Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30

nesday from the Plattveille normal,
to spend the holiday vacation here.
Miss Helen Abrams, of Patch
Grove, is the guest of Miss Jessie
Humphrey at the G. H. Basford
home.
Rev. and Mrs. Louis Schmidt,
daughter Meta and son Paul visited
at the Rev. Recht home in Liberty,
Monday.
Frank w. Van Dusen is at his
old-time home for short visit with
his mother, Mrs. w. H. Van Dusen,
and his sisters.
Mrs. Isabel Kelly, of Dubuque,
came Thursday to spend Christmas
week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kilburg.
Miss Flora Rothschild came
Thursday from Minneapolis, where
she is teaching, to spend the holidays
with her father Vim. Rothschild.
Matt Steil, of Bismark, S. D.,
returned to his work Monday after
spending Christmas with his mother
Mrs. Peter Steil, and daughter,
Anna.
C. E. Tuffiey and family motor
ed over from their home in Marion,
Saturday to spend the day at the E.
L. Mccoy home, returning the same
evening.
William Dickie left Monday for
his home in Topeka, Kansas, after
spending Christmas with his daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret at the A. c.
Morse home.
Miss Jessie Hannum, who is
taking training course as nurse at
Mary Thompson hospital, in Chicago,
arrived Wednesday night to spend
the holidays at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cook and
baby returned to their home in Fenni-
more, Monday, after visiting over
Christmas with Mr.. Cooks parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cook. T@a
ID. S. Bascom and H. H., Hus-
ton, of Madison, arrived Sunday for
visit with Dick Brown and Roy
Fischer, who are home from the Uni
versity for the holidays.
-Thos. j. Watson, of Livingston,
was in town and made the Herald
pleasant call last Wednesday. He is
one of the newly elected trustees
from the nth ward of that thriving
village.
Fred Godfrey. who came home
to spend Christmas with his parents.
DR.. and Mrs. Joseph Godfrey, left
Sunday for Galena, ILL.,, where he is
employed as bookkeeper for big
manufacturing concern.
w. L. Miller and wife, of
Dallas, South Dakota, arrived on
Thursday to spend Christmas week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Montgomery Miller. Will says he
likes the country out there and is
meeting with his full share of
prosperity.
December crop reports show that
in nearly every article of farm pro-
duce the crop for 1914 laid it over
any other year in the matter of vol
ume. And so it was in Wisconsin.
Generally the price is better than for
several years, although corn is a bit
below last year.
| There is a recommendation be-
fore congress to reduce the salaries
of postmasters in cities of certain
size in Wisconsin, as in other states.
This puts the pay of the Platteville
official to about $4,000. 1t would
cut the pay of the Milwaukee post
master from 5000 to SIS, 800.
Both the Wright house and the
Hotel linda are advancing rates on
January /. Thereafter guests will
be asked to pay $3.50 per day, so
cents a meal, and ST for room.
The high cost of living, and the high
quality of living they furnish are the
/ reasons for making the changes.
Like advance in rates at hotels in
this section of the country is the
general rule.
Just as the weather began to get
good and snug, the Wright house
steam system got gay. One boiler
burst, and while the other did its
best to keep things hot there was lack.
Stoves were improqised, nobody was
uncomfortable and really no harm was
done. In the meantime, men were
at work overtime to place a new
boiler. which is about finished. The
ladies' parlor is being thrown into
the office, making that room much
more commodioIs and adding a writ
ing room, much-needed improved.