Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-25
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREVITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
state Area.


week shipped 1900 pounds OF money
to the Chicago market.
George Schultz of Postville had enc
of the fingers of his left hand torn IN
a corn shelter. He reached into the
machine to loosen a clogged ear Wheh
his hand was drawn in.
A case in circuit court which in
wolves Mrs. Ella Fleming against Rev.
T r. Prucha and others OF Muscoda
in a suit for damages has been trans
ferred to La Crosse where 1t Will De
tried. 1,,.,,..
Miss Alice Lindholm and Willis
THOMPSON of Darlington were mar
ried Oct. 28 They will reside on
farm near Montfort.
Harrison Roddick sustained frac-
tire Of the right arm while cranklng
a car at Platteville the other day. The
break above the wrist was so badly
splintered that the bone protruded
through the flesh.
The village of Glen Haven is to
have electric current for light and
mower. Progressive citizens made
the new improvement possible and
A line viii be cut in on the Interstate
Power Co. system at some convenient
place along the route.
John Marvin of Pra. du Chen is
still hunting mushrooms in the woods
and finding them. Several days ago he
found a nine pound specimen under
tall grass in the woods east of town.
It was of the same variety as the re-
cord sized one that he found last
year.
August Krieg, former Clayton coun-
tv man, who is now located at Mis-
soula, Mont, has invented a water
wheel suitable for irrigation purposes
that will hoist as high as forty feet
on it's own power. His patent was the
first one ever issued from the Garden
City of the West"
Bowden & Nowak of Montfort are
erecting mammoth warehouse and
machinery building at the rear OF
their main store building. The new
structure is about 90x90 feet and two
stories high. This additional room will
greatly facilitate the handling of their
great volume of business.
McGregOr men have launched a
black silver fox ranch, fifty of the
best bred foxes being used as a foun-
dation. The pens will be built on a
south slope in native woods. AS the
hills are the habitat of the native red
fox it is thought the more valuable
specimens will thrive there.
The Argyle Canning Co. has COM
pleted it's first years pack and put up
half a million cans of beans, tomatoes
and beets. Around $4,000 was paid
to farmers for the produce. Beans net
ted from $50 to $3.50 per acre. Toma-
toes went from $500 to $165 per acre
and beets from S120 to $500 per acre.
Arthur Lasse of Ithaca collected
bounties Saturday morning on two
red foxes, one of which he trapped
and the other he shot in his town.
The bounties are $500 on each fox,
but the hides are worth from $40 to
$14 each, so to bag a couple of foxes
increases ones bank account. Mr..
Lasse reports that there are many
foxes this year in his community.
A stranger giving his name as Thos.
Fleming, put in his appearance at the
Richland Center jail last week in a
serious condition. He wanted to forget
the world and his troubles, so to get
a drunk consumed several cans of
canned heat" which is a mixture of
wood alcohol, formaldehyde and other
drugs. Medical attention was sum-
moned and he was able to leave town
Monday, apparently none the worse
for the experience.
Hazel Edith. six year old daughter
of Ernest Brandau, was shot through
the abdomen by little baby brother,
four years old, in the town of Wells,
near Sparta The father had gone to
the field and taken the children with
J,o n fTa a n n
been set for a wild animal, he laid
his gun on the ground and went over
to take a look at the trap. He was
startled to hear a shot from his rifle
with the result indicated.
R. H. Angel and VIM. Miller, fisher
men of Victory, near Lansing, Melted
thousands of pounds of rough fish in
one days hauling last week. The fish
carp and buffalo, were shipped to the
Philadelphia market. 1t seems that
as cold weather comes on the rough
fish have a habit of congregating in
shoals around the sandbars. The willy
fishermen are aware of. this and reap
a harvest. 1t is said that the haul
made by Angel and Miller came to
10000 pounds.
The state highway commission has
the toll bridges at BoSocobel ana
Bridgeport on free basis. The money
has been voted for a free bridge at
Muscoda and the work will be done
the coming year In case the bridges
at Boscobel and Bridgeport are put
on free basis the present toll struc-
lures will be acquired from the owners
ut fair valuation. The county and
state are compelled to meet the aid
assessment where the local units vote
for a free bridge
Richland Center has taken the first
prize for high school bands in the
state third time They have the
nlttleSt organization in the state. The
school buys the instruments and the
boys pay for them as they can. S16,-
600 has been invested. Each Thurs
day from 100 to 1:25 o'clock the
band plays in the high school Assem-
bly,. In the course of a year each
member must appear in some sort of
solo work There is given at each
rehearsal new sight reading selec-
ton and the sight reading is what
won them honors in the state con-
test. An auxiliary composed of the
mothers of the players is a big help.
Iurtle hunters along the Kickapoo
have been digging the reptiles out of
the mud these fall days and shipping
them to eastern markets where they
are sold as "terrapin." When the
cold days of early fall come the turf
les burrow in the mud of sloughs and
bayous, hiding beneath the thin LAYER
to get what warmth they can before
the cold weather sets in and they hi
bernate. The hunters stamps around
in the mud until they feel something