Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-01
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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Mzdlson-Juzt 81 Johnsons. listed in
L row, boast the most common name
/ among the ,e0z students nov enrolled
A. the University Of Wisconsin. &C
! coYdlng 70 the new student directory
/ Just issued. They are closely rIrafled
By IS Smiths. The family Of SO Ander-
sons lead the Jones who have only IS
| representatives this year The MIners
number 90. the Schmidts include 2s
and the Browns and Brownies together
| total 80. Some OF fhe most difacult
tongue twislers IN the directory this
year are Ylyisakex. Tschudy, Won
Szsllgki. Rebuschztis. Mariatecui. Hru-
besky and Hussisian. The shortest
name in the directory is p which is
half a letter shorter than La of last
year. Among the famous politicians
who are attending the university. &C
cording TO thier names, are Harding.
Hughes, Taft, La Toilette, Wilson, Cox,
Bryan, House. Hoover and Daniels.
Madison Wisconsin farmers soEed
81, 900 acres less OF grain this fall than
last. the December crop report pre-
pared by Joseph A Becker, crop re-
porter, shows. The total acreage in
fail grain was SCI 900 compared to
577 900 in 1913. Dry weather IN the
early fall making it difficult TO plow
and fit the soil for planting was given
as the reason for the decrease in many
sections Of the state. Dryness made
early planting risky bur with ample
rain and mild weather. il was said
that all grains made a good growth
and entered the winter II fine uUudi-
ton.
Madison-The American Red Cross
is seeking a number Of medical men
DESTROYS of enlisting for service among
the children OF eastern Europe An
appeal Is made TO Wisconsin practi-
TONERS TO enter this field The serv-
Ice is particularly suitable for recent
graduates Of hospitals. The remuner-
alton Will be sufficient 10 represent an
adequate salary and living expenses.
and All transportation will be fur
nished. Or. Charles ". Berry, Aneri-
can Red Cross. ~ East Twenty-third-
ST, New York city. is receiving appli.
cations
Hurley George Jurasini was fined
$500 and costs and sentenced 10 three
months in the county jail, and John
Bogus was fined $500 and costs, with
four months in Jail when the pair
pleaded guilty 10 manufacturing moon
shine liquor on the Jurasini farm. a
half mile from Hurley Tom Jurasini.
brother Of George, was fined 5000 and
costs. bat was given no jail sentence
so that he could return TO the farm TO
care for the cattle and horses.
Madiseu-In both the state and
county Institutions there has been an
increase in the insane population OF
the state under public care. These
facts became known when the state
board of control submitted a report
showing an increase Of 81 in insane
population of the state institutions and
an increase Of s. in the county hos
pital for the insane. At the present
time there are / .424 people in the state
hospitals for the insane and 6.794 in
the county hospitals for the insane.
Green Bay-Adyising an attitude o.
strictest economy. the memt ITS OF the
vocational school board tuned down
a plea for salary increases for the
teachers which was presented by Prin-
cipal II. @. Stewart Tba members of
the board decided TO turn down the
proposed higher wage scale despite the
warning Of Principal Stewart that a
rejection would result in a number OF
the teachers Tesigning and going 10
other cities Other budget proposals
were cut TO the bone.
IAdysmith--Fred Arndt. who has
been acting postmaster since the resig-
nation Of ". s. Manning a few months
ago. has been appointed postmaster Of
Ladysmith. The choice was based on
q competitive civil service examina-
ton Mr. Arn3t has been connected
with the local postof1ce for several
years. having served a part OF this
time as assistant postmaster.
Merrill-The Merrill Presbyterian
congregation appointed committee TO
raise $4,000 more for the congrega-
tons new church structure. The CON
gregation has already $4,000 towards
the structure. SIS 900 Of which was
donated by A. H. STANCE Mrs A e
STANCE viii contribute a pipe organ
when the new structure is completed
Criyitz-Frank Duquesne, a hero Of
the World war. has received his com
mission as postmaster of Criyitz, Mari
nette county. He lost a leg while
serving overseas. He succeeds his IA
Their. NJ Duquesne, as postmaster
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