Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-01

At the Baraboo fair 1913 cattle were
entered in the various classes.
| 100 new members have been en-
rolled in the Green Bay Izaak Walton
league.
MARI of the finest quality, in valu-
able as fertilizer, has been found in
layers so feet deep in the vicinity of
Hartford, Wis.
Assemblyman c.. E. Hanson, Pierce
county, defeated by VIM. Hunt of
River Falls in the Tenth district SEN
ate race by a vote of 1904 to 5,046, is
to run as an Independent in the gen
eral election.
With more than 5000 persons look
ing on, a wedding ceremony was per-
formed according to the ritual of the
Ku Klux Khan at rally at Spooner.
200 robed klansmen paraded before
thousands of spectators.
Illinois furnishes half the tourists
coming into this state, while most of
the others come from nearby western
states. On two days when counts
were made at Madison, over thous-
and foreign cars were noted.
The parade of 5000 klansmen set
for Oct. 4 at Madison, has been post
poned to Oct. f. The demonstration
has been planned in answer to state
ments of the governor that the khan
has no foothold i'll this state.
Clarence L. Bowen, Edgerton far
mer, has brought suit for divorce al
leging that his wife, Prudence, told
naughty stories to clerks in the Ed
gerton stores, drank liquor and used
abusive language to the children.
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facturer, and Joe Switalski, railroad
man, are missing from their homes at
Baraboo. The two men left home on
Friday a week ago. Gvanis left a
note to his wife saying she would
hear from him soon.
Melvin Burns, II, Madison, died IN
d hospital from injuries received while
practicing at the east side high school
where he was a student. Burns was
accidentally kicked. His injuries at
first were believed to be minor, but
peritonitis developed.
An inquest was held at Stoughton
Saturday to probe the death of Lloyd
Williams 4 months, who was fatally
injured when an automobile struck
concrete culvert. George Forbes, al
legged driver of the car, is being held
for transporting liquor.
After the Appleton park board had
issued warning against the use of
the city park for Ku KluX meeting,
5000 members of the Fox river valley
gathered in a field southwest of the
city and proceeded with their kon-
klave peacefully. Nothing spectacular
occurred.
Chas. Simoneau, Washburn farmer,
| oeti1o1 ofod of
over $4,000 caused when a fire of I'M
determined origin reached 200 pounds
of dynamite stored in a machine shed
and exploded it, Simoneau was hurled
| so feet by the blast, which was heard
! in Washburn two miles away.
| Griff Milhan, 35, of Laona, was SEN
| fenced to 35 years in Waupun We'd
nesday for the murder of Robert Hal
| ley. The trial was held at Crandon,
the center of the Wisconsin "Kentuc
ky" settlement. Arthur Mcmillan OF
Laona was acquitted of Staying his
brother, Henry, as the result of an old
quarrel.
Claude Walters is in the Bayfield,
county jail charged with assault1ng
Louis Jahnke, farm, with intent to
Walters is alleged to have visited the
Jahnke home where he became famll-
lar with Mrs Jahnke. When the hus-
band protested, Walters procured a
rifle, it is said, and chased Jahnke
through the woods.
An epidemic of robberies has been
infesting Barron county. At Rice
Lake a wholesale grocery house lost
$500 worth of cigarets. Louis Gam |
melgard, grocer, had $35 taken from
his safe. The safe of the New Rich |
mond roller mills was smashed and
$50 taken. At Prairie Farm, a store
was entered, the thieves loading big
truck with silks, linens ,silverware,
jewelry and tools.
More freaks of the northern Wis
consin cyclone are being reported. |
Youngsters were especial prey OF the |
twister. Of the So reported dead, 20 |
were children under 16 years and two |
were infants. An entire family, the |
father, mother and three children |
was wiped out near Medford when |
their home collapsed. Two small |
children were killed at Couderay and |
the mother is dying. The villages OF |
Three Lakes and Stark were practi-
cally although the death toll was
light. The twister played strange |
pranks. A freight train at Three
Lakes was hurled from the track and |
so boxcars overturned. A number of |
cottages occupied by the summer col
ony at Moen's lake were picked up
and deposited many yards out in the
lake. Hundreds of livestock were
killed Automobiles in many places
in the path of the tornado were car
ried out into the fields. Near Lean
ington, the cyclone picked up farm
house in which there were five per-
sons, lifted it from its foundations and
carried it 100 yards. The mother was
slightly injured but the father and
three children escaped unhurt.
The death toll from the northern
Wisconsin tornado Sunday afternoon
a week ago was So, making the heav-
lest loss of life from this form of dis
aster in the history of the state. The
injured will exceed 200. The storm
area included seven separate commun-
tiles in northern Wisconsin, from
gDorrop county in fhp west to Ash