Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-04-08

tory of the county. twice that of last
year.
Madison--The conservation commits
sion has insufficient funds to trans
port the 100000. 900 fish fry this spring.
according to Commissioner w. E. Bar
ber I'VE will have some 100000
trout fry; 150,000,00O pike fry. and
about 100000 bass fry and we only
have limited funds to run the commits
sion to June g." Mr.. Barber said. Last
year it cost the commission $4,000 to
transport these fry" A club in Lang
lade county has offered to pay express
charges for that county.
Sparta-State Humane officer A. e.
Frederick has requested the observ-
ance of the week of April 18th to 18th
as Humane Week in both schools and
churches of the. state. DR.. Frederick
recommends humane programs, read
ings, or stories in the schools on Fri
day afternoon of that week, and the
discussion of humane subjects in the
pulpits on Humane Sunday, April 18th,
touching the prevention of cruelty to
both animals and human beings.
Hurley-Ruth Brown of the Spring
stead school, Iron county, entering in
competition against state graded and
rural school pupils of practically every
county in Wisconsin, has been award
ed first prize of SIS for making the best
hot lunch poster in the state. The
girl won the prize of $40 several weeks
ago for the best essay on prevention
Of tuberculosis.
La Crosse - Former Congressman
JOIN j. Esch, appointed by President
Harding as interstate commerce com
missioner, took his oath of office be-
fore his former private secretary,
Cl1rence ]. Weber, notary public here.
and left for Washington to assume his
official duties. He was appointed for
a seven year term dating from Jan. /,
1921, according to his commission
signed by President Harding.
heb0ygan--Aceording to Miss Car
RE McTaggert, superintendent of the
government employment Office in this
city, the demand for farm labor in
Sheboygan county and about the state
is much in excess of the number of
applications for that kind of work, al
though there is a great shortage Of
other jobs in comparison with the
number of men registered as wanting
work.
Fond du Lac Raleigh A. Ives. con-
victed slayer of Herbert P. Loehr. is
again "a free man. Ives was released
from the state prison and paroled to
his father, A. B. Ives, Oshkosh. He is
planning to work for his father until
the parole expires. Ives had served a
year and four months of a two-year
term. His parole win expire in
August.
Racine - The Twentieth Century
club. one of the most active of Ra.
cine's woman's clubs observed its
twenty-second anniversary with a
luncheon and program of entertain-
ment in Plymouth Congregational
church, which was attended by 100
members.
Green Bay-The drug fiends are pull
ing new stunt here. Whenever a
Doctors car is parked in sUme con-
yenient siding, those eager for the
dope" are ransacking the machine
from top to bottom in hopes of I'M
covering a hidden medicine case. This
has happened three times in the last
week.
Merrill-A charge Of dynamite in
tended for the ice above the main
channel bridge across the Wisconsin
river on West Main street. exploded
beneath the bridge. Part of the floor
ing of the bridge was blown or
Raeine-The Forty-thirf Separate
company. Wisconsin National guard,
Racine's unit of the guard, was mus
tered into service by Mai. Mahlen A..
rovce. u. s. A. The company is in
command of Capt, Paul M. Matson and
Iieuts. Arthur Johnson and G. B.
Washbarn.
Fan Claire-F Fearing their infant son
would become chilled during the night.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Morrison. apple
river. nut him to bed between them.
when they awakened they found the
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