Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-03-11

Fairgrounds and Recreation associa- a
ton OF America, cooperating with the fl
commission on living conditions of s
the federal department of labor. The b
work of indoor recreation here for C
the remainder of the season will be Il
carried on by Albert Meinert Of the u
| high school s
Green Bay-Shippers here declare {
| they will support the fight of the Wis
| consln State Traffic league against
| any proposal to extend the official o
transportation and Central Freight as il
| soclatlon rates as far west as Duluth 4
| ana the Twin cities. 1t is said the {
railroad administration is contemplaU- b
ing an extension which would advance f
rates from 81 to 400 per cent in this e
vicinity. [
| Oshkosh-In Municipal court Ernest b
Ehrgott of Neenah, 10 years old, was 2
sentenced by Judge Goss to serve two @
years in the state reformatory at [
Green Bay. He pleaded guilty to
charge OF grand larceny and burglary
IN connection with the theft from the G
| nome of Harry Gazerowith of Neenah G
OF diamond ring, two gold watches C
and a gold bracelet, valued at $187. Y
Madison = The three members of [
the board of regents of the University d
or Wisconsin whose terms expire this l
year have been reapDointed by Gov. b
Il. l.. Philip. They are Charles H.
| Villas, Madison, Third district; A. J. Z
Horlick, Racine, First district; and
| Gilbert E. Seaman, Milwaukee, repre-
sentlng the state at large. DR.. Villas \
is president of the board. q
| La Crosse-Less than three months t
| after hostilities ceased, the city of La +
Crosse is confronted by the biggest L
| building boom in years. Plans have @
been announced for industrial and mu- c
nicipal building improvements total v
ing close to $1,0OO,O0O and this
amount will be swelled 100000 or
$3OO,OOO before the frost is out of the
| ground. !
Observation-Disclosures has been started a
| for the erection by Trempealeau coun- Y
| ty of soldiers monument on the L
| crest of Trempealeau mountain, one |
OF the most picturesque historical
spots in the upper Mississippi valley
| A shaft erected on Trempealeau noun
| tain could be viewed by travellers for G
twenty miles along the upper river.
| Marinette-Lieut Edward Mccoy S
| ern, recently returned from France, t
and Lieut.. Willard Miller instructor in q
! flying, both il the aviation service, t
are in Green Bay on invitation of the /
Lawson Alrplane company to inspect
planes built by this company The
Green Bay company is building large I
alrplanes to convey passengers. c
Green Bay-The emergency fleet t
corporation has renewed its order fol ]
nine tugs with an engineering com .
pany operating shipyards here The c
| government Cancelled the order imme
diately after the armistice was signed.
The yards will retain their war time {
working force. c
| Oshkosh = Fifteen new street car. :,
| =
and it is expected they will be put into I
operation by July as the result of
| conference held by the commission
| council, representatives of the. stree
car company and citizens commit I
| tee. s
Manitowoc-The Manitowoc schoo, t
| board is unanimous for the bonus @ {
! teachers, but unforeseen conditions
have eaten into the funds so that
there is no money on hand. The |
| board will ask the city council for aid i
Madison-Julius Dithmar, assistan, l
attorney general, candidate for the SUI Z
preme court against Justice M. B s
Rosenberg, filed a nomination pape
with the secretary of state emitting
| him to place on the ballot I
Green Bay-Increases ranging from 1
5 to % per cent in salaries of city of c
| flcials and employees are granted in AL
ordinance passed by the city council
here. The increases aggregate ap-
proximately $4,000 a year. T
ACKNOWLEDGMENT led all the a
states of the union in the number of q
children examined in the child welfare
campaign carried on last summer, &C
cording to the federal figures recent y
| ly announced. a
Green Bay-The Women's Christian f
| Temperance union has been revived
in Green Bay. Plans for active work
have been made, following the cleo v
ton of Mrs. Flora Kaye Hansen as f
| president. a
Manitowoc-Agents of the Menomi-
nee River Sugar company are having @
little trouble getting farmers to con- '
tract to grow sugar beets. The war i
| time price still holds good and the a
| farmers are taking on more contracts t
than ever have been written in this L
county.
Holman-A quilt, in which the S
names of 1,040 donors of 10 cents each, S
| has been stitched, was sold here for q
the Red Cross. 1t brought s38 from B
Martin L. Hanson of this town. a
| Ovlkosh - A first class council of
| the Boy Scouts of America has been c
| launched here with the following Off a
! GERS: President, w. E. Pollock; vice 4
presidents, o. T. Waite and J. Earl t
Morgan; secretary. E. S. Wilson; F
treasurer, E. r. Williams. b