The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-06-02

lice justice.
From call boy for a railroad at 10
years of age, to managing director of
the Green Bay Association of Com
merce is the record of w. f. Kirwin,
who assumed the position left vacant
by the resignation of +. w. Luening
of Milwaukee.
Henry Wise, 40 years old, Of Fall
Creek, near Eau Claire, shot himself
in the basement of the State Bank of
Fall Creek, of which he was president.
The body was discovered by Carl
Voeckting, cashier The affairs of the
bank were in perfect condition.
The Sheboygan County Fish and
Game Protective Association is offer
ing three prizes for the largest Ash
caught in the county streams and
lakes: For the largest bass, an anti
back LASH for the largest pike or pick
erel, a casting rod; trout, $40 worth of
fishing supplies.
The Glidden Telephone Company
has just announced new schedule Of
rates which has been granted by the
railroad commission. Rental of bust
ness phones has been increased from
$3.50 to $500 per month and residence
phones from $3.50 to $175.
The deadlock between the carpen-
ters' union and the master builders,
which has existed in Sheboygan since
May l, was broken when both sides
compromised on the matter of wage
reduction. All carpenters are back at
work. The original demands of the
association provided for a cut from 80
to IS cents an hour, A deadlock re-
suited until compromise was reached
at S2i2 cents.
AS a result OF a gathering of Wis
consin County Agricultural Represen-
tatives at Ashland, Washburn county
was selected as the next county in
which TO hold the Northern Wisconsin
Mid-Winter Grain Show. The grain
show was conducted at Superior last
year This year the show will be held
at Spooner Although the dates have
not been officially stated, it is believed
that the show will be held on Jan. Z,
s. and 8.
The Wisconsin civil service com
mission announces that several posi-
tons are open in the state health serv-
ice. Opportunities are offered in the
w,-;t;1,,. at ,Tfrao+Ds, and acsfctaut 1i
rector of the bureau of communicable
diseases with the state board of health,
pediatrist and supervising nurse with
the child welfare bureau. In the vet
Urinary field, the position of assistant
veterinary is open. Except in the case
of supervising nurse, no written ex-
animation is required.
The new state law requiring the
double platoon system for fire depart
ments means that ManitowoC by next
January will be obliged to add II men
to its force of fire fighters at an addi-
tional expense of $1S,260 year. At
present the personnel of the two fire
numbers q men, including the
chief. The number will now be in
creased to 80. Under present schedule
local fire department men receive
81 1923 the first year of service with an
increase OF SIS a month the second and
third years.
In 1920, q Oneida county potato
passed the second state seed
and were issued certificates
on 507 acres. The varieties inspected
were: Green Mountains, Rurals, Kings,
Cobblers, Triumphs and Early Ohios.
Many Oneida county growers intend to
apply for field inspection this year
even though they do not intend to sell
their crop for seed They feel that by
having inspection they are kept in
formed as to the condition Of their
seed and are thus aided in increasing
the quantity and quality Of their pota-
toes.
A sham battle between the national
guard companies of Neenah and Me
nasha will be the GROWING feature of
the Fourth of July celebration at Nee.
nah. Capt Raymond A. Vanderwalk
er and Capt Dick Hill Of the Twin
City guard companies have already
worked out the details Machine gun
and rifle fire, bursting bombs, tiaring
lights, together with soldiers in khaki
will lend realism to the fight. The
Fourth Of July celebration will be
made a two-day affair. A home-com-
ing feature has been added and Nee
nah natives from far and wide are be
ing urged and are expected to come
back to the old home town for these
two days
Burnett county added $7640,144 to
the value of its farm lands and build
ings in the last ten years, according
to a report Of the department OF com
merce. This is an increase OF 1877 per
cent ON January /, 1910, farm lands
were valued at $4,176,734, Ten years
later the figure had swelled to SILL
71G,S7S. The number of farms in
creased II per cent or from 1876 to
1872 The number Of owners in
creased S per cent, while tenant oper
ated farms jumped II per cent. The
total number OF acres farmed in
creased l6 per cent in 10 years, that
is from 226.57O to 236,8S6 acres. I'm
proved acres increased 40 per cent, or
from 565Ol acres to 79,6l1 acres. Po-
tato production showed the most
marked gain, an increase OF 2,435 acres
in 1909 to STA acres in 1919.
App cations for work far exceeded
the calls for work during the first
three weeks of May, according to the
Green Ray Office of the federal free
$500, Nh. lahC gnr-