Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-23
HAS THE MAN FOR fireplace.

admirably fill the position probably
better than any other man In Grant
county; because there Is no doubt |
that he has made greater and
more scientific study of road-bulld-
ing than any other citizen. de has
been building roads for years, and
since permanent work was estab- !
lished over L 200 rods of the best
roads in the county attest his ef1-
cheney. Andrew Roberts is and
ALWAYS was an enthusiast for good
roads, not only for the sake or
building them but for having them
as we'll. He has made close study
of every thing pertaining to the
work and the cost of same, gaining
knowledge from close observation
and experience. His roads built
some years ago wear better and are
smoother than any other work with
which we are acquainted. He
thoroughly understands the handl-
ing OF a force of men, grading,
foundations, gravel and crushed
dressing, reducing impossible hills
preventing water wash, avoidance
of digging unsightly and dangerous
bitches, and, in fact. all phases OF
the work. Mr.. Roberts is without
doubt one of the most practical and
scientific road builders in this
part of the state. The county
board should choose a man whose
record proves his efficiency, Such
a man is Mr.. Roberts, the quality
and expense of whose work are on
record. He IS modest, and not a
man to butt in; but if the board
will look to his work, the office will
seek the man, without doubt. His
appointment would mean much for
goodroads.
NO SMALL P0x.
At this writing there is no small
pox in this village, and the schools
are once more running along
smoothly, with the expectation Of
bringing absentees of recent date
up to the mark. Strict quarantine
regulations maintained by the
board of health soon stamped out
the disease. These rules work hard
ship in some cases and produce
much hard feeling. but it is the
only way to check the disease.
SUMMONED TO COURT.
A number of our people have
been summoned to appear as wit
nesses in the case in which several
OF our young men are defendants,
charged with a serious crime. The
case will come up in circuit court in
Lancaster on Wednesday. While
conviction of the crime charged
would merit punisb14s0flt, the cir
curnstauces sp-netImes proves so
naouIiar o-d prOvOcatiOn so great
+bot-~anvict1on is out of the ques-
-s4oD, while q less serious charge
would be the means of conviction.
The boys are defended by Attorneys
Philipson of this CITY and Lowry of
Lancaster.
LOCAL.
At the GAYS Mills fair last week
Joe Greer pitched three games of
good ball. On Thursday he helped
Boscobel defeat Viola by s. score of
IL to 5. On Friday with Gays Mills
he defeated the black Tennessee
Rate by a score of to 8, and in
the afternoon pitched for Boscobei
against LaFarge, the game going
against him by the narrow margin |
of 8 to 2. The L,aFarge team was
considered the strongest in several |
counties.
Mrs. A. Foster and granddaltgh-
ter Helen Combs are visiting at the |
home of Harvey Foster in Water
town.
The town of Patch Grove is
putting in a long piece of good
permanent road by the j. O. Parker
farm on the Bloomington-P Patch
Grove road. They finish off the
top with crushed rock from their
new crusher, which works nicely.
Such material is expensive but nice.
The special sales advertised by
several of our merchants attracted
a large number of purchasers to
town Saturday. Business was on
the move.
Everett Faust, who has been
taking treatment for rheumatism at
Prairie du Chen, is now able to be
about. He expects to return home
this week.
Some of the school children aud
teachers had a party in the city hall
Friday. evening.
Mis- Clara HOlford of Battle /
Creek, Mich, Is a guest Of relatives