Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-29

toes. Werlich drove to the public
square and sold the load out at SOC
q busheI. The wagon was soon sur
rounded by eager buyers and the po-
.atoes vanished like snow on July
day
B. L. Bobroff of Milwaukee has re-
ceived word from Washington that in
the supreme court there he has clean
ly won his patent case that involved
the voting device used in congress,
among other places, where members
vote from their seats, the result be-
ing instantly recorded at the speakers
desk. He was victorious in all nine
points involved in the litigation.
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The ROddis Lumber & Veneer Co.
Of Marshfield concluded deals the past
week for the purchase of 5000 acres
company of Wausau, and 900 acres of
like land from the Birkenwald heirs
Of Milwaukee. This purchase increas-
es the company's holdings of timber
land to approximately 10000 acres,
enough to keep the company's manu-
featuring INSTITUTIONAL veneer mill
in Marshfield and sawmill at Park
Falls supplied with raw material for
the next twenty years.
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The new state board of vocational
education, which was created by the
last legislature, had its first meeting
at Madison on Friday of last week and
organized E. W. Schultz of Sheboy-
gan was elected president E. w. Nc
Taggart of Superior, vice-president;
Frank L. GIynn of Madison, director
and secretary; R. H. Hillyer Of Mad
ison, clerk, and Miss Isabelle Myrtle
of Madison, stenographer The board
arranged for the establishment of
eight additional vocational schools,
making total of SO in the state.
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A drunken mans luck was demon
strated at GAINESVILLE last week when
Matt Yarmouth of Albany came to see
the fair Matt proceeded to pay his
addresses to John Barleycorn and at
about suppertime had a full load on
with several on his hip. He then wan
ldered down to the railroad yards, and
attempted cakewalk upon the edge
of the first viaduct. Matt went we'll
toward the middle when his foot slip
ped and he shot down forty feet like
a winged aviator. He was picked up
and carried to jail in a somnolent con-
dition. Matt appeared in court the
next day stiff and sore but otherwise
unhurt. He was fined $40 and costs
for his foolishness.
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For the first time an experiment in
temporary Improvement of deep sand
roads by use of carpet of straw. hay
or wire grass sprinkled with tar or
bituminous product will be tried on
highways in the vicinity of Rio, Co
lumbla county. 1t is hoped to devise
methods which will fit the road for
travel at small expense. Predictions
are this straw carpet may last as long
as three years where traffic is not
heavy. Other experiments in resur-
facing highways are to be tried on the
observation-disclosures road Thirty-four
sections have been staked out
and the treatment of each will be diff
ferent
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A few nights ago, while the eight
year-old son of Alex Nitzel of Cri-
vitz was going to pasture a short
distance from his home to bring home
the COWS he ran onto a mother bear
with two cubs. The bear attacked
the boy, knocked him down three
times, tearing his clothes from his
body and inficting several wounds on
his head and shoulders. A dog which
was with the boy started to worry the
bear, which drew it's attention from
the boy, who started for home on a
run Mr.. Netzel took him to Crivitz,
to have the wound dressed, but the
doctor being away the boy was taken
to Pound where his injuries were
attended to. He is now making good
progress toward recovery. The dog
returned home uninjured soon after
the boy.
/ A new thing is happening in the
way Of county fairs. The board Of
directors of the Columbia County fair,
which is to be held in Portage this
month, grew tired of the frequent
"kicks" received regarding the kind
of amusement provided at the annual
exhibition. The solution has been
found with the inauguration Of sub
Istitute for the old conventional pike"
with it's tawdry tights and spangled
dress and regalia long faded under
1.-THE sun and weeks of rain. It is
a spectacular pageant with a cast of
500 citizens of Columbia county that
will displace the well-worn shows
and equipment of the midway. The
subject of the spectacle is to be his
torical and will depict Father Mar
quette and his followers coming down
the Wisconsin river on their way to
the Fox, tracing the development of
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