Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-02-20

have simile of the flag in the center
of the advertisement The attorney
general holds this is prohibited by
law.
Madison-The Wisconsin land com.
missioners have announced a sale Of
lands at a public auction at the state
land office at Madison at O'Clock p
m. on Wednesday, Feb. 81. The lands
to be sold lie along the Mississippi
river in Crawford county. and are
commonly referred to as river bottom
lands. Thee are about 1.I20 acres to
he sold. lying in tracts of from one to
| nifty seven acres.
Marinette Marinette county won
first honors at the corn Judging con-
tests in Madison. receiving silver
cup. Harold Loomis. Vernon Wood
and Emil Jensen of this county were
the representatives. They won similar
honors at the county exhibit held re
Gently. In the grain display they had
twelve exhibits, securing eleven
awards-three frsts, three seconds,
four thirds and one fourth
Watertown-Mrs. Mathilda Mulber-
ger, IS years old, mother of Senator
Charles Mulberger, died here as re-
suit of injuries received in a fall .
month ago. Her husband was the eley-
enth mayor of WATERFOWL and each OF
her three sons-Henry, Arthur and
Charles-have served as mayor Sen
ator Mulberger is mayor of Waterfowl
now.
Sparta-Gen. Randolph A Richards
of Sparta has been chosen one OF four
brigadier generals for an important
war service He is one of four gener-
ais selected to command two brigades
of army corps troops and two brigades
OF pioneer infantry known as army
corps which are being organized at
Camp WadswOrth. Spartansburg. S c.
MadisOn--Twenty thousand pounds
of wheat flour wGs returned to store
houses by hoarders in three Wisconsin
cities the State Council of Defense has
announced. At Glenwood City and
Emerald 259 sacks were returned, and
at Gays Mills, 118 sacks were given
back.
Green Bay Fifteen years in the
state penitentiary at Waupun was the
sentence imposed upon Gus Bartels.
charged with assault with intent to
kill, by Judge n. ]. Monahan Bartels
was found guilty of attempting to kill
Peter Neerdaels at the St. Paul hotel
on Dec. %. He was 81 years old
Janesville-In a decision just rem
dered by the railroad commission at
Madison the new Gas and Light COM
pany of this city is given authority to
increase its raes by 10 cents per thou.
sand cubic feet per month. This is
one-half of the raise which the com
pany asked for.
Baraboo - The Southern Wisconsin
Sheep company was organized here
with a capital stock of $4,000. Four
hundred acres of land have been Sc
cured near this city on which 500
sheep have been placed.
Fond du Lac August Heller. re-
tired farmer, was struck and killed at
a grade crossing near here. Two
years ago the same crossing was the
scene of similar accident in which
four persons were killed
Brentwood discovery of TWEEN.
ty cases of smallpox on the Bad river
Indian reservation at Odanah has
caused energetic action on the part
of health officials to check the dis
ease.
Madison 49, The State Horticultural
society will endeavor to double the
number of war gardens" in Wisconsin
this summer. according to Frederick
Cranefeld. secretary of the State
Horticultural society,
La Crosse 49, Mrs. Jorgen Nordby.
wife of Bishop Nordby of the eastern
district of the Norwegian Lutheran
church, died at the age of 60 years.
She was born in Sun Prairie. Wis.
Fond du Lac-While returning to
his home in Van Dyne after register
ing as an enemy alien, August Keller,
so years old, was struck by an inter
urban and fatally injured.
Eau Claire 49, James Maloney, con.
ductor, died here as a result of inju.
ries received when he fell beneath n
freight car at Altoona, severing his
leg. He has wife il ST. Paul
Janesville-The contract Tor the
building of an addition to the present
city water pumping station has been
let to local contractor. The new ad
dition will cost the city $7037.
La Crosse-A service flag showing
liz young men in the forces Of the
United States has been hung at the
High school here.
App eton-O utagamie county boasts
of having the most thoroughly organ
lied council of defense in Wisconsin
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