The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-05-12

4 and pintS at cents
Il Wisconsin is now the greatest hemp
producing state in the union, having
about $500 acres, an increase of 1000
over last year, according to reports Of
the College of Agriculture, Madison.
While her husband was in the barn
doing the chores, Mrs. Floyd Knox, 10,
was burned to death when kerosene
can exploded while she was attempting
! to start a kitchen fire in her home near
/ La Crosse.
There are rs members in the pure
bred corn club promoted by Rock
county banks and the Farm bureau,
/ This is declared to be the largest
junior farm club in the state for any
county
The Sparta condensery has acquired
the job of taking care of the milk here
tofore put up by the Bangor condens-
cry, the latter having closed its doors.
The milk formerly condensed at Ban
gor is now hauled to Sparta.
Racine's noted male singing society,
the Elberg Male chorus of 40 voices,
will make a II week tour of Denmark,
appearing in q cities of that country.
The society will leave Racine June A.,
for New York, sailing from there
June g.
State armories are being built by
local communities at Gillett, Stevens
Point and Spooner according to H. c..
Hengels, Madison, state military archi-
tect and engineer The largest of
these armores will be at Stevens
Point and will cost $4,000. The ap-
proximate cost of the Gillett armory
is $500.
The annual meeting of group three
of the Wisconsin Bankers association,
comprising Sheboygan, Fond du Lac,
Green Lake, Brown county and all
counties north to the Michigan state
line will meet in Green Bay June 8,
according to an announcement of L.,
Albert Karel, Kewaunee, president Of
the association.
Thing of fiat or low lands is proving
popular with Brown county farmers
this spring. Patrick Ryan, town Of
Rockland, and Louis Muelemans,
Wmghtstown, have already undertaken
TINS improvement. hAperIS from INC
county agents once are making sur
Feys OF other tracts VI ldnu plepdId-
tory to the work.
dan a,rerooa of EQ2 reounStS for men
along dairy lines are received yearly
by the Wisconsin Dairy school, says
Prof. Il. H. Harrington, OF the dairy
department oil inc university OIL WIS
conSlh' GRADUATES lIoln 'ne u""S
school MI poSlIous not ouIy lHIou5H'
OUT the state OIL " IsCollsl", Du' "'''
throughout the eh'lIe Ohi'eu 9la'eS'
The valuation of Brown county farm
lands and buildings has increased
about $l0,000,O00 in the past ten years,
according to figures announced by the
county bureau Of farm statistics. In
1910, the valuation was $23,l54,9fO
while the l9ZO assessment was 200
II"ooo' ms Is " net gam vi 70 PEI
cent AccoIulhs 10 asIlcu''uI 'l i''iiu
experts Oh UieeH Day
Seyenty-three years young, with
hand steady enough to repair the tlnl-
est section OF a Swiss wrist Watch,
Herman g. DeSombre, Fond du Lac
jeweler for 60 years, has retired from
down town business. Sixty years ago
Mr.. DeSombre started his trade and
five years later owned MS store MI
DeooihDTe VIII not remain luie
VIII operate repair shop III MS holle'
Soldier memorials in both JanesVllle
and in Rock county is proposed IN
resolutions pending before the couhcl
and the board OF supervisors. Cltl-
zens desire the erection OF bronze
tablet in concrete for the city. Inc
Richard Ellis Post OF the American
Legion appeared before the super
yisors to request fund for the plant
ing OF trees along the nam highways
as a memory Of those who fought.
Three members of the federal grand
Jury which met in Superior March q,
returning scores of indictments against
ALLEGED Vostead law violators, may
themselves be indicted for violating
the prohibition law when a new jury
session is called shortly 1t was re
ported that federal prohibition agents
had evidence against the three men
during the past Jury session but could
not present it because of their pres
enCe on the Jury.
udge SamueI Clarke Burnham. "a,
ToneeyiIIe Civn war veteran and clerk
of Tho hoard of education TWENTY-FIVE