Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-10
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HAPPENINGS /:
OF THE WEEK
In WISCONSIN j

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| Sturgeon Bay-Weather conditions
last fall and during the blossom time
this spring have caused the failure of
the great cherry crop in Door County.
Only so per cent of the famous prod.
uet will be available for the market
this season. The exceedingly light
cherry crop of this county will mean
a loss of thousands of dollars to the
growers here and to fruit merchants
throughout the country. Fruit growers
predict big apple crop this fall.
| Madison-High prices of farm i'm.
| plements win be cut, the secretary of
| agriculture warns the state food ad-
ministration 1t will be necessary to
survey the industry with view to dis
| cover whether the commissions, profits
/, or prices are unjust, unreasonable
| discriminatory and unfair, and if so. to
cause their discontinuance. The law
does not provide for direct price-fixing.
but the food control act grants power
to prevent unfair profits.
Madison Boys livestock judging
contests win be held this fall at at
least "a of Wisconsins county
fairs. Officials of the Wisconsin Live
stock Breeders association were mott
| fed by the fair secretaries that this
| judging event has been added to the
list of special features and have ap-
| piled for gold medal which the state
| association is offering to encourage
greater interest in livestock breeding.
Appleton-Appleton is not as hard
hit as during the civil war in 1867, one
| year after the war was declared, this
| county had furnished 5S7 men or about
6 per cent of the population. Today
only per cent of the population, or
| 1850 men, are in the service. Nearly
| so per cent of the men are drafted,
while in the first year of the civil war
only SO per cent of the men were
drafted.
Racine-Salaries of members of the
fire and police departments, excepting
| the head of the two departments,
| were increased 10 per cent at meet
ing of the common council No in.
crease was granted heads of the two
| departments because they are now re-
| ceiving higher salaries than paid sim
liar department heads by other cities
of the state.
!
| service may be instituted in Marathon
county as a result of a requesC of the
State Council of Defense asking the
Marathon County Council of Defense
| to take the matter up with farmers in
this community. The plan is to have
one or more lines established in each
county, possibly owned comparatively
! by farmers.
Washington--Mueh ordnance mate.
rial will be made in Wisconsin. The
war department announced that con.
tracts had been awarded to the fol.
| lowing Wisconsin firms: Paine Lum-
Der Co.. Oshkosh; Nash Motors Co.,
Kenosha; McIntyre-Burrall Co. Green
Bay; j. c. Nichols Co, Sheboygan;
-Four Wheel Drive Auto Co, Clinton
vile.
Madison Stephen W. Gilman, pro.
fessor of business administration at
the University of Wisconsin, has been
appointed special assistant to w N.
Fitzgerald, United States fuel admin
istrator, to aid in enforcing the re-
quirements in Wisconsin, as to coal
handling and distribution during July
and August.
Madison. B. Borden. for several
years first assistant to state superin-
tendent of schools, c. p. Cary, became
assistant dean of the college of agri-
culture at the university. Mr.. Bor
den has been prominently connected
with the educational system of the
state since 1897 when he graduated
from the university.
Ashland Ashland's fifty saloons
have gone cut of business. The entie
Chequamegon Bay district, including
Ashland, Bayfield, and Washburn, and
all nearby towns, including those adj.
jacent to the Indian reservation at
Odanah. are now dry by vote of the