The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
NeUs Notes of Wisconsin

Neenah. Declaring war on the
jobbers of cheese and barley and rye,
a large delegation of farmers of Win
nebago county met here and organized
the WinnebagO County Farmers and
Cheesemakers' Publicity club. 1t is
the intention to send workers into
every county of the state. William
Grimes, member, says that in the
sale of barley to the jobbers the latter
take fifty pounds to the busheI and
sixty pounds Of rye. whereas the legal
weight is fOrty-ciEht for barley and
iifty-siX for rye. At the next meeting
of the legislature bills will be intro
! duccd In the matter of cheese, the
farmers claim that jobbers will not
pay for more than nineteen pounds
on every twenty pound American
cheese, but that when the ultimate
consumer pays the retailer he pays
for twenty pounds TO the grocer.
Wausau.-If the plans for a tur-
pentine factory here are carried out
the factory will also afford a market
for all the Norway pine stumps the
settlers in this vicinity can pull while
clearing their land at from 81 TO 81
a cord. The factory will be built as
soon as the blueprints and plans are
finished and the retorts can be Sc
cured. The factory will be in opera
ton fifty weeks during the year and
will consume stumps from 1000
acres yearly.
Madison Farmers of Chippewa
county were the first to give evidence
of the opposition to the industrial in
surancc law. which had been expected
in some of the rural districts 4 pc
tition signed by III farmers, living
at Edison, Delmar and in the village
Of Boyd has been filed with the legiS-
lature. The signcrs oppose the law
on the ground that it throws the bur
den of the assumption of risk and
negligence of the fellow servant on
the small employer.
Racine Racine viii have a labor
temple this year and have half the
money before a stone is placed The
Union Hall association, at its quar-
terly meeting voted to have every
union man in the city contribute one
days WAGES toward the project which
will provide unc-half the total cost.
Madison Nearly $50 young wom-
on have applied for admission TO the
Wisconsin Library school during the
last four years, although only twenty
six students can be accommodated
each year in the present quarters.
The demand for trained librarians
led many students to take up library
work
Waukesha. Rev. |. l.. Cory, pas
tor Of the Congregational church here
since 1900. has rendered his resigna-
ton, having accepted call TO be-
come pastor az Clinton.
Mayville Two men were injured
in the Northwestern Iron company's
plant in one OF The most peculiar ac-
cidents on record, being hurt by air.
In the huge stoves OF the plant the SUI
perheatet air is under heavy blast
pressure. and one Of the conhning
ports gave way. The subsequent blast
/ tore the doors off the engine house,
~ terl away, passed through the
| building, taking out section OF brick
wall on the other side and topple
over the men beyond. bruising them
/ badly They thought they had been
/ hit by a cyclone. and are not TO be
/ blamed for their impression
GAINESVILLE With the completion
OF the new concrete car barns south
/ of this city. the Rockford Interurban
| company, il is believed, viii enter the
/ city on the east side OF the river
/ This is preliminary 10 the rumored
move To extend the line through Fort
Atkinson aud Jefferson to Waterfowl
Rock Falls At a meeting of
/ hundred or more Rock Falls farmers
/ preliminary steps toward the organi-
/ cation of a telephone company were
taken An exchange at Rock Falls,
| TO be connected with the Eau Claire
| exchange, was planned.