Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-10-07

Atty. Kenneth Burgess went t,
Dixon, H., yesterday.
Bruce Rowland, of Madison wa
visiting here last week.
H. S. Homer, of Madison, wa.
here visiting friends last Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Beetham
were visitors at Montfort last week.
Mrs. Lewis Croft and daughter
Clara visited last week at Edmund
and Montfort.
DR.. S. E. Hassell and wife ex-
pect to leave about November 1st to
again spend winter in California.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Vogt, of
Glen Haven, visited Sunday with
Mrs. Vogt's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Keitlinger.
Rudolph Hokanson, state agent
for the Buick auto company, of Madi-
son, was here last Saturday to assist
the Vespermans in the opening of
their new garage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Heidel are
the proud parents of a baby girl,
born Monday morning Oct. 5. Jim
McBrien is now grandpa for the
eleventh time, but of course not all
in the same family.
George E. Lowrey, of Port Arthur,
Texas, only brother of the editor of
The Herald, concluded pleasant Wis.,
it of five or six weeks in Lancaster
this week and started yesterday upon
his return to his southern home. Mr..
Lowrey has been a railroad man for
upwards of twenty-five years and
holds an important office position
with the Kansas City Southern Ry.
at Port Arthur.
Last Friday, % members of Gen.
Calls Circle, L. of G. A. R., also
Miss Delaney, of ST. Paul, a visitor,
met at the home of president
Mrs. Martha Showalter by invitation.
The ladies brought their fancy work
and mingled business with pleasure
for a few hours. At p. m. light
and dainty refreshments were served
and collection of $2.35 was realiz-
ed. Mrs. Nettie A. Finney, treas
urer, extended a cordial invitation for
all the members to meet next time
with her in the eastern part of city,
Friday Oct. 9, from 1 30 to 5 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delos Abrams had
a very pleasant visit with relatives
and friends in their recent eight weeks
tour through the western states and
the Canadian northwest, from which
they returned home a week ago Satur-
day. They spent considerable time
in the states of Washington and Idaho
and at Sundre in the province of
Alberta, Canada. In speaking of
Idaho, where farmers produce 40
bushels of wheat per acre, Mr..
Abrams explained that this means
winter wheat, crop of which is pro-
duced only every other year, the al
ternate year being devoted to summer
following the land and keeping it free
from weeds, so that the crop cannot be
called a large one. Fruit is very
plentiful in the valleys there, but Mr..
Abrams does not think the producers
are finding it profitable upon their
high priced lands.
W. H. Bonham, resident of
Frankfort, Pike county, Missouri,
accompanied by his step-son, VIM.
R. Mcintosh, has been visiting rela-
tives and old friends in Lancaster
and vicinity during the past week,
this being his first visit to this sec
tion in about 80 years. His father,
Joseph Bonham, was one of the
early settlers in this part of Grant
county. He settled on a farm in
Hurricane Grove" south of Lancas-
ter, and was commonly known as
"Uncle Joe" Bonham. The family
left here about the time of the break
ing out of the Civil War, and moved
to Missouri. w. H. Bonham, who
was named after President William
Henry Harrison, also fell heir to his
nickname Coon" and was so
known by his intimates while resi-
dent here. He finds wonderful
changes here since his last visit but
there are many Of the old time friends
yet remaining.