Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-11-30
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Ladysmith-An aggregate of 1850
acres Of wild land was cleared this
season by the farmers of Rusk county
in the million dollar land clearing
contest just closed. This amount of
land is equal in area to loo farms of
70 acres each. AS the process of clear
ing land is estimated to add $50 to the
value CT each acre cleared the contest
has increased the value of Rusk coun-
ty farms to the amount of $3.50, GOO.
Furthermore, this additional acreage,
if planted to<potatoes, with the aver
age climate conditions, would produce
1.432.0 600 bushels of spuds in 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
high school employing two teachers,
three first class graded schools en-
ploying twelve teachers, three second
class graded schools employing six
teachers, and rs rural schools employ
ing Is teachers, making a total of 95
teachers. OF the present teaching
force IL are married women. Nine
teen have never taught before this
year. Several other had taught less
than a year at the opening of school
last September.
Madison = Teams representing 20
different Wisconsin high schools are
fighting hard for places in the district
high school livestock judging contests
which will be run of 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-
ton contests. The winners will repre-
sent their respective districts in the
state tournament in Madison next
February.
Superior-Discussion at a meeting
of the board of education brought out
the fact that it costs approximately
500 per pupil per year for education
in the Superior High school. Other
figures showed that in the vocational
school the cost was $500. 1.-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 IL years of age"
Appleton = A memorial building
honoring !Outagamie county's veterans
of the World war will be erected here
as a development of the plan to con-
struct community rest room to be
used by out of town shoppers and
visitors. Plans for a memorial build
ing to cost from $4,000 to 100000
are now being prepared. The building
will be financed by donations by indi-
viduals and appropriations by the city
of Appleton and the county.
Merrill-A jury in Circuit court re-
turned a verdict of 1900 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 handful 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 pillow.
Racine-The Racine county board
of supervisors has refused to accept
the resignation of Henry Lewis SUI
perintendent of the Racine county in
sane asylum and has informed the
members of the board of trustees that
il they cannot work amicably with Mr..
Lewis their designations would be ac-
ceptable. For many months there has
been friction between Mr.. Lewis and
the trustees and the alterations re-
suited in the superintendent offering
his resignation to the county board.
Merrfll-Logging in Lincoln county
will assure as extensive proportions
this winter as 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 $40 less per thousand with
very little demand, but the more plen-
tiful number of men will aid loggers
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
surrounding the institution brought
the earnings up to.S40,136.14 while the
expenses of operation were only $780,
ty Golfers.
Tomah-H. NJ. Stordant, patron of
the Mindoro creamery, cashed a record
cream check of $500 for the month just
passed.
Racine-After having been closed
for four months on account of a strike
of union employees, the plant of the
Hamilton-Beach Co. opened as an open
shop concern. One hundred and fifty
men were put to work and 700 more,
who have applied for work, will be
taken back.
Madison-State income taxes for
1920 show an increase of $S66,453, ac-
cordine To figures comnleted by the