Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-05
LOCAL ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Brennan spent
Thanksgiving in Madison, with their
daughter Elsie, who met them there
Miss Brennan is teaching in northern
Wisconsin
Miss Gillogly of the High School
faculty was called to her home in Nit
Carroll, ILL.,, by the death of her
grandfather She remained over
Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. Robert Alden of Denver, Colo.
visited Lancaster friends last week
Before her marriage Mrs Alden was
Miss Florence Campbell She is a
sister of Mrs. r. P. Holmes.
Miss Kathryn CoOns of Potosi, is a
memberof the Whitewater CONNER
cial hockey team. Her team won first
place in tournament in which Is
teams and 23O girls took part.
L. M Dixon is back in Lancaster
following an extensive tour in the
East and South selling Bracket Pow
er Mortisers. He leaves soon on a
similar trip through the West.
Miss Leona Kraemer went to Mil
waukee Wednesday to spend Thanks
giving with her father, II. ]. Krae-
mer From there she went to Free
port for weekend visit with friends.
"A G. Knapp was a Friday passenger
to Milwaukee, where he bought more
Fords for his agency Sales, now
adays, keep on regardless of winter.
A few years ago the selling season
ended in October.
G. H. Vesperman and family left
last week for Pillager, Mimi, where
they will locate on farm. Mr.. Yes
perman has a brother-in-law, Ed.
Parks, in that vicinity. He plans to
buy there if conditions are favorable.
Estella Franklin writes the Herald
from Culbertson, Mont, saying that
weather has been good there so far
this winter except for one brief rainy
spell. No snow so far. Crops were
fair, but could have been better. The
stock is doing we'll on the range.
In a quarter column article the
PlatteyiIle Journal describes the Lam
caster municipal building in detail.
In closing the Journal says: Ian
caster is proud of this building and
we'll may she be. The opening of the
new theatre will be an event of i'm
portance to the entire community"
Frank Haser, farmer living near
Rockville, has billed a sale for Dec.
49, the particulars being announced
in the weeks paper Frank limped
in after his bills Wednesday as his
Ford car had turned over with him
and crippled one leg so that he was
on crutches. Frank spent Thanks
giving day posting bills, nothing
daunted.
A local industry not to be sneezed
at is the horseradish digging bust
ness. Several local men have made
good money digging the roots and
shipping them to Milwaukee. The
root price ranges from sc a pound up
wards, depending upon demand. A
good digger can make $40 a day cas-
lily and if he wants to extend himself,
double that sum. There isn't much
competition, diggers say. Something
about horseradish that creates a clear
field all to ones self.
The November state crop report
shows Grant county corn yield at AZ
bushels per acre compared to 46 blu.
last year. 81 per cent of the corn
was merchantable. The Grant coun-
ty tobacco yield ran 1872 pounds per
acre with SGT pounds frosted and
worthless. Grant county potatoes av-
eraged 81 bushels per acre compared
to 113 bushels last year. The report
shows that milk prices through the
year so far have averaged $2.15 COM
pared with $1.S6 last year.
The Lafayette Baptist association
comprising eight churches in Grant,
Iowa and Lafayette counties, held an
session at Lancaster last
Monday and Tuesday. DR.. A. E.
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Ralph Berry, his assistant, Milwau-
kee, and Miss Jeanette Mitchell, Mil
Waukee, were present and assisted
with the work The Baptist organiza-
ton is democratic in principle, func-
tioning through the local, state and
Northern Baptist associations.