Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-04
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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stevens Point-Three big military
honors have been won by Private Clay.
ron B. Slack, boyhood resident of this
city. He was given the congressional
medal of honor for conspicuous brav-
ery and devotion to duty in the bat
,le of the Argonne. The French gov
ernment has just made official recogni.
ton of his record by awarding him
the croix de guerre with palm and
the medaille militaire. Capturing sin
gle handed ten Germans and a ma
chine gun nest, and then turning the
guns on the fleeing foe, was the par
ticular act for which he was awarded
the honors.
Darlington-The town of Wiota, La,
fayette county, 29,SS0 acres, the larg
est township within the county, has
cheese factories every two or three
miles. Swiss and imburger predomi.
mating. The underlying foundation is
limestone rock and the water from
the springs and wells is as clear as
crystal-the secret of producing such
excellent cheese. The Lycan factory
in the northwestern corner of the
township, recently sold its output OF
April Swiss cheese for SIS cents per
pound, the record-breaking sale of the
year. There are 1892 COWS in the
township.
La Smooth King, Poland
China pig Weighing nearly HOO
pounds and owned by J. D. Mcdonald,
West Salem farmer. sold for $4,000,
highest price ever commanded by a
hog in Wisconsin. The purchaser is
Charles Gummert, Renville, Mimi.
Smooth King is regarded as sure
thing for the Poland China grand
championship this year. Experts de
clare his points are well-nigh perfect.
The animal is 3 years old. Mr. Nc,
Donald says the hog will collar more
than $500 at shows this year.
Sturgeon Bay-For the first time in
the history of the fruit industry of
Door county strawberries are being
canned extensively. The canning is
being carried on at the large plSnt OF
the Fruit Growers union. A large
force of men and women will be en-
ployed in the cannery during the
cherry season, which follows closely
after the Strawberries 1t is expected
that picking of cherries will start inn
mediately after the fourth of July.
The cannery will also start the same
time
Eau Claire George H. Clausen,
Pleasantville farmer, convicted iR the
United States district court last
March for violating the espionage act,
5y seditious utterances against the
president, is in Jail, having been ar
rested by a federal agent on his fail
ure to pay the fine OF $500 assessed
against him by Judge Sanborn. He
was given three months in which to
pay. He will now serve six months
in the house of correction.
Racine - A carload of matted milk
was shipped alst week to the relief
agencies in Armenia and Syria, the
donation of William ]. Horlick to the
cause of the sufferers in those lands
1t will go by way of the Mediterranean
and Constantinople. The donation
was made through the Patriots Fund
committee which raised Racines quota
OF $4,000 in the national drive for
SSO,000,000 for Armenians and Syrians.
Wausau-The first prosecution un.
der the new state law relative to uu.
fair competition in Wisconsin closed
II Marathon county circuit court when
jury found Fred W. Meen, Rhine
lander, guilty on four counts. He was
charged with discriminating between
oinerent communities by buying
cream and butter fat in one place at
Prices higher than he paid in another
place.
Sheboygan-The FIVE troops Of She
ooygan Boy Scouts will spend month
et Calumet Harbor on Lake Winneba
60. The purpose of the camp is to in
sun in the boys love for the outdoors
ana to promote and develop good
Ialts OF character. There will be a
oally progfam from 5:55 a. m. TO 9:30
p M Scoutmaster A. Hukie will be
IN charge of the camp.
Lomah = The Boy Scouts, under
scoutmaster George H. willet, turned
Uut enmasse to complete the job OF
sieaning the old log pond. Water was
Turned in and the first swimming in
roAlahs community pool was done
Iutther improvements will be made
ou lne property. Including a baseball