The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-11-02
VISION SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

SulJeu IN q serious INJURY 10 Lyle
Meek, 8, Stevens Point, who suffered
fracture of the skull when he struck
against a tricycle. and fell
Elmer Engren, town of White River,
brought in a wolf hide to Ashland and
collected the $50 bounty. He reports
numerous wolves in the vicinity of
Sanbon and Marengo, Ashland coun-
", and that a number of farmers are
trapping them.
Ten coons were killed at the annual
hunters reunion in Galesville in three
nights of hunting, There were fifty.
one dogs at the reunion, one hunter,
Clarence Augustine Whitehall, furnish
ing thirteen. Seventy-fve hunters at
tended the reunion.
Relatives of Miss Pauline Wilkow-
ski, Manitowoc nurse engaged in re-
lief work in the Near East, received
a letter from the nurse informing
them that she had escaped the mas
sacres in Turkey and was headed for
Constantinople.
Probably the largest criminal calen-
dar in the history of the Eighteenth
district circuit court in Fond du Lac
will be called Nov. when the reEu-
lar fall term opens with Judge Chester
A. Fowler presiding The state has
scheduled eighty cases for hearing at
this term.
The Barron Cooperative Creamery
reports 555,749 pounds of cream re-
ceiyed in September, making 165, 1888
pounds Of butterfat for which AZ cents
a pound was paid. The largest check
went to John Etlicher who received
S292.15. This is the largest coopera-
tive creamery in the world
Eighteen carloads of potatoes have
been shipped from the Alderton farm
near Laona this fall Most of these
potatoes were sold on contract at
good prices. 1t is said that the first
five carloads were contracted for at
$140 per hundred pounds and loaded
directly from the fields.
State banks are not empowered I'M
der existing Wisconsin laws to accept
drafts drawn upon them for future
payment, Ralph M. Hoyt, deputy attor-
ney general, ruled in an opinion to
Marshall Cousins, commissioner of
banking. Members of the federal re-
serve system, the ruling held, can L.
gally accept drafts. The question of
liability of banks for accepted drafts
was not passed on in the opinion.
An increase in salary of at least 10
per cent for Oshkosh firemen and
policemen to compare fayorably with
payment in other Wisconsin cities is
recommended in a report by a special
committee Of the Association of Com
MERGE. The committee stated that an
analysis Of salaries paid by other
cities, the Size Of Oshkosh, and small
er, shows that the schedule in Osh-
kosh is decidedly low in comparison.
Fifty dollars a pound for partridge
is too high to pay, says Henry Reden,
jr., of Chippewa Falls, who was fined
$53.05 for hunting and killing par
fridge out of season. Mr.. Reden's wall
to the game warden that he came
across the partridge wounded, and
killed it only to relieve it of its suf-
fering failed to convince. The double
barreled shotgun Mr.. Reden carried,
loaned by an obliging friend, was con-
fiscated
Following request by the traffic
bureau of the Oshkosh Association of
Commerce, the state railroad com
mission has given an Interpretation of
its recent order relative to the ship
ment of soft coal and as a result there
will be a reduction of 10 cents a ton
on the shipment charge of soft coal
from Sheboygan and Milwaukee to
Oshkosh. Formerly the rate was 1920
a ton. Now it is $110.
Living and moving about in re-
gion not only infested, but ruled by
bandits is the experience of Miss
Oyidia Hansing, Barron county girl,
who is doing missionary work in
China. Writing to relatives she tells
how she is in region absolutely un.
der the control Of bandits, but that
so far foreigners have not been mo.
Tested, either as to person or property
Robbers over there never harm a per
son, she writes, merely taking away
the property and belongings Of their
victims.
A novel plan for caring for the poor
of Richland county is provided in a
will just filed in County court at Rich.
land Center by former state sena
tor and well known political leader
In accordance with the wish of the
late D. G. James, his heirs, 0. b.
James, Vida BMndley and Aida H.
James have created trust fund OF
$4,000 to be kept intact under the
jurisdiction Of the County court. The
income from this principal shall be
used for betterng The conditions of
working women and dependent chill
dren in Richland county.
An industrial bureau which will act
as a medium between outside manu-
facturers and Superior Is being
formed. 1t will gather data for in
dustrles seeking to locate in Superior
and will also advise against the loca
ton there Of industries which would
prove a detriment.
A plan for county live stock develop
ment through a program of education
for farmers was outlined at the an