Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-16
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Madlson.-Circuit Judge Stevens
mas held as unlawful that part of an
order by the railroad commission de-
nylng the petition of the Citizens Tel
ephone company Of Eau Claire author
ity to issue and sell stock to enlarge
and extend the plant of the Chippewa
County Telephone company, which it
mas acquired. In the same order the
commission granted the application
OF the company to issue and sell stock
Tor the purchase Of the plant of the
Chippewa County company,
Madison-Gov. McGovern has ap-
pointed a dozen delegates to represent
Wisconsin at the meeting of the Am
erlcan Mining congress in PhiladeI-
phia from Oct. 20 to a, as follows:
Adelbert L. UT, Homer b. Morrow, w.
n. Smith and RI l. Dugdale, Platte
vile; Levi Pollard, Milwaukee; Thorn
as cambridge, MiffIin: J. H. Lewis and
William Kennedy, Highland Thomas
Il. Webster, Montford; Frederick H
Bralnerd, Benton; S. e. Smalley, Cuba
City, and DR.. Charles Keith, Madison.
Madison.-The legislative reference
library is already doing considerable
work on questions which will probably
come up before the next legislature.
Besides work on the marketing COM
mission question the library is looking
into the land question with a view to
drafting some legislation on this sub
ject for members who are anxious that
laws be passed which will aid the set
Element of Northern Wisconsin. The
state board Of public affairs will also
give some attention to the land settle
ment subject
Madison-At the opening of the SEES
sion of the Supreme court it was an
nounced that there would be no de-
cisiOn on state case No. 7, known as
the Frank ZodroW case, brought to
test the constitutiOnality of the Baker
law. The case is the Outgrowth of the
saloon license tangle in Milwaukee and
is brought to determine the police
power of the state legislature in re-
gard to saloon licenses.
Madison.-Commissi of Banking
Kuolt has approved articles of incor-
poratiOn of the State Bank of Stetson-
vile and the State Bank Of Ogema. A
certificate was issued authorizing the
State Bank of Chetek to commence
business.
Racine.-Kris Klinter, a storekeep-
er at Waubesee Lake, in the western
part of Racine county, is in Jail here
charged with having enticed 17-year-
old boy into his store, doped him with
whisky and i'll treated him. The far
ners are so enraged that they threat
ened to take the law into their own
hands and deputy sheriffs stood guard
over the lookup at Waterford all night
to prevent lynching.
Fond du Lac-The 500 line has
purchased land at Medina Junction
which it will use as the location of
big stock yard.
Fond du Lac.-According to the re-
port Of Assessor Of Incomes Adams
the total valuation of property in Fond
du Lac county is $56, 1858, an in
crease over 1912 of $8,380,5O3.
Madison.-Prof. r. A. Moore Of the
University of Wisconsin agronomy de-
partment, announces that it will enter
the competition at the international
Corn exposition at Dallas, Tex, in Feb.
ruary.
Commonwealth annual tourna.
ment of the Wisconsin Firemen's as
sociation will be held in June, 1914,
at OconomoWoc.
Madison.-The state highway COM
mission has received applications from
counties for $1,500,000 in state aid for
the construction of public roads next
year, but inasmuch as it will have
only $1,200,000 to appoTtion among the
counties it will have to reduce the
amounts asked.
Fond du Lac-In the year ending on
Sept 30 there was only one absolute
Lac county. Fourteen partial DEGREES
were also granted.
Wausau.-The annual meeting of
the Central Wisconsin Dental society
is to be held in this city on Oct A.
Kendall.-The Chicago and North
western railroad has notified Village
President Friedrich that it will fur
nish and haul eighty carloads of
crushed stone for street improvements
free of charge.
Madison.-The board of normal re-
gents likely will solve the problem of
supply purchases and uniform ac-
counting by appointing a general bust
ness manager for all the schools. This
step is under contemplation.
MerrilI.-Frank Tielz Of the town of
Corning killed four bears in one day
and brought their scalps to the county
clerk, collecting $40 in bounty.
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