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

Friday.
Frank Hoyer, Reginald Hammond
and Hugo Esch have returned to Madi-
son, after spending few days at their
homes here.
| T.. G. Nash, f. ii. Ludwig and Alois
Lang left Tuesday for Milwaukee to
attend the Grand Chapter meeting OF
the Royal Arch Masons.
The city clerk is paying off saloon
licensees the pro rata part OF their 500
license money for the unexpired part
OF their license year which began July
!, 1919. They are getting back $50 "a.
The Flu epidemic has seemed the
past week to be rapidly waning there
being but few new cases, but the past
few days there has been some appre-
hension in regard to smallpox which
has shown an increase.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Markham and
daughter Mildred have returned, after
spending the week end at Milwaukee,
where they met the Misses Elizabeth
and Margaret Markham who are stu
| dents at the Madison university.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Manitowoc Building &
Loan association, John Chloupek, Os-
car Alter and Charles T.. Brady were
reelected members of the board of
directors. f. G. Nash, a member of
the board rendered his resignation and
John c. Schmidtman was elected to
succeed him.
Appleton Post: earl Miller who is
preparing the plan of the new resi-
dences to be built at Kaukauna by the
Tnimany Pulp Paper company, and
who since his arrival has been temper
arily stopping at local hotel, has
leased the new residence of Richard
Miller and will take possess on at once.
His family consists of himself and wife.
The City Federation of WOmen's
clubs enjoyed a splendid program Mon
day when Miss Anne Irene Larkin
of the Columbus School of Expression
entertained the ladies with number
of well chosen readings Miss Larkin
| ,.anI p,nurpipofc n RalppDNN for
the first part of her program and later
gave varied and delightful examples of
the femnistic in cOntemporaneOus
American poetry. Miss Larkin'S rendi-
ton as well as her beauty and charm
are unusual and most pleasing,
May IA is the new date set for the
Junior Promenade at the University of
Wisconsin which was postponed be-
cause of influenza. The Prom was to
have been held on Feb 49, but that
date was abandoned at the suggestion
of the health officers. March 10 was
then selected but the committee de-
cided later that it would be inadyis
able to hold Prom during Lent Be
cause of many other activities planned
during the spring, the earliest avail
able date seemed to be May II. This is
probably the latest date set for Prom
in recent years. Last year it was held
on April rs, after being postponed
from March % because of influenza.
Usually it is held in February.
Making good the offer of free
license and free ceremony to the first
leap year bride who confessed pop
ping the question:" Judge Chloupek
Monday afternoon officiated at the
marriage of Mrs. Minnie Kruger, 5S,
and August Krevis, g., of Two Rivers.
The ceremony was performed at the
probate Office. Mr. kreyiS, in previ-
GUS matrimonial venture, was welded
to a sister of his present wife, the mar
rage taking place some forty years
ago. The bride has had two previous
husbands, both of whom are dead. The
couple will reside at Two Rivers. The
courthouse girls gave the bride beau
tful bouquet as a token of apprecia-
ton of her pluck and expression OF
best wishes.
The high cost of living is, of course,
related to agriculture, but no more
than to many other lines of activity.
Useless employees must be given an
opportunity to become producers upon
the farm or in the factory.
am tempted to believe that the So
luton of the problem lies more in the
hands of those interested in distribu-
ton and non-productive enterprises
than in the hands of the farmers of the
country.
1t is not a satisfactory condition for
the farmer to receive reduced prices
for his pork, wheat, hides, while the
prices of his machinery, lumber, and
shoes are raised.
The farmer asks that the laborers in
the mines, the factory, and the mills,
who are also real producers along with
the farmers, make an effort compar-
able to his to see there is just as little
labor expense as possible in each artl-
Gle turned out by their hands, thereby