Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-24

The 1924 tax rate in the city OF
Sheboygan will be S34, an increase
over 1923 of SO cents per $1,000 of
property valuation, according to fig
ureS obtained.
A frenzied search of a week for
John Large, SO, Beloit, with police
looking in Rock river for his body,
was ended Monday when his wife was
notified that he was safe with rela-
tives in Genesco, Ill. Saturday she
went to Freeport in the belief that
stranger who died there might have
been her missing mate. The man dis
appeared a week ago Sunday.
Renhold DeGombre, 38, residing at
Erdman, and Gust Arndt, SO, Sheboy-
gan, were instantly killed and Rich
ard ZschetZsche narrowly escaped the
same terrible fate on Monday after
noon in a cave-in a short distance
north of Sheboygan. Both men were
married and were employed by the
county at the time of the fatal acct
dent. They were digging clay to be
used to fill in the approaches to a
new bridge when without warning
they were buried.
At a meeting of the Izaak Walton
League of La Crosse with local mem
bers of the legislature it was decided
that closing the duck hunting season
all days of the year except Wednes-
days, Saturdays and Sundays, would
aid materially to bring back better
hunting. 1t was agreed that stringent
closed seasons must be enforced for
a time both in hunting and fishing.
Lake Marinuka, at Galesville, which
was fished out this year, has been re-
stocked with fish by the chapter of
the I. w. League of La Crosse.
A $4,000 plant, to be used as an
adjunct TO the fox industry in Ozau-
kee county, is to be erected in Cedar
burg by Theodore Wittenberg, J. F.
Nieman and Fromm Bros That city
will become the base of supplies for
all the fox farms. One story of the
new building will be used for drying
ginseng roots; another part will house
huge refrigerator for meat for the
foxes, and one floor will contain gen.
eral offices of the company. 1t is also
planned to install bakery in the
building to supply bread and biscuits
used as fox food.
Three hundred gold pieces of the
$3.50 denomination, were found the
other night in bag carried by Chas.
Windau, ga, of Elgin, ILL.,, when Mil
waukee detectives looked through his
effects after he had engaged in an
argument with fellow traveller on
Milwaukee road train entering that
city. Windau said he made it his hob
by to collect the gold pieces. He said
he was a iewelry salesman. He car
ried with him about 100000 worth of
iewelry, mostly rubies and pearls
Windau came to police attention af-
ter, it is alleged, he flashed revolver
at the Union depot during his argu-
ment with Walter Casteel, clothing
salesman from Chicago. Casteel said
Windau objected to his smoking.
Ralph Whitcher. seven year old boy
of West Union, gave his parents an
awful fright the other day when a
grain binder ran over his abdomen
and never hurt him bit. The child
had gone to the field with his father
on Thursday to bring in the grain
binder and begged to ride on the
platform. which he was allowed to do
after being cautioned to hang on
tightly. He failed to do this and
when he slid off, the weight of the
machine on which his father also sat.
went over him. Outside of a slight
limp next day, he was as good as
ever
Ill health of his wife is the only
thing that saved Joseph Paulus, a
Highland druggist, from being SEN
fenced to Jail by Judge Claude z. Luse
in United States district court Mon
day afternoon The court fined him
ST. 900 and costs for violating the ma
tional prohibition act. Following his
plea of guilty Judge Luse was advised
that Mrs. Paulus is in poor health ana
a recess was taken until a physician
who had attended her made report
to the court After the doctors report
had been made Judge Luse decided
to impose fine, but he warned Paulus
that if he was ever brought before
him again he would get a long jail
term Paulus was charged by the gov
eminent with sale of whisky without
proper prescriptions and also with
the selling of moonshine. He was al
legged to have sold drinks to federal
dry agents.