Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-12-01

region OF the pest. A peOtl0n was
signed by IS and presented to the
county board, in session at Oshkosh,
asking that it provide bounty of 4
cents for each blackbird. The petit
ton declared the action necessary be-
cause blackbirds are increasing so
fast and are so destructive that they
are practically wiping out the crops
along lakes and rivers. Chairman Nc
Donald, of the county board, was at
loss as to the procedure on the petit
ton, but finally referred the matter
to the finance committee, which is to
report soon.
Madison-A justice of peace in any
Wisconsin county may also serve as
assessor of incomes without violating
any state law, E. E. Brossard, assist
ant attorney general, advised A. F.
Murphy, district attorney of Marinette
county, in an opinion. County boards
cannot fix the salary of the sheriff
at stipulated sum and then allow
him additional funds for expenses, Mr..
Brossard held in a second opinion
given Mr.. Murphy. THE salary when
liked by the county board necessarily
includes the expenses for performance
of the sheriff's duties, and they must
be borne by him, and are, in contem-
plation of the law, compensated for
by the salary" he said.
Monroe-Because the average total
cost mile of concrete highway in
Green county is $51 900, including cost
of grading, relocation, bridges and
surfacing, the Green county board
voted to change to other than cement
construction. Applause greeted the
declaration by Supervisor John P.
Nolty. Spring Grove. that there's too
much Madison in this road business,
and we have to pay the bills" Green
county voted $4,000 900 worth Of bonds
for concrete highways. The legisla-
ture passed a law empowering boards
of supervisors in such cases to change
to cheaper kind of construction.
The board made the change.
Madison-During the last three
years the state tax commission
through field and office audits have
uncovered over $14,000,000 of unre-
ported income, which has netted the
state an additional $1,500000 in tax,
the commission reports. This years
audits, which have not yet been com
pleted, show a return OF $4,949,434 of
unreported income, which will bring
return of $442,439.45 in taxes. Gov.
Blaine in asking for transfer of s40,-
900 from the educational bonus fund
to the tax commission to pay for adj
ditional investigators believes that
many millions of dollars further in
taxes will be collected on back in
comes.
Green Bay-George Webster, 25,
Oneida Indian, living on the outskirts
of the reservation, was arrested ON
warrant sworn out in Wisconsin Rap
ids <on the charge ca obtaining money
under false pretenses. 1t is alleged
that Webster issued number of
small checks without sufficient funds
in the bank. An epidemic of bad
check passing is prevalent among the
redskins at the reservation. Webster
is the seventh Indian in the last two
months to be brought into court on
the same charge.
Marinette-A bull etin was recently
posted at the plant of the NJ & M.
Paper Mill Co., Ma1inette, reading as
follows: This mill has now operated
100 days without a lost time acct
dent record which has probably
not been equalled by any paper mill
in the entire state. The woodward
has operated 293 days without an ac-
cident; the woodroom, 233 days; pulp
mills, 800 days; millwrights and car
enters, 272 days; steam and electric,
357 days without an accident.
Madison+The Wisconsin onion crop
TINS year, the department of markets
estimates, will amount to only $1,000
bushels as compared with $4,000 pro-
duced in 1920. Shipments so far
amounted to 81 cars, while last year
III cars were shipped. The market
is said to be firm with No. / yellow
varieties bringing from 1878 to $3.50
a hundred potinds in Chicago, and red
varieties up to $4.25.
Milwaukee-The Rev. Alexander J.
McGavick, auxiliary bishop of the Chi
cago Catholic diocese since 1899 and
pastor of the Holy Family church at
Chicago, was promoted to be bishop
of the diocese of La Crosse. Bishop
McGavick succeeds the late Bishop
Schebach. He was born at Fox Lake,
Ill.,, in 1863 and was ordained priest