Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-08-18
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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Reserve-The Catholic church at Re
serve was struck by lightning anC
burned to the ground. Within two
hours after the building was struck il
was in ashes. The building was erect
ed forty years ago, when allotments
were made to the Indians of the Lac
Courte grizzlies Indian reservation. II
was on the reservation. There was no
way of extinguishing the flames except
by carrying water in buckets from the
lake, and attention was given to the
work of removing all valuables from
the church and the Office of the pastor.
Even the doors and windows were
removed and carried to safety. The
Rev Mr. Gordon was visiting in Hay
ward, Is miles distant. and arrived on
the scene after the building was gone.
His library and the church records
were saved
Denmark-Two barns and machine
shed, with their contents, and the sea-
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ming struck the farm of Elmer ]. Ras-
mussen. Two pure-bred Holstein cows
also were killed. Volunteers succeed
ed in saving the house and granary.
The loss is estimated at about 10000,
half of which is covered by insurance.
Madison--In the fiscal year 1920-21,
the II free employment offices conduct
s,.J 4rga xieci 10
74764 verified placements, of which
$500 were to men and 17,774 to wom-
en-. Verified placements were made in
II per cent of all calls for help re-
ceived.
Appleton-Proposal of Fox river val
ley carpenters, who have been striking
since May l, to return to work at the
basic pay of rs cents an hour If con-
tractors would recognize the closed
shop, was ignored by valley contrac-
tors at their meeting here. The offer
was, read to contractors and promptly
tabled without discussion. The open
shop was declared in the valley May 8
after carpenters refused to accept a
cut of 10 cents an hour reducing their
scale to rs cents. Contractors declare
they are able TO obtain all the men
they need at the rs cent rate. Mean
while several hundred carpenters in
the valley are idle.
Two Rivers Because the wrong
mayor signed their bonds, the city of
Two Rivers has been obliged to reprint
an entire issue amounting to 100000.
Last fall the city council voted to float
q $4,000 school bond issue and the
bonds were printed soon afterward,
and were duly signed by DR.. w. ]. Cur
rens, then city executive. The bonds
were not offered for sale until few
days ago, and now II. G, Gowran Is
mayor. II Is an established rule that
municipal bonds must be signed by the
mayor and city clerk in office at the
time when they are offered for sale.
Racine--District Attorney Thorwald
Beck of Racine county issued orders to
all county and town officials to cause
the immediate removal of all advertis-
ing signs along the highways of RAJ
cine county and that unless the signs
are removed within 10 days, they will
be destroyed. This action is taken be-
cause of the fact that large advertis-
ing signs are being placed at the inter
section of highways and obstruct views
of the direction signs placed by county
and town officials for information of
the autoists.
Merrill ~ The school board of Dis
trict No. 2, town of Tomahawk, recent
iy applied to County Superintendent
w. s. Freeman for teacher capable
of teaching all eight elementary grades
and the first and second grades of the
high school. all at one time in the
Spirit Falls school The superintend-
ent was Obliged TO inform the board
that such thing was impossible and
that no teacher could be expected to
I'LL the bill,
Janesville--James Rinekerd, James
Vile, has been working as a brick
maker for 81 years. For "a continuous
years he worked in Monroe brick
yard and three years ago moved TO
GAINESVILLE. IL have made more than
1000, 600 bricks during my life." says
Rinekerd. IL am rs years of age and
don't know of more pleasant trade
than making bricks"
Eau Claire - Rev. Byron T.. Lewis.
pastor of the Methodist church at Ar
kansaw, Wis. was drowned at Eau
Claire park, where he was on an out.
ing with his Boy Scout troop. He was
an good swimmer. but in diving struck
some object and was dead before he
could be taken from the water. He
was unmarried and world war vet
eran.
GAINESVILLE - With threshing practi.
cally fnished. Rock county farmers
are checking up in small grain yields
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