Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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New Richmond-E. n. Levings ha
been rural carrier attached to tn
local post office for sixteen years, an
he is driving one of the horses that b
began using when he took up his du
ties in Uncle Sans postal service
This horse. Montana broncho of n
noteworthy breeding as horses &c
has. during those sixteen years, ira,
eled and carried the mail on rura
route No. 5, a total of 100000 miles,
distance equal to about four times tn
earth's circumference. Mr.. Loving
mileage amounts to 12S,000.
Oshkosh = An Oshkosh man, Com
mander, Earl p Finney, of the U. S.
Cheyenne, is a member of the Amer
can navy forces having part in tn
Mexican difficulties. 1t was a launcl
from his ship which was attacked
few miles from Tampico recentlS
Commander Finney has been in tn
United States navy for eighteen years
since he was graduated from AnnapC
lis. lie is the son of Mrs. Z. f. Fin
ney, Oshkosh.
Janesville-A three story brick banl
building will be erected here this fal
to be used by a new banking hous
organized by Merton G. Fish, White
water banker, as president Their
are at present four banks in the city
The building will be constructed so a
to allow for the addition of nine o
ten more stories in the future as OF
casion warrants.
Appleton-A contract for construC
ton of 100000 dashboards for For,
automobiles has been awarded tn
Appleton Wood Products company b.
the Ford Motor company, OF Detroit
Mich. The contract provides that no
less than 1000 dashboards are to b
manufactured daily. Much new ma
chinery will be installed to fulfill tn
contract.
Stevens Point-John r. Mcdonald
a pioneer resident of this city, died a
his home here. He compiled the frs
set of abstract books in Portage coun
ay and served term as county treas
urer. Mr.. Mcdonald was one of tn,
city's first business men, coming here
more than forty years ago. He was re
tired for the last five years.
Fond du Lac = There is no place
like Wisconsin," says Mrs. L. l.. Van
dervort who returned from France
where she spent a year in service
She enlisted in 1917, and, after train
ing in America, left for France yeal
later, where she was chief nurse O
three base hospitals, Mars-sur-Allier
La Baule, and Vannes.
Janesville-The strike of a score Of
plumbers here has received the officia
sanction of the National Association
of Plumbers and Steamfitters. EN-
ployers claimed no strike eXisted-thaI
plumbers had just quit-because they
signed an agreement at rs cents ar
hour until 1920. They demand sly
cents an hour.
Plainfield-The citizens of Junction
City saw most remarkable sight, d
man driving a hearse and unloading
several pigs for market. 1t seems the
undertaken at Junction City raises
pigs for market and rather than have
some farmer deliver them in a wagon
he used his hearse.
Rhinelander-Two of the biggest
land deals of the month were made
when the 100 acre farm of Walter Ker
Der was sold to t. L. King of Iowa
and the 400 acre tract belonging tC
Jay Miller was purchased by Miller &
Stouhl of Milwaukee.
observation-disclosures moved the safe
of a downtown butcher shop into the
ice box, where they blew it open. AS
they were escaping with 1,400 in loot
they shot and killed Patrolman Finley
Beaton. The robbers escaped in an
Northumberland to Chief of
Police Straub there has not been a
single person confined in the city
Jail during July. Prior to that time
there was an average Of eight to ten
persons inhabiting the lookup every
day.
Eau Claire - The $125,00 water
works improvement bonds recently au-
thorized by the city council were sold
to the Harris Trust and Savings com
pany at par with accrued interest and
a premium of 1922.
Kenosha-Enrico Rossi, merchant of
Kenosha, was arrested at Cleveland
He is alleged to have cashed several
dollars worth of bad checks
and then to have disappeared.
Green Bay-Preparations have been
made for beginning the construction
of a large dry dock in Kewaunee by
the Wisconsin Shipbuilding and Navi-
cation Company.
Amigo - Announcement has been
made of hearings by the legislative
trunk highway commission to deter
mine the location of three links of the
projected Minneapolis to Marinette
trunk line highway - the links from
Amigo to Merrill, Merrill to Medford,
Medford to Chippewa Falls. Hearings
rill, Aug. q, and Medford, Aug. Is.