The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-09-21
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chickens in Portage county in viola
ton of the state game laws. This
county is closed for prairie chicken
shooting the year around
The Rev. Emil Swenson, for seven
years pastor of the Swedish Lutheran
church, Marnette, has resigned to ac-
cept the pastorate of Bethle Lutheran
church, Minneapolis. He leaves here
in November.
The sheriffs office of Fond du Lac
| county has started war on the prac-
/ tice Of selling bootleg whiskey to
\ young men at country dances. The
move came close on the heels OF a
( "moonshine party, which resulted in
| the wreckng of two automobiles and
later in the arrest of two young men.
An increase in wages for employees
of the Consolidated Water Power and
Paper company, Wisconsin Rapid
| has been announced The increase
ranges from 3 to cents an hour. The
minimum wage paid for unskilled la
Dor in the Wisconsin Rapids mills is
| S315 per day. The increase amounts
to 10 per cent and will affect several
hundred men.
Mrs. Bertha Reichert, GO, was in
stantly killed when she fell from a
ladder leading to the haymow in the
barn on her sons farm, near juneau.
Her death is the fourth violent death
in her family Her first husband, Gus
tave Rehse, was killed by bolt of
lightning. A son, Frank kehse, fell
from a ladder and was killed at the
coke plant in Mayville. A daughter,
Esther Reichert, was fatally injured
by fall from a wagon.
Warren W. Clark has resigned as
Portage county's agricultural agent
to become district supervisor of coun-
ty agents for central Wisconsin, He
will be in the employ of the college
of agriculture of the University of
Wisconsin. II. r. Noble, D0dgeville,
has been engaged as Mr.. Clarks sue
cessor at a salary Of $4,000 per year
For two years he has been county
agent of Iowa county.
With vivid banners announcing that
Barron county cattle are being distri-
buted to strengthen the herds of dairy
men throughout the United States, a
carload of high grade Guernseys left
Barron county bound for South Da-
kota where they have been consigned
to a. S. Thompson. A feature of the
carload of cattle was the prize sire,
Craigmoor Raritan, a pure bred Guern-
sey.
The Balza pickle factory at Duck
Creek, near Green Bay, was destroyed
by fire with an estimated loss of about
$4,000 According to factory officials,
the blaze was started by an explosion
caused by a workman, who was repair
ing an empty sauerkraut vat with the
aid of a gasoline torch and wax. Sew
eral tons of cabbage, six tanks of
sauerkraut and a seasons supply of
pickles were destroyed along with the
factory building.
Candidates who were defeated in the
September general election primaries
must file nomination papers with tine
secretary Of state on or before Oct. Z
if they wish to enter the November
general election as independent candi-
dates for office. Similarly, any person
not a candidate in the primaries who
wishes to enter the political race in
November must file within the same
time limit This advice was given
politicians by Elmer S. Hall, secretary
of state.
The number of bonded carriers, pas
senger automobiles operating for prof
it, has increased to one hundred and
soyenty-tiye all of them operating over
Wisconsin roads, according to the
railroad commission. This is almost
treble the number operated during the
early summer months. Increase in
the auto bus business emphasizes that
will be attacked to legislation intro
duced during the 1923 legislature to
curb the operation Of the carriers
| through restrictive measures. Farm
ers are complaining because of the
damage the heavy machines are caus-
ing on state trunk highways as they
speed between cities.
A large crop Of grain and vegeta-
oles has been raised by the prisoners
0n the four state farms near Waupun
An inventory shows that 900 bushels
Of grain have been raised; 10000 gal
/ ions Of vegetables canned six hun
fred tons Of hay in the barns, an,
}om hundred and fifty acres of corn
teady to be cut and which will fill
/ fourteen silos. All of the labor con
rrctod with the raising and presery-
/ lgg Of the crops and vegetables was
cone entirely by the prisoners, who
are supervised by 0. j. Monroe in
/ this work. There has been a steady
4 increase Of interest in the state prison
\ during the past three months, III
! June 1900 visitors went through the
institution, $500 in July and $500 in
August, or a total Of 1900 In three
\ months
Ed Kroklau, Bloomvllo farmer 35
ran amuck and knocked out the sup
I porting columns from a new porch
at his home causing the roof to col
lapse, after which he threw stones al
the house ard barn, breaking all the
window panes. He was oyerpowereC
| by his brothers.