Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-27
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items Of Current Inter
est by Telegraph
and Mail.

is SZU, 900.
Thirty-eight teachers in the She
boygan public schools have refused
reappointments giving the low salary
schedule as a reason
The Diamond lumber mill near
Green Bay has resumed operations
after a three weeks lay-off. Other
mills in the district will be active in
short time.
Leo Young, Amigo manufacturer,
dropped dead from apopleXy while on
his way to his office. A month ago
Mrs. Young died after a brief illness
with an infected tooth.
Vincent Winakekewicz, AZ, Kenosha
farmer, walking on the tracks. to his
home, was instantly killed when hit
by an interurban train. A mother
lesss son and daughter survive.
Abe w. Law, Shullsburg, for several
years editor of the Pick and Cad, has
gone to British Columbia, along the
Alaskan border, where he has accept
ed a position with a gold mining com
pany
James A. Scobie, 80, Cambridge,
through the heroism of his nephew,
Stanley ScObie, was saved from death
by fire when the boy dragged the old
man from a burning marsh after he
had lost consciousness
Mrs VIM. Meinel was injured when
a touring car driven by Claude Schlm-
mel, FIT. Atkinson, collded with a Sc
dan driven by William Meinal, Jeffer-
son farmer. The sedan was thrown
against a street post and smashed.
William Paul Geneva farmer, was
arrested in connection with the theft
of car taken in broad daylight from
a GAINESVILLE firm. The car was found
on the Paul farm. Judge Maxfield
ordered a test made of Paul's sanity
Louis Kruger, one of the four bro
theirs whose opposition to conscript-
ion resulted in a battle with federal
officers in which one man was killed
near Withee, Wis, is to be arraigned
in court at La Crosse and given a
chance to obtain his freedom pending
trial, on bond.
w. H. Thorpe, Beaver Dam, claims
the honor Of being the oldest jeweler
in Wisconsin who works at his trade.
Mr.. Thorp started in to learn the jew
eler's trade in Beaver Dam ga years
ago and has been working at it ever
since Now past so years, he is in
excellent health.
Clarence H. DietZ, son of John F.
Dietz, defender of Cameron DAM" is
to appear before Gov. Blaine, May 4,
to ask a pardon for his father Mr..
Dietz is serving 20-year sentence in
Waupun for shooting a deputy sheriff.
He was first given life but the SEN
tence was committed later.
The Baraboo residence of Willis
Ryan was almost totally destroyed by
fire that originated in the garage. A
n A.,
automobiles and was injured by
broken glass when he jumped through
one of the windows of the horse. AL
most all of the furniture was saved.
Leonard Mcbride of Ladysmith
pleaded guilty to charge of selling
moOnshine and was given 80 days at
hard labor. All money earned by the
prisoner is to be applied to defray the
costs of prosecution. Judge Williams
and Dist. Atty. Falge hold that the
most effective way to curb bootleg
ging is to mete out Jail sentence.
A million dollars year for 10 years
will be needed to carry on the work
of eradicating cattle tuberculosis in
Wisconsin according to DR.. o. Fl. Eli |
ason of the livestock sanitary board.
The work of testing cattle has pro-
crossed faster than the legislature has
provided funds. The present approp-
ration for the tuberculosis fund of
the department Of agriculture is
$225,000.
According to Judge Monahan of
Green Bay husband is entitled to
at least 81 out of the $40 he earns.
He dismissed a charge of non-sup
port filed by the wife of a teamster
who was making $40 a week and kept
50 out for his own use. The judge
didn't doubt the wife's charge that the
money was insufficient to keep up the
home, but declared that "a man was
entitled to something out of his earn
ings.'
The price of common labor in Mil
waukee is lower than last year with
shop labor being paid 40 cents an hour
and outside labor up to so cents an
hour. Last spring. shop labor was
bringing 50 to SO cents and street la
Dor 60 10 IS cents. One Milwaukee
manufacture SAYS that he can hire all
the common labor he wants now for
40 cents an hour, or % per cent less
than he could year ago.
Lake Koshkoning fishermen COM
plain that the practice of SEEMING the
lake carp is running the fishing
for game fish. SEEMING for carp was
tried out once several years ago but
Gov McGovern stopped it because it
was destructive to the bottom of the
lake for wild fowl and also killed the
game fish. Pike, bass and pickerel
were so badly hurt by the big, coarse
carp in landing the seines, that event
ually they died, although they wiggled
away in fair shape when returned to
the water by supervising wardens.
The fishing tugs also scared away the
ducks that came in from the north,
because the tugs went out before day
light and came in after dark, and the
ducks take fright when disturbed at
night and leave the lake Since the