Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-01-07
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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adison-T Thirty Wisconsin cities
eeded the legal tax limit of 35 mills
their assessments the last year a
tort of the tax commission. dealing
h inancial~ statistics OF cities.
ows. Rising costs OF Carrying on
government without a proportion
e increase in the assessed valuation
properly Is given as the cause for
al be existing condition. The bonded
iebt of Wisconsin cities is shown to
Be S39,000,000, or $29.5S per capita.
Mine legal limit of Indebtedness for all
.Eof the cities is established at S93, 900.
poo. Madison showed the highest per
81 capita debt with S6265. while seven
\ cities under 5000 showed no debt al
ALL
Madison The value of Wisconsin
H crops in 1920 amounting to 1923. .427..
900 was 19 per cent less than the 1919
value and Is per cent lower than in
1918, although 147 per cent above the
1909 value, according to the annual re.
view of crop production made by Jo
seph A. Becker of the Wisconsin co
operating crop reporting service
Twenty-seyen representative crops in
1919 were valued at 1899 500, 900, in
1918 at $3.50, 0,6SO,OOO. and in 1909 at
$780, 900.
Birchwood-At the annual meeting
OF the Wisconsin Certified Seed Pota-
to Growers association held at Penn
bine, Carl Hazelberg of Mikana, seven
miles from here, was reelected state
secretary 1t was also decided at the
convention to encourage the growing
OF better potatoes and meetings of
this nature will be held at Rice Lake,
Ladysmith. Phillips. Rhinelander,
Pembine and Oconto, commencing this
month.
Odanah-Two infant children of
Mr. and Mrs Benjamin Charette were
burned to death here when fire de-
Etroyed their home The babies, to-
gether with three other children, who
we're saved, had been locked up in the
house by their mother while she was
attending moving picture theater.
Clara Roundwinde, 13.year-old neigh
Dor girl, rescued three of the children.
Fond du Lac--The city of Fond du
Lac will take no chances on holdups
during the collection OF taxes that be-
gins Jan. TO- An armed guard will be
on duty every day the tax collection
is IN progress. The affair which al
most cost the life OF Detective Will
liam Fischer, who was fired at by a
crook, has served to induce authorities
to be precautions to prevent any trou-
BILE at the office of the treasurer.
Birchwood-The executive commit
tee OF the Washburn County Holstein
Breeders association has decided to
purchase a large shipment of pure.
bred Holsteins to be placed upon the
farms of Washburn county. The first
car load of pure bred cattle will arrive
in January or February. The idea of
placing pure bred cattle on county
farms was instituted along with the,
land clearing program for Washburn
county.
Green Bay This city will be mayor
less for three months. The council de-
cided not to appoint a successor to
Mayor Elmer S. Hall. whose resigna-.
ton went in effect Dec 80, due to the
fact that there were no applicants. All
Administrative business will be
handled.Dy the two commissioners. A
new mayor will be elected at the cleo
tion April s.
Madison Exactly ia foreign stu
dents, including is women and repre-
senting 80 countries, are among the
1904 students enrolled at the Univer-
atty Of Wisconsin this year, according
to hgures just prepared. Last year
the total number of foreign students
was S6. and only is countries were
represented China leads with SO stu
dents.
Merchants of Monroe coun-
y have checked up on their holiday
business, and after comparing it with
thai Of 1919. the biggest trade ever
known. announce that their books
show an equal business in 1920. This
iaet is a great surprise because two
big concerns which employ many
women are closed for an indefinite
Period of time.
Fond du Positions asking Tor
NE abandonment of the commission
Iorm Of government in the city OF
sond du Lac and the return of the OLD
sidermanic form are being circulated