Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-08-26
WISCONSIN NEWS
ru,,ortant Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.


nlant. Green Bay.
The machinery for the Lincoln
cIoye Co.'S new plant at Merrill, has
arrived from Battle Greek, Mich. The
nlant will be in operation as soon as
tbe machinery is set up.
Ground was broken for the new
crandon First National Bank bldg. on
.be clifford corner The building will
ne 90x6O feet one story high and built
n brick 1t will be modern in every
respect
The La Crosse Telephone Co. has
snnlfed TO the railroad commission of
wisconsin for an increase in rates for
residence telephones from $1.25 to
s15O per month and for business
phones from So to $3.50
Toots. a pure-bred Scotch collie, be-
longing to ]. E. Knrhe of Green Bay,
died while protecting his masters
property. The collie was killed by a
nrowler about the Kurke home when
the animal attempted to drive the man
away
Carl Nelson, superintendent of the
Northwestern Steel and Iron Co., Eau
Claire, is suffering from a fractured
skull. Nitric acid and sulphuric acid
mixed with sand to clean castings ex-
ploded and the iron cover of the boiler
struck Mr. Nelson.
The first week of September the
West Wisconsin conference of the
Wisconsin NJ E. church will hold a
meeting in Rice Lake. The meetings
will be held at the Auditorium. Some
200 ministers and delegates win be
present. Bishop c. B. Mitchell of Min
neapolis will preside during the SEES
sion and preach on Sunday.
E. w. Ellis of Wisconsin Rapids is
building a new saw mill at Eagle
River, which will have 20year cut
from mixed timber tracts in northern
Michigan, The corporation which will
operate the mill is composed Of the
the A. II. STANCE Co., Kinzel Lumber
Co., and Union Land Co. of Eagle
River.
Two broken steel saws were found
Just outside one of the barred win
dOws of the Kenosha county Jail.
Sheriff Joseph Meyer believes that
they were placed there for prisoners
of the Jail who had failed to find them
Four Chicago boys who were camping
near Kenosha and arrested for minor
charge, are thought to have been in
terested in the Jail delivery.
Construction work on state highway
No. 10, between Watertown and
lxonia on the Observation-Disclosures
highway, is progressing rapidly. Con-
tractor Van der Boom expects to have
the work completed in the near future
The grading has been completed and
the surfacing of sand and gravel is
being hauled for the final work. The
stretch is about two miles long and
lies northwest of IXonia.
Two new products are to join the
Made in Waupun" list. They viii be
manufactured by George Haun and
Sam Darling, jr. They are fitting up
quarters in the Waupun Produce Co,
bldg Their products are to be the
Easyback Suspender, manufactured by
Mr. Haun, and the Jack Rabbit Arch
Support manufactured under the di-
rection Of Mr. Darling. Both articles
are patented, the arch support being
the work Of Sam Darling, ST.
When the Wisconsin League Of
Municipalities meets in La Crosse Oc-
tober II, 10 and IA for its annual con-
yeG..au a plan to dispense with spe-
c'al charters and bring all munich
paaies Of the state under the oper-
alton OF a general charter law will be
proposed, according to Mayor A. A.
Bentley, who is in charge of arrange
Uanrs for the meeting The conYen-
ZION ,hls year viii assume the form
of q school for municipal officers.
Father August j. Hovorka, pastor of
ST. Mary's church, Stanley Wis, has
resigned TO become instructor at St.
a--ta's college, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Father Hoyorka, popular in this sec
ton. n charge of st. Mary's church for
ar. was assigned this charge on
Dds return from overseas where he
served as chaplain in the United
s..as army Before going into the
service he was pastor of a church al
@aaloyL Wis. His successor has not
been named.
The Great Drought" not only threw
aenaers out of a job but also the
.-a fisherman There Is no scarcity
.- crabs but they're not eating crabs
l.# that the beer is gone Like the
-a.e @. The pretzel One veteran crab
man remains Of the scores who
gered at the trade in years gone
p lie is Zeke Helgerman of Green
-t leEe has been a crab fisherman
1s lie. His father before him.
M" oates TO quit now but This
n I've sold only about one-twen-
o. what I used to SELL he said.
what's the use of digging gold
a.d is marketless?"
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