Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-12-22

occurred in number OF states re-
Gently, Henry Town, member of the
state board of control and for is
years warden of the Waupun peni-
Tertiary, declares. 1t has been six
years since a prisoner escaped from
the institution. Mr.. Town believes
that there is sometimes too much
agement. His policy has been TO out
line a code of conduct for the worst
Of the inmates, and then make all
conform, plan which. although rig
i'd works little real hardship he says.
Eau Claire-Eau Claires popula
ton, according to state census fig
ures, is as well balanced as any In
1892 are females and 1924 are
males. a majority of 1888 for the
women. Green Bay. La Crosse. Madi-
son, Oshkosh. Appleton, Fond du Lac.
Marinette. Stevens Point and Wau-
sau with Eau Claire stand out with
more women than men. while Ken.
osha, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Racine.
Superior. Ashland. Beloit, GAINESVILLE.
Manitowoc, Waukesha and West Al
lis. show the males in the preponder
ance numerically.
Prentice Indications are that
farmers of Price county will clear
far more land in 1922 than any pre-
ceding year. Plans arc now being
made to fill dynamite orders for
by carlot shipments carly in
the spring. The land clearing de-
partment OF Wisconsin university
will furnish experts on land clear
ing to assist in the work. Through
out the winter series OF meetings
will be held at convenient places in
The county at which clearing prob
lens will be discussed and orders
aiken for explosives.
Burlington-The serving OF warm
lunches to pupils at noon in the coun-
ry schools throughout Racine coun-
y is becoming quite popular and the
work of parent-teachers associations
and community clubs has worked to
such good advantage that more than
half of the ~ schools in the county
have hot lunch equipment and the
PUPILS are now enjoying warm food at
loon instead of a cold sandwich or
wo.
Merrill--The Lincoln county road
md bridge committee will invest in
10 big machinery this year outside
If purchasing from the federal equip
mont department of the state the
wo lotion Holt caterpillar tractors
which have been used on rental
basis during the past summer The
tractors when new. last spring. were
valued at $4,000 but they will only
cost the county $1,000 each
Green Day--Thcrc is a waiting list
II the Wisconsin state reformatory,,
It Green Bay. According to officials.
he recent influx of prisoners. some
ines as many as IL day, has crowd
"a the prison to capacity and II will
&c impossible TO handle any more in
mates until after Jan. l. Shcriffs
nave been ordered to hold prisoners
1t the jails until notified by the re-
ormatory officials TO forward them
Madison No distinction can be
made between aliens and citizens in
determining the liabilities of counties
md the state for maintenance of such
persons when they become insane.
he attorney general holds in an opin-
on to the state board of control.
Counties are liable to the same degree
or support of an alien resident as a
'itizcn. under the Wisconsin law, the
opinion declares.
La Crosse At the fifth annual
Guernsey sale held in West Salem Al
head of pure-bred cattle were sold for
S7.4S0 and 36 grades were sold for
$500, The average for the pure
breds was $1s2.40 head and for
grades IA tribe more than 500. Five
hundred persons attended the sale.
buyers coming from various parts of
Iowa and Wisconsin.
Madison Thirty-three Wisconsin
are on the schedule OF
farmers institutes for the months OF
December and January. It was an
bounced by Il. l.. Luther. superintend-
ent Barron county is the banner
district with eight two-day meetings.
Vernon county comes second with six.
and Clark counties have
Ave each.
Wausau-- David wrtghf of n,nnto