Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-12-21
NecOs Notes of Wisconsin


mortality Of infants during 1910, the
following percentage of deaths are
shown for Wisconsin cities: Apple
ton reported IS per cent of it's deaths
as being among children under l
year, and q per cent among children
under years; Ashland, II and p
per cent, respectively; Beloit, Is and
27; Eau Claire, and IA; Fond du
Lac, Is and q; Green Bay, 80 and
80; GAINESVILLE, IA and 10; Kenosha,
30 and 4S; La Crosse, II and II;
Madison, 10 and IT; Manitowoc, II
and %; Marinette, 16 and "a; Mil
waukee, 26 and So; Oshkosh. Is and
20; Racine, 20 and 20; Sheboygan,
IT and 26; Superior, Is and so; and
Wausau, Is and "a
Madison.-T NJ Purtell, state fire
marshal, has issued a bulletin enti-
tied Christmas Dangers" in which
he offers advice to fond parents and
responsible church officials" To the
latter he says: There can be found
no better recipe for a giant firebrand
than the following: Take twigs of
wreaths of tissue paper, bags of net
ting, cotton batting, fluffy clothes for
dollies, toys of dry, painted wood,
ornaments of explosive celluloid;
fix, and insert a few dozen candles
and label it The Ideal Incendiary.
Milwaukee.-K K KEENAN,, state
income tax assessor, speaking before
the 1oyU c1a nf Morny10+fo
sity on the income tax law, said it
would probably cost 100000 to adj
minister it the first year. Mr.. Ken
nan said the tax commission could
spent $140, 900. The state, he said
had been divided into thirty-nine
districts and the assessors of incomes
would be paid from 81 900 to 81, 500
The yield of the tax the first year to
the state would probably not meet
the expense of collecting it, he said.
Prentice.-Price county will be
the first in the state to make a test
of chapter 513, the new law passed
at the last session of the legislature,
giving to the people the right of ref
erendum in certain cases. Petitions
are now being circulated demanding
of the county board of supervisors
that it either repeal a resolution
appropriating $4,000 for the cree
ton of a training school building at
Park Falls or refer the question to
the voters for determination
Viroqua.-An unusual case has
come to light of young man of Coon
Valley changing his name to that of
his bride, while her name remains
the same. Emil Erickson was mar
ried to Alma Pauline Sloan, but the
couples name is not Erickson By
taking the necessary legal steps he
has mad his name changed to Sloan.
Madison.-State Bank Commits
sioner A. E. Kuolt has approved the
following charters: The Wisconsin
Loan and Trust company, Superior
capitalized at $4,000. Farmers and
Citizens bank, Watertown. capital
lied at $4,000.
Beloit-The Beloit college glee
and mandolin clubs will take a trip
to the Pacific coast in February or
March as the guests of the Santa Fe
railroad. Transportation is furnished
free on condition that the clubs en-
terrain the roads workmen at divi-
sion points. The trip is a coveted
one each year and was eagerly
sought by many colleges and uni
versity clubs.
Viola.-Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan
Turner of this town have lived in
the same house here for forty-fve
years. They recently celebrated
their fiftieth wedding anniversary
Neenah.-The city of Neenah has.
been served with notice by United
States District Attorney Cor that if
it persists in making assessments
against the site for the new postof-
fee for street improvements and
taxes, the government viii take steps
to compel the cancellation of assess
ments which have been made.
Green Bay.-AII efforts to locate
Joseph Hardnia, assistant light
house keeper at Grassy island sta
ton, reported missing, have proved
fruitless. It is believed he started
to walk 10 Green Bay on the ice and
fell in an airhole.
Green Bay.-Frederic G. Hall.
proprietor of the Beaumont hotel,
has purchased at an auction in New
York a painting entitled. The Prod
igaI Son." believed to be from the
brush Of Del Sarto, an old master
The picture now hangs in the state
historical library at Madison, having
been loaned to the society.
Neenah.-Frank Ehrgott, who died
at Milwaukee recently, was one of
the oldest settlers of Neenah. He
cane to Neenah when it was a mere
Indian village. Later he moved to
Appleton.