The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-12-07


The county board of Barron county
voted to assume the liability for the
death of Milo Gordon, Chetek who
was killed by cavern on portion
OF the highway on which he was work
ing. The compensation granted was
$4,000. Mrs. Gordon was left with
family of small children to support
Fifteen thousand dollars was the
appropriation voted by the Manitowoc
county board at a recent session for
improvements at the county fair
grounds. The boards action means
that new horsebarns will be built and
possibly an automobile exposition
building
Wolf hunters between Tomah and
Oakdale have been successful in get
ting couple of these animals and
say that more are roaming through
the country Tomah Boy Scouts, who
have been visiting their lodge south
east OF this city, report that big bear
has been seen in the vicinity.
AT the session of the Pierce county
board Of supervisors just closed, an
appropriation of $1,000 was voted for
for expenses. 1t was also voted to
buy a car for the nurses use. The
board voted a $1,000 salary appropria
ton last year, but the committee in
charge could not secure a nurse for
that salary.
Odd Fellows from Wausau Merrill,
Amigo, Tomahawk and other cities at.
tended the district convention of the
order in Rhinelander. The delegates
were guests of Oneida lodge No. 4S.
Following a banquet degrees We're con
ferred on a large number Of candi-
dates. Several well known district
officers were present.
Jacob L. Erickson, head of the
Erickson Brewing Co., of La Crosse,
arrested recently on an indictment
charging violation of the Volstead pro-
hibition enforcement act will be
called to answer the indictment in
court at Madison, it was announced.
A previous report that Mr.. Erickson
had been arranged and pleaded not
guilty was in error. He was released
when bond was provided before a
court commissioner in La Crosse.
The Green county board of super
visors in annual session in Monroe
unanimously adopted a county high
way budget of 100000 bonds for i'm
provements on Green county high
ways. This program for 1928, while
tentative, includes twelve and one
half miles to be covered by $250,000,
all but a mile and a half of which IS
concrete construction The remainder,
$250,000 is to be used on highway No.
20 as far as the appropriation will
allow.
The Smiths have beaten the John
sons in the student body Of the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin, according to the
new student directory. The Smiths
number IS, while the Johnsons, who
up to last year had usually held first
place, number 81 The Andersons,
with A, capture third place. Other
runnersup for the title are the Jones,
80; Browns, %; Nelson's, 2S, and the
Hansons and Hansens, &c. The Mil
lers, with 20, are just one ahead of
the Schmidts. Taylors number 16,
and the Olsons and Olsens total 10.
In a fight to prevent the use of
officers outside of sheriffs and police
in the campaign to eradicate moon
sinners from Jefferson county, Super.
visor f. w. Lehman, Watertown, sue
ceeded in getting the county board to
pass a resolution refusing to pay such
bills in the future. Ray c. Twining,
retiring district attorney of Jefferson
county, hired a Milwaukee detective
agency to help him, charging neces.
sity because of lack of assistance
from police officers of the county. SO
far the county board has refused to
allow the Milwaukee agency's bill.
The eradication of tuberculosis
from dairy cattle herds in Wisconsin
will cost the state $2,10S,000 during
the next two years, if the legislature
approves. budgets submitted to the
state board of public affairs by c. P.
Norgord, commissioner OF agriculture.
An expenditure of 100000 was made
in the last biennium The request for
trebled appropriation is made, Mr..
Norgord said, because of the inability
of his department on present funds
to meet demands of counties for tu-
berculosis eradication among their
cattle.
Construction of a railroad at cost
of approximately $2,600,0O0 from Madi-
son to Sturgeon Bay, and running
through Fond du Lac, Kiel, Manitowoc
and lake shore points, will start next
spring, it was announced in Fond du
Lac by c.. d, Smith, president of the
| Wisconsin Southern Railroad Co., q
81, 900 600 corporation The railroad,
the first to give this district direct
connections with Madison, will serve
n number of smaller towns in the
eastern part of the state and will
facilitate travelling and shipping to
PARTS of this section that are now diff
Rcut to reach by rail.
Robert Kelvin ID aw, sophomore in
the GAINESVILLE high school won first
Mace for Wisconsin in the American
Legion essay contest, writing on How
the American Legion Can Best Serve
the Nation. He wins a medal and will