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

sylvan camp, NO. 10, M. W.
, A, will hold its annual ball at
Knapp's rink, Friday evening,
January Is. Friends are invited;
members of the order will be ad-
mitted free.
Ice has formed to a good thick
ness and in many sections the staple
is being harvested. Little has been
done locally, out from Madison comes
the information that the harvest is
progressing we'll.
Sitter was some popular last
Thursday, but the tide of immigra-
tion was not so strong as was ex-
pected. Only one suitcase got off the
north bound train on Thursday. and
the mission of that receptacle was in
doubt Sitter always was a good
town.
The closing days of holiday
shopping were lively ones for Lam
caster merchants. At the last the
weather strengthened" and it was
winter sure enough. Farmers came
to town from long distances and
bought literally. 1t is still true
that ''AIl's we'll that ends WELL
-J.H. Mankel was in town the
other day, but he brought no honey.
He says the honey crop was mighty
near failure; that for some reason
the blossoms carried no honey. There
was a plenty of pollen, and the bees
were around. Mr.. Mankel has suf-
fered a broken wrist, but that is
doing we'll.
-Marmaduke Larson, a student in
music at the American Conservatory,
Chicago, was in Lancaster the latter
part of last week and over Sunday,
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Charles
Klarman. Frank w. Van Dusen is
one of the professors in the American
Conservatory, and Mr.. Larson is one
of his students.
There has been returned to Grant
county by the state of Wisconsin dur
ing the year 81, 742.78 in automobile
license fees to be paid out for drag
cling roads,. That is, the state re-
fumes 1918. of each auto license fee
paid by citizen of Grant county, for
use here at home. 1t is claimed that
of the $50 fee, $3.75 is returned to
the county paying; 55 cents pays for
the license tag, or number plate and
70 cents is put into the state aid road
fund. So
The Orpheum theatre will have
a matinee at 2 80 tomorrow Thurs
day. for the presentation of a six
reel moving picture. ''The Rise and
Fall of Napoleon. - This is an
absorbing, historical photoplay,
depicting with vivid realism the COM
plete life story and brilliant career
of Napoleon, first emperor of France,
together with elaborate court scenes
and the spectacular scenes of war.
The same pictures will be presented
Thursday evening, the first show
starting at seven o'clock.
John Ertz, residing few miles
southwest of the city, in South Lam
caster, last week sold to John Dobson
what was, perhaps, the finest lot OF
spring shoats of the season. There
were So head of them, seven and
eight months Old of the big type Po-
land China breed. They averaged
1885, pounds and brought him $3.50.
The sire of these pigs was from the
stock farm, of Dobson & Eastman.
The sale offers another illustration OF
the wisdom of Grant county farmers
in. breeding high class stock for
market. :;r:.3"
: During the past year there have
been surfaced in this county 10 miles
of road, at cost of $40, 158.O8.
And there have been graded "a miles
of road, at a cost of $33, 702.75.
OF culverts there have been So put
in. at a cost of SIS, 838.72; and of
guard fence there have been 272O
feet. which has cost the county
$647. 90. Highway Commissioner
Henry Mink handled these jobs.
There are now six outstanding con-
tracts for quarrying stone for next
years work, amounting to almost
2, 500 cubic yards.