The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-28

inent in Superior Elk circles for four
teen years.
Evelyn Fowler of Saxon, who with
her husband was charged with pos
session of moonshine in their soft
drink parlor, was fined 5000 and costs
by Judge Griff Thomas in municipal
court in Hurley after being held in
Jail "a hours for failure to furnish bail
of $500.
The Wisconsin railroad commission
has refused to authorize the Rhine
lander Light and Power company to
place in force a charge of $225 for
connecting a meter. The commission
in the same order authorized a charge
of 81 in case a meter is moved from
one building to another at the owners
request.
Forty years ago I went through the
~senate chamber in the capitol and
stole from a senator there, SIS worth Of
stamps. Enclosed find $4S which is
the principal interest, and compound
interest This is one of the letters
that Henry Johnson, state treasurer,
received in the returning Of con
science" fund.
Henry r, Burns, Fond du Lac in
yentor has applied for letters of pat
ent covering new process of making
sugar out of barley. Mr. Burns dis
covered the formula which The United
States department of agriculture has
pronounced feasible He uses the
juice of green barley heads along with
barley malt and by the process Of
evaporation brings the liquid to the
point of capitalization.
The sawmill of the Eagle River
Lumber company has just completed
the largest cut of lumber in its his
tory. Skidding of logs cut during the
summer on the company's tract at
Boot lake is now underway and will
continue until hauling time. This will
be the third winter of logging on that
tract and it will require another year
to cut all the timber.
Prof E. r. Jones, head of the Wis
consin College of Agriculture, has ad-
vised the Marinette County Land
Clearing association of plan to ex-
tend land clearing activities in upper
Wisconsin next year. He proposes to
have the college spend dollar for dol
lar with the money expended by the
counties and urges each county to set
aside money for the purpose, incud-
ing the service of land clearing en-
gineer.
The new post of the American Lee
gion known as 1.-THE University of
Wisconsin Post No 246" which has
just been organized at the Badger
state university, is launching an active
campaign for a membership of at least
1000 among the soldiers, marines and
sailors in the faculty and student body
Of the university. Former S. A. II. G.
men are also eligible for membership.
The products of Wisconsin cheese
and butter makers exhibited at the
national dairy show in Chicago during
the week of Oct 7-16, ranked among
the best from the entire United States,
according to H. c. Larson, secretary
of the Wisconsin Buttermakers' asso-
citation. A number of gold and silver
medals were awarded Wisconsin pro-
ducers, gold medals indicating ma
tional championships.
A building 6Ox3OO feet is soon to be
erected in Wausau to provide barn
facilities for farmers coming into the
city. A site for the purpose has been
purchased, the Chamber of Commerce
and business men financing the propo-
sition. A rest room for women will
be constructed on the main floor of
the building, the remainder of which
will be used for vehicle parking. The
barn will be in the basement
The new Emmanuel Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Corning was dedi-
Gated Sunday, oct IT, 1t is built of
cement blocks, and located seven miles
west Of Merrill on the Rib Lake road.
The congregation was founded in 1915
and consists of is voting members.
The services were regularly held in
the Leafy Grove schoolhouse, but
this gathering place was frequently
found too small The church is val
ued at about $4,000, and the Rev H.
Blanke is pastor.
A. l.. Sanborn 20, federal judge of
the Wisconsin district since 1905, one
of the states widely known lawyers,
diad az bic homo in Mod;g,r p,II,,,,
ing six weeks illness. Judge San
born gained prominence as counsel in
several land litigation cases that were
taken to the supreme court of the
United States for decision, in the Su-
perior tax delinquent collections in
yolving several million dollars and for
a revision Of the state statutes in 1893.
His place in politics and the affairs
OF the state was the result Of twnety-
five years residence in Madison.
where he appeared at each session of
the legislature as counsel for many
large interests. Mr., Sanborn gradual
ed from the University Of Wisconsin
in 1880.
One thousand head of cattle have
been tested for tuberculosis in the
towns of Tomahawk, Some, Wilson
and Harrison, Lincoln county Only
two head were found infected and
these were high grade Holsteins bred
in the county Tho testing is being
done by Dr.. Olson. state veterinarian.
The property value of Fond du Lac
county has increased s8,08O,6 $50 over
1919 figures. The figures of the true
value of real estate in the county Is