The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-02-13
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

tin. Marathon county. He held the of
fee of town clerk for twentyfoul
years.
Gale Gorbutt was killed when struck
by falling tree while working in q
camp near Cedar lake. Gorbutt
leaves his wife and three children in
St Paul.
By a vote OF II TO 8 the Lincoln
county board killed the resolution &c
build hospital and large addition to
the aims house. The board voted tC
make an appropriation for a county
demonstration farm.
Mr.. and Mrs, August Selsmeyer
early settlers of Sheboygan, celebrated
their sixty-third wedding anniversary
with family reunion. They are So
and SO years. In 1881 Mr.. Selsmeyer
represented the Sheboygan district in
the Wisconsin assembly.
After Winnebago county had paid a
bounty for the killing of wolf and a
fur dealer had paid a high price for
the pelt. both found that they had been
stung. When the dealer tried to dis
pose of the skin at Milwaukee he was
told that ii was just plain dog.
A chapter of the War Mothers OF
America will soon be organized in
Winnebago county under the chair
manship of Mrs. ID. +. lockwood of
Oshkosh, who has been named as or
ganizing president by Mrs. E. H. Van
Ostrand of Madison, state organizer.
While Peter Meier, La Crosse, 60,
city employee, was falling from a
bridge fifteen feet, he threw from him
the ak with which he had been work
ing. He avoided being cut by the AK,
but sustained a broken hip by contact
with the ice.
A Northwestern train struck an au-
tomoble in Kaukauna, killing John
Hurkman. As. and seriously injuring
Mrs. John Lorig, IS. Joseph Vaneben-
hoen, rs, and Benjamin Hurkman, 40,
were bruised. Mr.. Hurkman, wealthy
farmer, was driving the party home
from church.
Henry Jarvis, Sc, alias Henry John
son. alias Frank Cole, widely known,
was sentenced to three years IN Wau-
pun by Judge Maxfeld Of GAINESVILLE.
He pleaded guilty, calmly admitting
that he had forged five checks on resi-
dents of Milton. He has served time
in Joliet and Waupun and admitted
that he was wanted in other cities.
The Racine common council unani'
mously adopted a resolution denounc'
ing the Scent street car fare permit
ted at Racine by the state rate com
mission, while Milwaukee and Keno
sha. where the cars are owned by the
same company, ride for cents. The
city attorney was directed to start pro
ceedings with the railroad commits
sion.
The Winnebago County Fair associ
alton at a recent meeting in Oshkosh
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President. F. w. Dane;
vice-president, L. E. Beals; secretary
TAYLOR G.. Brown; treasurer, c. {. kon
rad. The only new member is the sec
rotary, who is teacher of agriculture
in the Oshkosh public schools. 1t was
decided to hold the fair on Sept. %
"a, 25 and rs this year.
The state compilation of funds
raised for the relief of the Armenian
and Syrian victims of the Turkish
campaign of determination, shows that
with less than half of the states coun-
ties reported there has been sent TO
Milwaukee Headquarters Sl19,OGV in
cash. and another 100000 has been
raised but not forwarded. This, with
the outstanding reports, indicates that
Wisconsin will more than meet its
quota of 100000 for this charity
Many counties have raised more than
their quota.
Jersey breeders of Portage, Wau-
paca. Wood and Clark counties, at a
meeting in Stevens Point, have per
fected an organization to be known as
the Central Wisconsin Jersey Cattle
club. The following officers We're elect
ed. President, G. c. Springer, Buena
Vista; first vice-president, Harold
Frost, Almond; yice-presidents, Y. T.
Atwell, Stevens Point; Charles Ras'
mussen, Weyauwega; l.. L. Ferguson
Grand Rapids; L. =. Tobbe, Amherst
Junction; secretary-treasurer, Dr. v
f. Norton, Grand Rapids.
In order to end long drawn out
controversy over the location of new
public school in West Algoma, the
commission council has adopted a res
olution providing that the present
Punhouua school site be selected and
that the present Punhoqua building be
utilized in plans for enlarged facllltleS
G. T. Ramps, Appleton, safety head
and Office manager for the Riverside
Fiber and Paper company for elgh'
wears. has resigned. Mr.. Ramps is
well known in paper mill circles ana
what his future. plans are could moi
be ascertained
The Bloomer Canning company oil
Chippewa Falls has been incorporated
with a capital stock of $4,000. The
company will put up new building
and will be ready to can peas next
season.
Miss Mary Boyes of Marinette Is
the new Oshkosh visiting nurse. She
Is a graduate of the Wisconsin Train
ing School for Nurses at Milwaukee
For six years she did visiting nurse
work at Chicago. Later she went into
army work and was at a cantonmeni
in California, just being released from
that service.