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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
GOOD HOMESTEAD LAND
NOW ALMIGHTY SCARCE

OF nearly half the area of continen-
tai United States not in farm, 100000,
600 acres are absolute desert or too
rugged to cultivate; 270,000,0O0 acres
are occupied by forests and cut-over
land, and 60000,000 acres are in the
semi-arid West and suitable only for
grazing, says bulletin recently is
sued by the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture on the subject of farm lands
available for settlement.
While much of the unoccupied lar
is suitable for some kind of agricul-
tural uses, the prospective settler
should realize that the undeveloped
land now available for settlement can
be brought under cultivation only at
gradually increasing cost and effort,
and in many cases, with compare
lively small returns from the land it
self.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
SETTLEMENT AND ALLOWANCE
FINAL ACCOUNT
Estate OF Randolph Jones,
State of Wisconsin, County Court,
Grant County-In Probate

Estate of Randolph Jones,
State of Wisconsin, County Court,
Grant County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given, That at the
Special Term Of the County Court, to
be held in and for said County, at the
Court House, in the City of Lancaster,
in said County, on the Fourth Tues
day of April, A. D., 1923, being the
twenty-fourth day Of April, 1928, at
the hour of ten o'clock in the fore
noon, the following matter will be
heard and considered:
The application of Elmer Jones as
Executor of the last Will and Tesla
ment of Randolph Jones, late of the
Town of Harrison, Grant County,
Wisconsin, deceased, for the settle
ment and allowance of his final ac-
count as such executor and the as
signment of the residue Of said estate
to such persons as are by law entitled
thereto.
Dated March oath, 1923.
By order of the Court:
E. B. GOODSELL, County Judge.
David Gardner Jr., Atty.-6c3.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28

of Lancaster, in said county, on the
Fourth Tuesday of July, A. D., 1928,
there will be heard, considered and
adjusted all claims against said
Thomas S. Metcalf, deceased;
Notice is hereby further given,
That all such claims for examination
and allowance must be presented to
said County Court at the Court
House, in the City of Lancaster, in
said county and state, on or before
the twenty-second day of July, 1928,
or be barred.
Dated March %, 1923.
BY the Court:
E. B. GOODSELL, Judge.
Brennan & Carthew, Administrators
Attorneys.-6c3.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
NEW 'DIGGINS" LOOKS
FOR MINING REVIVAL

NEW DIGGINGS- era of pros
perity is about to strike this village.
Families are moving in every week
and mining is the sole topic if con-
versation. The Vinegar HILL Wiscon-
sin Zinc and New Jersey Zinc are all
planning big things for this season
and they will employ large number
of men in the New Diggings district.
A few years ago, before the shut
down, New Diggings was one of the
most prosperous camps in the dis
trict. Since that time it has been very
quiet here but number of the bust
ness men had faith in a revival of the
mining boom, and now their faith IS
about to be rewarded. Spelter went
to the SC mark Tuesday, and when the
snow disappears work will be rushed
in all its departments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
DANE COUNTY CRIME ON
INCREASE, SAYS REPORT

MADISON.-Cri is increasing in
Dane county, says the annual report
of E. ] Walden, clerk Of the superior
court, which handles 80 per cent of
the criminal cases arising in this
county.
There were 285 more arrests for
crime in 1922 than there were in
1921" the report says, and Mr.. Wal
den, in commenting upon the report,
declared that his next annual report
will show even more startling in
creases.
That probation is uppermost in the
judicial minds in this county is borne
out in the report which shows
II men were sent to state prison from
the Madison court last year, while II
were placed on probation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
QUAIL TAKE REFUGE
IN POULTRY HOUSE

HIGHLAND CENTER. During the
hours of the furious storm which pre-
vailed Sunday, Charles Parfrey found
a flock of quails taking refuge with
his chickens in their warm and COM
modious poultry house. This little
incident is interesting from at least
two aspects, first being its depletion
of the ferocity of the storm and sec
ondly, it may be some evidence Of the
losing of the widest instinct, owing to
the kind manner which has been ac-
corded quails in this country for
many nerations.-Rustic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
RULES COUNTY is NOT
LIABLE IN ROAD INJURY

