Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
BADGER NEWS NOTES

| La Crosse.-Sixty-Rin head of
| registered Guernsey cattle were sold
| at the second annual public auction
at West Salem for $15,825. Only
four of the animals were bought by
residents of the county, the others
being sold to foreign buyers. The.
quarantine regulations, which pre-
vent the shipment of cattle a long
distance on account of the foot and
mouth disease, tended to lower the.
price of the stock. La Crosse county
boasts of the biggest herd of pure
Guernsey cattle in the United States.
The first annual sale of the Guernsey
| association, last June, netted stock
holders $4,000.
Wausau.-Oliver e. Wells, super
intendent of the Marathon County
Training school, has filed his resigna-
ton with the county board of educa-
ton, to become effective on June 1.
The local training school was the
first institution of its kind in the
state, being organized in 1900. Mr..
Wells was its first superintendent
It was he who perfected the efficient
course Of study which is in use and
has been adopted by schools estab-
lished later.
Superior. - twenty-five thousand
dollars damage was done by a fire
which threatened to completely de-
stroy Hotel Superior, the city's prin-
oin
in controlling the blaze which sent
scores of guests scurrying to the
street, clad only in nighties. Faulty
electric wiring is thought to have
started the fire. The loss is covered
by insurance.
Washburn.-One of Washburn's
oldest business establishments chang
ed hands when Ben A. Wiechmann
became proprietor of the City Drug
store, @. w. Frost retiring from the
business. The City Drug store has
been operated in this city by Mr..
Frost twenty-five years.
La Crosse.-Electric signals on the
Northwestern and Milwaukee roads
at Sparta refused to work for several
days. Sheriff George Boss investi-
gated. AS result tramps were ar
rested charged with the theft Of
1900 pounds of copper wires.
Wausau.-The Rev. Burt S. Gift
ford, former Wausau resident, and
his wife, both serving as Presby-
terrain missionaries in Persia, are
finding the activity of the Turkish
troops and Kurds in their holy war
a menace to their lives, according to
information received by friends here.
Grand Rapids.-Donald Sullivan
won first place, Dean Babcock sec
ond and Lawrence Brost third in the
oratorical contest held at the Lincoln
High school. In the declamatory
contest, first honors were taken by
Marguerite Ragon, second by Dolores
Ward and third by Helen Johnson.
Neenah.-Edward Brezinski, a ma
val marine, raced with death to see
his mother alive. He was at Havana
when he received word his mother
was critically i'll and, hurrying north,
arrived a few hours before she died.
Antigo.-As a result of injuries
received when struck by falling tree
near Koepenick, Vassel Toker is at
the city hospital with broken hip
and shoulder.
Grand Rapids.-April 18 will see
the dedication Of the Elks' club house
in this city. A special train will
bring $50 Milwaukee EIks who will
assist in the exercises.
Wausau.-A carload of. road build
ing machinery has been received in
Wausau, to be delivered at various
places in the county. More cars are
expected The arrival Of the machin-
cry is an indication that the good
roads movement in the county is per
manent.
AshIand.-As q result of opposi-
ton voiced by Supt. Thayer Of the
public schools, Ashland probably will
turn down the proposal submitted by
T. S. Settle that a general plan of
Fairgrounds work be inaugurated in
this city.