Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-16
NE|GHBORHOOD
BRE:vITIE:S And
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

Business men of Lansing and Fer
ryvile are behind an immense re-
clamation project to drain lands on
! the Mississippi bottoms between De
| Soto and LynXville A tract three
miles wide and sixteen miles long,
enclosing 1880 acres of land, would
! be protected from overflow by huge
dixie separating the reclaimed soil
from the high waters Of the big river.
I Reclamation projects have been car
ried out to great length on the lower
river but the closest one in these
parts is at Muscatine, Iowa. 1t is
estimated that land now worth 81 to
| SIS an acre would be raised to $3.50
and upwards and that food products
worth $250,000 could be raised each
year on land now distinguished for
high production of willows and cat
tails A charter will be applied for
and the scheme put forth under
bond issue to cover long term OF
years.
A meeting at Galena, Ill, Nov,
9TH which affected the civic life of
| this city more than any other held for
some time was held at the Elk's club
Friday night when approximately 200
citizens met to discuss the gas ques-
| ton Whether or not the former gas
plant should be re-opened and the
manufacture and distribution of gas
resumed was the problem which
caused the meeting to be called. The
meeting was most enthusiastic and it
was decided that Galena shall have
gas as soon as possible. A committee
| tC supervise the raising of funds was
! &aI will or 1.f i'm
mediately drive for $4,000 as an in
itial fund. Subscribers to this amount
will be given 25 per cent reduction
on their gas rates until the money
| loaned the company has been repaid.
! 1t cost H. T Chandler of Monroe,
owner of race horses, and F. Stacker,
driver of race horses, total OF
! $500 for an escapade in which they
pleaded guilty to a charge of having
! liquor in their possession. This was
| the outcome of the celebrated bur-
glarizing of the strong room OF the
Green county courthouse and the
removal therefrom of a moonshine
still and ten gallons of liquor, all of
which had been stored in the vault
as evidence in liquor cases that were
awaiting action in circuit court.
| FOuI NODCA SIuQCIiCO VI CllC O1l4f u
| sity of Wisconsin, in search of a
thrill, hiked the forty miles from Mad
! ison to Baraboo. Upon their arrival
/ they asked the sheriff to lock them
in jail over night. Their request was
granted and the four goods spent the
| night on Jail cots. The breakfast
served them was the same as that
served to other guests" at the in
stitution.
| An auto belonging to A. Burke, a
farmer living near the Three-Mile
| house, was completely destroyed Sat
/ urday morning, when spark from
short circuit set fire to the car. After
working for sometime the flames were
extinguished Mr.. Burke stated that
he was on his way to Dubuque when
| the fire started
| The Pra. du Chen Courier wants
| to know who has the deepest well in
! Crawford county outside of artesian
wells. JOS. Mara on Shanghai ridge
| has a we'll 473 feet deep and Henry
| Wagner of DuCharme has a we'll AT
! feet to water. John Hinkle of the
same vicinity has we'll $50 feet in
| depth.
The new concrete road across the
Blockhouse bottom and the new
bridge across the Blockhouse branch
on route No. % were opened for
travel the first of the week. This is
one of the largest road jobs under
taken in Grant county tnfs season ami
| is a link in what will soon be a per-
| feet road to Dubuque.
The Rev. E. A Kurtz has left Bos-
cobel for his new charge at Avoca,
! Iowa. He is succeeded by Rev. An
| derson of Alberta Canada, a pastor
with a wife and eight children. Rev.
! Anderson is in charge of ST. Johns
Lutheran congregation and its as
| sociate churches.
| Traffic on the Kickappo line of the
| Milwaukee road was blocked for two
| days by a wreck. A heavy lumber
car derailed and travelled along the
ties until it struck a bridge. The
| bridge collapsed and the car fell into
a slough. Two days were consumed
in righting matters.
| M ]. Weaver & Sons, Fennimore
| BARRIERS. have met complaints of high
prices in barber shops by announcing
| that in the future the customers will
settle the compensation for the work
| the barber does. The idea is startling
and it will be worth while to note
just how the Weavers come out
| Rev. FIR. Sheridan. recently re-
turned from an 1S-months' visit in
Ireland, is lecturing in this section
i for benefit of the Irish White Cross
society, which alleviates suffering
among the Irish people due to the re
yolution.
w P Riley, deputy income tax col
| lector is in Lancaster checking up
federal income tax reports for Grant
County. A great many reports for
federal tax have been found incor
rect.
The body of Elmer Neuman, over
seas man slain in the fighting of Sep
TENDER 1918, was buried with full mill
itary honors in the village of New
Diggings
| Mrs. Mary Hackl of Richland coun-
ty died Thursday at Parker hospital
! Boscobel, of brights disease. She
| leaves husband and eight children.
| Lee Manley. Richland farmer. found
a fine horse dead in his pasture with
a bullet hole in its forehead. Care
! less hunters are blamed.
| Shullsburg merchants who shipped
| in a car of apples from Washington