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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
FEAR SPREAD OF DISEASE
University Calls of Country Life Con-
ference and Other
Gatherings.

Madison.-Owing to the prevalence
of the foot and mouth disease in Wis
consin, the faculty of the University OF
Wisconsin called off the annual coun
try life conference, the ten day IA,
mers' course, and the ten day farmer
boys course.
The authorities feared if these gath
elings were held the chance of spread
ing the foot and mouth disease would
be greatly increased
If the annual show of the Wisconsin
Poultry and Pet Stock association is
held, il will be in the annex of the uni
Versity gymnasium instead of the live
stock auditorium where it generally
has heen held. This will be a precau
tionary measure to protect the dairy
herd of cattle at the university which
is kept near the livestock auditorium
The state veterinarian has tele.
graphcd Senator LA Toilette urging
him to induce the federal animal bu
reau to raise the quarantine so as to
permit the shipment of dairy cattle
out OF the state.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
IMPLEMENT MEN ADJOURN
Standardization of Farm Implements
Is Urged by Wisconsin
Association.

Milwaukee-A resolution condemn.
ing the alleged practice of certain
manufacturers in selling to catalog
and mail order houses and then sole.
iting the trade of the retailer was
adopted by the Wisconsin Retail I'm.
plement and Vehicle Dealers associ.
alton at the concluding session of the
ninth annual convention at the Audi
forum
l.. II. Waite of Seymour, Wis, was
reelected president; William Victoria.
Muscoda vice president. and +. Il. Sc.
benthall Of Eau Claire, was elected
secretary and treasurer
Among the exhibits was Irvine dis.
play from the state penitentiarv at
Waupun This was in charge of the
Rev Daniel Woodward, warden of the
prison.
The association went on record Ms
fayoring the standardization of farm
implements, vehicles and machinery
The retailers as well as the manuf,.,
turers believe there are too many
kinds and sizes of implements used in
the regular trade
r, !. Williams of Randolph. Earl w
Robbins OF Eau Claire. J. II. Du Bots
of Green Bay and w. II. Mugridge of
Waupun were named as directors.
while y w Allaby Of Mansion was
elected to succeed William Victoria OF
Muscoda as vice president.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
FAMOUS SOLDIER A SERVIAN
Alexander the Great Formed His In
vincibIe Army of Natives of
That Country.

The student of ancient history,
the Great, never thinks of linking his
mighty name with that of the little
kingdom of Servia, the fires of whose
internal troubles have set all the
world ablaze Yet it was from that
small but explosive land that there
once marched forth to the conquest Of
the world little army of 10000 men;
| and having completed that conquest
on schedule time, so to speak, their
leader sighed because there were no
more worlds to conquer.
Alexander the Great was Servian-
that Is, he was native of the country
that is now Servia. His army was
made up almost entirely of ancient
Servians. His mothers family came
from the region up around that turbu-
lent but much-coveted district of Novi-
Bazaar, and it was from the mountains
lying between the Mediterranean and
the middle Danube, and the valleys
on their northern slopes, that he drew
to the barbicans of China and the
sources of the Indus.
1t is a stern, rock-bound country,
this .Servia better fitted for growing
soldiers than cereals, There has al.
ways remained just enough of the bar
barian about the mountaineers of the
country to make them ideal warriors.
Philip Of Macedon brought them down
to the Mediterranean coast and routed
the polished Greeks with them-in-
Guiding the eloquent but timid Demos
thenes-and then, instilling just
enough of Greek culture beneath their
Berserk bosoms to make them fully
appreciate what the conquest OF the
world meant, prepared the way for his
son. Alexander.
That was the Servian of old, alike
in many respects to his modern broth
err The Servian of today a few years
ago took up the sword against the
might and millions of the Moslem en-
pire as jauntily as his forefathers
formed their phalanX and marched
across the Hellespont to conquer the
unknown and untold millions of Per
STA and the Indies, and more recently
he took up his rife against the Aus
TRAN Goliath, moved his government
back into the hills out of range of fire,
and went whistling to battle. never
asking whether the odds were twenty
or fifty to one.
The name Servia denotes that its
people were sprung from slaves.
Their broader name, Slav, denotes the
same origin But, when applied to a
people who for countless centuries
have fought against tremendous odds
for their liberty. the term takes on a
new and honorable meaning, just as
the term "whig" was first applied as
a nickname of derision, but later be-
came a mark of esteem and honor,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
QUARANTINE is LESS STRICT
New instructions by State Veterlnari-
an Allow Transportation of
Stock in Wagons.

