Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-06-04
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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Racine-A total of 100000 will be
expended in the improvement of 5000
acres of farm land in the towns of
Mt. Pleasant, Caledonia. and Yorkville,
by the building OF a drainage canal
system The main ditch, As miles in
length, viii begin southwest Of Corliss
and run northeast to the outlet, east
of Franksville. There are to be II
laterals with a total length of 16 miles,
in which $4,000 feet of the tile will be
placed. Work on the main ditch is to
begin within two weeks and be com
pIeted this season, while the laterals
will be completed in 1922.
Eau Claire-The last great battle of
the Sioux and Chippewas, the coming
of the French voyageur, the capture
of Old Abe and his departure as mas
cot OF the Eagle regiment, the saw
DUST war, life OF the lumberjack, the
old seminary, the swift transition from
tall timber to factories and dairy
farms and all that made the last sixty
years picturesque, joyous, tragic or
memorable viii be embodied in a
pageant TO be gives here in August
by some 1900 residents of the Chip
pewa valley and surrounding towns.
La Crosse-Two youths who broke
their necks diving in shallow water
near La Crosse last summer are still
alive Clifford Shepherd. 16, who came
up from a dive, paralyzed, is now able
to walk after months Of treatment for
displacement OF yertebrae at the base
Of the neck. Jerome BOIL, Il, who
sustained fracture of a bone in the
neck in the same manner, is still in
bed but is improving. Both were in
jured in June, 1920
Stevens Point-The first public
Guernsey sale to be conducted in Pert
age county took place at Amherst and
proved a big success. More than 80
head OF purebred females and bulls
were sold and brought nearly $4,000.
The females average $210 the top
price being sos, paid By L. E. Gordon,
Jr., OF Jacksonville for a COW with an
official record OF 63S pounds OF butter
fat, sold by George Larson of Am
herst Junction
n .dison-Cheaper roads for The
eastern part of Wisconsin may result
if tests now being conducted in con
pection with calcite By the highway
commission prove favorable. Calcite
can be obtained from a quarry in Mich
tgan and delivered to lake ports at low
cost, A. r. Hirst, highway engineer, re-
ports. If the material is found to be
a suitable aggregate for concrete mix
lures it VIII be used on Wisconsin
roads and pavements, he announces.
Superior - Judge Scion L. Perrin
gave a decision that search warrants
used by police for the last two years
in liquor cases, have been Illegal The
judge freed Joe Krupcho, charged with
possession OF moonshine, and fined his
wife, an Amazon, who is alleged by
a detective to have struck him in the
mouth, only $40. Her conduct was in
a measure justified, the judge said.
Many other pending cases may be dis
missed under the judges ruling.
Hudson-NotiCe has been posted in
the shops of the Chicago. ST, Paul.
Minneapolis and Omaha railroad here,
laying off 80 per cent of the crew,
effective May 81 The order affects
about 800 men, mostly all residents
Of this city. 1t viii leave on the job
but the general foreman, a small Office
force and a skeleton crew of between
80 and 40 men for emergencies. The
coach ana paint shop viii be closed
down entirely.
Wisconsin Rapids-James A. Hig
gins, Racine. was elected state deputy
OF the Knights of Columbus at the an
nual convention held here. Other state
officers elected follow: Secretary,
Thomas A. Delaney, Green Bay; treas
urer, J. J, Jameson, Shullsburg; adyQ-
cate, Robert H. Rolls, West Bend
warden. Edward S. custom, Ashland;
chaplin. he Rev. L, J. Petut, South
Milwaukee.
Juneau-The Dodge County Holstejn
picnic VIII be staged al Horizon June