Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-16
BLOOMINGTON.

lodge or the city adopted class OF
eleven applicants. as follows: Fred
Hickok, Jesse Sawyer. Burnell Addi-
son, Chas. Addison, Will Smith.
Guernsey Abraham, Elmer Wager,
Hugh Horsfall, Elgie Cooley, Harry
Wetmore. Earl Taylor. Mr.. Taylor
joined BagleY lodge. but went in
with the class here. State Deputy B.
f. Keller of Lacrosse was present and
assisted in the ceremonies, as were
also delegations from nearly every
neighboring lodge. In fact, the hall
was fairly crowded. A bountiful
supper was served at Lizzie Hickok's
restaurant. 1t was lively evening
for Woodmeu, and all were glad to
be there.
Basketball. Bloomington high
school has one of the swiftest basket
ball teams in the state, and during
the Christmas recess, after they have
done their duty to their studies, they
will spend the week playing several
teams down state. They have
matches with the teams at Dodge
Vile, Mt. Horeb, Albany, Brodhead,
Monroe, and Platteville. The city
team of Monona, Iowa, will come
here for a game with our boys on
Friday evening of this week. Our
bows beat Monona once here, but
the visitors had a timid referee,
which put them at a disadvantage.
The game Friday night will be
everybody's game until the finish.
The Bloomington team will be made
up of Leo BARLEY, Gurnsey Abraham,
Foster Porter, Fred Hickok, Paul Nc
Namara, Harley Pohle.
Return the Records. "A petition is
being circulated, asking the legisla-
ture to pass law, requiring the
records of vital statistics to be re-
turned from thu state capital to
various county seats Of the state. Let
everybody go the bank and sign it.
1t was the height of folly and
stupidity to permit the removal of
these valuable records from the court
houses to Madison. The home people
are the ones who need these records
most. IF the state wants the informa-
tion, let it come and copy it.
Paying the Loss.-The members of
the hail insurance company nearly
all have paid their heavy assessments
for the June loss. and the few re-
naming are expected to come in
this week and finish up the business.
One cause of so much trouble was the
circulation of false stories as to
expense. etc. The expenses of the
assessment will be about 50, 600. in
Guiding the two per cent. commits
sion allowed by law. The assessment
footed up about SO 900.
Holidays. The holiday trade was
on in full swing In this place Satur-
day. The stores were crowded and
people were carrying away loads OF
packages. Mrs. Eugene Sawyer and
Mrs. Lee Greer are helping out in
Greers during the holiday rush. They
are conducting a special advertised
sale. j. B. Ludden with an equal
force of five trained people is prepared
for the rush with a fine stock artis-
tically arranged Five people are
hopping around the Jay store, taking
care of the crowd Of customers. Miss
Soellner and Louie Myers are the
extras here The cooperative store
also has the usual number of five
employed at the counters, the extra
help being Mrs. Arndt and Miss
Heiner. Ora Hatch has his drug
store trimmed for the occasion, with
the usual five people giving attention
TO the public needs, Mrs. Hatch and
Foster Porter doing the ezra business.
A. j. Frazier's store is doing full
share of holiday business. Ora
8rodt's jewelry store shines with
bright holiday goods, all ready for
inspection. Some neat home made
holiday goods are offered for sale at
the ladies' exchange, library room.
The Kitto and GiIligan hardware
stores have lot of special goods for
the holiday season.
Leroy Stone. Announcement OF
the sudden death of Leroy Stone at
Stockton, Calf, lsat Monday night
surprised and shocked many friends
here. Leroy had been ailing some
time, and his employer was trying to
induce him to take a vacation. On
the last morning he promised to rest
after the holidays; but that day he
was taken i'll, and lived but few
hours. His father. Mayor G. W.
Stone, was starting for California
in response 70 telegraphic announce