The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

pastor at Merrill for nearly twenty
five years, has accepted a charge at
Hudson, Wis, and has moved his fam
lily there.
A Marathon County Cow Testing
/ association was organized by Guern-
sey breeders in Wausau. Fred Bandy
is president and A. G. Burg is secre-
tary-treasurer.
A Beloit street car got out of con
troll OF Motorman Bruce Adams, ran
down a hill and struck a Northwest
ern road locomotive. No one was Sc
Iiously injured.
The Rev. J. C. Ralston, Mckay,
Idaho, has assumed the pastorate Of
the Methodist Episcopal church
at Belmont, recently made vacant by
the death of the Rev MIR. Harris.
School children of Oshkosh collect
ed pennies to buy records for the
talking machine at the Army and
Navy club. When the boxes We're
opened the total was found to be
be $504S.
The Ellington Lumber Co., Hawkins,
which last week finished it's winter
logging, hauled over 100000 feet of
logs during the season. This will keep
the mill busy until late July. The
mill is running night and day.
Joseph w. McCray, 20, Oshkosh
student at the University of Wiscon-
sin, died at Madison, due to a clot of
blood on the lungs following pneumo-
MIA and influenza. He was a graduate
of the Oshkosh High and Normal
schols
Sergt Ray Rolain, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Bolain, Rhinelander, win
ner Of a distinguished service cross,
arrived home, having received his
discharge He captured a machine
gun nest near Juyigny, killing or cap.
turing the crew.
Milton Brunner member of Boy
Scout troop, No 2, Kenosha, won $25
in the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co.'S contest for the best letter writ
ten on. How | Helped the Govern
ment in Selling War Savings Stamps"
He also possess several scout medals
and other awards.
Residents of Stevens Point and
other cities of the Wisconsin river
valley have begun movement which
they hope will result in the enactment
of legislation preventing pollution OF
the Wisconsin river by industrial
waste from paper mills. The conser-
walton commission has promised that
by July i devices will be installed to
prevent the pollution.
A city beautiful campaign, recently
launched at Fond du Lac, is meeting
with success, in excess of that expect
ed by those who have initiated the
undertaking. The campaign which has
as one Of it's main features an effort to
have slightly lawns and pleasant op,-of-
door surroundings in the city, is b4ing
supported by the Association of Com
merce and other local organizations.
No relatives of Roderick Gaines,
resident of the town of Omro, but an
inmate of the Winnebago county asy
lum when he died, have applied for
administration of the estate, which
amounts to about $500 County Clerk
G.. w. Manuel, Oshkosh, filed a petit
ton asking that h. d. Pingry, town
chairman, be named administrator, so
that the county may receive the
money due for care.
A course in Americanzation has
been introduced at the state Normal
school, Stevens Point, and will be
offered throughout the remainder OF
the school year. 1t is confined entire
ly to instruction on questions Of mod
arn political problems, current liter
AZURE, war and international affairs
and industrial and social unrest.
Every student in the school will be
compelled TO attend the course.
Nomination papers for H. A. Cor
ion. Stevens Point as a candidate for
he Office Of county superintendent,
laye been filed and his address is put
DOWN as Bordeaux, France" Altho
serving in the army overseas, Gordin
seeks Office at home believing ne will
Be- discharged in time to serve III !
elected. His business is stated to be
United States soldier" Nomination
papers We're filed by his father
and we're signed by 1876 voters.
A movement is being pressed to in.
.Iudc the Fox river district in the
plans Tor "a deep water route from the
treat Lakes to the Atlantic The ten.
alive plan provides for a ship canal
.rom Oshkosh TO Green Bay. From
Oshkosh freight transport service
would pass through Green Bay to Lake
Michigan and thence east via the
straits OF Macknac. such an i'm.
2royement, added to the Canadian.
American deep waterway plan, would
mean direct traffic for the Fox river
| region.
Wisconsin counties paid out $lS9,-
1913 under the provisions of the
nothers pension act, in the first year
Of It's operation. In 1918, the third
! year of operation, counties paid on
| blO2, 93O.0f. The figures are based on
reports 70 the state board OF control
Pending a motion for new trial,
George IT, Clausen, Pleasant Valley
farmer, Eau Claire, found guilty in
! United States court on four counts OIL
violating The espionage act, was r.
leased under $4,000 bonds lie was
charged with donouncIng President
] MLAan and tho gOYernment.