Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-11-23
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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river in the southern part of Sawyer
| county. The town is new and is
backed up by the Wisconsin Colonial
| ton company. This concern has
| placed over 400 settlers in the south
! ern part of this county during the last
three years. The town of Ojibwa is an
ideal place for the location of a town,
| being in section where the land is
very good and on the river where
water power can be utilized for all
manufacturing purposes.
Green Bay-County school superin-
| tendents received such poor pay that
they are quitting their jobs and going
into other work. This was the state
| ment made by State Supt of Schools
Cary to the Brown county board of
| supervisors in his plea that the super
| intendent of the county schools be paid
| a salary. of at least $4,000 a year. Not
only are the superintendent poorly
| paid, but the same applies to the rural
| teachers and the clerks employed by
| the county, he said. He declared that
| city school teachers and supervisors
| in many instances received better pay.
Stevens Point-The revision com.
| mittee of the board of Normal school
| regents has recommended expenditure
of more than $4,000 for the state
| Normal school at Stevens Point for
| 1921-1923. Construction of training
school building at cost of 1884 900
is the largest single project proposed,
the next largest being the building of
model rural demonstration school, at
a cost of $4,000 An appropriation for
an athletic field is listed at $4,000 and
| $4,000 has been designated for remod-
cling the library.
heboygan-Fifty-two farmers north
and west of Plymouth on the farmer
| lines of the Eastern Wisconsin Tele-
| phone company are protesting against
| the advance in rates recently inaugu-
rated and have sent petition to the
Wisconsin Rate commission at Madi-
son by special messenger for relief
About 400 telephones are affected and
if the petition is not granted there is
talk of tearing out the telephones and
starting new company. Rates were
recently increased from S1.25 to $1.75.
Merrill-A sheep claim amounting to
1888 was filed by o. Londo of Toma-
hawk with the county board. The
amount is for SIS killed sheep, injured
sheep and worried sheep. Londo
claims an unknown dog attacked his
sheep. A committee appointed under
the provisions of the statutes ap-
praised the sheep at $40 and recon-
mended that 1852. or 80 per cent of the
appraisal value, be awarded Londo.
The county board is Withholding ac-
ton on the claim.
Madison-After fifteen years of eff
fort on the part of the state, negotia-
tions have been completed to take the
American Refractories Co., operating
the quarry in the state park at Devils
lake, out of the park limits. The COM
pany is to remove it's equipment on or
before Jan. l, 1922. The state paid
the company $4,000 for it's IS acres
of property at Devils Lake. All build
ings and improvements go to the state.
In addition to the cash payment, 81
acres outside the park limits is con-
veyed to the company.
Madison-Dr J. P. West, in charge
of the area test for the state depart
ment of agriculture, reports that dur
ing the month of October in Barron
county, six inspectors tested II ,621
head of cattle on 692 farms. There
were only Al reactors, being .035 of
per cent or less than 4-10 of per cent.
This is considered remarkable show
ing of freedom from tuberculosis
among the cattle in Barron county
Milwaukee-Mrs. John p. Hume,
wife of the state chairman of the
democratic party, and vice-president
general of the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
died at her home here The immediate
cause of her death was heart trouble.
Besides her husband, she is survived
by daughter and a son, and by her
mother, Mrs. Mary Cracraft.
Stevens Point - The sum of 1854,
55956 will be available from the state
and federal government for two high
way projects in Portage county in 1921
if the Portage county board of super
visors makes an appropriation of $685.
417.15 to cover the county's share of
the cost.
Madison-Over 100000 will in all
probability be spent in Dane county
during 1921 for road work and the pay
ing off of deficits from the present
year. Of this amount the county will
furnish S142,632.S6, the balance being
supplied by the state and federal high
way commissions. The municipality
tax levy will be comparatively high.
Madison-H L. Russell, dean of the
college of agriculture of the University
Of Wisconsin, was recently elected
president of the Association of Ameri-
can Colleges and Experiment stations.
This recognition is said, by officials
here, to be an honor that reflects the
position in which the Wisconsin school
is held by other institutions.
Sheboygan-The bodies of Privates
Bastian Ippel and Bernard J. Manthey,
who died in the world war, arrived
here from New York. Military funerals
were held for both.
Superior-Owing to the lack OF funds
public school teachers of Superior will
receive no more pay until the middle
of January, and then they may receive |
only a portion of what the board of
education owes them, according to q