Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-10-19

ally low price being paid for potatoes
this year, not carload of tubers has
left Brentwood markets while last
year the potato shipments were nu-
merous at this time of year Farmers
are holding their crops with the idea
that the price will strengthen in the
near future. 1t is believed that a,
large percentage of the farmers win
hold their potatoes. until spring be-
cause many believe the crop will bring
a better price. However, some farm
ers will dispose of their crops to meet
their obligations. That the crop will
be small next year is the prediction
that farmers are disguised with this
years spud outlook.
Madison-A change in the state law
will be necessary before county or
town boards can legally designate GER
tain country roads "arterial highways"
and compel vehicles to stop before
crossing or turning into them, Frank
| lin E. Bump, assistant attorney gen
eral, ruled in an opinion to Easton
Johnson, district attorney at White
water. Mr.. Bump held that cities
alone now possessed the power to
name special arterial highways, but
suggested that legislative action could
change this situation. The increased
traffic on certain state roads has made
some such legislation necessary in the
| opinion of Frank Cannon, secretary of
the Good Roads association of Wis
| consin.
Madison-A sunstroke is not an in
dustrial hazard within the meaning of
the workman's compensation law. the
state supreme court held, affirming
decision of the lower court and the
| industrial commission denying COM
pensation in the case of Joseph Lewis
of Green Bay. The industrial COM
mission dismissed the complaint of
| Anna Lewis, whose husband. Joseph.
died as the result of sunstroke July
Ia, 1921. He was employed by the
| Interstate Coal and Dock Co. at Green
Bay The circuit court of Dane coun-
| ty sustained the industrial commission
and Mrs. Lewis appealed.
Fond du Lac-Approximately 3d.
| 900, one of the largest amounts ever
paid by any county fair association,
will be paid in premiums this year
| by the Fond du Lac County Agricul-
tural society for prize awards made
last month at the county fair held in
Fond du Lac. This is an increase of
about $4,000 over the total last year.
The largest amount in premiums in
a single division was paid in the cat
tie department, where $6,248 was
awarded.
Barron Evan Morten, IT, was al
most instantly killed near Chetek
when a double-barreled shotgun with
which he had been hunting discharged.
He had put the gun down with the
butt on the ground with the muzzle
toward him, playfully swinging 1t from
right to left The first shot struck
him in the right breast. He then
threw it from him. In the fall, the
second barrel went off, striking him
in the leg.
Crandon-One of the biggest moor
shine raids in the history of the state
was made in Forest county by four
state prohibition agents. One two
hundred gallon still, one two hundred
seyenty-five gallon still and one three
hundred gallon still were confiscated.
Six thousand gallons of mash were
destroyed Seven prisoners were taken.
All were armed but surrendered with
out a fight. This district is known
as the Kentucky of Wisconsin.
Beloit--Charging negligence upon
the part of the Beloit Y.MCA. Irwin
w. Whaley, Beloit, as administrator
of the estate of Harry Whaley, his
13-year-old son, has filed suit for $780,
900 damages against the Beloit asso-
citation. His young son drowned in
the Beloit Y.M.C.A. tank July 10, 1921.
Negligence in supervision and the
failure to provide proper protection is
charged
Madison-Wisconsin crops stand at
LOG per cent of the average for ten
years, according to figures of the
United States and the Wisconsin de-
paltments of agriculture. The cab
bage crop, in which the state ranks
second, will be $4,000 tons, compared
to last years total of $1,000 tons.
Onions, it is estimated, will count up
to 407, 900 bushels, compared to 100,-
900 last year.
Marinette-In the jury called in
Marinette circuit court on breach
of warrant case the unusual presence
of husbands and wives on the Jury