Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD


management that she talked on
subjects foreign to the telephone
business at the board. Miss Elizabeth
Thurmanson was given a weeks lay
of for rule violation at the exchange
of the Wisconsin Telephone company.
Eleven other girls vent on sympa-
thetic strike and the service was Grip
pied. Operators were rushed here
from Oshkosh. The strikebreakers
were met at the train by strikers and
warned to keep away. but they broke
through the lines and went TO work.
The strikers are circulating petitions
in the twin cities asking for more pay
and less hard work.
Beaver Dam.-Beaver Dam has dur
ing the past winter produced a
lemon which viii compare favorably
with anything grown in warmer eli
mates. The lemon is the property Of
Mrs. A. L. Henninger and was grown
by her on tree that does not measure
TO exceed three feet in height and is
about five years old. 1t weighs IA ounces
and measures 1914 inches in cireum-
ference and has grown to maturity
The tree has been prolific bearer
and upon several occasions has been
well laden with fruit
Madison.-Governor McGovern ap-
pointed John L. Standenmayer Of
Portage to be a member of the
Portage levee commission in place of
his father, John K. Standenmayer, de-
ceased The elder Standenmayer was
the originator of the Portage levee
idea and made it hobby during his
lifetime. The other members of the
commission are II. L. Bellinghausen
and W. C. Gault of Portage, both
named in the act creating the commits
sion.
Neenah.-The best passenger trains
on the 500 and Northwestern. rail-
roads through here have been
carrying refrigerator cars his past
week loaded with Strawberries from
Tennessee and Illinois This was done
with perishable fruit because the
strike at Chicago interfered with fast
freight shipments and it was neces-
sary to attach the freight cars to pas
senger trains.
Sheboygan.-The body of John
Skok, thirty-eight, who disappeared
here May 10, was found in the Sheboy-
gan river.
Delafield.-F1re destroyed the large
main building of the White sum-
mer resort and the home Of Mrs.
w. o. White. The resort is located
one-half mile east of here on Naga-
wicka lake, and has been the home of
many Milwaukee people for more than
twenty years. The damage of $4,000
is partly covered by insurance. Prompt
action on the part of the students of
St. Johns Military school saved five
other smaller buildings. The fire broke
out in the laundry and had gained
much Roadway before discovered The
military boys formed bucket brig
ade from the lake to the house and it
was by their efforts that the entire
resort was not burned. No attempt
was made to put out the blaze and in
just one hour the wind famed blaze
had burned the two buildings to the
ground. At least fifteen people were
asleep in the main building when the
fire was discovered.
Madison. = Awakened by the burg
lar alarm, half a dozen students
at the Sigma M fraternity house, 42S
North Murray street, ran downstairs
in their pajamas and with revolvers
and shotguns in their hands. When
they reached the basement they dis
covered John ]. Burke, painter, with
bundles of meats and other provisions
under his arms, it is said. They COW
cred burke with their guns, while one
of their number notified the police.
The refrigerator has been repeatedly
robbed and the buraglar alarm was in
stalled, connecting the refrigerator
with the sleeping rooms
Portage.-When Game Wardens E.
A. CLASSIFY and w. Smith raided
the watches of set lines of Buff
falo lake some men from ambush
opened fire on them with reyolvers.
Their aim in the night was bad, how
ever, and the wardens escaped injury.
Jack Smith and Jay Brown have been
arrested by the wardens, charged with
Illegal use of The lines. They were
taken to Monticello, where they plead
ed guilty of violation of the fishing
laws. Ten thousand feet of lines were
confiscated
Appleton.-The seventeenth annual
convention of the Green Bay dis
trict of Christian EndeaVor closed
here with the election Of the follow
ing officers: President, ]. E. Ely, Mari
nette; vice-president, Rev. A. Haupert,
Green Bay; secretary-treasurer, Miss
Dora Dennison, Oconto; superintend-
emit OF junior work, Mrs. Fl. c. Postle-
waite, Marinette; superintendent of
missions, Miss Anna Hanson, Green
Bay.
Ashland.-Authoriti of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin let the con-
tract for a new Office building to
he s.racted on the Dermanent experi-