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PAGE 7. THE LAKE GENEVA NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 18. 1917 Record of Geneva Co-operative Cow Testing Association. The following table gives the names and records of the cows in the Association which have produced more than 40 pounds of butter fat during the period of 30 days ending Dec. 31, 1916.

Brief Accounts of the Week's Doings in the Neighboring Towns and Villages as Related by Our Special Correspondents. ZENDA L.P. By ram came home Friday evening to speak Sunday with his family. Mr. and Charles Morris and family took dinner with Geo.

Tappens family Sunday. Miss Kabet and Miss Geraldsdn visited at Mrs. Ed. Thatchers Saturday. I Frank Werner and his mother, Mrs.

LYONS TOWN OFFICERS: Supervisors Frank Scheller, Chairman; George Batschelet and Wm. Schumacher. Clerk L. A. Campbell.

Assessor W. E. Farley. Treasurer Fred Vorpagel. Justice ot the Peace M.

M. McCann. Constables N.C.Helgert. E. Pietrie, W.G.Naille with Mrs.

P. J. Perring teacher on Saturday afternoon. The coldest day of the season registered 18 below on Sunday morning. Chas.

McCabe and Andrew Lackey have returned from Milwaukee where they attended the auto, show. Miss Audry Pontius and Wesley Wickham of the. Brick Church community, were married on Wednesday evening by Rev. Drake, pastor of the Baptist church. The happy young couple will live with his parents.

They have the congratulations of their many friends. Miss Nettie Edington was a guest for dinner Sunday at the W. E. 'Mc-Elwain home. Mrs.

H. A. Kogers spent Wednesday in Harvard with Mrs. G. B.

Leach who is a patient at the Cottage Hospital. Harry Pett took his sons to Geneva Lake for cisco fishing Sunday. Mrs. Helen A. Miller has returned from Arkansas, where she spent a couple of months with a neice who recently passed away.

Mrs. C. D. Acly is sick in bed at this writing. Mrs.

Wm. Miller has been quite ill and under thecare of a physician the past week. Claude Huntly were and Mpb. Fred Wyse Mr. and callers on Geo.

Warner went to Harvard Tues-day. Earl Kimbalfof Racine, whs in Zenda Monday visiting relatives and looking after business, He bought Jacoc Millers house while here and expects to move here in the spring and start a buthcher shop. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hofacker returned home from Plum City, Sunday where they had been spending the holidays with relatives.

Ruth Turner returner to Madison, Monday, after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Turner. Mrs. Arnold visited her sister, Mrs.

Schraeder of Chicago, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Harvey Hatch called on Mrs. James Rowbotham Tuesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs.

Wm. York entertained Mr. and Mrs. Tazelaar, who were on their wedding trip, the fore part of last week. The young couple were on their way to their home near Nekoosa, where they live on a farm.

Miss Addie Emery went to Walworth Wednesday. Will York was sick with the grip this week at the home of his father, Carl York: Mrs. Thomas Cox entertained the Sewing Circle Wednesday afternoon. The Lake View Farmers Club held their regular meeting Friday evening. The program was short but good.

Most of the evening was spent in visiting and in a social way, after- the business meeting was over. Mrs. Henry Karcher has a severe attack of rheumatism in her arm. Mr. Hutfilz slipped and hurt his side and back the-first of the week.

Mrs. Geo. Stoneall will entertain the February Missionarv Meeting. Clifford Hatch, Will Libby, Whitney Brigham, Geo. Bachelet, Henry Nickle, Archie Ehle and Mr.

Mueller returned from their Alabama trip Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Cornue and Archie Cornue spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Stewart The Missionary Meeting at Mrs. Ed. Nichols was quite well attended in spite of the cold weather Thursday. There was a surprise party on Mr. and Mrs.

Otto Saewert Wednesday evening. The evening was spent playing cards. Refreshments were served and a good time enjoyed by all. Mrs. Frank Walsh is fkf'entertain the Sewing Circle next tim Jan 25th.

a Word was received that Mr. Russell accident and had his foot cut off. We are pleased to know that he has fully recovered and is soon to resume business in Montana. Frank Scheller waB at Elkhorn most of last week attending the County Board meeting, Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Yanke of Honey Creek, were calling on Lyons friends Saturday. Miss Dorothy Clausen of Burlington, was visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry Harms over Sunday. J. G.

