Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-04-05
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS

rrneau-Fred Keen. Sc. said once
% have been a prosperous farmer OF
NODE county, was brought to the
,,oo~bouse at Juneau after he was
sornd in a helpless condition on
country road near Mayyille. Wis. The
ned man is reported to have walked
from Fond du Lac during the night
trsmp. He was near death from ex-
no.nre when picked up in a puddle
n snow and water in the. early morn
,rg hours by farmer, who cared for
him until the authorities We're noti-
fed
Kenosha-Income taxes paid into
me city treasury of Kenosha since
Jan. 4 set a record totaling $3.50. 255.95,
Vs.rh. with offsets Of S304.SS5.73, left
8 net OF $5S7,06616. OF this amount
me cltv will receive 70 per cent. or
S41ggi6.31 and the county's share of
40 per cent will be s176,119.84. Ke-
posEa county has used its share of the
income tax TO build the new court
house now being erected and this will
be completed without the need of a
special tax or a bond issue.
Platteyille-John Piquette, aged IS,
veteran blacksmith of Platteyille, and
known far and wide as a sheer OF
race horses, has invented a tool ma
chine for sharpening hard steel used
IN bars and drills in the zinc mines.
II is very simple in construction, a
steel wheel driven by power shaft
doing the work. Last Christmas Mr..
and Mrs. Piquette celebrated their
golden wedding He works at the
anvil every day.
Reedsburg- Awakened at night by
The crashing Of window glass, coming
from the living room. the Edward
schiarhotz family Of Reedsburg con
Quoted an investigation and were sur
pr % find huge boot owl sitting
On the hack Of a rocking chair, calmlyA
surveying them as they looked upon
the wreckage he had caused. The
bird had flown through the window,
tearing The curtain draperies as it
came through.
Coadeaay Chippewa Indians on the
Couderay reservation near Couderay
are making maple sugar ana are pre-
dieting a poor crop. Winter broke
" too early for ideal sugar weather,
which requires freezing nights and
warm days to make sap flow The In
dams find 4 ready market for their
products at stores. Maple sugar and
siup bring considerable revenue to
tie thrifty members of the tribe.
Ashland 4 shipment of $500
worth Of radium for a local clinic
came through the Northern National
baEk. Ashland The radium is con
tanned in four needles about one
eighth OF an inch in diameter and one
Inch long The entire shipment
weighed one one-thousandth of a
gram This is the amount Of radium
generally used in the treatment OF
ordinary cancer cases.
Racine Frank Phelps was found
4 unconscious in his home in Racine
with both wrists cut and a razor lying
NEARBY He is in a critical condition
a. local hospital Phelps was found
W ms wife when he failed to respond
y ea.ls -of supper. Phelps, who is
. ana a retired farmer is believed
y nave committed the act because of
q meat
Asfcer-The conservation com.
MISSION has issued notice that lands
:, ;, iron county owned by the Jerome
H1A.'as and Fishing club, near Mer.
~. "AL ba established as a wild life
- 10 be known as the Jerome
slo. The tract includes LOIS acres
~ ,aAes in Trude lake The refuge
va DC effective starting on April IL.
oeoaio--A T.. WiImot of oconto OBJ
s a.-vo patent on a new automobile
-4.-as device The device is placed
a., -s .e SIDE Of the car, and is
M ideally operated by the driver
ae signs stop" right" and
aas.sa as needed. The signals
- no ID. minated and can be seen
r. ANN James Richmond. Fem
bis life by throwing him
railroad track in front of
'a such manner that his
lsv - eas oaf by the wheels He
and two children He
a.. ring from nervous dis
fam. time, members Of the
e in the lakes Of
1stn may cause some