Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21

Eau Claire-Need of more soy bear
raising on Eau Claire county farmi
was pointed out by E. ]. Delwiche o
Green Bay. in an address before thu
Farmers institute at Drammen. 10
cation of soy bean oil mill in Eat
Claire or some other northern Wiscon
sin city within the next ten years was
! predicted by Mr.. Delwiche. Besides
| good investment from the financla
viewpoint the soy bean was urged as
a soil builder and producer of protein
feeds for live stock, by Mr.. DelWlche
! and also by Charles Ristow, BlacR
River Falls. Following a talk by Mr.
Ristow, Drammen farmers pooled or
ders for more than sixty tons OF
| ground limestone to be used as ferti
liZer.
Appleton-A movement to GUST the
aldermanic government and return to
government by commission, was start
ed in Appleton. Petitions seeking
1,700 signatures will be placed in cir
culation at once so that special cleo
ton can be held before the end OF
February. Appleton abandoned com
mission government in 1918, after six
years trial, to return to government
by board of IL aldermen. High tax
rates and alleged inefficiency in the
city hall are blamed for the desire to
go back to the commission form.
notwithstanding negligence in
not providing proper burglary protec-
ton, 40 separate suits for damages,
aggregating $4,000, have been filed in
the Jefferson county circuit court
against the Farmers bank of Sulli-
van. The plaintiffs are depositors of
the bank who seek to recover for their
losses when their safety deposit
boxes were robbed May 10, 1921, when
the bank was raided by burglars. The
suits, said to be the first of their kind
in Wisconsin. will be tried at the
February term, it is expected.
Fond du Lac-Capt. A. R. Brunei,
40, who commanded Co. B, One Hun
dred Fiftieth machine gun battalion,
Rainbow division, in the World war,
died at Fond du Lac of cancer caused,
it was believed, by bruise when
thrown from a horse while the COM
mand was at Camp Douglas in 1917.
He was member of the Wisconsin
National guard since 1897. He had
served as deputy game warden since
1909.
Members of the Gin
tonville Woman's club have begun
to clean up the city and Sc
cure enforcement of state laws and
city ordinances. They have begun
heir efforts by calling upon the mayor
10 compel observance of city ordi
nances on the part of pool hall man
lgements, which ordinances they
claim are openly violated, not only as
20 closing hours but also as to har-
boring boys under 16 years old.
Fond du Lac-Peter Denoylles. de
ranged man. who set fire to the barns
On the George II. Stanchfield farm
near Fond du Lac, causing loss OF
$4,000, and then slashed his throat
was committed to the Northern hospi
tai for the insane. He will recover
Denoylles said that he set fire to the
barn to destroy "a mob of million
men who We're chasing him."
Madison-Cold weather, car short
age and an improved demand at ter
minal markets are given by the state
of markets as causes for
the greatly improved cabbage market
during the last few weeks. Where
growers throughout the fall were re,
ceiving an average of 81 a ton they
now are receiving from $11 to $12. the
department says.
Tomah-l. l.. Shue. StoweIl. began
to mourn the loss of a valuable COW,
"hNi hAS o'Ni AoASit NAoobPNtitus i4etNNA
the animal was found in the cellar
feeding on potatoes, apples and cab
bages. The COW had entered by way
of the window.
Madison-A plea of not guilty was
entered by Jacob l.. Erickson, head of
the Erickson Brewing Co. of La
Crosse, when he answered to a charge
of violation of the Volstead act in fed.
eral court at Madison. Bond was
placed at $4,000.
rchwood--Washburn county Off
Gals have announced that all cattle
within the county have been tested
for tuberculosis. This county is the
fifteenth in Wisconsin to complete the
bovine test for tuberculosis
Observation-Disclosures of Clyde Ste
phens. cashier of the Montfort State
bank. Montfort. who disappeared last
June. amounted to S122.066, the state