Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
ROUND ABOUT NABENO

A new directory of the cities of
Marinette and Menominee gives the
former population of 1875 and the
latter 1925
The Wisconsin building al the Pana-
maPacific exposition at San Francisco
has been sold for $850.00. The build
ing cost $19000.OO.
The directors of the E. T. Radiant
Brewing company of Shawano declared
nine per cent dividend at their an
nual meeting last week.
The packing industry loses nothing
but the squeal. The forest products
Industries should lose nothing but the
bark, and in some cases not even that.
Samuel Meyer, aged 90 years, who
died last week at Cecil, was the first
white settler to locate in the town
of Washington and had lived there
over 46 years.
ed Crandon and Shawano and will
recommend to the department that a
contract be given to the Wisconsin &
Northern railroad to carry the u. S.
mail on the line from Crandon to Shaw
ano.
The petition for the organization of
new town to be known as Townsend
out of territory from the town of
Wheeler, Oconto county, will be heard
in circuit court at Oconto on Feb. 7th.
Dillett & Winter of Shawano are at
torneys for the petitioners.
Attorney General Owen in an opinion
holds that all upholstered or re-up-
holstered goods shall be labeledto show
the kind of materials used in covering
and filling; whether materials used are
new or second hand and whether they
have been properly disinfected.
The first grain show of the Marinette
County Order of the Wisconsin Expert
ment association last Saturday was
such success that it was decided to
make the exhibit an annual affair.
Marinette county, with it's membership
of nearly 800, has the largest and most
fourishipg county order in the state.
Parents are advised by the state
board of health to keep children home
from school when they show signs of
illness. The grouping of large num-
bers of children in the schoolroom is
often attended by an increase in the
cases of measles, whooping cough,
diptheria, pneumonia and other con-
tagious diseases.
Green Bay was assured a battery of
artillery by Adjutant General Holway,
upon his acceptance of Hagemeister
park as site for maneuvers and head
quarters. 1t will take $4,000 to put
the pavilion in shape for an armory
and the government will provide
$3.50, 900 for equipment. The company
will be composed of $50 men.
During the past year F. w. Peter
man & Son purchased fifty-two car
loads of live stock from the farmers of
this vicinity, and paid the sum of
$52, 618 81 for the same. This is a lot
of money to be paid out for stock and
is an average of nearly SIS, 900 per
month. Peterman & Son have paid
the highest mark ct price for the stock
and their dealings with the farmers
have been very satisfactory -Shawa-
no Advocate.
By joining cow testing association
one upper Wisconsin farmer more than
doubled the production of his herd.
His sixteen cows were producing on an
average of 210pounds of butter fat a
year and after the test produced over
400 pounds. The improvement was &C
complished almost entirely by feeding,
the tester being able to assist him in
balancing better ration and success
full In urging him to increase the allow
ance of feed to his herd of profit pro-
ducers.