Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-15
NelUs Notes of Wisconsin

Madison.-W Wisconsin farmers are
being warned against the use of
frozen silage by J. L. Tormey of the
college of agriculture. The unusual
cold weather this winter has frozen
the contents of almost every silo in
the state and in some cases much
trouble has resulted from feeding the
siIage to stock. Sheep usually fall
victims more readily than cattle. No
bad effects follow when the silage is
thawed before being fed, says Mr..
Tormey.
Secretary of State
Frear has asked for an opinion from
the attorney general upon the right
of a corporation to refile incorpoTa-
ton papers where there has been
defect in the original papers, with
out paying a new filing fee. The
question arose when the NJ. H.
Wiltzius Statuary company, Milwau-
kee, a proposed $4,000 corpora
ton, informed the secretary of state
that one of it's incorporators was
minor and they desired to file new
corporation papers.
Madison-University of Minneso-
ta's football team will meet that of
the University of Wisconsin on Nov.
2, according to an announcement
made at Minneapolis AS a result of
the protests made last fall from the
Wisconsin game, there was consider
able talk at the University of Mime
sofa that the team would not meet
Wisconsin next fall, but the athletic
| authorities opposed the boycott.
Mflwaukee.-At a meeting of the
! directors of the Wisconsin Manufac-
turers' association here, it was de-
cided to appeal to the United States
supreme court the question of the
constitutionality of the income tax
law passed by the last Wisconsin
! legislature and which was declared
constitutional by the state supreme
court.
La Crosse.-With creamery butter
selling at As cents a pound, Eugene
Darlington of West Salem admitted
in county court here that he had en-
tered the West Salem Cooperative
creamery for the purpose of stealing
| the precious products of the COM
pany. He was sentenced to a year
in the state reformatory at Green
Bay.
Randolph-Thomas R Roberts,
aged IS years, one of the pioneers of
Dodge county, died today at the home
of his nephew, R. F. Roberts. Ex-
cept for the time he was in Cali
fornia during the gold rush in the
| sos, he lived continuously on his
/ farm, Elaen-Y-Cae, which he bought
from the government and owned IN
/ til his death.
Madison.-''The Wisconsin Idea"
| is the name of a new book written by
DR.. Charles Mccarthy, head of the
Wisconsin reference library, dealing
with the work of the 1911 session.
| The book deals with events rather
/ than with men and contains about
/ 200 pages. The introduction will be
writer by Theodore Roosevelt.
Madison Following a long con
/ ference with Gov. McGoveFn, Speaker
/ c. A Ingram said the situation at
/ Black River Falls is acute. He did
/ not know whether or not the COVER
nor would call a special session of
the legislature, but personally he be
lieved the exigencies of the situation
! demand such action
Menasha.-Cottag owners along
Lake Winnebago suffered heavy loss
as a result of the heavy freezeup. TIE
concrete breakWater was showed IN
land nearly twenty feet by the force
of the jam.
Racine.-All traffic on the MiIwau-
kee road between Chicago and Mil
waukee was tied up for several hours
on account of a bad freight wreck
just north Of the FranksviIIe station.
The breaking of a brake rod piled
up ten cars loaded with merchan-
disc and tore up the track for about
100 feet. The damage is estimated
at $4,000. No one was injured.
La Crosse.-The question of
whether or not La Crosse will hold
its interstate fair next September
will be decided by the business men
of the city. The total receipts last
year were $32,639.