeks ago from Russia. They
are in good health and seem happy.
Donald Cameron and Coad Lesage,
both Is, caught a robber in the home
of A. B. Cameron, Superior. After
verifying his story that he had
family, the boys turned him loose. II
will show you where | live" said the
robber. At the house to which he took
| them a baby called for its father.
The boys walked away.
| Donald Weaver, 10, Madison, was
granted pardon by Gov. Blaine after
being convicted and sentenced for two
| years for operating an automobile
without the consent of the owner.
HE has been a good boy" the COVER
nor said, land will soon be 20 years
years old. There is no good reason
why he should not be freed"
The department of agriculture re-
ports that 229 herds, containing 5,795
! cattle, were tuberculin tested during
June. Of this number $50 head re-
acted and were slaughtered. Wiscon-
sin now has 2,454 herds, containing
62,417 cattle under the supervision of
the state and federal departments of
agriculture. A number of these are
fully accredited.
| Leo Tobin, GAINESVILLE farmer, was
| fined $500 and costs for transporting
| liquor. The evidence was that Tobin
had bought moonshine in Beloit ana
started home He naturally sampled
the stuff and becoming intoxicated,
went to sleep in culvert. There the
officers found him and the extreme
| fine followed Tobin said that moon
shine had dropped in price recently
but admitted that fines were no lower.
Harley Whaley, 10, Beloit, was a
drowning victim at Beloit Y. nj. G. A.
where with ii other boys he took les
sons in swimming. The boys left the
pool and the instructor, as was his
custom, swan around the pool bottom
as precaution against accident. He
did not note young Whaleys body
which was picked up twenty minutes
later by two men. A pulmOtOr was
used without avail.
William Reinf1esch, Ableman mail
carrier, had the rear end of his Ford
car cut off by a switch engine he met
at a crossing. The man was unhurt.
Gerald Hockett, 25, Evansville post
office clerk, is in a serious condition
with infantile paralysis. He is mar
ried. The complaint was brought on,
| it is thought, by incessant swimming
in Phantom Lake, where Hockett
spent HIS NdCdLlOA 1uAo WCdhOACO
his system.
Five summer students of the uni
versity were arrested for disorderly
conduct in the Latin quarter. They
pleaded not guilty and gave bail for
$40 each. The boys were arrested for
throwing stones at a lantern placed
on the street by the city. Judge A. G.
Hoppmann recently called represent
atives of the fraternities before him
and warned that unless night revels
and parties ceased, the offenders
would be punished.
Federal agents think they have dis
covered the line of booze supply for
Madison at Darlington, ILL.,, where a
raid on Universal Farms resulted in
the capture of five barrels of whiskey,
Sd cases of whiskey and Is gallons of
alcohol John Kuklinski, former
Madison saloon man, was arrested.A
warrant was issued for John Conklin,
head of the Universal Drug Co., and
owner OF the farm. Conklin is the
master mind behind the booze run
ners, the police say.
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