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

The case of Blake Construction Co.
VS.. w, f. Hagen was tried and then
settled. 1t grew out of the plaintiff S
contract to construct the Hagen ga
rage on South Tenth street and a
claim of defects in the construction
which $1,000 was withheld
The court then took up the case of
kad0w VS.. Krumdick. This grows out
of two alleged sales of the Krumdick
building on North Eighth street Mr.
Farley asserting the authority from
the owner to sell it contracted to sell
the premises to j. NJ. Kadow for SI4,-
900. The owner denying Farley's au-
thority sold it himself the same day to
Lawrence Fuka. Kadow seeks to com
pei a deed upon his contract. The
court has the case under adyisemcnt.
The court Monday began an inter
esting case wherein Patrick Burns, a
young man of Maple Grove, blind,
seeks to establish an alleged lost deed
The deed was executed in 1918 by his
father and delivered to the convey
ancer, Charles Etzler of RcedSyile to
hold. The defendants, three other
children, do not deny the making OF
the deed but do deny there was. any
legal delivery by the grantor father
The father and son got The deed from
Etlier. 1t was never recorded, the
father is dead and the deed cannot be
found. 1t involves forty acres of good
land in Maple Grove. The vital point
is the intention of the father when he
gave the deed to Etzler to keep.
The court took up the grind of di-
vorce cases in none of which was there
a contest over anything but the diyis-
ion of property and but few of them
Tuesday and Wednesday DEGREES were
granted in the following divorce cases
Watruba, Kriyanek, Best, Clement
Nalible, Stadlmaier, Lueloff and Mas
colt
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
LOCAL DeBATERS WIN

Manitowoc High schol debated with
both the Neenah and Two Rivers
schools last Friday evening and won
both debates
Discussing the open shop question
here with Two Rivers they won in up
holding the open shop and at Neenah
they won taking the other side of the
question. The team debating at home
was composed of Gunder Gilbertson,
Everett Brandt and Milton Stangel
and the local debaters at Neenah were
Darwin PITT, Albert Tegen and Rufn
Boyd.
The subject of the debate brought to
the audience here men prominent in
labor union circles as well as EN-
ployers of labor and all praised the
thoroughness of the preparation on
both sides and the fine presentation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
REAL ESTATE REPORT

The following transfers of real es-
tate were made during the week end
ing Feb. Il:
Charles Bouril to William Cater
man, lot 9, block 2, Heyroths resubdi-
vision. Consideration, $4,000.
Otto Neumeister to Peter Degen-
hardt, so acres in sec. 3, town of Cen
teryille. Consideration, /, Revenue
stamps, s..
q. NJ. MorriSsey as executor of the
estate of T. B. MorriSsey, to Lawrence
Morrissey, 50 acres in secs. and is,
town of Franklin. Consideration, SlO,-
500.
Victoria Hastreitcr to George Reu-
ther, lot s, block /, in village of
Clarks Mills. Consideration, 500.
Fred Pruess to JOS. Staudinger, par
Gel of land in sec. ?, town of Cato.
Consideration, 81, Revenue stamps,
50 80.
| Nina Guetschow to John GuetSChow,
81 acres in sec. 3, town of Newton
Consideration, 81. Revenue stamps, SO.
Rachel Smoke and Emily Smoke to
Thos McKeough and Arthur Zander,
W. l25 feet of lot 8, in sec. 10, town
10, range q, east Consideration, 81.
Revenue stamps, $3.50
Albert Engels to Mrs. Catherine
Wills, lot 10, block l43, city OF Mani
towoc. Consideration, 81. Revenue
stamps, $3.50.
Augusta Hagen to Alfred Wagner,
lot 4, block 229, city of Manitowoc.
/ Consideration, $4,000.
I VIM. g. Lueps ct al. to Alfred Wag-
ner, lot 5, block 229, city of Manito-
voc. Consideration, 81. Revenue
stamps, $3.50.
Guy Spencer to Herman Pickruhn,
n la of lot 3, block ., city of Manto-
woe. Consideration, 81. Revenue
stamps, $3.50.
Clara Lueps ct al. to Frank Hof-
man for Manitou Realty Co., south
lots of re-subdivision of lots and
G, block 2l9, city of Manitowoc. Con-
sideration, ST. Revenue stamps, $3.50.
Matthias Loos to Frank koenig, lot
4, block 8, st. Nazanz. Consideration,
$4,000.
Frank Zahorik to John Dvorak, par
eel of land in sec. 81, town of Frank
lin. Consideration, 81. Revenue
stamps, 81.
| John Panowitz to Frank Tadych, n.
37h feet of lot 5, block 81, city of
Two Rivers. Consideration, 81 300.
Berthold Dressler to Carl Schnell.
100 acres in secs. 81 and 2s. town of
Liberty Consideration, 81. Revenue
stamps, $1,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
EDUCATIONAL.
(By j. w. VoboriN
CONTESTS

