The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-02-09

MS IhHIlly Inc man Was lOuhu uSau
on the hay having succumbed to heart
disease.
Miss Maud Tollefson, Bashaw, has
resigned her position as Washburn
county nurse and has gone to Mis-
souri, to engage in helping health
work. in addition to conducting the
health work of the county, Miss Toll
lefson conducted a home nursing
course at Bashaw.
dairy farm equipment on the Hastings
Shepherd farm, two miles south of
Mineral Point Iowa county, was de-
stroyed by fire. Fifty-three head of
cdttle, six horses and some goats were
consumed in the flames with all hay
grain, feed and farm machinery
Six deaths from carbon monoxide
poisoning, occurring in garages or
other places where exhaust gases
from gasoline engines accumulate,
were reported to the state board Of
health during the first IL months Of
1921. December figures are not yet
available.
Cities in Wisconsin have no power
to pass an ordinance licensing soft
drink parlors without at the same
time establishing regulations for the
safeguard of good health and good
order. j. +. Messerschmidt, assistant
attorney general, held in an opinion
to A. J. O'Melia, district attorney Of
Oneida county.
The saw is the most deadly piece
of machinery used in Wisconsin. In
the six year period, 1915-192O, inclu'
sive, 1919 compensate injuries, eigh.
teen fatal and 734 permanent, occur.
red in factories OF the state, according
to a table prepared by the state in.
dustrial commission. 1920 was the
worst year, the table showed with
eco accidents. These accidents cost
employers $137271 in actual cash
compensation paid out, and l5S,8lO
working days.
Turtle Lake, near Brentwood, was
selected as a cheese distributing cen
ter for Polk, st. CroiX and Barron
counties by large group of cheese
factory owners. Because Turtle Lake
is located in the exact center of a
cheese producing region in the three
which makes 100000 to 100000
pounds of American cheese annually,
that city was selected as the central
point of distribution. Sixty cheese
factories will have the advantage of
two railroads in shipping their pro.
ducts to Turtle Lake.
Issuance of permits to doctors au-
thorizing them to prescribe intoXicat-
ing liquors subject to state regulation
is being held up by failure of many
doctors to obtain federal permits, w
Stanley Smith, prohibition commits
sioner, said. Only $50 permits have
been sent to doctors by the state
office, out of approximately 1900,
while 400 of the 100 druggists have
been granted permission to handle
liquors. Mr.. Smith said no prosecu-
tions would be commended against
doctors or druggists until they had
ample time to obtain federal permits
Twenty-six Polish orphan children,
ranging in age from 6 to 10 years,
who came to st. Clara's orphanage
near Stevens Point last spring from
Siberia, left last week on the return
trip to their native land. They will
be included in party of $50 young
sters to sail from New York, A de
pIeted treasury of the Polish National
council, which met the expense OF
caring for them, the fact that living
in Poland costs only half of what ii
does in America and the request Of
relatives in Poland for their return
brought about the decision to send
them back.
Tuberculosis eradication in Wiscon
sin dairy herds must be curtailed
materially until July /, 1922, when
further funds will be available for
indemnity purposes, the state depart
ment of agriculture has announced
/ The first six months of the fiscal
year have resulted in expenditure Of
nearly $275,OOO of the departments
$350,00O provided for payment of in
IDENTITIES to owners of slaughtered
tubercular cattle Future tests can
be made by veterinarians to July
only after an application has been
submitted to the state veterinarian
and a permit issued Veterinarians
are permitted to continue testing
herds already under supervision.
The state of Wisconsin owns or has
an equity in property valued at about
S97,00000O which it has accumulated
during forty-seven years of statehood,
j. d. G.. Mack, state engineer, pointed
out in a survey of property. The value
Of land used by the sc major institu-
lions and in state parks is estimated
at 81 100000, with the states equity
in highways and bridges amounting
to about $45,0O0,0O0, Mr.. Mack says.
The present value Of state owned
buildings, he said, is difficult to es-
innate, as illustrated by the capitol
building, built at an actual cost OF
s7258, 1853, but whose reproduction
value Is estimated at $20,000,000
Ole X. Anderson, GA years old, for.