Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-16

Christensen went TO the barn TO milk.
leaving the baby lying on bed, with
a lamp on a table close by. An older
child tipped the burning lamp over.
Jonn Palmer, neighbor. saw the blaze
IN passing. He extinguished it before
the house was DESTROYED, but found
the child burned to death.
Almond Members OF the Albert
Hetzel family Almond, were nearly
asphyxiated by gas escaping from their
furnace. Occupants of the house were
overcome by the gas. with the excep,
ton Of Mrs Hetzel. who was able to
reach ne telephone and call for help
from neighbors. A physician arrived
in time and although he found all of
the members Of the family ill, they
are now recovering.
Casco-Farmers who raise beets this
year will receive $3.50 ton, 81 more
than last year, according to Ernest
Krause, field man of Casco, who de-
clared that the sugar companies had
guaranteed that price A bonus of
$4.75 ton on beets will be given far
mers for their 1923 crop, in addition
to the regular price received, Mr..
Krause reports.
Merrill-The new dam above Mer.
TflI hac haap pap,ad tbo XEya1to,. Alox-
ander dam in honor of Walter Alex
ander, pioneer of Wausau and promi-
nent throughout the Wisconsin river
valley The action was taken at the
meeting of the board of directors OF
the Wisconsin Valley Electric Co. at
its annual meeting recently held.
Kilbourn Carroll Sullivan, %.
Friendship, was arrested by Sheriff
Frank E. Parks while in the act OF
tapping the money drawer in the Of
flee of the Friendship Electric Light
& Power Co Money had been miss
ing from the cash drawer for several
weeks. Sullivan was bound over to
circuit court Tor trial.
Marinette Bernard Tierney, Crivitz.
Marinette county, met with an I'M
usual accident in the barn on his
farm COW got caught in a beet
fork that was standing in the barn
and when Tierney went 10 open the
door the COW kicked the fork loose
and it struck him in the face, making
several ugly decorations.
Oconto-The family of H. Zenisek,
Hickory, had a narrow escape from
death when a water tank attached to
their kitchen range exploded, tearing
the stove to pieces and scattering
fragments of steel and cinders over
the room, which the family had left
just few minutes before.
Tomahawk- farm residence OF
T. Thrgeon was destroyed by fire at
Tomahawk An old trunk containing
clothing was all that was saved Had
the wind blown in another direction,
all the farm buildings would have been
destroyed, as there was no water with
which to fight the flames.
Green Bay Edward Memo, an old
man, was found dead in the kitchen
Of his farmhouse, a mile and half
south of Suamico, Wis, when his son,
Thomas, returned from visit with
a neighbor across the road. Heart
disease is believed to have been the
Cause Of death.
GAINESVILLE -Eighty-three convictions
for violation of the prohibition laws
We're obtained in the municipal and
circuit courts of Rock county during
1928. according to the district attor-
ney. Fines Of $l7051 and sentences
Of ten years and four months were
imposed.
Green Bay-Ray Weinberg, 26. Of
Menasha, was instantly killed by
falling tree while working IN the woods
near Neopit as a tssmstel He was
skidding logs whore tiAoer was being
cut and, his vision obscured by the
falling snow, he failed to realize his
danger.
Birchwood-R aym md Leary,
sehooIboy of Brentwood. who broke
his arm several weeks ago while
cranhng an automsbile. broke the
same arm in two places while slid
ing down hill.
Port Washing on-William Endthoh
lost three fingers off one hand and two
off the other in a punch press acct
dent at the Gil5on company plant.
Port Washington.
Stevens Point-When a scarf with
which they were playing upset pot
Of hot coffee on tie stove at their
nome. Lorraine and Eleanor Thomp-
~ 10 N-orglya near GrAvar1s Point