The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-23
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

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Reuben Morrison of Maiden RocE
found pearl which he sold for 81,
400.
L. NJ. jacobson. who six months age
paid $4,000 for 40acre farm neal
Ladysmlth. has refused $500 for the
| property.
Dr. L. Gerechter, for twentysever
| years rabbi at the Temple Zion
preached his farewell sermon at APP
pleton. He will leave for New York
shortly.
Guns belonging to party of young
| fellows from Madison, who were mo
| torlg through the country near Tun
mel City, were seized by Game Ward
en- HillikeT. The state law forbids
carrying ready" guns in automobiles
Williams Bay settlement voted, sc
to Al. TO incorporate as village. The
plat includes some handsome summer
homes and valuable resort property
and II will make one of the richest
villages in Wisconsin.
A resolution indorsing higher sala.
ries for ministers was the outstanding
feature of the closing session OF
the three days convention of the
State Baptist association, held at
GAINESVILLE. r. A. Ashworth. Milwau.
kee, who sponsored the move, showed
that the street sweepers were paid a
better living wage than the average
minister.
Charles Bader resigned as president
OF the Green Bay federated trades
council to remain in the state guard.
He said he had been criticized by
union men because he was a member
of the guard and had responded when
called out recently in connection with
the strike riots at Two Rivers. He
has been a union labor leader at Green
Bay for years.
AT a conference Of field workers Of
the state department OF health. at
Madison, DR.. Robert |. Oleson, federal
representative, announced the APP
pointment of DR. c. A. Harper, state
health officer. as collaborating epide
mologist. Assisting him will be five
deputy health officers. The idea is to
have more efficient organization
with which 10 combat epidemcs.
Killing frosts in the early part Of
Oc,ober seriously injured Ocontc
county's potato crop, according to A
Amundson. county agricultural agent
From all over the state have come re
ports that the frost was later than for
many years and that practically no
damage was done while state crop
report says the long delayed frost en-
abled millions of bushels OF growth 10
be added to the states potato crop.
The First-Fond du Lac National
bank. a recently consolidated institu.
ton. issues little periodical called
Farm News, which presents items OF
interest to farmers, including pictures
OF purebred stock and Of exhibits of
farm produce shere is also a For
Sale and Want column in which farm.
ers are allowed to advertise without
charge. things that they need or have
for sale. The paper is gotten out by
Rufus r. Runke, the banks agricul
turist
Disappointed because the village
was not given q state trunk highway
TO connect with the new route laid
out on the Calumet road out OF Mani
towoc, agitation has been sta ted in
the towns OF Schleswig and Eaton and
the village OF Kiel 10 withdraw fro
Manitowoc county and become a par,
OF Calumet county. information has
been asked OF Madison as 10 the prop.
er procedure and the contention IS
that Chiffon Is more accessible than
Manitowoc for the towns and village
IN question
The Eastern Railroad Co. filed no.
tice OF appeal from the decision OF the
circuit court, in the matter OF the city
Of Oshkosh. forcing the company TO
pay $4,000. alleged to be due the mu-
ncipality for a franchise granted TO
the company's predecessor, the East
eru Wisconsin Railway & Light Co
Under the franchise contract the city
was 10 receive $1,000 year for 80
years, and payments TO the amount OF
$4,000 had been made when the rail
way changed hands. The new owners
claimed not TO be bound by the con.
tract, having taken an indeterminate
franchise and surrendering its city
franchise.
Charles Fandrich. Grand Rapids,
while digging for angle worms at
HaZelhurst found medal dated
l776 which was evidently issued in
commemoration of the independence
Of the colonies. On one side Is bust
OF George Washington, and on the 9th
er side the bust OF Gen. Frederick Won
Steuben. The medal is about the size
and thickness OF a 500 gold piece. and
when he first saw the piece Mr.. Fand'
rich thought that was what he found.
The relic was rather rusty, but when
polished was found TO be in a good
state OF preservation. Hazelhurst is a
little summer resort town few miles
south Of Mlnocqua.
Another we'll has been dug in the
| vicinity OF the one recently completed
on the II r Johnson farm. near Wash.
oun. where oil and iron ore was
struck. but no such strong indications
were found in the last well. The well
is 251 feet deep and now has 60 feei
| Of water
The immediate calling of a grand
Jury as The only feasible way to probe
vice conditions in Superior Is urgec
by Chief Of Police McKinnon. Dur