Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-11-20
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Couderay The Omaha road has
just opened up Ojibwa station and
placed an agent in charge. This sta
ton is located near the Chippewa
river in the southern part of Sawyer
county. The town is new and is
backed up by the Wisconsin Colonial
tion company. This concern has
placed over $40 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 town,
being in a 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 year Not
only are the superintendents 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 a training
school building at cost of 1884, 600
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.
Sheboygan -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 ! ave sent petition 70 the
Wisconsin Rate commission at Madi-
son by sLecial 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 a new company Rates were
recently increased from S1.25 to SI.75.
Merrill-A sheep claim amounting to
$3.50 was filed by O. Londo of Toma
hawk with the county board The
amount is for So killed sheep 5 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 $440 and recon-
mended that 1852. or so per cent of the
appraisal value, be awarded Londo
The county board is Withholding ac
ton on the claim
Madison After fifteen years of ef-
fcrt on the part of the state, negotia-
tons 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 its equipment on or
before Jan. /. 1922. The state paid
the company $4,000 for its SIS acres
of property at Devils Lake. All build
jngs and improvements go to the state
In addition to the cash payment. 81
acres outside the park limits is con
yeyed 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 11,621
mead Of cattle on 500 farms. There
were only II reactors. being .035 of !
ter cent or less than 40 of / per cent.
This IS considered q 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 ce-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 S164.-
55956 viii 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 $S3-
417.15 to cover the county's share of
the cost.
Madison $500 600 will in all
probability he spent in Dane county
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