The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-11-23
WISCONST
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

mission soon will conduct eXamina
tons for the twenty-fifth district
which includes Outagamie and Wau
Lonsdorf, who will become district at
torney of Outagamie county on Jan. |.
Advocates. of a tuberculosis sana-
forum for Rock county are victorious
after 10-year fight which ended when
the board voted, "a to 20, to stars
construction in 1928 and accepted
plans submitted by Milwaukee archi-
tects.
An electrical storm in November
struck the barn of Jerry Olson, a
farmer living near Woodford, and it
burned to the ground together with
all its contents, including four mich
cows. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
All disabled ex-service men who
may have any idea that they may at
any time desire vocational training
must have their applications filed be-
fore Dec. 16, it was announced by
Post Commander J. II. MCCLELLAN of
Green Bay.
A petition asking the Wisconsin
railroad commission for restoration of
train service on the North Western
railway between Sheboygan and Fond
du Lac, discontinued during the shop
mems strike, has been filed, Present
service is said to be inadequate.
The Prairie du Chen Brewing Co.
and its president, l.. w. Silverschmidt,
were found not guilty of violation of
the Volstead act by jury in federal
district court at Madison. The brew
cry company and its president had
been charged with the illegal manu-
facture of Intoxicating beverages.
A bill for more than $500 for ex-
penses incurred by it in the apprehen-
sion of Fred Mcbride for the murder
of Edward Thielan, thereby solving
the mystery of Miracle creek, has
been presented to the Walworth coun-
ty board by jefferson county. Thielan
was murdered in Walworth county and
his body found in Jefferson county.
Alex McRae, assessor of incomes,
reports the assessed valuation of all
real estate in Oneida county is ST.
4G6464. Personal property of the city
and county is assessed at $3,623,595.
There are 1926 automobiles in the
city and county assessed at $520,647
Of these cars 72S are in Rhinelander.
Bank stock is placed at $261,779 and
merchants and manufacturers stock
at $1,719,166
One OF the important matters to be
considered at the annual meeting of
the Waupaca county board will be a
new normal school for Waupaca cOun-
Ity. Ever since the county normal was
established in 1903 it has occupied
rooms in the Mckinley school build
1 ing in New London. Since that time
! thee demands have increased to such
an extent that a new building is abb
solutely necessary. While it is prob
able that the school will remain in
New London. Waupaca and Manawa
are mentioned as possible locations.
Officials of the First National bank
In Bayfield, have received information
from the federal government at Wash
| lngton to the effect that the charter
Tor the local bank has been renewed
for a period of SO years. The bank
was organized in 1903 by Bayfield,
business men and charter granted
Tor a period of 20 years which has
lust expired A. H. Wilkinson, inter
nal revenue collector for the eastern
district of Wisconsin at present, has
been president of the bank since its
organization.
The l. Wisconsin free employment
Offices report 1922 placements during
the week ending Nov. II, as compared
with 9.194 the previous week the in
dustria commission has reported
There were 1854 applications for jobs,
as compared with 1882 requests for
help, a shortage of 1913. In the pre-
yious week there were 63l more re-
quests for help than applications for
work. indicating, the commission says,
that the shortage Of labor is decreas-
ing rapidly. AS compared with year
ago the number of placements is
larger
More than $1,316,000 was appropri-
ated by the Fond du Lac county board
of supervisors for road work in this
county in 1923. OF this sum, 81 ,263,-
372 is to be used in the construction
of new roads. OF the work planned
for next year more than forty-one
miles is to be Of cement, and the re-
mainder, about forty-tive miles, of
gravel. The cement construction pro
gram approved by the county board
is the largest undertaken by Fond du
Lac county, and is one of the largest
ever attempted in any county in the
state with the possible exception OF
Milwaukee county In the 1922 sea.
son just ended, Fond du Lac county
laid nearly thirty-siX miles of cement
roads.
r. G. Doudna has resigned as super.
intendent of the Wisconsin RapidH
public schools, effective on Jan. ! and
plans to leave at that time for Madi-
son, where he will assume the office
Of secretary of the Wisconsin Teach
ers association, to which he was re
Gently elected.
Mai. Harold G. Fitz of the United
States army has been assigned to the