Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-05

DIT 9OU,UUU. b0lSdSC Ol d large guam
tity of water by dam upstream was
the cause of the disaster, officials say.
Helen Bennett, Is, Reedsburg
school girl missing for several weeks,
has been located at Denver. She
writes her mother that she is coming
home and will explain everything.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore M. Phelps,
Red Granite, recently celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary. Their z
children were home for the festivities.
Both were born in New York. The
old gentleman is SO and his wife 10.
j. c.. Coe, SEiocton farmer, had the
misfortune to lose the sight OF one
eve while asleep. COe suffered no
pain and was not conscious OF the ac-
cident until he found himself blind in
the left eye when he awoke. He is in
a hospital for treatment.
Archie Cullen. supt of the Rock
county poor farm, held the transmit
ter OF the telephone at the farm
against the receiver of his wireless
set, enabling people on his farm line
to hear a radio concert sent from the
University of Wisconsin station
Mrs. Anna Richards, Ladysmith,
has been appointed city treasurer to
fiji a resignation created by theeeees
fill vacancy created by the re8ig-
nation of Elmer Hill, who becomes
county clerk Mrs. Richards is the
first Ladysmith woman to hold mum
icipal office.
Neenah makes the proud boast that
not a man in the city willing and able
to work is without employment. The
factories of the town are looking TO-
help. Resumption of construction
work with the factories working at
full capacity has created this salts
factory situation.
A touring car returning from
dance, collided with I; taxi at She
boygan early Sunday a week ago.
Jerome Moliter suffered fractured
skull. Miss Sadie Schlegel was in
iured about the head and body. Miss
Vanie Frank, Walter Lemke, Herbert
Hanzke and William Torke were also
injured about the head and body,
John Ritchie, driver of the taxi, was
unhurt.
William Erickson and family, liv-
ing near Gillette, Oconto county, were
driven from their home by names at
night. The barn, containing dozen
head of cattle and four horses was
in flames at the same time. Both
buildings were a total loss. The
two buildings on fire at once points
positively to incendiary work. Er1ck-
son had no insurance and the family
are destitute. Neighbors are caring
for them.
Norris Delaughe, Is, Racine, had
unioue route which he worked with
regularity. Morris told state dry Of
ficers that he travelled the route each
day delivering hooch to the back en-
frances of various customers home,
taking the empties back to his male
parents moOnshine factory. TWO
stills and quantity of high voltage
liquor were seized. The father, John
Delaughe, was not home. He had
gone to Waterloo, Iowa, to be mar
ried, Morris said.
George BrantOn, "a. Portage farmer.
is looking for his wife, Minnie, and
4-year-Old daughter. BrantOn drove
his wife and daughter to a dress
makers and left them to transact
business. He has not seen his wife
since Mrs. Branton is of dark com
plexion and good looking. She was
model housewife, neigfbors say, and
APPARENTLY cOntert to live with heA
husband, son and daughter on their
160-acre farm. The sheriff is tracing
the movements of man, about 80,
said to be a relative oe Mrs. Brarto;l,
who was seen in the vicinity about
the time the woman disappeared
Clarence, 4, and Ernest, 1S-months,
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Gill
L 20 nf4
fOrdville, persisted in fire which early
Tuesday reduced their home to ashes.
Returning from the barn where they
were working, the parents found the
home in flames and nearly lost their
lives in a heroic effort to save their
children. The mother was cut by
glass when she broke into the house
and was overcome by smoke. Her
clothing was burned and torn. The
father was burned about the face and
hands and only managed to reach the
window before his strength gave out.
after searching the home for his lit
tie ones.
When Thomas A. Edison, inventor,
wrote Prof w. A. Scott of the Uni
versity, asking for comment on Edi-
sons plan to improve the country's
method of finance and credit, Scott
replied in way that inferred that the
venerable inventor was either in his
dotage OF had information on finance
such as a ten-year-old boy would
manifest. Edison was pretty sore and
to get back at Scott sent his letter to
the University regents, asking for an
explanation. At the suggestion of
Pres. E. a. Birge, Scott apologizcd to
Mr. Edison, claiming the same es-
TEEN for the grand old man of science
generally accorded by citizens of the
country. He withdrew his remarks
and offered a handsome apology. Mr..
Edison relented at once and replied
to Scott and President Berge assur-
ing them that the incident was, so far
as he was concerned, closed. So the
matter ended.