Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-22

uoH mas recommended law tor re-
duction of the departmental office
force by permitting the calling in of
specialists from outside the state, a
low for supplying the central office
with all publications sent TO state edu-
cational institutions and a third law TO
add a representative from the state
board of vocational training to the
state board. Changes were also au-
thorized in the auditing systems of
state educational Institutions.
Marinette-J. H. MCCLELLAN, attorney
! of Green Bay and former municipal
/ judge of Marinette, has been promoted
to senior lieutenant in the navy At
: the outbreak of the war he turned his
yacht, the Killarney. over to the gov
eminent and was placed in command
of her. He did patrol work at the
500 locks and was there made legal
aid to the commandant at Great
( Lakes.
Wausau - Charles Nagler of the
| town of Hull, who was arrested in Oc-
tober charged with failure to register
as an alien enemy and making pro.
| German utterances and detained in a
Wausau Jail, was taken to an Intern
ment camp at Fort Oglethorpe by
department of justice officer NagleI
is married and owns large farm in
the county.
La Crosse = With the thermometer
registering ten degrees below zero, a
Plymouth rock hen owned by c. L.
Lieb, La Crosse druggist. proudly
marched on the back porch of his
home, leading a brood of eight-day-old
chicks. She Matched them in wood
shed, where she had stolen nest
The chicks are thriving.
La Crosse - Thirty-three stitches
were required to close bayonet
wound which Private Frank Sikorsk
of Fountain City received while fight
ing the Germans on the western front
shortly before hostilities ceased, ac-
cording to word received from the
wounded boy. He will recover.
Superior Asserting claims based
on squatters' rights, descendants OF
Frank Lemieux. an early Indian resi-
dent on the site OF Superior, have
started suit against the United States
Steel corporation. contesting its title
to land and dock lfontage worth sew
l l.. ~, 4
Marinette-A local Russian received
letter from home folks in which it
was related that the car and mem
bers of his family were made captives
in a small town where they were put
in jail Sentinels prodded them with
bayonets all through the night and in
the morning they were shot TO death,
Madison-Wm. Purdy, composer OF
ION Wisconsin" is dying of tubercu-
losis. Madison is raising a bill
Purdy fund" that will be for the ben
eft of the sick writer and his wife
and baby. Dean S. II. Goodnight of
the University of Wisconsin is reeeiv-
ing contributions.
Superior-If Commercial club plans
carry, a dynamite plant to manufac.
ture explosives and supply them to
settlers at low price to aid in de-
yeIopment of land will be located near
Superior.
Fort Atkinson-Harry Bickle, one of
the four sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Orvin
Bickle of this city who are in service,
writes his mother he is back from
four or FIVE days Imprisonment by the
Germans.
Antigo-More than three times as
many foxes were killed in Langlade
county in 1917 than in 1918. Bounties
were paid on thirty-two as compared
with 102 in the previous year. There
were nineteen bounties paid on wolves.
Kenosha 49, Alexander Fletcher, the
oldest resident of Kenosha and one OF
the few centenarians of Wisconsin.
died at his home here at the age OF
103 years.
La Crosse-James w. Young, vet
eran of the civil war and resident of
La Crosse for fifty years. died at the
age of 70, after a short Illness.
Beloit - Lieut. George Carey, who
was wounded IN action and was three
times cited for bravery, was the
speaker at recent meeting Of the
IBe,oit Historical society. Carey is d
Beloit boy and graduate Of Beloit col
llege and the University of Wiscon
sin.
Green Bay With the close of the
convention oil the Master Builders as
sociation Of Wisconsin here announce
rnent was mace that Racine had been
selected as the 1920 convention city
An officers Of the association were re-
elected. ". d. Williams of Milwau-
kee was elected to a trusteeship, re
placing II. {. Keller of the same city
Wausau August A. Baumann, ~
years old, is dead Of pneumonia He
settled in the town Of Berlin, Nara
thon county, when the locality was a
wilderness
La Crosse While funeral services
were being conducted at the Rockland
74ursa