Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-04-26

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warned not to plant corn or cultivated
crops IN grass sod land this spring
] This Is a white grub year" especially
in soFfliern Wisconsin, and grass sod
land is flied with the grubs in many
places.
GAINESVILLE The county board of su-
pesYisors has enacted an ordinance
Regulating the size of loads to be car
ried bg vehicles traversing roads main
tanned by the county or state or both.
The ordinance provides that no motor
or horse driven vehicle shall carry a
load In excess of $500 pounds per
inch width Of tire and no load to ex-
coed 5000 pounds.
Madison-Col. R. H. Spencer. for
merIy resident of this city but now
living in Algona. Ia. is the father OF
the second pair OF twins in two years.
Col. Spencer is IS and a civil war vet
eFan. He enlisted from Madison and
was captured at Chickamauga.. He
served year in the famous Libby
priso'l, escaping when being transfer
red by jumping off train.
Marinette - Former Mayor Jacob
Wittig, who is chairman of the garden
committee, has announced that the
city would have more than 1000 war
gardens, as many new plats have been
turned over to the city for that pur-
pose. Railroad rights of way within
the city limits viii be made into gar
dens.
/ Fort Atkinson = Word comes from
the national council of defense, Wash
ington. D. c., that Jefferson county
has the best organized council of de-
Tense in the United States. w. d.
James. manager of the James Manu-
featuring company, of this city, is
chairman of the organization
Kiel-Steps are under way to incor
porate Kiel as city Annexation of
Hinzeville. an adjoining community,
was voted by residents of both VIII
flages. giving Kiel population OF about
1900 Application for articles Of in
corporation has been made to Madi-
son.
Madison Thirty appeals have been
taken f4sssn decisions Of the state high.
way commission as to routes for the
new federal aid trunk line highway
through Wisconsin. The cases will
come up before the special legislative
committee within a few weeks.
Oshkosh 1t Is expected that 1,100
acres of sugar beets will be planted in
Winnebago county this year At least
| ESQ acres will be planted for purely
patriotic reasons, according to w. J.
Roe of the Winnebago County Council
of Defense.
| Sheboygan - The Baby week cam
paign will be opened here May 1. A
clinic will be in operation three days
at the Sheridan, Lincoln and Jefferson
schools. Babies up to year old will
be weighed and measured at the clinic.
Horizon An epidemic of German
measles has spread over this city in
| the last week, at least sixty cases hav-
ing been reported physician has
given the disease popular name OF
enemy" measles.
Appleton Complaint. has been
made to State Food Administrator
Magnus Swenson that farmers in Out
agamie county refuse to sell potatoes
at SIS cents a bushel, the price fixed
by the county food administrator.
BeIoit- -Mandersan (Bud) Lehr, for
mer Beloit athlete and member of the
| famous La Fayette escadrille, has
been transferred to the American avia-
ton section in France and commits
stoned first lieutenant.
Bloomer In order to utilize the
sarpius supply of potatoes in this vi
cinity the manufacture of starch from
potatoes has been resorted to. Fifty
cents per hundred pounds are paid for
the potatoes.
Manitowoc The local branch OF ne
Red Cross expects to make $500 on
its white elephant sale which is
now in progress. Anything from stick
candy to Liberty bonds may be pur-
chased at the sale.
Plymouth Plymouth vert over the
top in the third Liberty loan cam
paign with subscriptions of over $780,
600. The quota is $4,000 The women
of the city sold over $4,000 of the
bonds.
Glidden-The directors OF the Ger
man American State bank voted to