Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10


/ City, live stock expert, will be one
OF the speakers. and Prof. Delwitch
wall talk on gains.
! The tax rate for Racine as an
nounced by the city clerk shows an in
crease OF 1896 over last years rate.
The rate per thous and for 1920 is
given as S2S.S3, while that for 1919
was s25.67.A
Mrs. Ruben Haase. Racine, 35, died
IS result of injuries received when
she fell from rocking chair upon
which she was standing, to wind a
clock. A prong of the rocker pene-
trated her back
valuable sand and gravel pits have
been obtained by the 500 Railroad
company through the purchase of III
/ acres of land from the Portage county
board Of supervisors. According to
the contract the railroad will pay $685.
600 for the land which is located near
Amherst junction.
The Commercial National bank of
Fond du Lac has purchased the site at
the corner of First and Main Streets,
where the directors plan to build Fond
du Lac's tallest building, a six story
structure at a cost of $500000 The
bank will occupy the first floor and
the remainder viii be devoted to office
suites. Wcrk~win begin next spring.
A record of tyenty-six successful
deer hunting trips to northern Wiscon-
sin failed OF enlargement this year by
Charles L. Shortell, Stevens Point,
who has returned home without his
usual allotment of venison. Mr..
Sbortell caught sight of eight deer
during his stay in the woods, but all
were without antlers, and therefore
protected by law.
The saw mill and planning mill of the
Flambeau River Lumber company, the
/ largest numbering concern of Lady
smith, has been closed down The
company has been operating eight log
ging camps in the woods north of
Ladysmith, and four of these have re-
Gently been closed. A cut in the price
of labor in logging camps has been
made.
Z. G. Pommerening of Winnebago
county was elected president of the
Wisconsin branch of the Society of
Equity at the annual meeting in Mil
waukee, succeeding j. n. Fittemore.
Only one formal ballot was taken and
the result showed that Pommerening
secured more than double the number
of votes polled by his closest opponent,
D. o. Mahoney Of Viroqua.
The Wisconsin legislature at its
coming session will be asked to appro-
pirate $4,000 annually for the inspec-
tion of bees. 1t will also be asked to
appropriate $4,000 annually for the
promotion of the bee industry. These
requests were decided upon at meet
ing of the Wisconsin Beekeepers' as
sociation at Madison.
In the last ten days Of November
100000 pounds of herring was caught
in Green Bay and sold to the fish
houses for freezing storage. The run
of herring was extra heavy this fall.
The fishermen got late start because
of the warm weather holding out so
late. But when they started some rec
ord catches were made.
Preliminary steps were taken at a
meeting of 100 farmers held in Osh-
kosh for organizing Winnebago coun-
| ty farm bureau. There was not dis
eenting vote on the proposition. Tenn
poary organization was effected by
the selection of Louis Sorenson, Win
chester, as president, and the appoint
ment of a committee on organization
and membership.
State disbursements during Noyem-
Der exceeded the receipts, according to
statement by Henry Johnson, state
treasurer. Receipts of all funds for
the month amounted 10 $2,199, ,470.83,
while the disbursements were $3,162,-
1880. The balance for all funds Nov.
1 was sS,709, ,o49.19, while the balance
for Dec / was $7,745,761.24. The gen
eraI fund on Dec. / had a balance Of
| S4S61. 1921.
The price of coal IL Janesville is
to be investigated following a petition
TO the city council from the Central
Labor council. Anthracite is selling
at $40 ton while in Milwaukee it is
SIT, and at Beloit SIS. The petition
was referred to Aid. w. w. Menzies,
coal dealer, who declared he wei
comes an investigation in the belief
that it will clear unfavorable com
ment.
Four Wisconsin men were killed IN
hunting accidents during the deer sea
son, Nov. 20 to Dec. 1. Ten others
were killed between Oct. and the
opening of the deer season, the ma
jority of these losing their lives while
duck hunting. Walter Broom. Water
town; Charles Stever, Oshkosh; John
| smeester, Amberg, and Harry Dean,
Draper, were mistaken for deer ana
shot dead.
Four claims for damages aggregat'
ing S5.660.S5, arising out Of automobile
collisions with the concrete silent
rolicarnan'' at a urominent street cor