Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-11

I@lcnland Center was in Madison Mon
udy Tor conference with the attorney
seneral and others regarding the con
81 9Uructlon of the Lone Rock bridge.
Inc matter has been hanging fire for
year, with nothing doing in the mat
Ter due to the refusal of Iowa county
- provide its share of the building
iunu. Governor Blaine visited the
pInage site late in September and told
fesloents OF Lone Rock that he would
IaVor building the bridge. Sank and
islcnIand counties have both provided
Lileir allotment of money for the
orloge and it may be that the cover
nor VIII authorize the attorney gener-
''l 10 proceed against Iowa county to
Gonpel 1t to act and provide money.
- would be preferred that Iowa coun-
~ experience change of heart and
Cle iowa county board which will meet
next week vote money without legal
acknowledgements.
Inc trst Odd Fellows lodge west of
pennsylvania was organized at Min
eldl Folnt IN 1885, it has been discov-
TIeu, on what is known as "Shake
NAG one of the first mining camps
III southwestern Wisconsin. The or
sa4lZers were lead miners from Potts
Sllle' "a, and they brought a Deputy
III anu sire from the east across the
|alIeSnaney mountains down the Ohio
1ver TO cairo, ILL.,, and thence up the
IOMl!.sslsslppl to Galena and overland to
Nnlheral Point to organize the lodge,
over three months being consumed in
making the Journey. The Wisconsin
city mad the first Odd Fellow building
west OF the Alleghanies. The first re-
| Celpt Tor dues was issued on Novem-
per Il, 1885, by Thomas Wildey. the
ilfst Grand Master, and is one of the
interesting relics preserved in the ar
cilIves OF the Mineral Point lodge.
hanover is having building boom.
IL is said seventeen dwelling houses
VIII be erected there as soon as pos
! slDle. Besides this there will be an
| apartment building erected for mill
employees and the Hanover Wooden
manufacturing Co. is adding a ladge
| ADDITION to the mill, the cost of which
may reach 100000 It is understood
/ that the Hanover State bank expects
to let a contract within a few DAYS
Tor the erection of a new banking
nome on recently purchased site and
the members of the Holy Face Catholic
church will start Immediately to erect
a home for the use of the first priest
| VINO will soon take charge there.
| Edward Strassman of New York
City was in Whitewater, his old home,
last Friday and Saturday. Ed spent
years in Shanghai, China, for the Brit
| 1sh-American Tobacco Co., and gave
it up a year or so ago to return to this
country. He says that next year he
will return to China and he does it
from choice. Over in China one can
get more for less than about any
where else on the globe. In addition
ones independence is uncurbed and
Ed will tell you that a fellow is a
whole lot safer there than on the
streets of New York-Whiewater Reg
| lister
Been all around the world and it's
all alike. Wages are nothing. Every
thing is high. Thousands are broke
and nowhere to go. Will leave tomor-
row for home" is the message that
has come by letter to McGregor rela-
tives from Charles Tipp, an expert
brick-layer of McGregor, who with
w Stone, railroad clerk, j. Hall, cleo
trician, B. Cady and o. Brooks, car
penters, who left McGregor for Flor
ida a month ago by Ford to see what
prospects were for good jobs. Stone
has returned home ''for something to
| eat"
| The Khan is creating excitement in
Elroy and the district attorney of
Juneau county has been ordered to in
vestigate. On Sept. 9, a bunch of hood
ed men entered a restaurant in Elroy
and notified the proprietor that "She
must clean up and run her place re-
spectacle" A paper was handed the
owner, says the Elroy Leader, that
threatened violence if she failed to
comply. The order recently issued to
the district attorney of Juneau coun-
| ty to investigate comes from the state
attorney general.
Sunday, Nov. /, marked the opening
season for squirrel hunting in Grant
county and a large quantity of pow
der was burned up that day. Hunters
in the immediate vicinity however
have been enjoying squirrel roasts
for some time as the season opened
in Richland and Crawford counties the
first of October. The bag limit in
Grant county is five each day.
Gordon Belts, while hunting about
|
gun-shot wound in his foot Sunday
afternoon, when a shotgun he was
using was accidentally discharged
The entire charge went through his
foot just back of the toes. AT the
time the accident happened he was
resting the end of the gun barrel or
his foot-Viroqua Censor.
A giant alfalfa root which was
plowed up this week by Clifford Mosh-
er on the W. M. Mosher farm, was ex-
hibited in town Tuesday. This root
measured 26 inches long and was
broken off. 1t was two inches around
at the top, tapering to over an inch
at the tip, resembling a small tree
stunp.-Richland Center Observer.
Little Joe Schneider was taken tc
Boscobel late Monday after local phys
icians had pronounced him seriously
ill with appendicitis. An operation was
performed Immediately and the young
man is recovering very nicely at the
present time.-Muscoda Progressive.
! VIM. H. Young, one of Marietta's
highly esteemed farmers, passed away
Monday at his home, aged IS. De-
| ceased is survived by a wife and sew
| o.oI r,,oryY, oIoiIdron Funeral services