The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-10-26

fined 5000.
C. ]. Hanzel mayor of Amigo, Dem
ocratic candidate for congress in the
Ninth district on an independent
ticekt, has announced the withdrawal
of his candidacy for office in a paid
advertisement in the Green Bay Press
Gazette.
Selmer Erlangson, %. Eau Claire,
lost his right forearm when his shot
gun was accidentally discharged while
he was hunting on Lower Long lake
Erlangson got out of boat and then
started to grab his gun out after him.
barrel first. The trigger caught and
the weapon was discharged
Fire destroyed the large new barn,
machine and automobile sheds on the
farm of August Schultz near Vesper.
The barn was filled with hay and the
granary adjoining, which was also
ruined was filled with grain. The
loss is placed at over $4,000, partly
covered by insurance,
Sunset farm of 200 acres near Clear
water lake, Oneida county, will har-
vest close to $4,000 bushels of certi-
fed potatoes of the Cobbler and Tri-
umph varieties. This is one of the
largest certified potato tracts in the
world and for many years at state and
other potato shows its products have
won first honors.
Beloit college alumni will assure
complete responsibility for the remain
der of Beloit's million dollar endow-
ment drive, according to word from
/ p. II. Ralph, extension secretary The
campaign will be carried on until Dec.
81 under the direction of trustees
elected by the alumni, with w. Brad
ley Tyrell, of Delavan, as chairman.
Thirty head of Holsteins of the JET
/ ferson Holstein Show herd were eX-
/ hibited at the National Dairy show
held at st. Paul, Mimi. These eX-
hibits were put on by the Jefferson
| County Holstein Friesian Breeders in
charge of A. F. Clarke, secretary. Min
nesota won first prize; Ontario, Can
ada. second Wisconsin, third; Iowa,
I fourth and Illinois, fifth.
E. B. Heimstreets completion of 90
years as an Odd Fellow was cele-
/ brated by the GAINESVILLE lodge, No.
! 90. Mr.. Heimstreet is former James
vile druggist and now resides at Lake
Mills. He is the assistant adjutant
of the Wisconsin G. A. r., and. with
j. F. Garlic, GAINESVILLE, was successful
in bringing the 1923 national G.. A. r.
encampment to Milwaukee.
With a bullet from a 20 caliber re-
volver embedded in the muscles Of
his leg, Albert Prigge, Eau Claire,
aged 10, continued his home life with
out ninching until the next day when
pain oyorcame his fear of scolding
and he showed his wound to his par
ents. He had been playing with his
fathers revolver when the gun acct
dentaIy was discharged.
Ralph Lidster, 81, Beloit's oldest
citizen, is dead. He was the oldest
member of the Owl lodge in the state
and one of the oldest Wisconsin Ma
sons. Born in England in 1881, he
came to Beloit in 1858. Marrying
Miss Elizabeth Golding, Milwaukee,
in 1855. he eliminated a romance be
gun in England. Four children, u
grandchildren and % great-grandchil-
dren survive.
Charging that fully so per cent OF
fire, tornado, lightning and windstorm
insurance policies would be rendered
void if certain drastic rules laid down
by insuring companies were enforced,
the department of insurance at a
hearing in Madison is endeayoring to
force the companies TO operate in
strict accordance with state regula-
lions At the same time, the depart
ment has ordered a 25 per cent reduc-
ton in tornado insurance rates in the
state, involving 100000 in annual
premiums.
Copies of the articles of association
of the Amherst Junction Cooperative
Potato association, a non-stock cor
poraton, have been registered at the
court house in Stevens Point. The
association, the principal offices OF
which will be located at Jacksonville,
was formed to obtain better results
in grading, packing, advertising and
marketing farm products, buying sup
plies in a cooperative way, and to
rent, buy, build, own, sell and control
personal property as may be needed
to conduct its affairs. 1t is sponsored
by the farm bureau.
Initiation of a class of 1852 candi-
dates into the fourth degree OF the
order featured big gathering at the
Knights of Columbus clubhouse at La
Crosse. A degree team from the
fourth degree council at Milwaukee
performed the ceremonies. The coun
eli formed was named Bishop Schwe
bach General Assembly of the Fourth
Degree. This was the first time the
fourth degree was conferred outside
Of Milwaukee. The RI. Rev. AleHan
der J. McGavck, bishop of La Crosse
was the principal speaker at the ban
ouet which followed the lodge cere
monies.
Thousands OF tourists have stopped
in Alicia park, Appleton's free camp