Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-29
LOCAL ITEMS


the weekend.
The Elmer Salzman family of High
land motored here Sunday mad visited
Dr. Cook and wife.
H. c. Larson has a new Oldsmobile
sedan sold by the Samson garage. He
is we'll pleased with his purchase
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Walker are the
parents Of baby girl born Nov. 25.
Mrs. Gus Pohle of Bagley is a pa
tienC at Doolittle hospital.
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held at the Congregational church to-
morrow mOring. Rev. De Vries of
the Baptist church will preach.
Geo. Sandleback, residing Az miles
east of Lancaster, will have his sale
Thursday, Dec. IA. Full particulars
will appear in the Herald next week.
HaWley Bros, Argyle stock buyers.
have shipped out over $4,000 worth
OF livestock this fall. Argyle has two
roads, shipping over the l. G. and the
Milwaukee lines.
w G. Kuster of Rockville is closing
out his herd of black cattle along with
a lot of other good stuff he is adver.
Using in the Herald this week. The
sale will be held Dec. s. Walter is GO
P. R. Stoffel of the Herald staff.
went to Waukesha Tuesday to take in
the big sale, going from there by
special sale, going from there the lat
ter part of the week to the Interna-
tional livestock show a Chicago.
The railroad commission will hold a
meeting here Wednesday, Dec. 6, to
hear evidence in the complaint of t.
S. Metcalf of Glen Haven VS. the Far
mers Telephone Co. The meeting will
take place at the court house at D.
III.
Robert Totman, 4-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Totman, died at
$3.50 Monday morning. The child had
been an invalid since the age OF six
weeks. Private funeral services will
be held at the home at two this after
noon.
w. L. Miller, mayor of Colome, S.
D. a city about the size of Highland.
returns home this week after visit
with his mother, Mrs. M. Miller. Mr..
Miller had the honor to be appointed
postmaster at Colome during his alb
sence from the city.
Hugh Pritchett, residing on the old
Henry Wepking farm near the Nc
KINNEY mill, will nave a sale Dec. Z.
Mr.. Pritchett lost his feed when his
barn burned and is forced to offer his
stock at public auction. He invites
everybody to his sale.
Lucille Ashbrook, Madison high
school senior who lost her sight by
illness a year ago and waited hope
lessIy for vison to return took her
life Thursday by turning on the gas
in the kitchen range while her moth
er was absent from the house.
VIM. Burr has bought out the old
Niehaus wagon factory at Fennimore
and plans to move there as soon as he
can get house. Mr.. Burr, employed
by Henry BelZ for a number Of years,
is a competent mechanic and an eX-
pert on wagon, wood work and truck
bodies
Mrs C. c. Roberts returned Tues
day from a weekend visit at Rock
ford with Mr. Roberts, who has been
employed by a large piano sales firm
there for the past six weeks Mr.
Roberts went to Belvidere, Ill, town
of 10000 last week, to take charge OF
a music store recently acquired by his
firm.
Robt. Kinney of Beetown bought
the VIM Burr residence in the first
ward and will take possession in the
near future. Mr.. Kinney is arranging
for a sale to be held early next month
A. V. Ward on Monday bought the
L. G. Cafe and took charge at once
Mr.. Ward is experienced in this line
Of work and will conduct a model es-
adjustment.
A miscellaneous shower was given
Monday eve. Nov. Of at the home OF
Miss Velma Engroff, in honor of he1
cousin, Miss BERTHE Vogell, who will
soon become the bride of Roy Graney
Both young people reside in Lancas-
ter The young people are held IN
high regard by their relatives and
friends, and they received many beaut-
iful and useful gifts.
Arthur E. Corner, D. c., ?. H. G..
recently of Cairo, Ill, graduate OF
the Palmer school at Davenport, Iowa.
has taken over the Lancaster practice
of A. H. Truitt, woh will devote his
full time to his FennimOre work. DIT
Corner and wife arrived here this
week DR.. Corner is an experienced
chiropractor with considerable sue
cess in this line of work.
Last week Joseph Edge farmer
living on R. f. D. Z, while returning
to his home from Lancaster, after de-
hvering load of hogs was run lntC
by an automobile along by the county
farm, and one horse was badly IN
iured The man who was driving
the car agreed to settle for damages
The car had no light, which was re.
sponsible for the accident
Last weeks Herald in reporting the
county board stated that the salary OF
the assistant county highway com,
missioner would be $1,000 with $l,zOO
expense. Such, in fact, was the
recommendation of the county state
road and bridge committee but the
board saw differently. The assistant
was allowed 5000 year of elght
months with the same sum for e1-
pense.
Amusing flashes over the air lines
every night to the several radio re-
ceiving stations spotted about Ian
caster and it's environs. One nlght
last week the Clementson statlon
picked up a broadcast from the mis-
souri, state prison at Jefferson Guy
The announcer, a whimsical southern