Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-09-25
Observation-Disclosures
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/ Racine-Options have been obtained
on about 100 farms, embracing 1000
acres north of Racine, by a man claim
ing to be a government agent, the
surface TO be used as an aviation
field, according to a report. The tract
extends from the Northwestern rail-
road tracks to Lake Michigan and lies
between the four and one-half and
seven mile roads. The large farms
were optioned at 5000 an acre and the
smaller ones at $500 an acre.
Wausau-By vote of 56 to 5 the
Wausau Rotary club instructed Secre-
tary George w. Philips to petition the
Wausau board of education to recon-
slider its action of denying the petit
ton for the suspension of the teach
ing Of German in the public schools.
The board by a vote of 6 to declined
to stop the teaching of German. The
demand, however, is becoming so uni.
versal that the board probably will be
forced to reverse its position.
Kenosha-John E. Mahoney. a Ke-
nosha man serving with the 10th mil
ttary police on the western front in a
letter to relatives here, declares that
German women, wearing the regular
uniform of the army, have been taken
prisoners by the American units. He
declares that the women had trimmed
their hair short and that when captur-
ed they were fighting in the regular
lines with the men.
Appleton - Herman Heller, alleged
enemy alien registration evader, who
was being held in the police station
awaiting the arrival of United
States deputy marshal from Milwau-
kee, committed suicide in his cell by
hanging himself with rope. Upon
investigation of Heler's effects at his
room, nothing was found to attach
him with the German government.
Madison - Gov. Philip received a
telegram from Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder saying that Wisconsin
was the first state to make a report
under the registration Sept r. The
District of Columbia made the first re-
port, but Wisconsin was the first state.
Under the first registration in 1917
Wisconsin was also the first state to
render its report.
Madison-Many of Wisconsin's high
school graduates are expecting to en-
ter the college of agriculture this fall
to train themselves for active COM
batants in military service and at the
same time prepare themselves for the
numerous positions in the agricultu-
raj field which will be open after the
war
Madison - Although more than 100
sorghum mills will be running in Wis
consin, these factories may not be
able to handle all of the cane this fall.
The fields occur from the southern
part of the state as far north as Polk
county-many farmers growing the
crop for the first time and others re-
newing their acquaintance with it.
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Madison-W. R. Dodson, dean of
the Louisiana College of Agriculture,
who has headed a number of delega-
tons to Wisconsin dairy districts, will
succeed in the United States Food adj
ministration staff Dean H. L. Russell
of the Wisconsin College of Agricul-
ture, who has been recalled to Wiscon-
sin by pressing duties.
MarinC Six persons were sum-
moned before the Marinette county
war board to answer charges OF dis
loyalty and failure to purchase bonds
and war stamps. All gave satisfactory
explanations, it was reported, except
Mrs. Fred Lepinsky of Grover, wife
of a farmer.
Wisconsin farmers are re-
spending in a splendid way to the gov
ernments request to increase the
states acreage of winter rye by rs
per cent this fall. The county agents
pure bred seed as the yields were
higher this year where it was used
Madison - Mrs. Romance Bum, "a,
widow of Judge Bum, for many years
on the bench of the federal court for
the western district of Wisconsin,
dropped dead of heart disease.
acknowledgements hunters who re-
spect the game laws are up in arms
over violations of the duck shooting
law INDUCED in by pot hunters in Lake
Butte des Morris
Neenah - Lieut. Byron Bell and
Lieut.. Mel Vanderwalker are home
from France and will be assigned to
instruction work in the United States
cantonments.
La Crosse-La Crosse city fremen
have been organized and will be affili.
ated with the Trades and Labor coun-
Gil of the state Federation of Labor.
Madison - Wisconsin's prospects
for a large hemp crop are good &C.
cording to A. H. Wright of the college
If agriculture and L. H. Dewey of the
[ nited States Department of Agricul-
ture. After trip through many of the
fields, they found the hemp good and
the quality even.