Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-03
NEWS FROM
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WISCONSIN
Items Of Current
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spondency over ill health. He left a
family.
Floyd Johnson, II, was killed Mon
day when the automobile in which he
was riding with three companions oV-
erturned and was wrecked near Me-
nasha.
Mrs. Gustave Hanson, wife of
Villas county farmer, lost her life in
a fire which destroyed the Hanson
home near Conover. Other members OF
the household were slightly burned.
Clifford Worthington, Ontario, was
sentenced to four months in the county
iail for cruelty to animals. WOrthlng-
ton was found guilty of pouring acid
upon a dog, from the burns of which
the animal died.
DR.. w. F. Lorenz has resigned as
member of the state board of control,
Gov. J. J. Blaine announced Saturday.
The reason given for his retirement is
that he wishes to return to his profess
sional scientific work. The resigna-
ton is effective July LIST.
A large amount of fish eggs are re-
ported to be floating on the surface
of Klump creek, Lake KOShkOnong, on
the north shore. 1t is said that carp,
roofing in the mud, have probably COW
cred the eggs with sediment, causing
them to rot and rise with the result
ant gas.
To the fact that their daughter had
stayed till 2 a. m. at a dance Mr. and
Mrs. Ebert Barnes, living on farm
near Beloit, owe their lives. Return
ing from the dance the girl found the
IN n
ing in time for the family to escape in
their nightclothes. A dog sleeping in
the kitchen had been burned to death
before it could arouse the family.
Arthur r. Hirst, former chief state
highway engineer, and candidate for
governor in 1924, has been elected
vice president of the American Vibro-
lithic Co., Des Moines. He will have
charge of the company's activities in
IL states along the Atlantic coast. The
company is engaged in the manufac-
ture of road material. 1t is reported
that the new position carries with 1t
a salary of $4,000 year.
The Gwidt bill to levy tax OF 2
cents a package on cigarettes lost in
the senate Is toll. An amendment by
Senator Teasdale, Sparta, to approp-
riate 100000 to be used for conser-
walton work out of the proceeds of the
tax, passed The vote on non-concur-
renee was 10 to IL. The upper house
put on final passage the A. E. Smith
bill to divert the states share of the
inheritance tax to the school fund.
On reconsideration it lost Is to ID.
Losing her head when she saw an
approaching train and fearing she
would not be able to control her car,
Mrs. A. G.. Eichstaedt, sheboygan,
jumped from her machine, leaving the
motor in gear. Her companion, Mrs.
A. E. Mallmann, Sheboygan, also
Jumped The car continued forward
and crashed into the train head on,
turning and going up the track to
meet it. The engineer had stopped his
train and the collision would not have
occurred, if the automobile had had
a driver. Mrs. Eichstaedt suffered
serious injury to her hip in the jump
to the pavement.
Fire of mysterious origin, which
completely destroyed the interior OF
the home of Mrs. John Piech at White
water Saturday morning, is being in
vestigated. Neighbors were awakened
by loud blast, and arriving on the
scene, found the house a mass of
flames. A small coupe was reported
speeding down the street at the time.
Mrs. Piech, who is nurse, had been
away from home since last Tuesday.
On her return Saturday she declared
there was nothing in the building to
cause an explosion. The loss was es-
timated at several thousand dollars,
partially covered by insurance.
The Chippewa Indians on the Cou-
deray reservation near Couderay are
getting ready to put on two-day cell
ebration at Reserve the Indian viii
lage, Saturday and Sunday. This is
the first of the Indian dances for this
season. and the celebration will fea-
ture the chief dance, squaw dance and
sweet corn dance in addition to the
regular pow WOW. The dancing will
take place at the American Legion
dance hall, and the dancing Saturday
will be in honor of the many Chippe
wa Indians from this reservation that
took part in the World war. Several
were killed in France, some of the
bodies returned to Reserve and others
buried in France.
Yeggs gained only experience in
DlaSt1nS open the SAFE DIT the bTluh-
man general store in Alton. A year
ago thieves damned the lock of the
safe and it was not used since. Mon
day morning yeggs blasted the safe,
the force of the explosion blowing the
door through a counter and show case
and breaking nearly all the windows.
Fred Albrecht, Watertown farmer,
during the last Is years has fattened
and marketed more than 500 stuffed
geese-famous on the menu card as
'Watertown goose"-receiving ap-
proximately $4,000. He started farm
ing 81 years ago as hired man. To-
day he owns a 260-acre farm, herd
of rs pure-bred Holstein cattle, and
is worth around $75,000-made by
practical farming. Albrecht has had
geese weighing as hig has 36 pounds.
last Christmas he sold AZ fat geese
for s725, an average of SLIPS per
goose. Last year 1900 stuffed geese,
valued at $4,000, were shipped from
Watertown. In addition, $50 tons of
stabilized geese and ducks were shipped
during the year from the Watertown
district to the eastern markets at