Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-08-29

court at Madison, handed down a de-
cision which was hailed in wet circles
as a severe blow at prohibition en-
forcement. when he dismissed a L.
uuor charge against George Balte5,
Middleton farmer, because the search
warrant was issued on information
and belief unsupported by affidavit.
A still was found during the raid, ac-
cording to officers.
One of his prisoners who was hello
on a moonshine case seemed to want
to get out and do some work, so Depu-
ty Sheriff Johnson, Rice Lake, Wis,
took him to his farm south of Barron
He was a hard working prisoner.
During a recent visit to the farm Mrs.
Johnson had occasion to visit the
chicken house and found complete
still and four barrels OF mash. Now
the deputy sheriff is busy making eX-
plantations.
Alfred Henry Jones, 20, Great
Lakes sailor, is in a local hospital at
Superior, Wis, as a result of attempt
ing to prevent several sailors from
fighting. He was shot four times
through the jaw, neck and breast. The
bullet which entered his neck sever
whole body to be paralyzed, but with
the heart still beating. He presents
most battling case to local physi-
clans.
Eight stick of dynamite, carefully
concealed in a bundle of oats with the
apparent intention of blowing up q
threshing crew working for John F..
BOnzelet, town of Eden, Wis, were
found just before the bundle was
thrown into a separator on the Paul
Smith farm two miles from the village
of Eden. The charge was sufficient
to have wiped out the machinery as
well as several teams of horses and
the operators.
Two barn fires in the last three
years have led Frank Schultz, town of
RipOn farmer, to suspect incendlar-
ism. A fire last week at an early hour
destroyed the barn with a loss esti-
mated at several thousand dollars
Mr.. Schultz had counted the geese and
ducks when he shut them in the barn
When the fire was discovered some OF
the ducks were outside but all doors
were shut, indicating that someone
had entered the barn.
Albert Henry, II, an employe OF the
Con C. Kennedy Carnival shows which
closed a weeks engagement in She
boygan last week, is in st. Nicholas
hospital, believed to be dying from
knife wound. He was stabbed by Arizo-
ma Charlie, concession manager.
portion Of the knife blade was taken
from the old mans back. Charlie was
arrested at ManitowOc, charged with
assault with intent to do great BODILY
harm.
RAYMOND Rose, son of the Rev. Ed
ward J. Rose, a methodist minister al
Scales Mound, ILL.,, was arrested last
week on a warrant charging bigamy
obtained by Mrs. Helen FOsS Rose,
whom he married at Belvedere, Ill,
July II, 1918 She charges that on
Jan. 18. 1920, he was married at
Crown Point to Mrs Georgette Ber-
Salu. a widow, under the assumed
named of Louis B. Ray. Mrs. Rose
claims her husband deserted her is
months after marriage.
Miss Mary Olson of Black River
Falls, Wis has a poultry yard. She
gets good supply OF eggs each DAY
Suddenly the egg crop fell off, and al
ter watching for the reason she tounu
large snake eating eggs one AFTER
another. shell and all. The snake was
-! killed and measured s feet long ana
10 inches around at the thickeSt part
Of its body. 1t was a small species OF
! o hO9 constructor from Africa, and nad
] ESCAPED from a carnival that h3o
passed through.
Dist. Atty. H. j. BChn OF Sauk coun-
! ty received a threatening letter pc
I liayed to have been mailed by the
! SLAYER or slayers of Robert 4aeger,
the rich old hermit of BlackhaWk, VINO
/ was beaten to death with hammer
/ and ak on the night OF Aug. z, near
! the scene of the Balzer murders. Inc
/ letter read: Damn you, call OIL you
detectives or pay with your life. me
! letter was made public 10 days alter
| it's receipt without any clues. Inc
/ letter and envelope were written ap-
parently by different persons.
A new national park at Govern
ment Bluff, in Door county, is being
sought by Wisconsin cOnservatlonlsta
with the likelihood that move Will
! he made by Senator LenroOt, during
! the next session of congress to have
! federal authorities turn the tract INTO
La permanent federal preserve Al
ready the government owns the l,5O0
acres which Wisconsin is asking to
| have made into park. 1t IS located
| in famous summer resort section Of
! the state, within but few miles Oh
/ Peninsula state park. Government
Bluff rises majestically above Green
/ Bay on Lake Michigan to height OF
! $50 feet. 1t is wooded with virgin
pines and evergreen, giant remnants
of the once past Wisconsin forests.
Waters above the bluff are regarded
as unrivalled for bass fishing.
School boards at the opening OF the
coming school year will be required,
in consolidated districts, to provide
! safe and comfortable transportation
! for all children living over one mile
| from the school house, under provis-
ions of the transportation law enact
ed by the 1928 legislature. Provision
j for carrying the children to school
! must be for the entire year, John CAL
| lahan. State superintendent of Pub
/ lie instruction has announced. II
! transportation is not provided the
parents may take their children to
school and receive therefor 30 cents
! a day for the first child and 20 cents
| for the second and 10 cents for the