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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-05-20
ly when contrasted with the scanty
attire of today.

ashington.-According to pre-
liminary report that has just been is
sued by the Department of Commerce,
through the bureau Of the census, the
| total estimated mortgage debt on
owned homes and farms in continental
United States in 1920 was $11, O01 ,OOO,-
600 and the total estimated value OF
these mortgaged homes and farms was
S31, los, 100000. the mortgage debt
| thus representing 34.7 per cent of the
total value. Ii should be noted that
the term "owned homes is used by
the bureau to designate those homes
which are occupied by their owners,
and similarly 'owned farms" is APP
piled to farms operated by their own
ers, rented homes and tenant farms
not being Included in these totals.
The total mortgage debt on owned
homes and farms in the United States
in 1890, the only previous census in
which this information was obtained,
was reported as 81, 1873, 100000 and the
total value of these mortgaged homes
and farms was reported as $5,6S7 ,0OO,-
600, the mortgage debt thus represent
Ing 37.5 per cent of the total value.
The mortgage debt on owned homes
and farms increased 4l5.S per cent be-
tween 1890 and 1920, and the value Of
these mortgaged homes and farms In
creased 1876 per cent AS result,
the ratio of debt to value has de-
creased, being BAT per cent In 1920 as
against 3I.5 per cent in 1890.
The total number of homes not on
farms in the United States in 1920 was
100000 OF which 7.195,00O or 400
per cent were mortgaged. Informa
tiOn regarding the value of the home
and the amount of mortgage debt was
secured from 1888, 900 or 66.3 per cent |
of these mortgaged homes The total
mortgage debt on the mortgaged
homes not on farms in 1920 is estimat- i
ed as S6,0OO,0OO,0OO and the total value
of such homes as $4,000 100000, the
ratio of debt to valife being 426 per
cent.
The total mortgage debt on owned
homes not on farms in the United !
States in 1890 was reported as ST.. I
O1t ,Vy,OtS anu Ike ltiati Ndiue III lll6SG
mortgagad homes WAS reported as ST.
$50, eco NW, the mortgage debt thus
representing ;9.S per cent of the total
value. The mortgage debt on owned
homes increased 4T3.1 per cent, and
the value of such homes 1855 per cent,
between 1890 and 1920 This has re-
suited in Slight increase in the ratio
Of debt to yalue-from 1913 per cent
In 1890 to 42.6 per cent in 1920.
The total estimated mortgage debt
On owned farms In the United States
n 1920. including the estimated mort
gage debt on partly owned farms, was
IS, OO1 900 600, and the total estimated
5aiue of these mortgaged farms was
81 500, 100000, the ratio of debt tc
5alue being 28.4 per cent
The total estimated mortgage debt
IN owned farms in 1890 was reported
is S10S6, 100000, and the total value
# these farms was reported as $685.
100000, the ratio of debt to value be-
ng 1856 per cent. The mortgage debt
m owned farms increased 1905 per
ent, and the value of such farms 1854
Ter cent, between 1890 and 1920, the
alto Of debt to value decreasing from
56 in 1890 to 2S4 in 1920.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-05-20
COUNTY RECORDS

90985 @ C D: Charlie P Weigand ct
ux Bernice to Mary Weigand. ST.,
above.
909S6 @ G D: Louis M. Weigand
ct ux 81 above to Mary Weigand.
909S7 @ C D: Herman A Weigand ct
ux Alice to same: above.
9098S Release Josphine GallOp to
Louis Weigand r m 10-15-12 $4,000.
9O989 w D: c E DesVoignes ct Tx
Mildred to Latah county State bank
500 GIT Deary.
10000 Satisfaction of Mortgage:
Farmers Bank of Kendrick to G A
Wayland 7 m 5-24-19 1925.
90991 Satisfaction of Mortgage: ]
A Harsh, executor of Albertine Bey-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-05-20

er estate to G. A. Wayland m 6-17-16
$500.
90992 c M: R D Newton to Ahrens
& Ahrens, Inc, 1899, due Stephens
touring car.
90993 Assignment of Chattel Mort
gage: Ahrens & Ahrens to Common
wealth Loan Co., above.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-05-20
BIG EATERS GET
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take Salts at First Sign of Bladder
Irritation or Back
ache.

The American men and women
must guard constantly against Kid
ney trouble, because we eat too much
and all our food is rich Our blood
is filled with uric acid which the kid
neys strive to filter out, they weaken
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
WITHIN | HOUR
OF The court
HOUSE SQUARE
Happenings From
Exchanges and
Reporters.
PLATTEVILLE.

