Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-11-26

season by the farmers of Rusk comfy
In the million dollar land clearing
contest" Just closed. This amount of
land is equal in area to 100 farms of
~ acres each. As the process of clear
ing land is estimated TO add $50 to the
Yalue o. each acre cleared the contest
mas increased the value of Rusk coun-
" farms to the amount of $3.50 900.
furthermore. this additional acreage.
II planted to potatoes, with the aver.
age climate conditions, would produce
1'452,O0O bushels of spuds in a single
season.
Merrill-The supply of teachers in
Lincoln county is exhausted. accord.
ing to County Superintendent w. S.
freeman. The county has one union
nigh school employing two teachers.
three first class graded schools en-
ployng twelve teachers, three second
class graded schools employing six
teachers, and Is rural schools employ
ing IS teachers, making a total of 95
teachers. OF the present teaching
force II are married women. Nine
teen have never taught before this
year Several other had taught less
than year at the opening of school
last September.
Madison - Teams representing 20
different Wisconsin high schools are
fighting ba ri for rlaoae =. A. l;z4x:,4
high school livestock judging contests
which will be run off within the next
few weeks. The competing schools
have been assigned to districts--19 in
all-and teams of three boys each will
represent each school in the elimina-
tion contests. The winners will repre-
sent their respective districts in tie
state tournament in Madison next
February.
Superior-D Discussion at a meeting
of the board of education brought out
the fact that it costs approximately
$100 per pupil per year for education
in the Superior High school Other
figures showed that in the vocational
school the cost was $400. "The dual
system of education has never been
entirely satisfactory" said J. G. Moore,
superintendent of city schools, "but it
is necessary to provide education for
students under II years of age"
Appleton A memorial building
40 ,,,,,., ,.,s,..-
of the World war will be erected here
as a development of the plan to con-
struct a community rest room to be
used by out of town shoppers and
visitors. Plans for a memorial build
ing to cost from $150,000 to SzUO, ,0OG
are now being prepared. The building
will be financed by donations by indi-
yiduals and appropriations by the city
OF Appleton and the county.
Merrill-A jury in Circuit court re-
turned a verdict of $500 for the plain
tiff in the case of Reinhold Weiss VS..
the Evangelical Lutheran Colonization
company. The case involved a pur-
chase of land by the plaintiff from the
defendant. The land had been previ-
ously advertised in a handbill as con-
tanning forty-four acres of plowed
ground. Weiss sued after he discov.
cred that the land contained but thir-
ty-eight and one-half acres of land un-
der plow.
Merrill-Logging in Lincoln county
viii assure as extensive proportions
this winter as a year ago, according to
prominent loggers here. Practically
as many jobbers will take contracts
as in 1919. The market for hemlock
and birch logs is unusually dull and
prices are SO less per thousand with
very little demand, but the more plezl-
tiful number of men will aid Ioggers
in hurrying up operations.
Green Bay-The Brown county In
sane hospital is no burden on the coun
ty. 1t more than paid for itself the
last year. according to reports submit
ted to the county supervisors. Care
of patients paid for by the state and
surrounding counties, together with
the profits of big crops on the land
the institution brought
the earnings up to $4O,136.14 while the
expenses of operation were only s32.-
9S8.45. The balance goes to the coun-
ty Golfers.
Eau Claire-Fifteen thousand dol
lars damages is asked of the city OF
Eau Claire by Jacob H. Kleiner as
special administrator of the estate Of
Ruth Kleiner, his daughter, who died
of injuries received In falling through
The Grand avenue bridge here on the
evening Of Aug. 27, when a concrete
slab of the sidewalk gave way
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of $4,000 as
Iron county's portion of maintenance