Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-15

the northwestern, 500 ana AfDOr rail
roads. Establishment Of large railroad
shops by the company is expected.
New equipment and machinery are be-
ing installed.
By an order issued the railroad
commission authorized the City Tele-
phone company Of Turtle Lake to
charge Is cents per month for extern
sion telephones, and place in effect a
$3.50 installation charge, this charge
to be refunded if the subscriber take
service continuously for two years or
more. The request of the company
! for authority to increase its service
quarterly rates to 81 per quarter was
denied.
Digging a 345-foot ditch and build
ing road at one operation was done
by Alfred Mathewson, Dupont Powder
Co.'S Wisconsin agricultural repre-
sentative, in Marinette county. John
Hess wanted a ditch and road
through swamp dividing his farm.
Mathewson had the farmer lay brush
along the route of the ditch. The
shots that dug the ditch covered the
brush with eXcavated material and it
provided the road with very little
additional work.
Emanuel Lutheran church of Hor-
tonville celebrated the fiftieth ami
versary of it's organization Sunday,
August 20, with jubilee meeting at
tended by more than 1000 persons,
hundreds of them from nearby towns.
Three services were conducted by
visiting pastors. They were the Rev.
A. pepper, Milwaukee; the Rev. Mr.
Bergman, president of the Fond du
Lac synod, and the Rev. Adolph SpieT-
ing, New London. The congregation
is one of the oldest in Outagamie
county.
The fourteenth decennial census of
the United States will show a gain in
population for the city of La Crosse
and not a loss as first reported Word
comes from Sam L. Rogers, director
of the census, that newspaper cou-
pons filled out and forwarded to
Washington by citizens who said they
were not enumerated in January, had
resulted In 62 names being added to
the population returns. This will give
the city gain of 8 in population over
1910, instead of a loss of "a.
Wisconsin has suffered quite severe
ly this year from insect pests. Nearly
all of the northern counties suffered
from either grasshopper or army
worm epidemics, according to a state
/ ~ ao1v 40+0
entomologist. The grasshoppers were
particularly serious in the northeast
ern counties of the state, and were so
bad in Door and Shawano counties
that several hundred bushels of poi
son bran mash were distributed in con-
trolling them. Army worm damage
has now stopped. Outbreaks this year
Buffalo, Kewaunee, Columbia, Dodge,
Green, Lake, Eau Claire, Winnebage
and other counties.
The SEVENTEEN annual Wisconsin
state fair at Milwaukee passed into
history as the most successful ever
held, in point of attendance, gate re-
eeipts, total receipts, number and ex-
cellence of exhibits and weather eX-
perienced throughout the week. The
total attendance for the week was
335, 702 compared with 242,095 in 1919,
while the total gate receipts were
$147,245 for 1920, as against $96,S1O in
1919. The receipts from concessions
will probably aggregate 100000 and
revenue from display space and other
sources will run the income for the
1920 fair up to the nGghborhood of
100000, in the opinion of Secretary
O. E. Remey. The cost of labor and
materials this year was fully 25 per
cent higher than in 1919 and it will
take some time to determine the
financial results of the great fair, but
it is regarded as practically certain
that the showing will be on the right
side of the ledger.
A consolidated school district will
be organized at Turtle Lake, to be
composed of joint district No 8, Tur-
tie Lake, and Almena, and district No.
of Beaver township. This will add
to the joint district a property valua-
ton of about 100000, as well as 60
additional pupils. The consolidation
will mean better school facilities and
equipment
Albert Sense of the town of Scott.
Lincoln county, purchased the Emil
Schulz farm, consisting of 80 acres
with buildings, for $11, 400 Two and
one-half years ago he refused to pay
$4,000 for the same farm with the
same buildings, completely stocked
and with machinery. The purchase,
however. was considered a good buy
compared with other trasfers made
this year.
The fine new cheese factory at Do
bic, Barron county, owned by .Badert,
scher Bros, was burned to the
ground. 1t is thought that the fire
was set. One of the workmen, Colt.
fried Schlatter, who came to this
country last fall from Switzerland, was
quite badly burned in attempting to GO
back after some of his belongings.
There was about $4,000 worth OF
cheese rnadv for Shipmont and fhc