Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-06-11

ing the road development tract on the
Wisconsin river. near Biron, have
been finding exceptionally fine Indian
relics in the marsh lands. Scarcely
day passes bat two to FIVE arrow heads
are discovered, some of them bsing
| nearly perfect. An OK shoe, made from
wornout file, has been picked up.
This tarct was logged about forty
years ago, but it was many years be
fore that when Indians roamed thsre.
Kenosha-Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Moore,
widow of Col. Webster Porter Moore.
willed practically 100000 to st. Mat
thew's Protestant Episcopal church.
Her will, filed for probate, leaves $751;
600 of the estate TO the Kenosha hos
pital. The remainder of the $4,000
goes to the church. Thirty thousand
dollars becomes an endowment memo
rial to Elizabeth and Charles O'Neill,
parents of Mrs. Moore, her brothers.
and former husband, Orlam Calkins.
Superior - Schoolmen, clergymen,
and many others are stirred over a
measure pending in the legislature
which makes influenza a quarantine
| able disease and provides for the clos
ing of certain places to control influen-
Ia epidemics. The complaint of the
schoolmen and clergymen is that the
proposed law would close schools and
churches, while permitting saloons.
poolrooms, cigar stores and similar
places TO operate.
Madison-A university postal sta
ton, TO handle the mail of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, will be estsb-
lished near the campus during the
summer as a branch of the Madison
post office Because of the volume of
mail for the university and its stu
dents and faculty, postal authorities
decided that a university station is
needed to relieve the central post
office.
La Crosse-Two La Crosse brewing
firms, the John Gund Brewing Co.,
and Franz Bartl Brewing Co, win re-
sumo the manufacture of 2% per cent
beer, under the authority granted by
a decision of federal judge in New
York Three other brewing con-
panies are still undecided as to their
course.
Marinette Marinette county will
adopt ten more French war orphans.
making 120 assigned to Marinette
county and taken. Most of them were
adopted by rural schools. News has
been received that four of the orph-
ans adopted by people in this county
have died and substitions have been
made.
Sheboygan-Five hundred and fifty
members of the United Leather Work
ers' union struck, demar ding an eight
hour day and more wages. One hun
dred and ninety were employed by the
American Hide and Leather Co., $50
at the Badger State Tanning Co
Present wages are 1925 to $4.25 a
day.
Sheboygan-Wit a record OF one
year in the penitentiary and several
offenses after his realease from pris
on Edward Luebow, "a, carpenter
was bound over 20 circuit court upon
pleading guilty to burglaries, includ
ing robberies of a meat market, gro
Gerry store and two saloons.
Madison-A ten weeks course in
"The Gasoline Automobile" which
> was started in March in the Oshkosh
: district by the University of Wiscon
sin Extension division, now has 12(
persons enrolled. Weekly classes are
held in Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Man
itowoc and Appleton.
Neenah-The Neenah Building Co.
with capital stock of 100000, viii
erect thirty-five houses suitable fol
families of moderate means. The com
pany, backed by the Neenah Civic as
ISOLATION, is designed to solve tbs
housing problem which threatens the
growth of the city.
Manitowoc-The knights of Column
bus decided to erect either a two OF
three-story building for the lodge. I
the two-story plan is adopted it will
be clubhouse only and if the othei
plan is adopted a business block will
be erected with the lodge hall on the
third floor.
La Crosse - Taken off a transpor
which was to carry him TO the United
States, Otto c. Bauch, this city, dice
in a military hospital at Brest, France
Mr.. Bauch went with the first selec
tive service men from La Crosse anC
served with the Five Hundred Thir.
engineers.
La Crosse-William Doerfiinger, w
T. Goodrich and II. H. Long have beer
appointed members of a special com
mittee to arrange the program for
Fourth of July celebration in homo
of returned soldiers and sailors 4
fund of $4,000 is being raised for fire
works.
La Crosse - A new wage contrac
! was entered into between the carpen
! ters and builders. The scale is s.
5 cents per hour for the first year an
: rs cents for the second year. Tn,
men had been receiving so cents.
Appleron-D Demand that dairy herd
furnishing Appleton's mix supply b.