Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-10-01
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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Madison court test of the com
puisory inspection powers of the new
marketing law will be undertaken by
potato shippers of Waupaca county.
according to word received by the de-
partment of markets in Madison. This
will be the first action testing powers
of the new department. The basis
of the claim Will be that the legisla-
ture has no constitutional power to
compel shippers TO pay a fee for in
spectiOn of their produce before it is
marketed In the meantime. fees are
being paid under protest Nearly 100
inspectors are engaged in grading the
Wisconsin potato crop. the cost OF
their services being borne by the
shippers. The test case will be start
ed in the circuit court of Waupaca
county.
Crandon - Willis Lesperance and
Chalmers Yeager. principals in the
Wabeno bank robbery, where $500
was taken, were sentenced to 25 years
each in states prison by Judge w. B.
Quinlan in the Crandon circuit court.
Lawrence Lesperance, an accessory
after the fact, was sentenced TO one
year in prison. Fifteen special depu-
ties guarded the court room during
the trial. The three bank robbers plead
ed guilty through Judge J. N. Walsh,
assistant district attorney. "Frenchy'
Yaeger, alleged to have been an access
sorry after the fact, was dismissed. The
men were taken TO Waupun by Sheriff
Miller and several deputy sheriffs. The
Lesperance brothers are from Oconto
and the Yaegers from Green Bay. The
bank robbery took place on July 16.
Madison There are BOSS persons
reported as teachers and principals in
Wisconsin high schools, report of the
state superintendent Of public instruc-
ton shows OF these 1874 were in
schools under city superintendent
and 401 in schools under county SUI
perintendents. College graduates serv-
ing as teachers in the city high
schools numbered 995. and those under
county superintendent 462. No fig
ures are available to show how many
noncolleee graduates are teaching
high school subjects for which they
were specially prepared, the report
says. -
Marinette-O 81 the most remark
able couples .epefhaps in the United
States, is residing at Abrams, near
Oconto I'm the persons of Mr.. and Mrs.
l~Iaaaes Bell. He is 104 years old and
% 5 97 wife is 102 Each is enjoying
l5.S2d health. They have resided in
81 2 Jams so years, married in Canada
li.3S 844, and resided in Detroit before
'S' h owing to Manitowoc, later coming
1888 Abrams. MIR. Bell volunteered
-" service in the Civil War but was
cted as he was to old. having been
At the time Twelve children
born 10 the couple, seven of
N survive.
ashington -- Third-class postmas-
hip examinations for Wisconsin
5.73 es will be held Oct %, according
200 he United States civil service
mission, as follows: Bagley Of
salary $1,000; Barneved office,
90; Belmont $1,000; Cazenovia,
90; Frederic, $2,l00; Grafton. ST.
Hammond. $1,400; Hazel Green,
80 90; Hollandale, $1,000; Juda, ST.
1870 SiDsinawa, $1,000; Verona, ST.
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i.$$o hdison- Superior is Wisconsin's
100 coal receiving center. according
80 aport OF the department of mar
40 which shows that 1884. 104 tons
l.$o oft coal have been taken in at
$50 Superior docks up to Sept l. Mil
,.5o zee ranks second with receipt Of
l4.32 $50 tons. Mantowoc received
80 900 tons. Sheboygan 200282 tons
5.4een Bay 197600 tons and Ashland
SEQ ,369 tons.
+ La Crosse-The largest gathering