The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-10-19

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sin were saved $1,119,644 during the
past year at an expense to the state
of $78,697, j. @. Emery, Madison, dairy
and food commissioner, declared in a
talk to the state inspectors of weights
and measures.
The request of the Superior State
Normal school for appropriations for
the erection of a S125,000 building
and for a fund with which to com.
plete the new gymnasium will be rec.
commended to the state board of nor
NAL school regents at the next meet
ing, it was decided by members of
the building committee on a tour of
all Normal schools of the state.
Evan Morten, II, was almost in
stantly killed near Chetek, when a
double-barreled shotgun with which he
had been hunting discharged He had
put the gun down with the butt on
the ground with the muzzle toward
him, playfully swinging it from right
to left. The first shot struck him in
the right breast. He then threw it
from him. In the fall, the second bar
rel went off, striking him in the leg.
Charging negligence upon the part
of the Beloit Y,M.C.A., Irwin w. Wha.
ley, Beloit, as administrator of the
estate of Harry Whaley, his 13-year-
old son, has filed suit for 100000 dam
ages against the Beloit association.
His young son drowned in the Beloit
N.MC.A. tank July 10, 1921. Negli-
gence in supervision and the failure to
provide proper protection is charged.
Wisconsin crops stand at 100 per
cent of the average for ten years, ac-
cording to figures of the United States
and the Wisconsin departments of
agriculture. The cabbage crop, in
which the state ranks second, will
be $4,000 tons, compared to last
years total of $1,000 tons Onions,
it is estimated will count up to 407,.
600 bushels, compared to 100000 last
year.
Approximately $4,000, one of the
largest amounts ever paid by any
county fair association, will be paid
in premiums this year by the Fond
du Lac County Agricultural society
for prize awards made last month at
the county fair held in Fond du Lac
This is an increase of about $4,000
over the total last year. The largest
amount in premiums in a single diyi
sion was paid in the cattle depart
ment, where $6,24S was awarded.
One Of the biggest moonshine raids
in the history of the state was made
in Forest county by four state pro
hibition agents. One two hundred
gallon still, one two hundred seventy
five gallon still and one three hun
bred gallon still were confiscated Six
thousand gallons of mash were de
stroyed. Seven prisoners were taken
All were armed but surrendered with
out a fight. This district is known
as the Kentucky of Wisconsin.
A sunstroke is not an industrial
hazard within the meaning of the
workman's compensation law, the
state supreme court held, affirming
decision of the lower court and the
industrial commission denying com,
pensation in the case of Joseph Lewis
OF Green Bay. The industrial com
mission dismissed the complaint Of
Anna Lewis, whose husband, Joseph,
died as the result OF a sunstroke July
Z, 1921. He was employed by the
Interstate Coal and Dock Co. at Green
Bay. The circuit court of Dane coun-
ty sustained the industrial commission
and Mrs. Lewis appealed.
Due to the exceptionally low price
being paid for potatoes this year. not
a carload of tubers has left Brentwood
markets while last year the potato
shipments were numerous at this time
Of year. Farmers are holding their
crops with the idea that the price will
strengthen in the near future It is
believed that a large percentage of
the farmers will hold their potatoes
until spring because many believe the
crop will bring a better price. How
ever, some farmers will dispose OF
heir crops to meet their obligations.
That the crop will be small next year
is the prediction of many farmers,
owing to the fact that farmers are dis
gusted with this years spud outlook.
A change in the state law will be
NECESSARY before county or town
boards can legally designate certain
country roads "arterial highways" and
compel vehicles to stop before cross
ing or turning into them, Franklin +.
Bump, assistant attorney general,
ruled in an opinion to Easton John
son, district attorney at Whitewater
Mr.. Bump held that cities alone now
possessed the power to name special
arterial highways, but suggested that
legislative action could change this
situation. The increased traffic on
certain state roads has made some
such legislation necessary in the opin'
ion of Frank Cannon, secretary Of
the Good Roads association of Wis
consn.
The motion of the Pullman Sleep
ing Car Co. for rehearing on the deci-