Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-09-28
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


Marinette - The Marinette hig
school has been selected as one of til
institutions for the training of disable
veterans im vocations. The first grou
of II men is expected Oct and will
work in the machine shop in tn
manual training building. Two othe
groups are expected before the yea
is over, which means that between q
and 40 veterans will reside in Mari
nette the greater part of the year. Thu
other groups will work in the com
mercial and carpentry department o.
the high school
Madison-A butter fat and moisture
test, which promises to be superior tc
any of the other tests low in use, in
Guiding the famous Babcock test, was
made public in Madison for the first
time by its inventor, Prof. e. III. Far
rington, head Of the dairy department,
agricultural school, University Of Wis
consin. The advantage of the new
test, according to those who witnessed
its first demonstration, is that large
quantities of butter may be used in
the test, avoiding the inaccuracy
caused by the necessity of using small
quantities in the other tests.
Menomonie-Locking two employees
in the vault, two armed bandits looted
the State Bank of townsville, village
in Dunn county, of 1925 and escaped.
The robbers, described as youths.
: entered the bank with drawn guns and
cashier, and Arthur Sunderland,
clerk, forced them into the vault,
swinging the door shut upon them and
locking it. They hurriedly pocketed
the cash and fed.
Madison-Town boards are RESPONSE
BILE for defective culverts and towns
liable for damages caused through
their poor construction, J. E. Messer-
schmidt, assistant attorney general,
advised Prof Z. r. Jones of the
University of Wisconsin. He held
that the construction of culvert on "A
public highway in such a manner as
to cause ii to back water on the field
of a farmer gave the farmer grounds
for court action against the town in
which he resides
Darlington-Ca of cement for
road building, stored near Monroe,
were ruined in u rain storm A great
that vicinity was piled fifteen fee
high. eighty feet long and sixty feet
wide was stored under a tent which
did not afford ample protection from
the rain and the entire pile was
ruined
Eau Claire-While statistics recent
ly available for the attendance at eight
of Wisconsin's nine normal schools
show an Increase OF some % per cent
Eau Claire has increased 40 per cent.
Though youngest of all the normal
schools, Eau Claire has larger at
tendance than Platteville, the oldest
normal, 449 to 430.
Barron Two carloads of choice
Barron county cattle were shipped to
Sioux Falls, S. d.. consigned TO w. w.
Shafer, who is purchasing the cattle
for a group of South Dakota bankers,
with the idea of placing high grade
nuttla ~, tho rapV1p NJ fhaf ctota
Waupaca--S. ID. Shambeau OF Wan
pata has shipped more than 100 car
loads of pure bred and high grade
dairy COWS from Waupaca county since
Jan. /, 1922 This is more than twelve
carloads month. Many of these
shipments have been made to New
York state.
Waupaca The Rev. A. l.. j..
Soholm, pastor for the last nineteen
years of Holy Ghost Danish Evan.
gelical Lutheran church, Waupaca,
recently celebrated his dftieth ami,
versary in the ministry. Members of
the congregation gave banquet and
celebration in his honor.
Plainheld-L. Nj. Brewster, rs years
old, OF Pine Grove, the oldest hunter
In Waushara county. has just secured
his 1922 license. MIR, Brewster's eye.
sight is as keen as ever as he proved
when he brought down sparrow
twenty-five rods away with rifle. He
has killed sixty.scyen deer during his
lie.
Marinette--lu the drawing of jurors
for the October term of circuit court
In Marinoue, the names of 2S women.
many of them prominent socially in
city and country. were drawn. Only
eight men are on the list.
La Crosse-Sixty boys and girls ex.
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