The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-02-16

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well known veterinary of Oconomowoc
died after a brief illness of pneumon.
ia.
Gunder Terlson, thirty-five years
old, froze to death in snow drift dur
ing a blizzard near his home at Hust-
Ter.
Mrs Harriet E. Zahn, wife of Ed
Dry Goods company, of Racine, died at
Dry Gods company, of Racine, died at
her home.
w. J. Thompson, of Spooner, one of
the oldest citizens and well known
throughout the section, died at his
home there.
L. /. Alsbacher has been appointed
city treasurer at Mansion to serve
out the unexpired term of the late /.
L. Alsbacher.
Scarlet fever has made it's appear
ance at Bruce, and the schools have
been closed to prevent further
spread of the disease
Over one hundred people at Bruce
have chit the trail" as the result of an
evangelistic campaign, which has been
conducted by the Rev. J. F. Walsh
The Boys club has been organized
at Stevens Point by the Presbyterian
church and the Empire amusement
hall secured for weekly athletic ac-
tivities.
Alice Stanhope, aged four years,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H.
Of Cho
an illness of day, from ptomaine
poisoning
w S. Blackford, for seventy-two
years a resident of Green county, is
dead at his home. He died on his
eighty-fourth birthday. Death was due
to paralysis.
Frank Joseph of Plainfield has sold
his creamery to a Mr.. Weiner of Bos-
ton, who recently purchased the
West Plainfield creamery. The report
ed price was $4,000.
The second separate company of
GAINESVILLE, mustered into the state
and national service last July, is to
be transformed into a cavalry unit if
proper stabling can be found.
Beloit college students voted unani-
mously to encourage military training
and to form a machine gun company.
They will ask to have a reserve Off
GERS training station established.
E. J. Kearney of Milwaukee has
been named by Governor Philip to
succeed August S. Lindemann as a
member of the state board of indus
trial education. The term expires July
1, 1918.
Various forms of gambling in the
town of Augusta have been stopped
by the council, following the demand
by District Attorney J. c. Gilbertson
that the mayor and common council en-
force the laws.
The sum of $4,000 was paid by the
Carnation Milk Products company at
Oconomowoc for Tietze Wayne De
Kol, the Holstein cow purchased last
week at Utica, N. Y, and which, with
a Holstein calf purchased at the sale,
arrived by express.
President Charles r. Van Hise of
the university told the legislative COM
mittee on finance that if the legisla-
ture appropriates no more money than
recommended by the state board Of
education, the university, in his opin-
ion, will deteriOrate in the next two
years.
Charles Wells. aged twenty-five,
wood cutter, living with his brother AL
bert on a farm near Himbird, was
found frozen to death in a swamp
mile from home, having been over
come within sight of his destination
while carrying home stock of pro-
visions.
is on at an emergency recruiting Office
at the station of the Chicago North
Shore and Milwaukee Electric road at
Kenosha Six recruits offered their
services as soon as the office opened.
Recruiting stations have been opened
at all stations of the electric line
Ewaldt Mans, aged twenty-seven,
born in Germany, and in this country
only two years, was arrested at Ma
rinette for alleged seditious utterances
during an argument. A few hours later
he expressed his desire to take out
citizenship papers. He was permitted
to do this and was then released from
Jail.
Just as the necessary funds and
volunteers had been raised to send a
University of Wisconsin ambulance
for Red Cross work to the French
front, the new turn in International
events has practically ended the plan.
The Badger ambulance was to leave
Feb. IL with a crew of university stu
dents.
The state bank commissioner issued
a charter to the State Bank of Rad
olson, Sawyer county. The capital of
the bank is $4,000. The incorporators
are Gilman L. Leist, w. A. Blackburn,
Ralph G. Colger, H. Hudson and Oris
Grin Widsted. The La Fargo bank in
creased its capital from $4,000 to
$4,000.