Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-04-25
News S of the
Badger State


Green Bay The railroad admins
tration has promised better boat serv-
ice on the Great Lakes this season
and the waterway route from Green
Bay to Buffalo will be re-established.
This decision was reached at a con-
ference between representatives OF
middle west shippers and the United
States railroad administration in
Washington Frank II. Smith, secre-
tary of the Green Bay Association of
Commerce, was the Fox river valley
representative.
Sturgeon Bay-Entering an enemy
trench alone and capturing the entire
garrison of eighteen soldiers won for
David Lessard of Door county Croix
de Guerre awarded by France. He is
only 20 years old. He was wounded
while carrying a message to the front
Private Lessard arrived home recent
ly, although he is erroneously listed
among the killed in action. The medal
was sent to his aunt.
Grand Rapids The Wood County
Telephone Co. appealed to the railroad
commission for permission to raise
local rates. According to the COM
pany officials the rates must go up or
the company quit The commission
granted permission to charge cents
toll on a rural line to Rudolph, eight
miles north, and has taken the ques-
tion of raising local rates under ad-
Visement.
Rhinelander - Production of maple
syrup this spring is estimated at only
about so per cent of that of previous
years. There were only three or four
days on which there were good runs
of sap and the season did not extend
over three weeks The slight depth
to which the ground was frozen, and
rainy, damp weather are held respon-
sible.
Marinette-Frank Dequaine, son of
Postmaster Duquaine. Cri"itz, one OF
u Marinette county's manned heroes
4 has been obliged to submit to third
operation. He Is at Fort Smelling and
his father went there to be with him.
AS a result OF wounds received during
the battle at Chateau-Thierry the
young soldier lost leg.
Monroe-An operation for the trans
fusion of blood was performed on Mrs.
Frank Buehler at the Monroe hospital,
Mrs. L. K Johnson, mother of Mrs.
Buehler, furnishing the blood. Mrs.
Buehler has been severely ill with
pneumonia and because of her weak
ened condition the TRANSMISSION was
the last resort.
Green Bay-Provision was made by
the board of education for an art
course in the Green Bay high schools.
The study will be optional with the
scholars and only those showing an
aptitude for the work will take it.
Miss Tibbets, Oshkosh Normal gradu-
ate, has been selected as teacher.
Manitowoc - This city is getting
after" mashers. Police have been in
structed to give little consideration to
offenders. Two men who molested
girls on the street and followed them
to their homes despite protest were
fined S55.43, after pleading guilty to
disorderly conduct.
Madison-The class to graduate
from the university in June adopted
the plan of giving its class funds to-
ward purchase for the university of
great set of chimes. This plan was
started by the class of 1917, and it is
expected that sufficient money will be
raised by 1922.
Janesville-The Rock county board
voted to engage county agricultural
agent, such as a great many counties
of the state have had for years. A
site was selected for a county tuber-
culosis sanitarium at Barker's corners.
Kenosha-Apparently in good health
early in the morning, Otto Siegers,
well known in. labor and fraternal cir
cles, was taken i'll at O'Clock ard at
5 o'clock in the afternoon, died at the
Isolation hospital of pneumonia.
Rhinelander - At a recent meeting
ef the school board it was voted to
increase the pay of the city teachers
so that the minimum salary row
ranges from $40 to $50 per month,
over $50 to SIS, the old wage.
Manitowoc - Seyenty-1ve teachers
have been re-engaged for the year by
the school commission All have
been granted increases in salaries.
4 the minimum is $500 and the maxi
mum $4,000.
Grafton Hubert Woltring, n
81 years, died suddenly ia the Catholic
q church in this village while attending
mass. Heart disease was the cause.