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


wood to hasten drying. A brisk IRE
IN the stove dried out the wood. which
soon started to char and smoke. TIE
parents, returning TO the house. found
the rooms filed with dense smoke
the baby already dead and the son in
a serious cor>Idon.
Superior Edward ]. Sailstad, con
fesed perpetrator Of an insurance
hoax, who began four year sentence
at the state reformatory al Green Bay.
a mon,.- ago, has been made a clerk
in the office of the inseituuon. mem
bers of the local sheriTs force have.
been informed. Dorothy Anderson.
the Sunshine girl" with whom Sail
stad wandered for nearly four years.
and who is serving a four year term
in the state industrial home for women
at Taycheedah, is also model prison.
er, reports indicate.
0shkosh-M Moses Hooper, believed
to be the oldest practicing attorney
in the state of Wisconsin, celebrated
his eighty-ninth birthday by entertain.
ing the members of his family at din
ner at his home in Oshkosh. No an
nouncement was laade Of the event in
advance, but many of his friends re-
membered the occasion and Mi. Hoo
per received a large number of letters
and kilograms Of congratulation and
floral remembrances.
Palmyra-The Druggists National
home, Palmyra, has received its first
$1,000 donation from William Horlick.
founder OF Horlick's Matted Milk Co,
Racine. The amount is to go toward
the $300,0 00 endowment fund which is
being built up for the maintenance Of
the home This donation will endow
one room, which will be known as the
Horlick room Other business firms
throughout the country are endcwing
rooms.
Monroe-Children of the Dutch Hol
low rural school near Monroe are be
tween smiles and tears. Smiles be
cause of an enforced vacation and
tears because some precious books,
drawings and other handiwork were
consumed in a roaring fire that RACED
the little schoolhouse. A defective
stove in which a small fire had been
left is believed to have started the
fire.
Ashland The estate OF the late Or.
T. X. Schlecht of Ashland, who lost
his life by freezing to death while out
on a fishing trip, viii amount to about
$4,000. His widow asked the pro.
bate court for letters Of administra.
ton The estate consists of about
$4,000 in personal property; $4,000
in real estate; $4,000 in life insur,
ance and some other business inter
ests.
Juneau-The Dodge county board
adopted a traffic ordinance and pro.
vided for the employment Of motor,
cycle policeman to patrol the main
concrete highways Of the county
Numerous complaints OF speeding last
year prompted the supervisors to set
a speed limit in Dodge county and
provide for it's enforcement.
Madison Following recent develop
ment oil certain varieties of pea seed
at the state college of agriculture, a
charter has been granted by the secre-
tary of state to the Gamers Seed
corporation designed to develop seed
for use in Wisconsin. The corpora
ton is without capital stock Head
quarters will be in Madison.
Janesyille-The Carlton Hotel, Ed.
gerton, owned by the Highway Trailer
Co. of that city, has been sold to the
Realty Holdings Inc, Madison. Pos
session will be given Apr. Is, with
Mrs. Josephine Morse as manager.
The hotel win be completely redeeo
rated
Manitowoc- George Peters, Al, EN-
ployed as a foreman in department
Of the Aluminium Goods Co. plant at
Manitowoc, fell dead while making an
inspection Of his department Peters
had been i'll and had returned to WORK
only three days ago.
Beloit Phillip Lechtenberger, 60,
reputed wealthy, committed suicide at
his rooming house IN Beioit by taking
dose of paris green Financial dit
dculties are believed the cause for the
suicide. He was a retired contractor
and unmarried
Maiden Rockville operating a
hr,yv eaqsr Yraay D11raud Milton Stewart