The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-06-12

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new rifle range which will give it q
distance of 1900 yards The range is
at the rapids along the Manitowoc
river
/ The Wood County Normal and Agri
cultural graduated the record class OF
its history, when forty students FIN
ished their course. A pageant was
given
/ The Manitowoc city council adopt
ed the eight-hour ordinance including
all employees and making it necessary
for all contractors bidding on city
work to bid on that basis.
Because he broke his parol, granted
! five years ago. when he was convicted
of forgery, j. f. Pooley, former EN-
ploye of the Appleton Post was sen
fenced to three years in Waupun.
Adelbert Barott, 76 a Civil war vet
eran, died suddenly at his home in
Mayville. During the Civil war, he en-.
listed in Co. B, Forty-fourth Wiscon
sin infantry, and served until the wal
ended.
About fifty Calumet county farmers
organized the Farmers Elevator Co
with a capital stock of $4,000. They
have purchased the equity elevator at
Hilbert and will commence business
Aug. l.
The land demonstration at Borea,
Douglas county, opened with an eXhi'
bition of moving picture films illus
trating the work from start to finish,
A large attendance from all parts OF
the county attended.
The general convention of the Lu-
theran Mutual Aid association will be
held at Appleton July % and "a. Del
egates will represent all sections OF
the middle west, the territory of the
Lutheran synod of Ohio and other
states.
Twenty-three young people will be
graduated from Outagamie County
Teachers Training school at Kaukau-
ma, June 10. The graduating class is
only half as large as in former years.
Dr. II. a. Brown president of Oshkosh
normal school, will deliver the COM
mencement address.
Edwin j. Jacquot, So, prominent
Democratic politician and postmaster
at Hortonville for four years, is dead.
Death was caused by overwork during
the war Mr. Jacquot was a very hard
worker for the council of defense in
all the loan campaigns. He had been
prominent in town and county affairs
for many years.
A suit for $44O for liquor shipped to
Superior, seized by the police and sold
for the benefit of the police pension
fund was filed in Superior court by
Goodhart-Hartman Co, Chicago. The
consignment of liquor was sent to a
liquor dealer at Oliver last August,
but confiscated at South Superior sta
ton of the 500 line.
Michael Flatley, IS who died at
Forest Junction, was one of the oldest
pioneers in Calumet county, coming
here with his parents in 1S4S, when
deer, bear, wolves and all wild game
abounded in the forests covering this
country at that time, He is survived
by forty-four grandchildren and fifty
eight great-grandchildren.
The University of Wisconsin will
send twelve men to the annual re-
serve officers training camp at Camp
Custer this year. Many more would
have gone but for the fact the camp
and summer school begin at about
the same time and large number of
former service men intend to take
summer courses to make up work.
Twenty-three Manitowoc saloon
keepers are willing to take a chance
and filed applications for saloon licen
SEES for the coming year They expect
that some action will be taken by the
city council to reimburse them If the
dry amendment takes effect in Janu
airy, 1920. They express no fear that
the country will be dry after July l.
Weyenberg's new shoe factory for
Beaver Dam is completed insofar as
brick work is concerned and the
Weyenberg Shoe Co, Milwaukee, ex
poets to open the new factory about
July 10. The building is four stories
high built of pressed red brick, BOX
200, and will employ 800 to 400 hands
Weyenberg's have maintained a
branch factory in Beaver Dam for six
years
The organization Of a nationwide
federation OF the Catholic womens
clubs of the United States was started
by the 200 members of the Catholic
womens clubs of the state OF v H.
Consin who attended the state conven-
ton at the Elks' club in Kenosha. The
Wisconsin organization, according to
the action taken at the gathering will
suggest this union to the various state
organizations of the country.
Fishing is prime in northern Wis
conisn Bass are biting freely wall
eyed pike Of large size are responding
to the efforts of the fishermen. Some
muskellunge are also being taken.
Good reports come from practically
every section of the lake country and
fishing in the rivers is also satisfac-
tory The brook trout have apparent
ly abandoned the larger streams be
cause Of the hot weather and are most
" found in the small streams and
brooks
When Roy Gleason, Superior police
man, woke up he found himself In
JAIL arrested on drunk and disorder
Iy charge. Gleason, it is charged got
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