Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-08

of automobile freight trucks from Mil
waukee to Green Bay and Milwau-
kee to st. Paul by way to Oshkosh
He said that mode Of transportation
would make possible prompt deliver
les, thus aiding the nation to win the
war.
La Crosse-Dr. Edward r. Evans
will go 20 Europe in May for the Red
Cross, it was announced here. DR..
Evans was recently rejected for regu-
lar army work because be is past So
years. daughter. Mary. is waiting
orders to sail to Europe with the Red
Cross. son, James. was wounded as
an ambulance driver and won the
Croix de Guerre Another son, Arthur,
is in the Italian army.
Madison-One year in state prison at
WaUpun was the sentence which Cir
cult Judge C. A. Fowler of Portage
passed upon John o. Markeson, Mad
ison travelling salesman, for an offense
involving Madison widow They
were arrested in a hotel at Portage.
Markeson is married and has three
children. The woman has two chill
dren. Markeson pleaded guilty.
Madison - The food administration
of Wisconsin is planning a big rally
in the state capitol at Madison for
May and 8. The meeting will begin
at noon May and continue through
J,n Ssrhk %
tation will be present~to present the
various angles of food administration
problems.
Kenosha-One of the long standing
mysteries of Kenosha has been solved
by The receipt of news that Nicholas
Biseniu died at Oregon City, Ore.
Biseniu left Kenosha twenty-five years
ago for the West He was last heard
from aboard a steamer on the Pacific
Search was made for him in vain. He
left a fortune, it is said.
La Crosse The right of an agent
of the Interstate Fair association to
eject a woman from the grounds, da-
mated to the city of La Crosse for park
purposes, will enter into suit for dam
ages here, brought by Clara MERCER
against the Interstate Fair association
of La Crosse. 1t is claimed she did
not pay her admission fee.
West Bend Matthew Regner, ST., a
civil war veteran and a resident here
for forty-five years, is dead. He was
born in Germany in 1889, and came to
Washington county in 1856. After the
close of the civil war he started bust
ness in this city, conducting it until
1904.
Eau Claire - While raking in her
garden near Osseo, Mrs. Henry Seig
stopped to pick up an object in front
of her An explosion followed and
when she looked at her left hand four
fingers We're missing. The woman
was unable to explain what the object
was.
Brentwood 49, The Inter- County Tele-
phone company and the Wise Tele-
phone company. Brentwood, have each
filed petition with the railroad com
mission asking for advanced rates on
the lines between Brentwood and Stone
Lake The hearing will be held on
May s.
Marinette sulphite mill and
milk condensary are among the new
industries soon to be established in
Peshtigo. The concerns are being pro-
noted by T. A. Pamperin of Oconto,
who recently acquired control of the
water power on the Peshtigo river.
Wausau Ten thousand pounds of
dynamite has been ordered on CO.
operative basis by the farmers of Lin
coin and Marathon counties. The dyna-
mite, half car load, will be used to
clear additional land for cultivation.
Madison-Although he intended TO
resign as head of the state defense
council at special meeting of the
council, Magnus Swenson needed re-
quests by members of the defense
body and will continue.
Kenosha-A western passenger train
on the Northwestern road crashed into
a freight engine at Balm station near
here. Twenty persons were injured,
none seriously.
Neenah-The Rev. NJ. n. Andreason
preached his farewell sermon here on
Sunday. April % and has left for Ce-
dar Falls, Ia.
Neenah-Fifty million pike eggs are
being Matched at an Oshkosh hatchery
and as soon as the spawn appear they
will be placed in Lake Winnebago.
Eau Claire-Leo Shaftner, aged IL
years, son of Ed Shaftner, Eau Gale
farmer. was run through a manure
spreader on his fathers farm, and de-
spite the fact that he received several
deep and serious punctures from the
teeth of the spreader apparatus, he
will recover.
Porta ge-John Kluge of Kalamazoo
Mich, was sentenced at Portage to
two years in waupun, on a charge of
passing bad checks in Milwaukee.
WATERFOWL, Red Wing. MINI, La
Crosse and Portage.
Madison-That the School for the
Blind is not a charitable institution