Meadows is visiting relatives in Delavan. A Cuban who talks Spanish, is selling cigars around town today. Melvin Bresee is the member from Lyons of the Agricultural Society Executive committee. There is' already some talk of the farmers raising sugar beets this summer. A new phone was placed in the Koclanes home on Wednesday.

Leon, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hofner, was operated upon Sunday mornjng at the Hanover Hospital, Milwaukee. His mother has been with him and the boy is coming along very nicely.

Rev. F. J. Hillenbrand of Random Lake, is greeting his many friends in Lyons. 1 A sermon for old men, young men, and boys, Sunday Jan.

21. at 2 m. at the Lyons M. E. Church.

The women will be interested. Everybody invited. Mrs. Anthony Robers underwent an operation on Saturday by Dr. Newell.

Her condition at this writing is very serious. Roy Hollenbeck and family are nicely settled in their new home in Milwaukee. Dale Weeks is to arrive here Wednesday. He left the munition works in New York, one day before the great explosion E. L.

Durkee of Delavan, was here on business on Tuesday. He is to wire G. H. Weeks residence. There will be no school on Thursday, in order that the teachers may attend the school convention at Elkhorn.

which made oyer 30 pounds fat for the 2 10-26-16 2 11-23-16 2 2 9-18-16 868 1023 942 713 4.9 4.1 4.1 5.0 42.7 4L9 35.7 Social and Coasting Party. There will be a social and coasting party given by the Epworth League on Saturday evening, Jan. 20. Games will be provided in the church parlors for those who do not go coasting. Refreshments will be served at 10:30.

Everyone is welcome. Mri and Mrsl Peter Dearn, of Beloit, were over Sunday guests at the home of James Lloyd. Chicago Entertainers. The next number in the Farmers Club Entertainment course will be given on Saturday evening, Feb. 3rd.

Two ladies comprise the company and they put up a very popular entertainment; good reports coming from wherever they have appeared. J. P. Koclanes and family moved into their new home on Monday. I No services are being held in the Qerman M.

E. Church on the hill this winter, as the congregations are so small that it hardly pays to keep the services up and mst of the members here find it convenient to attend the German Methodist Church at either Burlington or Lake Geneva. B. F. Skiff I of Elkhorn, was here Monday to help his daughter, Mrs.

W. G. Weeks celebrate.her birthday. Charles Mayer was in town Monday posting bills for his auction to Thursday, Jan. 25th.

He has farm six miles north of here pects to move to Whitewater. The Mystic Workers have chosen Friday, Feb. 2nd, (ground kog day) for giving an Old Folks Masquerade. Further announcement later. A large DeLaval separator is being installed at the creamery of Bolas Co.

Wm, A. Vorpagel has been elected a director of the Spring Prairie Farmers Mutual Insurance Company in place of E. E. Fowlston, resigned. Frank Scheller was at Elkhorn last week attending a meeting of the County Board of Supervisors.

Mrs. John Uebele returned Saturday evening from a weeks visit with relatives in Chicago. Fred Vorpagel, town treasurer, reports that taxes are not coming as in former years, but he expects to be kept busy writing receipts after the next dividend of the creameries. All taxes not paid this month will be subject to a 2 per cent increase. He will be at Springfield next Wednesday and at Lake Geneva the last day of the month.

1 4 The first robin has not yet been seen in Lyons, but a very truthful person reports having seen a live angle worm crawling on the sidewalk but it was not during the past week. Albert Helgert lost one of his horses last week. We understand that they will com mence shearing sheep on the, Wilson farm next week if the weather moderates. They have about 15,000 sheep there this year and the wool is worth 42 cents a pound. Will Peterson, formerly employed by the Wisconsin Telephone Company at Delavan.

and Burlington, died in Chicago last week after a long illness. Ed. Vorpagel will commence working for H. J. Howe on the first of February on a years! contract.

