Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-11-10
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Milwaukee, died in Los Angeles. The
body was brought to Milwaukee for
burial. Mr.. Sivyer was born on May
4. 1885, in a small house which his
father had fioated down the river a
year before and located ON the pres
emf site, of the First Wisconsin Ma,
tlonal Bank bldg A bronze tablet
marks the birthplace The boyhood
OF Milwaukee's first child was spent
In a backwoods village of 400 inhabi-
tants in an age of log cabins, OK carts
and Indians. Solomon Juneau con-
Quoted the only store and all about
the little clearing lowered a dense
forest.
Madison Applications for 1922
automobile license plates will not be
received by the secretary .. state be-
fore December 1. his office reports.
A number of applications have been
returned following their early receipt
Automobile owners who desire to ap-
ply for the same number held by them
In previous years are requested to
have their applications in early. Only
those wanting numbers below 1000
will be assured of accommodation. 1t
is expected that 100000 licenses will
be issued In 1922, compared to $4,000
issued In 1921. This win mean rev.
enue Of S3,600,000 derived from license
payments, the greater part of which is
devoted TO highway maintenance.
Superior-A police reward of $500
was offered to the person giving
clew which would lead to conviction
of the murderer of Anthony Conan
ski, Superior, warehouse Waterman,
who was presumably slain by robbers.
The shooting of the watchman is the
second mysterious murder in Superior
within a sixmonth period When
Marie Davis, candy store proprietress
was found strangled to death in her
store, six months ago, not a clew was
found which would establish the iden
tity of the slayer.
Madison Fire which broke out in
the Methodist hospital, Madison, i'm
periled the lives of 80 patients. The
blaze was checked after causing dam
age of $4,000 The patients were
transferred to other hospitals of the
city and to nearby homes, scores OF
citizens giving assistance with autos
The entire fire department fought the
flames The fire broke out on the
third and fourth floors and is believed
to have been caused by crossed wires.
The hospital, built at a cost of $780,
900, was opened three months ago.
Madison-the balance on hand in
the state treasury Nov. l, including
all funds, was $7,254, 1877. Henry John.
son, state treasurer, announced. This
is $1,469,000 less than Oct. 1, the
figures show. There was 81, 1852 ,585 in
the general fund.- compared to $5,701,-
582 Oct. 1, and approximately S11000,-
900 July l. The service recognition
fund has 81 ,003S44 on hand. and the
soldiers educational bonus $621,7
The state has 81 100000 i'm United
States certificates of indebtedness
which are not included in the balance.
Madison-There were 81 accidents
on public railroad crossings in Wis
consin during the three months from
July l to Oct l, resulting in the death
of Is persons and injury of %. the re-
port of the state department shows
Twenty-six of these accidents involved
automobiles, in which Is persons were
killed and % injured The depart
ment announces that it has made in
vestigations of ten dangerous cross
ings in three localities.
Madison - Three special tractor
courses will be given this winter by
the agricultural engineering depart
ment of the College of Agriculture.
The drst course begins Dec. |. the
second Jan l, and the third Jan. rs.
The enrolment in each course will be
limited TO Is students, reports F. w.
Duffee. who with III. r. Chapman will
have charge of the course. 1t will be
necessary to make application for en-
rollment.
Green Bay-Statistics collected by
Income Assessor j. ]. Colignon show
that one out of every two families in
Brown county has an automobile. The
population of the county is $1,000 and
there are 5,261 motor vehicles. In
averaging the number in a family the
fact was taken into consideration that
Brown county also has the largest
sized families in the state.
Janesville--The Edgerton Highway
Trailer Co. has instituted a s250,000
damage suit against the GAINESVILLE
Electric Electric Co. in circuit court
at GAINESVILLE. The plaintiff alleges
that an electric pump was shut off.
preventing the company employees
from USING water on the fire that Wis.