The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-10-20

III us place Dy tne BrOOkS d hose
Lumber company.
The Wisconsin union of the Ameri-
can Society Of Equity will hold its
annual convention at Eau Claire, COM
mencing Nov. 8, the board of directors
has just decided. AT that time the
affairs of the organization will be
completely aired its officers say, and
plans for extension mapped out.
Reorganization of the student court
as the executive and judicial branch
of student self-government at the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin is recommended
/ by special committee of the student
senate. A modified set of customs for
freshmen to conform to, placing en-
forcement in the hands of the court,
is recommended.
George Pray a young farmer living
near Ogdensburg, Waupaca county
met a sudden and unexpected death
Mr.. Pray had been helping in the
filling of silo and caught one of his
fingers in a corn cutter. He went to
a doctors Office in the village. Upon
the application of iodine, Mr. Pray re-
marked, 1T smarts,' and fell dead,
Heart disease was given as the cause
of his death.
Walter Funk, Menasha ice man,
narrowly escaped death when he drove
his touring car off the open end of
North Church street, at Neenah, and
into the canal where the machine
rested in fifteen feet of water. Funk,
who was heavily bundled up, succeed
ed in making land Funk claims he
thought he was on Commercial street
instead of Church street and was look
ing for the bridge.
The Green Bay Sugar company has
started its refining operations. Enough
beets are on hand, it is said to keep
the plant in operation for 80 days
over 10000 tons of beets will be re-
fined. Between so and 60 carloads of
beets are being shipped to the plant
daily from the storage stations in
neighboring counties. The opening of
this factory temporarily relieves the
unemployment situation in Green Bay,
as it furnishes jobs for about 200
workers.
The second greatest farmers asso.
citation of its kind in Wisconsin has
bloomed into existence with the or
sanitation of the Wisconsin Dairy
mems Storage company, a co-opera-
tive association with headquarters at
Plymouth. 1t will be for the Wiscon-
sin cheese producers federation. The
purpose of the organization is listed
for storage of cheese and its bypro-
ducts The company is capitalized
at $l25,000.
Because they failed to take their
medicine according to directions on
the bottle, three members of a road
construction gang were hailed into
court at Fond du Lac, on disorderly
conduct charge. The directions on
the bottle road: "One teaspoonful
every four hours The police asserted
that the whisky was not taken &C
cording to directions. The court de
cided that the whisky was not legally
in the possession of the road workers
and ordered the police to return ii to
the owners.
Eau Claire has been chosen as one
of Al cities to which the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company will loan
money for home building. Only pro-
gressiye cities with an industrial flu
ture are chosen by the insurance com
pany which has set aside one of the
greatest funds ever appropriated for
the United States. 1t is said more
than S40,000,000 has been loaned cities
in the past IA months. No limit is
placed on Eau Claires proportion.
The money will supply a crying need
for home and furnish work for un-
employed.
C. w. Harvey, five times mayor of
Beaver Dam and secretary of the
Dodge county fair for many years,
succumbed to injuries received when
he was struck by an auto. The ac
cident occurred on principal business
street Of Beaver Dam. Blinded by
heavy rain, Mr.. Harvey did not see
the approach of the machine. Frank
Zubka, driver of the car, was cleared
of any blame by county officials. Mr.
Harvey was a member of the board OF
trustees of Wayland college, Beaver
Dam; president Of the Wisconsin
state fair board. Mr. Harvey was also
a member of the democratic party and
Mason. He was born in Hamilton,
N. Y, in 1S49.
The assessment against the general
property of the state was completed
by the tax commission, Madison, and
shows an increase Of $24,041 ,432, or
fifty-three one hundredths of one per
cent over 1920. Real estate increased
in value $1O4,278,240, but tse assess
ment of personal property decreased
$S0,237,308. All taxable property of
the state is estimated at s4,594,739,962
for taxing purposes by the commission
in comparison to $4,570 69S,53O in 1920
There is but a small comparative in
crease in the real estate property
values in comparison to former years
when increases in valuations of hun
dreds of millions of dollars were COM
mon.
Mrs ]. C. Smiles, wife Of DR.. Smiles
died at her home in Ashland following
an operation performed several days
A.. c..,ilnn ,une one of the