Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-09-21

father of Richard Lloyd Jones, editor
of the Wisconsin State Journal, Madi-
son.
Acknowledgement street car fares
are becoming the fad in Wisconsin. A
number of cities already have the g.
cent fare and there is a possibility
that one city may have a 7-cent fare.
The first city to get Scent fare was
Eau Claire. The fares were increased
in the city of Green Bay next, and
then followed adjustments of inter
urban schedules in many localities.
GAINESVILLE has been given a 6cent
fare and a Scent fare in Racine was
ordered An application for a Scent
fare in Madison is pending before the
commission. In Ashland a 7-cent fare
may be granted.
Madison-A common law" marri-
age cannot be legally entered into in
Wisconsin, according to the opinion
of Atty. Gen Spencer Haven, given
to Dist. Atty. G. H. Dawson of Gran
don In another opinion the attorney
general held an Indian in the Lac
Courte Oreilles reservation could not
be prosecuted for abandonment under
the laws of Wisconsin, as he was not
subject to the criminal laws of the
state.
Cumberland - Threshing has been
completed in this locality and the
yield of the various cereals exceeded
all expectations, the wheat acreage
was increased so per cent, the yield
running from seventeen to thirty-six
bushels per acre, oats sixty to one
hundred, rye twenty to thirty-f1ve, and
barley thirty to forty-hve, canning
peas netting the farmer from sixty to
one hundred dollars per acre.
Madison - Dr. Charles Mccarthy
former state legislative reference Ii
brarian, now aide to Herbert Hoover,
arrived in Washington from Europe ac-
cording to word received here. While
in France DR.. Mccarthy served as a
volunteer for five days in the Red
Cross with the Wisconsin troops dur
ing the big drive and he states their
work was marvellous and the talk of
all France.
Racine-After travelling 1000 miles
and spending $500 to make the trip,
Frank j. Kaiser has arrived here from
Chile and expects to leave soon for
one of the military camps. He has
two brothers already in the service
and both of them are now lover
there"
Appleton - Vernon Coullourd of
Oconto, was elected president of the
Green Bay District, Christian Endeav-
or society. Other officers are: Rev.
Boose of Marinette, vice-president
Dora Fielder, Sturgeon Bay, secre-
tary and Cynthia Lau of Green Bay,
treasurer.
aukesha-President Houghton of
Carroll college has leased the Terrace
hotel adjoining Bethesda Spring park
as permanent barracks and head
quarters for the Carroll unit of $50
men of the Students Army Training
corps, to be established in Carroll this
fall.
Marinette-Ed Edward Scofield, grand
son of Gov. Seofeld, was recently
commissioned as lieutenant in the
aviation corps and ordered to Dayton
field. He was injured in an aeroplane
fall and feared for long time that
his injuries would make it impossible
for him to qualify.
Wausau-The Wausau Gas company
has applied to the railroad commission
of Wisconsin for permission to in
crease the rates charged the consunl-
ers for gas, claiming the existing rates
are inadequate to cover necessary OPP
Grating expenses and net reasonable
return upon its investment.
Appleton Claude ola<k, who was
on the Joseph Cudahy oil tanker which
was torprdoed by German submarine
Aug. IT. arrived home for a few days
visit with his parents. Afloat on the
high seas for more than two days was
part of Starks adventures.
Antigo-Capt o. A. Miller. of the
One Hundred and Seventh trench NOR
tar battery, Thirty-second division. has
been cited for bravery in action by
the French military authorities TO re
ceive the croix de guerre He is the
first officer in the brigade to receive
citation. The information is con.
veyed in a letter TO Mrs. Miller.
KenosPa - The Kenosha patriots
fund Appropriated S2o.000 to the
American Red Cross of which $4,000