Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-07-07
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Sturgeon Bay-Without any rain for
nearly three weeks, and scarcely any
during June, Door county grain crops
and other vegetation are suffering
greatly Unless there is relief soon
the crops will be greatly damaged.
Recent rains that visited points to the
south did not touch this county and
immediate vicinity. The drought has
not materially affected the cherry
crop, due to the fact that the trees
are well developed and have a deep
rootage. The strawberry crop was
cut short 40 per cent due to the warm
weather and lack of moisture.
Madison - There is little need for
worry over the condition of state f.
nances at the present time, with a
balance of 81, 018 ,253.91 in the general
fund, Henry Johnson, state treasurer,
said in statement at the close of the
fiscal year. He intimates that no add
ed taxation is necessary for the next
biennium. The statement shows that
the fund has $2,552,019.15 in excess of
the amount on hand at this time last
year and 1896, 1887 more than on
July i, 1915, when Gov. Philip first
took office.
Portage-Pensions for Wisconsin's
retired volunteer hremen will be a re-
atty if the plans of the national asso-
citation materialiZe. Henry Vessel of
Oconomowoc and Ernest Hansen of
Fort Atkinson, chief officials of the
Wisconsin Firemen's association were
made the first national delegates to
represent Wisconsin at the Denver
convention next May, when the mat
ter will be brought up. Preliminary
action was taken at the annual con
vention at Whitewater at which 103
volunteer fire departments had dele
| gates present.
Green Bay-A tour of the principal
| potato growing counties will be one
of the features of the Wisconsin Po-
tato Growers associations activities
|
meeting of the directors here. The
| trip will start from Green Bay Aug.
/, and include Oconto, Marinette,
Brown, Price, Oneida, Forest and Bay
| field counties. The jaunt ends at
Spooner, Aug. 6. Potato buyers and
wholesale commission men from the
eastern and southern states will be in
vited to make the trip.
Fond du Lac Activities of the
Wisconsin Cheese Producers fedora
ton directed toward making statewide
| the farmers marketing plans for
cheese sales, will be centered in
Wood county, according to a decision
reached at conference here between
| farm bureau men, cheese federation di-
Tectors, representatives of the state
division of markets, and of the state
university.
Menasha-Alleging that he forged
a check for SAT, warrant has been is
sued for Earl Stryker. In signing the
check he used the name of Ben Spill
ski, one of the owners of the Menasha
baseball club. Stryker appeared in
this city several days ago, asserting
he was"a ball player. He was given a
tryout and then disappeared. Later
/ the forged check came to light.
! Madison - Important changes in
state administrative positions took
place July / with the replacement of
C. p. Cary, superintendent of public
| instruction by John Callahan; of
George p. Hambrecht, chairman of
the industrial commission by Reuben
]. Enutson, and of e. A. Everett.
| Madison - Marinette, Oneida, Bar
ron, Washburn, Price and Portage
county farmers are leading in appli
cations for certificatiOns of their po-
tatoes. Nearly 100 of Wisconsins
asked ]. G. Milward, of the College of
Agriculture, to examine and certify
their fields for seed purposes.
Green Bay An exhibit building
which win contain a large number OF
Indian relics is planned by the com
mittee in charge of the Oneida Indian
festival. Arrangements will be made
whereby each unit of the reservation
tribe will have an exhibit village OF
its own.
Madison Enrolment of summer
schools at the University. of Wisconsin
has reached 1890, new high. total,
with likelihood of an increase before
next week, figures given out by the
registrar show. This record attend,
ance is 700 above the number here
last summer.