The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22


wood. Five thousand cords of hard
wood are needed to make up the loss
that has resulted because of the tim
Der workers strike which has tied up
the sawmills for over nine weeks.
Dogs of those who are visiting in
Wisconsin from other states and have
brought their pets with them must
have licenses just as though both dogs
according to an opinion by the attor-
ney general to Dist. Atty. Easton John
son of Whitewater.
The Rhinelander Wood club named
committees 10 raise funds, provide
equipment, and locate available sup
plies Of wood which will be municipal.
~ cut and transporter to the city
woodward for Rhinelander homes at
cost Cruisers, hired by the club, are
touring Oneida comfy locating timber
A campaign to strengthen grange
societies throughout tho safe Of Wis
consin is to be conducted this summer.
The campaign was started in Winnie
bago county under the direction of
w. H. Jones, of Perry, New York. dep
uty of the national grange. Calumet
and Manitowoc counties are next on
the list.
Ray Lidbom has assumed his duties
as postmaster of Grantsburg. lie sue
ceeds &. |. Bunker, who has served
as postmaster for the past FIVE years.
The Sturgeon Bay Apple Growers
association is the name Of a new cor
poration, incorporated FOR $4,000 to
promote apple interests of Door
county.
f. B. Heimstreet president of the
Jefferson County Old Soldiers associa-
ton, and Frank Foote, secretary are
making arrangements for the annual
reunion of the old soldiers which will
be held at Jefferson Aug, 49, No dues
will be collected this year, and a fine
dinner will be furnished to all the old
soldiers free.
John Downey, y years old, who was
visiting at a neighbours farm house,
near Darlington, found a dynamite cap
and not knowing what it was, laid it
on stone and struck it with ham
mer Three fingers on his right hand
were blown off and the whole arm
was badly mangled The caps had been
used for grubbing stWmps.
Suit has been brought by Louis
Stark of Crystal Lake, against the
Badger Public Service company Of
Elkhart Lake, for $4,000 damages and
costs, for the death Of his wife, Mrs
Barbara Stark, by accidental electro
cution at Crystal Lake on the morn
ing of June 3. The complaint charged
the company with negligence.
With the year half gone, some $4,000
new automobiles have been purchased
in Wisconsin, a little item of $4,000
coo or $6O,OO0,000, according to Secre-
tary of State Hull A total of 255,600
licenses have been issued in advance
Of this time last year. The remaining
six months will put the total over
100000, according to present indica-
tons.
Ray Schaf, farmer Of Athelstane,
Maiinette county has established
silver fox farm there lie has pur-
chased three pairs of silver foxes from
silxer fox farm in Prince Edward
Island and paid $1,000 per pair. The
foxes were purchased last fall and Mr.
Schaff already has six pups. He has
enclosed tract of land one-half mile
square,
Tony Mask made movie" rescue
when the 2-yearold son Of Griff
Thomas wandered onto the tracks Of
the Milwaukee railroad in the path of
a fast passenger train at Genesee de-
pot. The engine was so close when
the child toddled on the tracks that
it was impossible for the engineer to
stop. Mask ran in front of the train
and grabbed the child, with the en-
CINE almost on top of him.
County agricultural agents from
eleven counties OF Northern WisCon-
sin will hold a two-day conference in
Ladysmith Aug, and 3. The coun.
ties to be represented are Douglas,
Bayfield, Ashland, Burnett, Chippewa
Washburn, Polk, Barron, St. Croiy,
Taylor and Rusk, one day of The con
ference viii be devoted 20 demonstra-
ton work and trip will be made to
the state demonstration farm near
Conrath, 8 miles southeast of Lady
smith. H. NJ. Jones, county agent of
Rusk county, is pushing the project
and is cordially urging all farmers of
Rusk county TO attend and reap the
benefits of the conference.
Having covered enough ground
while delivering his route out Of the
Beloit postohice to have carried him
around the world five times and be
1850 miles on his sixth circumnayi-
cation of the globe Alfred Perkins,
B4loit's oldest mail carrier, is to retire.
The total distance he has covered is
estimated at 142,50O miles. Perkins,
for nineteen years a rural mail car
rer for the Bcloit postoflcc, will be
G5 years old next November AS soon
as he does he viii be automatically
retired on a pension of SO per cent OF
his salary. Perkins VIII be the first
Beloit postman to be so pensioned.
Melvin Solve, a graduate of the Rice
Lake high school and instructor in the
University Of Oregon, has received a
fellowship from the scandinavian
American foundation in New York,