Milwaukee.-The stringent quaran-
tine of livestock following the discov.
cry of foot and mouth disease is gradu.
ally being lifted, according to informa.
ton received by Health Commissioner
Rutland, from the state veterinarian S
Office
The inspection of cattle, sheep and
hogs brought into Milwaukee is being
allowed II the same Is done in a wagon
before being unloaded in the stock
yards or any place of slaughter
we have not given any concession
as to the movement of stock on foot
as yet says State Veterinarian o. II.
Eliason, in a letter to DIR. Rutland.
Under a new set of instructions the
quarantine is still maintained in Dane,
Jefferson, Waukesha, Milwaukee, Ra-
cine, kenosha, Walworth, Rock, Green,
Langlade and Lincoln counties.
Under the rules laid down within
these quarantined counties, no cattle,
sheep. other ruminants and swine can
be shipped outside of the county, eX-
cept in the case of Langlade and Lin
coin counties, where they can be ship
ped to Milwaukee for immediate
slaughter if the cars are sealed before
leaving the counties.
No livestock can be moved from
farm or farm within the counties
Quarantined, neither can livestock be
driven along the road except in in
stances specified by the state yeter-
marian.
No dairy cattle, feeding cattle, breed
ing swine or sheep for feeding or for
breeding purposes can be shipped out
of the state from any county in the
state.
Horses shipped to any other state
from the Quarantined counties must be
certified to that they have not been
brought from any point within fifteen
miles of the place of an outbreak of
the foot and mouth disease.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Military Portable Wireless.

Quick and effective communication
between the tremendous forces Of
combatants with battle fronts of
fifty to two hundred and fifty miles
is no longer possible by scouts, cour-
iers and photographic devices The
longrange combat with terrible en-
gines of destruction means radio or
wireless communication, and everyone
of the powers now at war is employ
ing portable wireless telegraph plants
carried on motor-truck chassis geared
for speeds of twenty-five to thirty-tve
miles per hour. The truck motor
drives an electrical dynamo which
generates the primary current of the
high-tension transformer necessary in
radio transmission. and the complete
rupters collapsible antennae, etc, are
carried on the truck which is gen
orally fitted with protecting shield
for the driver and a special convert
ible body with sliding paneled sides
which can be tightly closed in stormy
weather. These motor-truck wireless
outfits having an effective land range
of two hundred to three hundred
miles, have enabled the armies of the
dual alliance and the triple entente"
to keep in communication with their
base, wings and re-enforcements-a
task impossible in modern warfare
without the radio telegraph and
most important-the motor truck on
which to move swiftly the instru-
ments and their relatively large space
requiring auxiliaries from position TO
Notwithstanding Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
WILL RETAIN CAMP RANDALL
Full Plans Contemplate a Permanent
Concrete Stand to
Seat $4,000.

Madison. The plan of locating a
stadium and athletic field on the shore
OF Lake Mendoza adjacent to the col.
leGe OF agriculture has officially been
abandoned and the regents have
agreed to retain Camp Randall as the
location of the intercollegiate fields.
the future gymnasium, and other per.
manent structures
The slipping ground along Breeze
Terrace will be the site for the nor.
manent stands. The new fields will
provide room for five or six baseball
fields or grdirons in the respective
seasons. The full plans contemplated
call for a permanent concrete stand
with capacity for 10000 or $4,000 per.
sons.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
= MARKET REPORTS !
Milwaukee, Dec. %, 1914.


