The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-05-16

Ludwick Krigs Ioclman, II, one of
two surviving members of Co. b of
the famous Wisconsin Iron Brigade
of the Civil war, died at Onalaska.
More equitable rates on the rail.
roads of the state especially to int
rior points, will be one of the firsy
panks in the platform of j, n Title
more of Omro, candidate for governor.
The 4-year-old son Of Mr. and Mrs,
Austin Roche, of Woodland, near Mt.
Carroll, was attacked by an infuriated
SOW while playing in the harnyard
and seriously injured before he was
rescued.
In a letter to the La Crosse Cham
Der of Commerce. Congressman j. j.
Esch of La Crosse urged all residents
to lay in a supply of coal for the com.
ing winter at the earliest available
moment.
A piece of shrapnel, used by Fritz
| in an air raid on Londan, is now III
possession of Miss Leona Weyenberg,
| high school girl of Menasha. The
shrapnel was sent her by soldier
with whom she as been corresponding.
Three counties in northern Wiscon-
sin and the city of La Crosse are not
called upon to send any of the 10000
men the state is to furnish about May
25. Douglas, Sawyer and Washburn
are the counties.
In the place of clover forage crops,
many farmers in the vicinity OF Black
River Falls will plant soy beans, due
to the quicker yield of the latter crop.
Soy beans afford a bountiful hay sup
! ply Much clover was winter killed.
Lawrence college is to have a Coun-
! Gil OF Defense, organized by girl stu
dents, and there will be food conser-
Walton department, and a war savings
department which will begin at once
to formulate plans for the future.
A war bonus may be granted Mani
t)woc teachers in lieu of the 20 per
cent salary increase they asked in
vain of the board of education. The
petition for the raise was signed by
hundreds of taxpayers.
A record of 98.O2 per cent for sub
scriptions to the third Liberty Loan
! is hoasted by employers of the Chicago
q Northwestern railway on the
! Ashland division A total subscription
Of S1S7,350 was made by 2.463 en-
plcyes.
The postoflice department at Wash
| ington announces the appointment of
the following Wisconsin postmasters:
| Solomon Anderson, Denmark; Ed
ward Henkel, Fond du Lac; Edward f.
ALerman, Gresham; William Scheal,
Muscoda; Wilbur A. Grover, Ridge
land Raymond G. Peterson, Witten-
| berg.
The horror Of seeing the body of a
| French woman pinned to the timbers
of Il dugout captured from the Ger
mans in France is described by Capt
Carroll Nelson, former principal of
ManitowoC high school, in a letter re-
ceiyed at Manitowoc. The captain is
with the American eXpeditiOnary for
ces overseas.
Don X. Frazier, the tallest man in
the United States army service was
killed in France in battle, April 10,
He was feet w inches tall and
weighed 210 pounds He was a son Of
Mrs Margaret Frazier of Oregon, for
merly a resident of Boscobel. He was
a nephew of George Tuffley of Lancas.
| ter Grant county.
Discharged because he is alleged TO
nave failed to account for a railroad
| fare, l.. Ii. White, now La Crosse
business man, has started suit
against the Chicago Milwaukee Il St.
Paul railroad for $ll,S00. White
served for many years as a passenger
conductor and insists that he is inno-
cent Of the charge
! Wisconsin oldest Mason and one Of
her oldet citizens, Ira Purdy of Grand
/ Rapids, May celebrated his ninety
ninth birthday anniversary at the
home OF his nephew, Lee Ramsey with
whom ne lives. Mr.. Purdy is a ma
! tive of Palmyra, Pa, and came to
Wisconsin in April, 1886, locating at
Grand Rapids, as millwright.
A production Of more than 8O,0O0,000
pounds of sugar for 1918 is practically
assured Wisconsin, according to con
tracts already made with the four
sugar beet rchncries OF the state and
the Menominee factory in Michigan
The acreage already promised is about
! 10000, as compared with 21,000 acres
| last year, the best record thus far set
for the state,
The seed inspection division OF the
Wisconsin Department OF Agriculture
at the state capitol reports a very un.
usual deterioration of seed corn
/ throughout the state. one lot testing
J % in January tested so in February,
anc has now dropped To- 81, Many in
stances of This kind have occurred
/ Farmers are warned to test all seed
wIotber or not it has been tested be-
! fore II it germinates between 65 and
! so, il Is best to use the seed as IL is
4 difficult TO get anything better 1t is
/ very important, however, TO plant two
or three extra kernels per hill. plant
ing five and six instead of three and
| four as usual. II Is also advisable to
thoroughly mix all of the seed so that
poor kernels may not be planted in
punches and thus cause a loss OF sew
eral hills in succession,
A handsome monument to mark the
grave of the Rev Father Caron. many