Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-08-01
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES

Miss Mayme KreuI of Highland has
accepted a position teaching in the
grade schools at Salt Lake City, Utah,
next term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Leimgruber
arrived in Darlington, from Zurich,
Switzerland They will make Darling
ton their home.
Wilbur PEBBLES Benton, aged IA,
lodged one car and was run over by
a Ford and dragged ten feet. He was
badly bruised but will recover.
Edward Gavigan, % years old, a
Viola, a town on the Kickapoo, held
a home carnival last week Band
music and other entertainment was
afforded by home people. The at
tendance was in excess of 1000 and
all voted the affair q success.
world war veteran, was drowned last
Friday morning while swimming IN
the river near Galena. His body was
recovered Gavigan was seriously in
jured while in action in France and
carried a silver plate in his head.
The pOnus and sloughs along the
Mississippi are blooming with lotus
and yellow flowers can be seen on
the waters surface in large numbers.
The white flowers bloom a little later.
Plucking of this magnificent water
plant is now forbidden by state law.
Gays Mills, under leadership of O..
A. Sherwood and T. ~ Nelson has or
ganized the farmers of that vicinity
into a Federal Farm Loan Associd-
ton, and of $168,000 applied for, over
500 900 has been furnished farmers
of that vicinity at a rate Of 51a per-
cent.
DR.. John Dexter, a son of Rev. F..
N. Dexter, of the Congregational
church at Elroy, has received noti::e
of his appointment to a professorship
n biology at the University of Porto
Rico, located at Rio Peidras. He is
to sail from New York to take up his
work in August.
A. l.. Solem, Spring Green pro-
duee dealer, is transporting his eggs
from that city to Chicago by truck.
He claims they reach that city on
time and in many cases in better con-
dition than when shipped by freight,
and at no greater cost. In fact, he
claims a saving when he can pick up
a return load from Chicago and usual
ly manages to do that.
A parry of young girls camping near
the Mound. were frightened SO that
they broke camp Sunday night, when
men were found proving about the
camp. 1t was fortunate that one of
the young girls father was present at
the time. With so many strangers
going through the country it is hardly
safe proposition for campers with
out protection. Providers about such
camps should be severely dealt with.
-Platteville News.
Plans for the revival of Cheese Day,
that unique Green county celebration
widely known before the war. are be-
ing actively pushed at Monroe, Wis,
and a financial drive is meeting with
enthusiastic response. October 2 has
been selected as the date and 5000
buttons to advertise the attraction
will be placed on sale in a few days.
A parade, free milk and cheese and
exhibition of quality cattle will be
among the days feacures.
The city of Viroqua has swim
ming pool 45x100 feet under way. 1t
will slope from three feet deep at one
end to ten feet deep at the other The
bottom and sides will be of smooth
tile, making it easy to clean. $1,700
subscribed privately by various citt-
zens made the pool possible. 100 per-
sons subscribed SIS apiece and few
gave little more. In addition to the
pool bath houses a1d showers will be
provided. The pool will be located in
a park near the city,
The refrigerating system of the
Mo- Iy ot
Green, went wrong last week G. M.
Haas, the proprietor, and Charles
Nelson worked at fixing it, and later
called in Mr.. Schauf from his garage.
While Mr.. Haas was away, the latter
two loosened some bolts which per-
mitted ammonia gas to. escape, and
Mr.. Schauf was overcome and Mr..
Nelson nearly so. Mr.. Haas return
ed in time to rescue them by opening
a window and reaching them, using a
a cloth for a gas mask.
Olaf Larson, buttermaker at the
Larson creamery at Gays Mills, scor-
ed the highest in the state on his eX-
hibit of butter with score of $3.50,
in the first scoring of the cold stor-
age exhibit for the National Cream
cry Buttermakers' convention to be
held at Madison in OCTOBER. carl OI-
stun, in charge of the Larson cream
cry at Soldiers Grove, as usual got
high score of 1856. The total num-
Der of entries from the different states
was 272 of which Wisconsin had 81
scoring 80 or higher, those having a
score below 80 not being published.
A. J. Kloock, Northwood, Iowa, scored
highest with $500.
Surveyors are said to be at work
along the Iowa county side of the
Wisconsin river, opposite Riverview,
stalking out the proposed dam which
has been talked of for the past few
years. 1t is stated, but upon what au-
thority is not given, that operations
on the dam are to begin within the
year. The proposed dam is to be 10
Gated across the river at point on
the Peter Brimmer farm about mile
below Riverview, extending across to
a high bank which runs along the
river bottoms in Iowa county. 1t is
said that the dam will raise the river
some sixteen feet and flood the low
lands back as far as the Lone Rock
bridge. Some three or foor years time
will be required in which to complete