Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-23

Harold KIopfenstein, IL, Ladysmith,
was drowned while swimming in the
treacherous Flambeau river The
youth who endeavored to save him
became exhausted and nearly lost his
own life.
Fred Kraemer, 20, son of Henry j.
Kraeiner, superintendent of Fond du
Lac public works, was overcome by
escaping gas at the residence OF Earl
Winebrenner on South Boardman st.
Kraemer crawled under the house to
repair a gas pipe. He had taken off
the coupling and was found dead.
The First Baptist church at Honey
Creek was completely wrecked when
a gasoline stove in the basement of
the church exploded and then set
fire to the wreckage The loss is es-
timated at $4,000. Children's servic-
es had been held in the church earli-
er in the day and it is thought that
before leaving some of them lit the
burners on the stove.
Mrs. Nellie Hogan, 81, has sued the
city of Beloit for $4,000 alleging
negligence. Mrs. Hogan fell last Oc-
tober while walking at night in a
street where cement sidewalks were
going in. She claims that the street
was dark and temporary distractions
could not be seen. Following that
she claims she has been paralyzed
All crops in northern Door county
are threatened by grasshOppers. The
fertile fields are one swarming mass
of these insects, and the conditions
are critical. The dry weather is null
tiplying their numbers. Mass meet
ings of farmers are being held in all
rural community centers, and a coun
ey wide campaign to battle against
the pest is being conducted. Condi-
lions have never been as serious in
that section.
The harvest of Wiscons1n's straw
berry crop is on and prospects point
to one of the biggest crops ever
grown. Growers are obliged to pay
pickers 212 cents per quart, and fear
they cannot secure enough at that
price to harvest the crop. 1t is prob
able that higher price will be paid
before the close of the season. One
and one-half cents quart is the
highest price previously. Sunday
nights rain did the ripening crop
much good.
Among the relics of the register of
deeds office of Green Bay, is a deed
written in French by Robert Irwin
Jr., November Is, 1928. The deed
was filed by Monsieur Dominique Du
Charme of Brown county territory of
Michigan, and records the sale of
several thousand acres of land, pur-
chased from three Indians for the
grand sum of three barrels of rum
and one barrel of tobacco. The In
dams, unable to write, fixed their
signatures in the form of animals
and birds. One, LIE Tha Banon, used
a turtle for his signature, Wachitte
signed with the picture of bird. The
deed was witnessed by l. Harrison
and Lambart MacAley. The deed is
well preserved and is sight for Gu
rious visitors at the register of deeds
Office
Andrew Seass Jr., 16, and Eddie
Rider, g., were electrocuted when
they came in contact with a high
tension wire of the Cleveland Cliffs
Iron Co., that had been broken dur
ing storm. The wire set fire to un-
derbrush and four boys driving from
GWinn to Little Lake endeavored to
extinguish the blaze, not knowing
the cause. AS the ground was wet,
a danger zone had been created Up
on entering this the two boys were
drawn to the live wire and burned
to crisp. James Scanlon was saved
from death by Bernard Goodman Jr.,
Little Lake, son of B. j. Goodman,
lumberman, who took off his coat and
threw it to the boy, dragging him
from the danger zone. Scanlon was
blinded for the time, but Goodman
was unframed.