The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-08-12

obtains possession next March
The Georgetown postofIice, just over
the line in Grant county, in existence
for over half a century, has been dis
continued. James Jeffry, postmaster
for thirty years and now an old man,
has gone to Waterloo, Ia, to make
his home with son. The patrons Of
the office will hereafter get their mail
on rural delivery from Platteville
The first step toward organization
of Salvation Army work in Sheboygan
county has been taken through the or
ranization of an advisory board COM
posed OF prominent business men, The
\ duties of the board will be to deter.
mine what form of social relief is nee
essary in the county and report ii to
the Salvation Array workers to rem
edy if possible.
! On account of the poor water sup
ply, fire which broke out in the yards
of the John H. Kaiser Lumber Co.,
at Eau Claire for a time threatened
the whole district. The water pres
sure was not sufficient to combat the
flames and only a change in the wind
saved the large saw mill of the COM
pany and adjacent buildings. The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
The destruction of the Episcopal
church at Oneida at reported loss
of $4,000 had a strange effect upon
the Indians at the reservation. They
danced about the ruins and performed
strange rites, thinking that the Great
Spirit was angry with them. They
peld council and raised $1,000 toward
the building of new church. The
building was destroyed by lightning
According to the Wisconsin Potato
Growers association and the state
agricultural college, the largest field
OF certified seed potatoes in Wiscon-
sin is that on Sunset farm, near Clear
water lake in Oneida county. The
field is the property of Clark G. Kinney
of Three Lakes. II comprises 800
acres According to information
from Madison this is also the largest
certified potato field in the world
From Chicago to Green Bay by auto
soon will be a ride de luxe The half
nile stretch of concrete road unfin-
ished in the town of Lawrence since
last fall is complete. During the last
year autoists have been making a five
mile detour at this point. The road
was started at Appleton and at Green
Bay. Just before the two crews met
last fall they ran out of concrete and
were unable to get any more until
July this year.
Despite notice given the Constitu.
tional league at Wausau that the meet
ing at which Ole Hanson, former
mayor of Seattle, would speak, would
be broken up the first annual picnic
of the Edward Burns post, American
legion, at Riverside park, Wausau,
was attended by nearly 5000 persons
The address of Mr.. Hanson was d.
rected at both capital and labor, urg
ing them 10 be fair for the best pros
perity of the city.
Official circles of Kenosha were
stirred by the announcement by Judge
James r. Tully that he would ask the
county board for the removal of Miss
Laura Hahn, county probation officer.
Lack of cooperation between the court
and the office are gwen as the cause
for the resuest. Miss Hahn declares
that all the misunderstanding has
arisen because she insists on the right
to employ and discharge the persons
working in her own office.
Two horses, freed of their wagon,
raced into an automobile driven by
Paul Schlieve, at Eau Claire. One
horse leaped on top Of the car, smash
ing the windshield and utterly demol-
ishing the front of the machine. The
flying glass cut one hand and ear OF
Mrs. Paine of Bloomer, whom Mr..
Schlieve was taking to the Sacred
Heart hospital. AS the horse leaped
from the wrecked car loop in the
harness dragged the machine across
the street.
While 500 persons from all parts OF
the state, including speakers from the
state dairy school at Madison, were
enjoying themselves at the annual
picnic of the Brown Swiss Cattle
Breeders association on the N. 5,
Schmidt farm, west of Monroe. John
Fiechter, %, an employe of Schmidt,
climbed to the haymow of the large
barn on the place and hanged himself
to a beam. Fiechter was an ex-army
man and married The motive of the
act is mystery.
Within 100 yards of his parents, but
obscured from their sight by clouds
Of rain and spray. Hans Lieneau, s,
son of Frederick Lieneau, superintend-
ent of the assembling department OF
the Nash Automobile company, Ke-
nosha, was swept off the government
hreakwater just east OF the harbor
during storm. The boy was making
his way toward shore when the acct
dent occurred Capt Frank Fountain
1" the life saving station said that the
gale was sufficiently strong TO have
blown a grown person from the pier
Failing to respond quickly to the
command Of two holdup men TO put
his hands up, Anton Zini, so years old,
was shot at Cary Location, near Hur-
ley, and died few hours afterwards
Both bandits were young men, accord
ing to Pedro Assato, companion of tho
dead man.
The keen nose of policeman OF
Sheboygan resulted in the arrest Of