Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-03-06
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Wautoma.- Waushara county bank.
ers have organized the Waushara
County Development association. Rep.
resentatives of the banks at Hancock,
Plainfieid, Wild Rose, Wautoma and
Neshkoro are members. Those pres.
ent at the formation of the association
were o. A. Crowell, Almond; G. A.
Sargent, ]. A. Blair, Plainfeld; c. A.
Walker, Allen Gibbs, Hancock; J. V.
Berens, T. II. Patterson, F. NJ Clark,
Wild Rose; II. A. Miller, Neshkoro; R.
H. Hackett, Oshkosh; George P
Walker, L. H. Larsen, E. F. Kileen,
Clyde Diggles, C. T. Taylor, Guy Mum
brue, Charles Adhesion, John Eagan,
Wautoma; r. G. Stuart, Ripon; j. A.
Spaulding, Marshfield, NJ. Mcpherson,
Milwaukee, and H. ]. Maxwell, Prince
ton. Officers were elected as follows:
President, Mr.. Sargent; vice president,
Mr.. Larsen, and secretary and treas
urer, Mr. Gibbs. The next session will
be held at Wild Rose.
Kenosha-The county board unani
mously voted to demand the repeal Of
tine ''state aid for highways" law on
the ground that the operation of the
law had not been, satisfactory in this
county. The board asks that copies OF
its resolution be sent to all counties
in the state and that the other coun-
ties be asked to join in a statewide
movement to secure the repeal Of the
act. 1t is declared that the law had
promoted extravaganza. An effort
was made to abandon state aid in ke-
nosha county but it failed by two
votes.
GAINESVILLE Lawson, presi-
dent of the GAINESVILLE Wholesale Gro
Gerry company, who died last week,
leaves an estate estimated at nearly
100000, divided among his widow
and two daughters, Mrs Walter B
Atwood and Miss Lawson, and few
minor requests to relatives and
friends.
Beloit.-Mrs. John R. Booth and
Mrs. j. NJ. Smiley, sisters, were made
widows within the last week. Mr..
Booth died a few days ago and Mr..
Smileys death occurred one day later.
The men were old residents and prom-
nent citizens of this community.
Portage.-Danie1, 1e-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Behn, who was
alone in the home six miles east OF
here, was found bound and gagged by
two unknown men who entered the
house. After binding the boy the
strangers ransacked the house. They
were frightened away by & passing
team. The boy lay bound and gagged
for three hours. His parents, return
ing from Portage, found him.
Waukesha-The Mukwonago Ad-
vancement association has appointed
a committee to cooperate with com
mittees from cities along the proposed
500 railway cutoff from Grand RAPIDS
to Mukwonago for the purpose OF ere
ating sentiment favoring the building
of the new line. Both Grand Rapids
and Beaver Dam have been forming
delegations from towns along the pro-
posed cutoff route to lay their views
before the 500 directors.
Stevens Point.-At the annual meet
ing of the Portage County Rural Car
riers' association the following officers
were elected: President, George +.
Vaughn, Stevens Point; vice president,
Frank E. Shelton, Almond; treasurer,
Theodore Kubisiak, Amherst Junction.
Stevens Point.-The Vetter Manu-
featuring company has purchased
900 acres OF timber land and 40
acre min site in Marathon county and
will erect a sawmill and will cut from
4o, 900 to $4,000 feet of timber a day
next winter.
yiroqua. -Solfest Bringe, aged a.
dropped dead when his wife was pro-
nounced insane The widow recovered
almost as suddenly as she was
stricken.
Weyauwega.-Th Evanswood cheese
factory has been sold to John Bach
man, who intends to take possession
next month.