I A daughter was born on Thursday, Jan. 11th, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kutz at Union Grove. Dr.

Wolfgram was called to his former home at Campbellesport cn Monday evening. J. J. Verhalen made a trip to East Troy Thursday. Mrs.

J. E. Cocroft writes that she has a very pleasant winter living in Chicago with her daughter, Mrs. Head-ington. She will return to Lyons in April.

Fred. Robers and Brothers, is the name of the new firm and they will make well drilling and the moving of buildings a speciality. They have a fine new Mitchell auto truck. four very Frank Flemming, who lives miles northwest of Lyons, is much in need of a hired man. Frank B.

Hand, a native of Lyons, but now a resident of Cdeur dAlene, Idaho, is here visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. G. Meadows. Mr.

Hand learned the printers trade in the Lake Geneva Herald office and was for several years editor of the Hurley Tribune. He was about to engage in the newspaper business in Montana last March when he was injured in railroad Friday. Mrs. H. from Beloit.

Glen Coon Davis." Mr3. Luther Adams very-ill is able to be up and house again. Miss Huldab Wittmer is entertaining a friend from Madison, Wis. Mrs. John Gates spent the week end in Libertyville, 111,, with her daughter, Mrs.

Jack Ayers and family. Jack had the misfortune to crack the bone in his limb which has laid him up for some time. i Miss Gladys Simonson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Koeppen at Geneva Lake.

Mayor Perring has returned from Elkhorn where he went on business. G. W. Peters made a business trip to Sparta, in the interest of the Congregational church one day last week. The ice cutters are busy this week cutting ice.

Harry Rideont was called to Oshkosh Sunday by the serious illness of his ather. W. L. Seaver and sons were Harvard shoppers Saturday. Clarence Bilyea is slowly gaining at he Evangelical Hospital.

His wife is with him. Mrs. Julius Simonson has been very ill with lagrippe but is better. Mrs John Blaihe and daughter, Margaret were Janesville shoppers Saturday. Frank Sennet spent the week end with Janesville relatives.

Mrs. L. C. Church and Miss Emeline and Harriet left Thurs day for Dania, Florida, to spend the winter. Miss Rose Britt spent Sunday at her home in Janesville.

A. Herstea will move to town March 1st. SPRINGFIELD Mrs. Eugene Rittman visited several days with her sisters, at Bloomfield. Miss Mary Rahn was an Elkhorn caller, Wednesday.

Theodore Keller was a Union Grove caller, Sunday. Will Schumacher had business at Lyons, Monday. Miss Clara Johnson spent Saturday with friend 3 at Burlington. Walter Chase had business here Monday. Theodore Keller had business at Lake Geneva, Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Vorpagel and son, attended the Flora DeVoss show at Lake Wednesday evening. Mrs. Anthony Novak and Miss Ella Stratton of Burl.ngton, spent the week end with Mr.

and Mrs. Theodore Keller. Mrs. Henry Gough of Lake Geneva, visited friends here Thursday. W.

D. Rice is visiting at SKerburn, Minnesota. Mrs. John Abbott and Mrs. Arthur Malsch had business at Lake Geneva, Monday.

A burglar broke in the Depot Sun- day evening, taking all the money out of the telephone booth. Albinos cannot see well in the sunlight. It is only in semidarkness that they can discern objects clearly. This is the list of 2 years olds month: Ora P. Taylor, Belle, Jersey A.

G. Palmer Sons, Pieterjie, Hoi A. G. Palmer Sons, Homstafa, Hoi Ora P. Tayloi, Blonde, Jersey John Matteson, Snowball 2nd, G.

W. Palmer, Nettie 2nd, F. W. Drake, Official Tester. Hoi.

POWER OF FIREFLY'S LIGHT Calculation Difficult Because It Shows Brightest Only When in Flight. Calculating the candle power of a fireflys light is no easy matter, especially as it shows its brightest light only when in flight; but William II. Pickering of the Harvard astronomical station at Mandeville, Jamaica, managed to do it by comparing it with the light of certain stars, says the Electrical Experimenter. The Jamaican firefly gives a brighter light than those with which we in the States are familiar, and Pickerings calculations are for that of the tropical insect. In a recent letter to Nature he states that A great number of them fly along a neighboring road, and their position can be determined by their illumination on the inclosing stone walls.

