Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-08-20
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Green Bay-The Great Drought
not only threw bartenders ort of a lob
but also the crab fisherman. There is
no scarcity of crabs but they're not
eating crabs now that the beer is
gone. Like the fate of the pretzel
one veteran crab fisherman remains
of the scores who prospered at the
trade in years gone by He is Zeke
Helgerman. Zeke has been a crab
fisherman all his life. His father be-
fore him. He hates to quit now
but "This season I've sold only
about onatwentieth of what l used to
SELL" he said, "and what's the use of
digging gold when gold is market
less?"
Eau Claire Father August ]. Ho-
yorka, pastor of st. Mary's church,
Stanley, Wis, has resigned. to become
instructor at St Joseph's college.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Father Hovorka,
popular in this section, in charge OF
ST. Mary's church for year, was as
signed this charge on his return from
overseas where he served as chaplain
in the United States army. Before go
ing into the service he was pastor of
a church at Mondovi, Wis. His sue
cessor has not been named.
Madison-Dry weather during July
and leafhopper damage have de
creased the commercial potato pros
pect in Wisconsin by $500 cars, ac-
cording to Joseph A. Becker of the
Wisconsin cooperative crop reporting
service in his August report Carlot
shipments, based on Aug. l conditions,
will approximate 26,30O cars, compared
to the 2S,90O cars forecast of July /:
22,60O were forecast Aug. /, 1919; 22,-
900 cars shipped in 1918, and 26,500
shipped in 1919.
La Crosse-W When the Wisconsin
League of Municipalities meets here
October II, 13 and Ia for its annual
convention plan to dispense with
special charters and bring all munich
palities of the state under the oper-
alton of a general charter law will be
proposed, according to Mayor A A.
Bentley, who is in charge of arrange
ments for the meeting. The conven-
ton this year will assume the form
OF school for municipal officers.
Kenosha-Two broken steel saws
We're found just outside one of the
barred windows of the Kenosha county
Jail. Sheriff Josenh Meyer believes
that they were placed there for prison
ers of the Jail who had failed to find
them. Four Chicago boys who were
camping near here and arrested for a |
minor charge, are thought to have
been interested in the jail delivery.
New Holstein-At the annual meet |
Ing of the Great Council of Wisconsin |
OF the Improved Order of Redmen, the
following officers were elected: M. ].
Duticy, Superior, great senior saga
more; M. j. Schlichter, New Holstein, |
great junior sycamore; Harry F. Theu- |
rer, Arcadia, great prophet; j. Holmes
Daubner, Waukesha, representative to
the great council
Merrill-E. W. Ellis of Wisconsin
Rapids is building a new saw mill at
Eagle River Wis, which will have a |
2O-year cut from mixed timber tracts
In northern Michigan. The corpora
uon which will operate the mill is
composed of the same stockholders |
who now control the A. H. STANCE Co,
hlnzel Lumber Co., and Union Land
Co. of this city.
Rlce Lake-The tlrst week of Sep
tember the West Wisconsin confer
ence of the Wisconsin M. e. church
VIII mold meeting in Rice Lake. The /
meetings will be held at the Audi
torlum. Some 200 ministers and dele
gates will be present Bishop c. B. I
.alIchel of Minneapolis will preside
ourlng the session and preach on
Sunday
Sturgeon Bay-H. F. Scofeld, first |
mayor of Sturgeon Bay, died in San
Dlego, Calf, where he went for his
nealth The body was cremated and
Ae ashes brought to Sturgeon Bay for
burial Mr.. Scofield was borr in Pen
Saukee in 1861, and was lumberman
ana marine engineer. He was prom
4Nent IN business circles Of this city. /
Wisconsin Rapids-Miss Gertrude
ICELAND, daughter of Mrs. N. Reiland.
was elected by popular vote as queen
\. the Elks' carnival Lillian Stein
osIg was second choice. The queen
"ln be crowned at the carnival by
Mayor Briere.
Merriil-The machinery for the Lin
sOln Glove Co.'S new plant has arrived I
rom .,,, Battle Greek, Mich. The plant
VII De in operation as soon as the
--aClinery is set up.