Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-04-19

Green Bay-Henry Netols, So. met
instant death at the Mcdonald street
crossing Of the North Western road
at Green Bay when he was run over
by locomotive backing down to the
station 10 take out a northbound train
Netols, who has been in the emplov
OF the road for 81 years. was assistant
foreman Of section gang working
near the crossing. which was blocked
By a freight train. As the train
backed to let an automobile across
Netols ran around in front of the
freight locomotive. the noise of which
apparently prevented his hearing the
passenger locomotives approach on
the next track.
Beloit-Miss Harriet Wheeler. ss.
widelT known Wisconsin novelist and
short story writer. died at home in
Belolt OF pneumonia Cubs Career,
The Woman in Stone, and A knight
OF the Wilderness We're the leading
books from Miss Wheeler's pen. She
left an uncompleted manuscript en-
titled, On B!ackhawk's Trail Her
books and stories dealt particularly
with the Indian life of the Lake Supe-
rior region, where she spent her youth
as the daughter OF a missionary among
the Ojibway Indians at Odanah, Wis.
Madison-Opposition to the leyying
of general bank taxes against bond
and investment companies in Wiseon
sin was voiced before the state tax
commission by Louis Quarles, Milwau
kee, attorney representing bond and
investment firms of the state. At the
conclusion of the hearing, briefs op
posing the tax We're filed with the
commission and a ruling is expected
to be made on taxes for the present
year within few days.
Monroe-Mr and Mrs. William P
Bragg, Monroe, have just observed
their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary
Mr.. Bragg, a former Green county
farmer, was one of the incorporators
of the original electric service organ
izauon in Monroe and an organizer Of
the local telephone company of which
he is still a director. Mr.. and Mrs
Bragg have lived in the same home
Al years
Burlington The town Of Burling-
ton has bought the German Methodist
Episcopal church in Burlington and
will remodel it into town hall The
building has been vacant since the
German congregation merged with the
English Methodist church two years
ago. The town sold its one-half in
terest in the city han property in Bur
lington to the city of Burlington.
Madison With one exception. the
the Wisconsin divorce rate for 1928
was the highest of any year in the his
tory Of the state. There was one
divorce to every eight marriages in
1928 The figures, as tabulated by the
state bureau OF vital statistics. are for
the year ending Sept. 80, 1923, when
2,21O divorces and 1876 marriages
were recorded.
Ashland - Frederick Cole, Bruce
Garvin and Ardell Helrud, Ashland,
have the honor of taking the first
plunge Of the year in the waters OF
Chequamegon bay The boys went out
to fish through the ice, but the fish
refused to bite The boys then de-
cided to see if the water was warm
enough for swimming They reported
that it wasn't.
Madison - United States Marshal
Chenis received word that Dominic
Jancola, formerly an undersheriff at
Hurley, had been arrested in Canada
and would be returned to this state to
lace charges of liquor law violauons.
Jancola forfeited a $1,000 bond some
time ago when charges were made
against him and has since been sought
Horicon-Ten cars, loaded with cat
tie and hogs, were derailed near Hori-
con when a brake beam on one OF the
aars broke. Fifteen hogs and Is calves
were killed. The larger cattle escaped
injury. Passenger trains on the Mil
road to Horizon were rerouted
via Minnesota Junction.
Prairie du Chien-Mrs William Nc
Glare, "a, died suddenly upon return
ing from church. She had been in her
Usual good health and after walking
home sat down to rest when she was
taken with commissions. Her husband
died suddenly two years ago in prac-
.icaHy the same manner.
Madison-P Printing in newspapers OF
containing coupons re
deemable b. an advertiser and the
sale Of such newspaper constitutes a
by the publisher, the attor
aey generals Office held in an opinion
to J. Q. Emery. state dairy and food