The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-06-19
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS
MAMM

Antigo-Births in Langlade county
during May were 3S, according to Reg
lister of Deeds Friedman. Marriages
numbered five and deaths eight.
Plymouth.-The thirty-second an
nual meeting of the Sheboygan County
Soldiers Reunion association will be-
held at Waldo on June IS.
Madison.-O. B. Olson was drowned
in Lake Mendoza, near Maple Bluff
Companions made fruitless efforts
to save him. The body was not
recovered.
Baraboo.-The contest In killing
June bugs was won by Howard Ryan,
who killed 23,460. Ray Sausern and
Arthur Thomas came next George Car
penter furnished the prizes.
Racine.-The local Y. M. c. A. Is
to establish a summer school to-
assist backward high school and grade
pupils to catch up with their regular
school work. The classes will be an
innovation in Racine.
La Crosse.-Walter CAM, aged ten..
drowned in the Mississippi here. He
was playing on a boom, slipped and
fell in. Harry Cohen, aged fourteen,
leaped after him, but missed him. The
body was recovered.
Oshkosh. - Frederick Kinds, who
was murdered by a burglar at the
local 500 line passenger station, was
buried. Employees of the railroad COM
pany acted as pallbearers. There are
no further developments in the search
for the murderer.
Sheboygan.-Charles Clark, Mil
waukee, fireman on the tug Tor
rent, sprinted 100 yards down the dock
and dived into the Sheboygan river
just in time to rescue Herman Trier,
eight, as he was going down for the
third time.
Madison.-In order that Wisconsin
farmers may successfully compete
for top-notch prices for their Or
chard crops, J. G. Moore of the col
lege Of agriculture, University of Wis
consin, suggests that, in addition to
careful grading and marketing, they
consistently follow a spraying and cul"
tivation program.
Madison-A modern railway sta
ton was ordered by the railroad
commission to be erected by the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul at
Mosinee, the building to be adequate
for all freight and passenger needs and
to be completed by October 1. The
petition was by w. A. Won Berg and
others of Mosinee.
Baraboo.-Mrs. Catherine Branden-
burg, mother of o. B. Branden-
burg, publisher of the Madison Demo
crat, died at her home here after an
illness Of more than year. She was
eighty-three years old and had been a
resident of Baraboo for the last At
years. No funeral arrangements have
been made.
Washburn.-Miss Leah Olsen and
Melius Sylte, me rnbers of the 1914
senior class OF Washburn high
school, have been declared the win
aers of the Wing scholarship prize
for having the highest four-year aver
age. Each will receive $50 in gold,
being the interest on railway bonds
donated by the late Col. Isaac Fl.
Wing.
Madison.-The state board of pub
tinue the university survey. 1t is said
that several prominent university peo-
pie are coming before the committee
next week. A large number of the
alumni may also attend. Although the
survey Is under the direction of the
state board of public affairs, the &C
tual work is being done by representa-
tives of the national bureau Of munic-
ipal research.
Oshkosh.-Frederick Hines, bag
gage agent, was shot twice and
died instantly when attacked by
highwayman as he stepped from the
baggage room into the waiting room
of the 500 line station here. The high
wayman escaped The robber had just
held up the ticket agent and had rifed
the cash drawer of 500 when Hines
came into the room. Hines started to
run for help. The murderer shot him
in the breast and as he reeled shot
him again in the back.
Monroe.-Joseph Huber, dairy
farmer, and his five-year-old daugh-
ter narrowly escaped death in a
railroad accident at a road crossing
over the Illinois Central railroad just
southwest of the city. The train was
going 80 miles an hour and the engine
struck the rig and team fairly in the
center. Both horses were killed and
carried yards up the track. The wagon
with IL cans of milk was dashed
against the crossing fence and
smashed to kindling. Mr. Huber and
his daughter landed in the middle OF
the wreckage, the child between two
milk cans. Both were on their feet
and practically unhurt when the train
raen arrived on the scene. The cross
ing is dangerous one and an cleo
trio alarm is even now In process OF
installation