Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-17
/ WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

.EaR Claire r. Eau Claire will be
4 called upon to take care of at least
5000 people on June %, 20 and 80,
when the state encampment of the
American Legion is held here, accord
ing to opinion of officers of the Will
liam c. Johnson post, American Legion
of Eau Claire, who are making the
preliminary arrangement for the gath
ering, which, they say, will be prob
ably the largest convention in Eau
Claire's history. The 1920 convention
of the Legion at Green Bay attracted
5000 visitors. At the time of the last
convention the membership of the
! Legion in the state was $4,000. 1t is
expected by the local post officers that
by convention time this year, the state
membership will be past 10000. and
close to $4,000.
Birchwood-The increase of freight
will not tend to cripple the saw mills
of this section during the present sea
son as was feared. Most of the mills
hauling logs by rail have their log sup
plies already transferred to their mills,
but the rates next year will cause a
great handicap to- log men. The new
rates will be $40 per thousand as
against the present rate of $3.50 per
thousand. Lumber companies still
transferring logs have suffered great
losses through the lack of snow and
the increased rates.
Wisconsin farmers had
larger reserve of grain on March 1,
1921, than in any previous year except
1919, states Joseph A. Becker, of the
Wisconsin cooperative crop reporting
service OF the four prlncipaf grains,
corn, oats, barley, and wheat, $685.
900 bushels were still on Wisconsin
farms compared to 60,4S6,000 bushels
in 1920, and five year average, 1916
1919, of 54,S12,000 bushels.
Naturalization cows registered
by the Rock Prairie Cow Testing asso-
citation of this community produced 40
J.,
the month of February, according to
figures made public by officials of the
organization. A pure-bred Holstein
COW owned by John Wehinger& Son
led the field, with exactly 80 pounds of
butter fat and 1869 pounds of milk to
her credit. Eight of the cows listed
are owned by the Rock county farm.
Phillips - Mrs. Rebecca Milne has
been appointed, temporarily. superin-
tendent of schools of Price county
This Office has been vacant for over
two months and the appointment
comes as result of a petition of
intendent requesting the appointment.
Mrs Milne is graduate of Stevens
Point Normal school and has had
seven years experience as a teacher.
Madison-The Madison Street Rail-
way Co has petitioned the railroad
commission for permission to operate
one-man cars on is entire system.
Following this action. the city coun-
Gil voted to oppose the step. Econ
omy is the claim upon which the
street railway officials based their re-
quest. The one-man cars were intro
duced last year on one line having the
least traffic.
Wausau-Henry Lueck town of Rib
Falls, was instantly killed and Frank
Koeller, town of Hamburg, was fatally
injured, when frozen gravel fell on
sthem while they were resting in a
gravel pit. The men. it is said. sat
down under the gravel bank, which is
lieved to have become loosened up
b. the warm weather. and were rest
irg. Lueck was dead when taken from
underneath the mass of rocks and
Koeiler died four hours later.
Antigo-The Ashland division Office
way reports that the rush of pulpwood
producers and loggers to get rid of
their products in anticipation of the
spring breakup has resulted in Cutting
northern Wisconsin railway sidings
with loaded cars. the paper mills and
saw mills being unable to care for
shipments as rapidly as they arrive.
Appleton-S. t. Lii. professor at the
University of Pekin, ~Pekin. China, and
for two years Y. M. c. A. secretary
among the Chinese laborers in France.
has enrolled for postgraduate work at
Lawrence college. Besides his actfvi
ties as student. Mr.. Ii will make an
intensive study of the paper mill in
dustry.
! Green Bay-The annual inventory
of city property, just completed. shows
the municipality owns property valued
at S2,119.599,19. Buildings owned by
the city total 1861. 500. bridges $685..
600, and land S455.540.