Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-02-18
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State


Training school. yiroqua. has been
promoted to the principalship.
Prof. Swenhart. Madison, who has
charge of the land clearing demonstra-
tons throughout the state, will change
his headquarters from Madison to
Ashland.
The Medford Light and Heating
company was closed down to repair
the engine, and all those dependent
On electric power were forced TO re-
sort to primitive methods.
Beatrice Faucette, an employee of The
Boreal Manufacturing Co, Marinette,
suffered badly burned and bruised
right hand when it was caught be-
tween two rollers while at work in the
plant.
G. ID. Fritzsinger, secretary of the
Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce,
heads a new oil company to be known
rs the Wood Oil Co. The new organi-
cation will job oils for the Grand
Rapids dealers.
With the present hue and cry about
underpaid teachers, a schoolma'm $
desk would seem to be about the last
place thief would ransack, but a
night raid was made on the Glenwood
City high school and about S12 and a
fountain pen taken from the desk of
Miss Elsie Mcnamara of the local
faculty.
County Clerk Brandt, Merrill, paid
S404 county money to farmers of this
county during the year 1919 as bounty
on wolves, foxes and chicken hawks.
the greater part for wolves. The bouD.
ty on wolves is $40 from the state and
$40 from the county. The bounty on
foxes is 81, and on chicken hawks 25
cents. A number of farmers have cap
tured brush wolves.
Eighteen children between the ages
of Z and Is. attended school for the
first time in their lives. They are
residents at a farming settlement of
Finnish persons at River Branch, Iron
county, too far from any school 10
make it possible for them 10 attend.
A new frame school was recently butt
and opened. There is but one grade
Tor the entire lot. for all are begin
rers.
A new plan whereby teachers be
come the advisers of high school girls
has been inaugurated at Amigo. The
girls are allowed to select their ad-
visers, and each teacher will be ad-
wiser to about sixteen girls. Every
two weeks talks will be given by the
advisers on vocations, etiquette, by
giene. morals and other subjects. The
meetings will be more or less informal.
and questions and discussion will fig
ure prominently.
In the damage suit of Hugh Bohlert,
Marinette, against the St. Paul rail.
way the jury returned a verdict of
$4,000 for the plaintiff. The latter
was struck by train on a crossing
in Marinette and suffered serious in
juries. The city council for several
years have asked that this crossing
be guarded by gates, without success.
and it is believed that is what in.
ftuenced the jury. Two more damage
suits for total of $4,000, due to the
same accident are still pending.
One of the most sensational failures
in the history of the Superior bust
ness world came one step nearer final
adjustment with the filing of findings
in bankruptcy and an order directing
Louis and Jacob Segal to turn over
$4,000 in cash with interest since Jan
i, 1914. to Lee j. Moss, their trustee.
for the benefit of their creditors. The
order was embodied in findings OF
Charles A. Wilson, referee in bank
ruptcy, which specifies that payment
must be made on or before Feb. 16.
Ralph Reynolds of Lodi and the
Onoko farm, Waukesha, were the
Grand champion winners at the stock
show of the Wisconsin Shorthorn
Breeders association held in the uni.
versity stock pavilion. Reynolds 0ok
drst place with his champion bull, and
the Onoka fam won stellar honor in
the champion female class. Twenty
three thousand dollars worth of live
stock was sold following the show, the
ffty-two head disposed of averaging
more than $3.50 per animal. Two bulls
and one female animal brought 81 900
each.
Interest in place names is wide
spread and no request comes more
frequently to the State horticultural
society at Madison than that for in
formation about the name OF the state.
Wisconsin is named for its principal
river. but the significance of this has
never been satisfactorily determined
ii is an Indian name, OF course, and
the attempt of white men TO reproduce
it has led TO over twenty different
spellings found on early maps, rang
ing from "Miscous" to the ordinary
French form "Ouisconsin." The pres
ent spelling of Wisconsin" was only
settled by formal vote OF the consti-
tutional fathers
Oneida county farmers want the
date OF the 1920 state fair changed.
Commissioner Norgord has stated that
the date will be set for Aug. 30, TO
Sept. 4, and farmers declare This viii |
ruin their chances for exhibiting be- |
cause crops mature later in this sec
ton
The Security National bank. Sheboy- |
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