Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-11-04

week on the building which will house
| the Stanley Toy works. The company
is incorporated for $4,000. Most of
the stock has been subscribed by local
buyers. The Stanley Industrial De-
velopment company has purchased a
| large block of the stock Most of the
toys are made from designs by T. P.
( Judd promoter and president of the
| company, who comes from Elgin, Ill.
| The building will be ready for occu-
| pancy about the first of the year.
Sparta = Mrs. Howard Teasdale,
| wife of the former state senator and
| father of many Wisconsin statutes ad-
vancing eugenics and to suppress
vice, is planning to attend the next
| Worlds Women's Christian union con
vention, which will be held in London,
England, next April She was elected
as delegate from Wisconsin at the
recent state w. c. T. U. convention
! in Oshkosh Mrs. Teasdale also is
| state musical director of the w. C..
| T. U.
Eau Claire-Eau Claire will have a
marked increase in tax rate. Since
Eau Claire adopted the commission
plan in 1910 it has enjoyed compare
| lively low tax rate The average dur
| ing the last nine years has been
around "a mills, but the city council
estimates that this year it will reach
mil InpCnaSn6 ~
| labor, increased cost of materials, a
| larger school budget and the soldiers
bonus are the main factors.
| Madison-A report by the industrial
commission upon the work of the pub
lie employment bureau in Milwaukee
during the year ending June 80, shows
that S6,855 applications for work were
| filed and that there were 1892 calls
for help, 84,628 references to positions,
and 58,87S verified placements. In
September. 1919, registration for help
totaled 1859, calls for men $3.50, num-
| Der referred to positions 4,879, and
verified placements 4,439
not the legal power to cut either the
police or fire departments was the as
sertion made by Attorney w. P. Craw
ford, representing plaintiffs in man
damus proceedings instituted by
twelve discharged policemen against
the city. The attorney also accused
the mayor of not having acted in good
faith and that the cut was not made
as measure for economy, but for
personal reasons.
Beloit-The common council ap-
proved the establishment of munic-
ipal coal yard for sale of fuel to the
people at the lowest possible prices.
Mayor ]. A. Janvrin was instructed to
name a committee to devise ways and
means 10 put the project in oper-
alton. Suggestions were also made as
to having municipal market to cut
down the price of foodstuffs.
Observation-Disclosures two public
utility plants-water and electricity
made a profit of S71.S54.98 during the
fiscal year ending June 30, according
to the report made by the utilities
committee of the city council to the
state commission. The water depart
ment, says the report, Melted $780,
1850. while the electric light plant
shows a profit of $41,70S.5S.
La Crosse-Louis Ruehl, former de-
tective for the Milwaukee road. was
put on trial on a charge of man.
slaughter for the death of Fred Zun-
kerr an employee of the road, March
10. Mr.. Ruehl was acquitted of a
charge of numbering ]. B .Schomers,
who was with Bunker Mr.. Ruehl slot
both men, testifying that they at
tackled him.
Amigo - night school is to be
opened at the high school building on
Nov. 4. Courses will be given in
bookkeeping. shorthand, typewriting.
cooking, sewing, shop mathematics
machine drawing. cabinet making and
citizenship for foreigners.
Madison-The balance in the states
general fund on Sept. 80 was 1859.
926.S3. according to the quarterly
statement issued by Secretary of
State Merlin Hull The balance June
80 was 1891, 505.97.
La Crosse-Cherry trees are in
blossom here for a second time this
year, in the yard of A. J. Miller
Strawberries are ripening in city
gardens. Fred Fillmer. Ettrick, picked
five qaurts ofripe berries for the fam
ily's Sunday strawberry shortcake.
Shehoygan - Concordia Singing so
ciety, organized in 1860. Sheboygan
county's oldest musical organization,
will celebrate its sixtieth anniver
sary, Feb. 8, 1920 Plans have been
made for a concert on that date.
Prof. Theodore Winkler is director
Ashland-The estate of the late c.
F. Latimer invoices $1.300.900 instead
OF $780, o0, as was thought when Mr..
Latimer died from an attack of the
flu last winter. As some OF his gifts
were made on percentage basis. the
bene6eiaries will receive considerable
more than they had expected.
Sheboygan-A parcel post count
from Oct l to Is. showed that 1892
parcels were handled at the local post
Office, during that period. OF these.
SAT- came in from other offices and
6.467 were mailed here.
oshkosh-When one of the pupils OF
the Smith public school became i'll
with smallpox, wholesale yaccina-
ten of the boys and girls resulted
The health department inoculated lG7
children not heretofore vaccinated.