Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-10
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

succumbed. He had been ill two weeks
and in profound sleep five days. He
is survived by his widow and five chill
dren. The body was taken to Wausau
kee for burial.
NJ F. Coe, manager of the Badger
Hardwood Lumber Co., Port Washing
ton, escaped with bruises Saturday
night when a wheel broke on the au-
tomobile he was driving. The car
knocked down telephone pole and
then crashed into a garage on high
way II, tearing hole in the concrete
wall large enough for it to enter. The
accident occurred nine miles north of
Port Washington.
Section Foreman Jake Crye of the
Omaha road at Yarnell, near Couderay,
obtained his buck during the deer
season just closed in an unusual man
ner. While he was going over his sec
ton with his "pede" he caught up with
a large buck on the right of way. The
deer took to the woods, not noticing
the heavy barbed wire fence, and his
antlers became entangled in the wire
Mr.. Crye stopped his car, grabbed his
trusty spike maui and soon ended the
animals struggles.
Lars Wekkin of Mt. Horeb, claims
the distinction Of having read the
Bible more times than any person in
Wisconsin, and probably the entire
world. Wekkin declares he has read
the Bible through 81 times ard is nov
reading it for the 58th time. He is now
past 70 years old. When Wekken first
undertook to read the Bible through
he read it once a year. This he con-
tinued for seven years, and then read
il almost twice a year. Wekken came
to this country at the age of 10, in
1873.
Charles Heyerdahl and his wife,
Oconto Falls, are being sought by
OcOnto county officials for the shoot
ing of Frank Noel, city marshal. Noel
went into the Heyerdahl home short
lv after noon Friday to serve sum-
mons on Heyerdahl. 1t is not known
who did the shooting, but either Hey
erdahl or his wife pulled gun and
shot Noel through the hip. Before aid
could be summoned the man and wife
had Jumped into their car and fed. 1t
is believed they are headed for White
Lake. where it is known they have
interests. Noel was taken to the hos
nital where the bullet was extracted.
No serious results are expected.
crew OF engineers is at Radisson
working on a survey OF the Chlppe-
wa river below the large 3O,OOO-acre
reservoir dam. They are employed py
the Northern States Power Co., Whlch
owns the dam. This is the preliminary
work towards the erection OF large
mower plants along the upper emp
newa river by this concern. Inc res
eryoir dam now regulates the water
along this river and makes II an ldeal
river for power plants. Great deVel-
opments are looked for IN the soutn-
ern part of Sawyer county during the
next few years. 1t is reported tnaC
Ford has had his engineers looking
over the powed situation along Tue
river during the last month
Robert Stolen, 20, son OF Judge y;
A. Stolen, Madison, narrowly escdpeu
death when a Portage-bound MllWau-
kee passenger train struck his Fora
runaho1t at the Ingersoll st. crossing.
Stolen is foreman at the french
Battery & Carbon Co. He was on ms
wav home to lunch when the accluenI
occurred. He declared ne coulu oe1
no f1agman in sight and presumed y
was safe to cross the track. Inc loco-
motive struck the automobile and car
ried if for nearly lbock down the
track. according to reports. otole ll
was unable to eXtricate hlmseI lIoln
the machine and was carried along
with if He was bruised and received
minor cuts. but it is believed thaI ne
was not seriously hurt.
Federal prohibition officials are en-
pected to take steps at once 10 clo0e
the Burlington Beverage Co. py
tamnorarv restraining order ana
citation asking the officers or the
brawnrv to show cause within 10 Gays
wbv the hermit TO operate should not
no revoked. Clark M. Perry, retlrinS
nrohibition director, announced tndO
no would confer with u. S. Dist. ACty.
Morse to get the temporary restrain :,
ing order and would ask Lewis e.
Brabant legal advisor OF the dty ~
fec RI issue the citation. The evidence
AGAINST the Burlington brewery was
LARGELY obtained Wednesday When III
officnrs captured a truck from Ine
hrawnrv after a thrilling chase: iHs
nnrmit is held by Charles A. Deiih'
Chicago. and was obtained from tno
Milwaukee office. ,o+,-oan
Lost in the dense woods between
Conover and Star Lake, MIS- %
Rurns of Eagle River had hal l ~.
mo nxnerience with pack OF I'm,
hnT wolves which nearly termlnaleu
in bar death. Pursued by the feroclous
beasts through the woods 10 an oIe ~
tote road only the timely ARRIVAL "
a marty of Rhinelander hunters III IT, a.
automobile saved the woman. 600
nartv found the woman lying ldo9
downward in the middle OF lne 80
with four or five wolves snapplns ~
snarline within few feet OF hel. ~
dazzling lights of the appToachln7 :,
arc believed to have saved the "oii !l.oi
from being attacked. With the arE!s ,I
of the hunters the wolves rapluiy
snaa1xed into the woods. HysteIl '-1.,
Mrs Rurns was brought to ConoyeI
,vhnra her husband was organlzlhs q
marty to search for her. 1t was n9eei
~ Two bours before the woman hau
racoverad sufficiently to tell her stols
cbo soid maj she had left the huntlhs
can,n where her husband was EN-, !,
ployed as guide, to hunt deer. noilas
dusk after travelling seVeFdl 40
from camp, she started 10 le III.i1-,,o-s,
she realized she was lost - i'm
set in and she wandered aoout e. H.
lesslv through the undeloii 49,,
rifle became a burden ana sue ~ ,ho
it away. Then from the uistd,iee ;ob
heard the howls of wof pach, ",,
gradually became louder as TUG a,.il
mails approached. Realizing nel h p ]
Mrs. Burns started to run, Stun .l,e
and falling over wlnd1alls close