The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-19

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MILWAUKEE - Although recently
they stated that the State Railway
commission had sanctioned Z pro
posed deal by which the Wisconsin
Telephone company, the Bell system.
could under the law take over the
Fox River Valley Telephone and Tele-
graph company, the largest indepen-
cent concern of its kind in the state.
ofnclais of the Wisconsin company
denied that a deal had been closed
completing the telephone merger.
A report emanating from Appleton
stated that the sale had been con-
summated in consideration of the sum
of $350,000 The Wisconsin company
vas to take possession July Is.
MADISON-The upper sleeping car
berth law was declared invalid in a
decision by Judge Stevens. The law
provided that whenever a person oc-
cupled a lower berth in a sleeping
car and the upper berth of the same
section was not engaged nor occupied,
the upper one must remain closed.
Judge Stevens held that the law is
void because it takes the defendants
property without just compensation
and due process of law.
WHITE FISH LAKE-The unique
spectacle of LOCO Indians in war
paint, young bucks, old bucks, squaws
and papOoses,. were seen here when
the last of the Chippewas' partici-
pated in their annual war dance,
which will last one week ON the
Couderay reservation here. After the
dance the entire assemblage repaired
to the outdoor kitchen, where choice
dog meat was served in barbecue
style.
MILWAUKEE - Mr.. A. ]. Schmitz
Of Milwaukee announced his candi-
dacy for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in Wisconsin. Schmitz
undoubtedly will be opposed by Pro-
bate Judge John c. Karel, also of Mil
waukee, and botn probably will be
named by the Democratic state con-
vention in Milwaukee on July Ii to
contest at the state primary in Sep
TENDER.
WEST BEND-While bathing with
several companions in the Milwaukee
river, Walter Schultz, aged twenty-five
years, the youngest son of Mr.. and
sin Knights Templar, and was also
with cramps and drowned before aid
could reach him. Three hours elapse ed
before his body was recovered.
RAClNE-The use of dynamite in
tilling agricultural ground will be dem
onstrated in an experiment to be con-
Quoted by the G. W. Gunther company
next fall. A peculiar strata of soil on
the company's farm has resisted the
pillow and the use of the explosive is
expected to prove successful
ASHLAND-W. J. Burnside, solicit
tor for tailoring shop, who was con-
victed of embezzlement, sentenced to
Waupun and released under parole,
was arrested again for violating his
parole and was taken back to prison
by parole officer representing the
hoard of control
MADISON-Wisconsin manufacture
ers4 were compelled to pay an assess
ment of $2,146 for manufacturing and
marketing butter containing over Is
per cent of moisture during the fiscal
year of 1911. This is a decrease Of
S1,377 from the amount of fines col
lected in 1910.
KENOSHA - Mrs Edward Printz
of South Kenosha was instantly killed
and many persons were injured in a
cyclone which passed through the sub
urbs of Kenosha shortly after a. m.
The storm was the most severe that
has visited this section of the state in
many years.
LAKE GENEVA - Mrs. Elizabeth
White, mother of Postmaster White,
was injured when her horse took fright
at an automobile and upset the buggy,
dragging her quite distance. Her
face and head were badly cut and
bruised and an artery broken near her
hip.
MAIDEN ROCK-The new $4,000
pipe organ, toward which Andrew Car
negie donated $500, was dedicated in
the Swedish Lutheran Sabylund
church at Lund. Sabylund church,
though located in a farming commun-
ity, is one of the finest in the state.
DlSON-Wisconsin is one of the
first states to join in a movement to
prevent the interstate shipment of dis
eased cattle. A movement to organize
a national body of state veterinarians
Is actively promoted by DIR. 0. H. FL
Jason, state veterinarian.