Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21


ished there in the past Although the
number of resorters enjoying rest and
recreation at the up river village is
fair it is way below the records Of
other years.
Rhinelander-P. j. Cain, county
treasurer, is the owner of a deck of
German cards, taken from a German
prisoner by his son Reuben. Lieut..
Herbert Frogner brought them to
America at the request OF young Cain,
and gave them to Mr.. Cain while in
Rhmelander recently.
| Antigo-Peter w. Krier of this city
has been appointed senior examiner of
/ the United States employment service
and will have charge of Langlade and
Oneida counties. All laborers in his
| territory will be registered at his
office and the requirements of each
employer will be tabulated.
! misunderstanding of State Merlin
Hull is already laying plans for collect
/ ing the soldier vote at the primary
election in September. Representa-
tives of the state secretary will be
sent to each of the cantonments in
this country where Wisconsin voters
are now in training.
Beaver Dam-The small grain crop
in Dodge county this year is breaking
all records. Oats are yielding as high
as ninety-five bushels to the acre;
wheat forty and barley forty-five
bushels. There has been more wheat
raised this year than for number of
years.
! Menomonee Falls-Joseph Fellenz
found an egg in his chicken yard that,
the long way, the oval measured Sh
inches around and the circumference
at the middle, 61h inches. The hen
was a Plymouth Rock and steady
layer.
ShawaRo-No county fair will be
held in this county this year, as the
grounds. need considerable improve
1llSllIS anu OAINAello my NSNAA
use the labor to better advantage in
helping take care of the crops.
Green Bay-A meeting of the Wis.
lconsin Live Stock Breeders associa.
ton will be held in Green Bay the sec
ond week in October, according to an
announcement by County Agricultural
!
Neenah-Neenah's honor roll. huge
framed affair bearing the names of all
Neenah boys in service, has been hung
on the side of a building, on one of
the main thoroughfares. 1t contains
over 400 names.
Kenosha-Harold Hart, manager Of
the truck department of Nash Motors
company, and one of the best known
men in the automobile game in the
middle west was commissioned a cap
tain in the United States army.
Oshkosh-An exhibit of the crops
grown by the boys and girls of the
Oshkosh schools will be held at the
high school early in September under
the direction of T. G.. Brown, super
visor of agriculture in the schools.
Sheboygan-Overco by heat at
the Charles S. Weisse & Co. tannery,
August Splittgerber fell into vat of
boiling liquor and sustained a severe
cut on his jaw and painful burns about
his body.
Sheboygan-Private Henry Meyer,
son of Mrs Louise Meyer town of
/ Sheboygan. died in the base hospital
at Camp Zachary Taylor from the eff
fects of heat stroke.
Beaver Dam-The Board of Educa-
ton of Beaver Dam by an unanimous
vote decided that hereafter the study
of the German language in the public
schools of the city viii be eliminated.
Madison-An increase of passenger
fare to 4 cents is asked by the La
Crosse & Southeastern, railroad
operating between La Crosse and
Viroqua.
Neenah-An ordinance prohibiting
bathing in the Fox river and fixing
the length of bathing suits was voted
down by the city council
Portage-Federal authorities raided
the Hagenbeck-Wallaee circus at Ste
vens Point just before it left for
Portage and took $50 men from the
show as Stacker subjects. The show
left with small boys filing places Of
men taken.
RhineIander-M Martin Pollen, lar
mer in the town of Cassian, was shot
and instantly killed by George Tomlin-
son. on Tomlinson's farm, in Rice Lake
on the Tomahawk river. The shooting
is said to have resulted from a debt
iTomlinson owned Pollen.
Sheboygan-A canvass of the city
has been started by the police to round
IN all male persons within draft age
who have not been called to the colors,
and who are engaged in such non
essential occupations as clerks, bar
tenders, walters, etc
Excursions are entirely
dispensed with this summer and it is