Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-03-08

of field secretary of the Wisconsin
Game Protective association.
Fourteen Oshkosh young men re-
gistered under the selective service
and placed in class / have volunteered.
They all passed the physical examina-
ton.
A sudden rise of water in the La
Crosse river washed out about fifty
feet of the south approach to the New
ton dam, piling up huge banks of ice
nd flooding all the lowlands.
The American Society of Equity in
tends having number of members
before the next legislature. 1t is said
the legislature program of this society
is already being formulated.
Captain Frank Schneider, formerly
attached to the Fourth regiment. w.
N. g., and Leo Schubert, of a head
quarters company, whose homes are
in Neenah, have arrived safely in
France, according to a cablegram.
The Ripon Light and Water Com
pany, facing water shortage, asks all
Ripon people to economic to prevent
a famine Springs are frozen and the
natural flow stopped. All water now
has to be boiled.
Lieut.. Leonard J. Baker. son of Mr..
and Mrs. FL. j. Baker, Fond du Lac,
who has been seriously i'll with spinal
meningitis in France, is again on
American soil, according to tele-
gram received by his parents.
The Ripon Packing company plant,
one of the Oldest established indus
tries at Ripon, was destroyed by fire,
with loss of $4,000. The entire sea-
sons pack of pickles was in the MAX
ing and was included in the loss.
Nomination papers of Justice, NJ. B.
Rosenberg, candidate for the supreme
court, were fled with Secretary of
State Merlin Hull. The first name on
the list is that of Chas. H. Crownhart,
now Rosenberry's opponent. in the
race.
Three days of welded life was
enough for Mrs. J. Fred Korth. wife
of town Of Menasha farmer. She
left him and then he sued for a dl-
vorce and got it. Korth is the father
of seven children by former mar
riage.
Following the lead of GAINESVILLE, a
movement has been started at Osh-
kosh to GUST the commission form of
government and return to the alder
manic system. Petitions are in cir
culation and massmeetings are
planned
Falling through hole in the ice
which he had chopped for the purpose
of fising, Alderman H. j.. Schierl of
Menasha, had narrow escape from
drowning. He went far under but
came up directly where he went down
and was able by placing his arms on
edge of the hole to crawl out
Christina Peterson, 6-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham
Peterson, residing fifteen miles north
west of Cumberland was accidentally
shot and killed by her 10-year old
brother The boy was cleaning
rifle, when it was accidentally dis
charged, the bullet striking the girl
in the head. causing instant death.
Charles L. Hailet of GAINESVILLE, an
employee of the Chicago. Milwaukee 4
st. Paul railroad roundhouse, lies in
the hospital with his head, face and
back badly burned. Two fellow work.
men, John Davey and Fred E. Neve.
were also burned when the plug from
the engine boiler they were repairing
came out.
During the last few days the car
ferry fleets of the Ann Arbor and Pere
Marquette lines have relieved the
freight congestion in the Manitowoc
yards, where more than 500 cars have
been waiting shipment for many days.
In forty-eight hours ten ferries entered
this port, loaded to capacity. and
cleared as quickly as possible.
Mrs. A. E. Gebert, wife of butch
er at Malladore, Wood county, was
arrested by Deputy United States
Marshal Teuton, charged with having
threatened the life of President Will
son. Mrs. Gebert, a German Socialist,
was taken to Wausau by the deputy
where she entered a plea of not
guilty and was released on bonds OF
$500.
Milk producers of Racine and Ke-
nosha counties voted to join milk pro-
ducers of Wisconsin and Illinois in
organizing the Milk Producers CO.
operative Marketing association with
capital stock of 100000. The new
association will dispose of milk pro-
duced by members and if necessary
plants will be erected for the manufac-
ture of butter, cheese and condensed
milk.
The three Republican candidates
Congressman I. L. Lenroot, Ex-Gov.
F. e. McGovern and James Thompson;
the Democratic aspirants-Joseph E.
Davies and DR.. Charles Mccarthy, and
the Socialist, Victor l.. Berger-are
qualified for the United States senate
rial race by filing their nomination pa
pers with the. secretary of state at
Madison The situation now appar-
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