Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Observation-Disclosures county bank
ers have organized the Waushara|
County Development association. Reul
resentatives of the banks at Hancock
Plainfeld, Wild Rose, Wautoma and
Neshkoro are members. Those pres
ent at the formation of the association
were o. A. Crowell, Almond; G. al
Sargent, j. A. Blair, Plainfield C. Al
Walker, Allen Gibbs, Hancock; ]. Vi
Berens, I. H. Patterson, F. M. Clark
Wild Rose; H. A. Miller, Neshkoro; RI
H. Hackett, Oshkosh; George PI
Walker, L. H. Larsen, E. F. KileenI
Clyde Diggles, c. T. Taylor, Guy Num-
brue, Charles Adhesion, John Eaganl
Wautoma; R. C. Stuart, Ripon; ]. Al
Spaulding, Marshfield, NJ McFhersOnl
Milwaukee, and H. j. Maxwell Prince
ton. officers were elected as follows
President, Mr.. Sargent; vice president
Mr. Larsen, and secretary and treas
urer, Mr.. Gibbs. The next session will
be held at Wild Rose.
Kenosha.- The county board unani1
mously voted to demand the repeal Of
tine Estate aid for highways" law on
the ground that the operation Of th9
law had not been satisfactory in this
county. The board asks that copies OF
its resolution be sent to all counties
in the state and that the other coun1
ties be asked to join in a STATEWIDE
movement to secure the repeal OF the
act. II is declared that the law haa
promoted extravaganza. An enOrq
was made to abandon state aid in he1
nosha county but it failed by tWOl
votes.
GAINESVILLE. Albert Lawson, preSl1
dent of the GAINESVILLE Wholesale Gro-I
Gerry company, who died last week.
leaves an estate estimated at nearly
100000, divided among his WldOWI
and two daughters, Mrs. Walter 81
Atwood and Miss Lawson, and REV.
minor requests to relatives anu
friends.
Beloit.-Mrs. John R. Booth ana
Mrs. j. M. Smiley, sisters, were malVI
widows within the last week. MT
Booth died few days ago and MT
Smiley's death occurred one day la'6i
The men we're old residents ana prOmF
nent citizens of this community
Portage. Daniel, 16-year-old sou u
Mr.. and Mrs. George Behn, VINO was
alone in the home six miles east "
here, was found bound and gaggeu :.
two unknown men who entered ~,
house. After binding the boy n0
strangers ransacked the house la0, no
were frightened away by pa''n .5
team. The boy lay bound anu s@so .n
for three hours. His parents is'u''
ing from Portage, found him. i
Waukesha.- Mukwonago ~
vancement association has appon'S
a committee to cooperate WIN .O sad
mittees from cities along the propoId
500 railway cutoff from Grand Ksp, .D
to Mukwonago for the purpose u ,.;ne
ating sentiment favoring the Ounu lids
of the new line. Both Granu l'~r s;ng
md Beaver Dam have been 1oiinl .o
delegations from towns along lno laws
posed cutoff route to lay then "
before the 500 directors. loot.
Stevens Point At the annu"i rar.
ing of the Portage County Rui@a scors
riers' association the following ON
were elected: President, Oeois ;Sont
Vaughn. Stevens Point; vice preslu ,rsr
Frank e. Shelton, Almond; tTea9 o+ion.|
Theodore Kubisiak, Amherst 1ur ,Ion.
Stevens Point.-The Vetter .hoeed
featuring company has purcna4 10
/ 600 acres of timber land anu and
acre mill site in Marathon couns from
will erect a sawmill and VIII cu' day
10000 to $4,000 feet of timber
next winter. oood AZ,
dropped dead when his wife w aaovered
nounced insane. The widow rev was
almost as suddenly as sn0
st waVaavega-rhe EvanswOod cheer beer
factory has been sold to JONI .n.essios
man. who intends to take possess
next month.