The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-08-18


and a director of the Denmark State
bank.
eral hundred cases are still pending.
! Warren Rogers, 70 years old, was
found dead on the steps of one of the
buildings of the Gold Medal camp fur.
niture plant, at Racine shortly after
bolt of lightning had put out of com
mission the electrical equipment in the
shop. 1t is believed the severity of the
shock caused the mans death
The Rev. II G. Goodsell, popularity
known as the marrying parson' of
Madison, has accepted a call to 20 to
/ Denver, Colo, to become pastor Of the
| Warren Methodist church there. His
decision was influenced, he said by the
/ fact that he believes the health condi.
lions in Denver will be better for his
/ family.
The railroad commission declined an
I extension of time to the Chicago, Mil.
waulee and St Paul railroad, which
has been ordered to erect anew station
! at Oshkosh The railroad authorities
presented statistics to show that the
Icompany's financial condition made the
building project impossible at this
I time
A coroner's jury investigating the
death of James Ryan, who was killed
during an alleged drunken brawl at
Wausau, decided that death was the
result of being struck with an ak in
the hands of Joseph Hogel IIogel
and his stepson Paul Poepke, were ar.
raigned in municipal court on charge
of first degree murder They We're
held without bail for preliminary exam.
nation Aug %.
When lightning struck the farm of
Elmer J. Rasmussen, near Denmark,
two barns and machine shed We're de.
stroyed with their contents and the
seasons crops Two pure bred Hol.
stein COWS also were killed. Volunteers
succeeded in saving the house and
granaly The loss is estimated at about
$4,000, half of which is covered by in.
surance
Edward Yach IA year old boy, was
Instantly killed when a bolt of light
ming struck him as he was walking
across porch at the rear of his par,
ents' home in the town of Sharon A
small hole was torn through his straw
hat and his hair snged but no other
marks We're left when he was thrown
to the floor An older brother wit
messed the tragedy.
Officials of the Northern Transporta.
ton company and the A. c. Homan
Auto Bus line have taken steps to Sc
cure an injunction upon city officials
of Neenah, restraining them from en-
forcing three ordinances recently
passed by the common council fixing
the schedule and parking places of
motor busses operating there and es-
tablishing a license fee of 800 for each
bus so operated.
A colony of beavers has invaded the
Gebhardt marsh in Jackson county,
and is but one of many colonies to in
fest the marsh lands of this part of
Wisconsin The beavers multiply so
rapidly that they are a nuisance to
marsh owners. The problem of getting
rid of them is now confronting Jack.
son, Monroe. Wood and Juneau coun.
ties as it did land owners in northern
Wisconsin for many years.
Four carrier pigeons, owned by 10
seph Van Agtmael, have returned to
their cots at Appleton after a &,;ht of
/ 100 miles from Jackson, Miss The
birds travelled that distance in about 40
hours, Mr. Van Agtmael will send ehe
birds to a town on the gulf of Mexico
for a fight of nearly 1900 miles on
Sunday, Aug 81 The birds are car
ried to the southern cities by express
companies free of charge, and are re
leased by the company's agent in the
city of destination at the time specified
by the owner. The pigeons are being
trained for the long flights in cooper.
alton with the war department.
A joint national guard armory and
stock sales pavilion was assured for
Stevens Point when the board of pub,
lie works recommended acceptance OF
a bid for the construction of the |
building at a cost of approximately
$4,000 The council will formally APP
prove the bid at its next meeting and |
work will be commenced within a
month The armory will be ready for |
use by the middle of October 1t is to |
be located at the fair grounds and will |
be the home of Battery B, First bat.
talon, One Hundred Twentieth Field |
artillery. The council recently author
lied bond issue of $4,000 to cover
the expense
Nearly tWo-thirds of the farms of |
the state are encumbered with debt, |
according to Elmer S. Hall, secretary |
of state, who received report from |
the United States census bureau. Mr. |
Hall has statistics which show there |
are 57773 farms in the state that are
free from debt and there are 94,25S !
farms in the state that have some |
mortgage upon it, No reports were |
received from 1873 farms The num-
Der of farms reporting the amount of .
debt was S70S1 and the amount of the .
debt was $354574,391. The |
value of the land and buildings on
these mortgaged farms aggregated |
SO 1858 The ratio of debt to val
ne of the property is 1913 per cent and
average rate of interest is 5.3 per cent.
Four hundred farmers gathered at I
Green Bay under auspices of the Soci /
ETY. of Equity to discuss the develop