Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-06-22
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wheat and barley in the state. re-
port of the crop service says. Fields
are said 20 be spotted in many places.
Potato beetles are causing average
damage, while grub worms and cut
worms are "spotting" some fields of
corn, the report said Winter wheat
is already beginning to head. and rye
is we'll headed in some fields. Late
potato planting is said to be progress
ing rapidly in central and northern
counties. Alfalfa, with a good first
crop, is being harvested in southern
counties. Millet and soy beans are be-
ing planted to replace killed out
clover. Tobacco is reported as being
transplanted under excellent condi-
tions.
Madison-A number of cadets of the
state university reserve officers train
ing corps win take examinations for
first lieutenant or second lieutenant
in the United States army on Aug. %.
There are 5000 vacancies in the com
missioned personnel of the infantry,
cavalry, field artillery, coast artillery.
engineers, air service. chemical war
fare service. and Philippine scouts.
National guardsmen,- men who have
had two years service in the regular
army, and graduates of accredited
technical schools are also eligible to
take the examinations.
Fond du Lac-Jone Ackley, the old
est resident in the village of Brandon
and one of the Oldest in the state,
celebrated his one hundredth and sec.
ond birthday June 6. He is physically
in good health. Mr.. Ackley was born
in 1919 in New York state, where he
resided until 1850, when he came west,
settling in Fairwater. Fond du Lac
county. He has been resident of the
village of Brandon and of Fond du Lac
county Twenty-Five years, having been
engaged as a farmer His wife died
in 1904 at the age of rs.
Eau Claire-Records of Eagle post,
G. A. r. of Eau Claire, showing the
total membership list and the present
membership, give a graphic illustra-
ton of the rapidity with which the
boys of 1S61-65 are answering the last
call of TAPS" The maximum mem
bership of Eagle post, named after the
famous war eagle, "Old Abe" carried
by the old Eagle company of Eau
Claire, according to the records was
436; while the present membership is
So, showing a loss of 3S3.
AppIeton-A meeting of school dis
trict clerks will be held in Appleton
in the near future to discuss a revision
of salaries paid to teachers in Outa-
game county rural schools. The pres
ent minimum salary is $50 a month,
with no maximum, and it is proposed
to reduce the minimum TO $40 and fix
500 as the maximum pay per month,
Several teachers now are receiving as
much as $3.50 a month.
Green Bay Settlement of the strike
at the John HOberg Co. paper mill was
affected when President Frank II
Hoberg signed an agreement with a
strikers committee putting into efeel
the IS 2/3 per cent wage reduction or
dered by the mill May /. The agree
ment settles a strike IN progress at the
mill since May /, when more than 800
employees walked out.
Madison-The Wisconsin hay croT
prospect declined ever 100000 tons
during May, Joseph a. Becker, OF the
Wisconsin cooperative crop reporting
service says in his June crop report
Total production is forecast at 4.793.
600 tons, compared to the 5,036,OOC
forecast on May 1, the 5,273,000 pro
duced in 1920, and the ive-year aver
age of 4,854,000 tons.
Marshfield-M Members Of the Marsh
field Rotary club and the William j
Lesselyong American Legion post have
Joined forces to raise a fund of $500
through popular subscription to erec
a monument in the local cemetery {
heroes of the late war. An Intensive
house to house canvass will be con
Quoted.
Green Bay-Dr Thomas Burke, 65
brother of Timothy Burke, Green Bay
state senator, died at his home a
Wayside, Brown county, after an III
ness of nearly two months. DR.. Burke
was well known in state medical cir
cles.
HilIsboro-Mrs Adeline S. Tongue
who has been a resident of Hillsbor'
for more than sixty years, celebrated
her one hundredth anniversary at thu
home of her daughterinlaw, Mis-
Annie Tongue, here, with large mum
Der of relatives present.
Hayward--It was not bank rob
berry this time. nor a regular holdup
Bandits stole $500 pounds of dynamit'
when they entered the powder maya
zine of the Hayward Hardware Co.
near here. The dynamite was haule'
away in a truck or heavy wagon.
sheboygan A great grey eagle
measuring seven feet from wing iii
to tip. was brought down by Arthu
Wunseh. a farmer living near Haven
/ sheboygan county, when he laid il