Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-06-07


Oshkosh-The local branch of the
state free employment bureau has
more applications for farm help than
it can fill. Wages Of from $35 to $40
are offered.
Neenah-Nineteen members of Com
pany 1 will be given discharges be-
cause of having dependents. Other
applications for discharge have not
been acted upon.
Neenah-Thousands o. wild ducks
Of all varieties are to be seen on Lake
Winnebago Cold weather is thought
to be the reason for their not proceed
ing north.
Neenah - The Wisconsin Traction
company has purchased a site here,
presumably for the erection of a term
inaI building. The property is adj
jacent to site purchased some time
ago.
Superior Superior awOke an hour
earlier on June l under the "dayIioht
saving" plan, which went into effect at
midnight. Street cars and many indus
tries are being operated on the new
time.
Jeferson-The county board of sup
eryisors met and appropriated $4,000
for the use of the county council of de-
Tense. The board again turned down
the proposal to employ d county agri-
cultural agent
Fond du Lac-Miss Fern Jackson
rendered her resignation as a member
of the high school faculty here to &C
cept the position as head of the liter
airy department of the Humboldt state
normal school at Arcata, Cal
Antigo-Mrs. John Koudelka had
narrow escape from death when
stray bullet crashed through the wind
shield of an automobile and passed
over the seat from which she had aris-
en- only a moment before
Kenosha = Gordon Hackett, son of
Clifford E. Hackett, prominent Keno
sha manufacturer, came home from
Beloit college to be sworn in as a
| member Of the American ambulance
corps for France, hospital base 10. He
will be graduated the latter part of
June and will sail about July 1.
milwaukee, w
son, has fully recruited field hospital
No. 2, according to DR.. Gilbert E. Sea
man, surgeon-generaI of the Wisconsin
national guard, who has returned from
Madison. There are five officers and
seventy-five men In the unit It's equiv
ment includes ZIG beds.
La Crosse-The murder mystery
surrounding the mysterious disappear
ance from La Crosse of Halvor Lee of
| Oak Ridge, Mimi, a wealthy farmer,
was solved when the missing man"
applied at the county insane asylum at
Rochester, Mimi, for admission. Lee
disappeared from La Crosse over a
| month ago.
Green Bay-Curiosity to learn the
contents of dynamite cap which she
| found near her home in Surfing cost
| little Lila Olson her left hand and in
| Juries which may result in death. The
child picked the head Of the cap with
a needle, the cap exploded, blew off
her hand, and inflicted a deep wound
ahnUn fhn ahi11Sc q 5oToon
La Crosse-A four years. fight for
equitable freight rates for La Crosse
ended in victory when the interstate
commerce commission rendered a de-
ctston by which this city and Winona,
Mimi, twenty-eight miles from here,
were put in separate rate making
group. Business men estimated that
the ruling means an annual saving of
from $4,000 to $4,000.
misunderstanding to the report of
The state treasurer for June the state
treasury is In a healthy condition.
The report shows that there was a
balance Of s5,030,4 In all funds
ia - G@o SOAAApcA CO Will SOs44S.-
O46.09 on May 1. The balance in the
general fund, which is the working
fund of the state, on June 1 was So
078,937.87. During the month the re-
ceipts were $451, 1854 and the dis
bursements s824.917.19.
BtrchwoOd-A new railroad seized
ule, eliminating several passenger
trains from service on the North
Western and Omaha roads In this Sec
ton went into effect on June 4. The
action is announced as q war tine
measure.
Madison-The career Of Louis R.
Frank, former university student, as a
dnancier was cut short when Frank
was hailed into court on a charge of
passing bad checks. He pleaded gull
ty, but sentence was deferred until
June II.