Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-05

OF a silage cutter and suffered a
cash from the thumb to the forearm.
Maurice Ulsrud, Blanchardville, had
his right hand caught in the knives
| MAJOR w. H. Joshn CT Richland
Center was 80 years old Sunday of
last week
Virgil Fieldhouse, Dodgeville horti-
culturist picked a limb off pear tree
that had 28 choice specimens of fruit
hanging from it.
Glen Fault of Linden was found
guilty of violation of the liquor laws
by jury in Iowa county court last
week. Passing of sentence was de-
ferred by Judge Smalley.
A collision between a Ford sedan
and Studebaker took place at Cobb
Tuesday night. Walter Schultz in
the Ford had his arm and face cut so
badly that he went to hospital
Two sons Of Robt barrow, Lafay-
cite county farmer, Gerald, 5, and
Ralph s, died of infantile paralysis
within 36 hours of each other. The
double funeral was held at Dodge
vile Saturday a week ago.
L. j. Moran of Baraboo, driving
with his family near Wonemoc, had
four ribs broken when the car over
turned. He attempted to steer the
car out of a rut and ran into a
bridge.
Miss Ellen Bray, Dodgeville, had
ane arm broken when a car she was
riding in with her father and brother
overturned as the result of a loose
/ steering wheel The two men were
unhurt
The Big Badger fair management
has changed the dates to the second
week in August, following the Mineral
Point fair and Fennimore Big Days.
The change was made to avoid con-
| f1ict with the state fair.
A farmer about a mile west of
Darlington on state trunk highway
No. 65 made a whole hat full of
money last Sunday pulling automO-
biles out of the mud.-Pick &Gad
Curtis Nelson of Arena was arrest
ed by prohibition officer Kantcheff and
| Iowa county officials and held under
$500 bonds for trial. Nelson had 80
gallons Of elderberry wine in his cell
! lar. The search was made with a
warrant.
The Northwestern train reaching
Dodgeville from the east at p. m,
struck a broken rail Friday of last
week near the depot. The train was
at a standstill when it struck the
broken rail. Detours were made I'M
til repairs were completed.
The work of making a lake and
playground at Mineral Point is rap
| idly progressing The lake will have
a depth of s or more feet at the dam.
/ The water will cover three and one
| half acres. The shallow parts will be
from two to three feet deep. The
water flows from three living springs.
The Oak Ridge cheese factory in
Richland county was completely des-
troyed by fire when hit by lightning
Wednesday a week ago. During the
same storm the Oak Ridge church,
| mile away, was struck and the
chimney torn off. The church stove
was also shattered.
Scott Burns of Akan, Richland
county, was engaged in filling a silo
and when the machine clogged, step
ped upon a shaft to clear the trouble
and his foot slipped through the cas-
! ing of the filler. The knives snapped
part of his foot off, including the
| toes. He will be crippled for life.
The contract for surfacing State
| Trunk Highway 10, from Dodgeville
to Blue Mounds, with zinc mine tail
ing will go to the Carroll Construc-
ton company, Milwaukee. That por
ton lying between Dodgeville and
Ridgeway will be completed this au-
tumn. No. 10 is the direct line from
all points west from Madison to Prai-
RE du Chen.
| A Richland Center man, motoring
at night near BoaZ, saw a-hat in the
| nd cfnnTinO hic w
two men jumped from the brush and
ran toward him. The driver 'step-
ped on her. and drove off rapidly but
was given goodby salvo of revolver
shots. One shot struck the car wheel.
| The old rule of innOcently stopping
| to help people, ETC., is being rapidly
made unsafe.
| Frank Reichling Of Darlington with
three other young men riding on a
Ford chassis had tire blow out and
| the machine cOllided with the fence
! throwing the occupants to the ground.
| This was bad enough but the Ford
continued on until it struck a bank
where it turned completely around
and started back for one of the boys
who would have been run over had
not Reichling jumped up and turned
| off the gas. Reichling was the only
one injured
On Friday last the supreme court
| of Wisconsin granted the application
of the Carnation Milk Co. to start an
original action in the name of the
state contesting the constitutionality
of the filled milk law passed by the
last legislature The law prohibits
the manufacture and sale in Wiscon-
sin of milk compounds, where prac-
tically all of said compounds are made
The law went into effect the 9th
inst and the contest will be opened
in the supreme court at an early date.
The Carnation people announce that
| the matter will be taken to the United
States supreme court if necessary
| Richland Democrat.
| Paul Pink, Dodgeville farmer, was
knocked down by a bull he was lead
ing to market While the bull was
trampling Pink, Alfonso Eberele,
Pink's hand, grabbed pitchfork and
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