Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-12

Fred Bullwinkel as worshipful master
md Myron Foster, Irving Hubbard, IT.,
Mark J. Lacey and e. C. Busch as
/, other officers.
| The Wisconsin Rapids board of
education has taken preliminary steps
toward building junior high school.
1t has authorized the appointment of
! a committee to make a recommends
don
Wisconsin's forty-six county agents
| spent f45 days in the field and 313 in
the Office during November, according
to report of j. F. Wotja. state leader.
lie reports they held 225 meetings at
tended by 20,604 people
A petition for a farmers institute
was circulated in Fifeld. and received
! a large number of signatures. The in
stitute which Will be The fiiat ever
! held in Fifield, will be conducted some
| time III March. County Agent Rahm
low will be in charge and will be as
sisted by several well known agricul-
tural experts of Wisconsin.
The Jefferson County Holstein
/ Breeders association elected William
Everson OF Lake Mills president;
Henry Antilles, vice-president; William
Leonard, treasurer, and A. f. Gafke,
! secretary. The association was instru-
mental in dispensing large number
OF cattle in 1920, total sales being
500, 1898. These cattle were shipped to
| sixteen different states and to South
/ America.
Lincoln county Agent A. H. Cole is
advising farmers to buy pure-bred cat
! lie now and says pure-breds may be
/ purchased at the same prices COM
manded a year ago by grades. He also
is Of the opinion that in February or
! March the present prices will advance
! because of the opening of pastures in
March and April breds can be
! bought from $500 to $3.50 per head at
i this time.
j Live stock judging teams are being
! selected in many parts of the state
/ to enter the big, statewide Judging con-
test for boys and girls held at the
agricultural college, Madison, Feb, A
and 5. A trip to the International
! livestock show next fall and silver
/ cup are offered to the All Champion
4 ship team in the state contest. The
| Championship Dairy team wins trip
to the National Dairy show.
! OF the Is American universities
| which have more than 5000 students
! In attendance this fall, the University
/ Of Wisconsin ranks eighth in size.
! The enrolment of the Is largest uni
yersities are: Columbia, 1898; Cali
fornia, 1879; New York, 1851; Hi
! nois, 1921; Boston, 1866; Minnesota,
! 7,437; Ohio State, 7,156; Wisconsin,
1904; Northwestern, $3.50; Chicago,
j 5,728; Harvard, 5.597; Washington
State, 5,191; and Cornell, 5,174.
i Mrs. Julia Lynch and her husband.
/ Thomas Lynch, have begun suits
I against the city of Marinette and the
Marinette Water company for dam
! ages aggregating $4,000 for an in
1 jury sustained by Mrs. Lynch when
| she fell on an icy sidewalk. 1t is
! claimed the ice formed because of a
! leaky pipe of the water company and
! the city is sued for not making the
walk safe. The suit against the city
is for $4,000 and two suits against the
i company are for $4,000.
I Fred Plockelman, a farmer living
! about four miles west of Dorchester,
/ lost 40 head of cattle, barn and all it
contained by fire. When the fire was
I discovered early in the morning, it had
! laot nOfh n q
! could be saved. The cause of the fire
| is unknown. The chores had been I'm
| ished before dark, artificial light had
not been used, and none of the family
uses tobacco. Only $1,5O0 insurance
! is carried.
The question of closed Sunday is
! being threshed out in Richland Center.
j Wolfson Bros, operating grocery
| store. were brought to trial in Justice
1 Curtis court. The jury disagreed.
/ The district attorney asked retrial.
1 Proponents declare conviction will
| mean tight Sunday closing and oppo-
( nents OF Sunday closing insist that in
such a case not even the sale of a
! cigar or a gallon of gasoline will be
| permitted.
The free baby carriage offer of r..
| r. Rosenow, furniture dealer, to every
babe born in Stevens Point on Christ
| mas day did not go unclaimed this
| year The lucky babe is MansWorth
! Kiedrowski, son OF Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Kiedrowski. who gets $40 buggy
/ free. Arthur Grimmer, Jr., missed
/ getting in on the free offer by 20 min
utes, the stork arriving with him at
! 11:40 on Christmas eve. Mr.. RosenoW
/ has offered free carriage every year
! for six years and there has been
/ baby to claim the prize every time ex-
| cept in 1918.
| Another bridge will span the Mis-
| sitsippi river if county boards OF Yer
| non and Crawford counties in Wiscon-
| sin and Allamakee county in Iowa
| have their way. A structure. which
| with approaches will cost 100000, IS
/ MANNED to afford crossing between
! De Soto, Wis, and Lansing, la. Res