The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-11-23

northwest of Merrill the mother of
nine children, was found dead in bed
by the youngest daughter, Eleanor.
Mrs. Wedler, widow, lived on a
small farm worked by herself and
children. Death was caused by cere-
bral hemorrhage
There are approximately $4,000 tons
of hard coal and 225,000 tons of soft
coal on the Ashland docks, according
to report obtained from Ashland
coal dealers. Washburn has $4,000
tons Of coal on its docks, only four
boats having unloaded there this year.
all of which carried soft coal.
The black fox that escaped from
town of Crow, Rusk COUNTY, several
weeks ago was shot by a Bruce hunter
who failed to recognize the animal.
The fox was valued at $4,000. Two
other foxes that escaped at the same
time We're recaptured.
Cooperating associations in Wiscon-
sin recently advised by Atty. Gen. Nor
gan that they were violating the state
cooperative association law by failing
to make changes in their organization
or name, have been taking action to
come within provisions of the statutes,
Mr.. Morgan reports.
For the first time in many years, the
lumber companies operating in Saw.
yer county are reporting shortage of
men for the woods. Early this fall
they started in by paying from $50 a
month and up including board and
lodging and they have now raised the
wages to $40 per month and up.
Wisconsin's educational institutions
will request of the coming legislature
total of $2O,00O,OO0 for the years of
1923'25. OF this amount the states
nine normal schools will require S.
000,0 according to estimates The
balance will go to the university and
other educational institutions through
the state.
A horse with four rubber bands
! tightly fastened around its tongue
causing the tongue to swell and decay
and making it impossible for the ami
NAL to eat or drink was discovered by
| A. Z. Frederick, state humane officer.
! The horse has been in a pasture near
/ Wilton. DR.. Frederick has offered $25
reward for information which will lead
to the arrest and conviction of the
perpetrator.
Prices paid potato growers hit the
/ bottom last week at Is cents a bushel
in some parts of Wisconsin, the state
/ department of markets reports. The
return TO farmers is said by the de-
partment to be unprecedently low.
Most Of the growers now shipping to
market are receiving 20 cents bushel
1 for their product which retails from
20 to so cents a bushel, according TO
the marketing department
Deer hunters are battling with
wolves in the woods of Douglas coun-
/ ty, according to stories that are COM
ing back from the hunting front fol-
/ lowing the advance of the deer hunt
/ ing army The forest fires in north
ern Minnesota have driven hundreds
/ of wolf packs down into Wisconsin.
Many of the wolf packs are beginning
+ to invade outlying farm districts and
prey upon sheep flocks and cattle
herds
Requests for 1923 automobile license
plates will not be received by the sec
Rotary of state until after Dec l, A. j.
! Cobban, in charge of the automobile
division, has announced. He has been
receiving orders for licenses which he
says his department will not be in
position to handle until after the first
of next month. The 1923 Wisconsin
plates have a white background with
red numbers printed on them. Nearly
/ 100000 of them have been made by
prisoners at the Waupun penitentiary
for distribution during the coming
year.
When navigation on the Great Lakes
is opened next spring, the largest ore
dock in the world, now in the course
of construction, will be placed in oper-
alton at Superior. The iron ore dock,
owned and built by the Great North
ern railroad, will cost $2,500,000. 1t
will load a lake carrier with 10000
tons of iron in less than thirty min
utes. Engineers in charge of the work
declared the huge structure, 2,100 feet
long and weighing 100000 tons, will be
completed May Is. More than one
hundred men have been working on
the dock since last January.
Unreported income of Wisconsin
corporations amounting to 20,205, 100
was uncovered by state tax commits
sion during the last year resulting III
assessment of additional income taxes
of $16S9, 054.14 against the concerns
involved, Charles d. Rosa, member of
1.-THE commission, told the state board
of public affairs. Twelve special in
yestigators OF the tax commission, at
an expense to the state of S65 600,
added $1,24O,191,17 to the regular state
income tax, $2775SS.20 to the soldiers
bonus fund, S111,9O3.22 to the soldiers
educational bonus fund, and $59,37l4l
to the teachers retirement and insur'
iance fund, Mr.. Rosa reported.
Counties are reporting their official
count of general election ballots slow
Nv the secretary of state reports,
Seventeen days are given by the sta
tutes in which county boards of can
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