Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-01

method of travelling for years. the
present revival of interest in bicycling
seems to be more among the younger
element. The new bicycles ordered
by local dealers, are all of the latest
make and are right up to date in
every particular. Many secondhand
wheels are also being disposed of dur
ing the craze.
The automobile owned by the
Carroll Bros. went through here We'd
nesday enroute tor Lancaster with the
projectors In charge of Deputy Sheriff
Jay Harcleroad. who had been to
Prairie du Chen to arrest them on the
charge of exceeding the speed limit
when their auto caused John Champ
ion to have such a mixup with his
horse when he met them on the road
southeast of town a fortnight ago.
The CAROLS will perhaps begin to re-
alize some time that there are state
laws regarding reckless running with
an automobile. Bloomington Record.
Carl Brandemuehl and Merle
Walker charged with assault and
battery were arrested last week on
complaint of Chas. Flitsch and ar
raigned in Justice FL L. Moses court
Friday. This grew out of a dispute
which the parties concerned engaged
in while threshing August %. Words
led to bio VS., with the usual result.
On the same day that the above
named parties were arrested. Merle
Walk r made complaint of assault
and battery against Chas. Flitsch and
Ora Hudson. Justice Moses set Sept.
s as the date for both of these hear
ings. t ..4 aa:.a
As big attraction at the Grant
County Fair the management has SCI
cured the Galena independents and
Dixon Crowns to play a couple of
games of ball. Fans in this section.
know the strength of the Galena team
and can estimate the speed of the
Browns from the fact that couple of
weeks ago they defeated the Chicago
White Sox 1 to 0 in an exhibition
game. They perhaps couldn't do it
again in a century and the victory
was probably due more to their pitch
er's good work than anything else,
but it still remains that they possessed
the "pep" and stick to-itiveness''
necessary to accomplish feat seldom
dreamed of by an Independent team.
The two games are sure to be inter
esting. Do not miss them by any
means.
1t has been remarked many times
by local citizens that the number of
squirrels within the, city limits has
greatly decreased during the past year.
Although they are yet quite numerous
there are by no means SO many of
them as there were year ago. It is
said by some that this apparent de-
crease is due to the fact that they are
scattered over greater territory than
formerly; that two and three years
ago they were all living in few
lawns, while now they are to be
found in any part OF the city. This
may be true but it is generally
thought that through some unknown
agency their numbers have surprising
ly dwiudled. Dogs have killed many of
them but as they have been we'll pro-
tected it is hardly probable that the
decrease is due solely to this cause.
It is also said that there are nearly as
many in town as in the country, so
it is hardly probable that they are
leaving the protection of the town
jewellers. Aside from his occasional
propensity for gnawing through the
roofs of dwelling houses the squirrel
hasnot proven to be the great nuisance
that it was said he would, when
his living in this city was first en-
Outraged some years ago.
"A recent issue of the Underwrit
ers Reporter, an insurance paper pub
lished in San Francisco, contains an
article commencing the work of Fred
Fisher. a former Lancaster boy, son of
G. Fisher of this city. Mr..
Fisher is connected with the Spokane
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance
Co. and is ''leading 'em all" in the
number of policies that he is writing.
His annual average to a policy is said
to be So. 900 We quote from the ar
ticle: "a remarkable feature of Mr..
Fischer's work lies in the fact that all
of his business Is secured in the coun
try districts. He says that he has
never had any desire to work in the
cities. When it is remembered that
this agents field is the comparatively
sparsley settled states of Idaho and