Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-11-10
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Iceland is not as gloomy place as
the name implies, according to Earl
Hanson and Bjorn Bjornson, students
in the engineering school at the Uni
versitv of Wisconsin, who returned
last week from a tour of Norway,
Denmark and Iceland. Bjorson's
parents reside at ReykjaVik, Iceland.
The two modern Vikings left Madison
July 20, and in the parlance OF the
road, beat" their way to New York
via the box car route There they OBJ
tanned passage aboard a British YES
sci, but were forced to leave, due TO
a. supposed irregularity in their pass
ports. They boarded & Danish steamer
and earned passage by shCveling coal
to Copenhagen. After a short soJourn
to Denmark and Norway they EN-
parked aboard a freighter for Ice
land Hanson proclaims Iceland to
be pretty place with it's innumer-
able fjords, glaciers and rugged land
scapes. Hanson and Bjorson spent
month in a walking tour covering the
southern section of the island and in
a visit with Bjornson's parents. They
left Reykjavik the capital Of Iceland,
for Montreal Canada, and then re-
turned to Milwaukee. Bjornson has
resumed his studies at the university
and Hanson will return next semester.
Thomas Rhode, Manitowoc county
cheese manufacturer, paid fine Of
$50 and costs in Sheboygan circuit
court after pleading guilty to the
charge of running down a child with
his automobile and failing to stop to
give aid. 1t is understood that some
hn yohx cioio nci
and hospital bills accruing from the
accident, settling for $3.50 with the
child's parents. In court Rhode stat
ed that after he had struck the child
with his car he became confused and
did not realize what it meant not to
return and care for the injured. He
testified that he was only running 10
miles an hour when the accident oc-
Cured and others corroborated the
statement The child was not serious
ly hurt.
N. j. HelIstrand Rice Lake farmer,
wae arrested and bound over to await
trial on charge of sending anony-
nous threatening letters to Wilfred
A, Demars. cashier of the local bank
The letters threatened Demars' life
and indicated that tiey were from an
ex-Goldier who claimed unfair treat
ment in the draft Following federal
and state detectives being put to work
on the case Demar's new barn worth
$4,000 was destroyed by fire. Clues
led to Hellstrand, Demars' neighbor,
and the detectives found an old book
with skull and crOsCbones cut out.
This picture was pasted to a letter
received by Demars. Hellstrand is a
prosperous bachelor farmer
Baron Gerard de Greer, professor Of
geology at the university Of Stock
holm, has been in Madison and Vicin-
ity during the past few days in con-
nection with en- extensive inyestiga-
tiOn in Europe and in North America
on the measurement of glacial and
post-glacial time. The geological de-
partment Of the university and the
Wisconsin Geological survey have been
cooperating in the local field exam
nations. Baron De Greer is accomp-
nations. Baron De Greer is accom-
panied by his wife and Prof. Ernst
A fourth member of the party is en-
gagged in similar work in Canada.
Frank Fusek, IS, has been arrested
at Menominee Falls in connection
with the death of his brother, John,
8, on Oct. %. The boys were shoot
ing at wooden mark on the Fusek
farm and Frank explains that he ac-
cidently killed John with p rifle.
Spontaneous combustion caused a
$4,000 loss when the barn of VIM. P
Durch, near Eau Claire, burned last
week.