Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-18


yards of geese on three farms near
Mauston. Samples of the substance
taken from the geese has been sub
mitted to jewellers and been pro-
nounced gold. About seven months
ago Conrad Volling found traces OF
the precious metal in a goose killed
on his farm; three weeks ago James
Peach found some of the same IN
geese raised on his farm and Satur-
day a Mr.. Neuberg brought to town
some that was taken from goose
killed that day. All the farms are
in one neighborhood. Small streams
run through the farms but there does
not appear to be any of the minerals
in them.
Twelev thousand gallons of gasoline
were destroyed at Maplewood, near
Sturgeon Bay, on Wednesday, When
the faucets in the big storage plant at
that place were found open by train
men, Smelling the gasoline, the train
men started an investigation and found
the faucets open and the gasoline in
the bitches alongside the tracks. Door
county officials were notified and the
railroad track fenced in as a precau-
tion to prevent a fire. An investigation
was started to determine how the fau-
Gets were opened.
The will of the late Fred w. Upham,
former national treasurer of the Re-
publican party and president of the
Consumers Co., filed at Chicago, 1nd1-
Gated an estate of $250,000, the bulk
of which was left to the widow, Mrs.
Helen Hall Upham. The largest be-
quest was for S50,000 left to a nephew
Fred Upham Everhard, of Ripon. A
sister. Mrs Ppham Everhard, was Civ
en- a life income of $500 month and
Frank Everhard was bequeathed the
sum of $4,000.
Elmer Peters, 81, held in the coun-
ty Jail at Marinette awaiting trial on
a charge of nOn-SuppOrt preferred by
! his wife, almost succeeded in an at
| tempt to end his own life wednesday
night when he set fire to the mattress
of his cell bed. Since last Sunday he
has refused to eat and since his in
generation Jan. Is, has made repeated
attempts to batter out his brains by
beating his head on the cell wall.
The United States Supreme court on
Tuesday handed down a decision tC
the effect that prohibition enforcement
agents can lawfully stop and search
an automobile without warrant. The
decision which was given in a case
appealed from the state of Michigan
automatically kills the decision to the
contrary given out by the state OF
Wisconsin prohibition department
about year ago.
The assembly labor committee re-
ported in a measure providing fol
state aid to prospective mothers fol
a period of six months before and Si1
months after the birth of a child wher
poverty would tend to undermine the
health of either the parent or infant
This would dovetail with the present
maternity pension bill, but is wordet
so that beneficiaries would not re.
ceive both aids.
The Sauthoff bill to give the U. w
$250,000 gymnasium, without cost tC
the state, was sent to engrossment in
the state senate last week. The pro
posed gym which would be paid fol
on the installment plan out of admis-
sions to University games, will be
ready next fall if the measure goes
thru the lower house where no opposi-
ton is anticipated
/ A total of 40 sentences were i'm
posed by Federal Judge Luse at SUI
perior Wednesday for violation Of the
! liquor and narcotics act. Four SEN
fences were held open, and several
who pleaded not guilty, had trial dates
set. The prosecution was in the hands
of Stanley Ryan, GAINESVILLE, assistant
| federal district attorney.
Two fiery crosses, believed to have
been fired by Ku KluX Khan members
burned at Ladysmith Monday night
Previous to lighting the crosses, a
heavy charge of dynamite was ct off
which gave the flaming crosses an au-
dience of almost the entire population
of the city.
Eldin, Z, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
mold Grimm, Menasha, fractured both
/ his legs when they became caught in
the wheel of a wagon on which he
was riding to school. One leg was
fractured in two places and the other
in one place.
Thrown 40 feet when the coupe he
was driving was struck by North
Western passenger train at a crossing
| in Oakfeld, Frank Smith, %, narrow
| ly escaped death. He suffered a brok-
en- right arm and bruises about the
body.
The creamery at Chetek put in ma
chinery in the plant for the manufac-
ture of buttermilk -four This by-pro-
duct increased the income of the
creamery $5,321.S0.
Miss Ida Miller of Racine and Owen
Young of Mineral Point were married
Wednesday. They will reside at Ra-
cine.