The regular preliminary contests in
Oral and Written Spelling, Adding
Practical Arithmetic, Language, and
forty-five combinations will be held in
the various towns within the next two
months. Those contests need not de-
termine who should enter the county
contest, for any school may enter one
contestant in each contest but this is a
good place to determine the ability of
the prospective contestant for the
county contest, enabling the teacher to
decide whether it would be worth while
to send the pupil, Every teacher should
encourage the pupils to take part in
these town contests. 1t is not neces-
sary that pupils entering the contest
must win. The benefits lie not only in
the increased knowledge and skill ac-
quired from the preparation for the
contest but in the increased confidence
in self, the testing of the pupils abil-
ity as compared with others, and the
awakening of his ambition.
Teachers should remind those pupils
wishing to represent the county in the
state contest at the state fair that they
must take part in Oral or Written
Spelling, Practical Arithmetic, and
Writing. The contestant making the
best showing in these three subjects
will be selected. The railroad fare to
and from and the expenses at the fair
are paid by the state fair management.
A forty-minute literary program
should be prepared. 1t is better to
have few well prepared parts than a
long unintereSting program. Also keep
in mind the fact that pupils on the
program must speak very much louder
than they do in class recitations or
even in school programs because of
the larger halls and nOiSier crowds.
The following teachers will call a
meeting of the teachers of their re-
Spectiye towns and act as chairmen
All rules for contests, arrangements
for programs, hall, and conductors
should be definitely settled at this
meeting. Please call the meeting at
some central point easily accessible to
all the teachers preferably on a We'd
nesday or Thursday of the week.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
SAVINGS BANK CHANGES

The plans of the late John Schuette
for the changes in the bank have been
carried out. The capital stock has
been increased from $4,000 to $780,
900 and the board of directors in
creased. The new board Of directors
includes the following. Louis Schuet-
te, Edwin Schuette, Emil Baensch, l..
+. Geer, A. l.. Nash and A. j. Wits
Officers of the bank have been elect
ed as follows.
President-Lous Schuette.
Cashier-Edwin Schuette.
Assistant. Cashier--Henry Detjen.
Tellers-Edwin Kruger, Frank
Fetzer and Charles Drumm.
The second floor space will be used
for clerical workers for time to re-
lieve congestion on the main floor and
new banking building is probable be
fore long.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
OBITUARY

Mrs. Amelia Eberhardt, widow of
the late August Eberhardt, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma
Aastad, 1903 South Twelfth street,
Wednesday of last week at the ad-
vanced age of 80 years. Death was due
to infirmities incident to old age and
was probably hastened by the sudden
death three months ago of daughter,
Mrs. VIM. O'Hara at Washington, ID.
c. after brief illness. The shock to
the mother was severe and she never
fully recovered from it.
Mrs. Eberhardt, who was Miss
Amelia Mund before her marriage, was
born in Nordhauser, Germany and at
the age of seven came to this country
with her parents. The family settled
in Manitowoc county. At the age of
90 she was married to August Eber-
hardt, who preceded her in death seven
years ago. After their marriage they
made their home on a farm in Newton
and then purchased the Eberhardt
place at the Four Corners, the farm
which is now owned and operated by
Henry, one of the sons. A number of
years ago the couple removed to this
city and erected fine home on Michi-
gan avenue where they lived until the
death of the husband. Since that time
Mrs. Eberhardt has lived with her
daughter.
Six children survive Mrs. Eberhardt.
They are Henry, Charles and William,
Mrs. William Samp, Mrs. Richard
Rudolph and Mrs. Edward Aasted.
Besides the children fourteen grand
children and four great grandchildren
and one brother, Gottfried Mund of
Grand Rapids, Mich, survive.
The funeral was held Saturday aft
ernoon from the German Methodist
church. Rev. Schellhase ofliciated. In
terment was in Evergreen cemetery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

Joseph Kehlenhofer, aged 81 years,
died Friday morning of pneumonia.
The deceased was born in the town of
Kossuth and most of his life was spent
there. He was resident OF Colunl-
bus, Neb., for five years and was mar
ried in that city to Mary Ellen Cos
tello, who, with four children, Mrs.
Albert Erbstoesser, Frank and Guy
and Miss Germaine survive Mr.. Keh-
lenhofer was for years employed as an
engineer with the Rahr Sons company
and during the past two years had
been with the Reiss Coal company. He
was a member of the Catholic Forest
ers, Knights of Columbus and the
Moose. The funeral was held Monday
morning from Sacred Heart church.
Interment was in Evergreen cemetery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