JANESVILLE.-The $4,000 dam
age suit of Roger Ryan, Park Ridge,
Ill, youth, against Rock county, as
the result of an accident on county
highway machinery, Aug. 1, 1922,
which resulted in his right foot being
amputated was dismissed by Judge
George Grimm, of the Rock county
circuit court. The court ruling on the
demurrer of the county held that in
construction of a highway the county
was performing a governmental func-
ton and that a traveller upon it can
not recover from damages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
BILL TO KEEP CHILDREN
OFF THE STAGE FAVORED

MADISON.-Th barring Of child
actors from Wisconsin theaters was
favored by the state senate Wednes-
day when it engrossed the Titus bill
to prohibit appearance of any child
under II from the stage, unless with
a special permit from the industrial
commission.
Senator W. A. Titus, Fond du Lac,
defending his bill, told how children
as young as 3 years, were appearing
in acts in Woscinsin shOwhouses that
often were suggestive and entirely
unwhOlesOme.
Senator Titus presented data pre-
pared by the industrial commission to
show the extent to which children
were exploited on the stage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
BARBER SHOP CONTROL IS
KEPT BY HEALTH BOARD

MADISON.-The administration of
the barber law, regulating the sani-
tation of shops and qualifications of
workers, will remain with the state
board of health, through action by the
assembly. A bill to create a separate
board independent Of the state health
board was killed without debate.
Prior to 1915, BARRIERS were licensed
by a separate board, responsible to
no other state agency and with little
supervision OF is work Sponsors of
the present law, which vests control
in the state board of health, cite that
increased qualifications of workers
and higher standards Of sanitation
were ADOPTED The barber division of
the board is supported by fees, with
inspectors covering the entire state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

State of Wisconsin, County Court,
Grant County-In Probate.
In Re Estate of Thomas S. Metcalf,
Deceased.
Letters of Administration on the
estate of Thomas S. Metcalf, late of
the town of Glen Haven, in said
county. having been issued to Charles
o. Metcalf of said town;
Notice is hereby given, That at the
Specia1 Term of said County Court
for Grant County, Wisconsin, to be
held at the Court House. in the City
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
ANTI-KU KLUX KHAN BILL
APPROVED BY SENATE

MADISON - Without opposition,
the senate Wednesday engrossed a
committee on state affairs bill MAX
ing it misdemeanor for any person
to appear in public wearing a mask
or other paraphernalia to conceal his
identity.
Violation of the proposed stat~t
would be punishable by fine of ST.
600 or imprisonment for six months.
This measure, aimed at the Ku
IIIux Khan, is a composite of bills in
troduced in the senate by individual
members.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
PROGRESSIVE BLOC MOVES
TO SMASH THE MILITARY

MADISON, Wis.-Specifc plans to
smash the military machine of the ma
ton will be leading feature of the
1924 election campaign in Wisconsin,
Ada James, of Richland Center, presi-
dent of the Wisconsin Womens Pro-
gressive Association, declared here at
a dinner of anti-militarists. Every
legislator who voted against the Po-
lakowski bill to abolish the National
Guard of the state will be asked to
explain his vote in the 1924 campaign,
she said.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
WOMAN ROBBED YEAR
AGO IS AGAIN VICTIM

EAU CLAIRE Almost a year to a
day since she was the victim of a rob-
Der, Mrs. Ruth Cation, of this city, was
robbed again of $50 and jewelry
valued at $3.50, when a thief entered
her apartments and ransacked the
drawers and shelves. A diamond ring
valued at $500, was the largest single
item in the loot Mrs. Cations aged
mother was in the house at the time,
but did not hear anyone. A year ago
$50 was taken from the same room.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
III MILLION BUSHELS OF
SPUDS IN NATIONS STOCK

Observation-Disclosures of white
potatoes in the hands of growers and
dealers March were reported by the
department Of agriculture Thursday
at 171,555,00O bushels.
Of this total, 23,968,0OO bushels
were classed as unfit for food or seed; ;
6O,278,0O0 as needed for food and seed
on farms where grown, and 27,278,00O
for consumption in local markets,
leaving 59795,O00 available for move
ment out of production areas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28

