The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-05-25

and the 37th annual state Rebokah
assembly.
Dates for the Bayfield, County fair
for 1922 have been set for Sept. IL,
IL, IA and Is, This year the officers
and directors decided to hold four
day fair instead of three as has been
the practice ever since the fair was
established.
Twenty-eight cans of brook trout
have been received at Iron River, Bay
field county, from the State Fish
hatchery, Salmo, and all but four cans
of this consignment have been planted
in the various branches of the Iron
river, the balance in the springs near
the Eau Claire lakes.
The 1922 graduating class at the
University of Wisconsin will hold its
commencement exercises this year
from June II to IA, following the close
of the school year June 8. More than
1000 students having completed their
four years of college work will re.
ceive bachelor degrees at that time,
while additional hundreds are to be
awarded higher degrees
Mosquitoes and sand gnats are at.
lacking cattle and horses in the flood
ed districts of the Fox river valley
in such numbers as to make it neces.
sary for farmers to resort to every
possible means to protect them. They
swarm about them, it is reported, in
pastures in such numbers as to make
the cattle nearly frantic, attacking the
eyes and nose principally.
Holstein-Friesian breeders of Ke.
nosha county organized an association
for the promotion of the black and
white breed in the county. The new
association which takes the place OF
the Racine-Kenosha -Friesian
association which was recently dis
banded, is to be known as the Kenosha
County -Friesian Breeders
association.
"Sunflowers won't do for silage as
long as corn is available" in cold
districts of the United States, such as
Minnesota and northern Wisconsin,
where corn cannot be raised success.
fully sunfowers furnish a more or
less satisfactory substitute" These
are the conclusions drawn by the Uni
versity of Wisconsin agricultural ex-
pertinent station after a three-year
period of testing in various parts of
Wisconsin.
Willetta Higgins, II, of the state
school for the blind, GAINESVILLE, was
filmed by representatives of five mo
ton picture concerns that deal in news
pictures. This is the first time she
has been in movies since her remark
able powers of hearing with her fin
gers and seeing through her sense Of
smell has been discovered. 1t is es-
timated that 100000 people will see
the GAINESVILLE girl in the motion pic
lures within the next few weeks.
The beautiful farm home of John
Warttenweiller, jr, near Monticello,
was destroyed by fire at loss of S12,-
600. II was one of the finest farm
houses in Green county and was
equipped with electric lights, gas
steam, baths and other modern i'm.
provements. Only $4,000 insurance
was carried. Neighbors and citizens
of Monticello who rushed to assist the
Wartenweiller family saved the great
dairy barn and other buildings and
also a cheese\factory.
The loss of thousands of apple trees
in southeastern Wisconsin over an
area extending as far as Oshkosh is
forecast by c. P. Norgord, commits
sioner of agriculture, unless the trees
are sprayed as soon as the blossoms
fall. This condition is brought aboul
by the appearance of the canker worm
in large numbers. Mr.. NorgOrd said
spraying cannot safely be done until
the blossoms have dropped, but ad-
vises that steps be taken to check the
pest Immediately after
Wisconsin livestock range from
per cent to 4 per cent below normal
healthfulness, the May report of
Joseph A. Becker of the Wisconsin
cooperative crop reporting service
estimates. The long winter combined
with shortage Of hay and small
grain and cold, wet spring are said
to have brought about this decline
Condition of horses on May l is esti
mated at "a per cent, compared to 81
per cent last May and 10-year aver
age of 97.2 per cent. The condition of
cattle is reported at SO per cent, com
pared TO 81 per cent last year and
10-year average OF 968 per cent.
An appeal for funds with which to
rebuild the Indian Mission church and
rectory at Reserve, which were de-
stroyed by fire last fall has been is
sued by the pastor, the Rev. Father
Gordon. All Of the church property
including church, rectory, parish hall,
organ, bells and vestments, besides
much of the pastors personal belong
ings were destroyed. Father Gordon
is one of the two Indian priests in the
United States, and so far as known
there are no men of Indian blood now
In training for the priesthood. Sixty
young Indian men left the parish for
service in the World war, and six re-
turned soldier dead have since been
buried in the parish cemetery.