Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-01-10
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


hatcheries at Hayward and Lakewood
are about ready and viii be opened in
few days. Two men from the other
hatcheries will be transferred and
placed in charge Each of the hatch
, cries will start out in small way to
see if the water and other conditions
prove favorable for the propagation
of fish The new buildings erected by /
the state are only "a BY 80 feet in
size, but these will be enlarged if it=is
determined that fish can be Matched at
the sites selected. Brook trout will
be Matched at each. At the Hayward
hatchery Robert Pugh donated tract
of land in Sawyer county TO the state
while at Lakewood in Oconto county
the land occupied has been taken over
on land contract with the privilege
OF surrendering it if the place is I'M
suitable for the work.
Madison-W Wisconsin now has 70
farms in the state where fur bearing
animals are raised under the state
Flaw passed by the last legislature per
Knitting the licensing of such farms. /
s4Nost Of the animals raised are musk |
arats, though some of the farms 90 in
s;for the breeding of sknnks. Under
athe law the holders of licenses must
,areport to the state the number of ami
FINALS killed each year and pay small /
Hfee for each The largest farm is in
Winnebago county and consists of l.
800 acres Of marsh land. Hunters
are now permitted on licensed land.
Kenosha-Thomas S. Scott, lone
Wisconsin Coolidge delegate to the /
republican national convention at
Cleveland last year and the present I
county treasurer Of Kenosha county, /
died at his home in Kenosha Jan. 9Th
following an operation He was 81
years old. He was taken i'll Jan. Bird
and was rushed to hospital, where /
the operation was performed in a vain
effort to save his life In 1929 he
was elected chairman Of the Kenosha.
county republican county committee. /
He leaves a wife. He was to have
taken the oath of office with other
county officers elect.
Browntown-Lla Schmid. 10 year
old Green county girl, made-a net
profit OF S1,432 on two pure bred
Brown Swiss calves which she showed /
at several calf club shows at fairs
this season. She fed the cows herself /
for two hundred forty-fouf days at
total cost Of 5000, and the animals
gained 1902 pounds during that time.
Lila took the national championship
in the Brown Swiss class in the calf
club entries at the national dairy
show, Chicago.
Fennisnore- The city council of Fen
nimore has voted to accept the
Dwight T. Parker Public library, built
by Banking Commissioner Dwight T. /
Parker and completed last summer.
The building cost $4,000. The pro
visions of the deed are that the city /
shall provide 81 200 a year for main
tenance and upkeep until such time
as a half-mill tax will produce that
amount, A library board Of six mem
bers win be appointed by Mayor f. J.
Roethe at once
Beaver m-Approximatel $780, I
600 was sIant on building operations
in Beaver Dam during 1924 Records T
at the city clerks Office show that 81 .
new homes We're built. Other build
ing activities included the erection Of
additional shop facilities at a num-
Der Of the manufacturing plants.
Among the new. concerns locating
here during the year was a branch Of
the Phoenix Cheese Co.
Neenah-A reduction in street car
fares between Neenah and Appleton
has been announced by the Wisconsin
Traction, Light, Heat and Power com
pany. The former fare of % cents
has been cut to IS cents Reductions
are also made to purchasers Of ticket
books and weekly pass tickets. Econ
omies in operation have made the re-
ductions possible, according to officials
Of the company.
Manitowoc- Louis Tess S.. farmer
Of Tisch Mills. was crushed to death
when tree which he had cut fell
on him he had left his house early
in the afternoon and when he failed
10 return for supper his son. after
a search, found the body underneath
a tall pine which the father had felled.
His widow, two sons and daughter
survive
Rhinelander-A lynx. the third to
Be killed in Oneida county this winter.
was bagged by Henry Wendell. a set
Tier near Rhinelander The animal
weighed 10 pounds. Although the AMI
nails are usually scarce. a number
have been. killed in various parts Of
upper Wisconsin within the last few
months