Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-20
NE|GHbORHOOD
RREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

The lifeless body Of Clara Rowell
Volga, Iowa, high school student, was
found hanging in the domestic sci
ence room of the schol last Wednes-
day morning, early. She had been
in poor health.
jim Sharp, Richland farmer, decid-
ed that when most people are going
out of a business that is the time to
enter it. Sharp bought 140 hogs of
varying ages cheap. He is buying
feed and will keep a record OF pro-
duction costs.
Iowa legislature passed law pro-
yiding hunting and fishing license
of 81. Women are exempted as are
boys under Is. Farm owners, ten
ants or their relatives when fishing
or hunting on owned or leased land
do not have to pay tax.
The Farmers & Merchants State
bank at MuScOda has begun formal
action against various parties alleg-
ing the circulation of sianderous lnd
damaging statements affecting the
good name of the institution. The
damages asked run from $4,000 to
$4,000.
DR.. Tkadlec, Cazenovia physician,
is the second doctor in his county to
v
having also purchased one of the ma
chimes. Two extra wheels are added
and belt goes around these wheels
and the back wheel giving the ma
chine caterpillar traction.
Calvert Spensley of Mineral Point
who died recently, had the distinction
of being a descendant of the worlds
first station agent at Stockton, Eng
land, for the first railroad built in
England by George Stephenson. The
line was 38 miles long and the
trains ran at Il speed of 10 to II miles
an hour.
Miss Nellie Biddick, Ontario school
teacher, had a narrow escape from
drowning in the KickapoO river near
the village, while skating when she
slipped in an airhole. She was res
cued by John Hutchins, who seized
her by the coat collar and clinging to
the span OF bridge pulled her out
of the rushing. icy water.
Frank Dulesh, 50, Eastman farmer,
had his chest crushed, his body and
and face terribly bruised and an ear
torn by an enraged bull in the door
yard of his home. Marks in the
snow showed he had put up u battle.
A cripple daughter found the body
half an hour after he left the house.
A large family was left fatherlesS.
The county board of Crawford met
in special session Tuesday OF last
week and petitioned the state high
way commission for rehearing on
the relocation of s. T. l.. 80, which by
the new numbering is S. I. l.. IL. 1t
was changed from the eastern side OF
the county to run from the Boscobel
bridge via the Kickapoo valley from
Barnum north through the county.
MIR. and Mrs. Hicks, who recently
returned from China to visit at Bos-
cobel, leave soon for Pekin, China,
where Mr.. Kicks will represent an
American automobile firm. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Kicks are familiar with the
Chinese habits, speech and mode OF
living They say the upper class
Chinese are progressive and honest. |
The lower classes are in miserable |
condition.
Richard Martin, Iowa county farm
err attending the Art Hoskins sale or
Shorthorns at Dodgeville, lost one or
his thumbs while leading cow to De
sold. He had wrapped the lead strap
around his hand. The animal be-
came scared and attempted to get
away. In the Glixup the thumb was
pulled off at the first joint as nicely !
as though it had been done tn a
knife. Surgical attention was rem
dered at once.
Thomas Lechnir, the man who |
grows the largest potatoes in Craw-
ford county. when asked as to the |
seed and the way of growing said: |
Some people plant their potatoes IN |
the moon but l plant them in the |
ground. There is no secret to raising !
potatoes, all you want is good ground |
and good seed and lots of hard work |
to keep the best of the weeds and the
potato bugs l am going to try ana !
grow one this year that will NIL |
bushel basket. Courier.
Sheriff Larson of Clayton county
took into custody Earl Westcott, NC t
Gregor, on a charge of selling llquor
over the bar in his place of business.
Earl awaits trial at Elkader after |
having signified he would plead gull
tv His bond is $500. About the |
same time the home OF Alex kann IN
CLAYTON township was reached. Mr.
Kann had IT'S pounds OF mash IN MS
possession. Kann also Will plead.
At another house little child met
the officers, saying her parents were
not at home. The motne1 was 1ouno
hiding in room and search was re-
listed hut went on. A still was found |
On the premises.
Ernest Wells, superintendent of the
Richland Center municipal enter
prises at the last meeting OF the city
council recommended a substantial
,.odnction in water rates This re-
communication came in view of the
fact that the cost of putting electric
curren on the switchboard of the
mower house is ,0237 cents per kllo-
watt. The present rate was hxed on
the basis of &c electric current.
present rates on water are: SOC per !
thousand for the first 225OO gallons
and csc thereafter. The rate recon-
mended by Supt Wells is 25c per
thousand for the first 22,5OO gallons
and zoe per thousand thereafter
H. also recommends a quarterly pay
ment of water rentals.