Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-14

ciated."
Fox Lake-The village of Fox Lake
with population of between $50 and
900, has had remarkable health rec
ord for the year 1918. Only six
deaths occurred during the year, and
not one was caused by influenza. Two
of those who died were over the age
of IS, two between the ages of IS and
rs, and two were children under /
year of age. The last death on record
occurred Oct. 5.
Madison-Almost 1000 students are
back at the university this quarter
About $500 students have registered
Total enrolment last year was 4,043
The men are back in their fraternities
and the women again are in Chad
bourne, Barnard and Lathrop. More
than 400 old university men are back
from training camps and it is estima
ted that more than one-haIf of the
S. A. T. C. men have returned.
Madison Summons and informa
tion were issued at the request of Dis
trict Attorney Sauthoff against the
Madison Railways company on evi
dence furnished by A. G. Sundstrom
and Frederick Kilgust, alleging failure
to heat cars properly. 1t is alleged
that in car leaving South Madison
at $50 a. m. on Jan. the temperature
was II degrees below zero.
Marinette-The city of Marinette
liquidated a debt of $4,000 to three
banks of the city, wiping out its en-
tire indebtedness. Henceforth the
affairs of the city will be conducted on
a cash basis, according to Mayor Jos
eph Fisher. The major portion of the
money borrowed was for school budg
cts.
Madison-The Beavers, a fraternal
benefit society, with headquarters
here, took over and reinsured the bus
mess of the National Fraternal league
of Green Bay, which for sixteen years
operated i'll the Fox river valley anG
has fifty locals il Wisconsin with 3,
600 members and carries $4,000,000 in
surance. The home office at Green
Bay is taken over by the Beavers.
Portage-While hunting rabbits al
Water Mills, near Portage, Miss Kath
arine Allen accidentally shot and in
stantly killed Robert Hart, Is years
old. The lad was a sophomore in the
T-Aomah High school. He was the Sol
of Leslie Hart of Tumah and had just
recovered from pneumonia.
Milwaukee-August M. Gavin, col
lector of customs has announced thai
the duties collected for December
1918, exceeded that of December, 1917
by $1,997.45. The receipts for Decem
Der, 1917, were $13, 1906, while the
receipts for December, 1918, were SIS,
1861.
La Crosse - Camp Robinson, neal
Sparta, which served as an artillery
training field during the war, will be
used this winter as an ammunition
storage camp. Quarters are to be
thtrty-six officers. Already several
carloads of dynamite have arrived at
the camp.
Superior-Bids will be advertised
for this spring for dredging an anchor
age and turning basin just inside the
Superior entry of the Superior-Duluth
harbor The cost will be around $780,.
600 and an appropriation of $960,600
is available. The work will make the
Superior entry one of the best.
Oshkosh = Numbers of Oshkosh
women who were employed to take
the places of men in industries who
were called to war have been or are
being released, but thus far the fem
mime labor market does not appear to
be congested.
River Falls-The state normal
school here opened on Monday, Jan. g.
after having been closed for more
than two months on account of the
influenza epidemic.
Beloit - Herman A. Mason was
found dead in the cellar of his home
here. He has been i'll and it is thought
by his family that he was attacked
with apoplexy.
Superior-Harold Johnson. Superior
& member of the crew of the battle
ship Florida, witnessed the surrender
of the German fleet.
Ashland-"S hips that pass in the
night" on Lake Superior, are no long
er guided by the rays from the light
houses. The lights were extinguished
recently and they will not be relight
ed until the lake is officially declared
open for traffic in the spring. APP
proximately 100 lighthouses directing
traffic on this waterway have been
closed.
Portage-Charles Mohr, Sr, 1t
years old, former member of the as
sembiy, city treasurer, and leading
business man died at his home here.
Madison - Thirty bills and resolu
tions covering varicTs questions have
been presented by members of the
legislature to the -eference library fol
drafting and wording into proper bill
form. Thirty craftsmen were put tC
work. The food administration moved
out of the library quarters and desks
and tables were installed for convent
ence of the bill workers.