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

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Richland Center-A novel plan for
caring for the poor of Richland county
is provided in will just filed in Coun-
ty court at Richland Center by a for
mer state senator and well known po-
titical leader. In accordance with the
wish of the late D. G. James, his heirs,
o. B. James, Vida Brindley and Ada L..
James have been crested trust fund
lof $4,000 to be kept intact under the
/ jurisdiction of the County court. The
income from this principal shall be
used for lettering the conditions of
working women and dependent chill
dren in Richland county.
| Eau Claire-Living and moving
about in a region not only infested,
but ruled by bandits is the experience
of Miss Ovidia Hansing, Barron coun-
ty girl, who is doing missionary work
In China. Writing to relatives she
tells how she is in a region absolutely
under the control of bandits, but that
80 far, foreigners have not been mo-
Tested, either as to person or property.
Robbers over there never harm a per-
son, she writes, merely taking away
the property and belongings of their
victims
Chippewa Falls-Fifty dollars a
pound for partridge is too high to pay,
says Henry Reden, jr., of Chippewa
Falls, who was fined $53.05 for hunt
Ing and killing partridge out of season.
Mr.. Reden's wall to the game warden
that he came across the partridge
wounded, and killed it only to relieve
| it of its suffering failed to convince.
The double-barreled shotgun Mr..
Reden carried, loaned by an obliging
friend, was confiscated
Oshkosh-An increase in salary of
at least 10 per cent for Oshkosh fire
men and policemen to compare favor.
| ably with payment in other Wisconsin
cities is recommended in a report by
a special committee of the Association
Of Commerce The committee stated
that an analysis of salaries paid by
other cities, the size of Oshkosh, and
smaller, shows that the schedule in
Oshkosh is decidedly low in COMPARE
son.
Madison State banks are not en-
powered under existing Wisconsin
Jaws to accept drafts drawn upon
them for future payment, Ralph. M.
|Hoyt, deputy attorney general, ruled
In an opinion to Marshall Cousins,
commissioner of banking Members
Of the federal reserve system, the
Iruling held, can legally accept drafts.
The question of liability of banks for
accepted drafts was not passed on in
The opinion.
! North Fond du Lac-ViIlage author
stroyed many feet of newly laid ce-
nent sidewalk in North Fond .du Lac
The fresh cement which had been put
in place during the day was trampled
! and in some cases pulled out of the
forms. Other sections were deeply
marked with unconT entional draw
ngs. Youthful rowdies are blamed.
1 Morrisonville Matt Weber, go
Years old, a farmer, was trapped in a
burning barn six miles northeast of
Morrisonville and burned to death.
Weber was aiding a neighbor in stor-
ing corn. A cigarette carelessly thrown
away by one of the men working be-
low was believed to have started the
fire, which spread so fast that Web
Der was unable to escape.
| Ashland-Elmer Engren, town of
White River, brought in wolf hide
| to Ashland and collected the $50
bounty He reports numerous wolves
in the vicinity of Sanborn and Maren-
90, Ashland county, and that number
Of farmers are trapping them.
| Superior - An industrial bureau
which will act as a medium between
outside manufacturers and Superior
| Is being formed. 1t will gather data
for industries seeking to locate in
Superior and will also advise against
the location there of industries which
would prove detriment.
Galesville-Ten coons were killed
at the annual hunters reunion in
Galesville in three nights of hunting
There were fiftyone dogs at the re
union, one hunter, Clarence Augustine
Whitehall, furnishing thirteen. Seven
ty-five hunters attended the reunion.
Oshkosh--At the Oshkosh Normal
school, the students have decided to
cut out politics in their self-govern-
ment system and have elected a coali-
ton ticket that is regarded as repre-
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