Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-17

glers, shippers OF swift Lake superior
craft are transporting whisky fro2n
Canada TO upper Wisconsin ports &C.
/ cording 20 United States Dist Atty
IA. c. Wolfe AS a result OF the pro-
hibiuon agents, a number Of indict-
ments are expected at the next session
Of United States court in Superior IN
I August. violati lions Of the prohibition
act viii keep the United States court
busy in the western district of Wiscon-
sin for months or years, according TO
present indications Practically every
community has its moonshlners and
peddlers OF liquor. federal agents say.
Stevens Point-The local board of
education, at a special meeting, began
negotiations for the purchase Of the
Prof. D. A. Swartz home, one of the
! finest residences in the city. to house
the overflow of students at the high
school. 1t is planned to Bald an addi-
ton to the present building, but this
work cannot be completed for year
at least, making it necessary to take
some action prior to the opening of
school in September 1t is planned to
remove the entire commercial depart
ment and its $50 students to the
Swartz home.
Madison Most people have work
ing vocabulary of about fifty words ex-
elusive of propositions, conjunctions
and profanity" asserted Prof. William
Ellery Leonard, lecturing to students
OF the University of Wisconsin sum-
mer sessions on obstacles to the APP
probation of Poetry" Ignorance of 70
cabulary is one OF the chief impedi-
ments Of poetry, Prof. Leonard said.
The average person fails TO appreciate
the musical value of poetry as related
10 its meaning.
Madison Experiments VIII be con
Quoted during the summer at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin to determine how
tobacco smoking affects the thinking
powers, Prof NJ. v O'Shea, of the de-
partment Of education, issued a call for
men who smoke TO submit themselves
for tests The tests will occupy three
hours each afternoon, the men will be
paid at the rate of 40 ceuts an hour.
and the smokes will be furnished free.
Manitowoc 49, The Herald News will
soon give a mot%un picture show in
which the advantages OF the city as a
manufacturing center and place of
residence win be displayed The play,
The Romance of Manitowoc, will be
done entirely by Nanitowoc people, a
director having been engaged from
New York He is now at work select
ing the cast from hundreds of appli-
eants.
Rhinelander - The Oneida county
board viii install modern stone
crushing mill in this city shortly for
the manufacture of materials for build
ing county roads II is proposed to
build county roads of macadam in the
future and the road committee has
been making an investigation tour of
line county TO locate available supplies
of gravel and stone.
Madison John F. Hogan. S.. trans
portation expert of the Wisconsin rail
road commission and a member of that
body since its organization in 1905.
died suddenly at his home, 1856 East
Gorham-st He left his office in the cap
itol because he did not feel well, and
died shortly after reaching his home
He was born in Phnlipsburg, n. j.,
May 10. 1865.
Neenah - Chester Nagel 20 years
old. loaded % caliber revolver, shot
himself near the heart, and with a
parting message, Il am going to die"
jumped on a bicycle and rode six
blocks TO the home of his former
sweetheart, Irma Julius, pretty mil
lnery shop girl. Nagel is now in
hospital and physicians say ne will re-
cover.
Eau Claire Now that everything is
cleared away for the presidential race.
the local lodge OF Elks is preparing TO
send an invitation to both the Repub-
lican and Democratic candidates for
president to be present here at the for
NAL opening OF the annual Elks carni-
val at the city auditorium which opens
the week of Oct. %
Kaukauna This ci'y was selected
by the Fox River Valley Saengerbund
of the Evangelical Lutheran church
choirs for the 1927 convention 1t is
cstimated there viii be between 5000
and 4 600 members here next year J.
Boettcher, this city. was reelected sec
Rotary at the annual meeting held al
Fond du Lac.
Racine-The state railroad commits
sion in a decision received by city Of
hcials here, order that the Milwaukee
read and the Milwaukee Electric Co.
pay a proportionate cost of constrre-
ton of new bridge to span the river
at State-St and also TO furnish certain
.,,s. .lrfa1 for the constTvrtfOu