Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-07-29
SHORT NEWS ITEMS

On Thursday, August 81, the an
nual picnic of the Elderon Guernsey
Breeders association will be held at
the farm of A. j. Plowman. Good
speakers are assured.
The Jackie Jazz band returns to
the city this week for two night
engagement. On Tuesday a dance
will be given at Rothschild pavilion
and on Wednesday night at Eagles
hall
At the quarterly conference held.
last Wednesday evening, Richard
Evans, pastor, was given the first
three weeks of August for a vaca-
ton. The pulpit will be occupied
mornings during his absence. There
will be no evening services.
Last Wednesday north Crandon was
visited by a disastrous fire involving
loss of $30,000. The fire broke out
in the Commercial hotel and de-
stroyed all of the buildings on the
block. The buildings were not in
sured, with the exception of $4,000 on
the Cook store.
Dairy certificates have been award
ded to two Marathon county men,
Paul and Robert OFT, who have COM
pleted a course at the University of
Wisconsin. In addition to work re-
quired at the university in the col
lege of Agriculture, it is necessary
that those who obtain a diploma,
work in creamery or cheese factory
at least two seasons.
The returned soldiers of Dancy
will be entertained at a dance and
social on Wednesday evening, August
2Oth,. at E. E. Topham's hall The
affair promises to be a good one, and
all ex-service men will be admitted
free of charge. Mrs. G. G. Knoller is
chairman of the committee arrang-
ing the party. A change in date from
the 18th to the goth has been made
One hundred and twenty-five gold
stars is the record the service flag
at the University of Wisconsin indi-
Gates. That is a sacrifice an institu-
ton can feel mighty proud of. Wis
consin university does not warrant
the scathing denunciation given it by
an easterner who knows little of local
institutions or their patriotic work
during the war. Prof. McElroy's un-
timely remarks will not be hastily
forgotten.
Base ball has been q rather dead
game about Wausau for a long time,
despite the fact that the best grounds
in the valley and an interested public
are at hand. The Wausau Lun, ber-
jacks, however, will open the season
on August 3rd when either the Mos
inee or Merrill teams will oppose it
on the local field. A good game is
assured the Wausau aggregation hav-
ing one Of the best independent teams
in this part Of the state. Three Scho-
field players have been obtained
Damages amounting to $450 have
been appropriated to Marion Malin-
owski, a minor of the town of Kron-
enwetter, by the state legislature. An
explosion of dynamite ON the state
highway between Wausau and Ste
vens Point during its construction,
caused the loss of a portion Of young
Malinowski's thumb, index finger, and
middle finger of the left hand. Au-
thority is given Marathon county to-
appropriate a similar sum for tie
same purpose. The appropriation is
made providing the injured person
shall accept the payment as a full
and complete discharge to the state
of Wisconsin of any and all liability
or claim on account of or arising
from the accident.
Conditions were especially favor
able for corn, tobacco, sugar beets,
and fruits" says the synopsis OF the
weather and crops conditions In Wis
consin last week. Some sections re-
port potatoes in excellent condition
while others report considerable dam
age to potatoes from too rank growth
of tops. The leaf hopper has caused
much damage to the crop in limited
areas while the potatoe bug has caus-
ed considerable injury over large
area. In La Crosse county the leaf
hopper is reported TO have damaged
beans seriously. The harvest of win
ter wheat, rye and barley is nearing
completion and that of spring wheat
and oats is under way. In general, the
warm and dry weather has caused
too rapid ripening Of small grains
and insome sections rust has been
the cause Of an injury to wheat and
oats. All sections report corn as un-
usually well advanced for the sea-
son. being everywhere nearly past
the tasseling stage"