Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-11-25

lice department. Judge Perrin held
that their removal had not been in
good faith, but was an effort to evade
the law by discharging men without
charges. or hearing the compliments.
one of whom is a sergeant, one de-
tective and ten were patrolmen.
They were discharged May 20 by di-
rection of Mayor Baxter after the
passage of an ordinance providing for
cuttin down the police force ~ fiji
teen men.
Beloit - Fairbanks, Morse and com
pany of this city announced recent
ly that they would build S1,5OO,00O
foundry here, equal to the largest in
the world Excavation work is ex-
pected to start early in the spring.
The structure is to have 495,000
square feet of floor space, and will
viii be employed, bringing the total
up to 1000.
Wausau - Special efforts are being
made to spread the organization of
Boy Scout patrols throughout the
county. In Wausau are several troops,
the largest having membership of
Al. The purpose is to establish and
maintain a county council with q
skilled executive in charge to select
and train scout masters. The move
ment is meeting with enthusiastic re-
Spouse.
Marinette = B. ]. Mckay, logging
foreman for the N. Ludington Co., who
was injured in the woods by falling
tree, has been awarded $3,400 by the
state industrial commission a second
time. On the first award, the insur-
ance company appealed and the cir
cult court sent the case back to the
commission for reconsideration. The
commission found as it did the first
time.
Chippewa Falls = The past summer
has been a great season for watermel-
ons and muskmelons, showing that
Chippewa county is admirably adapt
ed to the production of this succulent
fruit. Garden sass growers and farm
ers had wonderful results from plant
ing a few hills of watermelons this
year. These vegetables grew and
thrived almost without cultivation.
Madison-State wide interest in the
matter of supplying hot lunches to
school children has been aroused as a
result of dietitians establishing the re-
cold noon meal and poor health and
low scholarship on the part of the pu-
pills. Barron county schools are work
ing for a better record on the hot
noon lunch.
Eau Claire-When the county board
of Eau Claire assembled for the fall
session, a notification from the state
building inspector was read, in which
the county poor farm building was
condemned as beyond repair or remod-
cling. If it is not torn down and new
one rebuilt the institution will be
closed by the state a year hence.
Green Bay-Joseph Nekelewicz and
wife, Katie, of the village of Pulaski
near here, both over 20 years of age,
were bound over for trial on the
charge of arson after their prelimi-
nary hearing. The old couple are &C
cused of having set fire to their resi-
dence in Pulaski to obtain insurance
money on it.
Green Bay = Voters stood by the
commission council in a special cleo
ton on the question of aldercanic VS..
commission form of government. The
vote was 1890 for the commission and
1858 for the aldermanic plan, ma.
jority of 707. The bond issue of $45.-
900 for site for a municipal dock was
passed.
Kenosha-A new phase of the re-
cent gambling house holdup case
came up when Judge Tully announced
that he would ask some other judge
to hear the case of Samuel Jacobsen,
charged with operating the gambling
house.
Neenah-While ducks are wary in
Lake Winnebago, thousands of birds
rest on the river within the city linn
it's, where it is against the law to mo-
lest them. Old hunters say the ducks
are becoming "edicated."
Antigo-John Mainville, who was &C
quilted of the charge of numbering
Frank Parsons, still faces the charge
of attempting to kill Mrs. Anna Lille,
Parsons housekeeper. No date for
the trial has been set.
Antigo-Fromm Brothers of Merrill
were paid nearly $4,000 for $500
pounds of ginseng, the largest crop
ever raised in the United States. The
crop was harvested on a two acre
tract.
Hurley-There has not been an ar
rest for Drunkenness here since Nov.
1. Gambling has also been stopped
under orders of the mayor.
Waupun-Work is under way clear
ing the site for the 100000 factory for |
the Waupun Canning Co. The build |
ing will be four stories, with power |
house, warehouse, garage for ten |
trucks. Office and two silos into which |
pea vines and cornhusks will be run. |
Madison-Mrs. E. II. Van Ostrand |
was elected president Of the Wisconsin |
chapter of the Service Star association |
at the closing session of the conven-
ton here. Mrs. Van Ostrand was one
of the leaders in the movement to or |