On Friday evening last, Mr.. Clar-
ence Smalley, on returning to his home
about 10 o'clock, had to pass his faith
erS Office connected with the foundry,
and smelling a strong smoke near the
vicinity, he rushed into the Office and
discovered the floor around the stove
all ablaze and the room so full of
smoke as to almost suffocate him. He
Immediately FASTENED for some water
and finally succeeded in putting out
the flames. 1t seems the stove was too
near the floor, and becoming pretty hot
set the floor on fire. Five minutes later
and the fire would have gained such
headway that all efforts to save the of
fee and foundry would, perhaps, have
proved futile.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

Bob Schillng, with his troupe, has
come and gone, Bob tried to show,
and demonstrated to his own satisfac-
ton, that if some of the wealth which
others have acquired, could be distrib-
uted among his troupe the world at
large would be much benefited. He had
a little girl who danced; but Bob is
opposed to child labor in factories.
This little girl dances until IL O'Clock
each night. He had a musical prodigy
who played some kind of an instru-
ment with his feet; but if 1t wasn't for
capital being in the hands of few the
prodigy would be rolling in wealth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
LOST HIS REASON

Constance Stewart, South Fourteenth
street, lost his only son, aged 25, and
his wife with the flu in one week. He
himself had a severe attack and got up
and around prematurely and had re-
lapse. His sickness, business worries
and his bereavements SO affected his
mind that Monday he was ordered
placed under the care of the states
alienists at the Northern hospital 1t
is believed that his mental condition is
temporary and will quickly respond to
treatment as his physical condition i'm
proves.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

For many years the city has been
discussing the subject of bridge hours,
that is certain specified times each day
when the bridges would not be swung
to permit the passage of water craft.
1t was surely provoking to have big
steamer slowly crawl along through
the bridge just as the stream of noon
time traffic wanted to cross the river.
Several times in the past twenty years
the federal government has been asked
for permission to set bridge hours. The
matter was renewed last summer and
the war department sent engineers
here who held a. hearing on the re-
guest. There was a marshalling of
statistics and long arguments. The city
wanted quarter hour before and Il
quarter hour after noon, and the same
at o'clock in the evening, a total of
an hour.
The decision has arrived. After all
this laboring of the mountain tiny
mouse was born. Uncle Sam gracious
ly condescends to permit the city coun-
Gil to keep the bridges closed ten min
utes each day, from 1905 p. m. to
1915 p. m.
This will help some as this is the
worst ten minutes of the day, but it is
hardly what the city officers had hoped
for.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
ANOTHER NEW GARAGE

The Major Auto company, the active
member of which seems to be Marcus
Rappel, have completed plans for the
erection of a new garage on the
southeast corner of Tenth and Buff
falo streets, having purchased tract
there 1870 feet square. Part of the
site Is occupied by the Dayy house, an
old frame rooming house. The Blake
Construction company of Appleton has
the contract. The company sells two
popular makes of cars.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
DECLAMATORY CONTEST

The Annual Graded School Declama-
tory Contest will be held at the Court
House Assembly Room on Saturday,
April 3 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. The con
testants will be entered in two divis-
ions, the Primary division consisting o'
the First, Second. Third and Fourth
grades and the Grammar division CON
siSting of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and
Eighth grades. Every graded school is
expected to participate. DO not at
tempt to teach long, difficult selections.
Gold and silver medals are awarded to
the winners in the county contest.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

There was an exciting dog fight on
Eighth street on Tuesday Agent Null
fords little dog chewed up the fierce
looking bulldog owned by Billy Her
zog, which always bites Tom Windate
when he comes around to collect the
rent. When these two finished their
difficulty Henry Liebehow's New
foundland pounced upon the whipped
dog, something which he always does
if there be whipped dog in sight, and
chewed him for about half an hour.
The dogs have the city to themselves
generally, but on Tuesday last they
took Il to the exclusion of all other
living things.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
MANITOWOC'S POPULATION

The federal census takers are not
permitted to divulge any information
and they do not do so Manitowoc had
a census taken this winter for an
other purpose, that of redistricting the
city by additional wards and the in
formation Is given out that the city's
population 1ill show at least 20,600
and probably 1000 when the official
figures are given out. The federal CEN
sus figures will probably not be made
public until around May ].
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage Licensees
have been Issued by the county clerk
the past week.
Semar Skstrude OF Liberty and Eva
Streckert OF Eaton Milton knauer OF
Milwaukee and Milda Hogenson Of
Manitouoc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

Daniel Webster in a discussion on
the influence of the press, spoke as fol-
lows: every parent, whose son is
away from home, at school, should
supply him with a newspaper. well
remember what a marked difference
there was between those of my school
mates who had not newspapers. The
first were always superior to the last
in debate, composition and general in
telligence"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

1t would oblige the editor and en-
ployes of this paper very much if
loafers would keep out of the com
posing room, as their room is much
better than their company "A word
to the wise is sufficient"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

Mrs. Elton Gibson of this city died
on Thursday of last week, after pro-
tracted illness. She was married to
Elton Gibson about one year ago. She
was born in Cato and was % years old
at the time of her death,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
Mrs. Patrick O'Laughlin of Cato
died on Tuesday of this week.

