Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-06


versity grounds under auspices of the
Wisconsin Livestock Breeders associ- !
alton. Waterloo won corn and grain
judging championship. Individual
championships were won by Laverne
Taylor, Oshkosh, in livestock judging,
and Walter Wood, Oshkosh, in corn
and grain judging. In livestock judg-
ing the leading teams finished as fol-
lows Mondovi, Chippewa Falls, Osh-
kosh, Algoma, Greenwood Eighteen
teams, representing all sections of the
state, competed
Appleton-The rag rooms of paper
mills here are proving TO be veritable
gold mines. Three months ago an APP
pleton workman discovered a $500 Lib
erty bond, which no one has claimed.
More recently another worker found
diamond ring. Now, Miss Georgine
De Leest, Kimberly, found $50 in a
bale of clippings In pile of rags. The
money was all in currency in what
was probably pay envelope.
Ashland - Fifty thousand western
sheep will be summered on the pine
barrens between Ashland and Iron
River, according to present prospects.
The barrens are covered with buffalo
grass. Another drought is predicted
in Montana and sheep men are nego-
tiating to send herds here. Expert
ments for several years shows that
cattle and sheep from the west fatten
quickly on these lands.
Appleton-Gordon Bushey will go to
Pittsville, near Grand Rapids, to en-
gage in raising Flemish Giant rabbits
on a large scale. He has purchased
120 acres of wild lands which will be
divided and fenced into yards of sew
eral acres each and equipped with
buildings. Mr.. Bushey will start with
100 rabbits and expects to have 1000
by fall The rabbits will be raised
both for meat and fur.
Madison - That there is just cause
for complaint against the street car
service in Madison and that this serv-
ice can only be improved by double
tracking and additional cars, were
some of the conclusions announced by
c. M. Larson, engineer for the railroad
commission, who has been conducting
an investigation of the street car serv-
ice in Madison.
La Crosse-Capt. A. L. Wilcox, pilot
on the excursion steamer G. w. Hill,
received definite word that the govern
ment towboats and barges will be
placed in operation on the upper Mis-
sissippi this summer The new fleet
will carry coal up river and iron from
st. Paul and Minneapolis to down riv
er points.
Manitowoc - Ann Arbor car ferry,
No 4, with twenty-five freight cars,
sunk in the harbor here, when the
boat became lost in the heavy fog.
The Goodrich tug, Arctic, rescued the
crew of twenty-five and six passen-
gers. In an attempt to reach its dock,
the ferry ran on the rocks and huge
hole was torn in the side.
Wausau-The maple sugar season is
on, but the weather so far has been
too warm for big run of sap. Cold
nights are wanted, with warm, sun
shiney days. A large number of new
orchards have been opened this year
and should the weather conditions
n1,A
breaking production.
Sturgeon Bay-The fishing industry
of Sturgeon Bay and Door county is
one of the largest in the state, accord
ing to figures given out by James New
ms, of the state conservation commits
sion. Door county fishermen caught
3,942 ,119 pounds during the past year
for which they received 255,S5271.
GAINESVILLE - Bowling alleys and bill |
lizard halls are now ON a par with the |
theaters City ordinances requiring |
that they remain closed on Sundays |
were discarded by the city council |
after fight lasting several months.
not open until noon on Sundays.
Birchwood-T celebrate his sixty |
second birthday, L. G. Bemis, proprie- |
tor of a general store, recently enter
tanned the entire population of Birch |
wood at a party in his store. During !
the day his entire stock was placed on |
sale at cost to help consumers COM
bat the high cost of living. !
Racine - Charles Nelson, in charge |
of an elevator at a local factory, was |
fatally crushed when tractor which |
was being driven on one Of the upper |
floors ran wild and crashed down the /
elevator shaft to the floor below, stTik- |
ing Nelson, who was standing on the
lift
Manitowoc-.G J. Lehman, mayor Of /
Nome, Alaska, is visiting Norman Tor
rison, who for time lived in that /
northern city. Mr. Lehman is for
mer st. Paul resident and went to
Alaska many years ago in the inter
ests of mining.
Marinette-Frank Bruce. former po- I
liceman of this city, who was injured 4
and incapacitated from work on June .
%, 1919, will receive S4012 monthly (
for nine years from the city under de- (
cision of the state industrial commits
sion.
Acknowledgement at the approach +
of an automobile a horse owned and .
driven by Fred Faigle, a farmer Of the
town of Caledonia, leaped over the