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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
HOG CHOLERA CAUSES
GRANT COUNTY LOSSES

PLATTEVILLE, Wis.-Hog cholera
is becoming prevalent in Grant coun-
ty and veterinarians are working hard
to prevent a general epidemic. Six
miles east of this city on the Louis
Harms farm 43 choice animals have
persisted. At Big Patch, six miles
south, four fine herds have become
infected The disease which was pre-
valent several months ago in the vi
cinity of Belmont, the livestock doc
tors say, is travelling westward and
farmers and stock raisers are having
their herds immunized as fast as the
serum can be obtained and the work
performed. Mr.. Harms and his fam
ilv were visiting in Iowa when the
disease overlook his hogs and before
he could return the best part Of his
herd had been killed.
P. F. Graf, county agent Of Grant
county, is providing dairy farmers
and cattle raisers with petition blanks
to establish a county wide tuberculln
area, in which all infected cattle are
responding promptly and the move
ment will be a success. 1t is neces-
sary before the petitioners can obtain
a hearing before the state livestock
sanitary board that 6O per cent OF the
farmers in the county sign the pc
titiOn.
DR.. Lewis of the State Tuberculln
Testing Department addressed big
gathering of dairymen and cattle
raisers in Marsden park, Fennlmore.
He informed his audience that seven
counties in the north part of the state
were now engaged in cleaning up
herds and that by January 1st, next,
fully as many more will have under
taken this work He said that when
cattle buyers from others states came
to Wisconsin looking for milk cows
and beef cattle that they invariably
asked for a list of the counties where
tuberculin testing had been COM
pleted. It was a good thing to have
the reputation of being non-infected
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
MUSCODA

The dam Of the Muscoda Municipal
Power and Light Co. is finished, and
water will now be turned into the mill
race, whereby we will enjoy light and
power of our own production.
The postoffice at Ironton, Sank
county, was entered by burglars dur
ng the night of Tuesday last and cash
and stamps totaling over a thousand
dollars taken A $500 fire proof
strong box was blown TO pieces TO get
at the loot.
Joe Richter's barn was burned
down last Saturday morning with
about four to six tons OF hay. Only
$500 ms urance was carried and the
result is a heavy loss.
AS we go to press prairie fire is
raging just west of this village that is
sweeping eastward in threatening
manner
Alva Elliott, former University
football player, has signed up with
the Staleys, a professional team OF
Chicago for the coming seasOn.-Pro-
greSSiVe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
Insect Damages

One of the most severe insect out
breaks Tor years has been felt in the
grain nelds and meadows of the north
eastern counties this season. Inc
grasshoppers are so numerous that IL
IS feared there would have been heavy
losses if control measures had not
been applied. Mr.. E. L. Chambers
field entomologist of the Department
of Agriculture, spent the month OF
June in that section of the state ar
ranging for the purchase OF arsenic
and other materials needed for the
mixing of poison bran mash. AS a re-
suit, more than ten thousand busnels
of the poison bran have been distrlb-
uted with the best of results. The
principal centers of infestation have
been located in Price, Oneida, Forest,
Florence, Langlade, Marinette ana
Door counties.
Army worm reports have been
fewer than usual, only one locality
near the center of st. Cro;x county,
reporting Serious damage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
HERE AND THERE

Mon AVS Chicago Herald and Elk
aminer contained photos of Mr.. and
AIRS. Delos Day Richardson OF Warren
who will celebrate their sixtieth we'd
ding anniversary on Sept. 9th. Each
is so years old and they have lived in
Illinois for forty years. Mr. and Mrs.
richardson have four children and
two grandchildren. The couple were
MARI ed September 8, 1862, and three
days later the young man marched
away to take part in the Civil war. he
served three years in the Union army
before he again saw his brdei.
One of the most inhuman cruel acts
that ever occurred in this state hap
nened in Crossville, ILL.,, several days
ago when several young men poured
gasoline on a cog and then set fire to
the gasoline. In an instant the hair
was burned from its body and the
animal was nearly roasted alive, but
from last accounts the poor animal
was still alive.
While digging a cellar at his farm
near Ontarioville, ILL.,, Albert Bartel
unearthed 81 diamond rings valued at
$4,000. The rings are German silver
and some of them are set with one,
Two ana LUI6G nv 81
1877 stones in all. They were de-
posted in a safety deposit box at an
Elgin bank. All the rings were
strung on a cord which was badly de-
cayed and ready to fall to pieces. 1t
is believed they were hidden in the
spot by thieves.
After having spent the nineteen
wears of her life in the most abject
poverty, Exile Fife, Creek Indian
of Mcintosh county, Oklahoma finds
herself with daily income of $3.50.
So far she has made three purchases,
a $4,000 Packard touring car, an $50
saddle for her brother, and a ward
robe trunk The fortune is remark
able. even in that country of great
wealth, made over night in the oil
fields.
The old phrase, "look what the cat
brought in" was changed at the Post
Office Department in Washington to
"look what the mails brought in" 1t
all happened when honey-deW
melon arrived at the office OF Post
master General Work 1t had been
sent by Postmaster Charles G. Lee of
Las Cruces, New Mexico. The melon
came unlocked and unwrapped. The
cost of transporting the melon by
parcel post was higher than the cost
of the melon, the postage being Sl.00.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
PLATTEVILLE SCENE
OF PRETTY WEDDING

