The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-03-17

per cent dynamite is 2012 cents PEI
pound; 80 per cent dynamite, 1914
cents, and 20 per cent dynamite, 1871
cents.
Agreement between the railroad
commission and the Oshkosh Gas
Light Co. will result in an order re.
ducing the gas rates at Oshkosh 1C
cents per 1000 feet A hearing was
held at Oshkosh Electric light rates
are not affected by the agreement.
Sheboygan has the second lowest
valuation Of city property for tax pur-
poses in any of the twenty first, sec
ond and third class Wisconsin cities
so far this year. 1t is 1880 per cent
and the tax rate in mills is 1868 per
cent
When Max Lafave, Hurley police
man, took a knife away from a Finnish
woodsman he had arrested, he closed
the blade Of the knife and was shot
in the left hand It was found that it
was a combination knife and revolver
Of % caliber that the woodsman car
ried.
The beauty spot has been ordered
off the rosy cheeks Of the La Crosse
High school girls. The first edict came
from Miss Anna Collins, shorthand
teacher, who ordered five girls to wash
off the decoration Other high school
teachers decided to take similar ac-
ton
The annual cattle sale conducted by
the Fox River Valley Guernsey Breed
ers' association is scheduled for May
4 at Appleton, according to the an
nouncement made by George Lucia,
Brown county member Of the board
of directors. 1t is planned to put about
50 head of purebred Guenseys on the
auction block
At the special meeting of the Bay
field county board held in Washburn
Jake Yderstad, Of the town of Lincoln,
was elected county clerk to serve for
the two-year balance Of the present
term. Mr., Yderstad succeeds N. NJ.
Oscar, who resigned after serving as
county clerk continuously for eighteen
years.
The Knights of Columbus contcm,
plate the construction Of a $4,000
clubhouse at Green Bay according to
plans given out by the building com
miuec. Stock in the realty corpora
ton to finance the building deal is be
ing sold to members A suitable loca
tion, close to the business district, has
been chosen.
Under the leadership Of Mr.. and
Mrs George Hobbs, the Fond du Lac
Poultry and Pet Stock association will
attempt to organize a number Of poul
try clubs among farmers of Fond du
Lac county. The purpose of the clubs
will be to assist farmers in getting
rid of scrubs and procuring more pure
bred nocks.
Fourth degree councils, Knights Of
Columbus, in the principal cities of the
Fox river valley are planning 10 or
ganize and collect historical data with
a view to erecting tablets to mark Ger
tain spots of historical significance
The cities interested are Oshkosh
Neenah, Menasha, Appleton, Kau
kauna, De Pere, Fond du Lac and
Green Bay.
Elton Gibson, 65, Oldest postman
connected with the Manitowoc office,
will soon complete his twenty eighth
year in the service and will be eligible
for retirement with pension, although
he does not desire to quit During the
more than a quarter of a century that
Mr. Gibson has delivered letters he
estimates that he has travelled about
125,OO0 miles.
The first county dental dispensary
in Wisconsin will be established III the
schools of Merrill. The county has APP
propriated a small sum for its main
tcnance and each dentist in the coun-
~ has promised to devote one days
services a month to It, ordinary den.
tai work viii be done without charge,
while requests for expensive filings
and bridge work will be referred to
the profession,
The Merrill water works has filed
a petition to the state railroad com
mission asking for increased rate
schedules on the plea that present
rates barely allow the company 5 per
cent for depreciation and for return
upon the value of the plant as fixed
by the commission June 80, 1918, at
$20i, 900 This value, the company also
claims is much less than the present
value of the petitioners property and
less than its cost The increase asked
tor is 20 per cent above present rates.
The present winter at the head Of
Lake Superior, generally the coolest
region in the United States, has been
the mldest since the winter Of 1887
1888 according to records kept by Il.
i. Banks, weather observer at Su.
pcrior. The mean February tempera.
ture wac degrees above normal, Jan
uary 10 degrees and December de-
grces. February was the waImest
since 1888, the only warmer month be-
ing that of 1915 Snowfall in the Head
of the Lakes region has been prac.
tcally negligible, The inches that
fell during the last week OF February
was the first good snowfall Of the sea.
son.
With from two to five candidates
running in each Of IL wards, the con
test for La Crosse aldermen at the
April election promise to be the warm
est in years only two candidates
. AssrmbIyman f. H. Fowler and Mayor
A. A. Bentley, are running for mayor