Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-01

John Patton, Phillip Patton and
George Mills, giving their ages at Is
and 10 years, were captured at Pra.
due Chen, by Peter Larocque, dep
uty sheriff. The arrests followed an
hours pursuit through the yards.
The young men are charged with the
looting of the Pro. du Chen Wooden
] Mill Co. safe and the theft of $500 in
cash. The exact sum of money stolen
was found in the possession of the
young bandits. They had applied for
work and while an office girl stepped
into the mill to call the superintendent
they rif1ed the safe and fled. The dep
uty captured the young men unarmed
and forced them to enter his car.
They were taken to the county jail.
{ H. r. Page of Richland Center, who
has been at the Wales sanitarium To-"
the past two years, come home We'd
nesday, discharged from the institu-
ton as cured. His condition was such
that he entertained no hopes of ever
being we'll. His condition improved
shortly after entering the sanitarium,
and today he is well and hearty. Mr..
Page expects to spend the summer on
his farm at Bloom City, and says it
| will seem mighty good to get back on
the home place among the hills.-Re-
publican.
Four arrests were made Friday at
the brewing plant of the Monroe Prod
uctS Co., in an action to close the
brewery by injunction. Fred j Blu
mer, Adam Blumer, Jacob Blumer and
John Schauer, officials of the company,
have furnished $1,000 bonds for their
appearance in court on April 16. A.
E. Wells, treasurer of the company is
in California and has so far escaped
service. The arrests are the outcome
of evidence obtained in the federal ar
rest of Leon Schmidt, Monroe grocer.
$50 tons of tobacco were shipped out
of Reedstown on the Kickapoo one day
last week. The shipment comprised
1,037 cases and was about the biggest
ever known to leave the Kickapoo
valley. The tobacco was shipped to
Otto Eiseulohi & Bros. of Lancaster,
Pa, and will be used in the manufac
ture of Cinco cigars.
A city athletic field with cinder
path, base ball and foot ball fields,
bleachers, shelter houses and lockers
is being promoted on land owned by
the city of Mineral Point. The city
already has a fine municipal bathing
beach and municipal theatre. The
school district and citv will unite on
the athletic proposition,
plant for the manufacture Of pow
dered milk will be erected at Brown
town, Green county, by the Merrill
Soule Co. of Syracuse, n. Y, at cost
of $150,000 Well drilling is now go
ing on and building operations will
start soon The plant will have a cap
acity of 100000 pounds of milk and
will employ 40 people.
E. f. Byrum, formerly resident OF
Stockton, died at Lincoln, Nebraska,
Wednesday. March II, aged 80 years
and seven months. Death was due to
a paralytic stroke suffered four weeks
before, from which the old gentleman
never regained consciousness.
The Interstate Power Co. is negOtia-
ting for the requirement of the Cass-
vile electric plant, now operated by
the village. The argument of having
24-hour service is finding favor with
The business interests of the town.
At Blanchardville the people will
vote on proposal to sell the city light
and water plant to the Wisconsin Elec-
trio Co. which will operate it on "a
hour guarantee of service.
Sufficient acreage has been secured
so that a pickle sailing station will be
installed at LaFarge the cominb sum-
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