Butter.-Creamery, extras, 33c;
prints, 34c; frsts, 27629c; seconds, "a
D26c; renovated. 24m25c; dairy, fam
cy, soc.
Cheese-American. full cream, new
made twins, 141ac; Young Americas,
l4kc; daisies, 141a@15c; longhorns.
lac; limburger, fancy, 141ac
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality, 25q30c; recandled, extras, 30
n37c; seconds 1Sc.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 91hm11c;
ROSTERS, Sc; springers, fancy, 12c.
Wheat-No. l northern, 1.25; No. 2
northern, 122@L23; No. 3 northern.
l1O@l.lS; No. l velvet, 1.230124.
Corn-No yellow, Csc.
Oats-No. 3 white, 49c; standard.
+91a@5Oc.
Barley-No. 3, 661a@72c; wiscon-
sin, 66472c
Rye-No. l, ITO.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 7lO0
72O; fair to best light, 6.750715;
pigs, 5.550675.
Cattle-BLtchers' steers, 6.0O6S.50;
stockers and feeders. 4.OO66,25; COWS
and heifers, 3.75a65O; calves, 1850
500.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
INSURANCE SUIT WITHDRAWN
$4,000 Action Against Herman |.
Ekern and Two Others Is
Dismissed

Madison.-The $4,000 libel suit be.
gun against Commissioner of Insur.
ance Herman l.. Ekern, Deputy Com.
missioner George +. Beedle and Actu.
airy Lewis A. Anderson by the Com.
mercial Fire Insurance company of
Washington, ID G., in 1911, charging
that the company was libeled IN the
report of Actuary Anderson recon-.
mending the refusal of the company
to Wisconsin, has been dismissed on
plaintiffs request by an order Of the
circuit court for Dane county.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Look Ahead!

There are some persons who ride
all through the journey of life with
their backs to the horses head They
are always looking into the past They
are forever talking about the good
old times, and how different things
were when they were young. There
is no romance in the world now, and
no heroism. The very winters and
summers are nothing to what they
used to be; in fact life is altogether
on small, commonplace scale. Now,
that is a miserable sort Of thing. It
brings kind of paralyzing chill over
life. and petrif1es the natural spring
of JOY that should be forever leapng
up to meet the fresh new mercies that
the day keeps bringing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
COMMISSION ASKED
FOR CONSERVATION
INVESTIGATORS OF PROPOSED
FORESTRY RESERVE MAKE
LAMENTATIONS.
WOULD ABOLISH OLD BOARDS
Committee Favors the Continuance of
Reforestation, but Would Not
Extend Present Area Of
Reserve in State.

Rhinelander.-The special commit.
tee of the legislature to investigate
the proposed forest reserve held a
meeting here and made the following
recommendations:
That reforestation be continued in
Wisconsin.
That at present the area of the for.
est reserve be not extended.
That all land within the reservation
that is good for agricultural purposes
be opened to actual settlers.
That reforestation be only upon
non-agricultural land
The committee will recommend
about the usual appropriation, but
that instead of its being made to the
forestry board, it be made to a new
commission to be called the state con
servation commission, to be appointed
by the governor and to be composed
of one member with a thorough knowl-
edge of propagation, etc, of fish and
game, one technically trained for
ester and the third a technically
trained engineer
The committee will recommend the
aboishing of the following boards and
commissions:
Fish commission, state forestry de.
partment, land commissioners, conser-
walton commission, state fish and
game wardens' department, and the
state park board The duties of these
boards and commission are to, be per
formed by the new state conservation
commission.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Seek to Recover City Funds.

Racine This city is taking steps
looking to recovery Of a deposit of
$4,000 of public funds in the failed
Commercial and Savings bank. now
in process of liquidation. A demand
for the money has been made, but
was refused as impossible of compli.
ance under the law Now, the city
proposes to make a formal demand
and follow up with suit against the
bondsmen
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
MISSOURI BOY SHOWS KANSAS

Everyone in Kansas, and particu-
larly in the Seventh congressional
district, is talking about a former
Columbia and Mexico, Mo, boy, Jouett
Shouse. He moved to Kinsley, Ed
wards county, from his former home
in Lexington, KY, on November IS,
1911, and on November 8, 1914, was
elected to represent the largest con-
gressional district of the Union.
Shouse is the son of the late Rev.
John S. Shouse, one of the most wide
ly known and beloved ministers of
the Christian church. During the pc.
riod from 1892 to 1898, Mr.. Shouse
had charges in Columbia and Mexico
His son Jouett was a student at the
University of Missouri, In 1911,
through Shouse's efforts, the delegates
to the state convention from the Sew
enth went to Topeka with instructions
for Champ Clark The state conven-
ton instructed for Champ Clark. And
Kansas was one of the first states to
have a whirl at the Clark boom
senator and his brilliant work in that
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Historic English Structure

