Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-04-22

council of the Knights OF Columbus. |
Members have been affiliated with
Manitowoc council. A class of fifty
candidates together with forty mem
bers who belong to the Manitowoc or
der will give the lodge start of
nearly one hundred. The degree team
from this city assisted by staff from
Chicago will put on the work.
Wausau = The Marathon county
roads and bridge committee will rec
ommend to the county board the build
ing of a piece of concrete road to con-
meet Wausau with the village of Scho |
field, the cost to be $4,000. The road
may be extended to Rothschild, if the
cost price of $4,000 is guaranteed.
This will be the first concrete road in
Marathon county.
La Crosse-Capt- Joel B. Moore of
La Crosse, former Normal school
teacher, who was recently decorated
with the Medal of st. Ann in Russia, 1
has also won a Croix de Guerre, ac-
cording to a message received here. |
He is believed to be the only La
Crosse soldier who has won two for
eign decorations.
Kenosha - Valuable plans for the
new ST. Marie's church have been lost |
in the mail, and construction is de-
layed until they can be found. The
plans were ready for submission to
he off oil xuhn in, Thino
last week, and they have not been
seen since. Tracers have failed to To-
cate them.
Fond du Lac-W. F. Braatz, Bran !
don, has developed a Holstein COW
which during a 365 days test gave a
total of thirteen tons of milk or eight |
cen times her own weight. The cow
ran 630.7 pounds of milk in seven
days, or 26.76 pounds of butter. Her
butter record for the year was LOAF
pounds.
Plymouth = A three-day auction of
full-blooded Holstein cattle by M. H. |
Hand, F. w. Traxler, and H. J. Goelz- |
uCI VI llIlO City, hCIICu dOouI PUV,OUV- |
Buyers from many states were repre-
scented, and number of carloads of
dairy cows were forwarded via ex-
press to Georgia, Illinois and Mime
sofa.
Green Bay-The garden campaign
in Green Bay is off to a splendid start.
OF hEy ho aif nn11nni1
Association of Commerce, and others
enabled use of every vacant lot. Ev
cry school will have it's garden plot
and prizes will be given to youngsters
who make the best showing.
Kenosha - Kenosha's first venture
in municipal ownership of an electric
| light plant is proving a success. The
first report of the plant which is in
operation at the pumping plant of the
water works, shows a saving to the
city of several thousand dollars an
nually.
! Merrill = Fred Higgins, tried by a
| jury in circuit court here on charge
of larceny from the person, was found
not guilty. William Flaherty. who adj
mitted taking SO of the disputed
money, was sentenced to serve three
years at Waupun by Circuit Judge
Reid.
| Wausau Because he did not buy
any Liberty bonds or war stamps or
| help any of the relief organizations
during the war with Germany, citizen
ship papers were denied Charles Zim-
norman by Judge A. H. Reid at a
term of Circuit court in Lincoln coun-
ty.
Plymouth-The Wittkopp Furniture
company is exhibiting a library table
made by John Kleefsch of this city
containing 316,360 small pieces of
wood 1t consumed the leisure hours
of the maker during four years to fin
ish it.
| Portage - Safe-blowers secured $50
from the Consumers Lumber and Coal
company offices here. The office is To-
Gated about one block from police
headquarters.
Observation-Disclosures teachers
have been granted an increase in
wages ranging from SIS to SIS.
Appleton - Lawrence college stu
dents are up il arms over the ruling
of the student senate that they must
wear green caps and arm bands. Oc-
casional infraction of the rule will
cause trial with penalty of being
barred from participating in a picnic
at Clifton, May 8.
Green Bay-A junior marine corps
division will be organized in this city
soon. Twenty youths have signed
their names to the roll. Sergeant E.
A. Treu is organizing the boys.
Green Bay - The Northwest Engi-
neering Works will launch four boats
before July 1, according to an official
| This plant is working overtime. Its
| production during the past four
months ranks well up among the big
gest yards on the Great Lakes.
Kenosha-Kenosha merchants con-
template installation of electric bur
glar alarm protection. The associa-
ton decided that steps must be taken
| to protect merchants against robber-
| les that have been frequent for the
past month.
| Plymouth - Reliable figures show