The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-12-30

northern Door county, now entering it's
third year, has been placed on the ac-
credited high school list. II is the only
high school in Door county outside OF
Sturgeon Bay.
DR.. w. r. O'Brien, prominent Ash
land physician and surgeon, died from
cancer of the stomach. He was a mem
Der of Catholic societies and has been
prominent in Ashland for many years.
He formerly lived in Independence,
Iowa
Considerable activity in the building
line is anticipated in Ladysmith next
spring. Several business blocks viii
be erected which VIII add much to the
of the business section Of
the city In addition a number Of
people are contemplating the building
of homes.
The Oneida Farmers Telephone
company has petitioned the railroad
commission for authority to raise its
rates. The date for the hearing has
been set for Jan II in the Office of the
commission in Madison. The company
operates in Oneida county, with Rhine.
lander as headquarters.
WisConsins department of education
is conducting a campaign to serve
warm noon lunches in all rural schools
Marinette county started out to report
100 per cent in this classification. But
it was disappointed, because three
schools are so situated that all the
children go home to lunch at noon.
Eight of the ii banks in Eau Claire
county, with the city and county SUI
perintendents of schools, plan a thrift
campaign in the schools of the county.
Lessons in thrift will be furnished to
each OF the societies in every school
urging saving OF 10 per cent and wise
investment.
Mrs. ID. +. Goss, whose husband was
killed while suinging wires for the
oslo Power & Light company, near
ManitowOC has been awarded $4,000
by the industrial commission. An az.
peal was taken to the Dane county
court and Judge Stevens upheld the
award The defendant company will
appeal to the supreme court.
Fond du Lac's tax rate for next year
will be $50 for each $1,000 valuation.
The City's estimated expense for the
coming year is $972,S61.44 AT the tax
rate the city will raise $7I3 l22Sv.
From other sources there will be "a
revenue of $2OS,O78,9S. The 3 per cent
rate is based on a total valuation Of
$25, 77O,76O, as compared with a 2,7O
per cent rate on a $2l ,O34, POS valuation
in 1920.
AT the Guernsey sale, staged by tie
Pierce County Guernsey Breeders as.
sociatiOn, at the Pierce county sales
pavilion at Ellsworth, $l3,S90 worth OF
animals were sold, an average of $500
for the SO head. A 4-ycarold COW,
bought by Albert Kline topped the
sale, bringing $1,000, This is the
largest price ever paid for a COW in
Pierce county. All the animals We're
sold to Pierce county farmers.
Twenty eight members of the bust
ness mems group have banded to.
gether TO act as polite squad in an
effort to make automobile tourists feel
at home in Fond du Lac The dea
will be carried into effect to develop
the camp site at Lakeside park t. the
point of maximum service Members
OF the squad will be expected to stop
tourists and inquire if there is any
thing that can be done to make their
stay in the city more enjoyable.
According to complete reports re-.
Cciyed by the conservation commits
sion from all its wardens. only IS does
and iawns were killed by the deer
hunters OF the state during the recent
open season for deer under the one
buck law, and the greater part Of them
were killed accidentally. That IS,
were mistaken for bucks in the woods.
Only a few were deliberately shot by
the hunters with the knowledge that
they were not bucks The commission
estimates that not over $500 deer wers
killed in Wisconsin this year
DcKol Nethcrland Belle, Holstein
Friesan COW, completed 365-day
scmiOfIlcal test al the Purity PARRY
farm. east of PIaueyllc in which she
is credited with 1880 pounds of milk
and $50 POUNDS OF butter. The herd
is owned by James r. Tracy & Sons
Violet Arts DcKOl is running on a II
months semi.oficial test ending Jan.
%. in which the owners predict rec
ord Of better than 10000 pounds of
milk and goo pounds Of butter Dam
ard grand-dam of Laura Esther max
ing 2.6g2 9 pounds of milk and 1863
pounds of butter in a 3l.day test, is
now on a 10 months test
Report on the soldier bonus law
made public in Madison shows that
1911 $50 was paid former service men
under the educational bonus law dur.
ing the first year Of IT'S administration
Four thousand eight hundred and nine.
ty.three students were assigned under
this law for the fulI.time educational
opportunity in the state and 1883 stu.
dents were assigned to correspond
ence. Former service men have been
assigned to 157 educational institu.
tions in Wisconsin for the all-day edu.
cational opportunity provided by the
law, for which they received $50 a
month for each month they are in
regular attendance.
Eau Claire county's Germanic popu
lation apparently was the most anX'