Many famous personages were con.
demned to death in Westminster hall.
William Wallace, Scotland's brave
hero; Lord Gotham. Sir Thomas
More, the Protector Somerset, Sir
Thomas Wyatt, the earl Of Essex, Guy
Fawkes, the earl of Stafford and many
others. The famous trial of Warren
Hastings occurred here. The terrace,
overlooking the Thames is celebrated
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
"HANSI," ALSATIAN ARTIST

Not long ago a mild sensation was
created when John Waltz, an Alsatian
artist and writer, widely known under
the pseudonym of "Hansi," was con-
demned by the German authorities to
a years Imprisonment on account of
a book for children which he had
written and illustrated. In this book,
which was called Mon Village he
dealt in a humorous and satirical vein
with life in his native village, and
he was lavish both with pen and pen
ell in criticism of the German masters
of Alsace-Lorraine and praise of the
French, it's rulers Of yesterday.
Since then "Hansi" has produced
another work, which, together with its
predecessor, has become so enormous
ly popular in France since the out
break of war against Germany that
copies are scarcely to be obtained.
This, The History of Alsace for Lit
tie Children, Told by Their Uncle
,Hansi," gives little Alsatians survey
Of the story of their native land that
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
HUSTING GETS CERTIFICATE
State Canvassing Board Makes Award
at Bidding of Supreme Court,
to MayvilIe Man.

Madison-Paul O. Ilusting, Demo
crat, of Mayville, was elected United
States senator for Wisconsin by a
final vote of 1896 to 134,3S9 for
Francis f. McGovern, his majority be.
ing 9l7 These facts were determin-
ed by the state board of canvassers,
consisting of Atty-Gen. Owen, Score
tary of state Donald and State Treas
urer Johnson and a certificate of cleo.
ton in accordance with this deter
mination was issued to Mr.. Husting.
The tota. number of first choice
votes cast for the Office of United
States senator was 3OSOl9. as follows.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Bishop Heber's Revenge.

Animosity as well as devotion has
colored our popular hymns, as, for in.
stance, in the famous "Greenland's
Icy Mountains The hasty generallza-
tion that in Ceylon only man Is vile"
is said to have found its way into
the hymn because Bishop IIcber dis,
covered that a Cingalese tradesman
had cleverly cheated him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
viii Discard Uniform.

Two Rivers, At Il recent meeting
Of the police and fire commission at
Two Rivers resolution was passed
ordering members of the police force
to appear in plain clothes and discard
helmet and brass buttons They are
ordered to wear their stars under their
coats. The members Of the commits
sion are Of the opinion that "A police
man can do more effective work when
not wearing uniform
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24

In 1914 the estimated average value
IL seventeen counties is less than $25
per acre; in twentyone counties be-
tween $25 and $50; in ten counties be.
tween $50 and $75; in six counties be.
tween $75 and 500, and in seventeen
counties $500 or more.
Milwaukee county leads with an av.
orage value of $530lper acre. Then
comes Walworth, with $I29.75: Cam.
met $l2G5o, and Waukesha, $l25.5O.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
WISCONSIN LANDS
INCREASE IN VALUE
FIGURES COMPILED FROM TAX
COMM SSlONER'S REPORT
SHOW A BIG GAIN.
AVERAGE NOW $50 PER ACRE
In Seventeen Counties of State Appre.
citation Is Over 500 Per Acre
Value Jumps $11 in
Five Years.

