Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-05-20
Badger State
Happenings

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H Happenings |
Waukesha-The annual spring Hol
stein Friesian Breeders association
sale at the stock sales pavilion here
netted the second highest average OF
cattle of any sale ever held in the
state except the National Dairy show
at Milwaukee. The average was fig
ured out at S40703 a head, a total o.
over $4,000 for the III heads sold
The highest single price was $3.50
for months old hull, Baird Broth
ers' Nockdair Superbus Supreme. The
next highest was Pebst's Korndykt
Cornftower, months old, $2,425. The
top prices for cows were Aaitker
Brothers, Segis Pontiac Burke. sister
OF the highest living record COW il
the state, $1,000, and Baird Brothers
Nockdair Segis Lottie, from a siste,
of the Aitken cow, a 2-year-old, alsS
at $1,000
Tomah-Chinese gardening. as il i:
being done in the reclaimed swan.
lands near Tomah, is a success. it ma.
been announced after the first wear o.
the venture. Hip Lung and To,
Fung, Chicago Orientals of wealth. are
the hackers of the scheme, which in
cludes the intensive cultivation o.
over 800 acres of land which until re
Gently was considered useless. It is
new industry for the state of Wis
consin, and one which promises tC
bring into use hundreds of thousands
OF acres Of land hitherto considered
Valueless.
Racine-A jury in circuit cour
awarded $1,000 in suits for $4,000
brought by ex-Postmaster Hiram J
Smith and his wife against the Vel
low Cab Co. In October, 1918, Mr.
and Mrs. Smith were returning from
Milwaukee in an automobile. 1t was
alleged the Smith car ran into a tax
of the defendant company, which was
being run on the left side of the road
Mr. and Mrs, Smith were hurled from
their seats and injured.
La Crosse-The La Crosse Tele
phone Co, an Independent concern
which bought the Bell system here a
few weeks ago, was granted an in
crease in rates by the state railroad
commission. Business phones went
up 90 cents a month and the ordinary
house phones were increased '25 cents
per month. Increased cost of opera.
ton was given as the cause of the in
creases.
Sheboygan = The twenty-fourth an.
nual convention of the grand temple
of Pythian Sisters will be held here
June Is, II and 10. The supreme
chief, Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchinson
Woodfords, Me-, will be a guest. All
the thirty-four temples in the state
are planning to send delegates. Mrs
Louis c. Meyer, grand chief, this city
will preside.
Green Bay-Oddfellow of Wiscon-
sin are making elaborate plans for the
celebration of the centennial anniver-
sary of Oddfellowship in America dur
ing the seventy-third annual conven-
ton OF the grand lodge of Wisconsin
in Green Bay, June 2, 3, and s. The
Rebekah assembly will hold it's thirty
fourth annual session on the same
dates.
Appleton = Elaborate preparations
are under way for the annual state
convention of the FraternaI Order of
Eagles, which is scheduled to be held
here on June 10, II and II. Large
delegations are coming from most of
the cities in the state, and indications
are that the convention will be one of
the fargest in the orders history.
Grand RapidS-Clam fishermen have
begun busy season in the Wisconsin
river valley, removing from the river
bottoms clam shells which are used
commercially in the manufacture of
pearl buttons. Eight large tents have
been erected near Nelson island on the
river and twenty boats have been or
dered for the seasons use.
Eau CIaire-The Dells Paper and
Pulp Co. and the 400 union sulphite
workers and papermakers who have
been on strike for eleven days, have
come to an agreement and the plant is
now in operation. Under the agree
ment, the plant remains an open. shop
Wage increases were granted.
Sheboygan = Twenty-Five patrolmen
and nine crews are working on She
bay county's highways. This county
leads the state in highway improve
ment, according to reports from the
state highway commission.
Oshkosh--Despite the fact that the
big bond issue for highways failed to
carry in the vote at the last election,
county will lose no time in
starting two important pieces of road
building to cost $150,000.
Rhinelander - A resolution passed
by the county board asks that aliens
be forced to remain at home during
the homecoming celebration planned
for the Rhinelander company.
Tomah-Believing that meat short
age is imminent in the near future,
Tomah citizens have gone into chick
en-raising on a general scale: Nearly
every backyard supports a flock of
young or old fowls. and the tendency