PLATTEVILLE, Wis.-One of the
prettiest weddings that has occurred
here was that of Miss Aleita Murphy
and John Lacke of Cuba City. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
F. j. Lillis at St. Mary's Catholic
church. The bride was attended by
Miss Emma Lacke, sister of the groom
and the groom was attended by Lloyd
Murphy, brother of the bride. After
the ceremony a four course wedding
breakfast was served at the home of
the brides parents. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Muir
ply OF this city. The groom is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Lacke of
Cuba City and attended the Mining
school here Out of town guests
were: Mrs. Katherine Perkins and
Miss Edyth Perkins, Chicago, Jerry
Murphy Peterson, Iowa.
The Platteville kindergarten ex-
hibit at the state fair won first place.
Orville Richards will go to Mon
tana where he has accepted a position
as teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ramps are visit
ing in Milwaukee,
Mabel Sphinx goes to Menominee to
attend Stout institute.
Edward Huntington was called here
from Toledo, Ohio, on account of the
death of his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Duncan have
moved to the home of Mrs. Gullick-
son.
Mrs. George Jackson, formerly Of
Ryegate, Mont, now Of Dubuque, Wis
tied her mother here last week.
Mrs. H. A. Schniedwind has re-
turned from a two weeks visit with
relatives at Sheboygan.
Mrs. w. e. McEwen, Duluth, is a
guest at the home of Mrs. William
guest at the home of Mrs. William
Grundy.
Elizabeth Webster has gone to
Mount Horeb, where she is employed
as teacher
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
BLOOMINGTON.

John Keeler and wife were here
from Bagley last Friday Mr. Keller,
game warden for this district, is af-
ter game law yiolators ali the time.
He recently arrested four farmers of
the south part of the county for SEM
ing in Mccartney lake. With the adj
vent of the duck hunting season Sept.
16 he warns hunters not to shoot
wood duck-if they do they are liable
to arrest and heavy fine.
Dr.. S. A. NARROW went to Madison
today to make preliminary arrange
ments for moving his family there
and starting his dental Office. He
went with Cecil Garner and load of
his goods on Ludden's truck, and
Cecil will go on to Burlington and
bring back a load of DR.. Merrifield's
household goods. The latter has been
in Burlington several days getting
his goods ready for shipment.
Ben err of Glen Haven, killed 13
rattlesnakes Thursday on the hill
above his place. Up on the hill back
of Ben's house are some big rocks,
where the snakes have their dens.
Ben discovered a den, and with a fish
line and hook caught them one at a
time, and drew them to the top of the
ground where he dispatched them.
There were two old ones and ten
young ones The average fisherman
wouldn't care to fish for rattlesnakes,
but the RATHER has no terrors for Ben,
who understands it's habits and knows
how to find it and kill it without
danger.-Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
BOSCOBEL

