The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-03-10

A special election IN Park Falls 70
determine the ACCESSIBILITY Of floating
$4,000 bond issue for financing an
extension TO the waterworks system,
resulted in 2l5 10 % votes In favor OF
the project. Fiftysix women voted,
Assemblyman f. II. Fowler of La
Crosse will be asked to introduce in
the legislature bill empowering cities
Of the third class to engage a tax as
sessment expert to assist local asses.
sors in determining the value OF build.
ings.
Robert Carr, 30 years old veteran
pedestrian Of Milton Junction, was
found dead at his home by neighbOrs.
lie lived alone and had been missed
for two days. For thirty years he has
made an annual hike to GAINESVILLE
eight miles away on his birthday.
Directors OF the La Crosse chamber
Of commerce decided to take up with
the common council the adWSability OF
establishing a daylight saving SEIZED
ule of working hours during the sum
mer months The plan was defeated
last year.
Work has started on the old Allen
home, Green Bay, which will be made
into the Catholic Woman's club club.
house, The cost Of Improvements will
be $4,000 The building will have a
spacious auditorium, sleeping rooms
cafeteria, and space for a day nursery
Following the filing of a petition
with the required number of sigma
lures, the Oshkosh commission Coun
ell took steps for holding a special
/ election TO decide whether the citizens
| wish to change the form of the board
of education, cutting it down from its
present membership Of II TO Z
c, p Cary, state superintendent Of
schools, has appointed Miss Edith Nc
Eachrom, Darlington, superintendent
of schools for Racine county. The
place has been vacant since the resig-
nation Of Miss Isabel Swantz last fall.
At a recent meeting of the county
board of supervisors the salary was in
creased from $1,000 to $4,000.
The suit Of former Judge J. NJ.
Becker of Monroe against Green coun-
! ~ to collect more than $4,000 back
salary will be tried in Circuit court at
] GAINESVILLE during the spring term be
/ fore Judge George Grimm. Judge
/ Becker was ousted from the bench be
/ fore his term expired for alleged dis.
loyal utterances during the war.
At a meeting of the Dodge County
Fair association it was voted to spend
4 $4,000 for improving It's grounds in
Beaver Dam A new race track will
be built and two horse barns and a
new grand stand will be erected. The
i grounds have been enlarged by tle
| purchase of 10 acres of land. All Of
/ the improvements will be made before
the fair is held Sept 26 to 80.
DR. j. II. Tibbets, Appleton, will sue
coed the Rev. w. c. Salisbury as pas.
tor of the st. Pauls Methodist church
of Green Bay. The appointment was
| announced by Bishop Mitchell DR..
! Tibbets has been secretary of the
Preachers Endowment fund -four yeats
and previous to that time was secre.
tary of the Appleton district of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Cities are told to interest them
selves in cleaning up yiolators OF the
automobile license law before Apr.
] by Elmer s. Hall, secretary of state.
in letter sent to each mayor. After
/ that date, state inspectors will 80 out
and all prosecutions will go throu@
state courts, with fines allotted to the
state treasury. Police Of cities who
may hale them into municipal court.
The force of state inspectors going out
this year is larger than formerly aC-
cording to the secretary of state.
Farmers received 329 men to work
on their farms during the first three
weeks of February through the eleven
free employment offices conducted by
the industrial commission, L. e. White,
secretary announced. This is larger
number than has been placed during
February of any preceding year. Since
Jan. /, a total of 626 men have been
referred to farmers. In some cases
farmers are extending train fare to the
agency, who checks the applicant
baggage to the farmer. Wages through
out Wisconsin for farm hands run be.
tween S35 and $50 a month, Some
farmers are offering as high as $50
and SIS, the commission said. Tramp
labor is not wanted.
A statement was issued by the in,
dustrial commission, Madison, warn
ing merchants not to be misled by the
statements made by wholesalers in
fireworks, that fireworks can be used
next Fourth of July without restruc.
lions. The commission states that no
change has been made in its fireworks
order. Since 1913 an order of the com
. mission has prohibited the storage of
, fireworks in a place nearer than 200
feet from a neighboring building, eX
Cept wholesale storage in original
packages 1t has also provided that
such fireworks, except rockets and
roman candles, shall not be discharged
within 200 feet from any building, and
that no rockets or roman candles shall
be discharged within 500 feet from any
building The only exceptions are the
storage of fireworks for displays under
the direction of town or municipal au