The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-11-06
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State


The cold weather and sun have
combined to make the maple sugar
business profitable around Mason and
Ashland Junction. The trees are now
oozing with thick strip.
Maj c. B. Macdonald of Markesan
has been appointed judge advocate of
the American expedtionary forces
now serving in Germany, and will
leave soon for his neT post at Breslau,
Germany.
The Sheboygan common council has
approved the condemnation proceed
lngs for a new high school and will go
ahead with the plans for a new in
stituton on the site of the present
building.
The National Distilling company, a
100000 Milwaukee brewing concern,
has changed it's name and occupation
to manufacture yeast products on a
non-alcoholic basis. Papers filed with
Secretary of State Merlin Hull show
the new name to be the red Star
Yeast and Products company.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Murdoch, Ash
land, received word of the death of
their daughter, Miss Beatrice Muir
dock, in China, where she went last
year as a missionary, She was a
trained nurse of experience and had
been sent by the Methodist church.
Her death followed an operation,
about a month ago.
The Indian school to be erected by
the Reformed church at a cost of
$4,000 for the education and care of
Indians living near Black river, will be
at Neillsville This was definitely de
cided when an option on the Krause
farm, adjoining that city, was closed
recently. Work will begin on the
buildings in the spring.
Diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping
cough, smallpox and poliomyelitis had
gained a Roadway in Wisconsin at the
end of October which took them well
beyond their normal prevalence for
that month. This fact is adduced from
a reading of the endemic index for
communicable diseases in the Offices
OF the state board of health.
B. NJ Vaughan. Grand Rapids, has
been named a delegate from Wiscon-
sin to the national drainage conven-
ton in St Louis, Nov. IL, IL and ID.
The appointment was made by Gov
Philip. Mr.. Vaughan is pioneer in
drainage work in Wisconsin and has
held many offices in the state asso-
citation. He is a member of the legis-
lative committee of that body
A large delegation of business men
from Durand went to Fairchild to con
ter with the directors of the Wiscole
sin Canned Food Co on building
new canning factory in Durand. They
made arrangements to go ahead with
the building. The plant will be a du-
plicate of the plants that the company
is building at Fairchild, Osseo and
Foster.
The Nash Motors company, Keno
sha, is to invade the Strand and Pic
cadilly, according to the announce
ment made by the executives of the
plant that the company is to have
Charles Jarrots and Let's, Ltd, as its
agents in London. These LondOners
were in Kenosha and signed con
tract to represent the Badger firm in
the English capital.
Approximately $1,3O00O0 vas paid
into the treasury Oct. 80 by two steam
railroad companies operating in Wis
consin on the final payment of taxes
due in 1919. The Northwestern line
paid $936,37S, while the 500 lines
paid $402, 350.19. The taxes were due
Nov. l. The Milwaukee road paid
tax of $6S0,337 go Oct. 20. The total
tax for the year on all companies is
$2,677S96.59.
Archie Barber, Baraboo, was sen
Circuit Judge e. Ray Stevens, after
being found guilty of assault with in
tent to commit more serious Of
tense. Following the sentence, Barber
went back to seat and locked him
self in the arms OF his wife and moth
er, until he left for prison. The com
planning witness was school teacher
who roomed at the Barber home.
Deer are becoming so numerous in
the southern part of Richland county
that farmers are wondering what is
going to be done about them as they
are real nuisance. Their visits to
the fields are 50 frequent that farmers
must take daily care OF their crops
to avoid damaging depredations. Re
Gently one farmer at Orion husked
IA shocks of corn, and as he com.
pleted his task late in the evening he
of necessity, left the corn piles in the
field. In the morning he found that
some deer had either eaten or tramped
into the ground the entire crop from
those Ia shocks The farmers are
waiting for the state conservation
commission 30 take some action.
Mrs Charles Meyers, Seven Mile
Greek, Juneau county discovered that
cotton may be grown in central Wis
consin. She raised several sturdy cot
ton plants from seeds, the stock OF
the most thrifty plant having on it
ten perfectly developed cotton bolls.
Yale college. Galesyille, Wis inaug
urated a campaign to raise an endow-
ment fund OF $4,000, among Norwe-
Rian Lutherans within the eastern
district of the Norwegian Lutheran
church of America The same sums
will be raised for Scandinavia acad-
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