Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-04-11
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES And
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

With the ice going out of the river
ferry lines at Pra. du Chen Will be-
gin business very shortly. The Wan
namingo and Rob Roy are the two
rather pretentious gasoline driven
ferries plying between Pra. du Chen
and Marquette. Last year they fer
ried 39,502 passengers and 10,523 mo-
! tor cars. This indicates a thriving
| industry and would pay lot of in
terest on a bridge. There, is no
| bridge spanning the Mississippi be-
| tween Dubuque and La Crosse, a dis
lance of 120 miles. The first ferry at
| Pra. du Chen was established by
| Alexander McGregor in 1885. 1t was
fiat boat propelled by poles. Then
came a mule-power ferry followed by
a steam ferry. When the pontoon
bridge was built the ferry business
died out until the coming in of the
motor car. Since then it has been
nip and tuck" to handle the traffic.
The present ferry boats can handle
Is cars and 100 passengers apiece not
to mention a lot of freight.
Dodgeville baseball plans have OBJ
tanned a promise of no interference
with their Sunday games and as re-
suit the town will join the South
western Wisconsin League this year.
The Platteville Elks lodge got I'M
der way Monday evening of last week
with a charter roll of SO members.
Three new members were taken in
before the evening closed. Institu-
tional work was carried on at the
mining school followed by a fine sup
per and closing with boxing bout Of
four rounds. Officers of the Platte
Vile lodge are: David Gardner Jr.,
Exalted Ruler; Chas. H. Meyer, Els
| teemed Leading Knight; J. E. Evans,
Esteemed Loyal Knight; George r..
| Dobson, Esteemed Lecturing knight;
! E. j. Sawbridge, Secretary; w. H.
| Doyle, Treasurer; Herman r. Boil,
Tyler; Trustee for years, r. G. Har-
vey, Trustee for years, j. A. Mac
Culloch; Trustee for l year, S. A.
| Garry
The heavy rainfall and sudden run
ming away of moisture early last
week put rivers out of their banks all
over this region At Galena the river
pulled it's regular stunt of overflow
| ing but the flood was not as bad as it
was last year when the water invad-
| ed the main section of the city. The
Wisconsin river rose rapidly at
Spring Green, flooding highway 28
and stopping traffic. The Pecatonica
went out of it's banks and flooded the
streets at Darlington. Impaired
train service and flooded sections
were the rule at all points along the
rivers
A man entered the Bell telephone
office at Dubuque and demanded to
see the manager. 81 want to inspect
your STILL" he said, flashing U. S.
badge on Manager Payne. why, err
er-theres no still here stammered
the manager" Eyes, there is" con-
tinued the other cts in the base
ment." The nonplussed office force
trooped after the intruder as he went
downstairs "Ah, just as l thought
he declared as he spied a complicated
apparatus. But is was a plant for
distilling water for use in batteries.
The clerks tottered back to work.
Work has been completed on new
annex to the Methodist church in
Dodgeville. The new building is two
stories high and of ample proper
TONS 1t is built Of pressed brick to
harmonic with the main building.
/ The two edifces were thrown to-
| S0CD6F lot EASTER S6INlCGS anu oil
room was taken.
Mrs Margaret Ashmore Austin,
widow of the late Samuel r. Austin,
died at her home in Platteville April
8, aged SO years, four months and 10
days. Mrs. Austin was born in Illi-
nois in 1924 and came to Lafayette
county in 1916. She was the mother
of ten children Of whom eight sur
vive.
A. G.. Kicks defeated Chas. A. Blair
| for mayor of Boscobel by 13 votes
last Tuesday. Frank Kendall was
elected city clerk in fOur-cornered
fight. John Scheinpfug was elected
treasurer, R j. Miller assessor and
H. w. Hubbell and W. H. Payne JUS
tees.
The auditorium at Dodgeville, a
three story brick building 50x100
feet, has been sold to F. L. Hagerty,
a baker Mr. Hagerty expects to use
the entire main floor for a wholesale
and retail bakery.
Albert Huppenbecker of Boscobel
has served "a years as clerk in the
Parker-Hildebrand store and is still
on the job. He is also president OF
! the BOScObel fair