Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-20

to the path of street bus. The dr1v-.
Ell was unable to avoid hitting the
child. The coroner announced the ac-
cident as unavoidable.
Bridget Harvey, who died at the
Home Of the Little Sisters of the Poor
at Milwaukee, was believed to be one
of the Oldest persons in the country.
Mrs. Harvey was born in Ireland Ill
1903 and lived to be lis years old.
She attributed her longevity to the
continual use of tobacco. The old
lady was an inveterate smoker.
Harry Schurrman, Cumberland man
who came here from Russia number
of years ago and prospered, has To-
Gated his wife and family after an
eight years search. The family have
been in Russia and owing to disturbed
conditions the father could not COM
municate with them. Since 1914 a
daughter died but the wife and son
hope to soon Join their father in this
country.
James O'Rourke Beloit rural mail
carrier, was blind in one eye for IL
years Recently he Vas thrown to the
ground in a runaway and had to have
his face bandaged for several weeks.
When the bandages were removed o.
Rourke was dumbfOunded to discover
that he could see out of the eye that
had, been defective for so long. Nor
NAL sight had been restored by some
freak of fortune.
Thirty years ago prisoners in Wau-
pun were treated in what today would
be considered cruel and shameful
manner when they broke the prison
rules Hanging by the thumbs and
ten days in solitary confinement We're
some of the punishments melted out
Today a prisoners head is not even
clipped nor does he wear stripes until
he wilfully breaks the prison rules.
After a long discussion during
which three amendments were voted
down, the assembly went on record as
favoring constitutional amendment
increasing the salaries of members
from $500 for the two-year period to
$3.50 annually. This amendment has
been adopted by the senate and upon
final passage in the house will be sub
mitted by a referendum vote of the
people providing the succeeding leg
islature approves it. The assembly
men agreed with few exceptions
they were underpaid and poor men
are actually barred from running for
the legislature because of the impos-
sibiIity of living on the income.
Doctor Joseph Schafer, superinten-
dent of the State Historical Society
Of Wisconsin, expects TO publish the
first volume of the Wisconsin Domes
day Book during the present year
The work of preparing township
charts of Farms and Farmers of
1860" has been in progress for some
time Already charts have been ex
ecuted Of representative towns in
Waukesha, Dane, Grant, Rock. Wal
worth, Milwaukee, Crawford, Green,
Manitowoc and Monroe counties. The
towns mapped in the respective coun
ties are as follows: Brookfeld, Prim-
rose and Pleasant Springs, Castle
Rock and Muscoda, Plymouth, Sugar
Greek and Whitewater, Franklin,
Prairie du CHEN, New Glarus, New
ton and Sparta.
Wisconsin divorces in 1920 reached
the highest number in the states his
tory, with a total of 2,425, an in
crease of $50 over 1919 Figures
compiled by the bureau of vital sta
tistics are the basis of comparisons.
In 1910 for every 100 marries there
were GA divorces recorded. This
rate increased year by year until in
1918 it reached the high mark of 1875.
In 1919 it fell to 98 and in 1920 the
ratio of divorces to marriages was
about 1911 In 1920 the decree was
granted to the wife in 1,744 cases,
the ratio being nearly 3 to l in the
wives favor. Cruelty led among the
causes of divorce with total of 1,079.
Desertion was next with 701, and nom
support was proved by SAT wives.
Drunkenness accounted for AZ di
vorces, three of which were granted
to the husband. This is a decline
from previous years. 1t is regarded
of significance sociologically that in
1 100 of the cases there were no chill
dren. In 584 cases there was one
child, and in 28S cases two children,
and in IL cases the children of the
divorced parties numbered 10 or more.
The figures on the duration of the
marriages showed that 81 of the mar
riages terminated in less than six
months and 100 in less than one year.
Melvin Searls, Stevens Point, met
death when a gasoline speeder he and
five other Workmen were riding on
left the track near Ladysmith.
To kill or not to kill is a question
that is bothering the sportsmen of
northern Wisconsin. For two years
there has been no open season for
hunting prairie chickens, grouse and
partridge in Wisconsin and as re
suit those birds have increased in
numbers until now they are to be
found in abundance. The question
sportsmen ask is whether it would be
wise to remove the restrictions
against hunting next fall, and if so,
under what regulations hunting would
be allowed. Many are opposed to the
open season. These sportsmen con-
tend that nature more than the re-
striction against hunting is to be cred
tied with the great increase in the
number of the birds. Last summer
during the breeding season the wealth
er was comparatively dry and there
were practically no deaths among the
young birds from drowning or the ills
Inherent in wet, damp weather. Then
followed an open winter with no sleet
or heavy snow storms to cover up the
feed and cause the birds TO StarVe