Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-03-27
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by M. Schueler, to be in operation by
| June !.
The senior class of Marinette high
/ school decided to wear cotton waists
and skirts at the graduation, instead
of middies.
The American Cooperative associ
alton, which has store in Rhinelan-
der, has purchased the j B. Low store
in Prentice.
The Manitowoc school board grant
ed grade school teachers a bonus of
800 each for the year. in lieu of an
increase of wages.
Hiram Winslow, Oconto, trapper
| who had his feet frozen several
weeks ago. had both feet amputated
in Green Bay. He was removed to
the Oconto poor house.
l.. c. Bradshaw, for seven years
secretary of the Racine Y NJ c. A
has received telegram from New
York city asking him to report for
overseas service in camps.
Capt Edward Schmidt, who left
Manitowoc as commander of Co. II
and who has been twice gassed sends
greetings from Coblenz and states
that he has started for home.
The e. w. Ellis Lumber Co., Grand
Rapids, completed their years buying
OF logs, purchasing 1000 cords for
about $4,000. Prices have been ex-
ceptionally high, $40 per cord for jack
pine and $12 for white pine,
Recreation queen De Kol, No
S79861, purebred 2-year,old heifer
from the Lindstedt farms near Mani
towoc. drew $500 at the Fond du
Lac stock sale. Recreation Queen
was purchased by Fred Gurr of Lake
Mills.
Private Charles Pills of Kelly, Wau
sau County, has arrived home from
army service in France He was
member of Co. ID, First Gas regiment
Altho about half OF the members of
his company were killed he escaped
practically without injury,
The city of Two Rivers is to issue
bonds TO the amount OF $4,000 to
provide for an addition TO the high
school, At the present time the
bonded debt OF the city is only $780,
| 900, while it is allowed to have $780,
900 or more under the statutes.
The postoifice at Mcmillan, estab-
| lished in 1882 with the late B f. Nc
MILAN as postmaster, has been dis
continued because of the death of Mr.
Mcmillan and the inability to secure
a successor. The patrons are now
served from Marshfield by rural route
| Eleven teachers in the Stevens
Point public schools win not return
next fall. OF this number, eight are
| Oh The high school teaching force and
| the remaining three are teachers in
the grade schools. Those who have re-
/ signed have asked for increases which
the board of education thinks it can
not afford and therefore they re-
! signed
Emil Kohlheppe, Eau Claire, gro
Ger, was sentenced by Judge A L..
Sanborn in United States District
| court here to pay fine Of $3.50 fol
lowing his conviction for violating the
| espionage act. Kohlhepp was charged
with having said OF the War Savings
stamp campaign. Now the govern
ment is around begging the pennies
from the children"
Lieutenant Robert f. HORSEBACK.
Durand, Pepin county, who was
killed during a fight in Ellington
Geld, Houston, Tex, proves to be
| the former advertising manager OF
The Eau Claire Press Co, publishers
| of The Evening Telegram and The
Morning Leader He was Is, has a
| brother, Alonzo, in service in France,
and two sisters.
| Elmer Haugner Superior, sailor and
ironworker, whom attorneys sought as
the heir to $4,000 from an estate in
Australia, has been found in Buffalo,
according to letter received by his
wife, cook in Superior cafe. He says
he has taken steps to get what may
be coming to him, but is not getting
| excited, planning to return to Supe-
rior only when navigation opens
| The increased interest in athletics
which has developed among college
women during the war is indicated
| by the fact that at one time last year
about so per cent OF the women stu
| dents at the university at Madison
were officially enrolled in some ath-
| letic class or activity conducted by
the department of physical education.
OF the 1857 women in the university,
| 1,041 were In athletics.
Racine city won its long fight to re-
quire the Milwaukee road to provide
| better train service and connections
al Corliss. and to cut out discourtesy
and other annoyances on the part OF
railroad employees when the state
| railroad commission decided 10 issue
| a corrective order. Direct connections