The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-02-23
BADGER STATE:
HAPPENINGS

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her clothing caught fire while she was
putting some papers in stove.
The Globe Metal Products company
plant, and equipment, at Sheboygan,
was sold under the sheriffs hammer
to Harry Bolens, head Of the ellison
Manufacturing company of Port Wash
ington, for S65, 700.
Frank Kennedy, Fish Creek, is en-
joying some thrilling sport on the ice
of Green bay with an aeromotor sleigh
which he recently completed A gaso-
line motor and airplane propeller
drive the sled over the ice at a speed
of 90 miles an hour.
Flocks of prairie chicken in Wis
consin about to be deprived of food
as a result of removal of corn shocks
by farmers in many parts of the state,
will be fed by the conservation com
mission in order to prevent their
starvation.
Pleading guilty to a charge of hav.
ing moonshine in his possession, Nels
Simenson, elderly Vernon county farm
err, selected to take two months in
the county Jail instead of paying a
fine Of $780, An hour in the Jail in
duced him to pay the fine.
A warrant OF seizure was sworn out
in United States district court at
Madison, against the Prairie du Sac
Brewing Co., of Prairie du Sac. Fed
eral authorities charge the company
has been manufacturing intoxicating
liquor on permit to make nonin-
toXicating beverages.
The bodies of Harold Churchill, SO,
Green Bay and his infant daughter
will be buried in the same grave. The
father died after a short illness two
hours before the child was born. The
parents were confined in adjoining
rooms at a local hospital The mother
and wife is conyalesCing, but she has
not been told of her husbands death.
Six other children, the oldest u, sur
yive.
The drop in the number Of deaths
from tuberculosis in 1921 recently
announced as the lowest mortality on
record in Wisconsin, is notable, the
state board of health said, as mark
ing the first time since accurate rec
ords have been available that this
mortality has been less than 1000 in
year. The rate for each 100000
population is 1873. In 1920 the rate
was S4.6. The usual yearly drop is
only one or two points.
The first northern grown tobacco
shipment ever sold to southern United
States tobacco companies was sold
several days ago by Barron county
tobacco growers. The shipment was
consigned to Tampa, Fla. The Barron
county tobacco crops have been rec
ognized as exceptionally good ones
and the demand for tobacco raised
in the county has been large. The
Wisconsin crop of tobacco this year
has not been in very great demand
and as a result much of the crop re-
mains unsold and growers predict that
the acreage in 1922 will be reduced.
The creation of a service bureau
for county and state fairs in WisCOn-
sin to gather and distribute informa-
ton and plans which will assist their
Development was recommended by
Oliver f. Remey, secretary Of the
Wisconsin State Fair, before the an
nual convention OF the Wisconsin
association of fairs meeting at Fond
du Lac. Mr.. Remey said that there
were SO fairs in Wisconsin during
the past year attended by lOS1l56
persons Their total cost was $l,694,-
ga, while receipts We're Sl,595. 1913,
showing a deficit of nearly 100000.
Premiums at these SO fairs amounted
to 1884 $50, while gate receipts We're
$5S3,267, or $1,432 less than paid out
in premiums. The state paid $l79,231
in aid to district and county fairs,
There has been an unprecedented
activity in tuberculosis eradication
work among Wisconsin cattle, during
the last quarter, the department of
agriculture announced. During that
period 75,O67 head of cattle were test
ed, with 4,298 reactors. Out Of the
total number of herds tested 1856
showed no reactors and in $50 infec-
lions were found. The period also
showed II $50 head of dairy and breed
ing cattle shipped out of the state to
points throughout the United States
and to Mexico, Bermuda islands, In
da, South America and Canada. This
is said to have been the heaviest call
for cattle which has been recorded
during any previous three months,
and IFS said to be due to the promi-
nenco given tuberculosis eradication
work In the state, Wisconsin is said
to be the leading state in its export
Of cattle.
r r. Crumpton, Superior, was elect,
ed president Of the Wisconsin Assoc
citation Of Real Estate brokers at the
twelfth annual convention at Eau
Claire The board of directors, under
authority granted by the association,
also engaged r. G IIalgh, Green Bay,
as a full time paid executive secre-
tary.
Farmers living near Rosendale
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