The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-06-08

Appointment of Eugene F. Pruett
of Oshkosh as manager of the agri-
cultural business department of the
Bank of Wisconsin is announced. This
department is a new feature in bank
ing relation to the agricultural inter
ests.
An important part of the Memorial
day program at Ashland was the ded-
ication of the elm trees in Memorial
park opposite the court house. Each
tree represents an Ashland county
man who gave his life in the great
war.
Persons who are summoned as jur-
ors and claim exemption which result
in their discharge are entitled to COM
pensation at the rate of $4 a day and
four cents a mile despite the fact
that they do not actually serve, F. Z.
Bsmp, assistant attorney general, has
ruled.
Winnebago county Holsteins are be-
coming nationally famous. Buyers
from far and near are coming to this
county and shipments to other states
are being made almost daily. Last
week twenty-five calves were shipped
to Crystal Lake, Ia, to be distributed
among children interested in calf club
work
Hartwell Farwell, slayer of Phil
Houston, whose body he attempted to
burn on a hay stack pyre near Port
age in January, was sentenced to
seven years at Waupun by Circuit
Judge E, Ray Stevens, Madison, the
maximum penalty for second degree
manslaughter. An appeal for new
trial was denied.
A white crow, one of the oldest of
natures many quirks, has been found
by Clarence Baxter, South Beloit, and
has attracted much attention. The
bird is a fledgling and not trace OF
the "crow" color can be found in any
of its feathers. 1t boasts pink eyes.
Baxter found it in the woods north
OF Darien.
Eighteen head of Wisconsin Hol-
stein cattle will represent Wisconsin
herds at the Heart of Americas Dairy
show and national sale to be held in
connection with the annual convention
of the Holstein-Friesian Association OF
America in Kansas City, June 8 to 9,
according to L. L. Oldham, secretary
OF the Wisconsin HOlstein association.
Just as he was about to deliver an
address to 100 guests at the golden
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
P. j. Dialogue, Cornell, Wis, the Rev,
T. S. Reishus, pastor Of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran church at Stanley, one
of the oldest and best known Luth-
eran pastors in the northwest, drop
ped dead of apopleXy,
Abbottsford, the smallest city in
Wisconsin to support a National guard
unit, for the second time in two years
sends one of its boys to West Point.
The war department certified Arthur
NJ. Burghduff, Stanley, and Norman A.
Matthias, Abbottsford, as the two Wis
consin guardsmen who passed the
examinations for the mill
tary academy.
The Barron Cooperative creamery,
Barron, the largest of its kind in the
world broke its own record for but
ter making in producing more than
seven tons of butter in eight hours.
Two hundred and thirty-two tubs OF
butter were made, each weighing 81
pounds. The highest previous record
was the output of one day last June
of 210 tubs.
Three state executives, Gov. Preus
of Minnesota, Gov Nestos Of NORTH
Dakota and Gov. Blaine of Wisconsin,
will deliver addresses at a big oper
air meeting in Myrick park, which vii,
mark the close of the second trien-
NAL international convention of the
Young Peoples Luther league of the
Norwegian Lutheran church, to be
held at La Crosse on June s, 8, 1C
and II.
The new fish hatchery on the Lac
du Flambeau Indian reservation is
now In operation according to Supt.
J. NJ. Balmer. Pike fry from the
are distributed in lakes only
on the reservation and thus the waters
are kept stocked with this variety
of game fish. The cost of maintain
ing the hatchery, which is under gov
eminent supervision, comes from fees
charged fishermen who visit the Lac
du Flambeau lakes during the sum
mer.
Limburger cheese made in Wiscon-
sin will come in for regulation by the
state department of markets July l.
After that time the cheese will be
known as Wisconsin fancy limburger
and Wisconsin No. limburgeT, if 1t
can meet the standards set by the
experts. Otherwise the la
bel grade 2" will be attached. Swiss
brick cheese made in the dairy dis
tricts of Wisconsin is to have similar
standards, effective at the same time,
These regulations, the department
says, are the first in the country to
receive approval of the federal gov
eminent.
owen O'Hare, former Kenosha po-
lice chief, now serving a three-year
sentence at Waupun, imposed after
his conviction on a variety Of charges,
has returned to Edward +. Higgins,