The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-08

Mo, has accepted the call to the pas
torate of the Baptist church at Ocono
mowoc and will assume his duties
there on June /.
An attempt to rob the Waldo State
bank was frustrated when an auto
matte apparatus which turns on cleo
trio gongs in neighboring residences
frightened the burglars.
The largest purchaser of Victory
bonds in Portage county is the Hard
ware Insurance company. 1t bought
| 100000 Of the Fifth loan, making
their aggregate purchase $265,OO0.
Community houses as memorials to
| soldiers and the opening of a street
market in Neenah this summer were
among the important matters consid
cred by the W. C. T. u, at its last
meeting
The La Crosse rescue mission, es
| tablished summer camp for poor
| children and mothers at New Amster
dam, twelve miles north of the city.
Provisions are made to accommodate
200 in the camp.
Jay futile. operator at the Burling-
ton depot, was away from the station
when he heard train coming. Run
| ming to the depot he collided in the
| dark with a railing which guards some
excavating work. Several ribs were
broken and he sustained internal in
juries that may prove fatal.
Edward Richardson, Ladysmith,
American tank driver, has returned
from France. During the fighting in
the Cambria sector his tank was put
out of commission by direct hit. All
but two of the occupants were killed.
The projectile tore its way through
the lieutenant in command, sitting be-
side Richardson on the same seat.
A Knights of Columbus council was
organized at Two Rivers, when class
of sixty-two received three degrees,
conferred by Manitowoc and Green
Bay teams. Thirty.five knights of Two
Rivers, who have been members of
Mantowoc council, will be transfer
red, which will give the new council
d membership of nearly hundred. A
banquet followed the initiation.
The La Crosse G. Southeastern rail-
road. from La Crosse to Vilroqua,
forty miles, is the first road in the
state to adopt gasoline propelled cars
for passenger service. A car which
carries forty passengers, driven by an
automobile engine, had its trial trip.
1t attained forty miles an hour, and
easily climbed a per cent grade
where two engines are required on
heavy trains.
Daisy Minihan, 80, member of a
prominent Green Bay family, died in
Los Angeles, Cal, where she had gone
for her health. Miss Minihan, who
was one of the survivors of the I'll
tanic, had never recovered from the
experiences while floating on raft
in mid-ocean She is survived by Drs.
j. r. and r. B. Minihan, Green Bay,
and Capt. V. |. Minihan, who is with
the forces in France.
Brown county acquired 480 acres on
May /, valued at $225,00O, in the vii
lage of Pulaski, Shawano and Oconto
counties The property became part
of Brown county by act of the legisla-
ture The major portion of the bust
ness district of Pulaski is included.
The village was peculiarly situated, as
a part was in Brown, part in Shaw
ano and a part in Oconto county. In
no other spot in the state did such a
condition exist.
A prominent Price county Guernsey
breeder is going to give purebred
bull calf to the first school that can
report 100 per cent purebred sires in
its district Everyone at Phillips is
actively backing the Better Wiscon-
sin campaign. A newspaper is to run
special bull" column. Price coun-
ty is rapidly forging to the front in
the raid on the scrub sire. Incomplete
reports from school teachers show
that Price county has 80 per cent
purebred bulls.
Assemblyman l.. W. Gibson of Med
ford dropped dead while reading a
newspaper in his room at Madison.
He was 46 years old and republican
Death was due to a sudden attack of
heart trouble. Mr.. Gibson was presi-
dent of the First National bank Of
Medford and was regarded as one of
the prominent members of the house.
Besides his wife he is survived by a
daughter Catherine, and two sons,
Stanley, who is at home, and Stewart,
who is with the American army in
France.
County Agricultural Agent David
Davidson, Tomah, has begun strenu-
Gus campaign among farmers of Mon
roe county for the planting of legumi-
nous crops, making an appeal for in
creased acreage of soy beans. He is
| particularly showing the great value of
this crop as a forage plant and for soil
building. During recent years, our
| farming classes have not done much
with the soy bean, but his appeals for
this crop are receiving great deal OF
encouragement, and. as there is nc
doubt of the distinct advantage to
farmers of this valuegiving plant, II