The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-11-01

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MILWAUKEE-A hand to hand
fight in a row boat in the middle of
Pewaukee lake between game war
den and a hunter attracted the at
tention of hundreds of other hunters
and villagers as the two men fought
desperately for the possession of the
hunters gun after he had been placed
under arrest for an alleged violation
of the open water hunting law. The
hunter is Joserh Heller Of Milwaukee
and he is accused by Game Warden
Schleuter of WauEssha county of
hunting wild ducks in open water.
MADISON - The state highway
commission finished the compilation
for the amounts for highway aid by
counties for 1913. The recapitula-
ton shows that $37S,000, which in
cludes $4,000 from automobile taxes,
is due from the state highway fund
for distribution. Milwaukee county's
final settlement is $74,551.81; Wau-
kesha, $32766; Rock county, $1,154.-
SO; Brown, $7,617.78; Winnebago,
county, $4,000; La Crosse, $5,967.2S.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. J. Allen
a visit with State Forester Griffith,
with whom he discussed the matter
Of bird refugees, and reports that
Mr.. Griffith is not only interested in
the national bird refuge at Marsh ISL
and, La, but is in favor of the state
of Wisconsin taking up the matter
with view to starting bird refuge
of it's own.
MILWAUkEE-Accor to state
ments by Milwaukee coal men, this
city has so far received but 40 per
cent of the anthracite coal it needs,
and the amount of coal on the docks
is less than one-sixth of the supply
usually in storage at this time of the
year. But $50 tons have been re-
ceived this year, while the normal
amount should have been nearly $780,
00G tons.
SUPERIOR-The resuming Of regu-
lar car service apparently signaliZes
the defeat of the striking street car
men, who walked out here and in Du-
luth several weeks ago, although the
strikers will not admit their defeat
and claim that they are as strong as
ever More than fifty in this city and
nearly double that number in Duluth
are still out.
MADISON-The railroad rate COM
mission issued an order directing the
Clinton Telephone company and the
Bergen Telephone company of Clin-
ton to re-establish a physical connec-
ton between the systems which was
broken last April in consequence of
the inability to agree on new con-
tract. The toll charge will be cents
per call
SUPERIOR-Ntarly 500 students
are enrolled in the night vocational
l. schools established here in connection
with the public school system. The
installation of the night system has
been such a success that it has been
necessary to turn students away in
some departments because of the lack
of facilities.
GRAND RAPlDS-The G. A. r. post
of this city is the recipient of 5000 Of
confederate money from the United
States treasury. This is part of a
large amount which was taken from
the confederate treasury at Richmond,
Va, at the close of the war and was
presented to the Grand Army post as
a memorial.
Observation-Disclosures are very
bright for one of the busiest seasons
| in recent years at the yards Of the
| Manitowoc Dry Dock and Shipping
company, the Manitowoc Boiler Works
company, and the Burger Boat COM
| pany. A large winter fleet is expect
ed and all three plants will be rushed
with work
RIVER FAlLS-Two workingmen,
Alex Campbell and an assistant,
while repairing the steeple of the
Methodist Episcopal church of this
city, sustained serious, if not fatal,
injuries when a ladder on which they
were working broke, precipitating
them twenty-five feet to the floor.
GRAND RAPlDS-While doing the
family washing with gasoline en-
| CINE, Mrs. Fred Schiller of Pittsville,
| bent over the engine to arrange the