Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-01-13

have 100 per cent standing in the Bet
| ter Bulls campaign. Birnamwood
(Shawano), lola (Waupaca) and Rich
| field Washington reported in Octo-
Der that all members were using pure
bred bulls. Two more associations,
Winchester. CWinebago) and Elkhorn
| (Walworth) were reported 100 per
cent in November. D. S. Bullock, field
man for Wisconsin livestock breeders,
says that the list is only beginning, as
there are many more associations that
will soon reach the all-purebred class.
Contrasting associations all over the
state are aiding each other to obtain
purebred sires by listing cattle for sale
and lists of buyers. IN the monthly
summary which each tester receives
from the central Office these lists ap-
pear.
Eau Claire Automobiling on skis is
the latest, and it's a success. L. II.
Field, Rice Lake, says so. Finding
difficulty travelling by auto on roads
covered with deep snow he racked his
/ brain to devise a remedy. Feasibility
of skis suggested itself. He secured d
! pair, rugged up an attachment to fast-
en- the skis to the rims of the front
wheels after removing the tires. He
/ then could travel the snow covered
roads twice as fast and with greater
comfort and safety than in an automo-
| bile not thus equipped.
Watertown-With stocks of hard"
| liquor growing less each day, Water
| town is threatened with loss of caste
as one of the GASES of the state. Sew
eraI saloonkeepers are making one
day trips to Milwaukee bearing suit
cases. The price of drink OF rye or
bourbon has mounted to so cents over
| the bar; by the quart, the price varies
from $13 to SIS, but the purchaser
who tenders a S. note in payment for
half-pint gets thank YOU and no
change.
Tau Claire-The city of Spooner has
! Just transferred to the Apple River
Mining Co., its waterpower site on the
| Namakegon river and has contracted
to purchase its electric supply from
the company for fifteen years, the con-
| tract containing a provision that the
water power shall be developed within
five years. A transmission line will be
built from Spooner to Cumberland
next spring.
Beloit - B. F. Lanphear, desk SER
geant and finger print expert OF the
Beloit police department, is critically
| i'll following an operation for ulcers
of the stomach. Lanphear fell uncon-
scious at his work and physicians or
dered an immediate operation. Doc
tors say he has a fighting chance for
recovery. Lanphear was widely
known in criminal Identification cir
cles.
Kenosha - Andrew Kalinai, 40, sa-
loOnkeeper, severely burned by the ex-
plosion of a gasoline tank in the base
ment of his establishment where he is
thought to have been manufacturing
an intoxicating beverage, is believed 10
be dying. Mr. Kalinai was cooking
grapes in the basement of his saloon
when it is believed he dropped light
ed match too near can of gasoline.
La Crosse-A one buck law, closed
season on musk rats and closing of the
rivers around here to seiners was de-
manded by members of the La Crosse
county conservation club in meeting
with Assemblyman Orrin Fleacher
The state conservation commission
will hold a hearing here on seining
operations in the river.
Darlington - Lafayette county is a
heavy producer of pork. Every farm
er has a number of hogs. This is a
great cheese center and the whey re-
turned to each farmer after the cheese
is made from the milk is great pig
feed. Will Lidget, Seymour, marketed
40 April shoats that averaged 81
pounds.
La Crosse-Bound Rosseau, Is, con
fessed to being hobo for four years
when arrested in the railroad yards
here. He took to the road when his
parents died in Fort Worth, Tex, and
asserted he had just left a good job
heating rivets in shipyard at Seattle
because the wanderlust called him.
Sheboygan-All of the 100000 CAPT
tai stock of the Sheboygan Housing
corporation has been subscribed for
and within a few weeks plans will be
formulated for building a hundred new
residences. The manufacturers have
subscribed to 100000 of the capital
and the merchants $4,000.
Oshkosh - The Winnebago County
Livestock Sales Co. was recently
formed here by cattle owners to estab-
lish a livestock sales pavilion
Sturgeon Bay = Rebuilding the toll
bridge between this city and Sawyer
was started. All traffic across the
structure is suspended The ice is in
good condition for travelling.
Eau Claire-Wolves are so plentiful
hunters are averaging several wolves
day.
Sheboy gan-The coast guards gave
valuable assistance to disabled craft
during the past year, according to the
annual report issued by First Surfman
, Charles Siminow Twenty-four calls
We're received in 1919, compared with
only seven in 1918.
Milwaukee,. G. Flanders, rs, for
moro than fiffv wears n nra cficino law