Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-02-24
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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Couderay-The local bank has re.
ceived notice from the Indian depart.
ment announcing arrangements for a
public sale of $500 acres of land on
the Couderay Indian reservation, Apr.
81. The government held a sale OF
Indian lands in December The lands
are appraised by the government and
none is sold for less than appraised
value. The value is usually fixed at
from SIS to $50 an acre, averaging
about $3.50. Lands adjoining the
reservation have all been sold at from
$25 and up.
Beloit-The Rock County Farmers
Telephone Co. will go out of business
II higher price is not paid for tele-
phones, stockholders announced The
company, established twenty years
ago, operates in the vicinity of Beloit
and has 500 subscribers. For years no
dividends have been declared and the
business shows an annual deficit. For
the year just closed the company is
about $500 to the bad. The property
is valued at $4,000.
Madison-The state department of
agriculture, through it's seed control
division, finds it necessary to again
warn the farmers of the state against
the purchase Of bargain seeds" from
any source whatsoever. There is al
ways reason for reduction in price
and usually it is because the seed is
contaminated with the seeds of trou-
blesome weeds, or because 1t is low in
terminating power.
Green Bay--William Holloway, an
old offender, will spend Is days in Jail
as a result of being drunk and dis
orderly. Police Judge Hewlett offered
10 let Holloway go on suspended !
sentence il he would tell where he was
getting his stuff, but the prisoner said |
he would rather serve the time and |
keep the we'll intact" for another
session.
Appleton After celebrating FIVE |
hours a jury in circuit court held there |
was no cause for action against six |
Appleton men, defendants in a suit for |
$4,000 instituted by John Deml, Grand |
Chute farmer, who alleged he was as
saulted in night raid at his home /
during the fourth Liberty loan cam
paign. II was the second trial of the
might rider" case, Deml losing the
first contest
Green Bay-The world is getting
normal again. The first application in
four years for peddSer's license was
issued TO George Mike of Fond du Lac
by the county clerk He intends to go
the route around the county on foot,
selling everything from brass ring
TO cake of.soap or a yard of calico.
Mack will carry his store" on his
back and his pack, when he starts eff,
will weigh about Is" pounds.
Eagle River--At the annual meeting
Of the Eagle River Cooperative Cream
cry company IL was voted to declare
4 90 per cent stock dividend and in
crease the capital stock from $4,000 to
$4,000. During the last year the
creamery has manufactured 100 roo
pounds of butter and received 275,S42
pounds of cream. The gross sales for
he products were $7S,3S3.O5.
Eau Claire Sleeping sickness
claimed its FIST victim here when Mrs.
II. w, Richgels, So years old, died at
A local hospital after an illness of
Sc enteen days. the last twelve of
W ich she spent in deep sleep Five
otaer cases of sleeping sickness have
been reported here but none of the
Dthers are considered serious
Wisconsin Rapids With two candi-
dates in the field ami promise of sew
eral others the fight has opened for
of a postmaster in this
city. George Warren, grocery man,
and A. l.. Fontaine. editor and pub
Usher OF The Wood County Reporter,
are candidates. Mr. Fontaine held the
office several years ago,
Wi consin Rapids Chamber OF
Commerce of Wisconsin Rapids is
backing a movement to have the Wis
consin highway commission retain the
present highway engineer. A. X. Hirst.
who recently resigned County boards.
chambers of commerce. legislature and
nth hA fat
appealed to.
Eau Claire-The marketing OF hides /
OF animals of every sort has been cut 1
fully Is per cent this year from that /