The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-06-03
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

arrested for catching black bass be
fore the season opens-July land
paid a fine of $50 and costs in justice
court.
Twenty molders walked out at the
Arneson foundry at Kenosha and
pickets were stationed. The men said
they quit because Arneson refused to
discharge a nonunion man.
Three years for forgery were given
Arthur Cory, %, in municipal court at
GAINESVILLE. While the sentence con-
fines him to the reformatory at Green
Bay, he may be placed undcr the
board of control for the period named.
Hundreds of pike, pickerel and
white bass are being taken from the
lake and rivers in the vicinity of Nee
nah. Up river fishing grounds are
yielding the annual strings of lake
perch, Fishermen say the sport has
not been so good in years
After five successful years the Eau
Claire Girls club has Incorporated and
will federate with the other cities hav-
ing similar clubs. The cafeteria in
creases in popularity daily. The ten
mis- and other outdoor sports are being
arranged among the members.
Ephraim Wilcox, one of the few sur
Viving members of the famous Eagle
company of Eau Claire, which carried
"Old Abe" throughout the Civil war,
is dead at his home near Eau Claire
after an illness of several months He
was 50 years old. One son survives.
The first delivery of newspapers by
airplane in La Crosse county occurred
when plane commanded by Capt.
Norman Mol delivered copies of the
La Crosse Leader Press to West
Salem and Bangor subscribers. a
week ago Capt. Mol delivered a wash
ing machine purchased by an Ona-
laska family.
From a list of 60 applicants, the
Tomah board of education selected
Prof w. E. Bush, principal of schools
at jamestown, N. d., to succeed Prof.
+. NJ. Bray as head Of the Tomah
school system. Prof. Bush has taught
twelve years in Wisconsin, having
been a member of the faculty of Eau
Claire, Oshkosh and Berlin high
schools.
O. r. Olson, Blanchardville, was
elected president of group No. 2, Wis
consin Bankers association, at the an.
nual meeting at Madison. Charles
O'Neill, Madison, was elected vice
president; A. P. Kenney, Waunakee,
secretary.treasurer, and these with
John Lustlinger, Monroe, and Jerome
Jones, Barneveld, will constitute the
executive committee.
A wool growers organization to
eliminate the middle man has been
formed by farmers in Fond du Lac
county 5. H. Bird, Byron. is chair
man, and r. r. Runke, secretary. The
organization will sell its wool through
the National Wool Warehouse and
Storage Co., Chicago. 1t is expected
that a saving of $4,000 annually will
be effected for sheep breeders.
Achilles Bleck, an Oshkosh young
man who confessed that over-indul-
gence in crap shooting games" was
the cause of his downfall, was sen
fenced to one and one-half years in
the state reformatory at Green Bay.
He admitted forging five payroll
checks of the Bergstrom Paper com
pany of Neenah. Possession of the
blank checks came when supply was
printed by a local printing office,
where he was employed,
The attic floor of the Longfellow
school at La Crosse collapsed, crash
ing down into the schoolroom below
and injuring six boys Two of the
pupils were seriously hurt. The floor
went through under the weight of a
pile of lumber stored in the attic. Al
most simultaneously with the acct
dent, La Crosse citizens were attend
ing a massmeeting called to secure
the condemnation of the school build
ing, which had been declared unsafe.
Fire, discovered shortly after mid
night, for a time threatened to wipe
out the town of Hilbert. 1t was
checked after all the buildings on the
main business block had been de-
stroyed. The fire started in the cleo,
trio lighting plant and completely de-
stroyed the building, leaving the town
in darkness. The Hilbert Theater and
| garage in which twelve cars were
stored, were also destroyed The loss
will total at least $4,000 and little OF
it is covered by insurance.
Albert ]. Nunke, aged IS, died sud
denly at Eau Claire of heart disease
He came to this country when IA ano
| enlisted at 81 in the United States
army under Buffalo Bill" with whom
he fought Indians Of the Western
plains for five years. He had lived in
Chippewa Falls for the past thirty
| eight years, for seventeen making poI
near Irvine Park, and for The pass
! twelve representing the New York
! Life Insurance company. He was a
member of the county board and city
council for II years.
f. A. Zundel, president of the
Croker Chair company of Sheboygan
will give annually for an indehnit,
period a 1900 scholarship TO the hiSi
school, to be awarded at the rate o
$500 year to one person. The stu
dent is to be selected for scholarship
by the faculty.
Trapped beneath an upturned motor