Walter Millhouse fell from a ladder
while doing electrical work Wednes-
day and broke en- arm.
Paul Chesley, graduate of the min
ing school, 1922 class, has accepted a
position in Wyoming with the Midwest
Refining Co.
Jesse Gregory has the foundations
completed for the building to be used
as a restaurant. Work will be started
at once on the construction of the
walls.
Rev. and MIS-. Chubb will arrive in
Platteville the early part of June.
Rev. ChuDb will have charge of the
Primitive Methodist church during the
absence of Rev. Tyrell and family who
will spend several months in England.
l.. Johns was taken into custody
by Sheriff Webster of Lafayette
county and taken to Darlington on a
charge of illegal possession of liquor.
Platteville friends furnished the ne
cessary bail and secured his release.
His trial will be a special term OF
court in June.
w. G. Forenhand and wife were III
PlattevilIe Friday. Mr.. Forehand
states that they hold the champion
ship on moving. During their thirty
five years of married life they have
moved 81 times. A move or two
doesn't mean much to them. News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
BLOOMINGTON.

Monday the teamsters and truck
owners hauling the material out on
the permanent road between this city
and North Andover struck for more
pay. They have been getting 81 per
yard for this hauling, which is the
price paid for similar work about the
county. After a conference with the
managers of the road work the trucks
returned to work Wednesday, and
three more trucks arrived from Llv-
ingston to take the place of the
teams.
The brick veneer wall on the north
side lift he high school building is
bullying out so dangerously that the
pupils and people generally have been
warned away and a fence will be put
up to keep everyone at safe dis
lance. Competent mechanics say the
wall cannot be prevented from fall
ing, so it will be pulled down if pos
sible
At the quarry south of town the
road men place guards on the road
to warn travellers to wait when a
blast is nearly ready to explode. The
other day George Morris was stand
ing guard on one side when a travel
ing man drove along and he gave the
regular traffic signal to stop. Eyl-
IDENTIFY the traveller thought George
was a hold-up men, as he put on all
speed and ran on The blast explod-
ed when he was opposite the quarry,
and he was lucky to escape injury.
All travellers are warned to stop when
signaled, as flying rocks are danger
Gus when blast explcdes.
When Will Macke was coming up
Bridgeport hollow one day last week
he was considerably startled to see
Young deer near the road. The deer
did not seem frightened, so Will
edged up to it carefully and finally
succeeded in getting one hand on the
animal trying to catch it, but could
not bring his other hand into play
the deer would jump away every time
he tried it, 1t was Wills idea to bring
the animal home. He found out later
that it was one of the herd of four
deer at Glenn Park. Kirk Grlest OF
that vicinity was a caller Saturday
and told us the park deer are getting
very tame and roam all over that
country. They took possession OF the
diamond during a baseball game at
Glenn Park a Sunday or two ago and
had to be chased off before play could
no resumed.-RecOrd.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
CASSVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Roschi went
to Mccartney Monday to be gone
most of the summer They will build
a cottage not far from the station and
put in a garden. They own land on
the island and don't expect to be idle.
Mrs. Oliver Jones came home on
Sunday from Beetown, where she
spent week caring for her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. David Robinson. The
father is old and feeble and the moth
er is suffering from paralysis. Other
daughters, one from Davenport and
one from Waterloo, Ia, are now in
attendance on the invalids.
For goodness sake, man, take va
cation this summer; you've talked Of
it long enough You may not need a
rest-but those around you do.
Nobody knows as much as the man
who does all the talking in railway
smoking car Some of his favorite
words are "normalcy," wonderful"
absolutely" technical" and the
Lord only knows what else.
And then again further"
body knows that men make light Of
women for vanity in dress; but did
you ever see a man in gold-braided,
hat-plumed lodge uniform? Take a
look, the next chance you get.
No use trying to change things
right away A man may be as home
ly as a hippopotamus, We'll say, and
yet some darling woman is likely to
say of him: His two black eyes are
bullying ones and he has a fine round
ing"
They say some towns are quite
wicked, more so than other towns,
and get talked about on rainy days
wherever men bunch up and smoke
their weeds during the showers. But
after all how consoling it is to believe
that everybody lies-anyway in a case
like this-Index.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
MONTFORT