Will Dyer, driver of a Standard Oil
truck owned by VIM. E. Swenson, and
his friend "Mose" Bachim, met with
an accident on the road to the river
bridge at Blue River Tuesday from
which they fortunately escaped in
jury, but the truck was badly demon
allied. The conveyance went off the
bank and turned completely over,
landing bottom side up with the boys
penned under the cab. Assistance
came soon and they were liberated.
1t was a close call and one they do
not care to repeat.
Herbert Brindley sustained bad
slash in an arm yesterday while cut
ting tobacco, the blade of the axe
severing veins and cords in the mem
Der and the victim was considerably
weakened from loss of blood before
medical aid was given. Attention was
given the injury at Brookside hospital
and unless complications set in re-
covery is only question of short
time.
Gov. Blaine concluded a successful
campaign with a lenghthy address in
his home city Monday evening and a
large crowd of friends and admirers
greeted him and listened attentively
TO his remarks. Accompanied by the
band a hundred or more of the gov
errors most ardent constituents
drove to Lancaster after dinner and
met him acting as an escort during
he journey home through Fennimore,
where brief speech was made. In
his address there the governor took
the opportunity to administer scath-
ing rebuke to the Fennimore Times
and it's editors for accusations and in
ferences made not long since in con-
nection with the Joe Harrington
parole case The paper retaliated
election morning in an extra" copies
of which were brought to this city
and circulated, causing considerable
comment but didn't appear to ruffle
Mr. Blaine much. The governor re-
manned a greater portion of the day
here, being joined by Mrs. Blaine, and
both exercised the right of suffrage
in the old home town.
Harleigh Peckham and Lloyd Nice
had an unpleasant experience Satur-
day morning at an early hour while
enroute home from Eastman where
they assisted in furnishing music for
dance In approaching the village
limits of Wauzeka they discerned a
horse and rider approaching at fast
clip and Peckham at the wheel pre-
pared to turn out and give the horse
man half of the road The horse
came on, never checking its speed
and would have plunged directly into
the car if Peckham had not given the
wheel a quick turn which no doubt
saved the occupants. AS it was the
animal struck the side of the auto at
an angle and fell in a heap. The
rider, Howard Swartz, age 10, resid-
ing close by, was thrown and fortu-
nately escaped with a few bruises.
The passengers in the Buick escaped
with a scare. The horse was killed in
the collision and the machine was
some what shattered. Swartz stated
that he was unable to guide the ami
mal-Dial
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
MONTFORT

A car met with an accident on the
hill near Scott Bunker's Sunday,
breaking a wheel. Tommy Topp was
sent out by local garage to bring 1t
in. Going down the hill, the disabled
car got tangled in the tow rope and
tumbled into the ditch.
Len Allen, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. John Allen, and his sis
ter were injured when their car
tipped over near the stock yards
Tuesday afternoon. They were run
ming at about five miles an hour when
a defective wheel caved in, Overturn-
ing the car. Mrs Allen was seriously
injured in the chest, Miss Allen suf-
fered sprained wrist and bruises, and
Lin was cut about the face.-Mail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
FRIEND FOLEY'S Philosophy

They say that Senator La Toilette
never tried to part his pompadoured
hair Probably couldn't do it
straight.
The U. of w. news bulletin an
nounces that Grant county takes
high rank in meat" But let us un-
derstand, please, that this does not
mean that all meat in Grant county
is rank
1t isn't out of order to laugh, loudly
when a Republican candidate tells his
audience how much he admires the
man who is running against him for
the same office and on the same ticket.
still 1t might be well to check your
impulses at the door-the speaker
might get on his ear.
Women are out over the state these
days making political speeches. They
now have the right to vote and to
serve on jury-along with the men.
In one way it is surely a good thing.
With a number of pretty women on
the panel the men will not be so anx-
ious to get out of jury duty.
Local news items culled from the
country weeklies and printed in the
big sdailies are called "small-town
stuff" just for fun. But turn to the
city society column and you'll find
fool stuff printed about a luncheon"
given by the gang-say 11:48 M.
and then they have dinner" at night
any time between the hours of 6
ana Il. Up-to-date stuff, that.-In-
deX
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
THOSE .ONE.EYED" CARS

"The secret is out! The car with
one light! you've often wondered why
they did it. And at last the secret is
out.
The fellow who uses but single
light on his car at night is bootleg
ger. That is the official sign at night
and every bootlegger who has hooch
leads the way to lonely spot and the
liquid exchanged for hard made coin"
The above is from the Highland
Press and he is joker! Every fell
low who runs with one light should
be arrested and it wouldn't be found
he is bootlegger. It's just d-n lazi-
ness in getting it f1xei.-Platteyille
Witness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
CASSVILLE

