Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04

A warm rain visited Wausau last |
Friday and helped to clean up things. |
About a half dozen votes were cast
by mail at this election. Parties had
to he away from the city.
Joseph Mayer, who has been i'll for
the past five or six weeks, is again
at his work in the Pilot Office.
Hundreds of acres of land in Outa-
gamie county, near Appleton, were
flooded last week on account of the
overflow of Bear creek, which empties
into the Wolf river. A dam of ice in
the Wolf river backed up the water.
Stevens Point Gazette: While in
the city Tuesday Supt. Tobey of the
Wausau schools, engaged the follow
ing Normal seniors as teachers next
year: Constance Boorman, Caroline
Schnabel, Bernice Blunt, Frances
Tice, Georgia Stockley and Bessie
Wakefield.
Claire B. Bird of this city, who be-
came a member of the University of
Wisconsin Board of Visitors, in 1913,
as a representative of the Alumni as
| sociation, presented his resignation
at a recent meeting of the Board of
| Regents, and his successor will be
named by that body.
A good yield of corn depends upon
| number of factors, of which three
| of the most important are the selec-
| ton, the curing, and the testing of
| the seed. Under average farm con-
ditions, the proper amount of care
taken in securing the best seed will
be more than repaid.
| The National German American
banks new electric national flag ar
rived during the past week, was erect
ed Saturday and electrically displayed
in the evening of that day. 1t is a
handsome and attractive displayment
and its similarity does not exist in
Marathon countys surroundings.
County Clerk L. H. Cook and A. A.
Book of Wausau were Unity visitors
| the latter part of last week. Louis
| came over to look over his sheep
ranch, while Mr.. Book accompanied
| him to get a little expert advice on
How to Ranch 1t is needless to say
: that the gentlemen were well enter
tanned while here.-Mar. Co. Register.
During the past ten years the quail
ity and yield of corn in Wisconsin has
greatly increased, largely because of
the use of especially bred dent varie-
ties. These new high producing
strains are larger cared, deeper kerr
neled, and supplied with a more
abundant foliage than the old varie-
ties.
| Fishermen must "look a leedle out"
or they will have to pay fines this
spring. The new law will not permit
trout under seven inches being taken
from any stream in Wisconsin. Forty
five is the limit one can catch in a
day. which is the same as last year.
The season is shortened fifteen days
from April 18th to August 31st.
There was a league High school
contest at Merrill last Friday evening
and took in the cities of Merrill, Toma-
hawk and Minocqua. Supt. S. B.
Tobey of this city, was one of the
Judges. Merrill won two places, by
Miss Agnes Seger and Miss Agnes
Wenland. Miss Harriet Johnson of
Minocqua, won third place.
For many years the date when it
was unsafe to cross the river on the
ice up at the wausau Box & Lumber
Co.'S plant, has been marked down.
II has been nearly the same each year
The ice this year is still thick and
strong: still the rise in the river has
left an open space of fifteen or twenty
feet between the shore and the ice.
Fred r. Becker, assistant postmast-
er and a former member of Co. G, and
who participated in the Spanish Amer
| lean war. urges all young men de-
sirous of military training TO join
Co. G, and assist in increasing its
roster to $50. While there may be nc
call for service, Mr.. Becker thinks
every preparation at this time vii
: hasten the return of peace"