Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-02

into construction operations and
lowered the final completed mileage
to 1885,. More than s9,000,000 was ex-
pended on concrete roads in the state
this year.
Whitehall = Martin Peterson, 40
years old, Independence, was SEN
fenced to serve one year in the state
penitentiary at Waupun, following his
conviction in Circuit court at White
aall on, charge of fourth degree man.
Slaughter. The decree was an out
growth of the death on Aug. 20 of
Miss Helen Gunderson, 10, who was
fatally injured when the automobile
driven by Peterson, in which she was
passenger, left the road and over
turned The state presented evidence
Intending to show that Peterson had
appeared intoxicated previous to the
ride.
Racine--In the wake of the recent
resignation of Mrs. Alma Longgale,
Racine, former policewoman, and the
subsequent scandal said to have in
volved number of Racine's promi-
1ent business men, comes the an
nouncement that the city's next Ju.
venile officer will be man. 1t is
planned to detail member of the
police department to act in that capa-
city. The plan was agreed on between
the chief of police and the council
committee of the whole as a result of
The slashing Of the policewoman item
from the police department budget.
|, Eau Claire-The one-room country
schoolhouse must go, John Callahan.
state superintendent of public instruc-
| ion, told the annual convention of the
Northwestern Wisconsin Teachers as
ISOLATION at Eau Claire. Mr.. Callahan
brought out several instances of chill
1ren crowded into small, unhealthy
| schools, in one case there being as
many as 80 children in one room I'M
| Ter the direction of one teacher. This,
| ne said, was crime against the chill
1ren as well as unfair to the teacher.
| La Crosse-After 46 years of opera
| lion the Green Bay and Western Rail-
| way Co abandoned its train service
N and out of La Crosse under an or
| Ter of the interstate commerce COM
mission permitting abandonment of
the branch line between Marshland
and La Crosse The city paid bonus
Of $4,000 to get the railroad in 1876.
For many years it has been an I'M
profitable line for the railroad COM
lpany.
GER, Wisconsin's most devastating dis
| ease, will be carried on Nov. IL to 49,,
| The state board of health has an
bounced. This insidious onset of the
malady and its durability if warning
signs are Needed early will be
preached through the press and by
speakers. Cancer is said to have been
steadily on the increase since 1911,
Its largest toll being exacted among
middle aged persons.
Waupaca- Grogan, years
| Did, is dead, and his brother, 10 years
old, in hospital at Waupaca with
burns that may prove fatal, as the
result of trying to start a fire with
gasoline Following an explosion,
lneighbors saw the boys run from the
house with their clothing in flames.
Donald died in a few minutes. Their
parents were not at home when the
| tragedy occurred.
Portage-Mrs. Alois Zienert, 65
years old, was killed outright, and her
husband, former mayor of Portage,
Alois Zienert, "a, seriously hurt in an
auto accident eight miles northeast
of Portage They were out on a
pleasure drive when their big road.
ster left the highway, turning over
and going into a rocky ravine twenty
feet below.
arshfield-William Sock, Ogema,
died at hospital in Marshfield of
wounds received accidentally as he
was returning from hunting trip.
He had set his shotgun down at his
home, when a screen door swung back
and struck it, setting off the charge.
which struck Sock in the right
shoulder
Hum5ird-Robbers obtained an un-
determined amount in bonds and Sc;
curities at the First State Bank OF
Humbird when the safety deposit
boxes were robbed. Entry was gained
through forced window.
Janesville-Caught after an attempt
to rob a GAINESVILLE hardware store,
Edward Cook, "a years old, was sen.
fenced to one year in the Green Bay