Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-11-19
WISCONSIN
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couderay - The Omaha road has
inst 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 Coloniza.
tion company. This concern has
placed over 400 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 a 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 os
supervisors in his plea that the super
intendent Of the county schools be paiR
a salary Of at least $4,000 year. Not
Cnly 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 AID 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 100000 for the state
Normal school at Stevens Point for
1S21-1923. Construction of training
school building at cost of S284,000
Is the largest single project proposed,
the next largest being the building of
model rural demonstration school, at
cost Of $4,000 An appropriation for
an athletic field is listed at $4,000 and
$1,000 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 have sent a petition to the
Wisconsin Rate commission at Madi-
son by special messenger for relief
About 400 telephones are affected and
II the petition is not granted there is
talk of tearing out the telephones and
starting a new company. Rates were
recently increased from $1.25 to s1.75.
Merrill-A sheep claim amounting to
1888 was fled by o. Londo of Toma-
hawk with the county board. The
amount is for 55 killed sheep, injured
sheep and 6 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 80 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-
tort on the part of the state, negotia-
lions 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. 1, 1922. The state paid
the company $4,000 for its 65 acres
OF property at Devils Lake. All build
lngs and improvements go to the state
In addition to the cash payment, 81
acres outside the park limits is con-
Veyed to the company.
Madison-Dr. ]. P. West, in charge
oil the area test for the state depart
ment of agriculture, reports that dur
ing the month of October in Barron
county, six inspectors tested 1l,ozl
head of cattle on 692 farms. There
were only Al reactors, being .035 OF
per cent or less than 4-10 of / per cent.
Ihis is considered remarkable show
ing of freedom from tuberculosis
Ae AAc CdLll6 III DdIlOh SCNANS'
hifwaukee-Mrs. John P. Hume
wife of the state chairman OF the
democratic party, and vice-president
general Of the National Society OF the
daughters of the American Revolution
uied at her home here. The immediate
cause OF her death was heart trouble.
BESIDES her husband, she is survived
oy daughter and son, and by ner
mother. Mrs. Mary Cracraft.
stevens Point The sum OF $780,
SosS6 will be available from the state
ana federal government for two high
way projects In Portage county in 1871
! The Portage county board OF super
ssors makes an appropriation of $685.
adlS to cover the county's share OF
the cost.
Madison-over s50o,00o will in ell
PROBABILITY be spent in Dane county
suuflng 1921 for road work and the pay