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

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Appleton-A movement to eradicate
,aherculosis from Outagamie county
herds was started by Is farmer pa.
irons of Gopher Hill Cheese factory
who have petitioned the Wisconsin
livestock sanitary board to test their
4sl cattle. This action was taken after
paul o. Nyhus, farm agent employed
by an Appleton bank, presented sta
tistics showing that nearly every herd
in the county contained one or more
head afflicted with the disease. Efforts
will be made at once to have other or
ganizations of farmers submit their
herds to the anti-tuberculosis tests.
Every local of the American Society
Of Equity is to be requested to take up
the movement.
Madison-The University of Wiscon-
sin will open Sept 23 with one of the
most thorough military courses of any
university in the country. With addi-
tional field artillery and the anuexa-
tlon of signal unit. the military au-
thorities at the university are plan
ming no relaxation in training. Mai.
John s. Woods will be in charge again
of the military department.. Maj. Or
lando Ward win have charge of the
new artillery unit. The third ranking
officer in the military organization at
the university is Maj. John Keliher of
the infantry department.
Edgar-Two persons were killed and
three slightly injured when their auto
mobile hit baggage car of the North
western passenger train at a bad
crossing at West Edgar. The dead
are Irma Zillman, 19 years old, and her
grandfather. Gustave Herman, rs years
old, of Colby. No one saw the acci-
dent, but marks on road show that
the car brake did not work well and
slid rs feet down hill into the train
The car turned over. The girls neck
was broken and her grandfather died
from blow on the forehead
0conto-Oconto county is one of the
.B counties in the state to apply for
the state aid of $50 given to first-class
rural schools subject to the state SUI
|perintendent's approval. Sixteen coun
ties, including Oconto, have more than
twenty such schools entitled to aid.
This means that these schools have
been open nine months of the year,
have good buildings. playground APP
paratus and perfect yentilating sys-
tens They also have supplementary
reading books. Winnebago county
carries OFF the honors with 81 such
rural schools.
Ashland Over 100000 cans Of peas
have been put up by the Ashland
Marengo Valley Canning company this
season. The factory, which was COM
pleted only this summer, started oper-
atoms July Is The Northern Wis
eonsin crop Of peas was heavy. Next
season spinach and beets will be
canned The canning of blueberries
and red raspberries is also probabil-
ity next season
Owen--A new Catholic church un-
der construction. will be the first Cath
ollc church to be erected at Owen. 1t
Is designed in Gothic style. tile being
used with face brick Enttresses. The
building win be ready by Dec. 1. The
Rev. Joseph Schus6er, pastor of Sacred
Heart church at Withee, will be pas
tor Of the new church. The church
Is being built at cost of $4,000. The
membership will be composed largely
Of farmers.
Madison-Thirty Badger women are
enrolled in the course feeding chill
ufen for health and growth, recently
prepared by the University of Wiscon-
SIN extension division to teach moth
Ffs' nurses and social workers how to
Know when children are below normal
development fer their age and what
remedial measures to take, and to
laise the standard of physical eff
'iehey Of the youth of the nation.
Janeau-Four men alleged TO have
oeen occupants of an automobile bear
,ng a Michigan license plate, made
po'a daylight robbery at the home of
IuNard Schoeffel, farmer. The fam
~ vas away from home and the
snieyes ransacked the house, carrying
away clothing and jewelry valued at
several hundred dollars. They also
sooA several gallons of gasoline and
4u'o accessories from the farm garage.
Nninelander-The Rev, Carl ]. Sill
se's'en' who short time ago resigned
pastor Of the Swedish Lutheran
oU ouufch II Rhinelander, has accepted
an from the Bethel Lutheran church
west Duluth He viii begin his
:" duties in October.
.@aaison-According to a statement