The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-11-18
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

from New York Military funerals
We're held for both
Door county's annual potato export
is on in full swing Several vessel
loads have been shipped from Stur.
geon Bay and the Green Bay and West
ern railroad daily brings out half a
trainload
Roman Hermann, senior in the
Manitowoc high school, has been nomi-
mated by Congressman Lampert, to
take the exams for admission to An.
napolis naval academy April 20, before
a board at Green Bay.
The Rev. Claude Reader of owen
has been installed as pastor of the ST
Paurs Episcopal church in Marinette.
He succeeds the Rev. George NJ. Bah
cock, who recently accepted a charge
at Sheboygan.
Mrs. John p. Hume, wife of the
state chairman of the democratic par
ty, and yicepresident general OF the
National Society of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution, died at her
home in Milwaukee. The immediate
cause of her death was heart trouble
Besides her husband, she is survived
by a daughter and a son, and by her
mother, Mrs. Mary Cracraft.
Dr. j. p. West, in charge of the area
test for the state department of agri-
culture, reports that during the month
of October in Barron county, six in.
spectors tested 1l,621 head of cattle
on 692 farms. There We're only Al
reactors, being .O35 of l per cent or
less than 4-10 of per cent This is
considered a remarkable showing of
freedom from tuberculosis among the
cattle in Barron county,
After fifteen years of effort on the
part of the state. negotiations have
been completed to take the American
Refractories Co, operating the quarry
in the state park at Devils lake, out
of the park limits The company is
to remove its equipment on or before
Jan. l, 1922. The state paid the com
pany $4,000 for its 65 acres of proper
ty at DEVILS Lake All buildings and
Improvements go to the state. In addi-
ton to the cash payment 81 acres out
side the park limits is conveyed to the
company
Fiftytwo farmers north and west Of
Plymouth on the farmer lines Of the
Eastern Wisconsin Telephone com.
pany are protesting against the ad-
vance in rates recently inaugurated
and have sent petition to the Wiscon.
sin Rate commission at Madison by
special messenger for relief About
400 telephones are affected and if the
petition is not granted there is talk
Of tearing out the telephones and start
ing new company. Rates were re.
Gently increased from SIPS to $l75.
The revision committee of the board
of Normal school regents has recon.
mended expenditure of more than
$500 0OO for the state Normal school
at Stevens Point for 1921-1923. Con.
struction of a training school building
at a cost of $28fO0O is the largest
single project proposed, the next
largest being the building of a model
rural demonstration school, at cost
of $4,000. An appropriation for an
athletic field is listed at $4,000 and
$4,000 has been designated for remod.
cling the library.
A sheep claim amounting TO 1888
was filed by 0. Londo Of Tomahawk
with the county board The amount
is for So killed sheep, injured sheep
and 6 worried sheep, Londo claims
an unknown dog attacked his sheep.
A committee appointed under the pro
visions of the statutes appraised the
sheep at $40 and recommended that
1852, or 80 per cent Of the appraisal
value, be awarded Londo. The county
board is withhoding action on the
claim.
The Omaha road has just opened
up Ojibwa station and placed an agent
in charge. This station is located near
the Chippewa river in the southern
part of Sawyer county The town is
new and is backed up by the Wiscon-
sin Colonization company. This con.
Germ has placed over 400 settlers in
the southern part Of that county dur.
ing the last three years The town Of
Ojbwa is an ideal place for the loca-
ton of town, being in a section where
the land is very good and on the river
where water power can be utilized for
all manufacturing purposes.
County school superintendent re-
Ceived such poor pay that they are
quitting their jobs and going into other
work This was the statement made
by State Supt of Schools Cary to the
Brown county board of supervisors in
his plea that the superintendent of the
county schools be paid salary of at
least $4,000 a year. Not only are the
superintendents poorly paid, but the
same applies to the rural teachers and
the clerks employed by the county
ne said He declared that city school
teachers and supervisors in many in.
stances received better pay
Chief Of Police Henry G DEFINE and
Sheriff William Brockmann Sheboy
gan. who recently returned from sgd
ney, Australia. with Edward Pooler
wanted on robbery charges, have filed
an itemized statement OF all expenses
incident IA tho trim The bill totals
$3057.1G
While shoyelng the last load Of
clam shells for the season out Of his
boat, r. Morrison, a Maiden Rock clam