VIM. Moyse is around again after a
sick spell. viii is building new
garage.
NeIs T. Nelson, who has been ap-
pointed marshal, has resigned as a
member of the village board.
w. G. Baxter will raze the old
building north of his residence and
build a private garage across the
street
John Crowley and family arrived
last week from Philadelphia for
visit at the home of Mrs. Crowley's
mother, Mrs. VIM. Kennedy.
Milton LEX, burned by acid week
ago is doing we'll and recovering the
sight of his eye. Miss Clara LEX and
Milton consulted an eye specialist in
Madison on Thursday.
B. F. Biddick and Cornelius Dale
are painting the interior and front
of the Masonic building getting it
ready for the Cooperative Co. Law,
the Madison architect, is drawing the
plans for the remodeling of the Citl-
zens State Bank building.-Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
LOTTERIES UNLAWFUL
ATTY. GEN. MORGAN SAYS

Lotteries are still unlawful accord
ing to an opinion of Attorney General
w. J. Morgan to District Attorney G.
A. Hartman on Tuesday. Mr.. Morgan
ruled that wherever a prize is given
wherein the winner is determined by
chance the state lottery law has been
violated.
1T is unlawful to sell numbered
tickets for general admission to any
celebration or Dance" says the opin-
ion, "and to make a free gift of an
automobile to the purchaser of a
ticket of certain number, such num-
Der to be determined by a drawing.
Wherever a prize is given and the
winner is determined by chance
violation of the anti-lottery law of
the state is committed The mere
fact that each man gets something
for his money does not affect the
case"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24

sstroyed by fire a few years ago.
Anton Rupp, at an early date, built
a large two-story residence that was
occupied by him prior to his death a
number of years ago. This house
was torn down a couple of years ago
and a beautiful, modern two-story
frame dwelling, built by the late
August Ullbrich stands in its place.
| can truthfully say that all the first
log or frame structures built in
Dotch Hollow have been removed.
Time will not permit me to make
this chapter anything but short one
but will endeavor to make the next
chapter in the continuation of my
history of Dutch Hollow longer one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
WEEKLY HIGHWAY BULLETIN

T. H. No. 65. Take the road through
Flora Fountain (Slabtown) which is
SUN marked as No. 65. This high
way will be routed to Porters Bridge
and thence via the new roat up
Hackett Branch at an early date, but
construction Of a short stretch of
concrete paving on Hackett will OPP
crate to close the new road for few
weeks.
Boscobel-Prairie du Chen road, S.
T. II. No. 60. Construction work be
tween Wauzeka and Prairie du Chen
.necessitates a detour, we'll marked
ana maintained, which begins about
two miles west of Wauzeka and en-
ters Prairie du Chen over S. T. H.
No q from the northeast.
Fennimore-Madison road, S. T. H.
No. 10. In very good shape all of the
way through except for some rough
ness at various points between
Dodgeville and Mt Horeb
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
HUNGRY BABE LEFT ON
WHITEWATER PORCH STEP

WHITEWATER, Wis.-Shortly af-
ter Mrs. Rose Stone, who lives far
out on Milwaukee street, had retired
Wednesday night, she heard strange
cry from the front porch. She got up
and investigated and found lying by
the door a hungry baby boy, perhaps
five days old. 1t was clean but thinly
and poorly dressed, and was wrapped
in an old bed blanket. The authori-
ties were called and the baby was
taken to the Wheeler hospital. The
desertion occurred in the town OF
Whitewater, just outside of the city,
and hence is not a case for the city
authorities.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
FENNIMORE

Miss Bernice Maso, quite badly
shaken up and at first thought serl-
ously injured in an auto accident on
Sunday, is about again and aside
from a few bruises not badly hurt.
The car she was riding in struck the
big culvert out near the Stroll farm
east of town and was badly wrecked.
The other occupants escaped with but
slight bruises.
Richard Moore of Chicago, who has
been here the past few weeks work
ing for the Fennimore Telephone Co.,
was called home Thursday by the
death of his wife. Mrs. Moore had
been in a hospital for time. She
leaves two children to mourn her loss.
The sympathy of the community is
extended to Mr.. Moore.
Huston Kreul is the pround owner
of one of the best young Holstein
bulls ever brought into Grant county.
The animal came from the celebrated
Carnation Farm at OcOnomoWoc, full
name Aaggie Ormsby Wayne, three
fourths black, with the six nearest
Dams averaging over 1000 lbs. but
ter in a year, and a we'll bred sire.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Ludlow are
here from Sterling, Ill, and have
moved into the George Peterson
house in the second ward. Mr.. Lud-
low has an announcement in this
issue of the Times relatives to the
opening of his new grocery store in
the Gravenbrock building now occu-
pied by John Blessing.
Will Baumgartner of Hickory
Grove is receiving medical attention
at the Doolittle hospital for severe
case OF blood poisoning in his hand.
He has five tubes il the afflicted
member, but is showing some i'm
prOvement.-Times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
BOSCOBEL

