Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-04-01

canization has been introduced at tn,
state Normal school here and will b,
offered throughout the remainder o
| the school year. 1t is confined entire
| ly to instruction on questions o
modern political problems, curren
| literature, war and international at
| fairs and industrial and social unrest
Every student in the school will b,
compelled to attend the course.
Fond du Lac-A city beautiful cam
paign, recently launched here, is meet
ing with success, in excess of that ex
pected by those who have initiated the
undertaking. The campaign which ha.
as one of it's main features an effor
to have slightly lawns and pleasan
| out-of-door surroundings in the city
is being supported by the Association
of Commerce and other local organi
| cations.
Stevens Point - Residents of Stew
ems Point and other cities of the Wis
consin river valley have begun a move
men which they hope will result il
the enactment of legislation prevent
ing pollution Of the Wisconsin river
by industrial waste from paper mills
The conservation commission has
promised that by July l devices will
be installed to prevent the pollution
Oshkosk--No relatives of RodericE
Gaines, resident of the town of Omro
but an inmate of the Winnebago coun
ty asylum when lie died, have applied
for administration of the estate, which
amounts to about $780, County CLERK
G. w. Manuel fled a petition askins
that E. D. Pingry, town chairman, be
named administrator that the county
may receive the money due for care.
Madison The state board OF
health has named John Jepson, pro
prietor of the Hotel Superior barber
shop, Superior, as member of the
state board .of barber examiners, tC
succeed A. T. LIE Due, Eau Claire, re
SAShOo' Cl1ACA are. w 1llidIL
L. Smith, former Milwaukee assem-
blyman, and A. N. .Berens, Stevens
Point.
Kenosha-Youths with imaginations
along bandit and cowboy lines must
be careful. In a test case here, it was
held that toy guns which initiate the
real thing must not be used by chill
dren, and that their use will cause
arrest and six months in jail Such
toys come under the concealed weap
ons act.
Eau Claire-Pending a motion for a
new trial. George H. Clausen, Pleas
ant Valley farmer, bound guilty in
United States court on four counts OF
violating the espionage act, was re
leased under $4,000 bonds. He was
charged with denouncing President
Wilson and the government.
Kenosha-Milton Drummer, member
of Boy Scout troop, No. 2, won SIS in
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co Is
contest for the best letter written on
How l Helped the Government in
Selling War Savings Stamps" He
also possesses several scout medals
and other awards.
Stevens Point-More than half the
faculty members of the local high
school will resign at the close of the
present school year. OF a force OF
fifteen instructors seven women anC
one man will seek teaching positions
elsewhere or enter other lines of work
Oshkosh - School children of Osh
kosh collected pennies to buy records
for the talking machine at the Army
and Navy club. When the boxes were
opened the total was found to bt
S50.48.
Madison = Wisconsin counties paiC
out S189, 453.19 under the provision!
of the mothers pension act, in the
first year of its operation. In 1918
the third year of operation, countie!
paid out s402,930.04. The figures arr
based on reports to the state boart
of control.
Hawkins = The Ellington Lumbe
Co., which last week finished It's win
ter logging, hauled over 100000 fee
of logs during the season. This vii
keep the mill busy until late July
The mill is running night and day.
Oconto Falls--By a large majorit,
the people of this village have votes
to have the municipality incorporate
as city. It is planned 10 have tire
wards. Extensive sewer and stree
construction work is to be carried on
during the coming summer.
Kenosha-At a fiery session Of tn
board OF education, an attempt to Gus
George N. Tremper, principal Of th
/ high school, and Mrs. Mary D. Bra6
ford, superintendent Of schools, failed
Both viii be retained for the comm
school year.