The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-06-24
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State |
Arranged In Condensed Form

c. A. Haertel, president of the Wau
kesha Malleable Iron company, an
nounced that the plant had been
leased TO the General Motors com
pany. The plant is valued a
100000.
Pleading guilty to illegal use OF a
drug, Dewey Wilcox, 20 years old,
Alma Center, Wis, youth was SEN
fenced to the Green Bay reformatory
for three years by Judge jenkins of
Chippewa Falls.
The Dodge County Duroc Jersey
Swine Breeders association has been
organized with j. c. Boeger, Water
loo, president; D. c. Thomas, Ran
dolph, president, and Percy Good
rich, Burnett, secretary-treasurer
The severe wind and rain storm
which swept the northern section Of
the state played great havoc with toll
lines of the Bell Telephone company
Every line going out of Ashland, eX
cept the one leading to Superior, was
out of order.
Walter J.. Dexter, former state rep
resentative and for two terms sheriff
of Kenosha county, died at his home
in the town of Dexter's Corners, near
Kenosha, aged n years. He was a
leader of the democratic party in Ke-
nosha county.
T. r. Elian, principal of the Mani
towoc Junior high school for the past
eight years, has been elected principal
of the Ashland high for the ensuing
year, in place of Earl NJ. Giesey, who
retires TO become sales manager for
an automobile concern.
The North Wisconsin Hay crop will
rank from so to 100 per cent, based
on the condition of the crop in Ash
land county, and in the vicinity of
Ashland. Winter wheat was killed to
q small extent in some places, but it
will be SO per cent yield, as it now
looks. Spring rye looks good.
Work has been started on the build
western Excelsior Mills company in
Prentice The big structure will be
of concrete and will be a modern plant
in every detail This factory will
prove an important addition TO the in
dustrial activities of Prentice and will
give employment to large number Of
men.
The council Of Catholic womens Or
CARNATIONS of Wisconsin, in conyen-
tion at La Crosse, voted to join the
national Catholic Women's council.
Wisconsin is the third state to join
this organization The next conVen-
ton will 80 to Green Bay. Mrs. 10
seph F. Murray, Green Bay, was elect
ed president and Mrs. Joseph Mueller
Green Bay, secretary and treasurer.
The harvest of Wisconsins straw
berry crop is on, and prospects point
to one of the biggest crops ever grown.
Growers are obliged to pay pickers 212
cents per quart, and fear they cannot
secure enough at that price TO harvest
the crop 1t is probable that higher
price will be paid to pickers before
the close of the season. One and one
half cents a quart is the highest price
previously.
Paul Taylor, IL, an active Boy Scout
of Tomah, holds the big fish record
in Monroe county to date this season.
While in camp with the Boy Scouts
of Tomah under Scoutmaster G. NJ.
Willett at Waterwill the youthful
fisherman landed a pickerel 40 inches
long, weighing 10 pounds. On the aft
ernoon of the same day, he caught a
second pickerel which measured 81
inches and weighed II pounds,
]. ]. Jameson, Shullsburg, was
elected president of the Wisconsin
Bankers association at the twenty
sixth annual convention held at North
Lake, Other officers elected are: Bur
ton NJ. Smith, North Lake, vicepresi-
dent; T. T, Hennig. Oshkosh, treas
urer; Milo Hagen, Madison; William
Dresser, Waupaca; Il. u. Banny, Xii
bers of the executive council
For the first time in the history Of
st. Matthews Episcopal church of
Kenosha a faith healing service was
held there II was attended by more
than 400 KCnoshans, who watched the
Rev Norman Hutton and the Rev.
Frederick G. Budlong, rectors OF St
Chrysostoms' and st. Peters Epis-
copal churches, Chicago, respectively,
lay hands on the score of cripples and
inyalided who passed by the altar.
Guy NJ. Dulin of the National Sol
diers' home, Milwaukee, was elected
commander of the Wisconsin United
Spanish War veterans at the Conyen-
tion held at Fond du Lac. c. A, I'll.
lisch of Camp No 10, Madison, was
named senior vice commander Mar
Tin c. Kenney of the Nelson A. Miles
camp of Oshkosh, junior vice com.
mander. Delegates to the national
convention are Daniel G. HerZOg, Mil.
waukee; Thomas Kingston. Madison !,
c. Hollister, of the National home,
Milwaukee, and +. Kubatski, Milwau-
kee The next meeting of the organi-
zation will be held at Barabso.
Mrs. Peter Keenan,, of Marinette, 10,
was severely injured when she fell
through a trap door in the meat mar.
ket of +, Shellpieffer, falling a dis
lance of six feet She was uncon-
scious when picked up A fractured
shoulder and a lacerated scalp are
among her injuries
Martin Georgeson of Crandon had a
narrow escape from death when a