Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-05-05

CClng purchased Dy farmers ana set
tiers near Brentwood TO carry on the
land clearing plans Of most rural resi-
dents. The shipments Of picric acid
is the second to be received this year
from the government supply bases
The explosive is salvaged war time
material and is now being supplied
to farmers and settlers to aid in
clearing land Washburn county has
received two carloads Of the explosive
this year and Brentwood obtained a
large supply from the recent ship
ments 1t is believed that as much
land will be cleared this year in
Washburn county as was cleared dur
ing the association campaigns Of
clearing.
Madison-The seed corn situation
in Wisconsin this spring is very graft
flying, according to George B. Nor
timer of the field crops STAFF of the
state college of agriculture. There is
enough seed of good quality for every
one, he said. No one need do with
out good seed, and there is no need
to use seed which is doubtful in ger
mination. within month corn
planting will be well under way.
Now is the time to give the seed
corn the necessary attention. With
the excellent drying conditions pre-.
vailing last fall, there should be little
need for making an ear termination
test this spring"
Green Bay-Labor will be scarce
and wages high in Brown county dur
ing the construction season this year,
according to all present indications
The report of the government free
employment office for the past week
shows an increased demand for farm
labor over the previous week and the
calls for labor for Milwaukee and
other cities is growing in volume
every day, II was stated. Brown
county will employ more than 1000
men on road work alone and it is
expected that many hundreds of men
will be needed for general construc-
ton projects now under way or which
VIII be started within a short time.
Minocqua-Charles L. Kirsham, one
of the best known guides in the
Minocqua lake region, was found dead
in his shack near Squirrel lake. 1t
is believed death was due to heart
+1 II
cality from England twenty-five years
ago. He studied law and was al.
mitted to the bar in England but for
some unknown reason he left public
life and sought the solitude of her
nit
Green Bay Graduation exercises
for rural school pupils of Brown
county will be held in the auditorium
of West Depere's new $135,000 high
school June 5th. it was announced by
County superintendent e. A. Sey.
mour. The graduation of more than
three hundred pupils from rural
schools each year is a gala day in tbs
history of the county, and business
men have made it practice to assist
in making the day an epoch in the
lives of rural school pupils and their
parents.
Waupaca-A physical examination
conducted in the city schools of Wau.
paca recently revealed five hundred
and twenty of the students out Of
total enrolment of seven hundred and
seyenty-eight were defective physi,
cally. Bad teeth claimed three hun
bred and forty-three; twenty-five had
defective eyes and sixty-one bad ton.
sils, County Nurse Barton who con.
Quoted the examination, reported.
Oconto-A little thing like getting
held UP isn't bad if the robber goes
ffty-ffty. declares Charles Livens,
who recently came to Oconto from Pc
land Charles bought a horse and
set of harness. On his way home
bandit took the harness away from
him. why should l kick" Livens
said. In Poland the robber would
have taken the horse, too. These
American robbers are all right" he
said.
Green Sullivan Post American
Legion band Green Bay, of thirty
pieces viii make its first public ap.
pearance under the direction of Prof
Alex Emma in a Memorial day parade,
it was announced. The band has
been recently organized.
Oshkosh-The First CONGREGATIONAL
church Of Oshkosh has extended a call
to the Rev Philip Mercer of Two
Rivers as pastor in place of the Rev
r. r. Faville, who resigned recently
to engage in other Cong.e gational
church work.
Madison-About 125 arterial stop
and no parking signs viii be placed