Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-09-17

boohS mas been multiplied TO 435 ,S82
books, pamphlets and newspapers now
In the library stacks,
Madison-High schools and all the
better paying positions in Wisconsin
have been taken care of but there prob
ably will be shortage of about 500
teachers in the rural districts of Wis
consin this fall, according to c. P.
Cary, state superintendent To meet
the situation, Mr.. Cary says it prob
ably viii be necessary to issue about
that number of special licenses for
teachers who have not received the
necessary period of training. 1t also
may be necessary in some cases to
transport children to schools outside
OF their district.
Madison-Eugene Conner and L. K.
Pomeroy, both of Madison, returned to
their homes after a trip around the
world in the study Of forestry meth
DDS Of different countries. The men
visited Japan, China. the Philippine
islands. Siberia, Egypt, Italy, France
and England. Conner and Pomeroy
formerly were employed at the forest
products laboratory. They started
their journey last October and collect
ed many curios at the points visited.
Marinette-Prof. B. d. Leith, super
intendent OF University Hill farm, as
sociated agron0mist of the college Of
agriculture, University of Wisconsin,
who selected the cold-resistant corn
that is being grown as an experiment
in Marinette county, inspected the
fields and finds the corn will ripen if
planted about the first week in May
and that its silage tonnage is likely
to exceed that of many other varieties
of corn grown in upper Wisconsin.
New Glarus-A shipment of p head
of Holstein cattle from Arthur Webb
and other farmers in the vicinity of
Albany were sent to Frick & Hoesly
OF this town. Due to lack of properly
ventilated stoc'- cars the cattle We're
put in an ordinary box car and the
doors closed tight. When the train
arrived here and the door opened, IL
were dead from suffocation and three
have since died from the effects.
Reedsburg- Mrs. Lydia Hubert OF
Delton celebrated her ninetyninth
birthday anniversary on Sept. at the
LONE of her son, Frank Hubert. Four
OF her sons were present, accompanied
by their families. Mrs. Hubert is un-
usually active for one Of her age and
is planning on another celebration
next year when she commentaries her
century mark.
Madison-Dane county's population
has increased 1897 during she last
ten years, according to complete cen
sus report from Washington. Slough
ton also showed an increase Of almost
$50. The population of Brooklyn VII
lage is given in the Dane county re-
mort as III. The village is on the bor-
der of Dane and Green counties, and
the total is 407.
Reedsburg-The plant of the Reeds
burg Canning Co. is running overtime
to care for the large crop of sweet
corn that growers are harvesting. AT
nresent between $4,000 and 10000 cans
are being put up daily. This average
will be maintained. The company mas
an acreage of more than 450 to dra"
from this year. The crop is excep-
tionally heavy and the quality IS gooo'
Neenah-With an enrolment OF S4Z
in the high school, increase OF 70 over
last year, and proportional increases
demands taxing the elementary
scuools. public school educators mere
are faced with the proposition OF max
inc their limited class room space ac-
commodate all. The high school mas
originally designed to acconiniOu~'S
275 at the maximum.
Racine-Leland B. Yorke' ana n. v;
snIes. farmers residing at Racine diea m
a. the result of a collision between
ss,,r - ontomobiles and an interur6an
car.
ws,s,u Charles W schoenfeldt,
arrested at Rhinelander on a ensrBs -, 7.
burglary ;, at night time. armed ..s <i.a y
~ 80 ..,,,s weapons. was sentenced 10
e1-a ,i,., yearg in Green Bay reiormAtofy'