Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-01

rifle OF man returning from hunting.
The man fed when the accident hap
pcned
The city council at Beloit turned
down @ petition bearing 1900 sigma
lures asking for daylight saving. The
city fathers did not approve the adopt
ion of the plan this year.
Charles Anderson, Ashland butcher,
was instantly killed when the auto
mobile in which he and four others
were driving turned over twice. The
other men were cut and bruised.
Orsein Nelson, BeIoit, lately in the
American consular service in Russia
and Sweden, has been transferred to
the consular service in Berlin, Ger
many, and will leave for the German
capital soon. Nelson has spent sew
eral years in Russia and for the past
two years was in Stockholm.
Maurice Steinmetz, years, Madison.
ran in front of a passing motor car
and was killed. The driver of the
car, VIM Kanouse, stopped his ma
chine and helped cared for the boy
until the arrival of the ambulance. He
was taken to hospital where he died
10 minutes alter arrival. "a II dCCul ca
skull caused his death.
A freight locomotive was burned
and several box cars damaged in a
forest fire near Saxon. Heat from the
flames kinked the rails; the engine
was derailed and the engineer and
fireman barely escaped injury when
they jumped. The train crew made an
effort to put the train back on the
track but the flames closed in on them
and they were forced to retreat.
lighted match dropped on the floor
caused the destruction of the barn on
the farm of Jerome Flynn, Dela0an
farmer. The damage of $4,000 in
cluded the loss of all grain and ma
chinery and eight COWS and three
horses. Flynn went to the barn to
care for a horse and lit lantern at
the entrance, throwing the match on
the ground at the door. The loss was
covered by insurance.
While blasting for stumps, Cornell
JUS Voermans, Harrison farmer, at
tempted to readjust the cap of a dy
Mantle charge which failed to explode.
The charge exploded and killed him.
John McQuade, Beloit's oldest cit
izen, died last week at the home of
his son, James. Had he lived until
August he would have been 102 years
of age. The old man was in good
health until the Saturday before his
death.
Property valued at more than $4,000
was stolen from camps at Eagle Lake,
20 miles west of Racine. The heav-
lest loserGwas A. T. Hannaford of Chi
cago who discovered the burglaries
when he visited the camp to arrange
for the arrival of his parents. Han
naford was at the camp a week before
and brought silverware, costly rugs
and house furnishings. On his second
visit everything of value had been
stolen and property had been taken
from adjoining camps.
The leading industry of Oconto, the
lumber industry, will suffer if the new
scale of rates for hauling logs from
the forests to the mills by the rail-
roads goes into effect. After many
years of operation the forests receded
and long hauls of logs became neces-
sary. Gradually the rates were raised
from So a thousand to $14.40 a thou
sand. Then the mills rebelled saying
that the rates were prohibitive and
that they would have to close down
unless relief was offered.
Ashland police have renewed their
investigation of the death of Antoine
Couture jr., who disappeared April 10,
following the finding Of the mans
body in Bad River. Couture sold a
team at Ashland, April Is, and with
800 in his pocket, drove from Ashland
to Odanah with a young woman Of
Reserve. Couture mysteriously dis
appeared but the woman, who is said
to have taken part of his money, went
to Reserve. The U. S. dist. atty. is
assisting in the investigation.
The annual pow WOW of the Wiscon-
sin band of Winnebago Indians will
be held at the pow pow grounds north
of Tomah, August II to IA. Chief
John Hill will preside at the cere-
monials and dances. A great gather
ing of Indians from various tribes is
expected. The dances include the sac
red medicine dance, the corn dance
and squaw dance. Games by the
young braves such as lacrosse and
baseball will supplement matches and
tests of every sort.
The old Hotel Miner, for fifty years
a landmark on Lake Geneva, was
burned to a ground by fire that de-
veloped from causes unknown. The
hotel was put up by H. B. Miner who,
with his wife, operated the place for
years. Upon their death last year it
was sold to H. B. Smith. For decades
the place was q popular resort for
summer visitors on the lake and en-
tertained as high as 800 guests. Mr..
Smith stocked heavily with provisions
when the season opened and grocer
les and supplies worth $4,000 were
burned. Guests were. at dinner when
the fire was discovered. No one was
injured.
Joseph Lubinski, Kenosha, hotel
man, has a record for endurance and
hard-headedness. On his way home
at night Lubinski was stopped at a
rail crossing. AS he waited an I'M