Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-01-14
LOCALS

visited friends at Fennimore Satur-
day.
Mrs. Rudolph Enke of Fennimore,
was Saturday guest of Mrs. Letha
Orion.
Miss Elsie Koeller of Steuben, Wis,
was a weekend guest of Miss Rosa
Wieland.
Mrs. Kathryn Nathan and two chill
dren left Saturday for Chicago for
weeks visit.
Miss Ethel Ward of Chicago, here
visiting Mrs. Oliver DOLL returned
home Saturday
Mrs. Ed. Schwartz and son were
Saturday visitors at the Con Winsor
home in Sitter.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Cline of Galena,
were over Friday visitors with w. w.
Reese and wife.
Miss Minnie Stauss visited the
weekend with her brother, Rev. ]. E.
Stauss of Boscobel.
Sen. and Mrs. c. H. Baxter departed
Thursday for Los Angeles where they
remain until May
Ray Groenier has recovered from a
severe attack of rheumatism brought
on by exposure overseas.
Misses Portia Anderson and Win
nifred Eddy went to Milwaukee Sun
day, to visit friends for few days.
Mrs Homer Kelly of Madison was
here last week to see her brother,
Tony Cranes, who remains very ILL.,
Miss Celia Trentzsch writes the
Herald from Fremont, Nebr., where
the sisters are visiting at present.
MI. and Mrs. j. Harold Pugh were
Wednesday passengers to Chicago
where they will visit for q week or so.
A number of local road men are
planning to attend the good roads
school to be held in Madison Jan. 26
to 81.
H. w. Brandt and wife of Barring
ton, ILL.,, visited last week with AL
bert Wiedenbeck Jr., returning home
Saturday.
Misses Grace Farrand, Mary Far
rand and Elizabeth Belken were Fri
day passengers to Chicago where they
will visit for a week.
l.. G. Hickok and l.. A. Clark went
to Milwaukee, Sunday, to inspect
type of chemical fire truck. They will
report to the city council on the mat
ter
Otto Berndt is home from Madison
for a week or so expecting to go to
Milwaukee soon and further perfect
HIS KNOWLEDGE WIFI a. COuISG DIT 4hdA
Quette university.
Miss Elfreida Krohn, whose social
was advertised last week, reports
total of $69.25 in proceeds at the Kerr
school social last Friday night A
good time was had by all present.
Jas. McBrien, veteran Lancaster
correspondent for the Fennimore
Times, has resigned his duties in favor
w have
more time for the work.
r. b. Pixley, we'll known here is
held at Milwaukee on a charge Of
fraudulent check issue by Port
Washington hotel man. The sum in
yolved is $25. To those who know
Mr.. Pixley the story seems incredible
Henry Mink left Thursday morning
for Platteville where he conducted
tests on failing from number of diff
ferent mines The mine residue may
prove valuable as concrete base If
properly mi'-ed with larger and coars-
er rock.
The Herald has copy of Velvet
Joe's almanac sent by the Richard A.
Foley Advertising agency, Sth moor
terminal building, Philadelphia. Vel
vet is a steady Herald advertiser and
the almanac can be had by writing
this company
Geo lockwood has entered the en-
nlov of the Farm Power & Equipment
company in charge Of the farm ma
chine end. Amos Brown some time
ago took up the truck and tractor end
for this concern. The two are i've
wires
Judge Goodsell began on Monday OF
last week his sixth term as county
iudge The Judge has held the office
for % wears. and is better judge to-
day than at the start according to Jas.
McBrien who has acted as the Judges
Boswell for 10, these many years.
los Diener and partner, II. 5. FOX,
went to Blue River, Friday, TO Duy
furs along the Wisconsin river. Whlle
here they bought furs OF john Roescn'
S1O5: C. r. Suttle, $780, Rudolph BLOCK
$25: l.. Day, $40; r. A. Eastman, Slo.
Joseph says that the fur market Is
good for trappers and buyers ana thaI
many furs exist principally skunk ana
fox with some mink and musKrat,
Henry J. Schmitz reports ms SAFE
held last Tuesday as hrst-class. COWS
brought about $50, bred sows went
AZ $40. chickens sold for $1.16, oats at
% cents. rye at SITS and barley at
Sl.OU. 1GdulS UIOuSAl YccSf
$3.50 The sale totalled above $4,000.
A letter to Merlin Hull, Secretary OF
state. to obtain comparative tax figures
for cities in the class of Lancaster
was unavailing as the returns were
nor in from the municipalities Mr..
Hull says, however, that the Lancas-
ter tax rate of $3.50 is not high COM
pared to other cities and that many
cities of this class have much high
er rate and have had it for years.
John Hoffman, well known farm
er living A miles west on Grant.
shipped to Shubert Fur company last
week receiving a good price Two
skunks brought $4, two minks $3S, a
weasel $3.50 and four ounces OF gin
seng 50. The Shubert company car
ries a steady ad in the Herald dur
in the fur season. Mr. Hoffman high
" recommends them to fur buyers.
Claire Totman left Saturday for
Louisville, KY. where he takes
charge of a large dairy and stock farm