The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-12-04

ended.
La Crosse county saves from $3.50
" $40 on every cord of rock it uses in
highway construction, by operating its
cwn quarries, according to the annual
report of Highway Commissioner John
Hintgen
A gift of $1,000 was made by the
Newport Turpentine and Rosin Co.,
Milwaukee, to the course in pharmacy
of the University of Wisconsin, to be
devoted to research work in pine
products during 1920.
Eau Claire county board from 5000 to
$1,1O0 a year, County Agricultural
Agent George r. ingalls, has with
drawn his resignation, filed some
months ago, and will remain in the
service of Eau Claire county
Health Commissioner A. w Arm
strong, La Crosse, with the assistance
of state officials, started campaign
against dealers handling impure milk
and ice cream. Several prosecutions
are promised after analysis of samples
is completed.
More than $4,000 worth of stock
has been subscribed toward the can
ming factory to be erected at Durand
under the management Of the Wiscon-
sin Canned Food Co, Peas and beans
will be canned at first, ho The plant
will be so arranged that il will be pos
sible to can other articles Cabbage
ana pumpkins will be canned after a
little, also pork and beans
Following weeks membership
drive conducted by the Appleton court
Of the Catholic Order O. Foresters,
that court leads the whole order in
the number of members enrolled.
Approximately seyonty-tiyo new appli-
cations will be accepted, bringing the
total TO 71S, more than the number
boosted by st. AIMS court of Law
renee, Mass, which has been leading
the order with 67S.
Claiming that the resolution passed
few days ago by the Sheboygan
county board, providing for referen-
dunn on The question of issuing $1,000
600 i'm bonds for county highway i'm
proyoment, was illegally drawn up,
District Attorney Charles Noigt de
mauapj that the documer ba revised
So as 10 b. constructed correctly The
board reered the resolution back to
la special committee
The Chippewa VALLEY Telephone
company operating the Ladysmith
exchange. has been authorized by the
railroad commission to increase its
city service rates Hereafter The fol-
lowing rates will be chargod Bust
ness, one party $50 per year. bust
ness, two party, $24; extension, 49,;
residence, one party, $2l3 two party.
IS; extension, $3.50; switching rate
for roadway lines, So.
With one of the larEest loundres in
the middle west under construction at
GAINESVILLE. the Samson Tractor Co. an
nounced plans for erection OF two
more foundres of the same dimen
sions. The farm implement plan OF
the old GAINESVILLE Machine Co. will be
turned over to the manufacture OF
Samson farm trucks and nine-passen
ger touring cars. A new Samson farm
implement plant will be built.
With his salary increased by the
Unaware that her son was dead,
Mrs. Louisa Brown, 90, of Browntown,
lifted the body of the man from the
floor to the bed and sat by the bed
side throughout the night applying wet
clothes to the head of the corpse in
an effort to revive consciousness. MI
Brown who was 60 years old, fell dead
of a stroke of apopleXy. He was un
married and lived with his mother
Miss Helen Jackson, Brentwood, a
student at Wellesley college, Boston,
has been chosen from zoo sophomores
to represent The college 40 conyen
lion TO bc held al Des Moines, Iowa,
during the Christmas holidays. Mis-
jackson was born and raised in Iowa
A student vote was FIRST taken and six
students selected Miss Jackson be
ing chosen by the faculty from the
six. Her father is a wealthy cattle
man Of Brentwood
Real estate men assert that Green
BAY has more home owners than any
city OF its class in Wisconsin, It is
claimed that not mSre than 5 per cent
of the population are renters. This
is due, according to the real estate