The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24

His injury may prove fatal
The Rev. Anton Huld, 70 years old.
who was pastor of the German Metho-
dist church at Stevens Point for
fourteen years, is dead. He had also
held pastorates at Wittenberg, Wau-
sau, West Bend, Brillion, Burlington
and Sun Prairie.
Louis Deja, Barron county farmer,
who lost his farm buildings in the
June Is tornado, fell from his wreck
ed barn and was seriously injured He
was endeavoring to repair some of the
storm damage when the accident
occurred.
A road census taken on Sunday at
I the intersection of routes 13 and "a in
Ashland county showed 1902 Wiscon-
sin ears, 1872 foreign cars, as light
motor trucks, T8 heavy trucks, 40
motorcycles, and IL horse drawn
vehicles
Advance reports from all parts of
the midwest indicate that from 5000
to 10000 veterans of the thirty-second
division will attend the reunion at
Madison Aug. rs to 20, the citizens
executive committee has announced.
A goal of 10000 has been set and pro
visions are being made for that
number.
The United States war department
has announced that 100000 has been
allotted for improvement of the Fox
river in 1928. This sum is part of
S35, 1904, $50 appropriated by congress
for river and harbor Improvement in
the United States. The war depart
ment also allotted $91 900 for deepen
ing the harbor in Green Bay.
Three hundred launch owners of
La Crosse have united in a petition
to the common council and war de-
partment to have a channel dredged
in front of the city. Sandbars have
filled up the harbor entrances to such
an extent that owners of over 100
power boats find they car not get
their craft into the main river
The city of Neenah, through the
generosity of the heirs of the late G.
B. Clark of Neenah, wealthy paper
mill magnate, has been given a tract
of approximately five acres of land on
the shore line OF the Fox river in that
section of the city known as the
Island, to be used for parks and play
grounds.
Statistics compiled by Secretary of
State Elmer S. Hall show a big in
crease in the number of automobiles
and motor trucks for the year, but an
actual decline in the number of motor
cycles In 1915 there were $500
motorcycles registered; in 1920 there
were 8,002; in 1921 only 6,435, and for
this year the indications are that the
registration will hardly reach 5000
Announcement has been made by
the Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. OF
Kaukauna and the Kimberly Clark Co.
of Neenah that wages of all employees
whose pay was reduced Mar. 81 will
be increased an amount to at least
equal the last cut, effective Aug. 16.
1t is believed this increase will be
general in the paper industry in the
valley in the near future. No reason
was ascribed for the increase.
rboioa DodUa county uo1ctaiD oot-
tie will form considerable proportion
of the New Jersey Holstein herd of
John NJ Kelly, former advertising
manager of Ringling's circus and at
torney for Tex Richard. On his Wis
consin trip last week, Mr.. Kelly pur-
chased several valuable animals,
among which was King Jesse Home
stead De Kol, from the herd of Henry
Dolan Elba. Kelly is gathering select
Holsteins from all over the world at
his New Jersey farm. Local officials
of the Holstein association refused to
make public the price paid by Kelly
for the valuable animals.
An increase of five hundred cars
during July in the prospective potato
crop of Wisconsin is shown by the
August l report of Joseph A. Becker,
OF the Wisconsin cooperative crop
reporting service. Based upon the
condition on Aug. /, the carlot move
ment of the 1922 crop is estimated at
10000 cars compared to 29,S00 fore
casted on July l, and 1880 shipped
last year. The month was favorable
TO the growth of potatoes. Conditions
of the crop in the commercial counties
OF the state is estimated at 93S per
cent of normal, compared to 48 per
cent on Aug. l last year.
+ Soldier bonus payments to nearly
/ 100000 former service men of Wiscen-
sin totaled $15,489 ,4S6, Henry Johnson,
state treasurer has announced. In
addition to this cash bonus, the state
has paid $271S,454 toward the school
/ ing of soldiers under the educational
bonus plan, The $1S,2O789O paid out
during the past four years to former
members of the army and navy, was
raised largely through a surtax on
incomes. Assessments are still being
levied to meet the cost of administer.
ing the educational bonus. Claims Of
ex-seryice men on cash bonus are now
at a minimum. Payments amount to
only about $4,000 each month
Judge George Grimm in the Rock