Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-06-22
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Sheboygan--Four horses. a full
FLOODED HJlstein COW. two calves and
bull were burned to death in a fire
of unknown origin that destroyed two
of the best equipped barns in Sheboy-
gan county. owned by Adolph Vein
hold, near Adel. The loss was $4,000.
Besides the live stock, all of Mr..
Weinhold's farm machinery which in
cluded milking machines and other de-
vices of the most improved type were
destroyed.
Appleton-A concrete block silo. fit
ted with heating apparatus, is being
erected on the John Buss farm, town
of Grand Center, Outagamie county.
A heating stove and pipes to convey
the heat are being built into the walls
of the silo. During cold weather a
| small fire will suffice to keep the silage
from freezing and the feed will be in
better condition and more accessible
than in the ordinary silos.
Madison-Adjutant General Orlando
| Holway has received call for 257
men, graduates of grammar schools,
| having special aptitude for mechanics
These men from Wisconsin will report
July at the old south side high school
at Chicago The period of voluntary
enlistment will expire June q. Mil
waukee will supply SO men, Madison 5,
Racine 4, Oshkosh 4, Green Bay and
La Crosse 4.
| Portage-The wool clip is about
done in Columbia county and the mar
| kets are being rushed with the prod
uct. The price this year is IS cents
One of the largest flocks of sheep in
! the county is on the Richards & Sons
farm in Arlington They have about
SEQ head. The wool this year is up to
! standard, the best in the entire coun-
| try.
"Dogtown," the traditional
name applied to the west end of this
city, has been changed to Liberty
Vile" At the dedication of the west
sides service flag, Mayor Remmel Off
cially rechristened the section. Twenty
of "Libertyville" young men are now
In the service and two Of them have
already been wounded in action.
Sheboygan - Jacob NJ. Jansen, who
arrived recently in America from Hol-
| land, his native land, told the Sheboy-
gan Rotarians that the majority of
the people in Holland are with the al
| lies and America in this war, and that
any attempt by Germany to invade
Holland would result in the mobiliza-
ton of 100000 Dutch soldiers.
Kenosha--One of the four stars in
the service flag of Ludwig Senior at
| Twin Lakes in Kenosha county was
turned from blue to gold, when he re
ceived a telegram announcing that his
son, Fred Senior, had been killed
while fighting with the American army
| in France. Three brothers of the
young man are now in the army.
Appleton-H. Nabbefeld has hatch
| ed out over 5000 chicks with fifteen
| incubators so far this season, and ex-
| poets TO increase that number to 1000
| before the middle of next month. He
| has no trouble in selling them as fast
as they are Matched and at present he
has less than 200 on hand
La Crosse - Ellsey A. Sloane has
1Ompleter twenty-eight years of duty
as stamp clerk at the local postoffice
and resigned because of his advanced
age. He lost leg in the civil war,
| in which he served three years, six
months of which were in a confeder-
ate prison at Cakhoba, Ala.
Madison - State Treasurer Henry
Johnson is checking up reports of jus
| tees of the peace and county courts.
the former on fines and the latter on
inheritance taxes. The checking has
| disclosed that thousands of dollars
coming to the state have never been
paid over.
Stevens Point-A year to a day from
the time fire caused heavy loss to
the Mckinley puSlic school, the build
ing was again i'll flames. AS was the
case year ago. the fire was the result
Of the burning out of the dry toilet
system of the school The loss was not
serious.
Osseo-"Aunt" Nancy OBrien cele-
brated her one hundredth birthday on
June Is and entertained about fifty
guests. most of them related to her. 1t
was gala occasion and she was in re-
ceipt of many congratulations
Neenah-The fresh air camp for tu-
bercular children opened at farm.
a Few miles from this city, with fifteen
children in attendance, The camp is
III charge of the school nurse