The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-03-28
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

thousands of these migratory birds in
the river at the present time.
Ringing brothers, owners of the
Ringing Bros circus have withdrawn
their recent offer to present the beau
tiful theater erected by the late Al
Ringing to the city of Baraboo.
Robert Himali of Tomahawk pleaded
guilty in circuit court to charge OF
larceny from the person. and was sen
fenced for two years to the state re-
formatory.
Nineteen more applications for help
We're filed with the Wisconsin free en-
ployment bureaus, Madison. in Febru-
AIRY than there were applications for
employment.
Robert Edwards of Sheboygan eXpe-
rienced marine engineer, has been call
ed by the navy department to be Chief
engineer on one of the Dutch ships
seized by the United States.
La Crosse county has been organized
and school boys under the age of 81
years will be enrolled for farm work
during the summer. committee of
school men will take charge of the
work.
The directors of the Marathon
County Agricultural society are max
ing plans TO hold a stock sale the last
day of the 1913 fair, Aug 20, to slim.
ulate additional interest in the fair
and race meet.
United State agents closed the sa-
loon OF Julius Utke at Tomah ~ the
charge that he is an alien enemy, and
has not registered. A large portrait
of Kaiser Wilhelm, found in a board
ing house, was confiSCated.
Prisoners in the Oneida county
Jail at Rhnelander, making crude
saws out of table knives, attempted
to saw through the bars in the the
Jail A large hole was also dug in the
wayy of the building.
The Rev W. r. Dixon, pastor of the
| Congregational church, Amigo, has
been named physical director for the
| army Y. NJ c. A. at Camp Funston,
Fort Riley, Kas., following a course of
special training at the Chicago y M.
| c. A. College.
Mrs. Clara BUTLER, of Merrill was
elected president of the Wisconsin Val
ley district organization of the Rebek
kah lodge, while J. NJ. Howarth of
Wausau was elected president of the
odd Fellows district order at a recent
convention at Wausau.
The Winnebago county drive for the
Liberty loan opened at Oshkosh with
| addresses before the county commit
tee ward workers by Maj Gen. L. ID,
! Switon of the British army famed for
| his creation of the war tank and a
member of the British war cabinet.
Special services were held by the
Christian Reformed church, Sheboy-
gan, for the coming season of agri-
cultural production. Rev. Manni Of
| fered fervent prayer for a blessing
over gardens and farms that the boys
III ,ue trenches may be supplied with
| food
Comparison of typhoid deaths in
Wisconsin for 1917 shows a saving of
425 lives over deaths from the disease
in 1910 The saving over 1911 was
1856 lives. and 1916 40 lives. This means
reduction in 1917 of IS per cent in
| typhoid cases over 1910; of 5S per
cent over 1911, and of % per cent over
| 1916.
The Racine police are seeking to 10.
cate Mrs. Peter Sunti who during the
| absence of her husband, left her home
and four small children, taking with
| her $500, the savings of her husband
who knew nothing of his wife leaving
until his oldest child, 10 years of age
visited the factory where he is EN-
ployed.
Unless beekeepers are permitted to
obtain sugar necessary for the bees
the supply of honey produced by Wis
consin this year will show a decided
falling off The long. hard winter has
| in many cases reduced the bees sup
ply of honey below the danger point
| If such colonies are not fed they will
| dwindle and die, or at least will not be
| able to build up in time for the honey
| flow. Only strong colonies are profit
able producers. According to the State
| Food Administrator, a few pounds OF
| sugar may make a difference of fifty
or 100 pounds in the amount of honey
a colony will produce during the ap
preaching summer. DR.. II. ID. Ball
! State Entomologist, who has charge OF
apiary inspection, states that the bee
keepers should go before a notary anG
make affidavit to the number of colon
les OF bees, the number of pounds oil
sugar necessary to carry them through
the season; that the sugar thus Sc
cured will not be used for any Other
purpose, and il any part of it is moi
used that it. will be turned back to the
dealer supplying IT, They should also
| give the dealers name and address
II such an affidavit Is properly filleC
out and sent to the State Food Ad
mnistration, at Madison. dealers viii
be authorized to furnish the necessary
sugar.
The farmers and business men o.
Hayward, Sawyer County. have organ
lied an advancement association Il
urge farmers to raise more and bette
crops Officers were elected Presi
dent w. S. Silverthorn; secretary DR.
j. Reschke.
Louis A, Arnold, secretary of the
personal campaign committee OF Vic
tor L. Derger has filed a report In u,