Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week. From Tri-
State Area.

The State Highway Commission has
set aside fund of $4,000 for the I'M
provement of the roads in Devils Lake
state park.
An inventory of the soils of Sank
county begun in other years Will be
completed this year by the Wisconsin
Soil Survey,
Wesley Larabee of Wauzeka, sec
ond offender on booze matters, pald
a fine of $500 and costs in Crawford
county for bootlegging.
The bankers of Crawford county
have recently completed the organl-
cation of a county bankers assoc1a-
ton. w. R. Graves, of Pra. du Chlen,
was elected president, Thos. Taylor
of Seneca, vice president and II. A;
Vaughan, of Wauzeka, secretary ana
treasurer.
Albert C. Johnson of Soldiers Grove
has announced that he will seek the
office of state senator from the dis
tricts composed of Crawford, Vernon
and Grant counties. He has served IN
the assembly, has been a banker at
Soldiers Grove and is now connected
with the tobacco pool.
Minneapolis to Chicago bus line
has been established. 1t will traVel
down the Mississippi through Has
tings. Red Wing, Winona, La crosse,
Raraboo, Madison and Milwaukee, ana
twentv-tWo hours will be the running
time between the two cities. A nlght S
sion over will be made on the trip.
The Muscoda Progressive announc-
es that the affairs of the Muscoda
CT
ened out that the business can pc
sold in thirty days. }. w. Ennis, Oh
the Wisconsin Telephone CO., mas
been appointed as referee IN the mat
fer and will conduct the sale OF the
property
leo Peckham, of West Lima, had a
narrow escape last FRIDAY, Wnlle
chonnine down a tree. The tree fell
in an opposite direction from Whlch ne
intended it should and caught hll'
knocking him down and falling across
his body Luckily it was small tree
or else he would have been Instantly
killed: but he escaped with spraln-
ed ankle and is still walking Win
crutches.
AtIey Ewing was arrested last week
when he was found in badly ntoX-
icated condition at Bashford mn
when returning to his home at Syl-
van from Richland Center. Before
Judge Lincoln he plead guilty and re-
ceived a sentence of 5000 and costs.
He told the authorities of buying the
st11ff in the city, having been accost-
ed bv a moonshiner VINO nrSt save
him a drink and then offered him some
for sale 1t proved his undoing, and ne
might have met with an accident
while returning home so badly was
he knocked out by the liquor, ana ne
had some of it still in his possession
when taken by the authorities.-Dem-
ocrat. H.
o. E. Carr, city manager OF Du-
buoue, is under Indictment for al
legged violation of a section OF the
Iowa statute which prohibits city
nagers from taking part in cleo
tions held for the purpose of elect
mo counciImen. This Indictment
returned by the grand jury before
Iudge p. ]. Nelson in district court
tuesday afternoon, is regarded by
many as one that will preclpltate an
extremely unique situation. Some
changes in Iowa statutes may result
from it. Specifically, City Manager
Carr is charged with taking part in
the campaign preceding the recent
CITY election when Councilman Har-
Ian G.. Melchoir and Ed Schrempt
were reelected as members OF the
city council.