Education is a great thing, but you
can't whip a taxi driver with it.
A Madison man was arrested for
claiming a razor beat four aces.
Popular songs pass out quickly be-
cause people want fresh air.
A man has lived in Philadelphia 81
years, but we can't tell you why.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
SALESMAN HANGS SELF
WITH BELT IN BOX CAR

STEVENS POlNT.-Paul B. Mas,
20, travelling salesman for Milwau-
kee biscuit company with headquart-
ers here, ended his life in the local
500 line yards Wednesday night by
hanging himself from a handhold on
a box car with his belt. The body
was discovered by a car inspector.
Mas is survived by his wife and g.
weeks-old baby at Ontonagon, Mich,
and his parents in Marinette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
SENATE KILLS REPEAL
OF DOG TAX STATUTE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dog tax
law will remain on the statute books.
The state senate killed the bill passed
last week by the assembly repeating
the dog tax law, without record
vote.
The present dog law imposes a tax
of ST on male animals and a So tax
on females, the returns going into a
fund for use in reimbursing farmers
who lose animals through depreda-
tions of dogs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
BILL TO CURB PRIVATE
HAWKSHAWS WINS TEST

MADISON Wisconsin senate
Thursday by a vote of 16 to 13, en-
crossed a bill introduced b. Senator
Quick, Milwaukee Socialist, which es-
tabHshes rigid licensing requirements
for all private detectives and prOhib-
its their use in labor disputes or in
the investigation of marital difficult
ties
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
MISSING BANK CLERKS
BODY FOUND IN RIVER

LA CROSSE The body of George
H. Clark, bank bookkeeper, who dis
appeared last Saturday, was found in
the river near his boathouse by a
diver late Wednesday. The suppose
ton is that Clark, while cutting ice
away from his boathouse slipped into
the river. An ice cutter was tied to
his wrist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
HEALTH CENTER MEETING

The Grant County Infant and Ma
ternity Health Center will hold its
regular monthly meeting at the Rest
Room. Fennimore, Friday, March 80,
from 1 to 430 p. m. Mothers are in
vited to bring their children under
six years of age, for regular monthly
weighing, measuring and general
physical inspection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
RECALL BILL is PASSED
BY STATE SENATE, 17-12

MADISON.-Th senate has pass
ed the Huber resolution providing for
an amendment to the Wisconsin con-
stitution to establish the popular re-
call of all elective officers and judges
in wisconsin. The vote was II to II.
Favorable action is looked for from
the assembly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
HINTS GASOLINE WITH
MATCH AND FINDS IT

STRATFORD.-El mer Chrouser
held a lighted match over a gasoline
can to see If there was any of the fluid
inside. There was. He will recover.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
NAMES WANTED
 FOR PINNACLES
Six Peaks in California Are Now to Be Given
 Suitable Names.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.-There with an average elevation of 5000 feet between Broke-off Mountain and Lassen Peak. according to the Mt. Lassen Geographical Research So- oiety, which has formed an advisory committee for the purpose of select ing the six names. Permission has been received from the National Park Service, Washington, D. C.. to select names for the peaks in the Lassen Volcanic National Park.
 Lassen Peak, located ia Shasta county, is the only active volcanic mountain in the continental United States The first eruption of Lassen Peak, of which there is any record in modern tihes, occurred on May 30, 1914. The last big volcanic out. break was on May 22, 1915.
 Mrs. Frederick II. Colburn, of San said the advisory committee com nrising Dr. David Starr Jordan, Prof Ruliff s. Holway James D. Phelan, former United States Senator; Repre- sentative John E. Raker and Lewis F. Byington. will select names of pioneer men and women, Indian names and descriptive titles.
 This, Mrs. Colburn says, will give ] an opportunity to bring out the his tory, legend and story of each To- cality. Four counties, Lassen, Shas- ta, Plumas and Tchama, touch the mountain ard are partially included in the national park reserve. After the six names are selected, the committee will then devote it's efforts to the selection of names for othert peaks. There are, Mrs. Col burn says, hundreds of peaks to be named, as there are said to be 965 craters visible from the top of Las sen Peak, of which only 50 have been named.
 The Mount Lassen Geographical Society, headquarters in San Fran. cisco, has asked for suggestions for names from club women, civic or ganizations, teachers and others in tcrestcd.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
MAN IS SEEKING solE
 OF HIS GOLDEN DREAMS

