Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-11-18

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toes and Of er@agriculturai products
will be in 3mpetitiye exhibition at
the midwest horticultural show at Des
Moines, 10. The Badger state will
feature upper Wisconsin potatoes.
| Door, Baraboo and Bayfield, coun-
ties apples and upper Wisconsin
| garden produce. The products will be
| in competition with other products
from all points between the Missis-
sippi and Denver between the south
ern boundary of Arkansas and the
Canadian boundary.
Oshkosh-It was like old times
when Oshkosh was the ''sawdust CITY,"
at the sawmill of HOLSTER, Amos &
Co., during the saving of IL huge logs
OF Wisconsin white pine. These logs,
the biggest cut into lumber here in
many years. scaled 7,40O feet, where
ordinarily it takes about 16 logs to
scale 1000 feet. One log was valued
at 5000, and was 48 inches across. The
timber was shipped in for use of the
Badger Lumber and Box Co.
During the civil war an
historical record was kept of every
member of Co. III, Third Wisconsin
regiment, giving a complete descrip-
ton of the 209 members. At the close
of the war the book fell into the hands
of James Driver, member of the
company and has sisce been one of his
treasured possessions. He has pre-
sented the time-worn record to the
Lafayette County Historical society.
La Crosse-It was bad day for the
Paul Heytens family, Superior, in
United States district court Paul
was found guilty in ten minutes of
selling whisky His wife Jared SINH
larly. Paul was fined $500. His wife
was fined $3.50. Marshal Frank O'Con-
nor relieved Heytens of 189 quarts of
whisky. found on his place in the SUI
perior cleanup campaign. The whisky
was on display in court.
Madison - Martin G. Stanek, Is,
from Yuba, Richland county, won the
Plankinton Packing Co. trophy prize
at the junior live stock exposition held
at Madison. The animal was then
placed on sale and sold for rs cents a
pound. The weight is $50 pounds.
The buyer was w. T. Rote, Wonewoc,
and the animal, Hereford calf, will
be exhibited at the international stock
show at Chicago.
Madison-The 1920 state fair will be
held on August 80, 81 and September
/, 2, and 4, practically two weeks
earlier than usual, according to the
decision reached by the state fair adj
visory board. The Wisconsin fair will
come a week before the Minnesota
fair and during the same week with
the Iowa fair. Bad weather during
past expositions is the occasion of the
change.
Clintonville-C Comparative statistics
Just compiled disclose the great in
crease in value of Waupaca county
cities. In 1852 Clintonville was ap-
praised $1S,66S. Today it's value is
set at $4,058,970. Waupaca city in
creased from $4,000 to $2,594,231
during that time and New London
from $100,789 to $2,376,S88.
La Crosse-The Rev. B. S. Stead |
well, La Crosse, president of the
Worlds Purity congress, will attend
the third Worlds Christian Citizenship |
congress, at Pittsburgh. He is chair |
man of the congress committee on so
cial impurity. This is the first con-
ference of this organization since 1913. |
Kewaunee-H. f. POhland, formerly |
register of deeds of Kewaunee county |
and known as the father" of the
cheese industry in the county, died at |
Auburn, Ore. Mr.. Pohland, a native of |
Sheboygan county, became prominent !
in Oregon as banker and business |
man.
Racine - The largest bean ever
grown in Racine county is being dis |
played by George Chaussee at his |
home in this city. 1t was raised by |
him in his garden. The bean, known
as the Neuguine butter bean, weighs
fourteen pounds and is three feet high. |
Stevens Point-That the high cost |
of living had no effect on the demand |
for marriage licenses is evidenced by |
the records of County Clerk A. e. |
Bourn. During October As marriage |
licenses were applied for, beating the
previous high record of AZ in June.
Sturgeon Bay - WHY'S Johnson, 10,
was killed when a vulcanizing appara-
tus, with which he was working, ex-
ploded His body, when recovered by
fremen, was burned beyond recogni-
ton. The building burned.
Stevens Point - Although only 40,
Matt Tryba, town of Alban, Portage
county, is the father of Is children,
II of whom are girls and six boys.
Madison The University league,
women members of the faculty and
wives of faculty men. met 500 strong
at a luncheon at Lathrop hall and
adopted petition to Gov. Philip,
urging action to effect an increase in
the pay of university faculty members.
Darlington - Otto Johnson, farmer
in the town of Willow Springs, Lafa-
yette county, has had dam fixed on
a spring near his house and power is
furnished for lighting both the house
and barn, as well as furnishing excel
lent fire protection
Darlington Frank e. West, retired /
farmer, raises guinea pigs and says it
is a paying pastime. He clerks in a
grocery store during business hours
and looks after large flock of chick