Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-04-01

Madison-The prospect of an early
spring is bringing many calls for help
from farmers to the IL free employ
ment Offices conducted by the indus
trial commission In the first two
weeks of March 1896 calls were re-
ceived for farm hands and 347 men
were sent to farm positions, of whom
240 were reported back by the farmers
as having been hired. The largest
number Of farm placements were
made by the employment officers at La
Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Oshkosh
and Wausau. and there was brisk de-
mand for farm help also at the offices
at Green Bay and Sheboygan.
Wisconsin Rapids-After falling to
effect reconciliation with his wife,
who, it is said, was on the point of
suing for divorce. and having also
failed to end his life by drinking car
bolic acid, Thomas Chester Buck, AZ
years old, armed himself with two bot
ties of poison. d razor and gun, made
an attack on the home of his mother
in-law here, where his wife had taken
refuge. opened fire on the family. prob
ably fatally wounded his wife, Olive,
"a years old, and then placed a gun
to his mouth and killed himself.
Superior Miss Marie Davies, Is
years old, whom police believe to be
Miss Marie Dodal, formerly of Mount
Pleasant, Ia, was found strangled to
leath in her candy shop in an outlying
district here. Police believe robbery
was the motive for the crime. The cash
register and the girls purse had been
looted. The body of the young woman
was bruised, her clothing torn, and
other evidences Of a struggle were ap.
parent in the shop. A handkerchief
was bound tightly about her neck.
Another handkerchief had been used
for gag.
Madison TO aid needy students in
earning their way through college, 207
loans, totaling ST. 41, were made last
year by the regents of the University
of Wisconsin from loan aud trust
funds. The loans averaged $50 a per-
son. The university has 20 loan funds
for this purpose. Fifteen of them,
totaling $4,000, may be loaned out en-.
tirely and then reloaned as the money
is repaid by the recipients. Five of
the loan funds, totaling $20,454, are
trust funds whose income only may be
loaned out.
Couderay About twenty Sawyer
county settlers south of Lexington
near here have formed a farmers tele-
phone company and will cree. a ten
mile farmers telephone line at once.
The line will run from Lexington
south into the Meteor settlement and
be a great help to those people. Set
tiers have moved in rapidly the last
couple of years in that section. The
line will connect with the long dis
lance of Lexington.
Fond du Lac-A tri-county picnic for
the members of the Guernsey Breed
ers' association in the counties of Fond
du Lac, Green Lake and Winnebago,
will be held at the Lone Tree farm at
Green Lake, Thursday, June 2. The
picnic is to precede the annual joint
two-day sale of Guernseys, which is
held by the Winnebago and Fond du
Lac breeders. The sale is set for June
8 and 4.
Fond du Lae--A divorce was grant
ed to Mrs. Pauline Raasch, who has
been married for over twenty-five
years, in an uncontested action before
Judge Richter. The husband, Chris
Raasch, was found guilty of cruel and
inhuman treatment and of using
abusive and threatenii language. Set
tlement was made for $4,000 Mrs.
Raasch win also receive the household
furniture.
La Crosse-A proposal to relieve un-
employment of La Crosse men by
modifying all the odd jobs in the city
for them to do was announced by r..
f. II. Schulz. superintendent of the
state employment bureau. The plan
has been worked out by Mr.. Schultz
in an effort to make sure that La
Crosse men shall have first call on the
Jobs available, and that those who
need them worst win get them first.
Merrill - Fines totaling $2,572,75
were paid here by the 10 Merrill men
arraigned for selling intoxicating
liquor. The fines were imposed by
Judge M. C. Porter in county court,
Joseph Hogl, who pleaded not guilty
but who was adjudged guilty by the
jury. was fined $3.50. Arthur Snirk,
his bartender, was fined $225. and the
remaining eight saloon keepers were
each fined 5000.