Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-05-11
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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Green Bay-A decision sustaining
the city of Green Bay in its fight
against the jitney operators of Green
Bay, who obtained temporary in
junction restraining the city from en-
forcing the jitney ordinance, was given
by Judge Henry GRASS in circuit
court when ne ordered the temporary
injunction dissolved. The court holds
that the city's license fee of 500 an
nually is legal and reasonable. The
decision means that the jitneys oper-
ating in Green Bay will be excluded
from streets upon which street cars
run.
Birehwood-Six northern counties
will be added to the tubercular free
area in 1922. Work is now in progress
in Oneida, Washburn, Ashland and
Douglas counties and testing will soon
commence in Chippewa and Rusk
counties Barron was the first tuber
cular free county in the United States
and now Lincoln and Bayfield, counties
have also completed the test. Al
though other states have adopted the
area test plan, Wisconsin still leads
both as to tubercular free areas and
the number of accredited herds.
Kenosha- Forty eight head OF pedi-
greed shorthorn cattle valued at more
than $4,000 were burned to death
in fire on the William Voss farm at
Bassett's station, Kenosha county.
The total loss, including the barn and
contents, is estimated at $4,000.
Persons on the farm were awakened
by the neighing of horses shortly after
and found the barn in flames.
The horses and six head of cattle
were rescued.
Juneau-Albert Loesch, the veteran
cabinet maker of Reeseville, has fin
ished a library table, the top of which
contains nearly 700 pieces of wood,
and for which he recently refused an
offer of $500. Mr.. Loesch has been
deputy sheriff during all but one of
two administrations since 1882 and
prior to that time gained notoriety as
a tight rope walker He is a familiar
figure in the political and business
life of Dodge county.
Racine-The Racine board of edu-
cation has refused to revoke resolu-
ton which prohibits dancing at parties
or socials given by students of the
high school. The resolution was
adopted many years ago. Students
luton revoked recently, but the Ra-
cine Ministerial union made objections,
declaring that such action would be
detrimental
Observation-Disclosures has become the
ing the recently created position of
city manager. Every mail brings
many applications, due to the fact
that the American Association of En-
gineers has notified its members of
the vacancy. The list of applicants
reaches well above the 100 mark and
is growing by leaps and bounds.
Neenah-T. c. Larson, president of
the Neenah assembly of the Equitable
Fraternal union, was elected president
of the state organization in the 1922
convention of the order held in Nee
nah. Joseph Kitz, Oshkosh, was elect
ed president, and Mrs. Anna d.
Nelson, Waupaca, state secretary.
Stevens Point was selected as the city
for the 1923 state convention.
Monroe-The Green county semi
annual pure bred Holstein-Friesian
sale at Monroe was a record breaker,
both in attendance and the prices re-
ceived for some of the choicest offer
ings Ninety animals we're sold. The
top price was $500 for a bull, from the
Holstein farm of o. w. Wolfe, Wins
low, Ill. The total was S15,075, an
average of $167.50 per animal, calves
Included.
Eau Claire-The Eau Claire board
of education at its last meeting en-
gagged the services of local dentist
TO take care of the dental needs of
school children whose parents could
not afford to pay for such work. as an
experiment to guide their course as
to the institution of dental clinic
for school children next fall.
Eau Claire-More than thousand
dollars was clipped from the county
pay roll by the Eau Claire county
board at its May session at Eau Claire.
when it cut the salaries of all county
officers approximately 800 a year.
the sheriff, county judge and some of
the deputy county officers being ex-
cepted.