News: Granton Locals #2 (2 May 1913)

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Surnames: Storm, Scholz, Ludwig, Lautenbach, Winn, Lawson, Mabie, Hollenbach, Schuelke, Beyer, Lowery, Beeckler, Burdick, Knorr, Rausch, Rogers, Albrecht, Wentworth, Schnare

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., Wis.)  05/02/1913

Leave your laundry at the Brass Band Barber Shop.

Wm. Storm has beautified the interior of his saloon with a steel ceiling.

Miss Bertha Scholz went home to Nasonville yesterday.

Wm. Ludwig of Vesper spent a few days here this week, a guest of Webb Winn’s.

Eddie Lautenbach went to Marshfield Thursday.

The Circle will meet with Mrs. henry Lawson a week from next Wednesday, on May 14.

Albert Mabie has a new driving team purchased at Marshfield.  He sold his other team to Rush Wentworth.

Mrs. Hollenbach of Eau Claire, after a winter’s stay here with her son Geo. and family, went to Almond on Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schuelke spent a couple of day of this week with Wm. Beyer and family west of Neillsville.

Will Lowery last week purchased the three building lots in Paulson’s addition owned by Mrs. L.E. Schnare.

Mrs. Hattie Beeckler came home from the Chippewa hospital last Saturday.  Her mother, Mrs. Burdick, met her at Marshfield.  Mrs. Beeckler is convalescing nicely.

This is the grandest weather for farmers to do their spring work that has been known here for many years.  The ground is in perfect condition and it is not too hot for teams to do a full day’s work.  Many of the farmers are through seeding.

The foundation for Knorr & Rausch’s garage east of the bank building was laid early this week and work on the cement floor and the walls will be commenced next week.  The structure is to be erected of brick and tile.

Wm. Roger os Minneapolis came Sunday night and remained until Tuesday evening, a guest at his brother Frank’s.  Mr. Rogers experienced being in a bad railroad accident just west of Baldwin, as he came down and though many passengers were badly injured, he luckily escaped any harm.

Will Albrecht, our East Lynn editor has failed us this week.  We first thought it was on account of being too busy seeding, but we are informed that he is sick with the auto fever and Thursday morning purchased a Ford touring car of Knorr & Rausch.

In every county and in every state can be found towns that are continually forging ahead while others remain practically at a standstill and accomplish nothing in the way of advancement.  In every case the fault can be found to rest, not with the town, but with the people themselves.  We have been thinking pretty seriously along this line and it presents its conclusions in this way: the reason why some towns grow is because they have men in them with push and energy that are not afraid to spend their time, energy and money in anything that will boom and benefit the town.  They have confidence enough in their town to erect substantial modern buildings and residences and work for public improvements in the same order.  They organize companies and establish factories, induce industrial enterprise to locate and use every means to further the best interests of the town.  Their work is never considered finished and the accomplishment of one thing is only an incentive of another.  On the other hand, the town that does not get ahead will be found to be dominated by either a set of men who are perfectly satisfied with their surroundings or who are afraid somebody else will be benefitted in the event something is started; consequently no effort of any kind is made by this class for these two reasons.  If some men or set of men endeavor to start something they are met by opposition and discouragement and it is uphill work all the way and very often failure.  Every town however, has a certain progressive element which hopes for a turen of the tide when the town will go forward by leaps and occupy a position of importance and obtain numerous advantages which go to make a good town in every sense.  But this stage cannot be accomplished by mere wishes or suppositions.  It can only come from harmony in purpose and action and the eternal vigilance of its citizens.  The town with these things will continue to grow and improve, but the town without them is to be expected to remains in a state of lethargy indefinitely without affording its residents anything but mere existence.  It is all true.

Saturday, April 26^th, L.E. Moh completed an official 7 day test of the pure bred Holstein-Friesian cow Frazier Netherland De Kol 2^nd No. 123003, resulting as follows:

Milk, Lowest day                                   58.4

Milk, Highest day                                  67.6

Milk, 7 days                                         436.6

Average per day                                    62.3

Average fat per                                       2.035

Fat for 7 days                                       14.248

Butter, 7 days, 80 percent fat               17.81