Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
BADGER STATE NOTES,

Racine.-Because the public park
board has unpaid bills to the amount
of $4,000, some of which date back
six months, and long ago exceeded
its allowance, the city council declar-
ed the park commissioners incompet-
ent to handle money and adopted a
resolution to the effect that all vouch-
ers in the future must be signed by
the city controller to make them
legal. Fault was also found with the
fact that the secretary of the park
board, whose only duty is to record
the minutes of the body, was paid SIS
for every meeting attended.
Madison.-Gov. Philip has ap-
pointed A. I. Hulburt Of Barron as
sheriff of Barron county to succeed
Matt Olson, who was shot and killed
while attempting to replevin a horse
at the farm of Wenzel Baranek, nine
miles west of Barron. Mr.. Hulburt
was under sheriff and was with Sher-
if Olson when the latter was killed.
The appointment is for the remainder
of Sheriff Olson's term, which expires
next January.
Oshkosh-The commissioned offic>
ers of the infantry companies of the
Wisconsin National Guard of Oshkosh
and Fond du Lac met here in con-
ference with Adjt.-Gen. Orlando Hol-
way. A new battery will be mustered
in on March 81, and at that time will
be decided the quartering Of the sup
pl@company which now has it's head
quarters at Green Bay. Oshkosh and
Fond du Lac are both aspirants for
the honor.
Sheboygan.-A special committee
appointed by the trustees of the Mis-
sion House college to investigate the
advisability of removing the college
from Franklin, this county, to more
central and more accessible location,
held a meeting here. Sites have been
offered in Sheboygan and in several
points in Iowa and South Dakota.
The committee will report at the an
nual meeting of the trustees in May.
Eau Claire.-Mrs. Knuth Alvorson,
wife of a Pleasant Valley farmer, died
as the result of injuries received in
her husbands feed mill when her
dress caught on revolving shaft. She
was whirled around, and finally hurl-
ed against wall, breaking both arms
and legs and suffering internal in
juries.
Sheboygan-Commercial fishermen
of Port Washington, Amsterdam, Ce-
dar Grove, Sheboygan, Manitowoc
and TWO Rivers will meet in Sheboy-
gan on Feb. IA for conference with
State Fish Commissioner Nevin in re-
gard to changing the size of the mesh
on nets used in commercial fishing in
Lake Michigan.
Depere.-Fire starting in the rag
room of the big plant of the Ameri-
can Writing Paper company threaten
ed the plant, but the mill was saved
from any great damage.
Kewaunee.-Mrs. Mary E. Wing,
81, pioneer of the state, died at the
home of her son, Col. George w.
Wing, Kewaunee. Mrs. Wing was the
widow of R. L. Wing, at one time a
prominent member of the state bar.
She came to Wisconsin in territorial
days, and when a girl attended school
in Green Bay when Fort Howard was
occupied by troops.
Sheboygan.-The United Spanish
War veterans and the ladies aux
iliary of Sheboygan are arranging a
program for the annual memorial SER
vices for the victims of the Maine.
The services will be held on Feb. IA.
Antigo-Two Langlade county far
mers, Fred Jacobus of Neva, and Roy
K. Door, Elcho, have agreed to CO.
operate with the Agricultural Engi-
neering department of the University
of Wisconsin in land clearing demon
STATIONS on their farms in the spring
or early summer
Stevens Point.-The Stevens Point
high school has been thrown into ex-
element following the discovery that
a student, who was surprised by
thirty-fve members of the junior
class and two of the faculty at his
home, is suffering from smallpox.