Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-03-22
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

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formal request to the school board for
an advance in salary of SO month.
The Ladysmith Chamber of Com
merce has adopted a resolution con-
demning the action of Assemblyman
V. V. Miller for his vote against the
Wilcox resolution in the assembly
The farm home of August Barchart,
six miles northeast of Tomahawk, was
completely destroyed by fire. The
furniture, clothing, $50 bushels of po-
tatoes and $55 in money burned
In keeping with the conservative
movement, members of the senior class
of the Berlin high school have voted
to wear cap and gown at their COM
mencement exercises this year.
Worry over income taxes that did
not actually affect him is believed to
have led John Tecklam, town of Mid
dleton farmer, to end his life. His
body was found hanging on his barn.
Only one candidate, Charles T.. Val
entine, has filed nomination papers for
mayor Of GAINESVILLE at the election on
April 2. From present Indication he
will have no opposition.
Miss Marie Montague, Madison, has
been accepted by Uncle Sam as tele-
phone operator at the battle front in
France. She will leave for lover
there" within three weeks.
TO keep a restaurant open on Sun
RI in nit nf oIa Ivy
to sell candies, fruits and cigars, is a
violation of the law, was the opinion
of the attorney general to District
Attorney Glen of Clintonville.
After he had received the endorse
ment of the Prohibition party, as can
didate for mayor, ex-Ald. Nels Larsen
Neenah, has refused to run but wants
to be elected supervisor. He was the
only candidate for mayor.
Just as he stepped from his ship on
its arrival at a port in France, Paul
LIE Clair, a Green Bay soldier, was
greeted by Capt. William Chapman
Gilmore, a boyhood companion, he had
not seen in several years.
The following paragraph is clipped
from a letter. received by the Wiscon-
sin industrial commission from a wild
ow recently granted an award by the
board for the death of her husband:
Il am having SO much trouble in try
ing to collect the money that ] some
times almost wish / had my husband
back"
Wisconsin soldiers and sailors now
in camps in this country will cast their
ballots in the special election to be
held April 2. Wherever there are 200
or more in one group a special repre-
sentative of the secretary OF state will
be sent to collect the votes, but where
there are fewer. than 200 they will use
the mail voting plan.
The state of Wisconsin has disposed
of 1000 acres of bottom lands north of
Prairie du Chen This is the first
state land sold in many years. These
lands were advertised by the state a
few weeks ago and were sold to Iowa
people at an average price of SIS per
acre. An attempt will be made by
private interests to reclaim this land
by drainige
A garden contest for this spring
has been arranged at Wausau by the
American National bank which will
give, a silver cup, a gold medal, and
ten bronze medals for the best kept
gardens in the city and county. There
also will be given two gold medals for
the two largest potatoes grown, two
gold medals for the largest pumpkins
and five gold medals for the five larg-
est ears of field corn.
A dry petition has been put in cir
eulation and indications are that a red
hot wet and dry fight will be staged
In CliRtonville from now till election
day, April 2. The soldiers school it
Is thought, will have considerable in
huence in placing the city in the dry
column on account of the army regu-
lations being so strict regarding the
sale of liquor where these schools are
located.
Unless Wisconsin farmers are care
ful to choose their crop rotations with
due regard to danger from certain
crop pests they will suffer damage
from the white grub this season"
This is the warning which is being Civ
en- by specialists, who are familiar
with the life cycles of this pest. To
lessen the damage farmers are advised
to avoid planting corn. potatoes or
other root crops on lands that were in
to grass, small grains or, timothy in
1877.
Mayor Daniel w. Hoan, Milwau-
kee, was removed as chairman Of
the administrative committee of the
County Council of Defense by the ex-
ecutive committee by vote of 16 to
S. The mayors support of the Social
ist anti-war platform and his insist
| ence that he could not withdraw his
support from it caused action. The
mayor denied the right of the com
mittee to remove him, but majority
claimed the action was justified under
it's bylaws.
A. w. Wilcox, president of the Hori
con state bank, has received mes
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