Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-08-26

! rleS when their auto overturned when
Miss Johanna Lueps, the driver, lost
control Of the machine.
| William Schwartz of the town of
Westfeld, Sank County, lost twelve
pure bred registered Holstein cows,
when lightning STRUCK the barbwire
fence near which they were standing,
and electrocuted them.
William Roesner, Oshkosh. 81, I'M
married. jumped into the Fox river,
but was saved from drowning by three
men. He is one of the strike pickets
at the Oshkosh trunk factory, recently
enjoined by circuit court.
CHANGING sideways out of his car in
search of two companions who had
/ agreed to meet him in Riverside park,
La Crosse, Ben Hogan of La Fargo
4 drove into the Mississippi river He
/ jumped in time to save himself from
drowning, but suffered broken ankle.
Madison soldiers of the late war are
\ giving consideration to the purchase
/ Of a park as a soldiers memorial A
| committee has been appointed by Maj
/ George F. O'Connell head of the local
| branch of the American legion, to give
1 consideration to this question. 1t is
proposed to buy a strip of lake shore
on Lake Monona in the workingmen's
4 section of the city.
Federal officials, aided by Dist. Atty.
I Murr,b,- apI IIDl1,tfgt
raided four road houses outside of
Marinette and arrested three of the
| proprietors for selling moonshine. The
men arrested were Axel Johnson, Ted
| Laduke and Victor Johnson. A fourth
man escaped, but will be captured, 1t
is expected. All were released on $500
| bond.
! Combined Locks, Outagamie coun-
/ TVS newest village, will elect its first
officers on Tuesday. Aug. 81. The vii
lage was incorporated less than two
months ago. 1t has a population of
/ approximately 500. The village is en-
tirely dependent upon the Combined
Locks Paper Co.'s big paper mill,
which employees nearly every man in
the town. The paper company is build
ing II homes for its workers.
Journalism has been added to the
| courses Of study at the Marinette high
school in the general revision Of stu
dies announced by Supt. Paul Never
man Besides the general studies, the
course in journalism requires printing
in the first and second years, typewrt-
! ing in the third and the formal study
of journalism in the fourth. The Mari
nette high school is the first in the
state to adopt journalism as a course.
Forbidding honey from outside the
state to be sold in Wisconsin unless it
| is marked to show that it is not Wis
consin grown honey, the State Division
OF Markets issued orders requiring
every person engaged in selling
honey, whether as packer, wholesaler
or retailer, to label honey shipped in
from another state or honey which is
blended with Wisconsin honey. Elk
ception is made as to honey brought in
and sold in the original package.
The third organization of its kind
started in La Crosse the Western Saw
! ings and Investment association has
filed articles of incorporation. Twenty
! young men who have joined the or
ganization will save $25 per month
apiece and invest the money in securi-
ties. The La Crosse Savings and In
yestment association, oldest organiza-
| ton of this kind IN the city, in six
years has saved $4,000 and, including
money it borrowed, has investments
totaling 100000.
The city of Burlington is to have
a police woman and she will be a
woman whom the residents of that
city will not know until such time as
she desires TO show her authority. The
county board of supervisors in special
session decided to grant the petition
Of residents of Burlington for the APP
pointment OF a police woman or pro
baton officer to serve from June to No
vember OF each year Who the police
woman will be is not known, but she
/ will not be a resident of Burlington.
The appointment will be made by
Judge Burgess of the municipal court
About nine years ago a small circus
/ which had a large number OF trained
/ South American rats of various colors.
exhibited in Rhinelander While there
several of the rodents escaped from
their quarters in the side show and
/ secured themselves IN the foundation
of an old church building. There they
began to rear their young and as their
population increased they sought shell
[ ter under nearby buildings. Today
there are thousands of these strange
rats in Rhinelander, white, black,
brown, spotted and striped.
CD. Ballard, Frank Riley and Chase
Holz, anu-Tittemore Equity men, how
members of the Nonpartisan league,
have filed the articles of Incorporation
I of a new farmers organization, which,