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

lhat ne would enforce the MulDefSer
act to the letter.
An increase in commercial electric
lighting rates to 10 cents per kilowatt
has been granted the Denmark Light
and Power company by the railroad
commission. The increase in the
Wholesale price of power was the rea-
son for the advance.
A check for $S75 was turned over
10 the Associated Charities by the
Sewing club, as the proceeds from the
charity ball. Green Bays premier so
cial event. 1t was the most successful
charity affair ever staged in Green
Bay.
Mrs. S. Hedmark, township of For
est, st. CroiX county, celebrated her
one hundred-frst birthday. She was
born in Norway in 1920, and came to
this country in 1870. She is still active
and takes care Of her own room in
the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. G.
Anderson.
A carload of band instruments val.
ued at close to $4,000 was received by
the First Cavalry band, Wisconsin Ma
tional guard, Eau Claire, comprising
the musical outfit provided by Uncle
4 Sam for the organization. Theodore
Steinmetz, director of the Eau Claire
Liberty band, is head of the cavalry
band.
Following organization of a Holstein
Breeders association, Guernsey breed.
ers have organized the Cumberland
Guernsey club. Officers elected were
3. F. Bucholtz, president, and r. r.
/ Hopkins, secretary treasurer The club
will affiliate with the BCrron County
Guernsey association.
Levi H. Bancroft of Richland Cen
ter and Sherman e. Smalley of Cuba
( City are aspirants for judge of the
Fifth judicial circuit, composed of the
counties of Grant. Iowa, Lafayette,
/ Richland and Crawford Bancroft is
the present judge, having been ap-
pointed last May to ill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge George
Clements.
Two of the older residents Of Nader
| Rock, Gilbert Waller, and r. J. FitZ-
gerald, say that the winter OF 1871.
+ 1878 was milder than the present one.
Flowing was done every month that
winter, and blowing for corn was done
with grass almost tall enough to cut.
But corn froze down in May, and the
summer was no farther advanced than
usual.
/ The passing Of the sawmilI industry
at Dunbar. Marinette county, caused
/ the 500 line TO issue an order closing
the railroad station w. l. Neyin, a
prominent potato grower. and County
Agent Sibole went TO Minneapolis to
/ see Supt Curtis and convinced him
I that Dunbar's future as a potato ship
ping point justifes the retention of the
station. The order was rescinded.
Through Congressman Clifford Ran.
dali, GAINESVILLE is making bid to get
one of the proposed federal hospitals
for wounded soldiers. The matter will
be pushed until congress definitely de-
cides upon the establishment of the
six hospitals. Best railroad facilities
and location in the most beautiful sec
ton in southern Wisconsin are the
arguments being presented for location
of one of the hospitals in GAINESVILLE.
The village of Reedsville. ManitowoC
county. is probably the smallest com
munity in the state engaged in an ad
vertising campaign. Business men
have issued an eight page pocket di'
rectory filled with information for the
stranger. A slogan, Reedsville Today,
/ Land of the Cow and Glover, has been
adopted, and a descriptive section OF
the book tells what the community has
to offer along dairy lines. The village
/ boasts a population of 600
! The four bronze tablets to be erect
ed in memory of Winnebago county
men who lost their lives in service
during the world war have been re-
ceived in Oshkosh. The plates are to
be placed in inches in the wall of the
old Commercial bank. There are about
$50 names on the tablets, which are
artistic in design Above the names
are two draped flags and the inscrip-
ton in relief, "In honor Of our boys
who made the great sacrifice for world
civilization, 1914-191S."
/ Plans are being made for the organ
/ ization of baseball league among the
cities in the Wisconsin river valley
and a few outside cities may come in.
Wausau, Rothschild, Schofeld, Most
nee, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point,
Rhinelander, Amigo and Marshfield
are all taking an interest in reviving
/ the game on a big scale in that sec
ton and it is believed there will be
little trouble in organizing a league of
six or eight cities to play Saturday,
Sunday and holiday baseball.
A yield of 1873 bushels Of golden glow
corn to the acre won the two acre con
test just completed by the Wisconsin
/ Experiment association. Second and
third were won with yields Of 12S TO
. 1875 bushels an acre. The three win
ming corn growers of Wisconsin in or.
der of rank are Jacobson Brothers OF
Green Bay, Brown county; Fred Hub.
bard, Morrlsonyille, Dane county. and
Jippa- Weilinga, Midway La Crosse
county--every one of whom won with
golden glow
Fairs in the Central Wisconsin cir
cult will be held on the following
a,.oc oiro,,it mpmbers announce.