Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-09

vising him to sell, or leave, on pain
of having his buildings burned, has
issued notice in the Rice Lake
Chronotype that he does not intend
to be scared out, and that if he can
get his eyes on the party there will
be job for the undertaken. He of
fers reward of S100 10 anyone who
his stock have been mysteriously pois-
oned. Mr.. Bunce is Spanish-Ameri.
can war veteran.
holding $7l1,0O0 in automobile license
fees which the legislature has made
no provision to spend, A. r. Hirst,
highway engineer, says. This money
is tied up until legislation action loos-
ems it for improving the state high.
ways. Increase in the number of au.
tomobiles with the resultant added
revenue is responsible for the sur
plus. License fees from automobiles
brought in over 100000 in revenue
to the state this year. The greater
part of this money goes to the main
tainance of state trunk highways.
Misunderstanding conditions are
improving in Wisconsin, and will con-
tinue to improve as crops are mar
keted, Marshall Cousins, commission
er of banking, reports in his quarter
ly summary of state institutions. Com
pairing the figures of Sept. Is, this
year, with those of Sept. 6, 1921, it is
shown that deposits have increased
$14,0S5,000 and bills payable and re-
discounts show decrease of $780,
600. Investments in government bonds
decreased $1,297 900, while invest
ments in other bonds increased s4,-
10000.
Brentwood Schutrap, Wash
burn, shipped bushel of choice ap-
Piles to Minneapolis to try out the
| market with the intention of shipping
his crop there if a reasonable profit
| could be made. He received letter
stating that the apples were satisfac-
| tory and that he would be paid rs
cents bushel. Transportation costs
were 70 cents on the bushel and post
age paid to make the deal was cents,
total of IA cents, leaving him l cent
in payment for the hushel.
GAINESVILLE With the 1922 fire loss
! in the rural section surrounding.
GAINESVILLE threatening to run over the
| 100000 mark, more than the total fire
| damage in GAINESVILLE in the last four
years, Chief Con j. Murphy is urging
farmers to reduce the fire hazard by
building water reservoirs. He sug-
gests construction of 500 barrel tank
on every farm to help the city fire
department when it is called to the
rural district
/ Barron-In the last six months the
patrons of the Barron Cooperative
Creamery Co., the largest cooperative
creamery in the world, have received
checks amounting to S505,S02. Checks
for September were for $76,794, about
| $4,000 less than for August, the
shortage in the amount being account
ed for in the change from green to
the dry feed of the fall season. A
thousand farmers sell milk to the
creamery.
Park Falls-Bear, foxes and wolves
are plentiful throughout Price county
and vicinity. Andrew Carignan trap
| ped a 450-pound black bear near Iron
River Three bears ware found in the
woods near Phillips and one was shot
by Edward Harschultz, a Phillips hunt
er. Sixteen coyotes were seen in one
| pack by farmer living near Newman
Springs. Charles Jarvey shot black
| fox recently, and Felix Goodin, a fox
| hunter, has killed several red foxes.
Neenah-J. B. Schneider, a former
service man of the World war, having
served with the rank of lieutenant
colonel and having had connection for
| % years with the United States mill
| tary service, has made application for
the position of postmaster at the Nee
nah post office to succeed e. A. Sew
erson, whose four-year term expires
soon.
Madison-A survey of all former
soldiers in penal institutions of the
state has been ordered by the gov
ernor to determine the mental. merry
GUS and tubecular condition of the
service men. with view to protect
ing the mems compensation. vocation
al training and other civil rights grow
ing out of war service.
Monroe More than 200 children Of
st. Johns Evangelical Sunday school
Monroe, kept their seats when fire
broke out in the parsonage adjoining
the church where Sunday school was