The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-14
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS


a prominent farmer of Beaver, Mar
nette county was found in the ruin
of his farm. 1t is believed tina
Brandt's mind became unbalanced AM
that he set fire to the building afte
quarreling with his wife.
Herbert Possin, Is years old, o
Horizon, was sentenced to one year il
the state reformatory at Green Bay b.
Judge Martin Lueck in the Circui
court of Dodge county on charge o
stealing an auto from Kuentz & Eli
of Beaver Dam.
Mrs. Mary c. Nimmer, "a year oil
Syrian, who died at her home at James
vile recently, leaves seven children
sixty-four grandchildren and twenty
nine great grandchildren. She wa
born in Syria and came to GAINESVILLE
twenty-one years ago.
Excessive hot weather, with limited
rains, has caused heavy losses t
small grains in southern Wisconsin
which will mean a decreased yield o
at least $4,000 bushels in Rock county
Most of the grains are either cut or arr
/ ripening prematurely.
Seven boys under q have beer
drowned in Superior in the last month
and nine since the opening of the
swimming season Six considered ex
i cellent swimmers, have been caugh
with cramps in the cold waters which
sometimes pour into Superior and ST
Louis bays from Lake Superior.
Frank d. Candish, president of the
board of education, and Dr.. S. A. Che
ney, school commissioner, Fond du
Lac, are targets of a recall petition
that has been circulated, and accord
ing to city officials, signed by 1000
voters. The two board members
aroused the ire of the community
when they sought to raise the salary
of the city superintendent of schools
from $4,000 to $4,000
Thousands of cases of Door county
cherries will reach the consumer By
parcel post. Postmaster H. A. Wagon
rangements for handling these cher
ries. A special substation will Ge 10
Gated at the depot during the busy sea
son, and the cases will be weighed and
routed by special messengers and sent
to their destination in extra mail cars
Harry Hoffman, saloon keeper in the
town Of Scott, near Merrill, asserted
in county court that a bottle of moon
shine he had seCreted from his friends
at his place of business was for rub
bling his back. The moonshine had
been given him as a present he said
Judge NJ. c. Porter found him guilty o,
violating the Mulberger law and fined
him $500 and costs, and imposed a
sixty-day Jail sentence.
Eight hundred persons, who have
been fined an average of 500 each in
municipal court for alleged possession
Of liquor will sue the city of Superior
to recover the amount of their fines
approximately $4,000, according TO At.
torney John A. Cadigan. The proposed
suit against the city follows the ruling
Of Judge Scion l.. Perrin in superior
court that the city ordinance forbid
ding possession of liquor is void
Ten thousand people attending the
big Neenah Homecoming and July 4
celebration, adopted a resolution ad
dressed to President Harding and Sen
ltor Smoot asking congress to pass
the Sweet bill or some similar meas.
ure, giving relief to disabled soldiers,
not in charity bur in Justice" This
is Americas greatest debt" the me
mortal says. The resolution was in.
troduced by Judge A. II. Schmidt OF
Manitowoc, speaker of the day
Representatives of the state agricul
tural colleges of Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Michigan met at Superior to dis
cuss distribution of the 100000
pounds of picric acid which the federal
government has allotted to them for
land-clearing purposes. Twelve million
pounds of the picric acid has been
transferred by the war department to
the department o. agriculture to be dis
tributed for land-clearing purposes by
the agricultural colleges Of the state
universities
The nserVation commission
brought $3OS, 55O98 to the state in re
ceipts during the last year figures
made public by the department at
/ 81 Of tf,f
considerably below receipts Resident
hunters paid the largest amount into
the fund. They contributed $146,72O40
in payment for licenses. Nonresident
fishermen were second on the list with
SCI, 1870 as their share in building up
the conservation fund The sale of
rough fish brought a return of S23,157
to the state trapping licenses $14
1890, nonresident hunting licenses
ST. ,275, deer tags $6947 80, Great
Lakes fishing licenses $15,93090. Re
ceipts from parks $4.443S4, with small
err fees bringing the total TO $685.
5O00S.
Harry Millar of GAINESVILLE narrowly
escaped death by being buried alive
While loading wagon at q sand pit .
large pile Of overhanging sand slid
crushing him against the wheel of the
wagon and burying him Only quicE
work of people attracted by his cries
saved his life. He was seriously in
iured but will recover
Senator Robert NJ La Toilette has
written Madison friends that he ex
poets to come back to Madison this
tall for a trip around the state If the
tariff bin is considered this month
there is a possibility that the senator