The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
BADGER NEWS NOTES

| "a
Mayville, Wis, has been appointed
pastor of ST. Joseph's Catholic church
in this city to succeed the late Rev.
Father Kersten, who dropped dead
| here some weeks ago. Father Heder
is graduate of ST. Francis seminary
and was ordained twenty-five years
ago.
Medford.-Taylor county is to have
booster" campaign Business men
are uniting with the Taylor County
immigration association in a move
ment to advertise the county. Com
m1ttees have been appointed and
| $4,000 raised to carry on the work
Madison-The Wisconsin Society of
| Chiropractics in their annual conven-
ton, asked the state legislature to pass
a law standardiZing the profession of
chiropractics and create state board
to regulate the profession The So
ciety elected as president c. G. Heft,
Racine; vice-president, A. G. Devine,
Oregon; secretary, F. G. Lundy,
Marshfield; treasurer, F. C. Payne,
| Sturgeon Bay.
Madison.-The encampment for the
| Wisconsin National guard will begin
this year July 10. 1t will be regimen
tai instead of brigade encampment,
although it is not decided what regi-
ment will go in first.
Madison.-The state railroad COM
mission issued orders to the 500 road
to build a new passenger station in
New Richmond, plans to be submitted
to the commission and the work to be
finished by Feb. 1, 1916
! Madison.-That the city of Monroe,
having voted last September to in
crease the saloon license fee from 5000
to $500, can not charge more than 5000
until the first day of July was ruled in
an opinion by Attorney General Owen
to District Attorney Sam Blum of
| Green county.
Lake Nebagamon-Fourtee farm
ers enrolled for a short course" in
| agriculture, to be given residents of
this locality under the direction of
County Agent J. M. Walz. Classes
open the last of the week.
Oshkosh.-The Oshkosh Metal Prod
ucts company was declared bankrupt
with liabilities of S44,133.69 and assets
of $15.339.S2. The firm manufactures
boat supplies, novelties and machine
repairs
Madison.-With the thermometer "a
! degrees below zero the Acacia frater-
nifty house caught fire and was nearly
destroyed before the blaze was extin-
guished. The damage will amount to
$1,000.
Kenosha.-The Kenosha Associated
| Charities received a gift of $31513
from the committee which was In
charge of the community Christmas
tree here A total of 1854 was raised
by the committee.
Green Bay.-While speeding be-
| tween Iron Mountain and Pembine,
the Marquette-Chicago through train
on the Milwaukee road, struck brok-
en- rail and went down an eighteen
| foot embankment. Three sleeping
| coaches were piled up at the foot of
the embankment, but no one was
killed and none seriously injured. Cold
weather is supposed to have snapped
| the rail-
Racine. William Horlfck COM
| menced suit in the Circuit Court
| against the town of Mount
Pleasant to recover $4,000, paid as
| income taxes under protest
Superior.-For use in an enort to
induce the legislature to provide some
method of recompensing the city for
| the great amount of railroad property
which the city is not allowed to assess
| under the present form of ad valorem
| taxation the Superior commission is
| gathering data as to methods of tax
| ing terminal properties.
| La Crosse.-Her body scared by
| flames which enveloped her after she
poured kerosene upon live Goals to
start a fire, Mrs. Edward Parks, aged
IS, of Winona, died after suffering
| thirty hours.