The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-12-14


Jerome PROVEN was gored to death
by bull which cornered him in a
barn stall on his farm, three miles
east of Palmyra, in the community
known as Zion.
Pleading guilty to statutory charge
involving a 14year-old GAINESVILLE girl,
Allen Pufahl, 90, of GAINESVILLE, was
sentenced to three years in the state
reformatory at Green Bay by Judge
George Grimm.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kading, Watertown,
sin civil service commission at a re-
cent meeting of that body. She is the
first woman to be named to this posi-
ton.
Henry Van Holland of Frederic had
narrow escape when his team OF
horses was hit by 500 line passeD-
ger train Both horses were injured
so seriously that they had to be shot.
Mr. Van Holland was not seriously
injured. The wagon was demolished.
Anton Sole, 80, and John Sole, ~,
of Arcadia, are both employed at Myr-
mans logging camp near Ladysmith
as swampers. They are experienced
men at the work and despite the 60
vanced years, numbered among thu
hardest workers in the camp.
Another six months session OF tk%
Wisconsin legislature is in sight 80
/ Legislators prepare to assemble Ia
Madison jan 10 for the opening of the
| hfty-sixth session. Little hope for a
short session is being held out by
veteran members who predict a repe-
| tition of the extended sessions caa{a'
mon in recent years.
The trial of Frank H. Smith, Brown
| county register of deeds, who Is
charged with embezzlement of approx
mately $1,000 of county funds, was
postponed until Dec. 80. Smith has
/ been confined in the county Jail for
/ the last two months in default of
/ $4,000 bail
/ The Chippewa Sugar Refining com
pany has just closed successful sea
| son at the Chippewa Falls plant, manu-
/ featuring more than 100000 pounds
of sugar. More than $4,000 was paid
TO the farmers for beets; $4,000 to
employees, and the railroads got more
/ than $4,000 for freight on beets
shipped in.
/ Herbert Vestin, 26, and Alvin Olson,
/ 10, brothers-in-law, died as the result
/ of an explosion in well in which
/ Vestn was digging at the George lie
/ Hugude farm at Dresser Junction
Polk county. Olson died from the eff
fects of gas when he descended into
the shaft to rescue Vestin, who was
digging the we'll
Percy banks, Evansville high school
pupil, won first place in the junior
corn contest for the second region al
the international Livestock exposition
and grain and hay show at Chicago
banks and Brayton Hogan, Clinton
who placed fifth in the contest, are
members OF the Rock county Acre Of
Corn club.
Four acres of land, comprising q
peninsula which jutted out into Bis
Eau Claire lake, Douglas county, have
dropped into the lake, leaving sharI
abuttment about thirty feet high The
phenomenon was discovered by boy:
who have made the peninsula play
ground. .. d. A. Merrill, professor o.
geology at the Eau Claire Norma
school, is unable to explain it,
Polk county is recognized as one o.
the leading creamery butter manufac
turing districts Of America. 1t was The
first county to successfully ship it,
butter to Eastern markets in carload
shipments. With every creamery il
the county cooperative and all co
operative creameries organized int
unit No. / of the Wisconsin Co-opera
tive Creameries association, Poll
county is also recognized as the lead
ing county in cooperation.
The gross income from Wisconsin
farms was $160,000,0O0 less in 49,
than in 1920, the annual report o
Wisconsin's crop reporter shows
value of $316,70S,000 was placed on tn,
1921 produce from the farms OF tn,
state, compared to $3.50 100000 il
1920; a value of $551l9 600 in 191!
and of S499 100000 in 1918. Wiscon
sins 1921 crops were worth $189,O92
900, according to the report, S140,293
600 less than the crop for 1920 TIL
total value of livestock products il
Wisconsin was $25O,742,OOO compares
with 1898, 100000 in 1920.
Rented farms make up 1913 per cen
of the total number under cultivation
in Wisconsin, according to the repor
of the state agricultural statisticiar
His announcement shows that Their
are 1914, 1895 owners of farms and $500
tenants, compared with 1853 523 OWL
7 ers and managers and 22,302 tenant
in 1920. Expressed in percentages G
all farmers, the report says that owl
ers have decreased | per cent, mana
gers fiye-tenths of l per cent, Will
=. tenants have increased five-tenths c
! | per cent. The total land area {
+ Wisconsin is said in the report to b
2 35,364. 900 acres. OF this amount ~
t $4,000 acres, or 62.S per cent of tn
: entire land area OF the state is !
farms,