Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-06-22


out the country shows that this plan
Of distributing calves to youngsters
promotes business education. intro
duces pure bred and high grade stock
into the communities and is the means
of keeping many of the young folks
on the farms.
MadisOn-The division of markets
is warning beekeepers all over the
state that the standards established
for comb and extracted honey must be
lived up to strictly. Copies of the
grade schedule are about ready for
distribution. The only stamps that
can be used in marking honey con-
tainers are issued by the division of
markets to beekeepers at cost. The
division reports that the loss of many
colonies Of bees last winter will prob
ably cut down the marketable surplus
OF honey in the state this year.
TCmahawk-Thirty cans of pike fry
from the government fish hatchery at
Duluth were planted in waters near
Tomahawk. Twelve OF the cans were
placed in Some lake and tributary
streams and the remainder in Mus
kallOnge creek and lake. This is the
largest shipment made from the Du-
luth hatchery this year. 1t is eStimat-
ed that there are $4,000 fry to the can
and if only small percentage develop
int &c rbic oh aIn
provide good fishing for Tomahawk
sportsmen for many years.
Wausau-John keough, an inmate
of the Marathon county asylum went
fishing and committed suicide in Big
Rib river. He removed his wooden
leg, tied bandage about his mouth,
wrapped the anchor chain about his
waist and dropped from his boat. The
body was recovered The deceased
was sent TO the Winnebago state hos
pital from Stevens Point, but was
transferred here in 1886. He has no
known relatives.
Tomah-The Woman's Civic I'M
proVement club of Tomah has given
to this city twenty acre plot of
ground containing The old council ia
BILE OF Tie Indians. thereby securing
forever the preservation OF this his
toric spot The Table is a mound
sixty feet high and ninety feet long
and is covered with a growth Of elm
and oak trees.
Racine Mrs. Marie Newell was
granted a divorce from DR. Frank
Newell, physician of Burlington,
Wis. The court ordered the defend
ant to pay Mrs. Newell $4,000 and $125
a month alimony. Charges of cruel
and inhuman treatment and intoXica-
lion were alleged in the complaint. A
Burlington woman also was men
toned.
Kenosha-Love baked at the altar
here when PasQuale Pennoit, 80 years
Old, failed to show up and left Julia
PaTa0ice, comedy widow of Al, vainly
waiting at the church. Now the po-
ice aIH IOOklIS III SIllIOIl W llO 10 ctI-
legged to taken with him 1900, the
total savings of the couple during
what was believed an ideal romance.
Appleton - Increase in telephone
rates in every community in the
Appleton district will be sought by the
Wisconsin Telephone company before
the end Of the summer. Application
for authority to increase charges in
Little Chute, near here, is the first of
d series OF such applications to be
filed with, the railroad commission.
Oshkosh Judge a. L. Schmidt of
Maniowoc was elected president OF
the FrateTnal Order of Eagles, at the
state convention of that order here.
Other officers elected were: G. A.
Dittman La Crosse, president;
Murt Malone. Oshkosh, secretary; G.
II. Esser, James vile, treasurer; A. F.
Nussbaumer, Milwaukee, chaplain.
La Crosse-The Landingslaget, an
organization Of Norwegians coming
from Land, Norway, held its annual
convention in this city. One hundred
and fifty delegates from various parts
Of Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota, Iowa and Wisconsin attended.
H. A. NJ. Steen, Mortified, Wis, is
president Of the organization.
Barnes Roy Kirk Is, was shot and
almost instantly killed while out hunt
ing with companion. Donald Treat.
10. Treat carried a % rife and was
taking aim at gopher when Kirk,
who was standing beside him. reached
for the gun and drew it towards him,
accidently discharging it. The bullet
pierced Kinks heart.
Darlington 3-year-old son of
William Ritter Of Fayette township
fell into a pail of scalding water and
was so severely burned that he died.
The water had been heated to wash
the milk cans, and was set under the
reservoir for a few moments while the
father turned to another task.
Eau Claire-The population of Eau
Claire announced at Washington
credits the northern Wisconsin city
with 20S80. an increase of $50, a
gain Of 168 per cent, During the past
few years eleven new manufacturing
plants have commenced operations
here.
Marinette-The park commission,
under the new parking ordinance,
closed a deal for the purchase of a
plot OF ground in the east end of the
city and work started on converting
it into d public recreation ground.
Rice Lake-Rice Lake probably has
the distinction OF having the oldest
policeman of any city in the United
States Jacob Rice. now past 90 years.