Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

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the present time.
John Mailing, So, prominent FAR
mer living eight miles southwest OF
Babcock, Wis, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
with a rife. Ill health was the cause
of the suicide, relatives and friends
say.
Chas. Robson, farmer living i've
miles northeast of Spring Green, died
late Wednesday from injuries re-
ceived when his car turned turtle ana
pinned him underneath. Mr.. Robson
skull was crushed by the weight OF
the auto No one witnessed the accl-
dent.
Hunting deer from a tree top cost
VIM. Nichols, of Sheldon, his life
Thursday. Nichols had climbed tree
to wait for a deer, and was seen by
Ray Evans, also of Sheldon, who mis-
took him for a bear and pumped three
shots into Nichols body, killing MIN
instantly. A coroner's jury exonerated
Evans.
The county board of supervisors in
Taylor county has passed a resolu-
ton demanding that there no longer
be an open season for deer hunting
in TAYLOR county 1t is the contention
of the board that the country is oy-
verrun with hunters every season,
many of whom are very careless IN the
handling of a gun.
Andrew Carlson, 10, of Marinette,
was instantly killed Sunday when a
blowout caused his car to turn over
in a ditch on Highway 81 near that
city. Carlson was pinned under the
car and suffered a broken neck and
crushed skull Other motorists re-
moved the body from under the car,
which was not damaged, and notified
the sheriff
Fred Oquist of Merrill, received
word Saturday that he had been rec
ognized by the U. S. Veterans Bureau
as a brother of Oscar Oquist who was
fatally wounded in France on Aug. 10,
1918 Fred was not aware his brother
had enlisted until the government ad-
vertised that $4,000 awaited relatives
of the dead hero. He advised the Of
ficials of his parents address in Ho-
kanso, Sweden, and the money will
be forwarded to them.
1udI ecu Will oil oOll III NOLll1ONIAO1A
with the burning of the Northern
Woodenware Co. plant at Crandon on
Dec. II, 1928, with a loss of nearly
100000, J. J. Hoehmke, AZ, secretary
and treasurer of the firm, was lodged
in the Forest county Jail by VIM. A.
Greenwald, deputy state fire marshal.
The fire marshal asserted that he had
worked on the case nearly year.
The fire marshal claims a switch was
thrown which charged wires that
earlier in the day had been crossed
to cause a short circuit.
Clark NJ Perry, federal prohibition
director of Wisconsin since Jan. 8,
1928, mailed his resignation to Wash
ington last week it is reported from
Milwaukee. Perry declared he was not
leaving under pressure, but that he
was discouraged with attempting to
enforce the law under the conditions
prevailing during his regime. He fur
Their declared he expected to make a
complete statement as soon as his
resignation was accepted by Roy
Haynes, national prohibition director,
and David H Blair, national internal
revenue commissioner.
The heaviest fine on record in south
ern Wisconsin for violation of the pro-
hibition laws was imposed upon Stan
islaus Makasaetes, "Big Steve" Beloit
alien, by Judge Geo. Grimm when he
sentenced the moonshine runner to
pay a fine of $4,000 and costs or
spend Is months in jail-the maxi
mum sentence. big Steve" was con-
victed after a short trial for trans
porting, possession, and importing il
legal liquor, and the court imposed
the limit fine of $1,000 on each count
The total fine amounts to $3045.25.
Fourteen Racine girls were fined for
violating the postal laws. Theye were
all students at the U. w, and have
been including letters in their pack
ages of laundry sent home at fourth
class mail rates They were fined So
each if they were contrite; those who
were indignant and protesting, drew
a fine of 81 and costs. One laundry
box was coming from a certain stu
dents home, and therein was a box of
candy on which was written "Cut this
edge with a sharp knife" That was
enough to break the postal law and
putt the whole box in first class mail.
Winnebago county health authori-
ties have sent a hurry-up warning to
all persons who attended dance at
Zion, Z miles west of Oshkosh, Friday
night advising all who had not been
recently vaccinated to have it done at
once. Lester Ross, young town of
Nelimi farmer. was not feeling well
Friday but went to the dance The
Vi oOrO11S everciSe made him fea1 U-nrSe
and he called OF a physician Satur-
day. He had a well-developed case of
and physicians are con-
vinced that the disease was so far
advanced Friday that every person
who attended the dance was exposed.
The case is the only one in the coun-
ty.
The charred body of 12-year-old
Mary Steiner was found Sunday
morning in the ruins of the Steiner
home on the j. A. Card farm, two and
1ne-ha1f miles west of Markesan. The
fire started Saturday night in the
man. The girl was asleep in a room
above the kitchen and the farm hand
shouted to awaken her. She answered
and reached the first floor where she
IS believed to have been overcome by
he smoke. In the ensuing excitement
t was believed the girl had reached
safety. but could not be found. The
tragedy was not discovered until day
break Sunday The Steiner family
was in Markesan at the time of the
hire. Their home was DESTROYED.
Mrs. Henry JTDnena who was af tha