Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-02-25

sheriff's sale, for $63.75 an acre.
Bert Gipple, former Prairie du
Chen newspaper man who worked on
the Union some thirty years ago, but
now located at OnalaSka, has imported
from California a lot of seed from the
giant redwood trees and will expert
ment with their growth in Wisconsin.
If the climate and the soil are favor
able Wisconsin's timber supply will
be solved
Fred Parfrey of Richland Center
left Sunday for Fort Meyers, Florida.
A tract of land was purchased there
by his father, the late A C. Parfrey,
but has never been developed. With
the boom that is on in Florida at this
time, many have written offering to
buy the land belonging to the Parfrey
estate. He plans to return home by
Washington.
Gerald Bailey of Clayton, Wis, lost
the thumb of his left hand Saturday
morning, while on his way home from
Trout Creek where he had attended
a dance. 1t was 300 a. m. when tire
blew out and he put jack under the
wheel to put a new tire on. While
he had his thumb in the hole of the
rim, the jack fell over and sheared
the digit off his hand.
That spring is coming is evidenced
by the displays in Richland Center
hardware store windows. The Strang
hardware is showing a sugar camp
complete, with a winter scene as
background. Trees are tapped and are
actually running sap, a large sap ket-
tie piled high with wood ready for
lighting is to be seen and the finished
product, maple syrup and sugar, are
on display. The Lawrence hardware is
displaying a window full of sap pals.
"The dying days of winter, long in
sugar making time" are about here
Democrat.
Ben Jones and Lawrence Davies,
Dodgeville young men, are home from
a three months trip to California via
the western states, returning via the
Panama canal, New York and Chica-
go. The young men motored west on
Nov. IL. Reaching San Francisco
without trouble they sold their Ford
coupe for $500 which was $191 less
than they paid for it. They then
bought steamer tickets home, going
vana, and thence to New York by wa
ter. The trip included many interest
ing sights and was made without mis-
hap.
Scion Knickerbocker, Dodgeville
Supt. of waterworks, nearly took a
nose dive from the top of a 60-foot
water tower where he went to oil
gears. Scion was oiling away in great
fashion when his knee came into con-
tact with a revolving wheel and a
bolt caught his trousers. The water
superintendent was thrown into the
air. Falling, he landed on a platform
instead of taking plunge to the
ground, so feet below. An examination
showed a gaping wound in one leg
but no other casualties. Seven stitches
were taken to close the wound.
The Kickapoo went on a rampage
again last week. with a couple of ice
gOrges that blocked the channel and
spread the water over considerable
areas Near LaFarge a jam caused
the water to spread and do consider
able damage on low ground. The cleo
trio light plant was put out of service
for two days. At Gays Mills a sea of
foam was caused by the rushing wa
ters beneath the ice over the mill
dam. The rushing waters caused the
foam to form so fast that it extended
clear across the river fifteen feet high
and more than 100 feet down stream
1t was most peculiar sight and when
the wind blew across it gave the ap-
pearance of heavy waves on the sea.
Many people in that vicinity visited
the extraordinary sight.-Courier
Frank Jones, IS, farmer living
near Postville, committed suicide on
Saturday. Fear that he would lose
his farm through foreclosure of a
mortgage is believed to have unbal-
anced him. Saturday, Jones careful
ly cleaned his double barreled shot
gun and left the house with it. His
wife thought he was going hunting
and did not become alarmed until
her spouse did not return at noon A
search found him behind the barn,
where he had tied piece of Irvine
to the trigger of the gun and laid it
on the ladder fastened horizontally
to the building, placing the muzzle
against his breast and pulled the
Irvine that discharged the gun. Death
had been instantaneous. The widow
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