The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-11-25

Attorney r. A. Sanderson was ap
pointed district attorney of Door coun
ty to MI The vacancy caused by the
death of ". r. Gaede. The appoint
ment was made by the county board
OF supervisors.
The third public milk station in La
/ Crosse was opened in the basement of
! the High school. Milk Is being sold
at II cents a quart, 5 or 6 cents under
the dairymen's rate for delivery to
! homes.
State Dairy and Food Commissioners
/ George j. Weigle in report which is
to be sent to the legislature, declares
, that the value OF dairy products in
Wisconsin for the last year totalled
|$277S83N53.25.
The Menomonie city hospital was
totally destroyed by fire with a loss of
$4,000. Fourteen patients were re-
moved to their homes or neighbOring
houses Firemen were handicapped
by low water pressure and an accident
to a truck.
The Italian language is being taught
this year to University of Wisconsin
students on the same basis as other
languages in the Romance language
department, for the first time in uni
versity's history. About 80 are en-
rolled in the classes.
Recent moonshine raids have netted
the Fond du Lac police so much moon
shine that now suggestions are being
asked as to what to do with the stuff.
approximately fifty gallons are now at
the police headquarters in large jugs
and sealed with the seal of the police.
The Wood county board appropriat,
ed $500 TO provide and equip two pub
lie camping sites for tourists one is
north of Pittsyille, along the Yellow
river, on the main Marshfield-Neills-
Vile highway. The other is Ebbe's
grove, a famous picnic place.
Barron county certified seed pota-
toes are in big demand. Prof. c. l..
Fitch of Iowa experiment station,
wants two carloads OF Rural New
Workers, and S. T. Newton, director Of
extension service Of Winnipeg, Mani
toba, wants one carload of Irish Cob
lers and one of Early Olive, all to be
certified stock
The Underwood Veneer Co. has
started extensive logging operations.
It. has seven camps at which it ex-
poets to cut about 100000 feet Of
logs The company will take the
product of five other camps which are
expected to cut about 100000 All
these logs will be brought to the
veneer mill of the company in Wau-
sau for manufacture.
The Washington county board has
approved the action of the joint com.
mittces appointed to prepare plans
and select a site for the proposed tri-
county sanatorium, TO be built by the
counties Of Fond du Lac, Dodge and
Washington The cost of the site will
be apportoned between the three
counties as follows: Fond du Lac So,
Dodge 43 and Washington 10 per cent
The county board Of supervisors has
accepted as a gift from the Marathon
County Agricultural society the fair
grounds property in Wausau. The
property comprises 80 acres and a con
sentative estimate places the value of
100000. The county board has APP
propriated 100000 for the erection Of
a concrete grandstand and a livestock
pavilion
There are now 314 public service
nurses employed in Wisconsin, forty
four of whom are engaged in thirty
five counties of the state to look after
The health of school children, accord
ing to Mrs Mary p. Morgan, director
of child welfare and public health
nursing A state law passed by the
1919 legislature makes it compulsory
for all counties to employ nurses be
fore July 1, 1921
Fond du Lac county has spent $97,-
5023l for the season just closed on
federal and county patrol maintenance.
OF this amount $6O,69671 was expcnd-
ed upon the federal patrol system, pa
.rolmcn receiving $2475LSG and a
patrol superintendent $G5S.5O Added
10 this was $35,28336 paid out for
gang maintenance, repair and con.
struction work which was essential to
keep the highways in good condition.
The Wisconsin State Fair has voted
10 add 100000 to cash premiums be
ginning with the 1921 state Fair, most
of me additional money going to the
basic departments. Premiums for
agriculture and county exhibits will be
increased from $4,000 to $4,000, and
competition in the County Exhibits de
paument WIN be by districts the State
beng divided into three districts A
total of $4,000, not including special
premiums, will be offered for cattle.
A large collection ri personal let
ters, papers and relics as well as part
Of The library belonging to the late
GOV jeremiah NJ Rusk has recently
been donated to the State Historical
society by the governors daughter
Miss Mary L. Rusk Of Niroqua The
letters, which number some fourteen
volumes. include correspondence with
many Of the most prominent Wiscon.
sin and national statesmen during the
period between 1882 and 1898, when
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