Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-10-12

in the general fund for payment OF
highway expenses and general admin
istrative costs. During the last month
| $3,923,827 was added to the general
fund from railway taxes and automo-
| bile license fee payments, while dis
jursements totaled $2,97S,871, most OF
which were to meet expenditures fcr
highway construction and mainte-
nance. /. There are s926,225 in the
service recognition fund. out OF which
costs involved in building the Wiscon-
sin general hospital at the university
are to be met. The educational bonus
fund now amounts to $986,620.
Portage-The entire town OF XII
bourn was threatened by fire Which
started In the freight depot OF the
Milwaukee railroad. The fire entirely
destroyed the station building, spread
rapidly to two grain elevators close
By. dismantling those two structures
and famed by strong rising Wlnd
swept down toward the business Sec
ton. The high wind carried sparks to
dwelling houses, sheds and barns, the
roofs of many catching fire. Volunteer
firemen, aided by bucket brigade
were able to keep the flames checked
in the majority of cases.
Madison-The state printing board
saved taxpayers of Wisconsin more
than $4,000 through two purchases of
paper before prices were raised Sept.
20, David Atwood state printer, said.
Paper on which income tax blanks
will be printed was purchased for
$2,419. just a few minutes before the
increase went into effect, resulting in
a saving of STA, according to Mr.. At
wood The printing board at the same
time bought 5000 pounds of book pa
per for The Blue Book, saving $1,000
uperior-Charging that the jury in
the famous Sailstad case misconduct
ed itself and that there was no evil
dence to substantiate the verdict
awarding Mrs. Leona Sailstad-Rich-
ardson the sum of $4,000 of the in
carried by her first husband,
J. Sailstad, counsel for the de- |
PENDANT New York Life Insurance Co. |
entered a motion to set aside the YER
dict.
Madison-The first dairy feeding day
ever staged in America will be held /
in Madison Oct. rs, when the dairy
men of Wisconsin meet to plan their
winter feeding operations. Back of |
he occasion is the determined effort
Of the dairymen of the state to make
heir winter employment profitable.
They have adopted as the slogan for
he coming season, Feed Your Cows
'or Profit"
GAINESVILLE The GAINESVILLE city
council adopted budget for 1928 call
ng for a tax levy of $633,S11 for city
purposes alone, compared to s606,542
'aised this year, or a net increase of
s27.268. This is Az per cent. The
new tax rate will be $22.05 per thou
sand. Taxes In GAINESVILLE have in
creased rs per cent since 1905, rec
Drds show.
Hurley-A record for the state was
established in Iron county when cattle
were tested for tuberculosis, according
TO figures compiled by o. H. Eliason,
state veterinarian Less than l per
cent of the cows tested showed a re- |
action to tuberculosis. There were |
4,741 head of cattle given the test in |
a total of 1875 herds and only 81 re-
actors were discovered.
Madison-Garages using automo-
biles for other than garage purposes
must have them licensed with the reg
ular state automobile license. Morti- |
mer Levitan, assistant attorney gener-
al, has ruled. He held that a truck
used by garage, on garage license
for hauling implements would have to
have a regular truck license and could
not be operated on the garage license
Madison-A 2 per cent highway
privilege tax based on the valuation
of automobiles is proposed by the
legislative committee of the Wiscon.
sin County Boards association as the
principal means 1t will urge for rails.
ing funds to meet highway building
costs when the 1923 legislature takes
up highway tax problems.
Antigo-J w. Smith, Kent, the
Langlade county potato breeder who
developed the strain of Triumph no
tatoes which bears his name has sold
his entire crop available for sale. 900