Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-08-19
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS

Madison-An increase of more than
100000 bushels in the potato pros
pect, and decrease of 100000
bushels in the corn forecast, are the
outstanding features in the August
crop report for Wisconsin, issued by
Joseph A. Becker of the Wisconsin
Cooperative crop reporting service.
Cabbage, onions, and sugar beets in
creased in condition while tobacco
declined, the report said. Due largely
10 cool weather during July, the corn
crop declined in condition from SO per
cent on July 1 to 81 per cent Aug. /.
The August condition indicated a pro-
duction of 86,874,000 bushels as COM
pared to 1851 900 on July 1 and 81
$4,000 bushels produced last year.
Fond du Lac-Within thirty days
all signboards within the right of way
of roads in Fond du Lac county must
be removed, is the edict of the high
way committee of the county board
George Treleven, highway commits
sioner, has been ordered to instruct
all persons who have erected signs on
any right of way on any county or
state trunk highway that they must
comply with this order in the time
mentioned. Highway directional signs
are the only ones allowed to stand
under the new ruling, these including
the Yellowstone trail markings and
similar signs.
Sturgeon Bay-With a crowd of
helpless children looking on and the
cries Of two drowning children pierre
ing the air, Dorothy Dean Wagner, 10
years old, Sturgeon Bay, effected a
thrilling rescue of Virgil and Ethel
Starr, and 8 years old. The young
girl dived from the dock and swan
TO their aid. After she had been pulled
to the bottom four times, by their
frantic clutches, she grabbed the two
children by the hair and towed them
TO shallow water, where she was given
aid by others, who waded out as far
as they could.
Birchwood-At the special bond
election held at Brentwood voters ia
yored bonding the joint grade school
district for funds to equip the new
Union Free High school building. The
Issue calls for a levy of $4,000 in ad-
dition to a recent bond issue of $685.
600, to construct the grade schools
share of the structure. Portions of
the counties of Barron, Washburn,
Rusk, and Sawyer are aiding in the
cost of the building.
Superior-Mr. and Mrs. Noah dig
ney, Superior both 80 years old, claim
to be the champion BURBERRY pickers
of Douglas county. They base their
claim on the fact that in two weeks
they picked fifteen cases of blueber-
ries or $50 pints Mrs. Oligney canned
most of them. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Oligney are exceptionally active for
their age.
Racine-While engaged in laying a
coping stone in the new addition to
the Hansche school, three miles south
OF Racine, Julius Schulz and Michael
Manarlno, lost their balance and
crashed to the ground with the stone,
distance of 25 feet. Manarino died
from his injuries while on the way to
a hospital. Schulz is said to be fatally
hurt
Observation-Disclosures Mechanic, Hay
ward, has been named county agricul-
tural agent of Sawyer county to sue
coed j. H. Hill, resigned Mr.. Nc
elaine is graduate of the agricultur-
al department of River Falls Normal
school and specialized in agricultural
work at Wisconsin university.
Oconto-Meetings are being held in
many parts of Oconto county to line
up the remaining cheese factories as
members of the Cheese Producers
federation. Out of the score of fac
tories now in the federation, with
Green Bay as shipping point, about
one-third are from Oconto county
Fond du Lac-F. p Worthing, as
SCISSOR of incomes of Fond du Lac and
Green Lake counties, has been ex-
onerated by the county board of
charges that he received money from
both counties for the payment of one
suite of offices.
Wausau-M. C. Ewing, secretary.
treasurer, and general manager of the
Wisconsin Valley Electric Co. since its
incorporation in 1909, died at Wausau
of complications at the age of So
years.
Stevens Point-U psetting a pan of
boiling water which was standing on
a table, Mercedes Rose, 16 months
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Harry
Meyer of Almond, Portage county, was
so badly burned that she died two
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