Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-30
HAPPENINGS
OF THE WEEK
: In WISCONSIN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Madison - Unless beekeepers are
permitted to obtain sugar necessary
for the bees, the supply of honey pro-
dvced by Wisconsin this year will
show decided falling off. The long,
hard winter has in many cases reduc-
ed the bees supply of honey below the
danger point. If such colonies are not
sed they will dwindle and die, or at
beast will not be able to build
Ip in time for the honey flow.
Only strong colonies are prof
stable producers Accordin gto the
State Food Administrator, few
pounds Of sugar may make difference
OF fifty or 100 pounds in the amount OF
honey a colony will produce during the
approaching summer. DR.. E. ID. Ball,
State Entomologist, who has charge OF
mpiary inspection, states that the bee
keepers should go before notary and
make affidavit to the number OF colon
lev of bees, the number of pounds OF
sugar necessary to carry them through
the season; that the sugar thus Sc
cured will not be used for any other
purpose, and if any part OF 1T Is not
used that it will be turned back to che
sinaler supplying it. They should also
give the dealers name and address.
Ii such an affidavit is properly filed
out and sent to the State Food Adj
ministration, at Madison, dealers will
De authorized to furnish the necessary
sugar.
Madison-Louis A Arnold, secretary
of the personal campaign committee
of Victor L. Berger has filed a report
IN the office of the secretary of state
declaring that the committee had spent
$1,59090 and owed in unpaid bill ST.
031.90 in promoting the campaign of
Mr.. Berger. The committee received
s2,3O7.1O in contributions
Fond du Lac-The council of defense
has designated April 4, the centennial
Of the legislative act which gave the
country the present form of national
banner, as Flag day in Fond du Lac.
On that day it is urged that all tat
and that all places not exhibiting the
eoiOrs begin doing so.
Madison - Comparison of typhoid
deaths in Wisconsin for 1917 shows
saving of 425 lives over deaths from
ahe disease in 1910. The saving over
1911 was 1856 lives, and 1916, 40 lives.
This means a reduction iii 1917 of rs
per cent in typhoid cases over 191v;
OF So per cent over 1911, and Of % per
cent over 1916.
Racine-The police are seeking to To-
cate Mrs. Peter Sunti, who during the
absence of her husband, left her home
and four small children, taking with
her $780, the savings of her husband,
who knew nothing of his wife leaving
until his oldest child, 10 years of age,
visited the factory where he is en-
ployed
Glenbeulah-Every one of the four
teen boys in the Glenbeulah high
school will work on farms commencing
the middle of April, when there will
be a general exodus of high school
boys from Sheboygan, Waldo, Random
Lake, Oostburg, and Glenbeulah, to
aid farmers.
oheboygan = Special services were
held by the Christian Reformed church
for the coming season of agricultural
production. Rev. Manni offered a fer
vent prayer for a blessing over gar
dens and farms that the boys in the
trenches may be supplied with food.
Wausau-Mrs. Clara Butler, of Mer-
gill, was elected president of the Wis
consin Valley district organization of
the Rebekah lodge, while J. M. How
arth of Wausau was elected president
OF the Odd Fellows district order at a
recent convention here.
Kenosha-The home of Mr. and Mrs
Myron Hale, living on a farm near
here, was saved by faithful dog. The
dog went to the room where the Hales
were sleeping and by jumping on the
bed and barking informed them that
the house was on fire.
Wausau-The directors of the Mara
thon County Agricultural society are
making plans to hold a stock sale the
last day of the 1918 fair, Aug. 20, to
stimulate additional interest in the
fair and race meet.
Madison - Nineteen more applica
slons for help were filed with the Wis
consin free employment bureaus in
February than there were applications
for employment.
Wausau y Robert Himali of Toma
hawk pleaded guilty in circuit court
here to a charge of larceny from the
person, and was sentenced for two
years to the state reformatory.
Menasha-Rev. S. G. Ruegg of the
Congregational church has gone tt
Chicago, where he will be assigned te
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