Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-08-10

Madison - The Sheboygan Mineral
Works have been found guilty of over
running their sugar allotment from
January to July LIST to the amount of
1851 pounds. The Enforcement Di-
vision of the Wisconsin Food Admin
istration asked them to give to the
Red Cross the sum of $132.24. The
plant is ordered closed for such pc
riod as the future allotm ant to tbs
plant will equal the overrun.
Madison-UpOn testimony that the
Hennery Brothers OF Fond du Lac,
both jobbers and retailers in -four and
! feed, have taken retailers profit with
out rendering extra service and thru
carelessness have sold beans as sub
stituts, Magnus Swenson, Federal
Food Administrator for Wisconsin, or
dered them to contribute $25 to the
Red Cross.
Madison-For profteering on sales
of bran and for grinding excess
amounts of wheat for farmers, the
Schmidt Milling company OF Oshkosh
were ordered 10 give $500 to the
Red Cross or upon their refusal to do
this will have their business suspend
ed for such period of time as the
food administrator will recommend.
Madison The fremen's pension
funds of paid departments and the vol
unteer departments of Wisconsin re-
ceiye $154,677 this year as against
$13S,235 in 1917. The fund is 2 per
cent of the incomes for fire insurance
premiums in the cities which have fire
departments, and it has been growing
each year.
Madison-Alfred Parent of Ashland
was granted an award of $33150
against the John Schroeder Lumber
company of Ashland and the Frank
fort General Insurance company, the
insurer. A charge was made that the
APPELLANT severed his own fingers in or
der to evade the draft.
NJ NpAl Lag ~ AAks "A. IAtbtCiIs lQCI dO-
ministrator for Brown county, an
nounced the appointment Of Henry A.
Foeller and Max H. Shcober, archi-
tects, as consulting engineers of the
fuel administration.
! Waupaca-" Loyalty is the para
mount issue in the best politics now"
declared Senator Roy p. Wilcox of
Eau Claire, Republican candidate for
/ the governorship of Wisconsin at an
enthusiastic meeting held here.
| Madison The Bonduel Feed and
/ Light company of Bonduel, operating
without a license and grinding exces-
/ sive amounts of wheat for farmers,
j has been ordered closed and to con
tribute $500 to the Red Cross.
Mathematician A. Opel of Mad
ison, has been asking excessive prices
for corn flour, canned corn and eggs.
/ Magnus SwensOn, Food Administrator
| for Wisconsin, asked him 10 pay $25 to
the Red Cross.
Portage - Ninety thousand dollars
worth OF wool was shipped from here
/ by the 7. II. Cochrane company for
use by the government. The wool
shipment took six cars. The average
price was 60 cents pound.
La Crosse - One woman and four
men were arrested here charged with
providing liquor for officers and other
soldiers from Camp Robinson, near
Sparta. They Will be tried in federal
court.
Madison-Because leaders believed
the SIoughton community fair plan
ned for fall, would interfere with the
next Liberty loan drive. the move has
been dropped.
Madison - Gustavus Milling com.
pany of Oshkosh is invited TO contrib.
ute $1,000 to the Red Cross for profit
eering on bran and grinding excess
amounts OF wheat for farmers.
Green Bay-The celebration of the
birthday of Queen Mary of Belgium
was held in Green Bay, July p, and
Melted about $4,000 for the relief OF
Belgium babies.
Sheboygan - Boys throwing lighted
cattails caused a $500 4re which de.
stroyed the roof OF the Joseph Bickel
residence.
Madison-The Oregon Equity soei-
ETY. of the village Of Oregon. Dane
county, has filed articles of incorpora.
ton. The capital is $4,000.
Sheboygan-Local milk dealers have