Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-09-20
HAPPENING
OF THE WEEK
In WISCONSIN
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Rscine Options have been obtained
on about 100 farms, embracing 1000
acres north of Racine, by a man claim.
ing to be a government agent. the
surface TO be used as an aviation
aeld, according to report The tract
extends from the Northwestern rail.
road tracks tc Lake Michigan and lies
between the, four and one-half and
seven mile roads The large farms
we're optioned at 5000 an acre and the
smaller opes at $40O an acre.
Wausau-By vote of 56 to 5 the
Wausau Rotary club instructed Secre-
tary George w. Philips to petition the
Wausau board of education to recon.
slider it's action of denying the peti-
tion for the suspension of the teach.
ing of German in the public schools.
The board by a vote of to declined
to stop the teaching of German. The
demand, however, is becoming so uni.
yersal that the board probably will be
forced to reverse its position.
Kenosha-John E. Mahoney, a Ke-
nosAa man serving with the 107th mil
itary police on the western front in a
letter to relatives here, declares that
German women, wearing the regular
uniform of the army, have been taken
prisoners by the American units. He
declares that the women had trimmed
fbafr hof cI, ,r1V.fo 6o+
ed they were fighting in the regular
lines with the men.
Appleton = Herman Heller, alleged
enemy alien registration evader, who
was being held in the police station
awaiting the arrival of a United
States deputy marshal from Milwau-
kee, committed suicide in his cell by
hanging himself with a rope. Upon
investigation of Heler's effects at his
room, nothing was found to attach
him with tbs German government
Madison - Gov. Philip received a
telegram from Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder saying that Wisconsin
was the first state to make a report
under the registration Sept. H. The
District of Columbia made the first re-
port, but Wisconsin was the first state
Under the first registration in 1917
Wisconsin was also the first state 20
render its report.
Madison-Many of Wiscopsin's high
school graduates are expecting to en-
ter the college of agriculture this fall
to train themselves for active com
oatants in military service and at the
same time prepare themselves for the
numerous positions in the agricultu-
raj field which will be open after the
war
Madison - Although more than 100
sorghum mills viii be running in Wis
conSln, these factories may not be
aole to handle all of the cane this fall
me fields occur from the southern
part Of the state as far north as Polk
county-maany farmers growing the
crop for the first time and others re-
Aewng their acquaintance with it.
Madison-W. r. Dodson, dean of
he Louisiana College of Agriculture,
VINO has headed a number of delega-
l'ons to Wisconsin dairy districts, will
succeed in the United States Food ad-
iaAlstration staff Dean H. L. Russell
VI the Wisconsin College of Agricul-
tuiv' who has been recalled to Wiscon-
SIN oy pressing duties.
Marine Six persons were sum
Luoned before the Marinette county
war board to answer charges of dis
o'@ity and failure to purchase bonds
"i'' war stamps. All gave satisfactory
,,@p'ahations, it was reported, except
" 4's. FRED Lepinsky' of Grover, wife
u farmer.
MadIso Wisconsin farmers are re-
aponahg in splendid way to the gov
e.HHents request to increase the
s'"'e acreage of winter rye by 25
pef cent this fall The county agents
e n helping the growers to secure
b iele bred seed as the yields were
7Ier this year where it was used
iaulson ~ Mrs. Romance Bum, 81,
10o| OF Judge Bum, for many years
~ ~ me bench of the federal court for
a.. western district of Wisconsin,
'0pped dead of heart disease.
sn,.- ,'.euas Menasha hunters who re-
nv. - me game laws are up in arms
,. ,e' Violations of the duck shooting
~ .auulged in by pot hunters in Lake
"1'le des Morts.
Ia. i7nsn - Lieut. Byron Bell and
lieut. Mel Van6erv,aIt,.... ara home