The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-09-09
WTSCONS SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form


and high prices are being paid On a
6-acre tract owned by the La Crosse
Housing corporation, 10000 pounds of
leaf were cut. The leaf sold for AS
cents a pound or $4,000, yielding $3.50
per acre.
With her throat severely cut by the
windshield of an automobile when the
machine colided with a team of
horses, Miss Marie Olson, Porcupine,
near Maiden Rock, was taken TO a
hospital, where her condition is cri-
teal Physicians say that while Miss
Olson may recover, she will never be
able to speak again due to her vocal
cords being cut.
Miss Winifred Ryan, principal,
Combined Locks, Outagamie county
high school, was the first woman in
the United States TO cast her vote I'M
der the federal suffrage amendment.
Miss Ryan voted for officers of the re-
Gently incorporated village of Com
bined Locks, Aug. 81, the first set of
village officers, so far as known, to
be elected under provisions of the
equal suffrage amendment.
The Catholic parish at Peshtigo is
again to have a parochial school
after being many years without one
Recently the parish purchased large
residence near st. Mary's church and
il has been converted into a school
and residence place for the four Do
| minican sisters of Grand Rapids,
| Mich, who will have charge. The en-
rollment so far is about 100 and it is
expected that 80 more will be added.
Francis H. Sheneker, New London,
candidate for the Republican nomina-
| ton for congress in the Eighth dis
| trict as a Nonpartisan league repre-
sentative, was the first candidate to
file his campaign expenditures state
ment. His statement showed receipts
| of S3SS.40, and expenditures of S649.
| Congressman James A. Frear's eX-
pense account also was filed showing
expenditures of $219.25.
| Indications point toward the biggest
! fair in history at Rhinelander, Sept
| IA to IS. This has been a bumper
! agricultural year, and since the coun'
! ty was not represented at the state fair
| in Milwaukee, additional effort will be
made to gather the best products for
exhibit at the county fair. Selections
will be made from the potato exhibits
for the county exhibit at the state pc
tato show next December in Milwau-
kee.
Eva Petersen. Yorkville township
Racine county, won first prize in the
state spelling, arithmetic and writing
contest at the State fair at Milwau-
kee. She had an average of SO, and
was presented with gold medal. In
1914 Miss Petersens sister, Florence,
won the first price. Second honor
went to Ina Starks, Forest county,
who had an average of so and third to
Gertrude Kramer Winnebago county,
with an average of 80.
Two birds from Sheboygan will be
entered in the United States derby
this month. Five thousand birds are
to participate in this race of homing
pigeons. St. Louis, Mo, is the goal
The birds are to be released in pairs
! from $500 cities and towns within
| 500-mile radius of the Missouri
metropolis, each bird to carry a mes
sage from the mayor or other city
officials of the starting place to the
Missouri governor. Prizes will be
awarded to the "homers" making the
best time.
Threshing is in progress in Mari
nette county, large number of crews
being at work. The oats crop is show
ing a particularly heavy grain, some
I of it running three bushels by weight
| to a two bushel. sack. Crops giving
| IS bushels to the acre are reported
! Wheat, not leading crop of the
county, is running light. All indica-
tons point to one of the best potato
years in the county's history. Good
sales of seed potatoes for future de-
| livery are recorded. W. d. Juday,
| former county agent of Oneida coun-
| ty, recent visitor, is quoted as say
ing the Marinette county corn crop is
exceptional,
The division of markets, Madison
says of the potato situation: "Prac-
| tically no Wisconsin stock has moved
to central markets, but there has been
considerable stock marketing locally.
| No Wisconsin stock is being quoted
| on the Chicago market at present, but
| Minnesota Early Ohios, which reports
state have been of rather poor quality
have sold for $275-S2,9O a hundred
weight Prices paid for small lots at
some Wisconsin loading points have
ranged from $2-$225 hundredweight
which prices are slightly higher than
those received a year ago September
! and October crop reports will no
doubt prove big factor in estimating
what future prices are TO be"
Two pairs of wooden shoes which
have come all the way from old Hol
land, and a collection of miniature
tools representing those used at the
| crucifixion of Christ, carved and in
| geniously enclosed in an empty whisky
bottle, were included in the town Of
Harrison exhibit at the Lincoln coun-
ty fair. Every one of the Is towns in
the county responded with an exhibit.
j. II. Kreaher East Liverpool, Ohio,
arrived at Eau Claire and at once
took over the duties of general secre-
tary of the Eau Claire Y. NJ. G. A.,
succeeding S. A. Melby, formerly con.
rected with the St. Paul Y. M. G. A..