The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-01
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hneelanu McLurg LUMBER Co., Ph1-
lips, is to put on second shift, which
will give employment to large num-
Der of additional men.
A total of 81 convictions for viola
ton of liquor laws were obtained by
Dist. Atty. r. c. Twining during the
closing year, according to his annual
report submitted to the Jefferson coun-
ty board of supervisors.
The price of milk was advanced 1
cent, to 10 cents a quart, by the ma
5ority of Eau Claire milk dealers. In
crease in the price paid farmers for
butterfat by the creameries is given
as the reason for advance in price.
Cream sells for "a cents a pint.
A three-day newspaper short course
is to be given by the University of
wisconsin course in journalism from
Feb. to 3, according to a recent an
nouncement. The teaching is under
Press association.
The Jefferson county board appro-
priated $4,000 for the installation of
a new refrigeration system for the
county asylum and give the trustees
the right to purchase the Finley farm,
joining the county farm. The price Is
to be $4,000.
Rh1nelander continues to maintain
its reputation as one of the healthiest
cities in upper Wisconsin. With the
exception of few cases of chicken
pox there are no contagious diseases
there, according to DR.. ]. T. Elliott,
health commissioner
Charles Schwenck, rs, Gary. Ind,
died at hospital in Chippewa Falls
following peculiar auto accident.
While driving his car over the country
roads he ran over hole in the wheel
rut The jar threw him violently
against the steering wheel, causing in
ternal injuries of which he died.
The sum of $1,000 was paid into the
Golfers of the municipal court of Ke-
nOsha county by Tony Travanty. the
bootlegger who was found wearing a
body tank filed with moonshine while
nosha several weeks ago. He was
also under sentence on several other
charges of having liquor in his posses
sion and of selling it.
Hiram Murdoch, SO, secretary of the
GAINESVILLE Elks, assistant cashier of
the Bower City bank, which he has
served since 1896, fell dead at his
home in GAINESVILLE. He was the city's
most prominent lodge member, being
member of the Elks, Modern Wood
men, Knights of Pythias, Ben Hur
Court, Moose, Woodmen of the World
and the Royal Neighbors.
In the twenty years that Adolph
Erickson, Eau Claire, veteran mail
carrier, has been delivering mail on
one OF the rural routes out of Eau
Claire, he has travelled approximately
$4,000 miles, or seven and one half
times the distance around the world.
He has been entered on the honor roll
OF Uncle Sans employees at Wash
lngtOn as one of the most depend
able men in the rural mail service.
curing
the last year received $50 applications
for parole from prisoners serving time
in Wisconsin penal institutions, and
granted 242 of the applications, deny
ing sos, and deferring action on 80,
according to report of the board.
Among the 40, paroled from the state
prison at Waupun was one life termer
who had served Is years of his SEN
tence. The number paroled from the
reformatory at Green Bay was 1O3,
while 80 were released from the Mil
waukee county house of correction.
Decrease in the values of farm prod
ucts, cattle, swine, sheep, merchants
and manufacturers stocks, automo-
biles and all other forms of personal
property will increase the taxes in
Brown county approximately mills
Oh the dollar on total assessed coun-
ty valuation of $S5,742,OO0 for 1922 as
against an assessed value of $685.
900 for the county in 1921 The 1922
mill tax rate will be approximately
20 mills on the dollar in the city. In
1921 it was Is mills, according to sta
tistics supplied by Income Assessor
J. ]. Colignon
Validity of the Wisconsin appren-
ticeship law which imposes a penalty
for violation of the working agreement
between indentured minors and their
employers, was upheld by r. M Hoyt,
deputy attorney general, in an opinion
! to the industrial commission. Mr..
Hoyt held that the apprenticeship sta
tute is part of the legal machinery of
the state for instruction of it's youth
in useful occupations, and that as a
result the state may compel compli-
ance with it's provisions. Under the
apprenticeship law, either party to an
indenture who fails to perform any of
the stipulations may be forced to for
felt not less than 81 nor more than
S100 Such forfeit IN ho cO11octo6 On