Thos. w. Finney returned last
Thursday from ten days visit in
Canada. Tom says the farmers were
hit harder by the war and find it more
difficult to recover from the effects
than do the American farmers. Prices
are almost mill.
While helping erect the new cleo
trio light poles last Saturday, John
Schnorrenberg was struck on the
head by one of the supports which
slipped, and he was rendered uncon-
scious. Other than a discolored OPP
tic. Johns injuries are not serious as
he was back on the job Tuesday.
Gerhardt Kirschbaum is gradually
recovering from an illness which has
kept him confined to his home for al
most year. He has not exactly been
belfast, but was simply ailing and
could not make any progress toward
improvement. He lost considerable
in weight but is now feeling much
better and hopes soon to regain his
old time vigor and strength.
Russell Schaal, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Schaal, residing east of Cass-
vile, fell from q tree Saturday, dis
lance of thirty feet. when a limb
broke, and suffered a broken leg be-
tween the hip and the knee. He was
also badly Jared and shaken up, but
not serious results are anticipated.
VIM. 3. Hartman, owner of the old
Prior building, now used as Ford
service station and garage, has RACED
the old porch which has done service
for so many years. The building is
also being painted on the outside and
with the interior improvements along
with the remodeling it now presents a
modern and up-to-date appearance
Index
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
Obituary.. III. Mills.

j. H, Mills. whose death occurred
last Thursday. August 81, was born
in Pennsylvania on January IA, 1912.
He spent the greater part of his life
on farm in Grant county, WiscOn-
sin. He was married to Charlotte
Ann Fox and this union was blessed
with one child daughter, Mrs Min
ME Chapman, of Mason, Mich. Mrs.
Mills passed away on January Is,
1913, and was buried in Dodge ceme-
terry. Mr.. Mills was married the sec
ond time to Mrs. Martha Teasdale, in
Dubuque Ia. on February 26, 1919.
After many weeks of illness, during
which time he was bed-ridden and
tenderly cared for by his wife, he
finally gave up the battle and passed
to the Great Beyond on August 81.
James Mills was an honest, whole
Souled man, bit gruff and brusk and
outspOken at times, but withal a de-
pendable man of character and prin-
ciple, good hearted and sincere. The
writer enjoyed many pleasant chats
with him and found that beneath a
rough exterior there beat tender
heart. He delighted in recalling and
recOunting past experiences and he
was always interesting.
The funeral was held Sunday after
noon from the Baptist church, the
services being conducted by Rev. H
Lee of the Methodist church. Inter
ment was made in the Cassville GEM
etery. The casket bearers were Geo.
Mcdowell, Fred Koch. Fred Schwerin,
Herman Hartmann, Jr., j. w. Niemer
and J. NJ. Klauer.-Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
STATE WARS ON
BARBERRYBUSH
IN THIS COUNTY

With an estimated crop, past pres
ent and future, of a round million
bushes, Grant county is challenging
Trempealeau's record for being the
most prolific producer of common
barberry in America, according to an
informal report just sent to the con-
ference for the prevention OF grain
rust at Minneapolis by Noel F..
Thompson, state leader of the federal
barberry eradication forces in Wis
cOnSln
Over million barberry bushes
have been found and removed in
Trempealeau county. So far 100000
have been dug up in Grant county
There are at least that many more in
the wild area around Glen Haven, Mr..
Thompson believes. A crew of field
agents of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture pulled thousands
of plants this summer but additional
thousands will be ready for them
next year, or by 1924 by the latest.
Mr.. Thompson thinks it will be six
years before the area can be cleaned
up. Every year sprouts appears from
roots of bushes pulled up in previous
seasons, or from seeds from the origi-
nal bushes. The character of the
country makes it difficult to find them
all and in the absence of the funds
necessary for concentration of the
forces for an intensive campaign the
eradication process will be slow
The million bushes that will be dug
up before Uncle Sam is through in
the vicinity of Glen Haven, all came
from a single hedge, planted on one
side of pasture of the bluffs above
the Mississippi river over thirty years
ago. For generation this wild area
has been producing black stem rust
spores to menace, and frequently de-
stroy grain crops in fields Of four
states Illinois and Iowa crops are
within the normal spreading distance
of black rust, agricultural scientists
says, while Minnesota's fields are in
the path of the prevailing summer
winds from this direction, and not too
far away to be out Of danger.
The Glen Haven situation is rated
by government experts as one of the
worst areas in the country. 1t is
listed as more difficult to handle than
the Trempealeau area where more
bushes were pulled but is second to
Blue Earth in Dane county, where
chemicals have been resorted to in an
effort to destroy the bushes.
In Grant county most of the bushes
have been grubbed out though many
were so large that tractors had to be
used to pull them up. In some cases
they were inaccessible to any sort OF
leverage and had to be dynamited.
The campaign now in progress to
eradicate the common barberry was
started as war measure to increase
the production of wheat. This year
Congress appropriated $350,000 for
the work. In the apportionment OF
this fund Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
and the Dakotas each received $780,
$50. Wisconsin has pulled the most
barberries with a total of approx
mately three million.
A farm to farm survey for the
doomed plants is in progress in south
western Wisconsin, southeastern Min
nesota, and northern Illinois. In Iowa
the western part of the state is being
cleaned in conjunction with work in
the eastern section of the Dakotas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
within HOUR
OF The court
HOUSE SQUARE
Happenings From
Exchanges and
Reporters.
LIVINGSTON.

