Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14

the basic language in high schools
and colleges be English. and teaching
of any foreign language shall be Incl
dental thereto These resolutions
form a part of memorial 10 the lste
ex-Gov Hoard. 1t was felt that no
other permanent memorial would be
as appropriate as such law.
Madison - That Wisconsin farm
boys are coming back 10 take up theiI
work on Wisconsin farms is the mes
sage OF c. j. Galpln, assistant Drofes-
scr Of agricultural economics, Uniyer-
sity Of Wisconsin. who has completed
a survey of the subject in Dane coGn-
y. That Prof. Galpin is recognized as
an authority on this subject is indi-
Gated from the fact that the United
States government has just sent 2
200 copies Of his recent book on Rural
Life 10 Y. N. c. a huts in France.
Madison willow bolts into
a00den legs for disabled soldies is
ne Of the latest activities OF the fed
-ral forest products laboratory, Uni
fersity OF Wisconsin At the request
81 the army surgeon general the lab
9ratory is experimenting on artificial
seasoning Of willow This process
urns out willow thoroughly seasoned
from sixty TO seventy days. whereas
n natural process takes from three
o Eve years Willow is the best wood
or wooden legs.
Nenofinee 49, The Wisconsin Dairy
den's convention elected officers as
ollows: President, George McKer-
ow, Pewaukee; vice-pTesident, 4. J
iloyer. Fort Atkinson; secretary
reasurer. Paul c. Burchard, Fort At
dnson; directors. Math. Michels
3cebles, J @. Emery. Edgerton; Z. c.
Jacobs, Elkmo1nd, and G. II. Everett
Racine. The association adopted res
buttons fayoring a league Of nati0ns
o enforce peace.
Madlson-Tc aid worthy and needy
hudents, especially returning soldiers
md S. a. T. c. men, who wish TO re
main in college, the University OF
Wisconsin -egents voted TO devote So
a0G TO additional scholarships this
rear. They established fifty schoIag
ships OF S.5 each and fifty Of SIS eac.
Tor undergraduate student residents OF
the state. These will be followed hy
diy scholarships of 800 in succeed
rs years.
Green Bay 49, Green Bay business
men, acting through the Wholesale
Credit Mems association, have filed
objections TO the revenue bill as pre-
pared for pass &c by congress. They
feel that while the bin is framed fol
the present emergency, it should b.
limited to the present year, and tina
new bills to fit the conditions as they
may arise in the future should BE-
passed Tor the succeeding years.
Fond du Lac When f. II. J. Schmit.
Eighty sixth division. was brought into
'e operating room in hospital il
France, the nurse assigned him We
Miss Geneyieye Dyer, from the Ok
nome town, who helped MIN ceIebrats
bIthday He writes that when TIKI
peace news became known, Nov. II
the hospital was "a wild place" So
diers. sick and well. sang all day Ions
he A
versity 10 establish separate depart
ment OF Americanization is the Uni
versiiy of Wisconsin. The purpose Of
the new project is the development o
- concrete and practical policy for thu
teaching of citizenship. The schools Of
me state OF Wisconsin viii then b,
used in carrying this policy into ii
feet.
Marinette - Meddie Villeneuve OF
who was badly gassed bUt
entered service again, went over the
top nine times with Company l. On
hundred and Twenty-seventh infan
try. His brother lex was killed in &c
ton Aug. g. The last time he went
over the top with a companion, he
took thirty-One German prisoners.
La Crosse - Erected at a cost OF
5000. La Crosse county's tubercu-
osis sanatoIium. twelfth in the state
IS open for patients. With accomm0-
for forty patents, the sanato
rum is now treating thirty-fiye and
has a waiting list which win tax The
capacity.
Racine-The r. D, Lang Manufactu.
ring Co. suffered loss a. 100000 when
crossed electric wire -aused a IRE
which swept the entire upper part OF
The main two story factory building.
Endeavor w. NJ. Ellis received
cable from his son, Lieut.. Robert II
Ellis, Seventeenth aero squadron.
wbo has been a prisoner in Germany.
stating that ne has arrived in Paris.
Madlson-The rumor that students
ould be granted a three weeks Yaca-