Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-03-14

NitVh A-dhes uh >teNe anu FRANK For
miller, who We're convicted of operat.
ing large moofshine still on a farm
nine miles from Ripon. The penalties
are the heaviest that have been i'm
posed for similar offense in this part
Of the state.
La CrosSe-A suspicion that George
Putnam, Sparta man, killed by train
at La Crosse on the night Of Feb. ),
was murdered, prompted an investiga.
ton which resulted In exhuming the
body in Sparta cemetery. Nc
wounds or fractures were found on
the skull and the La Crosse county
authorities closed the investigation.
Manitowoc-Ch Cheaper gas rates will
be asked by Manitowoc of the Wiscon.
sin Fuel and Light Co. as soon as that
company extends its lines to Tive
Rivers, 1t having recently been granted
franchise in that city The city coun.
Gil has noted that the company's Offer
to Two Rivers specifies lower ratei
than prevail in. Manitowoc
Chippewa Falls-John w. Thomas
20, former state senator and promi
nent in Republican circles throughout
the state, died at Chippewa Falls. He
was a Civil war veteran, and had helc
various state offices. Mr.. Thomas wai
elected assemblyman for Chippews
county and served for four succeeding
terms.
Fond du Lac Thlrty-eight head o.
high grade Guernsey cattle. two large
barns, a large quantity of grain ant
! feed and much machinery were de
stroyed when fire, starting from a de
fective electric wire, did more thar
$4,000 damage at the farm of Johr
Reilly. Fond du Lac county cattls
breeder.
Glen Flora-Roy Gratlas, Glen
Flora trapper, has the distinction OF
having captured the largest timber
wolf seen In upper Wisconsin in many
years. The animal weighed IS pounds
and measured Z feet inches from tip
Of nose to tip of tail The animal was
trapped in the town of Winter In
Sawyer county.
Neenah-Forty pupils of Neenah
public schools mainly in the high
school, were barred from classes for
failure to comply with the recent edict
of the board of health that they be
vaccinated against smallpox. They
Will be kept from classes until such
time as they are either vsccinated or
the board lifts the ban.
Manltowoc ~ Four persons were
severely burned in an explosion at the
gas plant Of the Wisconsin Fuel and
Light Co, Manitowoc The explosion,
the cause Of which had not been deter
mined, wrecked part Of the plant and
started a fire in which the east end Of
the building was destroyed.
Eau Claire-An Inheritance tax Of
$222, POP minus ; per cent was paid
to the county treasurer at Eau Claire
by A. J. Marsh and A. II Shoemaker,
executors Of the Cordelia Truax es-
tate This is by far the largest in
heritance tax ever paid In Eau Claire
county.
Sparta Machiiery for the factory
of the Sparta Pea Canning Co, re
Gently constructed in Sparta, IS being
installed Although the raising Of peas
never has been big industry in Mon
roe county. company officials report
that about 500 acres will be planted
this spring.
Appleton Two members Of the
Lawrence College Glee club and a
freshman student were expelled and
FIVE members Of the gIee ciuh sus-
pended by Dean W s. NayIor follow
ing an Investigation Of drinking among
students.
jefferson Twenty-four miles Of
trunk line permanent roads ard Is
miles If c0uury trunk lines are on the