The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-03-16

In tne senate Senator Schultz, MIL
waukee, offered a bill materially in
creasing the inheritance tax.
The Barksdale Dynamite plant, hav-
ing completed large contracts for
Europe, has discharged 100 men.
Samuel Shaw, attorney, seventy-five,
founder of the town of Crandon, For
est county, died at his home in Gran
do6.
Since Feb. forty-fve foreign born
residents of Winnebago county have
filed petitions for final naturalization
papers.
By unanimous vote the council
adopted the Lysager ordinance which
make Washburn practically a bone
dry city.
Several Chippewa Indians applied at
the recruiting station at Ashland
stood splendi examinations and will
join the navy.
H. B. Richmond of Shawano has
sold his interests in the Merrill Iror
works to F. e. Taylor of Merrill and
w. v. dyIOI VI Mdud
Mrs. Lucy Case, eighty-two years
old and a resident of Kewaunee coun-
ty for over half century, is dead at
her home in Clintonville.
The dates for the Mansion home.
coming have been fixed for Aug. to
H. Citizens anticipate the biggest cele
bration in the history of the city.
The H. D. Coffinberry, sunk at Ash
land four years ago, probably will be
raised from the bottom of slip and
used as a coal carrier at Ashland
During the month of February there
were twenty-five petitions for second
citizenship papers and twenty-one petit
lions for first papers filed at Elkhorn
Otto Collins, fifty, a Waterman st
the plant of the Winnebago Furniture
company, was scalded to death when
he fell into vat of boiling hot water.
The body of Fred Fulton, aged thir-
ty-five, who jumped into Rock River
from the Grand avenue bridge at Be
lois last November, was found near
Rockton, Ill.
Ernest Bolles Putnam of Eau Claire,
prominent in Eau Claire, Chicago and
st. Paul banking and numbering cir
cles, died at Sea Breeze, Fla, of can
Ger of the throat.
The demand for lake freighters has
reached out into every lake port for
vessels which may be utilized during
the coming season, which bids fair to
be a record-breaker.
A bill introduced in the Wisconsin
legislature raises the municipal court
of Brown county in jurisdiction to de-
eide cases in equity that are now
heard In circuit court.
Mrs. Isabelle Stanley, wife Of FL
mer E. Stanley, one Of the wealthy
men of Kenosha county, filed an ac-
ton in the circuit court seeking a d.
vorce alleging cruelty and neglect.
The Eau Claire board of education,
after heated debate, adopted to 4,
a resolution favoring compulsory mill
tary training for the junior and
senior members of the high school.
Charles H. Willerton, aged ninety
six year, one of the wealthy
pioneers Of Kenosha county, is dead.
He had resided on one farm in the
town of Pleasant Prairie since 1855.
Pledging support to the President
and condemning the twelve United
States senators who blocked efforts
for armed neutrality, citizens of Osh-
kosh signed a telegram which was sent
to the President.
The assembly voted to hold SatuF-
day and Monday sessions alternately.
This plan will be put into operation
for March IL and 10 and the meetings
will be held alternately every Satur-
day and Monday thereafter.
DR.. N. J. Hamilton, seventy-th1 ee
years old, was found guilty of man
slaughter in the second degree, on a
charge of causing the death of Mrs.
Grace Haskell of New London by an
illegal operation two months ago.
Contracts for the new Kenosha
Elks' club were let to the Immel Con-
struction company of Fond du Lac and
the Kimbrough Hardware company of
Muncie. Ind. The total of the con-
tract is $4,000 1t is to be completed
by October 18th.
Lake Superior lumber camps report
that the scarcity of men is giving
them trouble for the first time this
year With wages more than double
those of year ago, lumberjacks go
into camps with reluctance and re-.
main only 8 short time.
Miss Adelaide Briggs of Kenosha is
a hero worshipper and being assured
by the Carnegie foundation that a
medal would be voted to Charles Ed
ward Bowles, one of the heroes of the
Eastland disaster in the Chicago river,
she has started nationwide search
to find him.
Arthur w. Reiser, of Milwaukee, a
contractor, admitted that he handed
in two "phony" bids on prospective
county jobs when questioned before