Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-11-29
Badger State
Happenings

The Outagamie county board
adopted resolutions abolishing the Of
flee of county food agent after Dec. i.
e. L. Liddle held the Office.
Samuel Wolfgram of Lenox, near
Rhinelander, is alleged to have re-
fused to participate in a peace celebra-
ton. Unknown persons daubed his
store front with yellow paint.
With the election returns not can
vassed from Burnett, Crawford, Iowa.
Milwaukee, Oneida, Outagamle and
Villas counties, but including the sol
der vote, the total for governor is:
Moehlenpah 1854, Philip 121,334.
A Coleman farmer, l.. Fl. Kiesit, mar
roWly missed instant death when a
blast of dynamite prematurely ex-
ploded. He was thrown twenty feet
in the air, landing on his head. He is
in critical condition.
Henry Mulholland, Manitowoc,
county food administrator, who has
been serving without pay and who eX-
poets to continue his duties, present
ed communication to the county
board asking that he be paid $500 for
his work. At present no compensa-
ton is allowed for this Office.
Rover, a faithful little black and tan
dog and the family pet at the John M.
Moss farm, seven miles northwest OF
Beloit, is dead. The whining and
barking of the animal woke the Miss
es Minis and Jessie Moss and their
brothers,, Lewis and Gilbert, while
flames were consuming the house.
The family escaped, but the dog was
burned
Colon Seibel, son of Patrol Officer
Joseph A. Seibel, Marinette, and his
cousin, Harry Kennedy OF Milwaukee,
formerly OF Marinette, were wounded
in the same battle in France. Seibel
arrived at Camp Dodge, Des Moines,
a., a few weeks ago for treatment
and is expected home on furlough
soon. His cousin is expected at the
same camp from overseas in the near
future.
* movement to abolish tipping and
to place walters and mattresses on a
Str aight wage basis has been started
by members of Milwaukee Walters
union No. SO. Fred B. Hobby of the
cluo has signed an agreement with
the union providing for wages for
walters Of SIS monthly, with a cover
payment of 10 cents, which would give
the men from 500 to 800 month.
Thirty-seven years after he started
in La Crosse as a printer, d. D..
Wcsthington, owner and publisher Of
The Beloit News, came back for his
first visit as a witness before the fed
eral grand jury. Mr.. Worthington is
one of four notable newspapermen
who started their careers on the old
La Crosse News. The others were
Henry B. Legler, late public librarian
OF Chicago; Alexander Nevins, one of
the editors of The Chicago Herald and
Tribune, and w. A. Bowdish, for a
generation connected with Milwaukee
newspapers.
Changes have been made by the
state food administration in wheat
milling regulations. Millers are al
lowed to store wheat ninety days in
stead Of sixty, and they may keep
ninety days supply of unsold wheat
on hand. They may sell a ninety days
supply of wheat flour to dealers and
bakers instead of sixty days stock I'M
der the old regulation. The interim
between a contract and delivery Of
wheat flour has been extended from
thirty to ninety days. Gluten and self
rising fours may now be manufac-
tured without a permit.
Tax rates range from II to 40 mills
in Wisconsin's various cities and the
assessed valuation of property ranges
from 648 to ITO per cent, according
to a report of the tax levies and rates.
in the states 128 cities prepared by
the municipal reference bureau of the
University Of Wisconsin extension di-
vision. Tables presented in the report
show the population, assessed valua-
ton, per cent of true value, total gen
eral Of taxes, general city taxes, spe-
cial assessment, income taxes and tax
rates in all the cities Of the state.
The material was prepared in answer
to the demand expressed by city Off
Gals for such tables to assist them in
preparing budgets.
In the presence of members of the
family, the faculty OF the university
and visitors from all parts Of the
United States, Charles Richard Van
IIise, president of the University Of
Wisconsin, was laid to rest in the Gam
lily lot in Forest Hill cemetery The
last rites were impressive. The fu-
neral cortege was one of the largest
ever held in Madison, Men and women
prominent in educational and political
life of the state came from every Sec
ton of Wisconsin to pay tribute to the
man who had done SO much for the
great state institution. Bishop Sam
uel Fallows Of Chicago officiated at
the library and DR.. George G. Foster,
pastor OF the Unitarian church, con-
Quoted the services at Forest Hill