Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03

All Ford touring cars will be Ii
censed in class 3D." in 1925 and un-
less they have reached the age limit
of five years the license fee will be
$11.00. This is in accordance with a
decision made by Secretary of State,
Fred R. Zimmerman.
Open season on turkeys was de-
clared Tuesday morning, right in the
business section of Baragoo, and a
large fat bird was dropped off tel
egraph wire with well directed rifle
shot. The gobbler escaped from a
meat market and took its last stand
on telegraph wire in the rear of
the store. Many shots were wasted.
Last Sunday, Charles Middendorf,
Hartland, district manager of the
Vitel Manufacturing Co. was arrested
on charge of embezzling $407.50 of
the company's funds. He was taken
to Milwaukee county Jail and held in
default of $500 bail Monday morning
Mrs Middendorf and seven children
arrived at the Jail to plead for the
freedom of the husband and father.
They remained all day and returned
again to remain at the Jail through
| out Tuesday.
The constitutional court amend
ment, voted on at the November cleo
ton, was carried by approximately
Is, 900 votes, according to official re-
turns from 70 of the II counties re-
ported Friday by the secretary of
states office. The vote stands: Yes,
9,175; no, 224,860, with only Trem-
peauleau county missing. The forestry
amendment carried by 10000 and the
home rule amendment by 100000 Gov.
Blaines lead over Martin L. Lueck
stood at 10000, with returns from SO
counties.
Miss Elsie NJ Snyder, 10, who
taught school in a rural district near
Brookfield, Wis, died Tuesday from
the effects of poison that she swal-
lowed last Wednesday. She took the
poison following the close of school
for the day and died at the home of
Ed Phillips where she rOomed. The
girl left note saying that she was
disguised with herself. Her home was
at Spring Green. She is survived by
her parents and one sister and three
brothers. The mother said the girl
was Of a nervous disposition.
found the skeletons of two adult
bodies and one of a papoose, was OPP
enen accidentally on the farm of Mrs.
Nellie Hasselman, mile south of
Wilmot, Wis, Thursday. The BODIES
were found by men opening gravel
pit. Both of the larger skeletons were
in sitting posture. One of them was
taken from the ground intact and is
being preserved. The other, which re-
vealed an arrow head in one of the
vertebrate, crumbled whe neXposed to
the air. The bones of the smaller body
chung to piece of wood. With the
bodies were found several pieces of
pottery bearing fantastic Indian de-
signs. The bones were about three
feet below the surface.
Elmer NJ. Johnson, driver of car
go of wet goods labeled hair tonic,
that was captured at Baraboo, has
been released and so have his truck
and the contents State Chemist H. M.
Lampert, of the prohibition depart
ment at Madison, after examining
samples of the alleged hair tonic,
found that it was unfit for beverage
purposes in it's present form. The
analysis showed that it contained SO
per cent alcohol, quantity of iodo-
form, and other substances. J. w
Sheetz, La Crosse, appeared at the
hearing and claimed to be the owner
of the truck. The cargo was seized
by Sheriff w. H Ode Nov. 7, when the
truck was undergoing repairs in a To-
cal garage. The load of the automo-
bile contained 400 gallons when it
struck Baraboo. but, before it was
seized by the sheriff, 20 gallons had
disappeared.
The Dickeyville-Potosi road has
been completed, making the entire
road between Potosi and Dubuque
hard surfaced.