Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-06-09
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


900 acre schedule land clearing cam.
paign will add $4,000 to the value
of Washburn county farm land prop
erty according to announcements of
officials of the county clearing commit
tee. More than 900 farmers have
Joined the clearing campaign and each
has agreed to clear at least ten acres
of wild land. 1t is expected that / 900
farmers of this county will soon be en-
rolled. Officials predict that the 10000
acre schedule will be more than
achieved. The Campaign this year will
be the means of clearing more land
than in any ten years previously
Fond du Lac-Fond du Lac school
children gained 20 per cent in weight
as a result of. milk being served each
morning in the public graded schools.
A total of $4,000 half-pints have been
served. The serving of milk in the
public schools was begun three years
ago by the Associated Charities. The
milk is served to those children whose
| parents cannot afford to buy it for
them. The effort by the Fond du Lac
| organization met with such marked
success that the work has been con-
tinued. Each child is given one of the
half pint bottles of milk each morning
at recess time.
| Sturgeon Bay-Peninsula state park
| in Door county, one of the largest and
most picturesque natural parks in the
middle west, is being acclaimed by mo-
florists as affording ideal camping sites.
| Its 1000 acres, bordering on the vast
| waters of Green bay, offer sites along
the main travelled highway of route II. |
OF the 10000 tourists and motorists
who visited Door county last year up
| ward of 80 per cent visited the state
park, according to the figures compiled |
by the Door County Chamber of Com
merce.
Green Bay-A canvass of lost ar
ticles" departments of stores and Of |
fees indicates that in Green Bay at !
least women are more forgetful than |
men. Nearly every store was holding |
at least one hat, owned by some |
women who had rushed out without
her millinery Street car company |
officials also claimed that women were |
more forgetful. Umbrellas are most |
often forgotten but the list of articles |
awaiting owners at the street car COM
pany's Office included everything from |
baby shoes to overcoats and even one
baby carriage.
Algoma-Probably the largest fun
eral ever held in Kewaunee county +
was that of Capt Ralph Perry, who u
was killed in France. Soldiers and /
sailors from three counties accom-
panied the body to the grave. Perry, |
who was %, was one of the youngest
captains from this state in the serv-
ice. He was shot Nov.#10, 1918, the !
day before hostilities ceased, and lived I
IL days in French hospital. He was
son of Melvin Perry, former state
senator, manufacturer here.
La Crosse-Unable to earn operat- |
ing expenses and meet Che obliga- /
lions with the present revenue, the |
Wisconsin Railway, Light and Power
company proposes to equip all its /
street car lines here with one man
cars. Unless the common council per /
mits the change from double truck
cars the company claims it will have
to ask for an increase in fare from
to 10 cents.
Madison-Increas in the contribu- |
lions for the relief of famine sufferers
in China has been reported to the Wis |
consin branch of the American COM |
mittee for China famine fund. Up to
this time, s4,106.S77 has been received.
II is reported, of which sS3,74S.13 was |
raised by the sale of China life-saving |
stamps. The increase is attributed to |
the national activities during China
famine week.
| Menasha-With a record of having |
raised nearly 100000 for parish pur-
poses within the last few years. st. |
Patrick's church here has started a
drive for $4,000 as its contribution to |
the 81. 000, 900 fund to be raised through |
the united Catholic campaign for edu-
cational and charitable purposes in the |
Green Bay diocese.
Antigo-The Rev. l. G. Gruenwald. |
IS years old. of ST. Bonifacee church.
Aniwa, died at hospital here as the
result of injuries when his automobile
stopped on the railway crossing ut
Whitcomb and was hit by train.
Neenah - Seventy-five dollars per
month and up. That's the way they're
renting summer cottages here. Despite
the high fee. lake shore cottages are
In great demand and practically all
have been spoken for for the season.
GAINESVILLE - Salary reductions for
railroad employees win mean loss, of
$4,000 TO employees living in James