Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25

bureau work viii be given by :
United States civil service in NJ. he
March IL. The opening is esnaa,a
for university men and leads ~
tons as investigators of unno, pul
movements, of meterology and oil.
ology, in relation to agriculture
ticulture and crop growth Of no.
neering problems of rivers and s.
and of meteorological instruments
Ashland-At a meeting of AsA,.-
business men it was decided to aug
$4,000 addition to the Y.
building with a swimming pool a.,
filtration system, also sleeping rooa
A committee of five headed bv = y
Werden, with the state secretary
report plans for drive TO bepir
week hence. The present strIctura
worth $4,000. The business M
pledge $4,000 as soon as the addi,;ou
can be added.
Neenah = After serving the civ .,
Menasha for the last fifteen wears :.
mayor and alderman, Nick REM,
has presented his resignation IN A.
members of the city council 10 fob
place at the close of the first wear :,
the term for which he was re-eIeetaS
He resigns to give his full time to IN,
great amount of work required of hin,
as superintendent of the Menasb.
Woodenware plant.
La Crosse - When the independor.
telephone company here bought ont tb.
plant of the Bell company in La Cross.
it added $50 subscribers to the ipdo
pendent list, paying $3S.919 for II.
plant, with 100000 for lines. cables
and conduits. These figures wer.
among those presented by the compaDv
to support it's demand for increased
rates, in hearing before the railroad
commission.
Wausau-Paul o. Olson. Wausar
was bound over to United States dis
trict court at Madison for trial by
Court Commissioner Riley He b
charged with using the mails to d.
fraud. The complaint was made BY
Postal Inspector John A. Oniles, Wan
sau, who alleges Olson has victimized
cheese and butter makers for several
years to the amount of $4,000 or more
Manitowoc- Officers of the Baptist
Young Peoples association of Wiscun
sin met here to complete plans for the
annual state convention to be held
here for four days opening July l
President A. w. Giesecke of Sheboy.
gan, and Miss Kirschman of Milwaa
kee, met with the Manitowoc commit
tee of the Kossuth Baptist church.
Wausau-The Wausau Farmers Co
operative Packing company will be
dissolved and the stock taken over BY
the Wisconsin Packing company to be
organized Feb. 25. The present stock
holders will have first choice in the
purchase of common and preferred
stock. The new company's capital
will be increased to $450,000.
Appleton-Power capacity of the
Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and
Power company will be increased by
about 5000 horsepower in April when
new steam turbine and generator
will be installed. The huge machines
are now under construction at the Al
disclaimers plant in Milwaukee.
Ripon-Lyman w. Sayer, g. former
member of the state Legislature and
mayor of Ripon, died here. He is sur
vived by his wife and four children
Mr. Sayer was in the Legislature from
1893 to 1899 and mayor of Ripon from
1916 to 1918. He was born in WaE
sau and was buried there.
Manitowoc - Corp. George BourL
who has twice been reported dead in
the casualty lists and once reported to
have had both legs shot away, has ar
rived home and while not fully reCOF-
cred from wounds received at Chateau
Thierry and in the Argonne Forest, il
very much alive.
Sturgeon Bay-Adelbert D. ThOrp.
one of Door county's pioneers, is dead
He was IA years old. He came to Wis
consin in 1848 and to Door county in
1874. He held the offices of county
clerk, county treasurer and sheriff and
represented the county in the assem-
bly, in 1882.
Darlington-By a vote of 4 to the
board of education tabled a petition
from the graded and high school teach
ers asking a raise, amounting to two
weeks salary for the entire year.
Appleton-Charles SchuelIer of the
Town of Center, has purchased farm
of $50 acres in the Town of GreenVile
for $4,000. This included all personal
stock
La CroSse-There is a shortage Of
women help according to w R. Phil
lips, head of the Wisconsin Office OF
the employment service.
Fox Lake-Rev. Otto w. Koch, To
nah, has been called to succeed Rev
Herman Mueller, who accepted
charge in Fremont, o.
Manitowoc-Manito council Nc
10, Knights of Columbus, has added
seventy members to its rolls.
Merrill-Ben Carl of the Carl Broth
ers company, escaped death from
bite of a tarantula which was in
bunch of bananas. Carl was bitten on
the finger. He rushed to a meat mar
ket and was about to cut off the finger
when a bystander interfered, tied