Madison.-The average value of
land in Wisconsin has increased from
$3.50 per acre in 1904 to S52.25 in
1914 The average in 1909 was $4l.25.
The following figures showing the
value of land in each coun-
ty is based on land sales compiled by
the Wisconsin tax commission.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
State Hortieulturists Elect

Madison N Rasmus Oshkosh, was
elected president Of the Wisconsin
state Historical society over i. Kern.
bayfield, and G. l., Richardson Chip
pewa Falls Other officers Vice presi.
dent, + T. Bingham Sturgeon Bay.
treasurer, State Senator l. G Kellogg.
Ripon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24

Wherever
Don't
that Battle
Then
hurts m a
Of late order avoid
DO find
Then the truth leaks and the
wishes the would o
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
NO COFFEE FOR SMOOT

Senator Reed Smoot, in conse-
quence of his Mormon training, uses
no stimulants-no tobacco, alcohol,
coffee or tea. No one who has ever
undertaken to go through life without
the use of coffee or tea has any idea
of the petty annoyances that such alb
stinence entails. A man can quit
drinking malt, vinous, or spirituous
liquors, and his friends merely re-
mark: "On the wagon, eh?" and let
it go at that. They don't ask why he
quit, and usually do not insist on his
drinking, regardless Of what may, be
the prevailing notion to the contrary.
Anybody knows that when a man
quits drinking he does so because he
does not wish to take all the natural
finish off his insides and die ahead of
schedule, or have a befuddled brain,
such as one can see on the charts in
any doctors office.
But with man who does not
drink coffee or tea it is different
Everybody desires to know why.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Uniform Rank Elects.

Racine William II Armstrong Of
this city was reelected colonel of the
Wisconsin uniform rank, Knights of
Pythias. The election was attended
by delegates from adjoining cities. c
w Winters Of Milwaukee was elected
major
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
FertiIlzes Euypt,

The amount OF fertili2ing matter
brought down by the River Nile from
its source every year is estimated at
l00000,00G tons-enough to cover
road from the earth to the. moon 16
feet wide b. two and one.half inches
deep
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24

Rhinelander What Is believed TO
be the first rarest made for alleged
cord shortage Of wood, was made
here when John Russell was nabbed
by II. J. Dandeld sealer Of weights
and measures.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Consider the Poor.

1t is written not, BLESSED Is he that
feedeth the poor" but Blessed is he
that considereth the poor" And you
know little thought and little
Kindness are often worth more than a
great deal of money. -Ruskin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24

La Crosse En- route to Chicago to
make his home with a daughter. Hen.
ny Seilow, an aged farmer near Kirby.
died on the train from a stroke Of
paralysis. Mr. Senow boarded the
train M Warrens.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Racine Pioneer DRUGGIST Dead

Racine.-ilorace G. Stone, 70 years
old. pioneer druggist, died In local
hospital here after prolonged illness.
He was one Of the early residents Of
Racine He retired from active bust.
ness about ten years ago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Chance in Auntie

Little Margaret's aunt had been III
for several weeks and Margaret had
not seen her during this time. On see
ing her for the first time after her
illness she cried: My, auntie. how
you have evaporated,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24

Wausau Matt klapperich, for
twenty three years member of the
Wausau fire department as pipeman.
has resigned lie will receive pen.
sion In the early sos he was captain
of the volunteer squad
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Boy Has Conclusion OF Brai,

La Crosse. Thomas Reay, ii years
old, son OF Dir. G, r Reay. Is suffering
from conclusion Of the brain. due to
fall received In the normal school
gymnasium.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Minneapolis. Dec ~. l!

Wheat-No. / hard, l.24%: No. !
northern, I2O@123; No. > northern
117@1.21a.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 6l6Gl13c.
Oats-No. 3 white, 4612a47c.
Rye No. >, 100.
FlaX-l.56G1.59
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Seek Jobs at $40 per Month.

Medford Unemployed men in Chi
cago have written to one of the lum-
Der camps here offering to work for
$40 per month
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Dedicates New Church.

Superior.-A handsome presbyter-
ian church building will be dedicated
by the congregation Of ltasca The
structure, started in October, cost
$4,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Sentence Is COMMITTED

Shell Lake The sentence of death
imposed in Oregon upon LLOYD VII.
kins. former Shell Lake boy, has
been commuted 10 life imprisonment
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24
Stovepipe Nearly Causes Fire

Sheboygan The Holland Christian
Hope Reformed school was threatened
with destruction by fire when the
stoyepipe became overheated ana set
fire TO a partition
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-24

Appleton Notice has been received
at the local exchange Of the Wisconsin
Telephone company that the system Of
FIRE drills inaugurated by the Mllwau-
kee office is TO be extended here.