Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-08-04

WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

features. The principal display will
be by the Marinette County Boys and
Girls Calf club, which has 25 mem
bers, each with a purebred Holstein
or Guernsey calf. The club believes
it can offer in Ruby, eight-year old
daughter of w. l., Quass, Clayloama
Farm. Dunbar, the youngest active
calf club member in Wisconsin. Ruby
is raising pure bred Holstein calf.
Green Bay Denmark has been
awarded the 1922 grain show OF the
Brown County Pure Bred Grain Grow
ers association. Several towns were
after the exhibition, but it was award,
ed to Denmark because of the excel
lent facilities for handling the show.
The show will be held in the gymna-
SUM of the Denmark high school dur
ing the second week in January.
County Agent Kavanaugh is general
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements.
Superior Sampson, SIS years
old. farmer, living near Duluth. paid
$13 for pinch of snuff here. Samp-
son and Martin Silberg, were in ad-
Joining cells at the city Jail. Silberg
had a ten cent box of snuff and no
money Sampson had $3.50 in police
keeping but no snuff. Sampson agreed
to pay Silberg's fine if he would pass
the snuff. Sampson handed over S26
| for two fines of 10 and COSTS He told
the police he was satisfied with his
bargain.
Oconto-Under the direction of new
ly elected officers, the Oconto county
fair has started upon its work for
Sept. 6, 7, 8 and of this year. Added
features which will stimulate more in
| terest have been decided upon in the
place of large purses for horse races,
and will consist of a farmers and
teachers institute during the last
three days of the fair. Posters are
now being distributed throughout the
county and premium lists are being
mailed. The officers elected are Fred
| S. Wright, president; Carl Higgins,
secretary, and w. M. Comstock, treas
urer.
Madison-In the fight to wipe out
bovine tuberculosis in Wisconsin the
state will spend upward of 100000 in
the next two years, according to an
announcement of the state department
OF agriculture. During the fiscal year
| Just closed the state spent $325,0OO.
There are now 800 herd in the state,
containing over 10000 head of cattle,
that have been given certificates for
being free from the disease.
Madison-Cost of operating criminal
institutions in Wisconsin during the
last year amounted to $655,1S9 com
pared to $572,155 in 1919, according
to report of the state board of control.
! Institutions for the insane followed
closely in total cost with $b07 678 dur
ing the last year and $422,271 the year
before Care of the feeble minded
called for expenses of $288,755 during
1920 and $260,SS0 during 1919. with
$174,7O5 spent on tubercular citizens
Sheboygan = A local florist has do
mated to FIVE American Legion posts
Of Sheboygan county 1000 trees to be
planted on public highways as memo
rails to soldiers who served in the
world war. The trees will be marked
with bronze plates bearing the names
of the soldiers and units in which they
served. II the soldier died in action
the date of his death will be added.
The trees will be planted with public
ceremonies.
Madison-A meeting Of the heads of
Wisconsin educational organizations
at the home of President r. A. Birge
of the university, decided that no def
mite organization should be formed
for the purpose Of determining educa-
tional policies or an educational pro
gram to present to the next legisla-
ture.
Oconto-Mrs. M. M. Banister, state
organizer of the Delphian society, is
now in Oconto organizing a local
chapter OF the society in the city.
This society has national scope and
was organized for the purpose OF slim
ulating interest along educational and
cultural lines, and many have already
enrolled here.
Washington-Erv ID. Koch, Ke-
waskum, and Clyde d. Sullivan, Phil
| lips, Thursday were nominated as
postmasters at those places by Presi-
dent Harding. The appointments
were sent to the senate for confrma-
ton.
Madison - Wisconsin high schools
graduate between 5000 and 5000 boys
and girls each year--and half of them
go TO college.
Fond du Lac-Sixty-one dollars, six
Nv Of which were costs and the other