NJ. II. Dempsey returned home on
Saturday last from Hot Springs, where
he spent five weeks. Emil SiXta won't
believe anything else in this connection
than that Dempsey was off on we'd
ding trip and he has a present all
ready to give the bride when she puts
in an appearance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

Large quantities of railroad ties,
telegraph poles, cedar posts, cord
wood, etc, are coming into town at
lively rate, giving our streets a busi-
ness like appearance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

When G. A. Forrest makes an argu-
ment to the court the lawyers always
expect something entertaining and
Forrest never disappointed them
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

Married, at Two Rivers, on Feb. s,
1870, by Felix Walsh, justice of the
peace, Mr., William Siepert and Miss
Augusta Kunz, all of Two Rivers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19
ITEMS FROM The PILOT FILES
Fifty YEARS AGO

The present winter is one of the
mildest known to the oldest inhabitant
of Manitowoc
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

Maths Kettenhoffen Is going to open
wine room on Washington street be-
tween Eighth and Ninth streets.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

Capt. Tim Kelley will rebuild his
house the coming summer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-19

Alois Krause has broken the valen-
tine record. This year he received 80
Valentines
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-11
Machine Makes
Change

There is a demand at railroad and
trolley line terminals for some means
of automatically selling tickets so
that passengers will not be compelled
to wait in line at a window, and a
very satisfactory device has been late
ly invented which does this work. 1t
will take any coin UP TO a 50-cent
piece and will deliver the ticket and
the change. There are several slots,
each one designed for coin of differ
ent denomination, and when the coin
is placed in this the ticket and the
change fall into receptacle at the
lower part of the machine, to be re-
moved by the patron. The most i'll
genious part of this apparatus is the
unerring feature of rejecting spurious
coins. 1t has very delicate attach
ment which takes into consideration
all the particular governmental mark
ings of the coins by means of series
of points which bear upon both sur
faces of the coin when it is presented
and any which do not come up to the
test are thrown out. These machines
are operated by small electric motors
which consume very tri1ing amount
of current.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-11

1.-THE whole world is engaged in a
dance of death with starvation-and
does not realize it."
In these words Dean Davenport,
head of the Department of Agricul-
ture in the University of Illinois,
sums up the food situation today. He
says the era of cheap food is ended
and that the time has arrived when
it can no longer be taken for granted.
In part he blames this condition to
the lure Of high wages paid to in-
dustrial workers in cities.
"The time is here" he says, when
the chief national and radical prob
lem, next to free government, is the
welfare of our lands and of the people
on which society depends, and must
depend, for their effective and eff
cient cultivation. The prevailing at
titude towards agriculture has been
one OF commiseration or contempt
! This has been its roots in the glare of
the city as compared with what men
have been pleased to call the isolation
of the country"
Dean Davenport believes a new day
in agriculture is breaking, and that
the time is here when the farmer
must work for money, and for a good
deal of it. He says the problem OF
| heavy investment in a business with
but one turnover year is a prob
lem of exceeding difficulty for the
farmer, and that whatever solution
he may find will involve food at q
cost to the consumer beyond anything
the American people have ever YET
experienced or even imagined.
1--WE are going at a breakneck speed
in developing America as an indus
trial country" he points out. "Everl
strike and every shift in the indus
trial program makes it increasingly
difficult to retain upon the lanG
enough workers to feed our popula
ton, not to speak of export, upon
which we have always depended t.
keep the balance of trade upon tbs
side of the ledger. We have already
reached a point in our industrial de
velopment at which the farmer canno
work land enough with his own hands
even by the aid of the most moderI
machinery, to insure him a labor in
come equal to that of the soft Goa
miner. On the farm long days o.
hard labor, with expensive machine
cry, managerial silk heavy risks ant
large outlay for repairs, taxes, inter
est and insurance, are put over agains
unionized labor, with no experience
no risk and no responsibility, and ye
on even terms as to income.
1--WE all know what that Will d.
within half a century or sooner un
less means can be found to counter
act the consequences of this wide
spread discrepancy between our agli
culture and our organized industry
which provides and controls the foo