Grandfather Falk Was In the Newspaper

On 11 May 2017 I wrote about some of the entries in the local newspaper (Goodland Kansas) about my grandfather Albertson. Today it is my grandfather Falk's turn.

I already wrote (16 Feb 2017) about how the Julius Falk family visited with their daughter Wilma and her husband and also about their trip south to Glide to visit Julius' in-laws.

The Albany Daily Democrat of 24 Jan 1920 told that Julius made a trip to Portland and when he returned he was driving a Stoddard-Dayton automobile.

In reading the Albany and Eugene newspapers I found that Julius and family lived between Halsey and Harrisburg. (I actually already knew that.) When an item was listed in the Halsey news he lived southwest of town and if it was found in the Harrisburg news he lived north of town. On 16 Oct 1908 it was reported that he had purchased a farm 3 miles north of town and the price was $25 per acre. I very much doubt that his land could be purchased at that rate now.

There were a couple of items related to farming. In 1917 Julius was helping fill a silo. In Feb 1922 he reported that his first lamb had come on October 10 and that was confirmed by a witness, Clarence Grimes, who distinctly remembered the early lambs during hunting season. In 1934 a crew was threshing sudan grass crop for him. In 1937 he was listed as a visitor at the Lake Creek Grange with his son and daughter. Of course the fact that his daughter Violet gave a reading as part of their program probably influenced that visit.

It was in March of 1924 when he was listed as the father of a new daughter and then in August of 1927 he was the father of a son. He was mentioned as father of the bride when Wilma was married in 1933 and again as father of the bride when Lois was married in 1934. I smiled when I saw that the newspaper had listed Lois' husband as Benjamin “Lotsplick” because he name really was Lotspeich. Maybe someone's handwriting wasn't too legible. Julius was named as one of the grandfathers when Joanne was born in 1939 and then again in 1942 when her brother Oran was born.