The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-28
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

Bond issues of 100000 to complete
the Madison vocational high school
and 100000 to complete the city sew
age disposal plant, were voted by the
city council Friday night. Total cost
of the school will be 100000
Drastic reorganization of the state
highway commission will be necessary
as a result of the legislatures failure
/ to provide funds for carrying on the
work, according to Chief Engineer
IIirst
Increased telephone rates were au-
/ thorized for Madison by the railroad
commission. One party business rate
| is increased from SO so a month to Sc,
the one-party residence rate from So
TO $275, and the two-party residence
rate from $3.50 to $225, The Madison
exchange was said to have earned only
is per cent to cover interest and de
probation during 1920.
In an effort to assist men of fam.
lilies who have been out of employ
ment for months the common council
of Racine plans to borrow about $780,
coo from local BANKS, with which to
make improvements on streets, parks
and cemeteries. The work will begin
as soon as the money is obtained and
will continue for four months. En-
ployment will also be given men out
Of work in the construction of two
large bridges in this city, which will
require a year to complete.
District Attorney Robert e, Ken
needy. Superior ordered police to ar
rest anyone distributing or displaying,
! or having in his possession, pictures
of Arthur A. Mcdonald, hanging on
the cross on which he committed
suicide. Before he died he took photo
graphs of himself posing on the cross
and sent them to l. w w. headquar
ters in hopes, his friends say, that he
might become the l. w. w. Christ
Pictures Of the dead man on the cross
were taken by photographer and put
on display
The Rev. f. P. Keicher, rector of
the ST. James Episcopal church, Man
itowoc, believes his mission is to save
lives as well as souls, This he dem
onstrated when at Clam lake, near
Siren, Wis, he rescued member Of
his party from drowning. While fish
ing on a pier the clergyman heard
cries for help. He rowed far out into
the water, where Enoch Lindholm had
gone beyond his depth. Mr., Keicher
caught hold of the drowning man
when he came up for the last time,
The state treasury had a cash bal
ance in all its funds of $110S6,501.07
July l, Henry Johnson, state treasu,
rer, shows in his annual report to the
governor. This is to be compared to
81, 594,72064 on hand July l, 1920, in
Guiding $3142,0S6 in the service rec
ognition fund The general fund, in
Guiding $3,0OQ,0O0 in United States
short time notes or certificates, not
classed as cash. had 81, 01S, 25391 July
|, and represents the largest single
item among the balances, with ST.
4O1 ,048.40 in the service recognition
fund as net in amount
The Wisconsin honey crop in 1921
is forecast by Joseph A. Becker of the
Wisconsin cooperative crop reporting
service at 5,242,OOO pounds, compared
$4,000 produced in 1920, and s.
$4,000 in 1919. A large increase in
the number of working colonies has
been offset by a low expected yield
per colony, he says. Average expect
ed yield for the season is estimated
at So per cent of a full crop, or 4lS
pounds a colony, compared to Co.
pounds in 1920 and 537 in 1919. Mum
Der of working colonies is estimated
ATS per cent greater than last year,
or 10000, compared to $1,000 in 1920
and 101 900 in 1919 Conditions of
colonies July ! was 80 per cent, com
pared to IS per cent in 1920 and a
fye-y year average Of Sc per cent.
Police and the sheriff's forces are
without clew in their hunt for the
I
of the Outagamie County bank and
made away with $4,000 The bandit
has dropped out of sight and there Is
! little chance that he will be appre
hended Immediately, according to E.,
p Cunningham, investigator for the
Wisconsin Bankers association, who
characterized the holdup as the
slickest job ever pulled off in Wis
consn" He does not believe that the
bandit was one of the trio that robbed
the Wabeno bank The Appleton
bandit drove up to the entrance of the
Outagamie County bank in broad day
light Leaving his motor running, he
entered the bank and asked for
change for a $50 bill Joseph Dohr
assistant paying teller, and Miss
Monica Kraft, 20, clerk, were alone
When Mr. Dohr turned to make the
change the bandit drew a revolver
the vault, closing the door after
them He then swept up the days
working cash." estimated TO have
been between $4,000 and 10000, and
escaped in his automobile toward
Green Bay.
Madison faces a serious shortage of
ice unless there is let-up in the ex
cessive heat OF the last few weeks
according to announcement of local
dealers. Calls have been received
from surrounding cities, it is said,
asking for sufficient ice to carry them
through the summer The limited
Madison supply makes it impossible to