Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-10-06
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

be uncovered in Wisconsin in the gov
ernment';s nation wide drive, Oct. 8.
according to A. H. Wilkinson, collector
of internal revenue for Wisconsin. The
drive is the first staged against tax
payers listing their incomes as less
than $4,000. Combined tax dodgers
and delinquents are expected to net
more than half million dollars for
the federal Golfers. Criminal action
will be taken against persons who
are patiently guilty of deliberate eva
sion of laws, but in cases of error the
collectors, will be satisfied with mere
collection of the taxes.
Madison-With the approach of win
ter highway construction work in Wis
consin is slowing up. BY Nov. l, it is
predicted, the 1921 road building pro-
gram will have been carried out.
This season has led all others for the
amount of construction, and in the
amounts of money expended Nearly
$50 miles of concrete highways, all
but eighty miles from county bond
issues, have been constructed. Wau-
kesha county, with forty-seven miles
of road, leads all Wisconsin counties
In the amount of new concrete high
ways, and is expected to lead all other
counties of the nation.
Oshkosh-Alumni former students
and former members of the faculty of
Oshkosh Normal school will gather
at the school Oct. % to Oct. "a to
observe the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the school, The total
number of graduates has been more
than $500, while it is estimated that
at least $4,000 students have attended
the normal for at least one summer
session.
Madison-The highest salaried Off
cial of the state of Wisconsin is now
receiving salary twice that paid to
any constitutional officer including
Gov. Blaine. At a recent meeting of
the state highway commission High
way Engineer A. R. Hirst had his sal
airy increased from 1925 month to
$S33.33 a month. This is equivalent
to a salary of $4,000 year.
Madison-A proclamation urging
Wisconsin people to attend the Ma
tional Dairy show at the Minneapolis
State Fair grounds, Oct. s, to Is. has
been issued by Gov Blaine. Wiscon-
sin cattle will be leading attractions
at the show. The governor points
out that in view of Wisconsin's SUI
premacy as dairy state, the show
should prove especially interesting to
Wisconsin citizens.
Madison-An increase of about 5A
per cent over last year is shown in
the enrolment at the University of
Wisconsin. Up to Oct. /, 1880 stu
dents had registered. The senior class
this year is more than 100 larger;
the junior class 800 larger the sopho-
more class, about the same and the
freshman class slightly smaller. There
are 4.7S3 men and 2,547 women en-
rolled
Kaukauna--After having been closed
for 10 months the ,lant of the Union
Bag and Paper corporation in Kau-
kauna has resumed operations with
practically a full crew in the pulp
and paper departments. All workmen
laid off at the plant last winter have
been re-emplOyed.
Tomah-- Manufacture of pioric acid
shells is under way at the Camp Rob-
inson ordnance depot. The shells are
used by farmers in clearing land
Each farmer is allotted 1000 pounds by
the United States department of agri-
culture. II is estimated that a year
will be required In manufacturing the
needed amount.
Richland Center-D. G. James, for
mer state senator and the leader of
woman suffrage in the legislature at
that time, is dead at his home in Rich
land Center. For wears he conducted
farm implement store in this city.
He was a civil war veteran escaping
from Andersonyille prison.
4 Madison-The University Of Wiscon-
sin defeated Lawrence college in the
opening game of the season on Sat
urday, % to 0, in game featured by
spectacular runs with midseason in
reference.
Ashland-Fire which destroyed the
wholesale grocery warehouse of C. NJ
Cramer here, caused a loss of 100000
Carloads of sugar, tobacco, canned
goods and flour were consumed.
/ Milwaukee-Hundreds of Scottish
Rite Masons from all parts OF the
state will gather in Milwaukee Nov. Is
to Is, for the fifty-ninth annual re-