Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-28

. AUS ana matches caused the mar
IIal burning of the fine farm home of
hwald Yletz, Watertown.
anton Polichek, Eau Claire paro-
chlal Janitor, fell from a shed roof
anu Droke his back. He may live.
14,OVO feet of sawed lumber and
variable mill were destroyed by fire
at Shell Lake. Damage $4,000
MRS. Chas. Butzin, Jefferson. found
Cne body of her husband hanging to
Tree IN the woods near their home.
onerlH Henry Vanden, Green Bay.
IS kindly man. Joe Pierre, a vag-
rant, asked for the loan of SO and
lett bicycle as security. Later the
sherlff found that the wheel had been
stolen. 0
lOO feet Of track was torn up when
the Milwaukee combination train de-
ialied at Burke, near Madison. Two
irelght cars left the track. No iniuries
put SIX passengers scared out of
years growth.
When Mrs. George Bonner. Oconto
rails, put her potatoes on to boil She
clamped the lid on tight, later prving
It OH with knife. The potatoes hurst
out IN all directions like shrapnel
many OF them hitting the ceiling. and
severely scalding her.
After he had been missing for more
IMAM eight months, the tecom0osed
BODY OF James Malouf, Green Bav,
was discovered floating in the Fox
river. He disappeared while deliver
ing message for the Western JTnjOn
Telegraph Co. early in the evening.
Joseph A. Cohen, former mayor and
chairman OF the Victory Loan drive
at Grand Rapids, was badly burned
When he lighted a match to look in
70 the gasoline tank Of his car 10 see
II a shortage of fuel was the rnse
OF It's failure to run. His injuries are
not serious.
Benz. f. Guttwald, a discharged
soldier, went to the Woodwork store
at kenosha and had a fuss with fhe
manager. Benz. exhibited his Prov
ess by scattering talcum powder all
over the place. Bottles of perfume
were knocked about regardless The
ponce came III time to prevent wreck
ing the store.
FRANK and William Greening. Eau
CIaIre farmers, were badly burned as
the result of an exploding gasoline
tank. Frank was repairing his car Al
night using a lantern. The tank was
open and the fumes ignited The mem
lost their car, several BUILDINGS and
granary containing I 500 bushels of
grain.
Leon Couture, 16, was Killed his
mother gravely hurt ard a brother.
James, injured when the car James
was driving failed to respond to the
brakes at Boyd and slid in front of
a 500 line train. Among the passen-
gers to help lift the dead and in
Jured on the stretchers was the faith
er of the family
With the return of the 32nd division
light that has burned continuously
for two years at the Chas. WoIden-
berg home at Madison, VIII be ex-
tTnguished. According to ancient
Jewish custom it was placed in the
window upon departure for military
service of Chas. Woldenberg, Jr. Ex-
tinguishing the light will be a feature
OF the homecoming reception plann-
ed for his return from New York,
where his sister met him upon the ar
rival of the 32nd. He has been COM
missiOned a lieutenant and cited for
special hOnors
Corporal Richard Belinske, Manito-
unique relic, a barber chair, which is
the only one from Wisconsin that
crossed the ocean and was brought
back. During it's stay in Europe it
was occupied by many prominent mill
itary men and when the -armistice was
signed was within two miles of the
battle front. The Chair bears a gold
stripe as decoration
Berlin, Wis. took the initiative in
organizing the association. Liberty
War Veterans Of the World" last
December. The founder was Geo. W.
Morton. The organization has % char
ter members, and was the first organ
fzation of world war American SOL
dfers to be formed. Each local branch
is called a trench That in Berlin
is called Max Krause Trench No. 1,
after a soldier who lost his life in the
war. The object of the organization
is loyalty to the flag and constTtu-
ton. and mutual help to members.
Trenches have been formed at Prince
ton and Markesan.
An old log building in Prairie du
Chen, used in Indian days as a fur
trading station, has been torn down
10 make way for a new structure. The
razing of this post. which was built
in 1917 by Francis L. Pointe, retired
Voyageur, recalls a similar landmark
once located at West Point on Lake
Mendoza. ''Thc fur trading station
near Madison was an unpretent1ous
log hut" said Charles e. Brown, sec
rotary of the State Historical society.
"Ouite an amount of trade was car
rfed on there. 1t was well situated
and the owner was on friendly terms
with the Winnobago Indians. l think
his wife was Winnebago woman. "
When Francis La Pointe built his
store in 1917, there were only two
fur trading settlements of any size in
wisconsin, which was then a part OF
Indiana territory. One was ct Prairie
du Chen and the other at Green Bay
The Winnebago Indians who lived
about Madison took most of their furs
to Green Bay. Before the war OF
1912. Americans were not very sue
cessful in trading with the Indians,
but a few years after most of the
trade was in the hands of the Ameri-
can Fur Co. The fur trader on Lake
Mendoza no doubt dealt with this
aov,rorv HE nOct was huilt later