Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-03
SHORT NEWS ITEMS

The next MONDAY luncheon of the
Wausau Rotary club will be held
Monday
The 22nd Separate company held its
first indoor rifle practice Suncay at
Castle hall.
Automobiles are instructed either
to obtain their 1921 licenses or TO
cease driving their cars.
The Salvation army fund only
lacked several hundred dollars OF the
quota of $4,000 on March 1st
Sleeping sickness has two persons
in it's grip at ST. Marys hospital, Mike
OConner of Merrill and Jack Gurbeck
of this city.
Gerald Tanck. while exercising at
the Y. NJ. G. A. gymnasium, had an
unfortunate accident last week Thurs
day, breaking his arm. The lad is i'm
proving steadily.
The Talbot Mont gomery post of the
American Legion may form a Ladies'
Auxiliary at an early date. Post Com
mander E. p. Oertel says 1t has been
the intention of officers to have the
matter discussed at regular meeting.
WANTED or woman cook
(single) capable of handling sixty
people per day. Straight meals-no
menus State references and wages
desired In first letter. Haekley- Phelps
Bonneli Co. Phelps, Villas, County.
Wis.
The dentists of Lincoln county met
Monday evening with the county
board and DR.. l.. T.. Spencer, member
OF the state board of health. and dis
cussed at length the matter of den
tai clinic for Merrill.
The county clerk, Edward Kuhl-
mann, has mailed notices of the spring
election to all village, town and city
clerks. A supreme court Judge, cir
cult judge, state and county superin-
tendents of schools are to be elected
on April End,
Patrick J, Cain of Rhinelander,
treasurer of Oneida county, was elect
ed president of the Wisconsin County
Treasurers' association at Madison
last week. Knee deep in business
County Treasurer Humber of Mara
thon county was unable TO attend.
optometry In Wausau for the last sew
en- years, has located in Rhinelander
to remain permanently. His office is
at the Shumway jewelry store. Mr..
Peters Is a graduate optometrist of
Northern college and Midland Uni
versity OF Chicago -Rhinelander New
North.
The roads are I'm the worst condition
OF the winter, according to persons
who have been about the county the
past several days. The thaw has COW
cred the Mosinee- Wausau road with
water. and al many stretches between
Wausau and Athens the frost is out
OF the ground to depth of three in
ches.
The directors of the "Wausau Hos
pitaf' intended 10 meet the latter part
OF last week. but. according to DR.
ID. I. Jones. president. so many are
out OF the city at present that a
month is likely to elapse before a
meeting can be arranged which ma
iorlty of the board of directors will
be able 10 attend.
The city health department under
the direction of DIR. c. ID. Partridge,
health officer. is conducting series
OF thorough examinations in the pub
lie schools. All children are being
examined carefully. particularly be-
cause OF the possibilities of scarlet fe-
YER and other contagious diseases
this spring.
W. II. 0Hara. federal revenue
agent, of Milwaukee. will be In the
Atfx -sl.
assistance possible TO corporations
making out their federal income tax
blanks. Mr.. 0'Hare will be located
in the internal revenue office. Federal
building. and Il is urged that corpora
tons avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity To consult him without delay.
The monthly weather report of the
weather bureau shows the highest
temperature for the month of Febru-
AIRY TO have been 40 degrees abe "a
zero and the lowest below. There
were seven clear days during the
month, six partly cloudy and fifteen
cloudy. The snowfall for the month
was 1913 inches. and on the first OF
March % inches remained.
A live silver-gray fox. whose pelt
was captured alive by Ace Wiley OF
Washburn, and George and Edward
smith. Amigo, who have been huntins
and trapping in the Cranberry river
district. Dogs chased the fox into ,
hallow log, where II was easily can
tured. This is the first gray fox /,
be captured in bayfield, county i,
many years,
one OF the prettiest falls OF snoy
this winter was that on FRIDAY an,
saturday last week. Early in the da,
snow commenced 10 fall. lawns un
covered began to Written. streets be
came a field of white. and walks wer
indeed uncomfortable to trod on
Snow continued TO fall intermittent
until late In the evening. and all tolC
about six inches was recordede. Tn
local weatherman uses snow saug
by which TO measure the fall whic
was "a inches.
c. G. Yawkey president OF the Yaw
key-Bissell Lumber company. recentl