Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-08-20

the scene after the building was gone.
His library and the church records
we're saved.
Denmark-Two barns and a machine
shed with their contents. and the sea
sons crop was destroyed when light
ming struck the farm of Elmer ]. Ras-
mussen. TWO pure-bred Holstein COWS
also were killed. Volunteers succeed
ed in saving the house and granary
! The loss is estimated at about $4,000,
half Of which is covered by insurance.
I Madison-In the fiscal year 1920-21,
the II free employment Offices conduct
cd by the industrial commission made
-4764 verified placements, Of which
$500 were TO men and 17,774 to wom-
IN. Verified placements were made in
II per cent of all calls for help re-
ceived.
Appleton Proposal of Fox river val
. ley carpenters. who have been striking
since May /. to return to work at the
basic pay of IS cents an hour if con
tractors would recognize the closed
shop. was ignored by valley contrac-
tors at their meeting here. The offer
was read to contractors and promptly
tabled without discussion The open
shop was declared in the valley May 8
after carpenters refused to accept a
cut Of 10 cents an hour, reducing their
scale TO 70 cents. Contractors declare
they are able to obtain all the men
they need at the Is cent rate. Mean
while several hundred carpenters in
the valley arc idie.
Two Rivers - Because the wrong
mayor signed their bonds. the city Of
Two Rivers has been Obliged TO reprint
an entire issue amounting to $4,000
Last fan the city council voted to float
8 $500 school bond issue and the
bonds were printed soon afterward
and We're duly signed by Or. ". ]. Cur
rens. then city executive. The bonds
were not offered for sale until few
DAYS ago. and now II. c. Gov ran is
mayor. 1t IS an established rule that
municipal bonds must be signed by the
mayor and city clerk in office at the
time when they are offered for sale.
Racine District Attorney Thorwald
Beck Of Racine county issued orders to
all county and town officials to cause
the immediate rem oval of all adyertis-
ing signs along the highways Of Ra-
cine county and that unless the signs
are removed within 10 days. they will
be destroyed. This action is taken be
cause Of the fact that large advertis-
ing signs are being placed at the inter
section Of highways and obstruct views
of the direction signs placed by county
and town officials for information OF
the autoists.
Merrill The school board of Dis
trict NJ. .. town Of Tomahawk, recent
IN applied to County superintendent
". S. Freeman for a teacher capable
Of teaching all eight elementary grades
and the first and second grades OF the
high school. all at one time in the
Spirit Falls school The supeuntend-
ent was obliged 10 inform the board
that such thing was impossible and
that ne teacher could be expected TO
I'll the bill
JanesvilIe-James Rinekerd, James
yille. has been working as a brick
maker for 81 years. For s. continuous
years he worked in, q Monroe brick
yard and three years ago moved to
GAINESVILLE. Il have made more tn2n
100000 bricks during my life" says
Rinekerd. i am 73 years Of age and
don't know of q more pleasant trade
than making bricks.
Eau Claire = Rev Byron +. Lewis.
pastor Of che Methodist church at Ar
kansaw. WIS was drowned a Eau
claire park. where he was on an our
ing with has Boy Scout troop. lie was
an good swimmer, but in diving struck
some object and was dead before he
could be taken from the water. lie
was unmarried ana world war vet
eran
GAINESVILLE Win threshing practi-
caUy finished. Rock county farmers
are checking up in small grain Yields
which are decidedly unsatisfactory.
The hot. dry weather and rust severely
ravaEed NOSE Of the fields The coun-
ty will have its greatest crop in an
other TWO weeks. Corn ranges from 2
10 12 feet high. Tobacco looks prom
Using
Park Falls - Oscar d1utinovich. 2.
son ~ NJ. and Mrs. Oscar Nlut.no-
vteh. ST ta5s cry, was drowned in the
r1swbeaa river while playing. The
tEE1s haGy was recovered within III
teen minutes. but AN efforts a resgs-
citation failed
s7a~.a-F. J. HerrzfeId representing
tre Equity Society. addressed about
loo farmers of Monroe county ON She
plan Tor the formation 81 she Equity
Dairy Cooperative ASSOCIATION An
organization committee was elected to