Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-23
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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Washburn-The Du Pont Co., own
ers of the chemical and munitions
plant at Barksdale, is putting on $50
men, dismantling the five TINT lines
and will also dismantle several of the
extra acid buildings that were in use
during the war. These TINT plants
and acid lines consist of 40 or so
buildings and will require from two
to three months to dismantle and ship
the material away. The majority of
the equipment and machinery will be
shipped east and consigned to the
United States navy.
Madison-A rehearing has been
granted by the railroad commission to
the Northwestern road on the Racine
grade separation case. From stipula-
tons filed by the company and the
town of Mount Pleasant, the COM
mission ordered separation of
grades, the railroad company to pay
$4,000. The company now says that
the commission did not fully under
stand the stipulation. The rehearing
will be held in Racine Sept. "a.
Milwaukee -Wisconsin's sixty-ninth
annual state fair, which closed Sept.
10, after whirlwind week as to at
tendance and interest, presented the
supreme achievement in state exposi-
tions. The gate receipts totaled $685.
306.50 and with other sources of in
come the gross receipts amounted to
approximately $4,000. The expenses
were met with this amount, this year
being the first time that the fair paid
for itself.
Eau Claire-Approval of project
to build a hospital at Madison costing
several thousand dollars as memo
rial to the late Miss Mary Stoeber of
Madison, who died during the flu cpl
demic last winter, was voted
by the West Wisconsin Methodist
Episcopal conference. The hospital,
which will be built within two blocks
of the Capitol square, will specialize
in maternity work and childran's dis
eases.
Oshkosh-Discovery that a pupil in
the Franklin public school on the
south side has smallpox has caused
considerable anxiety in that section of
the city. The health department has
fumigated and disinfected the school
and all teachers and pupils not vac
cinated will have to undergo the inoc-
ulation or stay away for at least
twenty-five days. There are only
few cases of the disease in the city.
Green Bay - Anticipating that fish
dealers will be handicapped by short
age of ice next season, the Pond Fish
company has been incorporated to es-
tablish a commercial fish pond on
the east shore of Green Bay, near the
mouth of Fox river, and will plant
perch and carp this fall. Permission
has been granted to the company to
operate the pond by the Wisconsin
Conservation commission.
Madison Banks, lawyers and Off
Gals are giving their services free to
soldiers in filling out blank forms re-
quired under the soldiers bonus law.
Many blanks have been sent to the
banks and the boys of these commune
ties can fill them out at the banks.
1--WE think this is good plan, and
want to thank the people for aiding
the boys" said Col. John G. Salesman.
Watertown-A demand for 10 per
cent Increase in wages and reinstate-
ment of several discharged employees
was made by uniOnized employees
of the G. B. Lewis Co., makers of bee
supplies, in a walkout here. The strike
is the first following unionizing of all
factory workers here. The demands
were not met and the factory is oper-
ating with an emergency force.
Appleton - Lieut. Francis Bradford,
son of Attorney and Mrs. F. S. Brad
ford, is one of the lieutenants in
"Pershing's Pets" who paraded in
Paris, London and New York. An eff
fort has been made to keep him in the
army, but his father prefers him to
take up a civil occupation. He had
just finished high school when he went
to the first training camp.
Racine-The ]. l. Case Plow works
and the Walls Tractor company have
been merged into a new corporation to
be known as the J. l. Case Plow
Works company. Articles of incorpo-
Wallis is to be president and general
manager of the new company. The
capital stock is believed to be about
100000.
Kenosha-An invitation to visit this
city on his middlewest tour was tele-
graphed to Cardinal MERCER by Ke-
nosha council, No. 97S, Knights of
Columbus.
Neenah-Rev. F. J. Turner, former
pastor of the First Methodist church
here, has been appointed superintend-
ent of the GAINESVILLE district
La Crosse-M Mayor A. A Bentley has
proposed a plan to unite six civic and
trade associations of La Crosse into
one body, to promote big projects, al
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tanned separately to work out its own
policies He submitted the plan to
the Chamber of Commerce.