Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-08
Badger State
Happenings

II Happenings
Madison-The state budget of ex
penses for the coming biennium as il
will be presented to the legislature
includes requests exceeding $40 ,OOO, O0C
for the first year and over S21, 900 ,0OC
for the second year. The estimated
income of the state for the first yeai
is but s19,000.000 and for the second
year $20,000.000. The budget includes
running expenses, improvements and
maintenance of every state institution
Boards. commissions and state de
partments are grouped together in one
expense account. Charitable and
penal institutions come under another
heading. Educational activities are
separated from normal school and
university expense accounts.
Grand Rapids Andrew MARI, IS
years old, who for many years lived
the life of hermit in a shack here
IS dead. MARI, who had a mania for
collecting old tin cans and rubbish,
was under suspicion several years ago.
When his shack was searched by the
sheriff for stolen property, it was
discovered that he had several thou
sand dollars hidden in grain sacks and
tobacco pouches, and sewed in cloth
ing. Many articles for which he could
have no possible use were also un-
earthed.
La Crosse - Leslie Kruger, Owen,
Clark county, draft evader who fought
a posse at his farm house, when ex.
amined by the local registration
board here to determine if he was a
willful deserter from the army, de.
clared he asked God whether he
should go to war, and the Almighty
appeared in a vision and told him not
TO join the army He insisted that
neither his brothers nor his mother
advised him to evade the draft and
that he made up his mind what to do
after talking with God.
Id OIOooC - L nc appear llOHi tl1t
decision of the railroad commission of
Wisconsin increasing the gas rate in
La Crosse from $1.10 to $3.50 per L.
600 feet will be heard in the Circuit
court of Dane county on Jan. s. This
Is the second appeal taken from rul.
ing of the railroad commission by the
city of La Crosse. In the first case,
Judge Stevens at Madison sent an
electric schedule back TO the railroad
commission for the taking OF add
tional evidence.
Madison-The 1919 Wisconsin legis-
lature, converting for its reconstruc-
ton session on Jan. s, will face a vol
ume of proposed legislation that
threatens to smash all records. Tie
session will continue well into the
July and possibly into August, accord
ing to those in close touch with the
situation. Many chapters will be add
ed to Wisconsin history before the
two houses adjourn.
Beloit Romone Balderones, 81
years old, was shot twice in the arm
and groin by a man alleged to be Ma
critic Coviterous. Balderone's condi.
can laborers. 1t is said that Covlieros
laid in wait for his victim at the
boarding shack where they both lived.
The man who did the shooting es-
capped.
Maiden Rock-Pierce county has be-
gun writing it's war history. Prof. w.
b. Davidson, River Falls Normal
school, heads the committee. Other
members are H. B. Austerud. county
superintendent, and Prof. L. w. Full
ton, Ellsworth; Charles Lowater,
Spring Valley; Beverly White, Maid
en- Rock; Robert Moser. Elmwood, and
Miss Lovita Moser. River Falls.
Berlin-A national organization OF
men who participated in the world
war. the Liberty War Veterans of the
World, 1914-1919, has been organized
here by George w Morton, a Civil
war veteran. I1ctCh dANioAOh, ASSoi'
state, and national, will be called a
trench. Army officers or enlisted men,
honorably discharged, are eligible.
La Crosse - Louis Ratchet of La
Crosse, listed as missing in action by
the war department, was alive and
well two weeks after the war ended.
Said to have disappeared on Oct. 8,
Katchel wrote his mother on Nov. %.
telling of the end of the war and the
beginning of the march into Germany.
Madison Dane county beekeepers
organized with these officers: Presi-
dent, l.. w. Parman. Madison; vice
president, Otto Kerl. Black Earth;
secretary-treasurer, DR.. Robert Sic
becker, Madison. The legislature will
be asked to provide for systematic
inspection of bees.
Portage - Five Winnebago Indians
from the family of John White Eagle,
Portage, are with the colors in
France. White Eagle is an old trap
per and his camp near here is kept
as in the primitive days. Many per-
sons visit the place as the tepees are
occupied both summer and winter.
Neenah--A living memorial IN the
form of park for the soldiers VIII De
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