The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-02-26
STATE NEWS
In BRIEF

wolves and a number of other ami
mails.
Racine-Farmers of Racine county
are going to plant large acreage of
sugar beets this year. An agreement
has been reached with the sugar beet
factory men and fiat rate of Sc
per ton will be paid.
Waupaca. The Holstein Cattle
Breeders association of Waupaca and
Portage counties held its annual
meeting here. The association now
numbers nearly thirty farmers, own
ing 1913 registered cattle.
Bayfield-At the annual meeting Of
the Bayfield, Peninsula Fruit associa-
ton the following officers were elect
ed: President, Fl. G. Hale; vice-presi-
dent, John Hauser; secretary, w. s.
Powell, and treasurer, J. H. Sykes.
Wausau.-C. B. Bird was elected
commander of the new camp of the
sau. Thirty-ive members are en-
rolled. Hon. S. A. Cook of Neenah,
department commander of the G. A.
R., was the guest of honor.
Washburn-Hurled from a big load
of logs when his runaway team made
turn in the road down steep hill on
which the horses were unable to hold
the sled, Arthur Holverson was slight
ly injured. One of the horses, hurled
under the logs, was not injured.
ioif a
governor of Minnesota was honored
by Governor Philip for the person of
Thomas McCloskey, held at La Crosse.
He is wanted in st. Paul on a swim
ding charge. Papers were also hou-
ored from Pennsylvania for an Italian
held in Kenosha and wanted for as
sault in Pitcairn, Pa
Prairie du Chien.-George Gondek,
alias George Cole, aged nineteen,
who confessed to burglarizing IA
business places in eastern Iowa since
January 4 and to shooting Telegraph
Operator Eddington at Ossian on jan
uary 6, was sentenced to 80 years in
prison by lodge Hobson at DEBORAH.
The confessions were made here to
Chief of Police Jones'
Madison.-John G. Mellish, the ia
nous self-educated astronomer of
Cottage Grove, who "scooped" the
great observatories of the world on
the discovery of several comets, has
just put over another one on the
savants. He has discovered the first
new comet to be seen this year. 1t
has already been named Comet Mel
fish," or "A 1915" Mellish first saw
the comet with his homemade tele-
scope, the lens Of which he ground
himself, early on the morning of jan
uary 10.
Misunderstanding from Russia
seven years ago, unable to speak
English, entering grade school and
later high school, carrying off the
highest honors in his class at gradu-
ation-that is the record of Oscar
Dinkwitz, elected valedictorian of his
class in the Marinette high school.
He is the son of Max Dinkwitz, a
Russian Jew. During his five years
in high school he averaged 95 per
cent in all his studies. Second hon
ors in the class were won by Earl
Hunting with an average of 1886. 1t
is the first time in years the highest
honors of graduating class at the
high school had not fallen to girls.
Stevens Point.-With her husband
in the next room, Mrs. Harold
w Dawson, twenty-three years old,
shot her two-year-old baby boy
through the head with a revolver and
then sent bullet through her own
brain. Both died instantly. When
the husband, an employee of the 500
line, rushed into the bedroom he found
the two bodies lifeless on the floor.
The police here say that domestic
trouble was the cause of the woman's
act. She had been married five years.
The couple had been living in Stevens
Point for three years. A second child.
a four-year-old girl, was recently TAX
en- by the husband to Rhinelander to
live with his parents. A coroner's
jury issued a verdict of murder and
suicide, following an investigation.
Milwaukee.-Albert Schaller of
GAINESVILLE was reelected president
of the Wisconsin Retail Lumber
Dealers association at the closing ses-
sion of the twenty-fifth annual con-
vention at the Hotel Pfster. George
w. La Point, Jr.. and Charles Hustis
of Cuba City were elected directors.
The former secretary, Adolph Pfund,
will continue in that position. That
the credit system had been carried
too far and lumbermen should strive
to return to cash basis, swas stated
by C. H. Ketridge of Evanston, ILL.,,
in addressing the meeting. Credit
has become burden on the retail
Dealers" said Mr.. Ketridge. They
have been doing L free banking bust
ness. No proper inducement has bee1
made to the cash customers. The rea
son mail order houses take so much
business from local dealers is that
they make proper inducements for
cash business"