Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07

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fortune occurred at Ridgeway where
Mr. Hosking had gone with his wife
and family to spend Christmas with
relatives.
Wisconsin is furnishing corn as well
as cattle to western breeders for
foundation stock. Golden Glow or
Pedigree No. IL, Wisconsin corn, was
used by the North Dakota college of
agriculture as the base from which to
start breeding an adapted strain for
that region. The result of their work
is a strain known as "All Dakota"
Practically all big sawmills in
northern Wisconsin are now operating
day and night, furnishing employment
for large numbers of additional men
who would not ordinarily be employed
at this time of the year. These plants
will continue on a double. shift basis
for many months, and it is expected
that the lumber cut IN the vicinity OF
Rhinelander will be the largest in
years.
A "baby room is an innovation in
the new Union church just dedicated
at Monroe. In this room on the main
floor mothers may rest on couch or
chairs, caring for their children, and
at the same time listen to the church
service without disturbing the con-
gregation. A large window into the
auditorium may be left open or may
be closed quietly if an annoying wall
should break forth from one of the
infants Many mothers, under this ar
rangement will be permitted to attend
services who otherwise would not, 1t
is believed.
Robert E. Bartlett, druggist and
proprietor of the Rexall Store at New
Glarus for the past fifteen years, fell
dead at the prescription case on
Christmas eve while waiting on a
customer who noticed the odd appear
ance of the man and called the atten-
ton of Mrs. Bartlett, who was in the
store with her husband. She went at
once for a physician, but Mr.. Bart
lett had passed away before they re-
turned Mr.. Bartlett had been in poor
health since last July, when he was
injured in an auto accident which
cost the life of o. D. Curtis Sr.
A Jagged hole four feet in diameter
was torn in the 36-inch brick wall in
the Park mill of the Marinette and
Menominee Paper Mill at Marlnette
Tuesday when a portion of bursted
hv wheel struck it without warning.
The belt on the drive shaft OF an en-
CINE running a paper machine broke
and part of the pulley was carried in
to the drive wheel, breaking the gov
ernor on the engine and causing inc
hie fv wheel to run wild and Smash
into many pieces. Several thousand
dollars worth of damage was done,
officials of the company estimate, and
the paper machine will be idle whlle
extensive repairs arc MADE. Paul
Schreck, power engineer, had Dotn
legs fractured and one arm badly lac
Grated and had a miraculous escape
from death He was descending a
stairway when huge piece or the
hv wheel came crashing through the
36-inch wall, striking him on ooth
legs.
Suit to collect $4,000 damages
from Swift and company and their
agent. Herbert Thiel, %, Portage, has
been started by F. M Wylie, Madison
attorney, for Christ Langeteig, farm
er near Morrisonville, whose 19-year
old wife was killed Nov. 18th, last,
when the car she was driving colllded
with a coupe operated by Thiel. The
accident occurred at the intersection
of two trunk highways near Morrison
Vile. Mrs. Langeteig, who was not be-
lieved seriously injured Immediately
following the accident at noon that
dav. died four hours later at a Mad
ison hospital where she was taken.
The complaint charges that Thlel
drove at an excessive speed as he ap-
preached the crossing, and that he
"failed OF slow to a safe speed when
approaching the crossing, gave no
warning of his approach, failed to
keep the automobile under such con-
| troll that he could avoid collision
with an automobile crossing the inter-
section on the cross road from the
west. failed to give the right OF way
to such other automobile, although 1t
was All the intersection while he was
considerable way back, and turned
his car to the right so as to collide
with said other automobile after it
had crossed the intersection and the
travelled path of the said county high
wav along which the said defendant
was driving Philip La Toilette, Mad1-
son. is attorney for Swift and COM
pany.
If you are easily shocked, don't
water Register. 1t is an interesting
incident that taught good lesson
and taught it emphatically, so en-
phatically that it was horrible. The
facts come from the claim agent OF
the Milwaukee road who had orders
to drop into a station at Edgerton and
clear up the ownership of huge cask
which had been dumped off there and
could not be delivered because no
way bill had gone with it. The cask
had been in the Edgerton freight
house for a couple of weeks, and there
was considerable curiosity about It
on the part of the train crews since II
looked like containe1 of the forbid
den Juice of the corn. Finally one OF
them secretly drilled small hole IN
the top and sure enough the fumes
of spiritus frumenti were unmlstak,
SamDIo0