Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09

] the agricultural committee of the state
council of defense during the war.
He served for many years as a mem
Der OF the state board of agriculture.
Madison = The possibility of reviv-
ing profitable crop in Wisconsin is
largely in the hands of the farmers
who intend to buy seed pease. II they
buy this fall, seed of improved strains
will be available, says R. A. Moore,
agronomist at the Wisconsin expert
ment station. If they wait until next
spring most of the seed peas will be
of the uuimproved strains, and the
industry will stand just where it has
before
Madison - The largest enrolment
in the history Of the state university
is expected with the opening OF the
fall semester on Oct. 1. The regular
edition of the university catalog has
been exhausted and second is now
on the press. The largest previous
attendance was in 1915 when the reg
istration totalled 1920. 1t is believed
! that this year it will pass this figure
| by at least 1900.
Eau Claire-Rather than go to Roch-
ester, MINI, to undergo an operation
| Albert Butscher, president of the
Boyd State bank of Boyd, north of
here, shot himself through the brain
with a thirty-eight caliber revolver.
His wife found his body near the
house He was &c years of age,
pioneer resident and was one of the
most popular business men in this
section.
Appleton - DIR. NJ. Gerechter. for
| twenty-seven years rabbi at Temple
Zion, has rendered his resignation and
will leave shortly for New York.
Prior to coming here he was for
! twelve years at the head OF the Mil
waukee synagogue. For a number OF
years he was instructor in Greek at
Lawrence College and has been re-
tired on the Carnegie pension.
Fond du Lac-August J. Mittel-
staedt, local butcher who enlisted in
the Quartermaster corps last winter.
has been selected to represent Wis
consin in the Middle West steer skin
ming and splitting contest at Peoria,
ILL.,, on Sept. II. He will be pitted
against the champion meat carvers OF
the troops from Illinois, Michigan,
Kentucky, and California.
Appleton-The amount of pulpwood
arriving in the Fox River valley is
greater than at any time since last
winter. The daily number of carloads
runs all the way from fifteen to sew
enty-five, which are distributed among
the mills of Appleton, Kimberly, Com
bined Locks and Kaukauna. The
wood comes from Ashland.
Rhinelander-Wh Game Warden
Henry Oberholzer tried to force an
entrance to search the home of Otto
Tryschak, Three Lakes, for unlawful
nets, guns were produced. Mr.. Try
schak was found not guilty when il
was decided by the court that the Off
GERS search warrant entitled him to
search only for game.
La Crosse-That public milk depots
in voting rooms have been a factor in
keeping down the price of milk is in
Dictated by the fact that dairymen are
still selling milk in La Crosse at
prices ranging from 10 to II cents q
quart, delivered, while in other cities
the price is and cents higher.
La Crosse - Two unidentified men
held up James Deneen, La Crosse po-
lice officer for the Milwaukee railroad,
in the yards here, robbed him of his
revolver, his sap, and his money
and watch, then fired shot at him
as he was making his way out of the
yards The bullet missed him.
Rhinelander-The sheep industry in
Oneida county is beginning to assume
monstrous proportions which were
boosted by the arrival of 10000 sheep
from Landers, Wyoming, belonging to
Earle Brothers They will be past
ured on the Stang tract west of this
city.
Marinette-The Young Peoples So
cieties of the Danish Lutheran church
of the Fourth District concluded their
annual convention here with the cleo
ton of officers and the designation of
Muskegon, Mich, as the place of the
1920 convention.
Waupun-Work has been begun by
the Wisconsin Power, Light & Heat
Company on transmission line from
near Fox Lake to this city, which will
bring power from Kilbourn to the mu-
nicipal light and power plant here.
Beloit - Four Chinese boys, one
Chinese girl and one Polish girl are
included in the enrolment at Beloit
college it was announced here, the
largest class in college history total
ing nearly 200, will enter.