Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-12-08


upkeep as it will for city upkeep this
year. The city pays IS per cent Of
the county taxes, most of which is
spent on roads and road bonds.
Madison - County provision for
highway construction during 1922 will
be on as broad a scale as during the
last year, judging from reports given
to the highway commission by coun.
ty boards, A. R. Hirst, highway engi
neer, states. Bond issues totalling
nearly $10,000,0OO have been author
lied by the counties of the state for
road construction. This money, cou.
pied with that made available through
state and federal aid, will bring the
total highway expenditure for the
coming year to approximately s1S,.
100000 This last year $24,000,000
was spent on roads, $6,000000 of the
amount being held over appropria-
tions.
Madison-County boards cannot le-
gally employ member of the state
road and bridge committee to act as
superintendent of maintenance taking
away duties from the county highway
commissioner, E. E. Brossard, assist
ant attorney general, holds in an opin-
ion to H. J. Bohn, district attorney
of Sank county 1t was the intention
of the county board to employ men,
Der of the road and bridge committee
on regular salary to take over the
work of highway maintenance He
would work independently of the
county highway commissioner
Madison-A total of 7,434 students
are enrolled in the University of Wis
consin, according to the tables in the
annual student directory which has
just been issued This number is
about per cent larger than the total
enrolment of 1904 at the same time
last year The new total includes A.
500 men students, as compared with
| 1854 last year. The present number
of women students is 2,544, as com
pared with 2,410 last year.
/ Green Bay-It cost Brown county
| $785, 900 to build % miles of concrete
roads in 1921, according to the report
presented to the board of supervisors
by Highway Commissioner Cormier.
The county also constructed 46 minor
bridges at cost Of $4,000. Includ-
| ing the cost of maintenance and the
repair work on main travelled routes.
! the county spent a total Of $1,086,000
to make its main travelled highways
the equal of any in the state.
| Fond du Lac-Damages of $500
| were awarded Mrs. Helen Smithers
in circuit court at Fond du Lac in
suit for $4,000 against Henry
Brunkhorst, saloonkeeper, for alleged
injury last spring to her husband re.
sulting from purchase of intoxicating
liquor The suit, which was brought
under a clause of the Volstead law
permitting punitive damages when
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first of it's kind tried in the state.
| The jury was out five hours.
Eau Claire-E. c. Pommerening,
Oshkosh was reelected president Of
the Wisconsin union, American Soci-
ETY. of Equity, at the convention in
Eau Claire. Mr.. Pommerening re-
| ceived 446 votes on the final ballot,
against 428 for G. A. Nelson of Polk
county, to whose support opponents
of the Pommerening regime rallied
Hartford-The village of Schleisin-
gerville, located FIVE miles east of
Hartford, will not be known by that
name hereafter, as resolution was
passed by the county board at West
Bend, officially changing the name to
Singer, which has been its abbreyi-
ated name for some time.
Madison-Producers of milk in Wis
consin during the fast year received
65a1o cents out of every dollar for
their product, report of the state
department of markets shows. Out
of this amount the farmer had to pay
hauling charges in addition to his
costs of production.
Superior-John w. Mcdonald died
at Medford after living for almost
five weeks with a broken back. He
received his injuries while working
in q sewer trench ut Medford on Oct.
30. He leaves family of eleven chill.
dren.
Janesville-Unable to decide con.
troversy over county assessments, es-
pecially the property valuation of Be-
lott and GAINESVILLE, the county board
of supervisors will appeal to the Wis
consin tax commission for settlement.
La Crosse-Herman Gensan. who
held up FIVE men in the Old Style inn