The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-11-04

/ rolled, ana IL is expected tndt uOuDle
that number will enter the school as
soon as it is opened.
Children of the Brown county rural
schools are being examined by Dr.
Elizabeth Woods, who is connected
with the state department of educa-
| ton at Madison. The aim of the in
quiry is to find out the number of
pupils attending school who are not
normal mentally,
Brown county has an assessed valua-
ton of $SS,614,1 100, County Assessor ],
]. Colignon announced. 1t has gained
over S13.000,000 in riches in year and
now is the twelfth richest county in.
! stead of the thirteenth, Most of the
gain was made in Green Bay, where
/ increases in valuations are twice those
made in the rural sections.
The Thirty-ffth convention of the
! Wisconsin conference of the English
Lutheran synod of the northwest will
be held in Marinette on Nov. 8, and
! 5. The sessions will be held in St,
James Lutheran church, of which the
/ Rev. w. f. Berberding is the pastor
/ The conference includes all the
churches in Wisconsin and 35 pastors
and as many delegates are expected
All records for coal receipts at Green
Bay for the 1920 season were broken
1 during September, according to the re-
port issued by the United States Gus
toms house. More than 10000 tons
4 brings the total receipts for the sea-
son up to 49, 4S3 tons, which is $4,000
tons less than the yearly average.
Mayor Elmer S. Hall of Green Bay
has agreed to assist in the anti-cigar-
4 cite drive which has been launched
by the federation of the women's
clubs. A strict enforcement of the law
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes TO
minors has been ordered and licenses
/ of the dealers who continue TO violate
! the law will be Withdrawn.
One of the most important farm
deals in Wood county has been CON
/ cluded in the sale of the Henry
Behrens farm of 100 acres in the town
of Sigel to John Schiewe an Illinois
/ farmer, who is coming to this county
to carry on thoroughbred stock breed,
I ing. The farm brought what is said
to be a record price in that vicinity,
$4,000.
1 Slaughter of wild game through or
ganized hunts for the purpose of stag
ing big banquets is likely to become
a thing of the past in Portage county.
/ Setting an example for other organiza-
/ tions, the Portage County Fish and
/ Game Protective association voted to
/ serve its annual banquet with wild
/ game excluded from the menu, break
/ ing away from a custom which has eX-
listed for several years.
The names of Black River and Black
River Falls, for the river and falls in
/ Pattison park, ten miles south of Su-
4 perior, will be dropped for the orig
/ inal Indian names of Manitou River
and Manitou Falls. This action fol-
i lows confusion which has developed
over mail delivery between this town
and city in the central part of the
state A resolution for the change is
to be offered at a meeting of the coun-
ty board.
The officers OF the De Pere Sports
mems association are pushing a plan
to have the legislature pass law
making the Fox river from De Pere
to Green Bay, FIVE miles, a refuge for
wild fowl. 1t is proposed to plant wild
rice and celery in the river Many
years ago the shores of the river were
thickly lined with wild rice, but carp
fish have destroyed this feed of the
wild ducks, and few are now seen on
that part of the river
The Green Bay sugar refinery has
started operation, Fifty carloads of
beets a day are coming into the plant,
It is expected that enough beets will
be received to operate for ninety days.
When the plant is operating at full
capacity it will employ 500 men The
Green Bay plant, one OF five in Wis
cousin, was built by Green Bay capital
this year, costing $1,000 600 The su-
gar refined will be shipped to Chicago
and Milwaukee.
According to Indians from the Court
O'Reilles Indian reservation, 20 miles
from Brentwood, the approaching win.
ter will be exceptionally mild and OF
short duration The Indians base their
claims upon the fact that at this time
other years cold weather had been ex
perienced that the wild animals are
not providing for the winter as they
did other years; fur on the animals
is very light and the homes of the ami
mails are not thick and substantial so
as to ward off cold weather
The long open fall Of warm weather
is proving a great blessing to farmers
in the central part of the state to com,
plete their fall work before winter sets
in The winter rye crop which was
sown few weeks ago is making an
excellent start and promises to 20 into
winter quarters In the best possible
condition for next seasons crop Pota.
toes which are the all important crop
near Plainfield are not uniform IN
yield as some farms have produced 200
bushels per acre, while the adjoining
farm will not yield over Is bushels per
acre. The quality Of all the tubers Is
excellent for eating purposes.