Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-10-10


agricultural agent, resigned to become
assistant professor of soils at the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin Nov. !.
Fred A. Knauf has received his
commission as postmaster of Sheboy
gan. Mr.. Knauf was superintendent
OF mails and has been in that post of.
fee many years.
The Oconto county board of super
visors authorized the rebuilding Of The
county Jail by a state inspector who
said it was "the worst building of its
kind in the state"
After serving for % years as super
intendent of the state home for the
feebleminded at Chippewa Falls. DR.
A. w. Walworth resigned to the state
board of control on account of advanc
ing age
Following announcement weeks ago
of the forthcoming merger o. the First
National and Neenah State banks, al
Neenah, directors of the institutions
issued a statement that negotiations
bad been dropped
Menasha will entertain its first in
ternational convention in September,
1920. Menasha has been selected as
the place for the 1920 gathering OF
members of the International Associ-
alton of Electrotypers.
c. T. Edgar, Wausau, and L. d.
Martin, Kearney. Neb., purchased
from Edward Faust and E. A, YahI
the interior finish plant and lumber
yards formerly operated by the Krause
Lumber Co. at Amigo.
Fire, believed to haye originated in
hotbox, consumed the Chippews
Consolidated Construction and Manu-
featuring Co.'S plant at Eau Claire
The loss is $4,000. The Steinmetz
building. foot away, was uninjured
A total Of $500 students have en-
rolled at the state university, 1900
above the mark reached by the larg
est previous enrolment, in 1916
Students are still applying. The
rooming crisis has been successfully
met
w tAdt AOOhE t1lAG du GllOlt W AElEdA
the purchase of municipal dock site
is seen in petition submitted to the
Green Bay city commission with re.
quest that the question of issuing
bonds for purchase Of the dock prop
erty be submitted to a vote of the
people at special election.
Despite the handicap OF the strike,
Superior docks shipped 2.040.518 tons
of ore last month, an increase of more
than $4,000 tons over the same period
of last season. With the three dock
systems working. and only one show
ing a decrease for the month it is be
lieved that the season will go far
ahead of 1913
Gov f. L. Philip appointed Gen
Charles King, Milwaukee; Myron E
K4Mts, Oconomowoc, and John Reese.
Dodgeville, as members of the Wis
consin war history commission to
chronicle the part played by the Bad
ger state in the winning of the war
The appointments were made pursu
ant to a measure passed by the 1918
legislature.
Payment of $4,000 has been made
toward the purchase of the Pennoyer
sanatorium, which will replace the
present ST. GATHERINGS hospital at
Kenoshas The remaining $4,000 OF
the purchase price was covered by a
mortgage. The hospital will be closed
for ten days for repairs and improve
ments, including installation of mod
ern operating room.
Hevige Heiss, minor, is suing the
Standard Oil CO., of Indiana, for Sc
we're and permanent injuries in his
hand and leg, caused by an explosion
of gasoline in the basement of the
company's station at Madison. The
suit alleges carelessness- and negli
gence of the agents, who permitted a
fire in the furnace while gasoline was
being used to clean the floor.
Judge c. A. Fowler took the Ives
murder case away from Green Lake
county and sent ii to West Bend,
Washington county. TO be tried by
Judge Martin L. Lueck. His action
was the result of an affidavit of pref
udice fled by the defense against
Judge Fowler. The first trial, in Fond
du Lac. resulted in disagreement. A
change of venue was then granted to
Green Lake county
Acting on orders from Atty. Gen.
Brundhage. Illinois, officials of Zion
city win set fire to 100000 worth Of
beer confscated by them during raids
on beer trucks from Wisconsin pass
ing through that city The event will
take place the first week of November
and will be the largest celebration the
city has ever known. Drys from miles
around Zion City will gather for the
confagration, it has been snnounced-
La Crosse county appropriated $40,
600 for the repair Of the roadway lead
ing through the town Of Holland to
the McGilvray bridge. This action, It
is believed, will end a controversy OF
Is years between Trempealeau and La
Crosse counties over responsibility