 PAPEETE, Tahiti, Jan. 31.-Among the many curious characters who have been attracted to the South Seas of late is young man who landed from the steerage of a pass ing steamer, bnnging with him as sole worldly possessions a haver- sack, a pair of dungAree trousers, a shirt, pickaxe and an umbrella. the latter, apparently, his most prized possession.
 He intends to sail for the Mar quesas Islands. where he will settle on a barren uninhabted islet where his only companions will be wild dogs and wild goats. The only water on the island is small trickle from the cliff at the top of deep ravine. There are few, if any, food bearing plants. The people are curious to know how he will find subsistence.
 Up to the present time he has found no one willing to transport him to the island of his dreams. He is passing his time roaming about the island of Hivaoa and sleeping on the beach under his umbrella. He seeks no human companionship nor has anyone discovered his identity or his home city.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
Engagement Ring
 Belongs to Girl

NEW YORK. Jan. 31.-When a man places an engagement ring on a young woman's finger the ring be- comes her property, according to a decision made by judge in police court. Alice Gerber assured Louis Pearlman that if he married her her wealthy father would start him in business. Pearlman gave her dia- mond ring costing $375. Then in- stead of setting the wedding day he asked her to have her father set the date for setting him up in business. She declined, demanding wedding first. Pearlman asked her to let him sec the ring and pockcted it when she handed it to him. She had him arrested, and the court held that his grab constituted grand larceny.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
WHO'S HERE
 AND WHERE

II. P. Preston, representative of the National Grocery Company, re- turned to Juneau on the Estebeth from a business trip to Skagway and way ports.
 Miss Alberta F. Gould, trained nurse, is passenger on the Princess Mary from Vancouver, en route to Atlin, where she will be employed in duty.
 c. A. Walker, foreman with the White Pass, Mrs. Walker and their two children are aboard the Prin- cess Mary, returning to Skagway
 Mathew Watson, merchant and fox farmer at Carcross, is a passenger on the Princess Mary for his home. He is accompanied by Mrs. Watson and theiS three children.
 F. L. W. Banham and Frank More. ton, auditors with the White Pass, are aboard the Princess Mary for Skagway, to audit the company books there.
 A. hcCarter, postmaster at Daw- son, is on the Princess Mary, re- turning to his home after trip to fhesStates.
 F. B. Kershaw, merchant at Atlin,
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
CONSPIRACY CHARGES
 FILED AGAINST THREE KETCHIKAN RESIDENTS

Foilowing the filing of charges oi consplracy under the provisions oi the Volstead Act, Chris Bailey, Bert barkley and George Kolendich were arrested at ketchikan yesterdayr-ac corulhg To adyices received by U. s attorney A. c. Shoup. They will be gwen a hearing tomorrow before II. .. commissioner F. c. Morrissey.
 It IS understood that the conspir- acy charges grew out of a raid made by Federal deputy marshals thls week on the Pioneer Hotel and soft drink stand at Ketchikan. Bailey IS said to be the proprietor of the ousiness.' kolendich was arrested al the time of the raid.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
SATISFACTORY ENDING

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Win Hays this afternoon, discussing the state mont of Arbuckle that he was through with screen acting, over which there has been so much dis, cnssion, pro and con, since Arbuckle was reinstated to acting in films, said:
 Natural and proper factors oper ating in a natural way concluded this matter in q manner that should be satisfactory to all."
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
Divorce Case of Stokes
 Will Be Tried Over Again

NEW YORK. Jan. 31-A retrial of tho divorce brought by w. E. D.. Stokes, wealthy realty operator. against Helen l.. Wood-Snlles, for merly of Denver, and a counter sui, for separation, was ordered today by the Supreme Court. The trials will be before juries.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
GERMANY HOLDS OWN FATE.

