Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-09-08
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

state, but which was poorly attended
because of business conditions, came
to an end Saturday night, Sept. 8
The total attendance for the week
was 2365s5, the lowest attendance
since 1918. In 1919 the turnstiles reg
istered 242,095 and in 1920 they regis.
tered 327,394. Not only did the fair
as whole do poor business, but the
concessions did likewise. Many were
reported to have lost money. Visitors
did not have as much money to spend
as during the war and postwar peri
DDS, and there were fewer of them.
c. N. Norgord, commissioner of agri-
culture, stated that the industrial de-
preston was the sole cause of the
small attendance.
Eau Claire-Forfeiture to the state
Of the Northern hotel, the new $780,
900 hpstelry at Chippewa Falls, which
was given away during the recent
mardi gras celebration held at that
city on the grounds that it was made
the subject of lottery in violation Of
the state law is asked in a suit insti-
tuted at Chippewa Falls by Attorney
General Morgan. Papers were served
On the officers of the hotel company
Of the Elks' lodge, which had charge
Of the mardi gras and the giving away
Of the hotel, and also upon Peter Lay
man, Junction City, Wis. the winner
of the hotel. Sept. 16 was fixed as
the date upon which dispositions in
favor of the state will be taken before
United States Commissioner w. M.
Bowe, Chippewa Falls.
Madison - Upwards of 100000
trout of lingering size have been
planted In Wisconsin, streams so lar
this year. according to Brayton c.
Webster Of the Conservation commits.
sion. This 7,ate has the federal gov.
crnment beGt In the Matching of trout
Try" SAID Mr.. Webster. Our best
hatchery is at st. Croix Falls, where
we have taken 100000 fry of finger.
line size for planting this year alone
The planting of trout and other game
Insh will be continued throughout the
fall The shipments are made in cans
either direct to the places interested
or by means of shipment made on
a modern fish car that with crew
of two men is capable of transporting
as high as 100 cans"
act, passed by the last legislature, ex-
tends to all businesses which handle
farm products, the attorney general
held In an opinion to Edward Nord.
man, commissioner of the department
of markets. As enacted by thee last
legislature, the definition of scope of
the law would exclude condensaries,
canneries and all businesses which
process farm products, the attorney
general said. He holds the original
act, as passed, governed interpreta-
ton of the law, and would permit in
clusion Of all bonded warehouses
within its scope.
Sheboygan-Pla for an electric
transmission line that will connect
Sheboygan, Fond du Lac and Oshkosh
we're made public IN Sheboygan by
Harry Ellis. vice president of the
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Co. II
was announced that the line will cost
approximately 100000. The con
struction of the transmission line
from Sheboygan to Fond du Lac. a
distance Of "A miles. will be the first
step and work will be begun at once.
Kenosha-A "motherin.law quar-.
rel" turned out tragedy in Kenosha
when Mrs. Lucia Andreucci, Sc, died
ut st. GATHERINGS hospital from pois.
oning which developed from an injury
TO the little finger on her right hand
which was bitten by her son.in.law,
Joseph Angeletti. in quarrel June
30. Infection followed. Dist. Atty.
Frank Symmonds is investigating the
case and criminal prosecution may fol.
low. The woman had interferred in
q domestic quarrel when she was bit.
ten py ner Son'lnlaW.
Green Bay--W. p. Wagner, who for
23 years has been connected with the
Citizens National bank of Green Bay,
as cashier. vice president and later
rs president, has resigned and will
devote his attention TO paper mills in
which he is interested and in other
businesses. He will be succeeded by
George ID. Nau. Green Bay business
man.
Madison--Two applications for re.
assessments for this year were denied
by the tax commission, Madison. The
applications denied were for the vii.
lage Of Lone Rock and the city OF
Hudson. No sufficient discrepancies
were noted TO warrant reassessments.
according to T. E. Lyons. chairman of
the commission.