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

Marinette county. The railway com.
pany had planned to remove this agent
and the order comes as a result OF a
complaint by the residents adjacent to
Dunbar
The town Of Winter in Sawyer coun.
ty stu keeps the lead in the number
of new settlers having arrived there
during the year of 1921 UP to date
40 have arrived Mt Winter ana settled
near there on land purchased. During
the year 1920, Winter had the largest
number of settlers locating there than
amy other town in Upper Wisconsin.
OjibWa is the second in line.
Potato buyers and experts from the
south and east will make a tour of
Wisconsin potato fields in August
visiting particularly the certified fields,
according to the Wisconsin Potato
Growers association. Wisconsin seed
potatoes are making a national reputa.
tion since the growers association and
the experiment station have been CO.
operating in the certified seed pro
gram.
Girls under 2t are barred from hotel
service aus bcll-boys, under law which
went into effect June 30 Heavy penal
ty is provided for punishment Of hotel
keepers who violate provisions Of the
new act This is the first of eight
child welfare bills passed by the leg
islatura on recommendation of the
senate education and public welfare
commiucc 10 become law.
Phillip Becker AZ years old, a farm
er living near Menomonee Falls, was
asphyXated by poison fumes from q
dry wen which he was attempting to
clean out. Becker was let down into
the Wen in a bucket A moment later
he called for help Men who We're
working with him attempted to lift the
bucket, but the rope caught. Before
he could be reached, Becker was dead.
His body was black, The man leaves
a wife and four children.
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building boom since 1916 with con
struction work aggregating more than
$1,200,OOO under way or about to be
started Several other large projects
are under consideration and may be
started soon Construction work has
been hampered by strike Of carpen
tiers who refused to accept a wage cut
of 10 cents an hour, but large mum
Der of carpenters have come here from
elsewhere and work is well under way
Thomas Little, Sc, engineer on the
Milwaukee road for AZ years died at
his home in Portage. He was the hero
Of the limited train wreck at Rio oct
Is, 1856, when Is people lost their
lives The train hit an open switch
while travelling a mile minute, He
stuck to the throttle and crawled out
from under the overturned engine and
with Bishop WhippIe rescued scores Of
persons from burning coaches.
The Rev J. S. Albert, Oshkosh, was
reelected president of the Luther
league of Wisconsin at the annual con
vention held in Racine other officers
elected were: Nicepresident, Ben
White, La Crosse; corresponding sec
rotary, Margaret Hennecke, Milwau-
kee; recording secretary Victoria
Swanson, Milwaukee; treasurer Els
Their Brietzke, Racine; executive com
mittee the Rev Il. l.. Moerke and
George Raaps, Milwaukee, and Miss
Nctlund Madison.
While returning to his car from the
farm Of Leo Wisniewski in the town of
Dewey, Portage county w. j. Demmer-
~ Of Stevens Point was struck by
lightning and rendered unconscious.
His face and head were badly burned,
bruised and cut The crash came just
as ne was climbing under a wire fence.
Miss Edna McCrcedy, his sister-in-law,
ran TO the place but could not revive
him, and il was two hours before the
man was again fully conscious
Effective July 1, wages in the Ste.
vcns Point Wisconsin Rapids and
Biron divisions of the Consolidated
Watclpower and Paper Co, will be re
duced 20 per cent The new schedule
affects 900 men employed in the three
divisions It is not established for a
stipulated period The scale is that
which was in force May /, 1919 The
going rate for common labor is As
cents an Shour day, or $21G a week
The Appleton branch of the Consoli-
dated made a 20 per cent reduction
several weeks ago.
Three weeks of hot and dry weather.
combined with the poor clover condi