Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-01-14
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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Employers in Wisconsin
have paid 100000 since 1917 in in.
creased compensation to minors in
jured while employed in violation Of
the child labor law, the industrial
commission said in a recent state
ment. These payments have been
made under the workmen's compen.
sation act, which provides that when
a minor is injured while illegally EN-.
ployed the compensation shall be
trebled and the entire increase, 1
amounting to two-thirds of the whole, /
be paid by the employer and not by
the insurance Canier.
Appleton-The greatest home build |
ing boom in the history Of Appleton
is predicted for this year. Contract
ors, manufacturers of interior finish
ings and lumbermen believe between (
300 and 400 homes will be erected |
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as many as the average for the last
ten years. About $50 homes were
built in 1921, it is estimated, but this /
has not made any appreciable differ |
ence in the demand for houses nor
in the rentals. In fact, rents are high |
er now than ever before in history.
Sheboygan-On the contention that |
drunkenness was six times as great |
in 1921 as in 1897, when the city was
wide open" and twice as fragrant as
1920. and that the number of violent. |
ly insane from moonshine is growing /
rapidly in Sheboygan, the common
council unanimously passed petition
to President Harding, Senators Len.
root and La Toilette, Congressman /
Voight, the United States senate and |
house of representatives asking that |
beer and light wines be restored. The I
resolution was introduced by State I
Senator Theodore Bentley, president /
of the council.
Sheboygan-When the Sheboygan I
high school is complete it will be one
of the best in the country, embodying T
all of the latest features in construc-
ton and arrangement, according to
the architects. The west unit of the |
school is being completed and will be /
ready for occupancy at the opening
OF school next September The en-
tire design is gothic architecture. The /
building is freproof with huge con- |
crete columns, hollow tile and ashes
tos walls. no wood being used in con- I
struction.
oshkosh-Just half of the thirty
two Winnebago county citizens drawn |
on the January circuit court jury pan
els are women Oshkosh people are /
watching with interest to see how |
many of the sixteen will serve be- |
cause they may decline without giving /
a reason if they wish, according to a
recent state law. Twelve of the pros, |
pectiye women are from Oshkosh, two |
from Neenah, one from Rushford and /
one from Oconto.
Eau Claire-Mrs. Joseph Kopen |
hammer, Chippewa Falls, mother OF I
five children, was sentenced to two /
years at Waupun by Judge T. JI
O'Connor of Chippewa, for shoplifting |
Her husband and Oldest son, Joseph, |
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the former at Waupun and the latter |
at Green Bay, for receiving and con
cealing stolen goods.
Monroe-"I never knew people to |
pay their taxes as promptly as they /
are doing this year." declares Fred /
w. Wettengele, city treasurer of Mon.
roe. Il have not heard of case
where extension of time is wanted be,
cause of lack of money. 1t shows
that people in this town or thrifty or
that this community has not been af /
fected by the hard times"
Sheboygan-Nine Sheboygan county |
cheesemakers were arrested on war
rants issued by L. r. Stewart, state |
food and dairy inspector, on charges
of manufacturing cheese containing
more than 3s per cent of moisture in /
violation of the state food and dairy |
laws. The arrests were made follow, /
ing a tour of inspection of cheese I
factories in the county.
Neenah-Bis strings of pike and
pickerel. with now and then 2 nam I
moth sturgeon, are being taken from
Lake Winnebago. by ice fishermen. |
The industry Of ice fishing is flourish. /
ing and is keeping hundreds of men /
who otherwise would be jobless busy
and furnishing many families with I
food and revenue.
Marshfeld 49, Marshfleld Elks are
planning the erection of a 100000 club /
house During the first dav of a cam. [