Elsie Sieber, a junior, and Virden
Kamm, a sophomore, are the new
pupils in the upper three grades. Be-
low is given the freshmen class en-
rollment: Helen Sieber, Helena Whit
ish, Hazel Weinbrenner, Neal Nichol-
son, Marion st. Claire, Clifford Bour-
cite, Clyde Bourette, Victor Latham,
Tavern Bickford, Richard Allen, Lyal
Dolphin, Leila Stitch, Marie Rundell,
John Sandman, Willie Allen, Chas.
Thompson, Roscoe Livingston, Velma
Stitch, DOME Hughes, Verna Keene,
Leo BrownelI, Dorothy Coward, Mary
Knutson, Gladys Cushman, Minnie
Bloom and Ethel Cushman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
PLATTEVILLE SWINE
NOW BEING IMMUNIZED

PLATTEvILLE, Wis.-Dr. Pearl
Fletcher of the firm of Fletcher broth
ers, veterinarians, says that he and
his brother, Frank, are minimizing
hogs at the rate of 800 per day. The
cost of immunizing pigs depends on
the size of the animal The doctor
says a spring shoat can be made i'm
mune for so cents, which includes the
special hog cholera serum. A large
animal requires about three times as
much.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
CASSVILLE

Miss Elva Gates is home from Long
Island, N. Y, where she taught in
summer school Expects to leave on
Thursday for Lincoln, Nebr., where
she will teach in the high school as
physical director.
Mrs. Ray Cannon of Portal, N. d.,
arrived in Cassville Tuesday morn
ing, and will visit the home folks and
a lot of her girlhood friends.
Miss Persia Flickner left Thurs
day for Mankoti, N. D., where she is
teaching.
Clifford Ishmael went Monday to
La Crosse to become a student in the
w. b. U.-IndeX.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13

DR.. Herbert Bernhard, who has
been associated with his brother, DR..
L. B. Bernhard, in the latters dental
parIors here for the past six months,
left Thursday for Gays Mills, where
he has decided to locate and take up
the practice Of dentistry. DR.. Bern
hardt is a graduate Of Marquette Uni
versity He bought an established
practice and, being clean-cut, hon
est young man, there is no question
but what he will enjoy excellent sue
cess.
After being in utter darkness for
the past five or six weeks, due to the
shortage of coal, Cassville is again
enjoying the bright lights and initial
ing the cities. The electric lighting
service was resumed Tuesday evening,
a plentiful supply of coal having ar
rived that day. Although coal was
ordered two months ago it was de-
layed or lost or something and the
plant was forced to shut down. On
Tuesday three cars of coal arrived
which may likely last until the coal
and railroad strikes are ended,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Groom re-
turned from their trip west on We'd
nesday of last week. Mrs. Groom
went in June to Great Falls, Mont,
for visit with her sister, Mrs. Min
ME Bailey. George went August 1,
and together they visited relatives
and friends in Great Falls, the Ryan
family in Simms, the John Craig fam
ily at Craig, and the former Cassville
folks, viz: o. F. Tate, the Kleinpells,
and Turtschers at Carter and a trip
20 Glacier Park. On their return they
spent a week in North Dakota with
Bert E. Groom and from there made
a trip up to Canada George says it
was a real vacation and that he had
the time of his life. Crops generally
are good but some places in Montana
were damaged by the dry weather and
the graSshOppers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-13
MERRILL MEN INJURED

MERRILL, Wis = Five fractured
ribs were the injuries suffered by
Henry Brassard, Merrill confectioner,
Labor day when his roadster turned
over into the ditch near Big Eddy and
caught fire. Brassard and compan-
ion, Clarence Schram, also of Merrill,
were dragged from the blazing car.
Schram suffered severe bruises.