The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-04-27

ton consignment sale at Monroe, May
g. Some ITO head o. choice stock will
be sold.
Another stay has been granted John
Konstant, 17-year-old Sheboygan youth
who has been ordered deported to
Turkey, He will take literacy test
on June l, Hundreds Of friends have
interested themselves in the fight to
save the youth from deportation.
Increased activity in the iron indus
try was forecast when the Center st,
plant of the Western Malleables Co.,
Beaver Dam furnished employment for
200 additional men. With the opening
of the Center st. plant only one of the
three big units in Beaver Dam of this
company remains idle, When running
full capacity the Malleable Co has on
its payroll over 1000 men.
The first golden wedding to be cele.
brated in Brentwood was that of Mr..
and Mrs. Gottlieb Grassley, who OBJ.
served their fiftieth anniversary. Mr.
and Mrs. Grassley have resided in
Brentwood 30 years, having come to
that city the day previous to their
thirtieth wedding anniversary. They
were married April IL, 1872.
Strict enforcement of the Severson
prohibition law, which makes 1t illegal
to manufacture wine or beer in the
home for home use, will be under
taken by the prohibition department
w. Stanley Smith, commissioner, said
in letter to all peace officers of the
state. Accompanying the letter is q
copy of the decision of the state su
preme court. holding that home brew
ing is unlawful.
Dragged more than mile by mad
dened COW that he was leading to pas
ture, Rollo Miller, 28, Racine county
farmer, received injuries that caused
his DEATH Miller was leading the COW
from the barn when it became fright
ened and bolted down the road drag
ging him along the ground by rope
which the farmer had tied to his wrist
He was unconscious when found and
died In a few hours.
Spring blowing and planting in Wis
consin has been delayed more than a
week by cold and wet weather, the
state crop service reports. 1t sayi
that in some northern counties the
frost is just out of the ground. With
the floods in the eastern and southern
part of the state, some fields of winter
wheat, rye and grass are said to have
suffered severe damage. Seeding OF
oats and spring wheat is reported as
already one week late.
After celebrating 80 hours, the jury
in the case of the Travellers Insurance
Co. against DR.. Frank Meyers, Edger.
ton, decided that $4,000 would be
a reasonable compensation for injuries
suffered by Henry Besman, Edgerton
fireman, seriously hurt when strucl
by the automobile of DR., Meyer las
September. Circuit court Judge +
Ray Stevens will determine who is K
bear the liability and other points o
law involved
Wisconsin Indians are on the wal
path against a bill pending in congress,
which would postpone citizenship TO
red men to twenty-five years after the
allotment of land to them. The fight
against the proposed measure is being
led by the Rev Philip Gordon of Re
serve, one of the two Indian priests
in the United States. Gordon has jus
returned from Washington where h,
appealed to the president against thu
proposed legislation.
After q years Of government sery
ice, Frank L. Frazier of Sparta has
been appointed to the office of chic
Wisconsin revenue agent. Mr.. Fra
zier was for several years supervisor
of collectors offices at Washington
The new job accorded him carries a
salary of $4,000, and the duties include
the auditing of corporation income tax
returns and individual returns on in
comes over $1,000, as well as inherit
ance tax reports.
Honey farming" is rapidly becom.
ing an important business in Wiscon
sin, according to II. F. Wilson of the
department of agriculture of the uni
yersity. Farmers in all parts of the
state are turning to bee culture as q
means of adding to their revenues.
The average annual output of the state
is 100000 pounds. At the present
wholesale price OF honey, this annual
crop nets the beekeepers Of the state
better than 100000. There are about
forty-two bee colonies in the state al
the present time. Each one of these
has an average output of 10000
pounds of honey.
Upon the closing of the beaver trap
ping season this month, many trappers
from Ashland and the surrounding
towns have returned from their loca.
tons or lines In the woods. The
number of trappers was greatly in
creased during the year, largely due
to the lack of other employment, and
as all have been successful to some
extent, the fur supply has been great
ly decreased. The slaughter of beaver
has been so great that game wardens,
and members OF various conservation
organizations have started fight for
a closed season. This has been the
first open season" for the trapping of
beaver for many years.
Loss of $4,000 was caused when fire
doptrovad a larpp harm nm tha farm of