Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-11-07
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WISCONSIN


,.nized a union which will apply for
charter in the American Federation
il Labor.
.aStrict enforcement of the prohibi.
in act viii be demanded in the west,
,rn district of wisconsin, said A. C.
Wolfe. federal district attorney at La
Crosse.
Frank and Fred Baser, Merf1minee,
ssbermen, made record lift. They
ook from one net Iour tons of her
ink, many of the fsh running better
nan pound.
Jay Reeves, state auditor of South
Dakota, was a visitor in the secretary
If states office at Madison in search
If data on, the Wisconsin system of
budget making.
The fishing season is on at the har-
bor at Oconto and big catches of her.
ing are reported. Several thousands
Of pounds of fish are shipped by ex-
press to Chicago daily.
Trial of the case of four former
soldiers and two others, charged with
noting at Beaver Dam, was postponed
on account of the engagements of at
torneys for the defense.
A flock of wild geese flying low in a
fog, flew into a bunch of telephone
wires, near Neenah, and put several
rural lines out of commission. Two of
the flock were killed by their collision
with the wires.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Bennett and three
children Of Tomah have started on an
overland tour to California. Mr.. Ben
nett recently purchased large trailer
and camping outfit, and the family ex-
poets to dodge hotels throughout the
entire trip.
Members of the Manitowoc County.
Ministerial association gave a farewell
dinner to the Rev. and Mrs. George
Grether, who leave for Franklin, She
boygan county, where Mr. Grether is
to become head of the mission house
Of the Reformed church.
W. F. North, assistant cashier of the
Neillsyille bank, who has been city
clerk, rendered his resignation, but
the council refused to accept it. The
amount of extra work occasioned by
paving operations caused the attempt
Of Mr.. North to quit the job.
Special efforts are being made in
this part of the state to bring to pub
lie attention the value and service of
the state cooperative laboratory in
operation at Oshkosh. 1t is open to
public health officers and physicians
generally for laboratory diagnoses.
The demand for rabbit skins by
furriers has given boys of Marinette
opportunity to make money after
school hours Rabbit pelts are used
extensively by hat makers One east
en manufacturer says he will neeG
100000 skins during the season.
Miss Margaret Powers, Marinette
Red Cross nurse, who was one of the
nrst American nurses to reach the
lighting zone, has been awarded the
Royal Red Cross, highest honor con-
ierred by the British government for
nurses. 1t was for work under fire
Miss Powers was in the service for
nearly two years overseas.
John R .Heir1, II, former mayor OF
Madison and also a former member of
tne legislature, is dead after years
Illness. He built the first Madison
municipal water works and was its su-
perntendent for 25 years. He was
prominent in German Catholic circles
ana was once president of the Wis.
consin Association of Catholic Young
Feople's societies.
-Four thousand fish were planted in
ne Wisconsin river, five miles north
VI Stevens Point, obtained by the Port
age County Fish and Game Protective
association through the bureau of fish
enes at Washington The shipment
included black bass, crap2ies, sunfsn
ana catfish of lingering size. They
we're captured from the sloughs along
MINI.
Ane city or kenoSha was ordered 10
gay $4,000 in damages to the widows
u Henry Strang, and George T. Smith.
~no We're killed in an automobile ac-
eluent, April 26. by the verdict of
Jury in the circuit court at Kenosha.
y was held hole in the street had
Saused the driver of the death car to
4ose =, control at the wheel, and throw
ne machine into the path of the on
coming street car.
a complete compilation of Wiscon-
81 actual war record in respect to
ranioer ~, OF enlistments, wounded, and
Alled, is being gathered by the aoju-
.aut generals Office, Madison. at prac-
uealiy no expense through the medi-
- Of the soldier bonus law. AS the
escaarges come in from every Wis
:, sI1lSin war veteran they are sent to
le service recognition board. From
they are sent to the war statis-
~ department, where a short sum
S.y s.aly on card is made up from the
- ,ss,s1Aarse before being sent back to
he owner.