The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-09-21

Howard Helminstine, 25, Black
Earth, was drowned in the Wisconsin
river near Mazomanie. He had at
tempted to swim to boat on the OPP
posite shore, but his strength failed
him and he sank
Charles Carey, Manitowoc clerk Of
circuit court and recent candidate to
succeed himself who was defeated by
fifteen votes, through attorneys has
filed petition for a recount claiming
that irregularities exist in six pre-
cincts.
Alex Rabideaux, Odanah, charged
with having moonshine in his posses
sion on the Oshkosh Indian reserva-
ton, received a sentence of forty-two
days in jail by Judge c. H. Luse in
federal court at Superior He had
already served forty-two Gays in Jail
awaiting trial, so he was set free.
Badger state potato growers are to
be given an opportunity to market
their crop through a state co-opera-
tive potato exchange, if plans perfect
ed at meeting of the potato mar
keting committee Of the Wisconsin
Farm Bureau federation, held at
Stevens Point, are successfully con-
summated.
Sergeant r. B. Curtis, "Wisconsin's
greatest LIVING World war hero is
now on a personal tour throughout
northern Wisconsin in an effort to
carry on the program of the Veterans
Aid Society of Wisconsin. The soci-
ETY. is endeayoring to relieve the suf-
fering of disabled former service men
of Wisconsin.
At a meeting of Sawyer county
sportsmen in Hayward, called by the
Wisconsin conservation commission,
a vote on a motion to close the sea
son' for hunting deer in Wisconsin
was lost by a large majority The
meeting was unanimously in favor of
the one buck law for conserving deer
in the state.
The oldest known owner and driver
of a car in Portage county is l.. G,
Rice, McDill Mr.. Rice, who is "a
years old is still young in his ideas
and few days ago came to Stevens
Point and returned home with new
auto. This was his initial experience
with automobiles. The intricacies of
operation of the car have proved no
obstacle to the aged man. He has
mastered the knack of driving and is
now declared to be a rabid auto fan.
Melons are more plentiful in Wis
consin this year than ever before. At
Amherst the farmers cannot market
the melons ande are inviting people
to help themselves. At Montello, on
highway %, farmers are selling wa
termelons at 5 and 10 cents each and
cantaloupe at four for 5 cents. In
some places melons are still bringing
fair prices, but generally they are so
cheap that it does not pay to harvest
them, and thousands will 90 to waste.
AS a result of raids conducted in
La Crosse by fifteen state and federal
prohibition agents, Judge Brindley had
field day in county court William
Chamberlain and T. A. Thompson paid
fines Of $500 each; Ole Korstad, sa-
loon keeper and John Champaign,
S4Uv each; Carem Theep was fined
$500 Joe Pinger, caught with Mary
Armstrong carrying jug Of moon
shine was sentenced to five months
in the county Jail. Clara Frederick
son was fined $500 for having a still
in her cottage.
While attending a dance at Kell.
nersville, John Kunz, Kossuth farmer
either lost or had stolen 500 in Lib
erty bonds, $50 in cash and $4,000 in
notes and certificates of deposit, The
notes and certificates were later re-
turned to him in a letter mailed at
Ishpening, Mich. Kunz had the valu
ables in a wallet which he is accuy-
toned to carry in his Sunday clothes.
lie did not learn of his loss until sew
eral days after the dance when he
was about to don the suit again.
Two world war veterans serving
sentences in county jails for violation
of Wisconsin laws were freed by Gov.
Blaine. Robert Roy Wilson, IS years
old, West Bend, who was shell shocked
in the ArgOnne forest, was confined
for sixty days in the Washington
county Jail after he had been arrested
for being disOrderly at a dance. He
was granted an absolute pardon. 10.
seph Berrens, Calumet county, serving
six months for violation of the pro
hibition law, was freed after he had
/ served three months of his sentence.
/ While final figures showing the val
uation of the city of MarshGeld have
not been tabulated, City Clerk G. J.
+ Leonhard declares that the assess
ment will top the 100000 mark. In
il as much as the board of review re.
duced last years valuation, which was
about $1O,O0O,OOO, by 20 per cent, the
/ figures this year show a healthy in
crease in the prosperity of the city
Much Of this increase is due to the
4 fact that there were erected in the
city during the last year approximate.
ly 100 homes.
All Wisconsin conservation wardens
have been appointed entomologists,
with power to enforce the state rul.
ing which forbids the carrying of