DUSSELDORF, Jan. 2I. = "Ger- many's fate is in her own hands and nothing will make us deviate from the course laid out for us. We will take whatever time and measures are necessary" This was the state ment made today by General De- guotte, Commander-in- Chief in the occupied zone in summarizing the situation in the Ruhr Valley.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
Bliss Confirmed as
 Minister to Sweden

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The Sen ate today confirmed the nomination of Robert Wood Bliss to be Minis ter to Sweden and also the nomna- Assistant Secretary of State, sue tion of J. Butler Wright to be third ceeding Bliss,
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
RESENT NATIONALISTS.

LONDON, Jan. 31.--A Hayas des- patch says the miners in the Ruhr region unanimously rejected the pro- posal of general strike and adopted a resolution Nrotesting against Ma tionalist's intrigues.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
SAILOR IS NATURALIzeD

F'rans Emil Wuorinen, who has been member of the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Unalga and was dlscharsed today, was given final citizenship papers this morning by Judge T. M. Reed. following a natur. ailzation session of the District Court. Wuorinen is a native of Fin land.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
At the Gastineau
Broke Sugar Combine;
 U. s. to Pay Losses

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The House has passed the Senate resofu- ton directing the sugar equalizing board to adjust losses of $2,25O.0O0 claimed by tho American Trading Company, and R. B. Howell X Son Co. who imported sugar from Ar gentina to break the high prices in 1920.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
B. M. BEHRBNDS Co.,, Inc.
ARbUCkLE NOT
 TO COME BACK
Will Give Up Acting on Screen and Direct New
 Comedy Organization

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31.-Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle announced this forenoon he had signed a contract to direct the Comedy Film Corporation and was done with actlng."
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31

CLASSIFIED ADS find desirable bocrCers. If you are prepared to keep boarders it is important that you should know how and when to use the classified ads-for they afford you the means for making the busi- ness PAY. Try the Empire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
Mary Garden Benefits
 By Auto Suggestion

BOSTON. Jan. 3i.---Mary Garden. well known opera singer. after a brief issue with Emile Coue. said that lin four weeks use of auto-suggestion she had improved her voice 100 per cent. She announced she was sailing for Europe in February and would take three weeks treatment under Coue at Nancy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31

The wearied store clerk is usual, the victim of the shoppers who lave been too busy to read the ads and wno' on yisitingf the stores, have cut vague idea of what they want or where it is to Joe found
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
Ohio Senator Is Opposed
 To Economic Conferencl

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Jan. 31.--The Senate today defeated a resolution asking President Harding to call a world economic conference.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31

THAT SPARE ROOM is a cash asset-if you use the Empire classi- fed. You can rent it to a desirable tenant at good price. thus lessen, ing your own rent-burden.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
BELGIUM WILL
 MAKE DEMAND UPON GERMANY
Last Appeal Will Be Made to Germany on Matter of
 Reparation.
(Continued From Page One.)

officials are being expelled from the Rhineland under orders of the Rhineland High Commission.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
rSkeQpaad SsnAtor Naylssta..

and Mrs. Kershaw. are passengers on the Princess Mary for their home.
 At the Gastineau s. Goldberg. J, w. Troy, B. Levine, Mary Wahl. W. A. Steel
 At the Lynda H. II. Johnson.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31

Engraved visiting cards, latest styles. at The Empire.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-01-05
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM OUR SUBSCRIBERS

Accompanying his check for q re-
newal to the News Champion, Louis
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greeting to all his Gunnison frinds.
Mr.. Sarrasin remarks that they have
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in that section however, the snow does
not remain for LONG.
A. L. Baker sends us check for a
years subscription to the News-C Cham
pion from Mountain View, California,
where he Is at present. He informs
US that he expects to be back before
long in Saguache, and adds: "Gunni-
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with all its fruit and flowers. They
don't have the good air and water
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We don't want to miss q single
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Washburn, who sends us check for
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Pennington Of our city. The wash
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