Mvron Sabins, veteran hunter, har-
vested a good crop of foxes this
spring, securing bounty on 50 up TO
date
George F. Hildebrand, pioneer mer-
chant. is again under the doctors
care AT Brookside hospital, his lndls-
position being brought on by severe
cold. Mr.. Hildebrand celebrated ms
S3rd birthday last Friday.
While engaged in jacklng up car
for repairs at the Buick garage Mon
1av. Ed Svetnicka accidentally slip
nod and fell on the cement moor IN
such a manner that bone was
broken in the left leg between the
knee and ankle The injured man
was cared for at Brokside hospital.
Egg stories continue to drift IN.
Will Noone over Werley way has
4ocl of 2S5 hens and their egg pro-
dncine nroclivities rank high. Dur
mo January the output was 6S4 eggs;
Feb 2.113: March 1896; April 4,72O.
They are White Leghorns and not IN
c1ined to set. Bill keeps a few Wnlte
Rocks for mothers and they are now
scratching a living for 3OS young
chicks Mr.. Noone keeps a record OF
Mai his eggs bring, and during the
first four months this year Teceipc E
from egg sales amounted to $214.Oo.
The poultry business is simply sue
iesue on the Noone farm, a nero OF
Jersey COWS being the principal pront
bY;noers Income from this source Is
avera cling $40 per day this month
Dial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
AUTO OWNERS WILL PAY
WISCONSIN FOUR MILLION

MADISON Automobile owners in
Wisconsin have paid to the state in
license fees $3,5O0,000, or 100000
more than at this time last year, Ell
mer S. Hall, secretary of state, an
nounces. Practically all cars are now
licensed This money is placed in the
general fund and remains until next
year in the name of the secretary OF
state, to be later turned over to the
highway commission for use in main
tanning highways. About $4,000,OOO
will be available from this source for
maintenance work, Mr.. Hall esti-
mates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
GREEN co. HOLSTEINS
POPULAR IN MEXICO

MONROE.-Twenty car loads Of
choice Holstein cows have been ship
ped from Green county to Mexico City
in the past few months.
Buyers on this side can pick up
choice cows at from 500 to $500 per
head. 1t costs $50 per COW for dellV-
cry to Mexico City on special fast
time stock cars, and there the COWS
bring from $500 to $500 per head.
One of the Holstein shippers, in
explaining the strong demand for q
two or three year old Holstein, says
this type of cow stands the hot
climate admirably and does not slow
up on yield of milk in the hottest kind
of weather.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24

Fennimore-Boscobe road, S. T. H.
No. 80. 1t is optional with the travel
Ter whether he follows the old de-
tour maintained over county trunk
Il highways &c" and So via Homer or
travels the State Trunk Highway over
the construction work. If the latter
course is followed, good road will
be found except for about $500 feet
of rough work where grading is in
progress. Two bridges are still in
process of construction and short de-
tours around them are rough but
passable. The remainder Of the new
construction on this road is in very
good shape.
ncaster-Dubuque road, s. 7. H.
No. 30. The construction work be-
tween Potosi and Dickeyville is fin
ished up in good shape except for a
very rough fill about 900 feet in
length across the Platte river bot
toms. This will soon be covered with
concrete, but may now be travelled
over until such time as the paving
work is begun as noted in these
columns. The concrete floor has not
been placed upon the new bridge, but
the old structure provide a safe cross
ing for passenger cars, though not for
heavy loads.
-Platteville road, S. T. H.
No. IS. A grading crew between Ell
lenboro and Platteville does not seri
ously interfere with traffic though
perhaps Il mile of road is trife
heavy after rains.
Lancaster-Cassville road, S. T. H.
No. 105. The Grant county heavy
grading outfit is shaping up the road
between Beetown and Cassville
but traffic is not seriously inconven-
fenced
East Dubuque-Hazel Green road,
S. T. H. No. TO- From the "Three
mile house." junction of S. T. H. No.
80 and No. 20, eastward two miles,
construction operations make the
road exceedingly rough and hard to
travel In wet weather, this stretch
should be avoided by running north
to Keller on S. T. H. No. 80 and No.
20, thence via county trunk highway
"H" through Happy Corners to Cuba
City. From the latter point, S. t. Fl
No. 80 can be taken south to point
just west from Benton, where No. 20
is again encountered.
MISUNDERSTANDING road, S. T. H.
No. %. Between Mineral Point and
Dodgeville, construction work neces-
states travelling alongside of two or
three culvert excavations, but the by
passes are in fair shape.
Lancaster-Prairie du Chen road, S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
WIS. WARDENS CHARGED
WITH RIVER SHOOTING

