Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-03-23
LANCASTER
NEWS AND
LOCAL ITEMS
P Personals of Wee k
la the Hub of Grant
County.

Harry Jerfett returned from San
Diego, Cal, last week.
John G. Boebel of Boscobel visited
his father, Fred Boebel, at the Doc
little hospital Wednesday.
P. H. Conley of Richland Center,
representing the Woodman Accident
Co, was in the city on business last
week.
Mrs. Clarence Jerrett and daughter
Elizabeth, returned to Livingston OH
Thursday, after spending the week
with relatives here.
Mrs. Leila Bennett Edge returned to
Benton Saturday after few days visit
at home, having been called here by
the illness of her father, r. J. Ben
nett.
Miss Maggie Zenz writes that she
expects to start from Los Angeles
some time next month. Her uncle
Joseph Pink of Highland, who has
been spending the winter out there
will return at the same time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Willard and Miss
Marjorie Lane returned to Seattle on
Thursday after few days visit With
Mrs. Lane and the John Drinkwater
family. This is the first visit little
Marjorie has had with her brother,
Rlchard, IN three years
Mrs. Angelina Gleason, IS years of
age, left last week for Kenosha where
she will make her home with her
grand daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Ken
nedy. Mr.. and Mrs. Kennedy came to
accompany Mrs. Gleason, and Mrs
George Finney was also member of
the returning party
J. p. Croot OF this city is rounding
the last few milesstones that precede
the proverbial three score AMI len
allowed by the patriarchs of Bible
days although his health is good ana
Mr.. Croot's expectancy is excellent
for many healthy years yet. He was
born in Devonshire, England, the land
made famous by Thomas Hardy and
later by Eden Phillpotts in number
of very interesting novels. Mr.. Croot
worked on farms in Devon from the
age of ten years until he was eighteen
frugally saving until he had reached
the enormous sum of six or seven
pounds being about $35. AS wages
were six pence a week this took some
time. He then set sail for America
landing in New York at the age OF
nineteen with sovereign which he
has yet as a keepsake Mr.. CToot
settled first in Iowa with the Austin
family and came to Grant county soTIe
years after. He has always worked
hard and in his old days is taking
the world comfortably.
Two of the Lancaster dry goods
stores have installed a counter meas
urer known as "Measurograph." The
device has the same utility in the
dry goods line as a price reading
n a
or grocery business. The little ma
chine catches cloth of any thickness
and measures it exactly as the clerk
pulls it through. 1t also shows on
various dials the value in cash of the
strip of goods according to its length.
The machine is absolutely fair to both
customer and merchant and elimin
ates error either way. To prove that
his machine had value the salesman
came first as customer and bought
goods taking a sales slip. He then
appeared at the office showing the
management that he had been given
too much goods for his money. 1t
appears that by the old thumb-on-
counter method the store generally
lost from four to nineteen per cent
on every yard of cloth sold. Under
the new system this loss is eliminated.
The result will be less waste and a
closer selling margin.
EXPANDING BUSINESS FIRM
J. Lee Wright manager of the
Farm Power & Equipment company,
is expanding his organization to keep
pace with the increasing business in
farm power and machinery.
Mr.. Wright announces the appoint
ment of Mr.. Lee Haney to the adver-
Using and sales force. Mr.. Haney,
who has been in Lancaster several
months, is a newspaper man of repute
in the middle west and spent several
years in the advertising field. Since
coming here he has been connected
,,,itln tho Taller and at one time had