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

Madison-Posses ordered out by
sheriffs to aid in the enforcement of
law or the apprehension of criminals
cannot compel payment by the county
for expenses incurred by the perform
ance of thissduty Or for their services,
William j. Morgan, attorney general,
ruled in an opinion given to E. S. jed
ty. Mr.. Morgan advised, however. that
the district attorney was empowered
to certify to the county board that the
sheriff be allowed reasonable compen-
sation for the pursuit of criminal,
and in this way secure payment for
services of the posse. This, he said.
was not a matter of right and the
county was without authority to di-
rectly pay the men.
Fond du Lac-Three Northwestern
railroad engineers who have been with
the road for more than thirty-nine
years have been granted pensions,
effective Nov I, it was announced at
Fond du Lac James Foren of Fond
du Lac has been in service thirty-nine
years. Frank Spooner of Green Bay
is retired after service of more than
forty-nine years and G. S. Trip, also
of Green Bay, is retired after forty
three years of work for the railroad.
Until the date of their pension, the
three engineers had been on the pas
senger run between Green Bay and
Milwaukee.
Prentice-There is heavy demand
for certified triumph seed potatoes in
Price county. A concern of Alabama
has sent representative to Prentice
to buy Is carloads of good certified
potatoes, but has been unable to get
them. The price offered was 81 a
hundredweight for stock that has been
| inspected and passed upon by the
state. Southern farmers have expert
enced much trouble with potato
blight known as mosaic.
| Eau Claire-Asserting that demands
made ON the public for the support of
worthy charities and other organlza-
lions have been frequent and conse-
quently ofttimes burdensome, Mayor
John e. Barron of Eau Claire in
letter to civic organizations of the city
advocates the formation of a COM
munity survey committee to pass upon
| all requests of various organizations
to put on drives" in the city and to
supervise all drives" allowed.
Crandon-State prohibition agents
uncovered the largest still yet found
| In Wisconsin, near Crandon, Forest
county, arrested five men reputed to
be Kentuckians, and confscated a
large automobile and horse and
wagon The distilling outfit, in log
cabin with sign over the door, u. s.
Distillery No. &c." was of 400-gallon
| capacity. Three hundred gallons of
imoonshine whiskey and 5000 gallons
of rye mash were taken and destroyed.
Merrill THE Merrill board of edu-
cation at arecent meeting, after dis
cussing the present labor situation,
concluded that the vocational school
| laws are a detriment to the vocational
lchild rather than an aid inasmuch as
employers refuse to hire anyone re.
quiring to spend one day week IN
school, The loaf habit, it was said,
| has been a result, and much Injury
has been done in killing the incentive
! to work.
Madison-Two hundred and six per-
sons were killed by automobiles in
| Wisconsin in 1921. the department of
/ commerce, Washington, has an
nounced. This brings the total killed
IN the Badger state in five years up to
719. Although automobile fatalities
for the state at large increased last
year over previous years, the number
of fatalities in Milwaukee decreased.
Green Bay-High school fraternities
in Green Bay are prohibited and will
not be recognized despite the fact that
local high school students have or
ganized into local Greek letter so
ciety known as the Lucky Thirteen
or the Alpha Delta Gamma Beta This
ruling was made recently at meet
ing of the Green Bay public school
board.
Madison-The Wisconsin state treas
ury on Nov ] had balance OF SILL
71S,724 on hand, or nearly 100000
less than on Oct. /, Henry Johnson,
state treasurer, announces. Disburse.
ments for the month amounted to 3d.
557.S97 and receipts totaled s2,S54,411.
stevens Point-Death from loekJaw
following two-day illness, was the
fate of Mrs. Milward Williams OF the
town of Eau Pleine, Portage county
Physicians were unable to ascribe a
cause for the lockjaw developing.
Green Bay-Dr. A. F. olmstead, re
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