The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-29

/ uOn. lnlfty-iOuf per cent OF TIE per-
sons examined the first day were
found to have tuberculosis
Mr.. and Mrs. b. ]. johnson cele-
bratod their sixtieth wedding anniver-
sary with friends at Darien. They
we're married at Woodstock, H., in
1861. Mr.. Johnson is a civil war vet
eran. They have lived in Darien since
1876.
Farmers in Lincoln county are sat
isfed this fall with a price of $1.25
to $3.50 a hundredweight for pota-
toes, believing that this is fully the
equivalent of $3.50 a hundredweight
next winter or next spring. Disposal
Of potatoes from the iield this fall wiz
obyiate the necessity of putting them
in pit or cellar, besides which there
is a large loss in weight and quality,
Deputy Sheriff sherman Klapper,
Avalon, was acquitted of charges in
yolving attack and mstreatment OF
Mrs Theodore Hoppe in the Rock
county municipal court at GAINESVILLE.
The women on the stand testified the
sheriff tore the waist off her body.
used indecent language, without q
warrant for search or arrest. Other
/ witnesses denied the charges. The
/ jury returned a verdict of not guilty
More than 100000 has been col.
/ lected this year in dog licenses for
some $4,000 dogs in the state. Tn
der the new law passed by the last
| legislature the dog tax is 81 for male
dogs and So for females. That prac-
tically all of the money collected vii
so back to the counties to be returned
| to the villages, towns. and cities, in
| proportion TO payment, was the state
ment of c. n Norgord, commissioner
of agriculture.
The production of Wisconsin honey
up to Sept l amounted to 4,144,00
pounds, according to the monthly re-
I port of Joseph A. Becker, Madison
crop reporter This compares with
5,2S1,000 pounds produced in 1920 and
5,424,000 in 1919. The average yield
of honey is estimated at 81 pounds
for each colony, in comparison to 65.2
pounds in 1920 and 537 pounds in
1919. Condition Of the colonies July
| was 81 per cent of normal, com
pared to 95 per cent last year and
a five-year average of 95 per cent.
Although it has been predicted for
several months that logging opera
tons in the forests of northern Wis
consin would be extremely light the
coming winter, indications now point
TO greater activities than was believe
possible a month ago. 1t is known,
however, that the logging will be
short the coming winter compared
to past seasons, but there will not
be a complete tieup of numbering in
dustry as was announced by some
lumber companies several weeks ago.
The eighth annual Taylor county
plowing match Will be held Sept. %
1t will be held in the town of Maple
hurst near the Clark county line. In
stead of giving one bull calf as usual,
to the winner, Cere will be two do
mated, one for the highest score man
in Clark county and the other for tn,
high man in Taylor county. There
will be a tractor demonstration il
the morning, and a short program
and the match in the afternoon. More
than 1000 persons were in attendance
last year.
Brown county's road building pro-
gram for 1922 will call for 40 miles
of concrete highways if the recon-
mendations of the finance, road and
bridge committees are carried out by
the board of supervisors at the fall
meeting. 1t is estimated that the cost
of road Improvement work will run
close to $l,00O000, but plans have
been made to finance the expense by
bond issue The highway commits
5ioner and county engineer have map
ped out a chart for presentation to
the county board showing the pro
posed Improvements.
More than 200 alleged Superior VI
lators of federal, state and city pro
hibition laws and ordinances were
summoned before Assessor of Incomes
George Bubar at the court house tC
explain why they should not pay in.
come taxes on money derived from
the sale Of liquor. Preliminary as
sessment ranging from $4,000 to $40
600 depending upon the assessors es-
innate of the individuals earning from
illegal liquor sales, have been levied
Unless they can prove that Their
earnings were less than estimated they
will have to pay the tax and also
the penalty for not making a true
return.
An enormous increase in third and
fourth class mail at the Green Bay
postofficc is held by Postmaster w.
l.. Evans to be an indication Of re-
turning activity in industrial circles.
Receipts at the postolfice from third
and fourth class matter in August
were nearly double that of year
ago Receipts this year were $12,-
$3.50, as compared with $716726 in
August. 1920 The report shows
much greater movement Of merchan-
disc than at any time in recent
months, Mr. Evans says. A satisfac-
tory increase in receipts from sale OF
stamps also is reported by the post
master.
Winford Abrams, vice mayor OF
Green Bay died in st. Vincents hos