Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-28

competing IN what is said TO be the
greatest showing of "white-faces" ever
held at the International. Holding
premier honors as the nations lead,
ing dairy state, Wisconsin showed that
it also deserves recognition for the
quality of its beef cattle. James Price
and son of Onalaska won three prizes,
including first place in the Hereford
steer class with their purebred senior
calf. Bonnie Repeat. Other Wiscon-
sin prize winners were: Rott brothers,
Wonewoc, six ribbons; J. c. Robinson
and son, Evansville. four ribbons;
Irving Jewell, Mineral Point, two rib
bons.
Grafton-A pure-bred Holstein COW
owned by Otto Kohlwey, Grafton, has
Just established new high milk and
butter fat record for Ozaukee county,
according to Arthur Bastian, official
tester In seven days this COW pro-
duced $685. pounds of milk and 29,414
pounds of butter fat. The highest
daily milk production was 1902
pounds. Both the butter fat produc-
ton and the high day sets new
county record. The daily consump-
tion of feed was so pounds of beets,
10 pounds of silage, IS pounds of grain
and hay.
Superior Ingenious plans for Q
wholesale Jail delivery from the Doug
las county Jail at SUPERIOR and for the
murder of a cell mate and the night
jailer, were thwarted when Charles
Urbaniaf, one of the intended victims,
overheard the plans while feigning
sleep in his CELL When the cells OF
two prisoners were searched after Ur
baniaf had notified the jailer, a revol
yer, several rounds of ammunition and
three hacksaw blades were found con
cealed in a mattress.
Marshfield - Marshfeld business
men are literally coming to the aid
of underweight school children, whose
parents cannot afford to buy milk fol
them. After talk on the situation
at the Rotary club by Miss Alberta
Jones, city school nurse, the members
of the club passed the milk bottle and
donations to the extent of $121 were
received, which will be used to buy
milk for school children. The Elks
club raised $22 for similar purposes
Birchwood-The College of Agricul
ture, Madison, has announced partial
list of farm Institutes to be held in
Barron county during the winter. In
stitutes are to be held at Comstock
Jan. 1917; Reeve, Jan. 1919; Almena
Jan. 1924; Cameron, Jan. 1926; Cum
berland, Feb. 80; Mikana, Feb. 1928
The Mikana farm institute will in
clude all farmers who reside in the
vicinity of Brentwood, Angus, Brill
Campia and Wooddale.
Jefferson Rock county's claim tG
fame, based on calf that weighed
| lis pounds at birth, is not so good
according to Roy E. Haas, Jefferson
county, whose herd has topped the
GAINESVILLE entry twice in the last two
weeks One calf weighed 120 pounds
and the other 11S. His claim is sup
ported by Dick Hahn and William
Leschinsky, who helped weigh the
calves. Both of the young ''jumbos'
We're pure bred Holsteins.
Madison new four-volume his
tory of Wisconsin will be published
under the editorship of M. M. Quaifo
former superintendent of the State
Historical society. 1t will be two
years before the book will be COM
pleted and placed on sale. Practically
all of the state officials are contribute
ing articles to the volume and the
board of editors is composed of Wis
consin political leaders and educators.
Exland-Bert Zerkle, an Exland
farmer, shot a big timber wolf near
Dear lake. This wolf had been seen
several times recently running with
uOSS VI ioCdllty anu
when the animal was KILLED there was
dog with it that was wounded by
part of the charge of buckshot.
Wolves are numerous in this section
of Wisconsin this winter.
Ladysmith - After a sixty days
shutdown, the big saw mill of the
Fountain Campbell Lumber company
in Ladysmith resumed operations Dec.
IS, giving employment to nearly one
hundred fifty men. The plant will run
continuously day and night until late
next fall and will saw about l5,000,000
feet of timber.
Madison-The highest honor that
comes to a girl student at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin has been paid Miss
Pauline Ambrose of Nevada, la. She
was selected as the queen of the 1928
junior prom by Gordon A. Gamer,
chairman of the prom committee.