Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-12-10

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total highway expenditure for the
/ coming year TO approximately sl8.-
/ 0O0 600. This last year S24.000,000
was spent on roads. 100000 of the
amount being held over appropria-
lions.
Madison County boards cannot le-
gally employ a member OF the state
road and bridge committee TO act as
superintendent Of maintenance taking
away duties from the county highway
commissioner, E. E. Brossard. assist
ant attorney general, holds in an opin-
/ ion 10 H. ]. Bohn, district attorney
of Sank county. II was the intention
Of the county board TO employ mem
Der of the road and bridge committee
on a regular salary to take over the
work Of highway maintenance. sHe
would work independently of the
county highway commissioner.
! Madison-A total of 7.4S4. students
/ are enrolled in the University Of Wis.
consin, according 10 the tables in the
annual student directory which has
I just been issued This number is
about 5 per cent larger than the total
enrolment Of 1904 at the same time
last year. The new total includes A..
500 men students. as compared with
/ 1884 last year The present number
Of women students is 2,544. as com
pared with 2,410 last year
j Green Bay-It cost Brown county
+ s785.000 TO build % miles of concrete
roads in 1921. according to the report
4 presented to the board Of supervisors
1 by Highway Commissioner Cormier.
4 The county also constructed 46 minor
1 bridges at a cost of $4,000. Includ-
! ing the cost of maintenance and the
repair work on main travelled routes,
the county spent a total of s1.0s6o00
to make its main Travelled highways
the equal OF any in the state.
Fond du Damages of $4,000
were awarded Mrs. Helen Smithers
in circuit court at Fond du Lac in
suit for $4,000 against Henry
/ Brunkhorst. saloonkeeper, for alleged
injury last spring TO her husband re.
sulting from purchase Of Intoxicating
liquor. The suit, which was brought
under a clause Of the Volstead law
/ permitting punitive damages when
liquor has been Illegally sold. is the
first of its kind tried in the state.
The jury was out five hours.
Eau Claire-E. C. Pommerening
/ Oshkosh. was reelected president Of
THE Wisconsin union. American Sooi.
ETY. OF Equity. at the convention in
Eau Claire. Mr. Pommerening re
ceived 446 votes on the final ballot.
against 42S for G. A. Nelson Of Polk
county. to whose support opponents
of the Pommerening regime rallied.
Hartford The village of Schleisin.
gerville located five miles east OF
Hartford, win not be known by that
name hereafter, as a resolution was
/ passed by the county board at West
Bend, officially changing the name to
Singer. which has been its abbreyi.
ated name for some time.
Madison-P Producers of milk in wis.
f consin during the last year received
65afo cents out Of every dollar for
their product, report Of the state
department Of markets shows. Out
of this amount the farmer had to pay
hauling charges in addition to his
costs Of production.
Superior John ". Mcdonald died
at Medford after living for almost
five weeks with a broken back He
1 received his injuries while working
in a sewer trench at Medford on Oct.
80, He leaves a family Of eleven chill.
dren.
i GAINESVILLE Unable to decide a con.
troversy. over county assessments. Is.
ueciaIlv the pTonprtv Valuation IF n.