Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-04-28

Illness Nine. Sadie, owned by the
Wisconsin Livestock association, com
posed of Appleton men, did more than
all the other bovines in Outagamie
county to put Appleton and the coun
ty on the dairy map. Sadie's greatest
achievement was the production OF 40
pounds of butter in registered seven
day test, about year ago. She was
the first cow in the world to make this
record and it has not been approached
since. Last year she was proclaimed
the champion cow of North America
at the National Dairy show in Phila-
delphia, where she competed with the
best bovines in the United States and
Canada.
Janesville-Sale of milk and cream
at retail in this city will hereafter be
regulated through an ordinance re.
quiring dealers to take out licenses.
After wrangle of four months be-
tween the board of health and council
men, the ordinance was passed pro-
viding that all milk for human con-
sumption must either be pasteurized
or from tuberculin tested herds. En-
forcement rests with the board of
health.
Marinette-A survey of the clover
crop by the county agent shows that
the crop wintered well under condi-
tons that might have had bad eff
feet, very light snowfall. The same
report is made on winter rye and
wheat. Farmers generally are plant
ing oats. Treatment of seed oats is
general. There will be at least 12,vv0
bushels of seed potatoes treated in the
county this spring.
Green Enlarged so as to in
clude thirteen counties instead of six,
the eighth division of the internal rev
enue department with headquarters in
Green Bay has greatly broadened its
scope of activities Brown, Door, Ke-
vaunee, Shawano, Manitowoc, Flor
ence, Marinette, Oconto, Langlade,
Forest, Oneida, Price and Villas coun-
ties are now in the Green Bay divi-
sion. Six inspectors will work out of
this office.
Eau Claire-An attempt to lift a
chain from high tension wires of the
iScOnsin-Minnesota Light and Power
Co. caused the death of John Casey,
40, a farmer near New Richmond.
Casey's children had thrown the chain
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step ladder and tried to dislodge the
chain with wet chunk of wod which
served as a conductor and sent $4,000
volts of electricity through him, kill
ing him instantly.
Marinette Application for the aban-
donment of the Wisconsin, Northwest
ern railroad operating between Taylor
Rapids and Girard Junction in Marin
cite county, was made before r. w.
Clark, representing the interstate COM
merce commission. Supt. w. l.. Hal
lenbeck of the road testified that the
road was not paying proposition.
donment of the road.
Members of the execu.
tive committee of the Wisconsin Press
association met in this city and COM
pleted arrangements for the summer
outing of the members and thier fam
lilies. Marshfield, because of it's cen
trail location, was selected as the start
ing place, with July 81, the date. After
touring the northern and eastern part
of the state, the party will disband
four or five days later at Amigo.
Green Bay-The Wisconsin State re-
formatory population is on an increase,
according to Superintendent B. M.
Coles, who announced that there are
now $50 inmates in the reformatory.
This is the largest number ever con-
fined to the institution at one time.
The corridors of the cell house, ac
cording to reformatory officials are be-
ing used by some inmates as sleeping
quarters.
Madison-The cost of running Wis
consin's law-making bodies, including
the salaries of senators and assembly
men. is $3.50 day for every day that
the legislature is in session, if the fig
ures of 1919 are to be taken as fair
criterion. Legislative employees in
Wisconsin are hired under the civil
service system.
Merrill-A judgment of $3.50 in
settlement of a claim against the
Tomahawk Light and Telephone COM
pany was received by Walter Orcott,
father of Franklin Orcott, the 9 year
old boy who was electrocuted last
September at Tomahawk.
Ashland-With the blasting of an
acre of stumps in one huge explosion,
Ashland and Bayfield, counties enter
upon campaign to clear 10000 acres
of stumpland. This addition will near
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