Their brightness was found to equal that of the star Canopus, which was just over the road and at rather a low altitude. Its brightness was at that time equal to Orionis, the altitude of which was 40 degrees. It was a very clear evening, as is generally the case here, so that we may take the brightness of the latter as of one magnitude. The distance of the road was 175 feet, or 53 meters. A zero magnitude star 1 is equal to one candle power at 526 meters.

If of zero magnitude the light of the firefly would therefore have been just 0.01 of a candle power. Being of first magnitude, its light was 0.014 candle power. This result is probably correct within half a magnitude, or 50 per cent, and considering the apparent brilliancy of the insect, is smaller than one would have expected. HOW VARIOUS ANIMALS FEED Curious Ways of Partaking of Food Show Great Differences Between Classes in Creature Kingdom. When one thinks of the many curl ous ways in which common animals partake of fheir food, one realiz.es more than ever the vast difference there is between classes in the creature kingdom.

For instance, the squirrel carries its food to its' mouth by means of its paws, whilst the elephant uses its trunk. The ant-eater and toad employ their tongues, but spiders masticate their food with horny jaws. The caterpiller is provided with saw-edged jaws, and uses them so well that every day he consumes at least three times his own weight in food. Toads, turtles and tortoises do not possess teeth. Frogs have only an upper row of teeth, and lobsters and crabs have a set of teeth in tneir stomachs.

The tiger and lion uo not grind their food; as a matter of fact, their teeth only work with an up-and-down movement, much like chopping-knives. 'T- REFORM. Reform is the work of reason slowly awakening from the lethargy of ignorance, gradually ac quiring confidence in her own strength and ultimately triumphing over the dominion of prejudice and custom. a 846 936 3.6 3.2 30 5 30.0 2 2 10-29-16 Leo D. Dunlap, Secretary WILLIAMS BAY Born to Mr.

and Mrs. Louis Beaufort last week, a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Millard will leave soon for the North, where they have recently purchased a farm The children are already gone and are living there.

The Consumers have started cutting ice here now and so far it is, of very superior quality. About 90 local men are assisting in the harvesting of same The officers were elected for the Aid Society Thursday a afternoon. Mrs. Lena krumgard, President, Mrs. DeGroff, Vice President, Mrs.

S. B. Barrett Secretary, Mrs. E. G.

Davis Treasurer. Quite a number were in attendance. Mrs. Newcome became a new member. Mrs.

Frost is chairman of the Finance of the parsonage funif, also chairman of the work committee. Geo. Van Velzer has been ill, but is better now. My. and Mrs.

Gordan Kent ani family of North Geneva, moved into the Young house last week. He will yvork on the ice, for the present. Mrs. Leo Host and children were visitors in Kenosha, several days last week. Frank Lavis i3 the Chef at the Consumers boarding house assisted by Will Whalen.

A mistake appeared in the news last week. It should read Mrs. Thomas Parkhurst and Mrs. E. Davis were on the Reception committee, and Mrs.

Zeb Sawyer Chairman of the refreshments. Mr3. E. Frost has been ill, several days. Miss Myrtle Davis was bridesmaid for Miss Sadie Pearson, when she became the bride of Mr.

Dave Anderson. Herbert Chapin purchased the ice tools of E. Baker, and is filling the Lake Shore houses. LINN-BLOOMFIELD Mr. Sipes and son of Zion City visited friends in this vicinity last week and spent Wednesday evening at Harry Snuddens.

Mrs. James Nichols and daughter and James Bass attended the Ladies Missionary Meeting at Mrs. Ed. Nichols Thursday. Chas.

