Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-05-26

Merrill-Edwin seger, II year cid
boy, slayer of John Schlike, night
Waterman Of mill at Merrill. was
sentenced to twenty years in the state
penitentiary at Waupun after he had
been found SAM by DR.. Adm Sher-
man of the Northern hospital for the
insane of Oshkosh, and DR.. Z. K Nor
ris of Merrill. Seger entered a plea
Of guilty to murder in the second de-
gree, quietly aquiescing TO the charge
as read by Max Van Hecke, district
attorney. Judge Reid admonished him
to conduct himself as a model pri-
soner, promising if he did so, every
effort would be made TO shorten his
sentence and give him an opportunity
to start life anew Before Staying
Schlike, which he did with a club to
rob the Waterman of a watch, Seger
had deserted the United States army
Madison-The big hay crop of last
year has resulted in Wisconsin farm
ers having a supply of hay on hand
at the present time that is larger than
usual, the state crop reporting service
has announced. Even with colo
weather in March and April requiring
heavy feeding, the amount on farms
this year is more than twice as large
as it was last year and twenty-five
per cent above the supplies on hand
two years ago" the announcement
said. Pasture and hay crops for this
year however, are backward through
out the state, due to unreasonable cold
and dry weather. Heavy losses of
pigs in the southern part of the state
are reported as a consequence of the
severe weather of March and April.
Superior-The fact that young cou-
pies are more inclined to buy automo-
biles than homes is blamed by Superior
Court Judge William E. Haily for the
fact that there have been 80 divorces
in Douglas county since Jan. l and
only 80 marriages. Judge Haily de-
clared the divorce laws are not too
.
married. He advocates the creation
of commissions in each county to pass
on the qualifications of couples desir-
ing to obtain marriage licenses. Sci
flshness and the desire for pleasure
lead to innumerable divorces" he
says. Poverty and unemployment
are also important causes"
Wisconsin Rapids-The .ost office
in Wisconsin Rapids, which passed
from third to second-class rating
when the cities of Grand Rapids and
Centralia were consolidated, under the
postmastership of Albert L. Fontaine,
will enter the first class July l with
Mr.. Fontaine again at the head of the
office. The amount of business done
! through the local post office since Mr..
Fontaine took office March 1, 1922, has
been far greater than during any pre-
vious period of the same duration. It
is still increasing, with a considerable
margin over the $4,000 annually re-
! CURED to put it in the first class.
Black River Falls-The creamery
/ boards of the various cooperative
| creameries of Jackson county met at
| the courthouse in Black River Falls
and organized an association. L. B.
Grinde, Melrose, was elected president
and A. p Jones, Black River Falls,
was elected secre airy. John S.
4 Klinka, Balsam Lake, one Of the men
4 responsible for Wisconsin butter dis
4 trict No. /. gave a talk. The eight
cooperative creameries of Jackson
made 100000 pounds of butter in
1922.
Wisconsin's acreage of rye
dropped twenty per cent below the
mark of 1922, the crop reporting serv-
/ ice has announced. This figure is
about the same as the 1920 and 1921
acreages. The condition of rye on
May / was 81 per cent normal. This
/ is three per cent lower than year
ago, and lower than the five-year aver
/ age of 80 per cent. The national rye
acreage this year is 5.234.00O acres, 16
per cent below last year.
La Crosse-The annual West Wis
consin conference of the Methodist
church will be held in La Crosse Aug.
% to Sept /, inclusive, according to
announcement from Bishop Mitchell,
who will preside. The conference viii
be attended by 175 pastors and 100
lay delegates. At this conference dele
gates win be elected to the national
conference.
Oconto-The last month has seen
all previous milk production records
broken in the Oconto County Cow
Testing association OF the 343 cows
tested, so averaged more than 40
pounds of butterfat each. A grade