Game Wardens Scott Curtiss, Viro-
qua, and Hickok of De Sofa, are the
men charged with the shooting of B.
M. Boyer, Hytman, Iowa, fisherman.
The officers discovered Boyer and his
sons in what they thought was illegal
fishing and quarrel led to a shoot
ing. The commercial fishermen on
the river stick by the Boyers and the
amateur rod and line fishermen who
claim that the commercial fishermen
take everything they find large or
small, game or coarse fish, stick by
the wardens. Feeling runs high along
the river
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
MARKET HUNTERS IGNORE
THE CONSERVATION LAW

MENASHA, Wis.-Flagrant viola
lions of the state fish and game laws
are being reported by residents along
the north shore of Lake Winnebago.
Protests have been sent to the state
conservation commission against the
slaughter of ducks and illegal net
fishing. One north shore resident re-
ports seeing at least so dead ducks
floating on the water where they had
been left by pot hunters. The north
shores are lined with nets, and thou
sands upon thousands of fish are be-
ing taken from the water daily, II IS
ayerred.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
VIOLINIST HAS FINGER
TORN FROM HIS HAND

BARRON.-R E. Bliven, Hillsdale
violinist, met with a peculiar accl-
dent when the end of the second fin
ger of his left hand was torn from
the joint by colt which he was lead
ing. The colt was being led from the
back of a buggy Mr.. Bliyen had
wound the rope about his hand and
when the colt became frightened, the
sudden jerk tore his finger from the
joint and also some flesh from the
back of his hand The accident is
likely to cause Mr.. Bliven to give up
violin playing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
CAMPBELL RIDGE

Little Betty Caldwell fell OFF the
steps at school, breaking both bones
in her left arm between the elbow
and wrist. She was rushed to Bloom
ington where DR.. Baldwin set the
arm, then they took her back to
BLOOMINGTON and DR.. Baldwin took an
X-ray picture of the break.
Cora Long had quite an accident
while playing ball. AS she went to
catch the ball she fell, striking her
nose on a 12-gallon jar and breaking
the nose bone at the bridge. DR..
Lewis of Bloomington was called to
attend her. She was taken to Prairie
du Chen Friday and an X-ray pic
ture taken of it, which showed the
break was doing fine. She missed but
two days of school on account OF the
Bloomington Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
BRODHEAD MAN KILLED
BY DYNAMITE CHARGE

BRODHEAD, Wis.-With his chest
torn away, his whole body torn and
mangled, Will Chase, a farmer, past
so, was found near where he had been
blasting stumps with dynamite on
Thursday. Chase had been in Ill
health recently and was doing only
light work about the place. Thurs
day he went to the field to blast out
some stumps. When he did not re-
turn for dinner his family went in
search of him and found his mangled
body. Death was evidently instantan-
eous. 1t is supposed that one of the
sticks went off prematurely. Mr..
Chase is survived by wife, daugh-
ter and two sons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
$500 MEN TO ATTEND
CAMP DOUGLAS IN JULY

MADISON, Wis.-Some $500 men
are to attend the guard camp at Camp
Douglas in July, Lieut.. Col. T. b.
Beverage announces. The men will
be paid the regular army salary ami
rations by the government with an
addition of so cents a day from the
state. Shooting is to be introduced
this year on a large scale. No i'm
provements have been made on the
camp this year, as all labor and
money has been expended in repair
ing $4,000 damage done by the sleet
storm in January.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
MAN HIT ON JAW WITH
CABBAGE ASKS $4,000

LA CROSSE.-Lars Christianson
sued his neighbor, William Thomp-
son, for $4,000 damages as a result OF
the latter throwing a cabbage while
loading a wagon which accidentally
hit the former on the jaw. The plain
tiff asserted he was crippled by the
blow of the cabbage on his jaw and
had been troubled with sleeplessness
since. After the trial was started in
circuit court here, it is alleged, Chris
Hanson agreed to settled the case for
500