Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-18
WTSCON S I'm
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arrang ed in Condensed Form


day night, Nov. Is, for the annual
OrCphilia,n banquet, one of the leading
social events of the year at Milton
college.
Chester Grundies, who plead guilty
to stealing an automobile belonging
to Leon F'riede, Amigo, driving the
car to Chicago, where he was captured,
was sentenced by Judge A. B. Good
rick to four years in states prison.
Habermann brothers of Watertown,
at auction, disposed of thirty-seven
head of pure bred Holstein cattle for
an average price of $151.10. Twelve
head of Dutchland heifers were sold
at an average price of $216.25. The
highest price paid for COW was 1925.
Mrs. Francis Whitney Brown, who
was married in Beloit, was killed when
the car driven by her husband, Steven
Brown, on their honeymoon trip, over
turned three miles north of Durand,
four days later. A broken steering gear
caused the crash. Mrs. Browns neck
was broken.
The big wooden bridge across the
Sioux river on highway G, three miles
west of Washburn, collapsed last
week This structure was built about
twenty-five years ago and was about
400 feet high over the river and $50
feet long. Although repairs had been
made to the bridge during the last
year it was unsafe for some time past.
Gov. Blaine has notified Alan T.
Trip, Neenah, president of the Asso-
citation for the Relief of High Water,
In the Fox river valley, that the pro-
posed conference to be held to devise
ways and means to prevent damage
from high water in the valley will be
called Nov. 81. The meeting, which
will continue for three days, will be
held at Oshkosh.
Ashland county has ceased to be an
importer of grade dairy cattle and has
become an exporter. Of course there
will be lot of pure breds purchased
and brought to this county. but the
day of importing grade herds has
pas sed. according to stock experts.
The first carload of grade dairy cattle
from Ashland was shipped last week.
1t consisted of grade Guernseys from
the vicinity of Ashland. They were
purchased by Minnesota farmers.
Employees at the Fairbanks, Morse
& Co. factory, Beloit, are working for
CaJ OF
late interest in the factory campaign
to prevent lost time accidents, the
management has offered to give $40 to
The Salvation Army for every day the
entire shop goes without an accident
that loses time. make Every Day
Thanksgiving Day for Someone" is the
slogan of the drive against mishaps
that will continue during the n onth
of November.
A petition for the refund of nearly
$4,000 in taxes alleged to have been
Illegally collected upon the capital
stock of three banks in Wisconsin
Rapids last year, was presented to the
council by the bank directors in behalf
cial complications for the city ap-
peared when a petition for refund of
more than $4,000 in income taxes paid
by the Consolidated Water Power and
Paper company was presented.
Indications are that early in the
coming year Glen Flora, Ingram, Haw
kins, Prentice and Catawba will be
furnished with electric power from the
dam at Big Falls. Officials of the
Lake Superior Power company will
confer with citizens Of these villages
and if sufficient encouragement is
given, a power transmission line will
be constructed. Present prospects
point to the completion of the Big
Falls dam early in January.
Only Is per cent of the voters in
Beloit had enough interest in the cleo
tions to vote. In the 1920 elections,
sob ballots were cast in the city
while the total of votes polled Nov. Z
was 1,744. Rock county went on rec
ord ayopposing all amendments to the
constitution. The proposed sheriff act
and bond law were both decisively
voted down. Mrs. Jessie Jack Hooper
led her ticket in the city with two hun
dred seventy-seven votes but the Re
publican candidate was given 1889 for
senate.
The life sentence imposed in 1919 on
Carl o. Carlson, Kenosha, convicted
as an accessory in the murder of
Patroiman Anthony Pingatore. Keno
sha, was committed to 10 years by
Gov. Blaine. This 10-year sentence
will run concurrently with a 20-year
sentence imposed Oct. 81, 1922, when
Carlson peaded guilty to charge Of
larceny. The state supreme court re-
gently held that the prisoner pleaded
guilty and was convicted as an acces-
sorry to the crime of first degree man
slaughter, while sentenced for first de
gree murder. 1t said. however, that
the court could not act to change the
sentence.
In accordance with resolution
adopted at its last meeting. the annual
meeting os the Marathon county board