Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-02-28
WIS CON SIN
u - L EIVaISUS
C7o zoEOEE
| News OF the Badger State Arranged
....... IN Condensed Form ....

H
---------------------------------
Madison-Byron C. Nelson, son Of
Congressman Nelson, has been certi-
fed for service. He came to Madison
recently from his ranch at Spring
COulee, Alberta, Canada, to answer
Stacker proceedings. He has been
placed in Glass Al. Nelson sought de-
ferred classification on the ground
that he is married and that he is en-
gagged in agriculture. The local
board held that his marriage took
place since the beginning of the war.
Madison-The state Of Wisconsin is
taking care of all dependents of the
soldiers now in the war who have
legal demand on the soldiers for such
support. Tire work of caring for such
dependents is being looked after by
the adjutant generals department and
so far the state has expended $4,000
in looking after the work. The amount
which is now being distributed to de-
pendents monthly amounts to about
$4,000.
Madison-One million more pounds
of pork went into cold storage during
January than came out, according to
the report of Dairy Food Commission
er Weigle The increase was due
partly to the anti-pork plea of the
food administration, the report says.
Eggs are reported practically all out
of cold storage, because of new regu-
lations.
Madison-Senator J. E. Cunningham
of GAINESVILLE has been appointed b.
the Republican state central commit
tee to succeed C. J. Sumner, as mem
Der from the Second district J. NJ.
Chappell, Ashland was named as
member Of the Eleventh district to
succeed NJ. P. Barton, Rhinelander,
Both Sumner and Barton have gone
to war.
Sheboygan = Sheboygan manufactu-
rers face a shortage of two hundred
cars and all the warehouses are filed
with marketable products and no
chance of moving the goods out Of
the city. 1t requires forty cars daily
to handle the outgoing freight and
for weeks less than half this number
of cars has been available.
Madison-There may be no resolu.
ton asking that the state officials see
TO it that all saloons are closed on
Sunday presented to the legislature
1t is said some of the prohibition
leaders in the state oppose such a
move, claiming there is no necessity
for a resolution to ask that state Off
Gals see that laws are obeyed.
New London-EXcitemen has been
caused by a mysterious illness that
has broken out among employees Of
the Wisconsin Cabinet and Paneh
company The trouble was believed to
be caused by the water and about fifty
cases are reported. It is feared that
some one has been tampering with
the water supply.
Madison - The total enrolment at
the University Of Wisconsin for the
second semester is $500 students, ac-
cOrding to the first figures given out
by the University registrar. This is
q decrease Of 5t3 students OF about g
per cent Of the enrolment in October,
1917, the beginning of the first semes-
ter.
Marinette - George w Ross, aged
SO years, who died here recently, was
a veteran of the civil war and served
through that conflict as a sailor on
the Z. S. s. Vermont. After the war
he took q trip around the world on a
United States warship, travelling
moro than 10000 miles.
Green Bay-More than 800 barrels
of wheat -four CT approximately 5000
pounds have been recovered in Brown
county since the drive against hoard
ed -four was started by Food Admins.
traitor Frank H, Smith. Part of it was
sold to a Chicago baker whose stock is
exhausted
Madison - The war will last three
more years, in the opinion OF DIR.
Charles Mccarthy, chief aid to Her
bert c. Hoover, who arrived here from
Washington. The first great need is
ships and transportation; the second
is food" Mccarthy declared
New London-Paul E. Thompson Of
this city, former head of manual
training in the city schools, has been
promoted from a second to a first
lieutenancy in the United States army
He is stationed at Camp Custer, Mich
Menasha-On Feb. II the First
Congregational church of this city oh.
served the siXty-seventh anniversary
Of its founding.
Applejon-An enormous service flag
bearing 246 start has been purchased
by Lawrence college and dedicated to
those in service.
Green Bay = Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Gotto, residents of Green Bay for six
ty- three years, recently celebrated the
sixty-ffth anniversary of their marri-
age. There are two children living,
twenty-five grandchildren, and eight
great-grandchildTen