Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-11-21
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

pIay Of potatoes and sweepstakes in
Individual entries. Verne Atwood,
Bruce. won first place for Green
Mountains; G. G. Kinney, Three Lakes,
took first for Triumphs; and Ed. Mar
sinson. Conover, firs& for Cobhlers. J.
r Hauser won first for the best col
lection OF potatoes exhibited by an in
diyidual. N. H. Blaine, Weyerhauser,
took first, second aud sweepstakes
with his showing of rutabagas. Judges
stated that it was the best display of
roots they had seen in ten years. Wis
consin also took first for the best col
lection of roots, 2rst on it's display of
vegetables, and first for the largest
ever displayed in Iowa. Growers from
Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Indiana competed
against the Wisconsin entries. There
were $500 entries at the exposition.
Darlington = The Lafayette County
Medical society adopted resolutions
that statements of account were to be
sent out by each physician to every
person who was in arrears and allie
to settle. If the account is not settled,
the secretary of the society will again
notify the delinQuents. If not then
settled. every physician in the county
is to be notified that the account is
worthless and no medical service
thereafter will be available for any
one who gets on the "deadhead" list.
Ashland-What are expected to be
practically the last winter logging op.
erations in the immediate vicinity of
Ashland will take place this winter on
the 3ad river reservation. Logging
viii continue on the Apostle islands
for some time, and the John Schroeder
Lumber Co., Milwaukee, which has
perhaps the finest min in northern
Wisconsin at Ashland, recently pur-
chased heavy timber holdings near On
tonagon, logs from which will be
brought to Ashland.
Beloit - ''Macktown House." home
Of the first white settler of northern
Illinois and southern Wisconsin, Ste
phen Mack, may be retained as a per
manent historical landmark If the &C
ton Of Beioit and Rockton residents
is successful. Agitation to assure the
retaining of the old stone house, a
kingly mansion in 1887, has been
started and the site, three miles soutn
Of Beloit, may become a county park
Racine - John c. Burns, formerly
manager of the Racine Country club,
arrested three weeks ago in Chicago
on a statutory charge in which a
young Racine girl is the complaining
witness, was arraigned before a court
commissioner, waived preliminary ex
animation and was bound over to the
municipal court for trial, bail being
fixed in the amount of $500, which
Mr.. Burns furnished in cash
Wausau-F. B. Coon, teacher of
agriculture in city schools and in
charge of city garden work, announced
in a report that 467 members were
enrolled in thir.y-six clubs. A sum-
mary of work shows that S29 children
gave reports. which showed they pro-
duced SO 1856 worth OF supplies,
made a profit of $2.O76.S0 at total
cost Of $1,219.13, of which $610.49 rep
resents their labor charge.
Baraboo "A genuine Rocky !ioun-
tain coyote which was sent to Z. X.
Tuttle from Colorado months ago, es-
capped from its cage. Mr.. Tuttle gave
chase with rifle, and did not stop to
inquire whether the laws of Wisconsin
forbid the shooting of coyotes or not
His aim was to kill the coyote before
the coyote killed him, and it took
Two shots to do it.
Peshtigo - The Thompson Brothers
Boat company is erecting an addition,
60x64 feet, three stories high, to the
west end of their boat plant here. In
the past they have been obliged to
close down during the winter and con
hne their building operations solely
to the selling season. Hereafter they
hope to operate continuously.
Merrill -Four children were badly
burned, one perhaps fatally. when
they were trapped in their burning
home on a farm twelve miles from
here. The father, Chris Larsen,
farmer, was on his way to the city
when the blaze started. The mcsAer
was a considerable distance away
milking cows.
Menasha-An public school teachers
IN this city have signed a petition
Presented to the school board for
sl5 per month increase in salaries.
The board will take early action on
the petition.
La Crosse-Two freight cars, load
"a to the guards with women's corsets,
burned in a local railroad ward. The