Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-04-10

Robert Quinn is on a vacation
trip to his home in Columbus.
Urban ana Orilla Smith, of Fen
nlmore, visited friends hare last
week.
Mrs. Fl. Z. Gri1ble. of Platte
vile. is visiting at the Frank Schrei-
ner home.
Rob Glenn, Of Wyalusing, stopped
here Wednesday on his way home
from Milwaukee.
Misses Carrie and Louisa Wett9r
spent Friday at the Frank Benner
home near Liberty.
The Lancaster students who are
attending the q Of W. at Madison
were home last week
--Chas. BrandemuhI, proprietor Of
the Philips House. is on a business
trip to Miles City, Montana.
The Easter vacation is now over
and students and instructors are again
at work in the public schools.
Richard Matthews has gone to
Grand Rapids, Mich. where he will
remain at least for the summer.
Mrs. Bert Draggs and son
Richard were down from Fennimore
few days last week visiting relatives.
Mrs. VIM. Adams and Mrs.
Orville Armfeld. of Monftort were
Lancaster callers between trains Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Trentzsch
went to Chicago Wednesday where
Mr.. Trentzsch went to a hospital for
treatment to cure a growth in his
neck.
Miss Gladys Jordan, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob't Jordan, who is
attending school in Milwaukee, spent
last week with the Geo. Pearson
family in Chicago. The vacation is
E. L. Chandler, of Glen" Haven,
came over Saturday to bring his son
Bert and Clyde Roth back to school.
Mr.. Chandler spent the night at the
Herman Roth home. returning to
Glen Haven Sunday.
The Farmers Telephone Com
pany has purchased a new switch
board for the local exchange. It has
not been installed as yet but will be
within a few days and will make
great improvement as we'll as making
the operators work more pleasant and
convenient.
-Platteville people are trying to
arouse an interest in base ball and
aim to have a city team during the
coming season. Lancaster surely
ought to keep up with Platteville and
why can not we have a city team for
the season? If some one will start
the scheme others will no dodbt join
in and help.
-Bigh school boys will open their
baseball season next Saturday, April
18th, playing game with the Fen
nilnore high school team at Fenni-
more. Looking over the results of
the games played last fall Lancaster
will have good team and the games
played here during the season will be
we'll worth seeing.
R. A. Draper, who has been the
county agent for the Wilson Monarch
remedies is advertising his residence
property for sale and is Offering the
county agency to the right man. Mr..
Draper and his family are going to
leave Lancaster within the next two
weeks and will 60 to the Minnesota
State Sanitarium, located three miles
from Walker, Mimi, where Mr..
Draper is to hold the position as
supervisor of the farming department.
Dr. Merle Draper. his son, is an as
sistant physician in the state institu.
tion which, is new in all respects and
will prove pleasant and enjoyable
place to locate. The family will be
greatly missed by their host of friends
in and about this city where they
have been active in all lines of work,
their daughter Helen especially in
the musical work of the city in which
she has helped in many ways.
1t now locks as though farm
help would be scarcer than ever the
coming season. and many farmers do
not view the prospect with pleasure.
This continued and growing scarcity
of labor for the farm is one of the
problems of the time Young men
find in the industrial life in the cities
opportunities which appeal to them
and they flock there, frequently for
temporary positions which finally