The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-14

/ by the industrial commission. Plans
and specifications for every new or
remodeled building to house more
than two automobiles must be submit
ted to the industrial commission at
Madison except in cities having their
own building inspectors. Additions to
old frame garages must be separated
from them by standard fire walls.
Floyd Hanson, NeiIlsville barber bet
on Georges Carpenter to beat Jack
Dempsey and as a result must shave
and trim the hair of August j. Haugen,
whenever he desires it until July 2,
1926 In addition he must give Hau-
gen fifty mile automobile ride every
Sunday for the next three months.
Haugen, an employee of the postoffice
had bet two acre crop of string
beans on the champion.
Going to college by mail" has be-
come so popular in Wisconsin that the
University of Wisconsin, with 20,116
correspondence students has taken
the lead among universities in the
United States in correspondence
courses, according to survey. This
survey shows that the enrolment in
correspondence courses at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin exceeded the com
bined enrolment of II other large uni
yersities.
The forty or more summer hotels
and resorts in and about Sturgeon
Bay, and that dot the Door county
peninsula shore line are rapidly fill
ing with tourists. Indications point to
an exceptionally busy season, with
many reservations made. Hundreds
of motorists and tourists are arriving
daily for stays varying from few
days to a couple of months. They
hail from every state with the greater
portion coming from the middle west.
Mrs. L. Mattson, Amery representa-
tive Of the state division of markets,
is arranging with Barron county
creamery officials for the organization
of cooperative shipment of butter
between creameries in Barron county,
The plan is to have number of
creameries ship butter at the same
time and from the same place. In this
way a saving in freight rates would be
made and the cost of handling will be
lessened.
The exhibit of cheese at the Wis
consin state fair this year will break
all records if the plans of j. L.
Sammis OF the Wisconsin dairy school
and member of the state fair dairy
advisory committee are carried thru.
Visitors at the fair will feast on
cheese sandwiches made from the
finest cheese ever made IN Wis
consin declared Mr.. Sammis Every
cheesemaker in the state is being
asked to donate a box Of cheese for
this purpose. All cheese exhibits
must reach the fair grounds by Aug
%.
The 1921 Blue Book will be ready
for distribution about Aug /, accord
ing to David Atwood of the state
printing board at Madison. The new
state book will have upwards of SIN
hundred pages devoted to election re
turns, brief history OF the state, res
ume OF state departments and state
activities and other statistics. The
book will be full of illustrations. 1t
is planned to print about forty-two
Thousand copies, or more than five
thousand over the number in the last
edition
Spread of noyiOus weeds is alarming
the department OF agriculture, accord
ing to an announcement which reiter-
ates that the state will suffer a large
reduction in crops unless immediate
steps are taken to remedy the situa-
ton A statement of the department
explains the state law again, telling
that active enforcement of the weed
statute is in the hands Of town officers
and weed commissioners in TOWNSHIP
The town chairman, village president
or city mayor is required by law to
appoint commissioners and to report
on weed conditions to the department.
Emulating New Zealands example
Wisconsin is developing infant vel
fare measures with which it is hoped
to bring about a distinct reduction in
the baby death rate, according to the
state board OF health, New Zealand
has the lowest infant death rate Of
any country in the world. Some of the
welfare means used in New Zealand
are now being developed in Wiscon
sin. such as the practice OF pub
lie health nurses, the more careful SUI
pervision of homes in which children
are boarded out, a system OF child
health centers, and the prospective
travelling health center, recently au-
thorized by the legislature.
Four thousand five hundred pickers
will be required to harvest Door coun-
,y's cherry crop. Special trains and
boats are now arriving carrying ca
pacity loads of boys girls and women
who will harvest the crop. OF the A.
500 pickers, 5000 are brought TO Stur-
eeon Bay from outside points, recruit
ted from all parts of the state, near
by points in northern Michigan and
some from Chicago, The largest !.
NJ. c. A. camp ever held will be seen
there this year with 1900 boys regis,
tered, For the first time the Y w, G.
A. will maintain large camp for
girls. conducted similar to the one for
bows. Prominent state Y. w. workers
will be in charge.
A report by the Green Bay police
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