The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-08-05
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged In Condensed Form

An enrolment of 200 is expected at
the summer school of commercial sec
retaries to be held at the University
of Wisconsin, Aug. 16 to 81, by the
American City bureau.
Unless the people of Rhinelander
show more interest in cooperating
with the Rhinelander Wood club, the
organization which has attempted to
supply the shortage of $4,000 cords Of
wood there will be disbanded.
Miss Mable Lee, for eight years head
of the women's physical education de-
partment of Coe college, Iowa. has
been obtained to direct the same de-
partment at Beloit college She sue
ceeds Miss Elsie Spahr. Miss Lee is
a Wellesley graduate
The Lincoln county highway com
mission is erecting a building, 50X100
feet, for storage of automobile trucks,
highway pachinery and motor equip
ment. Onehalf Of the building will be
used as a workshop and will be
equipped with gasoline pumps and
other appliances.
The Manitowoc city council is TAX
ing no chances on having the new
bridge in course of construction at
feminist, damaged by passing craft as
was the old bridge. At a special meet
ing the aldermen recommended the
sinking of additional cribs as a strong
hold for the structure, at a cost of
$4,000
A baby deer was born during the
street parade of a circus which visited
Stevens Point Discovery was made
by the animal man after he opened
the cage at the close of the parade
1t is believed that this is the only
specimen Of the South American spot
ted and silver tipped deer ever born
in this country.
John Loderbauer, n, a pioneer resi-
dent OF Kaukauna, died at St Eliza
beth's hospital Appleton, from injuries
received when passenger train No. 131
struck him while he was walking on
the track east of Kaukauna. Mr.. 10.
derbauer was deaf and did not hear
the whistle He Is survived by three
sons and five daughters.
Corn eleven feet high is 1ourIshing
on a small piece of land owned by e.
s. Horn in GAINESVILLE. Although the
ears are not matured, they give prom
Use of an abundant crop. Mr. Horn
says he planted the corn in April and
has given it no cultivation, except one
hoeing. 1t is of the Yellow Dent va
riety and will be used as chicken feed.
Dat haryests are in full sway in La
Fayette county, and a yield Of from
forty to fifty bushels per acre is gen
orally promised The spring wheat
crop is a partial failure the hot and
moist weather Of June struck it when
heading out The grain was badly
rusted, shriyelling the kernels, now
what is to be threshed is only fit for
poultry feed
Frank Carrots face was almost blown
off by an explosion of a barrel Of
syrup in the Hagemeister Products
plant at Green Bay He was taken
TO St. Vincents hospital with both lips
and the flesh of his chin hanging by
a thread. Surgeons performed diff
cult operation, and succeeded in sew
ing the flesh back on. He probably
will be badly disfgured, but will live
John Horrigan, Eau Claire, head OF
a mercantile tailoring establishment
dropped dead of heart failure while
fishing in a boat on Little Rice lake
James r. Monahan and Henry Clutch
of Eau Claire were in the boat with
him when he died. A widow, brother
and TWO sisters survive. He was 60
years old and probably was the best
known Elk in the northwest He led
the Eau Claire delegation to the re
cent convention at Chicago
Four prominent business men of
Stevens Point have been named cap
tains for the Chamber of Commerce
membership drive and at its close the
losing captain will give the winning
captain a wheelbarrow ride down
Main-st as public amusement feature.
This plan has been decided upon by
the campaign managers and agreed to
by all four leaders Each is confident
of victory The four are A. II. Skies,
c. S. Orthman, NJ. r. Bruce and James
e. Delzell
Potatoes are making an exceptional
showing in Marinette county and the
crop is particularly fortunate in hay-
ing suffered no damage from insects or
weather. There is a present certainty
of a large corn crop. The rye harvest
is in progress with a big yield as.
sured Haying is about at an end and
the crop shows only a slight falling off,
contrary to the outlook of a month ago
Oats will be a good crop this year
one reason being extensive treatment
of seed last winter. Soy beans. buck
wheat and sugar beets particularly the
latter, offer a most encouraging out
look.
Herman Pautsch was probably fatal.
ly injured when an automobile in
which he and A. r. Schultz were riding
crashed into passenger train near
Burnett. The car was wrecked
Pautsch was taken to Fond du Lac
for treatment He suffered fractured
skull
Detroit Bill" a hobo character
about town, was burned 10 death at
Burlington when fire destroyed the
Marters Brothers ice house and sew
eral box cars in front of the building.
Detroit Bill" was spending the night
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