Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-23

Spajiji has a paralyzed right side as a
result of the work in the construction
of tunnel The company sought to
free itself under the contention that
it was an occupational disease.
Green Bay - Unrestrained running
of vicious dogs is said TO constitute a
grave menace to sheep raising in
Brown County. Because of no existing
legislation to protect them from their
neighbor's dogs, farmers have in the
past had so many of their animals
either killed or badly multilated by
dogs so that they had to be put out of
their misery, that they have steadily
been discouraged in continuing sheep
raising.
Eau Claire-Demand has been made
upon the council and the Police and
Fire Board by a committee of the Rub
Der Workers Union that Chief of Po-
lice Elmer Sundby be removed from
office. The union charges that the
chief has shown partially in dealing
WIN llle SUCdlltu lOChuul at AA4O
lette Rubber Company plant.
Merrill - The body of Private Otto
Lemke, who drowned in tie Wisconsin
River at Merrill over week ago, was
found considerable distance from the
scene of the accident by his father,
Albert Lemke, and brother-in-law.
Clarence Olson. The two had main.
tanned a constant search for the corpse
since the drowning.
Superior - Lieut.. Thorpe Langley,
Second Machine Gun battalion, First
division, American eXpeditionary
force, who has returned from twenty
one months of overseas service, is the
only officer of the unit left alive. He
was in five battles and has been
awarded the Victoria cross and the
croix de guerre.
Madison FloTness of River
Falls has filed suit in federal court
here, charging he has not received one
cent of the $4,000 war risk insurance
of his son, Laurie Welter Florness.
who died Nov 6, 1918. in military serv-
ice at Camp Shelby, Miss. The insur
ance was payable in monthly install
ments of $3.50.
Neenah An early merger of the
First National and Neenah state banks
was announced. The new First Ma
tional bank, as the institution will be
called, will be capitalized at $4,000
and will have resources of more than
81 SOC, 900. The present Neenah State
Bank Building will be occupied.
Madison-Dr. Louis e. Reber, dean
of the extension division of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, who has returned
from France, where he was director of
the college of engineering in the A. e
+. university, was awarded the Officer
d. Academic for distinguished serv
ices.
Neenah-The Thorn airplane, which
recently gave an exhibition flight oven
the Twin Cities and which is well
known to local people, has been sold
to a party Of Green Bay men who pro
pose to organize an aero club.
Superior-The wage scale Of Supe
rior and Duluth street car men viii be
increased 3 cents an hour after Aug. /,
according to Herbert Warren, general
manager of the company.
Wausau-The new monastery of the
Capuchin Order at Marathon City
near here. will be dedicated Aug. II
The institution will take care of forty
students preparing for priesthood.
Iron River-Clark Petersen was
struck by lightning and his clothing
torn to strips. Although severely
burned he will recover.
Appleton-About 200 delegates were
present at the opening of the 9th an.
nual Convention of the Wisconsin
Federation OF Labor.
Menasha-The body of Mrs Lucy
Bolton. As, was found hanging By a
rome fastened to hook in the bath
room at her home Ill health and de
spondency were suffered by Mrs. Boil
ton since about q year ago when her
mother died. She leaves one son, two
sisters and one brother.
Superior 49, The street railway com
many has ordered six zone man cars"
to be PLACID in service In Duluth and
Superjor. The cars are supplement
tary 10 the present equipment and
will be placed on the shorter lines.
Amigo - State Superintendent Of
Schools c. P. Cary has appointed Miss
Bertha Moss superintendent of Lang
IsJz County schools to succeed A. NJ.
Arveson, resigned. Miss Matte Nc
MILAN was elected TO the Office last
Apri, but failed to qualify.
superior-CoaI receipts at Duluth
and Superior show 1.42e,321 ton gain
for the season. The total unloaded at
the docks Up to Juiy Of this year
shows 3,7s1,772 tons received as com
pared to last years total Of 2,355,451
tons.