Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-09-18

A'NH > SOAu pclSdllOu att III 1919, III
volyed total loss of 2,S75,S75 working
days, as shown by a table upon the
! causes of industrial accidents in 1919,
issued by the industrial commission.
AS compared with 159 deaths from in
dustrial accidents in 1918, there were
226 in 1919, and there were 81 cases
| of permanent total disability as com
/ pared with IL in the preceding year.
I Circular saws We're again the most
/ dangerous of all machines There were
tS5 accidents on circular saws in 1918
/ Madison 1890 An old-fashioned book
case, containing SO of the so volumes
/ that constituted the complete collec-
ton of the Wisconsin state historical
library in 1854 as it is now exhibited
j in the socicty's museum at Madison,
suggests in striking way the enor-
NOUS expansion in the last &C years of
the number of reference books avail
able 10 the people OF the state through
the society. That little shelf of so
books has been multiplied to 435, $50
( BOOKS, pamphlets and newspapers now
III the library stacks.
! Madison-High schools and all the
better paying positions in Wisconsin
Lave been taken care OF but there prob
ably VIII be shortage of about COO
teachers in the rural districts of Wis
consin this fall, according to c. r.
/ Cary. state superintendent. To meet
me situation, Mr.. Cary says il prob
a1ly Viii be necessary to issue about
mat number of special licenses foI
teachers who have not received the
necessary period of training, 1t also
may be necessary in some eases 10
transport children to schools outside
of their district.
Madison Eugene Conner and l.. X.
Pomeroy both OF Madison. returned to
,aeir homes after trip around the
world IN The study of forestry meth
Is of different countries. The men
VISITED Japan, China, the Philippine
islands, Siberia, Egypt Italy, France
nd England Conner and Pomer0y
formerly Were employed al the forest
products laboratory. They started
their journey last October and collect
cd many cuiios al the points visited.
Marinette-Prof. l.. D. Leith. super
lnteudent of University Hin farm, as
3ouated aaronomist of the college of
agriculture, University Of Wisconsin,
Aho selected the coid-resistant corn
that is being grown as an experiment
Marnette county. Inspected the
Gelts ana finds TIE corn viii rpen ii
painted about the first week III May
and That its silase tonnage is likely
to exceed that OF many other varieties
OF com grown in upper Wisconsin
New GIarus-A shipment of % head
Of Holstcln cattle from Arthur Webb
and other farmers in the vicinity OF
albany We're sent to Frick q IIoesly
OF this town Due to lack of properly
ventilated stock cars the cattle We're
put in an ordinary box car and the
doors closed tight When the train
arriy ed here and the door opened II
We're dead from suffocation and three
have since died from the effects.
Eeedsburg Mrs Lydia Hubert OF
Delton celebrated her ninety ninth
birthday anniversary on Sept at the
rome Of her son. Frank Hubert. Four
of her sons were present, accompanied
by their families. Mrs. Hubert is I'm.
usually active for one of her age and
is planning on another celebration
next year when she commentaries her
century mark
Madison Dane countys population
has increased II 9q7 during the last
ten years. according to a complete cen.
sus report from Washington. Slough
ton also showed an increase of almost
$50 The .spdlation OF Brooklyn vii
lage is given in the Dane county re
port as III. The village is on the Dor
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
present between $4,000 and 10000 cans
are being put up daily. This average
will be maintained. The company has
IN acreage of more than 450 TO draw
from this year. The crop is excep-
tionally heavy and the quality is good.
Neenah With an enrolment of 342
in the high school, increase Of rs over
last year. and proportional increases
demands taxing the elementary
schools. public schc7l educators here
are faced with the proposition OF max
ing their limited class room space ac-
commodate all The high school was
originally designed to accommodate
us at the maximum
Racine-Lelaud y Yorke and II. q.