Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-06-14
BLOOMINGTON.

Mrs. Mary Hampton has Just re-
oetseu notice OF the death last Sunday
VI curtis Broughton of MINNEAPOLIS.
husband OF Mrs. Thos. O'NeilPs eldest
laughter, May. Mr.. Broughton was a
prominent publisher of that city. and
IeIt a considerable estate.
George Budworth returned Sunday
from Lancaster, having recovered
rom an appendicitis operation at the
Doolittle hospital Now Mr.. Bud
worth hopes to enjoy good health.
AFTER beng good about doing his
snare to get we'll.
Jacob Shrake, ex-postmaster of
bagley and we'll known veteran and
pioneer citizen, came to town with
ms son-ln-law and daughter, Mr.. and
MRS. Clarence Fralick, and their two
children, Friday. Mr.. Shrake now
makes his home with his daughters
family out on the farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Brady observed
tHe4r nttleth wedding anniversary at
opiand, California, Monday. Mr.. and
MRS. Brady, although far away from
thelr old home, have many friends
mere, who extend the hand of friend
snip across plains and mountains to
wish them joy and more anniver-
saries.
Inc reply of those favoring school
consolidation to the recent appeal of
the ants to the state superintendent
mas been sent to Madison and to ]. w.
Murphy OF Platteville, attorney for
the ants. The state superintendent
will look over the evidence and argu-
ments and possibly make a personal
inspection of this territory before CIV
ing his decision, but will not hold any
public hearing on the matter. We
nave no idea when his decision may
be expected
The crew to do the big road job
down Bridgeport hollow has estab-
nshed camp in the hollow a short
distance below the big spring, and al
ready is at work on the road. The
crew is we'll equipped with all modern
road machinery, including a big steam
shovel. This monster piece of ma
chinery weighs twenty-five tons, and
the contractor had to ship it to Glen
Haven, as it was too heavy "all in
one place." to take across the bridge
at Bridgeport. After the difficult task
of unloading was accomplished at
Glen Haven, Gibson Tyler and Wood
Bros, hooked their steam engines on,
tandem fashion, and hauled the mon
Ster machine out to the head of the
hollow, where it will lift the dirt for
the grading Now all who haven't
seen a steam shovel at work can go
to the hollow and see this almost hui
man machine in action.
The village board at the regular
meeting Monday evening voted to i'm
prove the Patch Grove road from the
Sala spring to the village limits, a
distance OF about one and one-half
miles, provided the necessary finan-
cial arrangements can be made with
the county committee. Henry Mink,
highway commissioner, estimates that
the cost will be about $4,000, of which
the county and state will pay $4,560,
and the village $1,440. If the work is
carefully managed, possible this sum
would be sufficient to carry it to the
Patch Grove town line. With the
work being done down Bridgeport
hollow, this will leave only about
three miles of road to macadamize be-
tween this city and Bridgeport. Now,
if the three remaining miles between
this city and Patch Grove could be
macadamized this season, the three
towns would be connected in good
shape for the winter and spring traf-
fic. Let us all go in and complete the
Work.-RecOrd.