Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-07-20


luton addressed to President Harding
and Senator Smoot, asking congress to
pass the Sweet bill or some similar
measure, giving relief to disabled sol
diers, mot in charity but in justice"
This is Americas greatest debt" the
memorial says. The resolution was in
troduced by Judge A. H. Schmidt OF
Manitowoc, speaker Of the day.
Superior - Representatives of the
state agricultural colleges of Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and Michigan met here
to discuss distribution of the 100000
pounds of picric acid which the federal
government has allotted TO them for
land-clearing purposes. Twelve million
pounds of the picric acid has been
transferred by the war department to
the department of agriculture to be
distributed for land-elearing purposes
by the agricultural colleges of the state
universities.
Fond du Lac - Frank d. Candish,
president of the board of education,
and DR.. S. A Cheney, school commits
sioner, are targets of recall petition
that has been circulated, and, accord
ing to city officials. signed by 1000
voters. The two board members
aroused the ire o. the community
when they sought to raise the salary
of the city superintendent of schools
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Merrill Harry Hoffman, saloon
keeper in the town of Scott. near here,
asserted in county court that a bottle
of moonshine he had secreted from his
friends at his place Of business was for
rubbing his back. The moonshine had
been given him as a present, he said.
Judge NJ. c. Porter found him guilty of
violating the Mulberger law and fined
him 5000 and costs, and imposed a
sixty-day Jail sentence.
Superior - Eight hundred persons,
who were fined an average of 800
each in municipal court for alleged pos
session of liquor, will sue the city to
recover the amount of their fines, APP
proximately $4,000, according to At
torney John A. Cadigan. The proposed
suit against the city follows the ruling
of Judge Scion L. Perrin in superior
court that the city ordinance forbid
ding possession of liquor is void.
Madison A vacancy on the state
board of law examiners will be created
by the appointment of Samuel H. Cady,
Green Bay, to the position of general
counsel for Wisconsin of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway Co. Mem
bers of the board are named by the SUI
preme court.
Madison Senator Robert NJ. La
Toilette has written Madison friends
that he expects to come back to Madi-
son this fall for a trip around the state.
If the tariff bill is considered this
month, there is a possibility that the
senator will return to Madison late in
July.
Spooner-Fo Following the example of
the Bank of Shell Lake and the Lum-
bermens State bank, Shell Lake, the
Bank of Spooner and the Spooner
State bank have announced an increase
in deposit rates from to per cent.
The limited money supply is RESPONSE
BILE for the raise in rates.
GAINESVILLE - Mrs. Mary C. Nimmer.
n A IL M dsnd or hs.,s
home here recently. leaves seven chill
dren. sixty-four grandchildren and
Twenty-Five great grandchildren. She
was born in Syria and came here
twenty-one years ago.
Marinette The charred body of
John Brandt. Sc. prominent farmer
of Beaver. Marinette county, was found
in ;as ruins of his farm. 1t is believed
chat Brandt's mind became unbalanced
ard that he set fire to the building
after quarreling with his wife.
GAINESVILLE - Excessive hot weather,
with limited rains. has caused heavy
losses to small grains in southern Wis
EOnSln, WHICH Will tltcli q dEGANdoOu
yield of at least $4,000 bushels in Rock
county Most of the grains are either
cut or are ripening prematurely.
Janesvil1e-Fire destroyed the main
factory building of the Highway Trail
ers company at Edgerton. Wis. with
a property loss of $260,0O0 and $780,
600 of insurance. The building was
$50 feet wide and 900 feet long. recent
ly erected.
Watertown Herbert Possin, IS
years old. of Horizon, was sentenced
to one year in the state reformatory
at Green Bay by Judge Martin Luck
in the Circuit court of Dodge cont,
on charge of stealing an auto from
Kuentz & Ellis of Beaver Dam.
Neenah-Mrs. Mary WEIGH Lane of
San Diego. Cal. was awarded the
prize as the old settler coming the
longest distance to attend the home
coming celebration here. Mrs. Patrick
Grimes. 80 years old. was the Oldest
old settler present.
Superior-Seven boys under Il have
been drowned in Superior in the last