The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-22

/ The local post of the American Legion
/ had charge of the services.
\ f. Il. Mitchell farmer, residing at
/ Wausaukee, driver of the school bus,
ran over and instantly killed his g.
! year-old son, Eugene, as he started
for school. The lad was riding on top
of the bus when he fell. The rear
/ wheel passed over his chest.
Duke Stoup, an inmate of the Green
/ Bay reformatory, sentenced from Oar
lington, was accidentally killed at the
] institution. He attempted to move a
block OF granite with a pry which
slipped, striking him on the head. He
| died twenty minutes later.
Mrs. Edward Matheson, town Of
/ Winchester, Winnebago county died
at the Theda Clark hospital Neenah,
of burns received when she attempted
to start a fire in her kitchen stove
by using kerosene Her clothing 1g-
nited when an explosion occurred and
her body was enveloped in flames,
Production of small grains in Wis.
consin suffered a further decline Of
nearly 100000 bushels during Aug
ust, bringing the total estimated yield
down to 81 ,121 600 bushels, compared
to S6,0S4000 estimated Aug. l. and a
fiye-year average of 12971S,0O0 bush
els, Joseph A, Becker, Madison, crop
reporter, states in his monthly state
ment
Upwards OF $3,60O,0OO will be paid
to State Treasurer Henry Johnson in
the closing days of September, This
is the last of the semiannual pay
ment of taxes made by the railroads
operating in the state. The only other
incoming funds for this year will be
Swo quarterly payments of inheritance
taxes, running upwards of 100000
each, and the states share OF the
street railway taxes.
First steps toward the dissolution
of the La Crosse housing corporation,
organized two years ago to supply a
demand for homes in that city, were
taken at a meeting of stockholders
at the Chamber of Commerce. The
corporation built % residences, a ma.
iority OF which were sold, and did
a business aggregating over 100000
in two years Liquidation was af.
fected by stockholders taking over
property remaining unsold.
The state supreme court has direct
ed the circuit court OF Kenosha coun-
ty to return to it before Sept, 20 the
order OF the circuit court indicting
George Fischer jr., on charge OF
violating the prohibition laws, 1t will
be determined by the supreme court
whether the Kenosha circuit court
has jurisdiction in liquor cases under
law of 1909 creating a municipal
court Petition of Fischer to the high
court alleges that the sole jurisdiction
of liquor cases in that county is vest
ed solely in the municipal court
The 2S-mile program of concrete
highway construction in Brown coun,
ty is nearing completion and will be
finished in another month, at the pres.
ent rate of progress. Several orna
mental concrete bridges ranging from
a cost of $4,000 to $4,000 have been
built. One OF the biggest single pieces
Of work joining Green Bay and De
pere on the west side of the Fox river
is now in use. This makes the sec
ond all concrete road joining the two
cities.
The plant of the Wausau Canning
company is now in full operation with
force of more than 40 persons en-
gagged at canning beets. The beet
crop in that locality has been better
than average this year and the com.
pany will pack about 10000 cases, two
dozen cans to a case About foul
weeks will comprise the season. Most
of the beets being canned at the plant
come from the drainage area near
Stevens Point, where the soil is black
muck, very suitable to the crop. This
SCdl NllS COMPANY pdIhCu fi'Vpu CdotS
OF peas.
The completion of the present
school census will disclose $4,000
children of school age in Wisconsin
in the opinion of State Supt. John
Callahan. The census showed a
growth in the number from S10,556
in 191S-1919 to 818,8S5 for last year
and it is now believed that this figure
will be brought UP over the S25,00O
mark for this year Or the total mum.
Der OF school children ths last census
showed that 471,867 were classed as
living in the rural communities. while
only 347,0l8 were inhabitants OF cities
of the state.
The state is meeting promptly all
payments to former service men, Ia.
der the soldier bonus statute allow.
ing $40 for each month of service,
Col. John G. Salesman, Madison,
states. Provision Of the legislature OF
sufficient funds to meet all obliga,
lions has done away with any pros.
pect of a shortage, he said. A deci-
sion of the state supreme court, hold.
ing that soldiers who, although en-.
listing in states other than Wisconsin,
were still considered as residents of
this state, should receive the bonus,
added approximately 100000 to the
obligations.
Race horse men who bring their
horses to the Dodge county fair at
| unn,.n,. nnnn from Sent 0G 10 90 will