Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-06-22


La Crosse-High preiates OF the I
church and hen0leds OF
priests attended the funeral Of the Rt.
Rev james Schwebaeh, bishop OF the |
La Crosse diocese here. Archbishop /
]. J. Keane, Dubuque. was the. cele-
brant The sermon was preached by
Bishop Patrick T. Hebron, Winona,
Mimi. Among The prominent church
men who attended the funeral were:
Austin Bowling. St. Paul;
Msgr. Joseph Rainier, rector of st.
Francis seminary. Milwaukee; Bishop
Sehinner, Spokane, and Bishop Eiss.
Mich.
Green Bay-Orders have been is
sued by the city to all grocers to only
deliver goods on a specified list on city
poor orders, as a result of the numer-
GUS bills coming before the council,
calling for groceries in the luxury
class such as tobacco and other nom
essential merchandise. Card contain
ing the list of groceries for which pay
ment will be made by the city on poor
orders has been sent out TO the store
keepers with the notification that all
other articles will be deducted from
invoices.
Sheboygan-The state health de-
partment has been stirred TO further
action toward having a chlorine plant
installed in Sheboygan by a report of
the local health officer showing nine
cases OF typhoid fever existed here in
May. The city was first ordered by
the state board to install the plant on
March Is. 1t is not IN place at this
time. The city has advised the state
department that failure to put the
plant in place has been due to the de.
lay of the manufacturers.
Appleton - Building contractors of
the Fox river valley. who inaugurated
the open shop following the refusal of
union carpenters to accent a wage cut
of 10 cents an hour ON May /, have
turned down request signed by the
mayors and presidents of commercial
organizations in all the cities of the
valley to hold a conference with car
penters. The request stated that
building has been held up and that
much suffering because of the house
shortage has resulted from the strike.
Union carpenters expressed willing
ness to participate in the conference.
Madison-The horse business il by
no means dead. figures complied by
the state department of agriculture
show. Most of the 1.6sS owners of
stations who took out license in 1920
have renewed their license for 1921
THE time will soon be here when
horse will be worth more money than
at present" c. p Norgord, commits
sioner of agriculture. declared. "a
shortage OF good draft horses is be-
coming more noticeable every day"
Brentwood Despite the fact that a
heavy tractor he was using to pillow
with fell over and pinned him be-
meath, George Todd, ST., win recover
from the accident. Mr.. Todd was
blowing on his farm near Shell Lake,
when the machine tipped over and
pinned him beneath the pillow and the
tractor. To extricate himself, a team
of horses was used to pull the tractor
several feet.
Sheboygan-T city of Sheboygan
is experiencing big saving by doing
its own paving work. Bids received
for paving more than mile OF streets
are reasonably close to the price at
which the city can do this work with
its own equipment and it is believed
by the city commissioners, that the
plan of doing its work is having a
tendency to bring road building costs
closer to normal.
Manitowoc-Thisc city will not estab-
lish a daylight saving plan, the alder
men by a vote OF s TO having de-
feated the measure. Petitions We're
presented to the council containing
1886 signatures of citizens fayoring
the daylight plan and 1917 names of
those opposed to it. Socialists in the
council were active in defeating the
resolution, maintaining that the big
interests" were behind it.
Birchwood--N. NJ Rockman, Barron,
has announced that he will give nine
prizes ranging from $40 to $3.50 for
the best essays written from the book,
THE Life of Andrew Carnegie"
Those eligible are members of the
graduating classes of the Barron coun-
ty high schools of 1921.
! Sheboygan-T cost of building
construction here during the month of
May totaled S62 ,462. according TO the
monthly report of Building Inspector
! Albert Mack of this city The report
showed an increase OF SS,7s4 over that
of the same month in 1920.
Manitowoc- Manitowoc high school
will have the services of an athletic
! instructor when the school reopens
next fall. The schools here have a
world of good athletic material but IL
has never been properly developed.
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