Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-01
BAGLEY.
correspondence to the Herald.

describing that wonderful tlmDered
country. Mr.. B. is saving an i'm
mense amount of lumber and has
worked up to a point where he IS
reckoned among the leaders in that
traffic. Re represented his district
in the legislature. Mr.. Boarman
says, it will take years and years to
cut all the logs in Flathead Co.
Miss Lenare Thedens and brother
Fred, of SlbleY, Iowa, spent two
weeks with Geo. Hauster's folks
and other relatives.
One of our enterprising farmers,
Jack Hill, fell from load of wood
last week and was severely hurt,
ribs fractured and hip nearly dis
located. DR.. Mecum attended him,
and patient is doing well. HILLS
little son was just recovering from
pneumonia.
Geo. Harris shipped car load OF
hogs last Wednesday.
Len Stagman has large bunch
of logs on hand, and is now saving
with a full force of hands. We
have 2 saw mills, one near town
and the other 2 miles out of town.
Fred Schrunk says don't skimp
your cattle in feed. He has some
hay yet on hand, both tame and
wild. The winter thus far is very
mild, but we might have a cold
backward spring.
j. T. Clifton, our busy as a bee
hardware man, and Eli Mill1n, the
we'll known road overseer, took in
the telephone meeting at Mt. Hope
last week. We didn't hear what
they did, but we suppose, in the
future, less gossip and more busl-
ness talk will go over the line.
Miss Jessie Ready, assistant in
the postoffice at Alma, Wis sent
Mr.. and Mrs. John HarviIl some
nice photograph views of that love-
lY little town, situated on the river
banks in Buffalo county.
Our school, conducted by four
teachers is in fiourishing condl-
ton. We have two churches and
no saloon. The Sunday school at
the M. E. church is among the best
in the county. We have several
stores and a blacksmith shop. If
you have business with the Burling
Ion. you will find Agent Jim Horn
by a very obliging and pleasant
man to deal with. T. E. Brodt
keeps BagIey State bank. Our
little city is only about 20 years old
and is about ready to incorporate,
The original town pat is now all
full, more ground has been added
and surveyed into lots, and still we
continue to grow, and right here
let me say, any one desiring home
In town. here is your chance, cheap
fuel, either coal or wood, the best
of water at every mans door with
little expense, and rich, fertile val
ley 20 build on and make garden.
Good school and churches, society
as good as any other place; railroad
facilities, plenty near by, bodies of
water, lakes, ponds, Sloughs, and
lagoOns, to boat ride, fish hunt and
skate on. Postofice center with
two rural mail routes, and in the
matter of building material, we
have unrivaled advantages; rock
and sand handy by; our mills saw
birch, maple, elm, walnut and oak.
We also manufacture good quality
of brick, so you see you can build
cheaper here than most any where
else. We hope in time to introduce
more manufacturing, which is
bound to give us an extra boom.
Oh yes, l forgot to mention that
nice boy baby at Tom Harvili's.
Rom said we were too busy to weigh
the lad, but they estimated him at
IL to Is pounds. They now have
nice family, of 8 boys and . girls,
and Tom says, that will help him
talk fine on the dairy cow at the
Millville Farmers Institute.
At the annual meeting of the
Bagley state bank which was held
few days ago, the following directors
were elected: II. L. Harvey, Pres,
t. Newman, Vice Pres, w. f.
LindemanD, Cashier, A. r. Calkins
and T. E. Brodt. All matt srs were
reported in satisfactory condition.
At the recent election of the
Methodist Sunday school, the fol-
lowing officers were chosen: Sup
erintendent, w. F. Lindemann;
organist, Mrs L. d. Jenkins; secre-
tary, Lottie Thiessa; treasurer, Hor-
tense Nagle. We are glad to note a
growing school.
This is cold day, and U & 1
bt.tter stOD writing and warm Our