The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

VI tue HOule.
Rev. II. Mack, pastor OF St Mar
tins Lutheran church, ClintonWlle,
for eight years has accepted call to
St. Louis, Mo- He will remove to that
city in the very near future,
All the city officials of Merrill eX
cept the mayor and street commits
sioner were granted an increase in
salary by the council Policemen and
firemen were allowed a raise of SO
per month.
A new hospital is being promoted
by number of business and profess
sional men of Wausau. A central site
will be chosen and hospital built
with 100 rooms and complete up-tO.
date equipment.
The annual convention and tOurna-
ment of the Wisconsin state Firemen's
association will be held June 16, II
and Is, at Waupun. over one hundred
companies and over three thousand
flremen belong to the association.
Arthur Blow, collector for a Keno
sha milk company, is reported to have
disappeared from the city, leaving a
shortage of between $500 and $1,000
behind, A young woman on the West
side of the CITY, who is reported 10
have been a close friend of Blows is
also said to be missing
Mr. and Mrs, M. H Duncan, superin.
tendent and matron Of the Marathon
county asylum and home and hospital,
have presented their resignation to
take effect March l. to take similar pc
sitions at the Clark county asylum
and farms. They had held those posi-
tons for the past ten years.
The organization Of a branch of the
! State Humane society is well under
way in Dodge county under the guild
ance of Dr. Benson of Hartford, About
| 100 members have already been Sc
cured, and Incorporation papers will
soon be petitioned for The first meet
| ing Of the new association will be held
| in Horizon on March 90
Fred Flanz, one of The special POI
| licemen sworn in 10 aid in handling
the influenza situation at Marinete,
| pleaded guilty to a charge of violation
of influenza rules and was fined 500
and costs. He was charged with al
lowing a crowd to congregate around
pool hall.
Portage county again finds itself
without the services OF an agricultural
agent. Dan P. Hughes, principal OF
the Dunn county training school a
Menominie, Wis, elected to the posi-
ton at a salary of $4,000 a year and
expenses, has declined the offer The
Portage county agricultural commit
| tee will meet to choose another agent
Out of the 3SS COWS tested durne
! the month of December by the Hori
con Cowtesting association, SO pro
duced over 40 pounds Of butterfat and
over 1000 pounds OF milk Theodore
! Luck holds the highest record, having
| IL COWS with an average of 1885
pounds Of milk and 4S4 pounds of but
terfat.
All previous enrolment records at
! the La Crosse high school were broken
when $50 students registered on the
opening of the second semester.
Farmers near Marinette on the
Lake road have organized the Lake
Road Cooperative Dairy company, for
Machinery has been ordered, and
new cheese factory will be in opera
ton within a few months.
1t is reported that thousands of fish
are dying in Lake Emily, Dodge coun
| ty, for want of air. They are rushing
up into the spring holes on the north
end of the lake, almost pushing each
other out of the water in their quest
for air. The fish are principally
perch, carp, some pickerel and bass
The ice is reported to be exceptionally
! thick This year.
Cyrus Anderson foreman of Wis.
consin Traction, Light, Heat and
Power company crew, and former mo
tOrcycle policeman was instantly
killed while engaged in stringiRg
wires at Hemple's Corners, in the
town of Greenville near Neenah. An.
derson came in contact with live
wire carrying a current of thirteen
thousand volts
OutaFamie county soldiers and sail.
ors in need of assistance will be given
more than $500 remaining in the
treasury of Outagamie county war
chest committee A committee which
will investigate applications and dis,
burse the fund has been appointed
The war chest committees report
showed that S1OO.431. G5 of the $lO6.,
a61O1 pledged by 12,421 persons had
been collected
The city Of ManitOwoc will cple.
brate it's golden jubilee March -. It
was on March - 1870 that the in
corporation of Manitowoc as city
was filed at Madison by Peter John,
son, first mayor Of the city N. Mel
son was village clerk Manitowoc be
came a city by the vote Of 292 cleo.
tors who represented the voting
strength Of the municipality a half
century ago.
Seventy.tiye teachers Of the Keno.
sha schools appeared before the school
board and demanded an increase Of
35 per cent over the salaries set for
last September There was no sug
gestion of strike The board already
has granted IA nor. cent hIaukpt in
crease this year
The newly organized Appleton
Moman,s clnh h snonaorlng q mnNa-