The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-04

| Oh age, anu GorIudu, SJumllIeu SUI
eide at Kenosha.
! Mrs. Amelia Liening, aged fifty-six
years, wife of Ludwig Liening, died at
| her home at Kenosha as result of
conclusion of the brain.
| Thirty-four volunteers from Escan-
| aba passed through Marinette en-
route to Jefferson barracks, st. Louis,
/ to be enrolled in the United States
| With the bill boards proclaiming
| economy and window cards preaching
saving food and money Kenosha start
ed in April % for it's first conservation
week.
Cora NJ link, comedy Kenosha wom-
| an, appeared at the recruiting office
| here and offered her services to the
| government She wants to serve the
army as a spy.
No mill or factory whistles blew at
Rice Lake April "a. A general strike,
| in which about 400 men are participant
| ing, has been called, increased wages
being demanded.
The Marinette council of defense is
preparing a thorough campaign of the
| city and county to stimulate the grow
| ing of fodostuffs. The city schools are
! enrolled in the campaign.
Six carloads of cattle have been pur-
chased at Winnipeg and will be fatten-
ed on the grass lands near Ashland.
| Six thousand sheep will also be fatten-
| ed on the wild lands near Mason.
C. B. Post, county agricultural
( agent, started to seize all potatoes
necessary for seed. He has been or
dered to do this by C.. P. Norgord,
] state commissioner of agriculture.
Ignatius Breidt, aged siXty-six years
and one of the best known of the
/ pioneer residents of Kenosha, was in
| stantly killed when he was struck by
| fast train on the Chicago & North
| western railroad.
An association to furnish Douglas
| county farmers with funds for the
purchase of dairy cattle will be incor-
porated by the Superior Rotary club
| as the Douglas County Farm Develop
ment association.
| The supreme court held the 1913
| waterpower law invalid. This does not
affect the present waterpower legisla-
ton as a complete waterpower law
was enacted in 1915, which has since
| been held to be valid.
/ The senate committee On finance rec
commended inconvenience in the
| Rogers bill granting members of the
| legislature railroad fare of 10 cents
| mile for one round trip to their home
each month during the session.
Scenery and costumes of the Bos-
| ton National Grand Opera company.
which has recently finished a seasons
| tour, are held in Milwaukee for debt
| of $1,000, according to Attorney J. H.
Seidelman, representing creditors.
The supreme court in affirming the
Graves case against the Order of Uni
ted Commercial Travellers, held that
| clause in an accident insurance policy
| requiring notification within a definite
| period after an accident must be
strictly enforced.
In order to provide funds for war
| and the support of the soldiers and
the folks left at home the boys and
| girls of the senior class of the Ken
osha High schools have elected to
| eliminate all commencement cere-
monials this year.
Oshkosh First Presbyterian church.
| through it's pastor, the Rev. J. W.
Laughlin, telegraphed President Will
| son and Wisconsin senators and rep
| resentatices in an appeal for summary
| action in closing the saloons of the
| nation as a war measure.
Kenosha's portion of the Sheridan
road got another setback when the r.
M Grant company of Chicago which
recently bought the $4,000 bond is
| sue for the completion of the road de-
| clined to take the bonds, alleging that
! they were not legally issued.
| By a vote of 16 to IA the senate re-
fused to kill Senator Brays bill to
amend the primary law so that plat
| form conventions will be held in ad
vance of the primary election. The
conventions will be composed Of dele
gates chosen in the spring election.
The $6,000,O00 state highway BILL
which provides for the building of a
| 5000 mile highway line connecting
with every county seat in the state,
was passed by the Wisconsin assem-
bly,, IA to Is. The bill was signed by
| governor. 1t boosts automobile Ii
censes from SIS to $40.
| AS a food relief measure the senate
| passed the bill by Senator Huber of
| Stoughton making it lawful to catch
any kind of fish, except black bass,
during May, 1917, in waters in Craw-
ford, Columbia. Dane, Dodge, Juneau,
Jefferson Grant, Rock, Sank, Richland,
| Walworth and Waukesha counties
| A message received at Manitowoc
brought news of the death of Richard
F. Endress, twenty-three, son of r. F.
Endress of Sault Ste. Marie, and
nephew of Joseph Willott. chairman
| of the Manitowoc county board of SUI
/ ,,orv:cOrS E,ndrpSS was killed in hat