Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-13
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREVITIES And
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

every sense OF the WORD on SUNDAY
last and not only without water but
without electric power, heat or light.
The cause was a break in the CRATES
of the new stoker at the plant, which
necessitated shut down to make
changes and repairs. The city officials
were all at the plant some time dur
ing the day and the probable recon-
mendation to give some assurance
against promised frequent breaks of
similar nature, will be to enlarge the
force of attendants at the plant Be
fore this new labor-saying device was
installed the plant was operated with
four men. Thousands of dollars have
been invested in improvements OF
labor-saying species, only to find that
the force must be increased about fifty
per cent to operate the new device
That's some economical management,
yes.-Richland Democrat.
Mrs Margaret Mylroie, Dodgeville,
narrowly escaped death from burning
last week Mrs. Mylroie poured kerr
osene on paper and placed the paper
under the fuel in her kitchen stove
! setting a match to it. The flame
flashed back instead of up and set
! the woman'S clothing afire. She man
aged to throw water over herself eX-
! tinquishing the flames. She then
then dressed in fresh clothing and
walked to the physician. The doctor
! found her burns extensive and severe
/ tut a chamois vest the woman wore
protected the upper part of her body
! to some extent. Mrs Mylroie's con-
! dition, at first critical, showed some
/ improvement a day or so later and
! she may survive.
Building operations are tied up in
| Dubuque following a refusal of car
| penters to accept the wage scale Off
| cred by Dubuque contractors to car
! penters The scale established is 80
/ cents an hour while the old scale
! called for from 80 cents to $3.50 an
! hour Estimates made approximate
| the number of carpenters at 200 who
walked out with all of their tools,
| following statements on the part OF
/ contractors that they would remain
! adamant in the scale established by
them. Workers state that they will
not accept the new scale.
| Lone Rock, village in Richland
! county, hitherto famous for being
! cyclone center, is all agog over the
prospect Of being an aviation base for
the U. S. mail service. A tract OF
land near the village has been leased
! by the government to be used as an
| aviation instruction and demOnstra-
! ton ground. Young men OF the vii
! lage are planning to take up flying.
! When fully worked out planes will
/ stop at the village and discharge and
! take on mail as we'll as supplies for
! their journey north to Minneapolis
! or south to Chicago.
A peculiar incident one never be-
/ fore known in this vicinity and one
/ which will probably never occur again
] that at the Pine River cemetery on
! Wednesday of last week, when the
/ two funeral professions, those of W.
w Welton and Jas. H. Davis, met at
! the cemetery. Both were under the
direction of the Masonic fraternity,
and as the graves of the deceased
| brothers were just across the grassy
aisle from each other, one Masonic
burial ceremony sufficed for both
brothers. Richland Democrat.
Three young farmers from McGreg
or, Iowa were arrested a few days
! ago on the charge of violating the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which pro-
! tween December 81 and September 16
/ in each year. Also before shutdown
and one-half hour before sunrise.
/ The penalty provides a fine of not
more than $500 or more than six
months in federal prison
A move is on foot to again supply
gas to Galena users. Under the plan
proposed the gas is made at a CEN
trail point and shipped in containers
to the various cities. The old gas
plant shut down couple of years
ago when it failed to pay expenses.
Since then the system has been idle
The Richland county board in re-
cent meeting asked the legislature to
repeal the law which confers upon
the county court of that county the
power of jurisdiction in some Grim
inal actions and in civil actions in
amounts entailing less than twenty
five thousand dollars
Raymond Jones and Lawrence Day-
is, Dodgeville, were arrested last
week by the sheriff Of Lafayette
.county on charge of stealing auto
mobiles from Belmont parties. They
were held for trial in county court
this month.
Joseph Hanzel, dwelling on Melanc-
hon Creek, Richland county, was ar
rested for manufacturing intoXicants.
A search of his home disclosed nine
cases of home brew having 5 per
cent alcohol and Is gallons of raisin
mash. Hanzel was held for trial this
week.
1t takes p calf skins to buy one
pair of shoes, according to Frank Her
man, a Dubuque county farmer, who
was given cents a pound for skins.
He bought a pair of shoes for So
and had $1.20 for his labors
Ellis Powers of Shullsburg, a car
penter, died Wednesday evening a
week ago of apoplexy. He came home
from work at o'clock complaining
Of illness. He died three hours later
The Illinois game commission has
forbid the sale of fish caught in state
waters from April l TO June 1.
The Dodgeville general hospital
opens May 1 under Lutheran man
agement.
Bennett Hartly of Mineral Point,
was found dead in a garage there on