The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-18

Eau Claire According to a CABLE
| gram received here Lieut. George B.
| Shaw, son Of Mrs. John S. Owen of
| this city, arrived safely in France.
Madison - Thirty Wisconsin brick.
| layers volunteered for immediate serv-
ice in France with the armies of Gen.
Pershing.
Appleton Cadman and his
| sister, Miss Emma X. Cadman, died
! from injuries received in a small fire
| here week ago.
La Crosse-Mrs. Theresa Tippman
| Haag, mother of Isadore Tippmann
| musical critic and yiolinist of this city
| died here at the age of So years.
Washington = Miss Harriet F. Balm
| of Kenosha, Wis, has arrived here to
work for the passage of the national
suffrage amendment.
Madison-Women will be employed
as elevator operators at the Univers-
ity of Wisconsin. The pay will be $50
g month. They will take examina-
tons under Service employ" rules.
Eau Claire-Eau Claire's fire loss
for the year 1917 was $4,000 accord.
ing to figures furnished by Fire Chief
Welsh. This is $4,000 in excess of
the year before.
Neenah = Neenah's new pestoffice
building will be opened Feb. 1, &C.
cording to announcement by the con-
tractors Masonic rites will attond
the ceremony.
Kenosha-James e. Tully was In
stalled as judge of the Municipal court
of Kenosha county, succeeding Clifford
E. Randall. Judge Tully was formerly
clerk of the court.
Kenosha-With view of promoting
thrift among it's employees, the Amer
lean Brass company has issued to
each of it's 1000 employees q govern
that they start collecting them.
Madison-A penalty of $763.05 was
collected by State Treasurer Henry
Johnson from the Eastern Wisconsin
Electric company Of Sheboygan for
delay in paying It's street and interur
ban taxes.
Appleton-The Wisconsin Render
ing company's plant was totally de-
stTOyed by fire with a loss of $4,000.
The plant was not covered by. insur-
ance. II was situated in the town Of
Me1asha, where there are no facili-
ties to fight fire.
Madison-First Serg. Eugene Nc
DOnnell, United States army, retired,
has been detailed to active duty at
/ the University of Wisconsin, begin
ming this week to assist in the carry
ing on of military drill of university
students.
Madison - Important Facts about
Saving Fuel in the Operation of Hot
Air Heating Plants in Homes and
Residences" are plainly told in new
engineering folder just issued by the
University Of Wisconsin Extension di-
vision to aid In fuel conservation.
Madison--Gov. Philip has called
special election to be held on Feb. 2
to fill the vacancy in the Manitowoc
district, caused by the death of AS
semblyman Carl Hansen. The pri
mary will be held twenty days before
the election.
Appleton-Holstein cattle in the
Fox River valley at the present time
reach the 5000 mark, big increase
over 1916, according to the report
given at the annual meeting at Nee
nah. The officers elected were:
President, e. g. Race, Omro, and
secretary-treasurer, Edward o. Muel-
Ter.
Madison-One of the first motion
picture machines manufactured and
perhaps the oldest one In the north
west is owned by the physics depart
ment of the University of Wisconsin
and exhibited to physics classes each
year. It was bought by the University
in 1896 and has been in use ever since
| to show what the first machines were
like.
Madison-To study the migration of
| fish, at the request of the United
States government the zoology depart
| ment of the University of Wisconsin
has tagged about 1900 fish and placed
them in the Madison lakes. About
$50 arc perch and the others are
picker CT. black bass, white bass, silver
bass, builaeads, carp, and other minor
varieties as we'll as few mud turtles.