Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-12

counter instead of handing it to him,
asked for whom he was looking,
which he thought somewhat irrele-
want Evading the query, he asked
again for the directory, and instead
Of presenting it, the clerk exclaimed,
why Tony" The clerk was TOny's
sister, whom he had gone to Buffalo to
find.
Urgent requests from members OF
the Northern Wisconsin Tobacco Pool
brought about the publication of sal
aries paid officials of the pool The
general manager gets $4,000 a year
SO 900 is paid the warehouse manager.
The president, vice-president, secre-
tary-treasurer and field manager
draw a reasonable retainer fee, the
amount Of which is not stated, while
another attorney is not on a salary
basis but is paid as per bills render
ed. Other employees to the number of
ten draw monthly salaries ranging
from $3.50 to 5000.
An inquisitive driver who investi-
gated a wrecked automobile with a
lighted match started a blaze which
destroyed a sedan belonging to G. n.
DedOlph, MayVille. DedOlph, his Wife
and four children were driving to
Juneau Oh highway rs when ma
chine containing three young men ran
into them from the rear and tipped
the car over into the ditch. No one
was hurt While Dedolph went to
farm house for assistance, the driver
of the other machine started an lnves-
tigatiOn with match and set the De-
dolph machine afire.
The Jail delivery plot carefully
planned by Albert Klinger, dime novel
desperate confined in the county Jail
Oh a charge of stealing a Sheboyg3n
automobile and wanted in Illinois on
four holdup charges, came to n2ught
when Sheriff Geo. GOodell acted on
intuition and held an outgoing lette"
over a stove and discovered COM
plete plan of the jail, together with
instructions for smuggling in hack
saws through the bars, written in in
visible in on an apparently blank
page.
Fire of an unknown origin started
in the Spars-IIitchceck tannery, at
Berlin, Wis. early Wednesday, caus-
ing $4,000 damage. The fire depart
ment was called to the tannery Tues
day afternoon when a small blaze was
noticed in the building. The firemen
extinguished the blaze, but Wednes-
day morning a small blaze was no
ticcd and before the fire could be put
under control, a large number of
hides were burned and the building
damaged.
Five years ago Joseph Schorren-
berg was a German soldier fighting
the battles of the kaiser against the
United States and the allies. Now he
has taken out first citizenship papers.
He spent three years in the German
army, serving in Siberia, Russia and
France He required an interpreter
to converse with court officials in
making application for papers. He
resides at Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Eight million pounds of TINT are
stored at Camp Robinson at Sparta,
and work is just commencing on the
work of shipping it to be recondition-
ed and cartridged. This explosive is
being handled by the Department OF
Agriculture and is turned over to the
farmers at cost to be used in farm
cleaning and other agricultural pur-
suits. 1t is a sort of turning swords
into pruning hooks"
$3.50
storms ever witnessed in Marinet+e,
the court house was struck by light
ming and badly damaged Wednesday,
The residence of Andrew Pacquette
was also struck and set on fire. The
rain was tOrrential. People were
greatly alarmed at the fury Of the
storm, which put electric lights out Of
commission for a time.
Tho -hio PorT,OT comfy creamery at
Barron has again paid out more than
100000 for one months milk. 1854
patrons received for the month of July
total of $105, S0783. There was a
total of 7S6,S56 pounds of cream re-
ceived, which made 235,512 pounds OF
butter. The patrons were paid IS
cents pound for butter fat.
The Bucks club, an organization of
local sportsmen, owners of a large
tract of wild land with club house,
about 20 miles northwest of Lady
smith, has taken preliminary steps to
start muskrat and beaver farm, hay-
ing pplied for a permit to buy the
beaver and muskrats now on the
premises.
George Glassell, Sr, who resides in
the town of Wausau, five miles from
Wausau, is in Wausau Memorial hos
pital in a serious condition, the result
of an automobile accident. How the
accident occurred is not known, but
it is believed he drove too close to the
edge of the highway and his car over
turned
The 8-year-old son of Oscar Solder
strom farmer near Hawkins, while
handling "a % caliber rife accidental
Iy shot himself, the bullet penetrating
the lads breast. A surgeon discover
ed the bullet had severed the main ar
terry to the heart and the boy bled to
deaht in a short time.
Albertsville, Chippewa Falls and
Eagle Point, Wisconsin contestants,
won first and second honors in the
cattle Judging of Wisconsin Boys and
Girls clubs in the Northwest Dairy
exposition at the Minnesota fair at
Hamline.
VIM. Behn, "a, was instantly killed