The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-04-13

and organized the Sarona Rural NE"
| York association. Their aim is TO pro-
duce a standard variety of potatoes
for both seed and table use. The new
association starts with membership
of 2S.
Loss of several cows in the town
of Greenville, north of Neenah, has
led farmers to believe that some dis
ease is abroad that is causing the
/ fatalities. Three farmers of that vi
cinity report the loss of COWS from
some unknown cause in a short space
OF time.
A Holstein COW owned by Walter
Olson of the town of Green Valley,
Shawano county, has just made rec
ord which has added several thou
sand dollars to its value. Instead OF
$3.50, the price which Olson paid for
the animal, the value is now set at
$4,000 by an official tester. In
seyen-day test the COW produced thir-
ty-three pounds of butterfat.
Charles II. Crowrhart, reviser Of
statutes and political advisor to Gov,
Blaine, was appointed by the governor
justice of the state supreme court
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Chief Justice Il. G. Siebecker, Mr..
Crownhart was chairman Of the in
dustrial commission from 1911 to 1915.
/ He will stand for reelection in April,
1923.
Several groups of paper mill work
ers at Neenah and Menasha have
walked out in protest to wage cuts
forced on them by employers. One
| large mill in Menasha was Shut down
completely and a mill at Neenah is
operating in all departments, but with
reduced forces. The workers on strike
are not unionized and there has been
no formal call for strike.
Work has started upon the remod-
cling Of the Marinette court house to
accommodate the women jurors for
the next term of circuit court 1t will
be the first time women voters will
be called upon to serve on jury.
The names of $50 women We're placed
in the box at the recent meeting of
the jury commissioners. There will
be a large room especially for the
women jurors, provided for their com
fort.
The industrial commission in a
statement calls attention Of motorists
to the state headlight law, which re"
quires that all automobiles be equip
ped with lights that enable the driver
to distinguish a person 200 feet and
at the same time avoid dangerous
glare. Failure to comply with this
standard is said to be prima facie eyi-
dence Of unsafe use of the highways,
in case of an accident police officers
and not the industrial commission are
charged with enforcement of the head
light law.
The contention that jury service
stains the mind or character of a
woman is all wrong, according to At
torney NJ. Z. Davis, who talked before
members of the Green Bay Y. w. c.
A. The speaker said that if a woman
is good the hearing Of sensational evil
dence would not affect her in the
least. lie also said the presence of
women on juries added to the atmos.
phere of a court room and lessened
yulgarity Mr.. Davis held that recent
disagreements by California mixed
juies were due to circumstantial eyi.
dence and not to the fact there were
women on the juries.
The state board Of health during
March received reports Of 2,343 cases
of influenza, as compared with 237 for
February. Thousands more have oc-
Cured it is believed, but, not havins
been diagnosed as influenza, have
gone unreported and in most cases
precautions against contact infection
ignored Nearly all sections of the
state are affected. The disease pre-
yailing is not Of the deadly type, re
ports Indicate, fact tending to lower
the barriers against its spread. The
state board of health urges the same
precautions as were widely observed
during prior epidemics.
The Wisconsin State Fair will pre-,
sent an entirely new dairy depart
ment at this years exposition, August
28 to September 2, inclusive, in keep
ing with its policy Of paying more
attention to the non-exhibiting patron
of the state fair. In other words, the
dairy department, as well as all 9th.
ers, will strive more earnestly to make
of the consumer a more extensive and
intelligent patron of the producer. The
dairy department will have twenty.
two booths presented by the u. S.
Department of Agriculture at the Ma.
tional Dairy Show of 1921. There
will also be extensive exhibits Of
cheese, butter, milk and cream, show.
ing comparative food values with ac.
tual demonstrations of dishes that can
be cooked with cheese. The entire
dairy building will be given over to
exhibits, dairy machinery being shown
in an annex.
The United States department of
agriculture in cooperation with Prof
Theodore Macklin of the college OF
agriculture, Madison, is making a
study of the cost of marketing live
stock in Wisconsin. This investiga.
ton is part of ID nationwide study