Nichols has been having the eye. Anna Haase of Lake Geneva, visited the Snudden families Sunday. A large number in this vicinity were disappointed in not being able to hear Russell Conwell lecture at Zenda Monday evening as he was ill making it necessary" to postpone the lecture Eleanor Nichols spent Friday at Harry Snuddens. Vinton Tibbitts is assisting his brother Floyd with his work. James Bass spent Sunday at Chas.

Nichols Jr.s. William Wilson of Zenda, was a caller in this vicinity Monday. James and Chas. Nichols hauled shelled corn from Zenda the first of the week. Geo.

Vogt will start Wednesday morning his new milk route. He sells pastuerized milk from the creamery at 5 cents a pint, or 8 cents a quart. He is to handle the milk bottledas soon as bottles can be obtained Mr. Hoffman made his last trip on Tuesday. Card Party and Basket Social.

The members of the St. Aloysius Society will give a card party and basket social at the Lyons Hall on Tuesday evening, Jan. 23rd. Everybody is cordially invited. Ladies please bring baskets.

Pictures of Strange People. Rev. N. D. Chew, a returned missionary from Korea, will use the elec-tnccurrent in showing the pictures of the Koreans at the M.

E. Church Thursday night of this week. He will tell all about these strange people, and everyone is welcome to come and hear him. Farmers Club Meeting This Week. A very attractive program has been arranged for the meeting of the Farmers Club to be held in Lyons Hall on Friday evening of this week as follows: Program.

Song, America All. Piano Solo Helen Heinz. Vocal solo Pearl Bresee. Piano duet Mrs. Frank Ehlen, Miss Helen Heinz.

Vocal duet Miss Lucile Mayhew, Mrs. E. Mayhew. Address, The man who can and will Mr. C.

E. Fawcett of the Rochester Agricultural School. WALWORTH Mrs. B. S.

Merwin will leave Thursday for Bavtavia, to visit with Mrs. Athert Hober. The Young Ladies Auxiliary met on Wednesday with Mrs. B. S.

Merwin. Miss Lelia Longman and brother of Woodstock, 111., were week end visitors at the parental home west of town. Art Robars is laid up with a severe attack of lumbago. Kenneth Blaine is out again after his sickness. The Congregational Church held their annual church meeting Monday evening and also enjoyed a community supper Richard Williams has returned from Chicago where he visited his father, J.

Williams. Chas. and Will Bowyer will go farming March 1st. A new barber shop has been openec up in the Fred Dean pool room. Mina Dangerfield entertained the Buds of Promise a class of ten girls Conwell who was to deliver his lecture here Jan.

15th, is sick and could not be with us Monday night; so the lecture is postponed indefinitely. Thomas Cox went to visit his sister near Burlington Tuesday and returned Thursday. Mrs. Whitney Brigham and son, Shirley went to Chicago to visit relatives Monday. Miss Elizabeth Herrington who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs.

Brigham the past week left for her home in Woodstock, Sunday. Mrs. Richard Leedle spent Monday with Mrs. James Rowbotham. 1 BLOOMFIELD Charles Reith returned home last Wednesday from Milwaukee, where he had been visiting with relatives, for a-bout a week.

Mrs. Anton Schumacher went to Milwaukee last Friday, to visit with relatives. Wm. Vogt and family spent last Sunday evening with Wm. Katzenberger and family.

Jacob Dale is quite sick at this writing. Mrs. Ed. Duberstine went to visit with her sister Mrs. Julius Steffen, for a few days last Monday afternoon.

John Canham spent last Sunday with Fred Duberstine: Mr. and Mrs. John Tietle and children, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Tietle, and Mr 7 and Mrs. Ernest Tietle spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Duberstine. Charles Gleason and Tom Derrick called at Ed.

Duberstines last Sunday Mrs. Frank Jacobson spent last Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. John Anderson. Frank Jacobson drove to Lake Geneva last Friday afternoon, on business Some of the children of the White Pigeon school, and the Andrew Kull school gave a birthday surprise on Claud Hackett, last Saturday afternoon COMO Evangelist George Hickey, co-worker with the iate Harry Monroe, will ac- company the Rev. A.

S. Cross next Sunday afternoon and will speak at the Union Church. The Foreign Mission entering will be taken. i.