Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-01-12

y INC cAiiu idpOr law, the lnQQStrlal
commission said in a recent state
n ment These payments have been
3 made under the workmen's compen.
I sation act, which provides that when
A a minor is injured while illegally en-
81 ployed, the compensation shall be
4 trebled and the entire increase,
A Iamounting to two-thirds of the whole,
n be paid by the employer and not by
the insurance carrier
"a Appleton-The greatest home build
n Ing boom in the history of Appleton
is predicted for this year. Contract
OrS, manufacturers of interior finish
J ings and lumbermen believe between
500 and 400 homes will be erected
A here this year, three or four times
4 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 appreciate differ
II encel in the demand for houses nor
In the rentals. In tact, rents are high
or now than ever before in history.
Sheboygan-On the contention that
"A 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
a to President Harding, Senators Len
4 root and La Toilette, Congressman
Voight, the United States senate and
house of representatives, asking that
" beer and light wines be restored. The
resolution was introduced by State
Senator Theodore Bentley, president
| of the council
# Sheboygan-When the Sheboygan
high school is complete it will be one
'Kof the best in the country, embodying
all of the latest features in construc-
ton end arrangement, according to
the architects. The west unit of the
schOo, is being completed and will be
4 ready for occupancy at the opening
N of school next September The en-
4 tire design is gothic architecture. The
building is fireproof with huge con-
crete columns, hollow tile and ashes
tos walls. no wood being used in con-
struction.
Oshkosh-Just half of the thirty
two Winnebago county. citizens drawn
on the January circuit court jury pGn-
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
reason if they wish, according to a
recent state law. Twelve of the pros.
pective women are from Oshkosh, two
from Neenah, one from Rushford and
one from Oconto.
Eau Claire-Mrs. Joseph Kopen.
hammer, Chippewa Falls, mother of
five children was sentenced to two
years at Waupun by Judge T. j.
O'Connor of Chippewa, for shoplifting
Her husband and Oldest son, Joseph.
Jr., were sentenced to one year each,
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 38 per cent of moisture in
violation of the state food and dairy
laws. The arrests were made follow.
ing tour of inspection of cheese
Neenah-Big strings of pike and
pickerel. with now and then a mann.
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
food and revenue.
Marshfield - Marshfield Elkg are
planning the erection of a $4,000 club
house. During the first day Of cam.
paign for funds nearly $4,000 was
subscribed as the initial step toward
raising the fund Membership of the
lodge has greatly outgrown its pres.
ent quarters.