Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-18

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Iancock-A special meeting of the
Wisconsin Soils Improvement associa- |
tion will ce held on the state expert /
mental farm in August Farmers aad |
other business men from all sections
Of the state interested in the improve !
ment and development of sandy soils |
are planning to come to see what
problems are being worked out on the
farm. With 100000 acres of sandy
soil. wisconsin is endeavoring to find |
the best ways 20 increase their fertil- |
ity. The demonstration farm here
consists of seventy-six acres, upon |
which the University of Wisconsin is
working out the best methods to in |
crease fertility of sandy regions.
Madison - The Industrial Commits. |
sion has handed down an award in a
case brought by the Western Founda. |
ton Co, Milwaukee, allowing Frank !
Spajiji, an Austrian laborer. com
mission to the amount of $2,010.14 in
addition to $777.75 previously drawn.
spaiiji has a paralyzed right side as
result of the work in the construction
of a 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
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 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 partiality in dealing
with the socailed lockout at the Gil
lette Rubber Company plant.
Merrill - The body of Private Otto
Lemke, who drowned in the 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 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-Daniel Florness of River
Falls has fled 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 sserv-
ice at Camp Shelby, Miss. The insur-
ance was payable in monthly install
meats 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 $150,0O0
and will have resources of more than
S,5OO,000. 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
me college of engineering in the A. E.
= university, was awarded the Othcler
Academic for distinguished sery'
ices.
Neenah-The Thorn airplane, which
recently gave an exhibition fight over
me Twin Cities and which is well
Known to local people, has been sold
70 party of Green Bay men who pro
pose to organize an aero club.
Superior-The wage scale of Supe-
nor and Duluth street car men viii be
increased 3 cents an hour after Aug. /.
according to Herbert Warren, general
manager of the company.
ausau-The new monastery of the
Napuchin Order at Marathon City
near here, will be dedicated Aug. IL.
me institution will take care of forty
Students preparing for priesthood.
IRON River-Clark Petersen was
sIaek by lightning and his clothing
Urn to strips. Although severely
burned he viii recover.