Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-07


miles. There is a detour near Memo
minee into Galena.
Judge w. T. Kelsey, pioneer of the
Sank county bar and county judge
| there for % years, died Sept 10, at
the age of 80 years.
In tearing away porch at the Reub
! Miller home at Boscobel, workmen
unearthed three spotted adders. The
Dial says they are rare in that vicin-
ity.
Amos Rury, Savanna farmer, raised
cucumber that weighed five pounds
and measured Is and one-fourth in.
long. 1t was IA inches in circumfer-
ence.
The Richland county highway COM
mission has notified all parties con-
cerned that signs along the highway
must be removed during the month of
October or such signs will be removed
by patrolmen.
| Robt Harris of Lime Ridge, Sank
six months. In addition he was fined
| $40 and costs for driving while in
| toxicated. This is the first case of
padlocking car in Sank county.
Instead Of adopting the costly and
wasteful method of snow removal on
| it's highways Rock county is putting
| in ten miles of snow fence to prevent
drifting. Two and a half miles built
last fall proved successful in keeping
the road open.
torney r. T. Jackson of Mineral Pit,
drove the fifth hole Of the Blue Grass
Country Club course in one stroke.
The feat is attested to by J. J. Fled
Ter, Bill Huston and Dave Jackson Of
Mineral Point.
The Cobb Canning Co. reports a
light run Of early peas, the late pack
being much heavier. The largest run
was $4,000 cans in day. An effort
was made to put the harvested pea
ground into sweet corn but this did
not prove satisfactory.
A Richland Center jury disagreed in
the case against DR.. c. N. Heth, who
is charged with violation Of the pro-
hibition law. Evidence against DR..
Heth and several others was secured
by a special Investigator who worked
the county for months.
Last Wednesday, the Grand Lodge
of Wisconsin dedicated the new Ma
sonic temple at Madison. Next to the
state capitol it is the finest structure
in the city. 1t is the finest Masonic
temple in the state, cost $750,000 and
is but two blocks from the capitol
square.
George Kobdish of Platteville has
leased the 1919 acre Chamley farm
near Livingston and will prospect for
ore. George Chamley took IS tons of
jack and a quarter of a ton of lead
from a prospect on the place last
winter. Kobdish will put ten men at
work at once.
Joseph Bauer, Galena, poking a
squirrel out of a hole with rifle,
shot his brother-in-law, Clyde Green,
in the foremarm. The shot penetrated
Green's arm above the elbow, LAGER
ating the flesh badly. Green was con-
veyed to a Dubuque hospital. His in
jury is not serious.
The hunting season opened Oct. 1,
with rabbits first in order. The bag
limit is five day. Squirrels cannot
be legally shot until Nov. 1, and the
bag limit is five day. On skunk and
raccoon the open season extends from
Nov 1, to Jan. l. with no limit. Deer
cannot be shot this year.
The Hanover Wooden Mill Co. en-
tertained it's employees with a picnic
and vaudeville show. 1900 pounds of
meat were shipped in from Chicago in
fireless cookers. 5000 buns and 40
pounds of butter were used in prepar-
| ing sandwiches. 100 cases of pop
were drunk by the multitude.
A large dairy barn on the farm of
Dennis Ostrom, near Viroqua, was hit
by lightning and burned to the ground
with a loss of $4,000. While the
storm was at it's height, six dairy
COWS and purebred bull were killed
| by lightning on the farm of Adolphus
Sanwick, neighbor of Ostrem's.
Game wardens and Izaak Walton
league members rescued 5000 bass,
croppies and sunfish out of small
lake near Harris slough west of Ga
lena The fish were live and ener-
getic and it is thought would have
persisted had they been left in the
small lake which is drying up. The
rescued fish were placed in Harris
slough.
Miss Florence Vaughan Reinking OF
Baraboo held a dahlia show at the
Hotel Lorraine, Madison, Wednesday.
She planted 5000 bulbs and has some
wonderful blooms produced by eros
sing different dahliaS. A great part
of her product is shipped to Chicago.
Mrs. Reinking is a native of Platte
vile. For many years she has devot-
her time to dahlia production.
Mrs. Clara Johnson, former resident
of Richland county, committed suicide
by shooting the top of her head off
with Winchester rifle at her home in
Iron Mountain, Mich. Johnson re-
turned from work to find his wife
in pool of blood. Three shots were
fired and one bullet grazed the leg of
a 12-year-old son. The body was
brought back to Richland county for
burial which took place at Pleasant
Ridge.
Chas. Brownell of Ithaca pleaded
guilty to a violation of the prohibition
law and was fined $1,000 and costs.
! Having no funds he is still in Jail to
stay there for six months unless he
produces the cash. The case grew
ont of thp continued tOnino Of ono