Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-06-11

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Sheboygan - The Jenkins Machine
company, one of the largest industrial
plants of this city, and among the
leading machine works of Wisconsin,
will built large addition to it's pres
ent plant as consequence of the
large expansion in business of it's war
order machinery department.
Fond du Lac-Rev. Francis Laslow,
So years, pastor of the Polish Catho-
lie church at Red Granite and for
many years rector of St. Josephat's
Polish Catholic church at Oshkosh,
died at st. Agnes hospital, Fond du
Lac, after an attack of pneumonia.
Marinette-Ed. Richlen of Crivitz,
was granted bounty of $18 on six fox
es at the Office of the county clerk.
This is the largest number of the ami
males that have been presented to Sc
cure the bounty in some time.
IIlC uISI
sale held by the Walworth County
Holstein Breeders association at the
fair grounds here eighty head of pure
bred Holsteins sold for SIS, $40, an av-
erage of $191 per head.
Menasha = Riparian landowners
along the Fox River will petition the
government to have the gates at the
Menasha dam kept open until the
food stage of water subsidies. This
was decided at recent meeting.
Stevens Point = The right eye of
Victor Czech, 9, of Berent was remov-
ed at the hospital here. A piece of %
shell had penetrated the boys eye
ball, when he attempted to force the
shell into a rifle with hammer.
Eau Claire-The Telelaget, an or
ganization composed of Norwegians
in this country, will convene June 10
and IA at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa
representatives are expected.
Antigo-Vilas Willard, son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. ]. Willard, has been commits
stoned a second lieutenant at Camp
Joseph Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla,
and has been ordered to report at
Newport News, Va.
Madison-A great service flag con-
tanning more than 1,700 stars, repre-
senting students who have enlisted in
war service, was unfurled from the
roof of the main hall of the Univer-
sity.
Rhinelander-The county council of
defense will begin a "Patronize the
patriotic merchant" campaign against
pro-Germans who have failed to do
their share.
Wausau = With "The Meaning of
Americas Entrance Into the War;" as
his subject, Elroy McFaul of Wausau
won the state oratorical contest. Nine
contestants spoke.
De Pere-A burglar broke into the
Offices of the Central Lumber company
and made the magnificent haul of ST
cents in cash and about 81 in postage
stamps.
Antigo-The local RAINFALL in May
was sos inches, according to records
of the official weather observer, being
more than the rainfall of the same
months in the two previous years.
Neillsville-Many people have Won
dered why there was no Red Cross
drive in Clark county Some have not
heard, it seems, that at the April ses-
sion of the county board an appropri-
alton was made to cover Clark coun-
tvs allotment, which will be paid by
taxation.
Wausau - Nine events, six for IS
targets each and three for twenty
targets each, constitute the program
for the first annual registered trap
shooting contest for the Wausau Gun
club on Sunday, June %.
Neillsville - Work on remodeling
the Overall factory for the use of the
National Food Production company is
well under way. The building will be
50x90 feet and will be practically a
new building and fully adapted to the
lehydrating plant for drying vegeta-
5les.
Neenah = Seventy-six claims for
compensation have been made since
Way II by farmers of Fox River val
lex to tornado insurance company
here, for damage resulting from re-
.ent storms.
Bloomington = While Charles Hale
vas driving a fence post which was
being held by Mrs. Hale, at their
pasture in Little Grant, the axe which
ae was using left the handle and
struck Mrs. Hale on the side of the
lead, inficting painful wound.
Madison = Judge J. NJ. Becker of
Monroe, was arrested and brought to
Madison and arraigned in federal
court charged with prohibited talk I'M
r. the espionage act. He pleaded not
49,. e1ll vas fixed at $1,000.