Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-07-12
WISCONSIN, NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State


lains. st. Norbert's honor roll now
numbers over 100.
Marshfield School directors at the
annual meeting voted a bond issue OF
$50, 900 for the erection of a building
to house the vocational and junior
high school pupils.
Milk dealers of La Crosse formed
an organization there electing p. A.
Larson, La Crosse, president. The
purpose of the organization is to bring
about just prices and protect trade.
With every industrial institutions
operating full blast, the population of
Rainelander is growing SO rapidly that
Zoo new houses are needed to furnish
homes for workmen and their families.
Upon receipt of letter by Frank
Gegere of Green Bay it developed that
Private George Gegere, not his
brother, Sergt Paul Gegere, was killed
in action in France early in June.
Two of the largest manufacturing
companies in Marinette have agreed
to pay the regular salaries of all en-
ployes who are members of the state
guard during their stay at Camp
Douglas.
Prof Carl Russell Fish of the his
tory department, University Of Wis
consin, is spending his summer vaca-
ton making guns in the plant Of the
Northwestern Ordnance company at
Madison.
Mrs. Minnie Warren Campbell, for
mer Waupun girl has completed train
ing at San Francisco, under direction
of the National Women's Service
league, for army service. She will
drive supply motor truck.
The industrial commission awarded
Daniel Tewes, of Goodman, $2,085.77,
to be paid in lump sum by the Good
man Lumber company of Goodman.
The man was injured while at work,
necessitating the amputation OF limb
in December, 1917.
The railroad commission has author
lied the Wisconsin Minnesota Light &,
Power Co., which was recently grant
ed a surcharge of 10 cents per 1000
cubic feet of gas in the city Of Eau
Claire, to add a surcharge of 80 cents
per 1000 cubic feet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Truston Wilcox, Wau-
pun, celebrated their sixty fifth we'd
ding anniversary on Thursday, July 4.
They were married in Fox Lake in
1853. Guests at the anniversary cele-
bration included several who danced
at their wedding in the Little Red tav--
ems
A new paper mill is to be built at
Stevens Point on the Wisconsin river
by the Consolidated Water Power &
Paper Co., with which the Interlake
Pulp & Paper Co., Appleton, is affiliat-
ed G. l.. Giddings, formerly sales
manager Of the futile Press Co., will
be in charge. This new conversion
will manufacture wrapping tissue pa
per.
Frank E. Davidson must not manage
the candidates. of j. N. Tittemore and
the others of the Tittemore slate for
state office, Attorney General Spencer
Haven has ruled No committee or
individual can manage more than one
candidates affairs without humping
into the corrupt practices act. Haven
held, in an opinion to Secretary of
State Merlin Hull
II At the annual school meeting at
Monroe the main question discussed
was that of maintaining German in the
curriculum. A majority OF the people
there talk German at hame and the
two main churches have German serv-
ices. Upon a motion to drop German,
the chairman called for a rising vote.
There was not single vote against
the motion 1t was also voted to burn
all German books at a public bonfire.
Thousands of people attended the
burning.
When Alden M. Potter, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Lyman Potter of Baraboo.
became a member of the National
army recently June 2S), he was the
fifth brother of one family to enter the
service. The other four brothers are:
Lieut. Howard l. Potter, in France;
Rollin Potter, Columbus, o.; Arthur
Newport News, Va. A sixth brother,
Boyd Potter, 10, who graduated from
the Baraboo high school this year, in
tends to enlist in some branch of the
service soon.
Petitions were formulated at a meet
ing of the department heads of five
Superior drygoods and department
stores at the Y M C. A., asking that
the stores be closed at 6 p. III. on
Saturday evenings during July and Au
gust 1t was suggested that the stores
close at 1 p. NJ. on Thursday after
moons but this was oVerruled. The
Merchants association has discon
tinued meetings during the summer
but it is expected that special meet
ing will be called to decide what to dc
with the requests.
The war department in a telegram
to President Van Hise, University OF
Wisconsin, announced that fourteen