Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-06
HERE AND THERE.

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Sacramento, Calf Criminal pro-
ceedings have been entered against
Louis Hut, photographer; Lieuten-
ant Harry Halvorson, San Francisco;
j. NJ. Fetters, commercial aviator, and
R. Done. The complaint was filed by
C. S. Hansen, chief of the government
division having in charge violations
Of the migratory bird act. A motion
picture news film showed an airplane
crashing into a flock OF wild ducks
and Hauser further charges that. the
men hunted ducks from an airplane.
Paris Introduction of German
skilled labor to rebuild. devastated
France was approved by meeting of
representatives of the towns in the
ravaged provinces and deputatiOn
from the French confederation of la
Dor. A commission was appointed to
organize congress which will de-
eide on a plan of action. Rheims,
Laon, Chateau Thierry, scissors, Ar
ras, Lens, Baupaume and Saint Quen-
tin were represented at the confer
ence. M. LIE Bias, mayor of Roubaix
and deputy from Nord, declared the
plan proposed is the only way to save
the devastated provinces.
London.-Another atrocity has been
pinned on old John Barleycorn. Ac-
cording to an official of the royal
mint the principal reason why Bri-
tain's new tin" coinage assumes a
futuristic greenish yellow is through
constant contact with bar booze.
This is certain to become another
dry argument for abstinence in Eng
land, but John Citizen is prepared to
accept discOlored money rather than
give up his hootch. The new coins
contain 500 parts silver, 800 parts
copper and 100 parts nickel.
Chicago.-Inf1uenza which in 1919
killed 1895 Chicagoans in weeks,
is scheduled for fourth but milder
visit beginning April Is, Commits
sioner of Health Robertson warned
Tuesday The disease accompanied
by high mortality from pneumonia
returns every thirty years, Dr. Rob-
ertson said, with milder attacks fol-
| lowing each severe outbreak the next
three years, about &C weeks apart
| A class of $500 women who have ia
ken DR.. Robertson's public health
course in nursing has been asked to
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2. to receive special instructions in
the care of influenza patients
| Edwardsville, Ill-Joseph Kiss col
| lected $25 from John Koss after eat
| ing 48 doughnuts and % eggs in two
hours. KOss bet Kiss that he could
MT eat four dozen doughnuts in an
hour and follow with two dozen eggs
in the next hour Kiss ate the dough-
| E11Ife IN Hx1o try10 hx,4 =
| longer. He had three minutes to go
when he cracked the last shell and a
tiny chick appeared. Koss magnan-
imously waived the last egg. Kiss
then drank quart of milk to show
that his capacity was not seriously
taxed.
Paris.-Prof de la Personne con-
Quoted an X-ray examination on Ma
dame Blanchard when the woman
went to the doctor because of a pain
in her right eye. The ray revealed a
complete set of teeth behind the eye
ball. De la Personne does not know
whether it will be possible to extract
the teeth without destroying the sight
Swift Current, Sask.-Alex Nelson,
Pennant farmer, bought a quarter
section of land last year for $4,000
He cropped the land and sold 1900
bushels of wheat for $3.50 bushel,
realizing $4,000, or 500 more than he
paid for his farm. Nelson has left
500 bushels of wheat and 1000 bushels
| Of oats from last years crop.
Joliet, Ill.-The second oil we'll is
producing on the farm of Lyman Gas
xii, Minooka. Four holes were drilled
before the oil was struck The well
is 40 feet deep and has a capacity of
five barrels of oil day.
Jersey City-A hunter was fined
$500 and sentenced to ten days in
Jail for killing wild geese after the
close of the federal season, Jan 31st
The government is rigidly enforcing
the migratory bird act
Springfield, Ill.-Because he sched-
uled $541.50 in war tax on root beer
during 1920, a Lithuanian coal miner
was asked by John Pickering, collec-
tor of internal revenue, to look over
his income return again After de-
Quoting his union dues, donations to
| churches and charities and tax on
theatre tickets this man still had
/ $1,541.5O for which to account. His
root beer thirst cut his income to
$1,000 he said. To satisfy his craving,
according to his figures, the miner
had to drink 148 glasses of root beer
a day, 54,150 glasses in a year.
| Observation-Disclosures voted to ac-
| cept Slip an hour until May l and 81
| thereafter compared with present
rates of 81. 25 and $3.50 an hour The
bricklayers' strike is settled and the
men will go back to work. Contrac-
| tors say that all trades over 81 an
| hour will be back on the 81 basis by
May 1. The Ford Co. has hired 1000
additional men in two days, making
the total at the Highland Park plant
| 10000. Most auto plants are adding
| help. Sawmills in northern Michigan
may close because of high freights
The new rate is $40 per 1000 feet
| compared with $3.50 formerly.
Seattle.-Grain growers of the Pa
cific coast have the largest fall acre
| age of wheat on record and the spring
wheat area is above 1920, indicating
! confidence of farmers in good prices
for wheat. Lumber prices are near
| the pre-war level. Common rough
! lumber, which sold at the mills a
year ago at $42 a thousand feet, is