The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-05-19

| fish hatchery at MarSnAllJo"n, Id, ana
were planted in the east branch Of
Pecatonica river in the vicinity of the
village of Argyle.
Continued poor health has led to the
| temporary retirement OF DIR. William
| C. Daland, president OF Milton college,
after several weeks in which he has
battled against sickness and at the
same time conducted classes.
st. Patrick's congregation, Eau
Claire, joined in honoring Sister
Anatola, sister superior of the Bene-
dictine sisters community of st. Pa
tricks on the fftieth anniversary of
her entry into the sisterhood, and
some thirty priests from all over the
diocese of La Crosse We're present.
There were $40 cows of the Bear
Creek Cow Testing association tested
in March, of which rs produced over
40 pounds of fat, 20 over so pounds,
10 over 80 pounds and one over 100
pounds. All COWS producing over 40
pounds of fat were either pure bred or
grade Holsteins.
After celebrating their golden we'd
ding with ceremony and entertain
ment of many guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sebastian Binkers Of the town of Sum
mer. Rock county, discovered that it
was the fifty-frst anniversary. The
couple came from Switzerland in
1850.
The Wisconsin department of agri-
culture has issued another warning to
the farmers of the state concerning
hog cholera. The veterinary division
of the department in charge of the
fight against this disease was called
few days to Troy Center in Walworth
county where there was a serious out
break of hog cholera with heavy loss
70 the herds infected.
Attorney General William Morgan
has written an opinion to District At
torney d. X. Allen of Winnebago coun-
ty to the effect that rural mail car
riers using automobiles in the distribu-
ton of mail must pay the state license
fee on their cars, The opinion of the
attorney general was sought when
John p. Heating, rural carrier of the
Neenah postodice began test case
At least five Oshkosh business
houses donated to a bold, smooth
stranger who bought small amounts Of
goods and then presented checks rang
ing from $12 to $3.50, taking the bal
ance in cash. The paper, most of it
on blank checks of local sash and door
plants, was found to be forged. The
man, about 25, decided to disappear
when a meat dealer got suspicious and
telephoned for the police.
The body OF Henrietta Schneider
16-year-old Green Bay high school pu-
pill, who disappeared May 4, causing
nationwide search, was found floating
in the Fox River, one and one-half
miles south of the point where she de-
clared in a rOte that she would END
it ALL" Although the body was badly
mutiated and all the clothing was
torn off, positive Identification was
made by the girls father Edward r.
Schneider.
Suit has been started by Amos
Payne of Marinette, against the Maple
Valley Fire Insurance company to re-
cover $1,000 on his home which was
destroyed by fire a short time ago.
The insurance company alleged that
Payne altered the building without
notifying them and that he also manu-
featured moonshine, from which, the
company alleges, the house caught
fire. Payne denies these charges and
says that the fire was caused by bolt
of lightning
Moonshining at home, even though
the product is not to be sold, lays the
owner of the still open to prosecution.
Atty. Gen. William Morgan holds in
an opinion to S. G. Dunwiddie, district
attorney at GAINESVILLE. The sheriff
had confiscated a still in private
home where the product had been used
for consumption within the home only.
Wisconsin law makes it illegal to
manufacture intoxicating liquor of any
kind, the attorney general pointed out
James Brown who pleaded guilty to
an offense against his 14-year-old sis
ter, was sentenced by Judge A. b.
Goodrich of Amigo, to thirty years in
states prison, Five years ago Brown
was convicted of manslaughter in the
third degree for killing his father. He
was sentenced to four years in the
Green Bay relormatory, but served
only one year, being paroled by the
state board of control It took three
men to OyerpOWer him recently when
he threatened to attack members OF
the family with a butcher-knife.
According to a census recently com
pleted, Barron county had 4,516 farms
on Jan. 1, 1921, an increase of 172 per
cent. The number operated by owners
increased 1862 per cent and those
operated by tenants increased 22.8 per
cent. The value of land and buildings
in Barron county on jan !, 1921, was
SAL ,873,S76, representing an increase OF
1888 per cent in ten years. Barron
county with its population OF 34,2Sl is
twenty-fourth among the II counties
Of Wisconsin The population Of the
state per square mile is AIS; that OF
Barron county with an area of 8S5
square miles is 1877. being twenty
ninth in the state Barron county has
but one city OF more than $500 popu
lation. The urban population of the
county is 10 per cent of the whole
population.