Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02


A reduction, the first since the war,
of II per cent has been ordered in the
rates of the Tomahawk Light & Power
Co. The railroad rate commission
ordered the reduction.
Arnold Vanhoogen, IS, Ashland,
vas instantly killed while riding a
bicycle when an automobile driven by
G. F. Gerbach, Butternut, ran him
down. Gerbach was held blameless.
C. w. Harvey, secretary of the great
Beaver Dam fair. died recently of an
automobile accident. Harvey was held
responsible for the development of
the greatest county fair in the state.
Albert Crum. Bryant, attacked Cha8.
Irish and Fred Kielhofer at dance
and stabbed both He attempted to
| escape when taken into custody by
| the sheriff and was shot in the shout
| der Crum is held.
The flow Of water in the Fox river
| is shut off at Menasha to keep up the
| level of Lake Winnebago and water
power plants may have to shut down
| for want of water to turn their wheels
| this winter. Late fall rains may al
leviate the situation
Iona Driver, 17-year-Old Racine girl
was ordered from the high school
class room when she appeared in a
| suit of knickers. She went to the ante
room and donned her skirt which she
| had brought along Miss Driver was
one of dozen girls who bet chocolate
sodas that they would come to school
clad in trousers. She was the only
| one who kept the agreement. She de-
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| school hours.
| The presence Of mind of Station
Agent Hardy and Chas. Rasmussen
isection gang foreman, in tagging 3
s0uthbOund Northwestern train at
Wrightstown saved the lives of Robt
| Brandt, Glenmore, and party Of
friends when their car stalled on q
crossing when the warning bells were
ping. Seeing the plight of the car,
! Hardy and Rasmussen dashed out of
the station and tagged the train. The
engineer put On the brakes and the
! flyer came to lait ten yards from the
stalled machine.
| u. S. marshals at Milwaukee raide
| the grocery of MOy Ling, Chinaman,
and found several thousand dollars in
gold coin and bills lying around in
unprotected places. A roll of bills as
| big as ball bat was found on a desk
| A cigar box contained $40 gold pieces
! to the brim. The raid was made for
opium and two ounces of the stuff was
| located Ling had been suspected as
being the head of an opium ring and
his wealth indicates that he was pat
rOnized by Well-tO-dO addicts. No ar
rests have been made.
! Art. Fredell recently discharged
from the Dist infantry, shot and fatal
! ly wounded Frank Ellsworth in SUI
perior cafe. Fredell, crazed with
drink, had threatened to shoot the oc-
cUpants of the cafe should any pass
| his table. Ellsworth entered after
the others statement and did not hear
| the bully's threat. He was shot as he
passed by Fredell. The some twenty
others present failed to warn him al
though some were armed. Fredell
shot Ellsworth through the body and
fed to the basement where he was
captured. Ensworth's wounds were
considered mortal.
r. p Hutton, state supt. of the
anti-saloon league, says he is organ
| izing the counties of the state to en-
| force the dry laws through the cry
stallizing of public sentiment. Seven
| persons in each county will head a
! committee to analyze reports sent in
and when a sufficient number of re-
ports indicate that any one person
may be violating the law, the district
attorney will be asked to issue !
John Doe examination and sweat
the evidence out of the witnesses.
The county organization includes q
central committee and a representa-
tive from each city ward, town and
village.