The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-01-01
WISCON SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

lor of the First M. e. church, Burling-
ION, has received a call to Grafton,
y. Oak, at an increase in salary.
The New Times, Manitowoc, a daily
paper, backed largely by union men,
will begin publication Jan 2. Wheeler
Long, Madison, is editor. The equip
ment cost 100000.
The Rev. j. Baron, 40, rabbi in
charge of the Temple Montefore Mari
nette, the leading Hebrew congrega-
ton there, died of typhoid pneumonia,
He is survived by "a widow and two
children.
c. j, LamoreuX arrived from OCon-
to Falls, where he had been associated
with paper company and will be su-
perintendent of the paper mills at
Marinette under the new management
of the Continental Co, New York.
Trustees of st, Stephens church,
Merrill, destroyed by fire, are plan
ming the erection of new church
building. The new structure will be
ample to meet the requirements of the
$500 communicates, and as nearly
fireproof as possible
Monroe county banks show de
post increase of nearly million dol
lars since last June, when sixteen
banks showed total resources of &c.
5S7 ,9695S Last reports show $7,5O3,
260.82 Sparta's banks have total re-
sources of $2,037 ,54371, and Tomah
$2,254,9S949.
AS a memorial to his son, Donald,
soldier of the A. +, F., who died after
reaching his home at La Crosse, the
Rev d. c.. Dixon has presented to the
First Methodist Episcopal church of
La Crosse a memorial bible and flag
of the United States. The bible will
replace the c. H. Coughlan memorial
bible, which has been in the pulpit
since 1859.
Arrangements are being made for a
general jubilee meeting in which the
whole country of Oconto will partici-
pate, over the winning of first place in
the potato show at Milwaukee over
sixteen other counties exhibiting The
exhibit, with moving picture scenes
of the show and speeches by promi-
nent state leaders in agriculture, will
make part of the program.
Dick Lemin, Sheboygan, was not
getting an egg from his forty hens.
He figured that his hens were on
strike because there was so much
profiteering and price-boodling in the
egg market SO he hung this sign in
the coop: Eggs 10 cents a dozen"
Seven eggs awaited his next visit to
the nests. 1T shows that the hens are
willing to do their part, if the com
modify reaches the consumer at a fair
price" he said.
Delegates attending the |. w. w.
convention at Superior have been no
tilted to await the action of the Timber
Workers union before calling a gen
eral strike. Just keep your eyes on
us next month" said one of the dele
gates. I'VE were scheduled to start a
general strike all over the country on
Jan. /. but we have orders to lay off
a little and wait for the timber work
ers. When they. are well under way
about Jan. 10 or Is the whole l. w. W.
organization will get busy"
The early trail from Prairie du
Chen to Chequamegon on Lake Supe-
rior, which has been almost forgotten,
although once an important Indian
and "palefaCe" highway, has recently
been traced satisfactorily, and a story
of it. written by the Rev James II. Nc
Manus, of Coloma, appears in the De
cember issue of the Wisconsin Maya
zine of History. This early WiscOn
sin highway was first trayersed with
wagons by the Rev, Alfred Brunsons
party nearly century ago. II runs
through Viroqua, Tomah, Black River
Falls, Mcmillan, Chippewa Falls, Lac
Court GRIZZLIES, and onward to the
northern terminus at Shequamegon
Once it was the only connection be
tween the region of the Mississippi
and the lake region.
Three new Off ials are soon to be
appointed under Dairy and Food Com
missioner George ]. Weigle. This step
will mean changing the general plan
of organization of the department, by
placing one official in charge of butter
and cheese directly under Mr.. Weigle
with a single official responsibility for
each of them. The new appointees
will be assistant dairy and food com
missoners, chief of the cheese depart
ment and chief of the butter depart.
ment. Carl Il. Lee. assistant commits
sioner, resigned to go into other work.
Recently enacted laws have greatly in.
creased the work of the department,
During January at least three impor
tant hearings will be held. Ice cream.
men meet Jan. 6, cheesemakers Jan.
s, and condeysery operators at date
not determined
Wen2el Barta, farmer of Two
Creeks, was badly burned when his
clothin. caught fire from backfire of
a gasoline engine. His barn, horses
and cows were burned to death. Prop.
erty loss is estimated at $4,000. He
is at the hospital in a serious condi.
ton
Mrs. Il. A. Birge, wife of the presi.
dent of the University of Wisconsin,
who died recently, left an estate val
ued at $4,000, according 10 a petition
flied in county court The estate con
eisted of $4,000 personal effects and
$50. 900 in real property, the homestead
at 1ft Langdon street,
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