Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-06-26

Besides the live stock, all of Mr..
Weinhold's farm machinery which in.
eluded 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 freez .ng and the feed Will be in
better CONDITION and more accessible
than in the ordinary silos.
Acknowledgment General Orlando
Holway has received a call for 257
men, graduates of grammar schools,
having special aptitude for mechanics.
These men from Wisconsin will report
July l at the old south side high school
at Chicago. The period of voluntary
enlistment will expire June q. Mil
waukee will supply 3s men. Madison 5.
Racine 4, Oshkosh 4, Green Bay 4 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 65 cents.
One of the largest flocks of sheep in
the county is on the Richards & Sons
farm in Arlington. They have about
500 head. The wool this year is up To
standard, the best in the entire coun-
try.
Menasha- 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 Kennel Off
eially 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
completer twenty-eight years of duty
as stamp clerk at the local postoffce
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 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 public school, the build
ing was again in flames. AS was the
case a year ago, the fire was the result
of the burning out OF the dry toilet
system of the school. The loss wasNnot
serious.
Baraboo - After a lapse of nearly
fifty years, a reunion of the pupl OF
Prof. Edward F. Hobert and ]. S. Kim
ball Young, grandfather Of Clara Kim
ball Young. the actress, was held here.
About fifty were present, coming from
various parts of the country.
Osseo-"Aunt" Nancy O'Brien cele.
brated her one hundredth birthday on
June 10 and entertained about fifty
guests, most of them related to her. 1t
was a 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
in charge of the school nurse.
Grand Rapids-The local school
board by a unanimous vote decided TO
abolish the teaching of German in the
schools. Either French or Spanish or
both will be added to the curriculum.
Sheboygan-Many Wisconsin rail
road men attended the funeral here of
Emmel Halock, widely known employe
of the North Western road, who died
at Milwaukee. The remains were bu-
ried in wildwood cemetery after
prayer by Rev. Paul Z. Hinkamp.