Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-07

| certain - lity, and made away with
San In parts OF his motor car. Mr.
foIIor- son reported the theft and the
oI,,.o lils uay blood hounds were So
b LEU from Iowa. The trail led to the
De oI couple of bows named
- n 4mIlee. The boys were put through
~ i9Iu examination. The finally gave
~. Ior the settlement and the mat
AZ was considered closed. The next
49, 10y 'ney secured legal advice. repudi-
ecu Ihelr confession and STONED the
onechS. The same night the Sander
oon farm was again visited and what
IeiIdlhed OF the car was stolen. The
loDpers did not stop there as sixty
onlckehs were taken Is of the hens
we're found dead on the roadside with
t tnelr necks wrung. Sanderson has
tdheh MS troubles to the district at
'oIney OF Crawford county.
samuel Thompson, oldest resident
Oh Baraboo, died on April 2 at the adj
Vahced age of go years. Mr.. Thomp-
son was born in Lycoming county,
"a, June 9, 1926. He resided in the
! State OF his birth until he was q
When he began travelling through the
midwest states. In 1854 he located
IN Sank county where he resided for
~ years. Mr.. Thompson was active
III local affairs up to the time of his
uemlse. He leaves three sons, Reese
OF Ashland, Va; Otto of Baraboo;
ana George Of Reedsburg.
The barge, La Crosse, first of the
craft or It's type to engage in traffic
on the upper river, has completed the
up trip from st. Louis to st. Paul.
The La Crosse is 81 feet long and 22
feet wide with a fat bottom. She
carries 137 tons in 21a feet of water.
A Diesel oil engine does the driving.
On her up trip she carried a cargo of
vinegar and furniture The La Crosse
and three other boats of the type will
make round trips every four weeks
between st. Louis and st. Paul dur
ing navigation.
500 acres of peas are being put in
at Cobb by 40 farmers to serve the
new canning factory with raw mater
ial. H. /. Ferns, head of the factory,
plans 60 open about June 20. The
plant will pack about 1000 cases this
season and double the pack next year.
1t will ultimately be a three line
plant with a daily pack of $50 cases.
40 men and Is women will be en-
ployed.
Grin DeGear and Frank Till, Belle
Vue, soldering gas tank on an auto
mobile, found that running water into
the tank to discharge gas and fumes
is not safe and sure method. The
tank exploded when the acetylene
was applied and both men landed
against the wall. The tank buried
itself in the wooden studdings of the
shop. Both men escaped serious hurt,
Richard Yohnke of Richland county
is being looked for on account o. the
passing of forged check for $25 on
the Farmers & Merchants bank of
Lone Rock Yohnke used the name of
Charles Flamme. The latter has no
account in the F. e M. bank of Lone
Rock. This is a second offense for Mr..
Yohnke and he will probably get a
prison sentence if 'apprehended.
The office of the Galena Mfg. Co.
was broken into Saturday night of
last week and the desks rif1ed for
valuables. A check showed that
nothing of value was taken. The
same night large plate glass in the
store of Ivory & Co. was broken and
81. SO in cash and a thousand cigarets
were taken.
The Wild Life school that is held
at McGregor, Ia, every year will be
in session in August this year. The
faculty has been increased to ten. DR..
George Kay, Iowa State geologist and
dean of the college of libertl arts,
University of Iowa, will be dean of
the school.
Thos. McCutcheon of Dodgeville,
P. N. S. "a graduate, has been en-
gagged to teach the Livingston schools
the coming year G. L. Kies, who
taught the Livingston graded school
last year, goes to Blue River and Mr..
McCutcheon takes his place.
The prosecution of Jos. Kelso Jr. on
charge of embezzling funds of
BELLEVUE. Iowa, bank, was tried at
Maouoketa last week. Defense en-
doavored to show that KelSo had per-
mission to take bonds belonging to
denositors of the bank. The case is
still going on.
The cashing by Richland Center
hank of a check drawn by Bear Val
lev Youth to an amount of $1,000 was
the cause of much excitement when
If nroved to be a forgery. The boy
was dDpI6uSIdCo GU A@ONO -
practically ali the money.
The wisconsin river, at flood stage
for the past two weeks, has subsidized.
At Prairie du Sac during the height
If the flood the water was flowing 4
feet and five inches over the subway.
The extreme flood stage at Pra. du
Sac is ISL feet
Miss Alice Lott, Prairie du Sac.
former Wisconsin student. who VI ooo dle %
recently. left bequest of $1,000 to
the University of Wisconsin, TO De
, yls for the benefit of crippled chill
dren receiving treatment at the Brad
lev Memorial hospital.
Work has started on the new Far
mers' Cooperative Creamery ~ 20.
Whaling at Richland Center. The
Structure will be 36x60 feet and two
Stories t high. Modern machinery Will
he installed as soon as the BUILDING
is ready. - prisoil1a
Mullen chapter, D. A. R., the Dawllng
house at Galena, Ill, has been puT-
n [iba The Dawling house was pullt
800 1929 The property Will be re-