Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-04-05
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State


John o. Johnson, SO years of age,
was killed while removing loaded
shotgun from an automobile. The
trigger caught in the car. He was as
SCISSOR of the town of Argyle.
The tug Brogan, which wintered at
the shipyards in Sturgeon Bay sank,
and now lies in twenty-four feet of
water alongside the north pier. What
caused the craft to sink is a mystery.
Because Menasha wants to be 100
per cent patriotic, residents of Berlin
street have petitioned the council to
change the name to something more
American.
Mrs. Minnie Drinkwater of Bridge
port, near Prairie du Chen, was held
by Judge Nelson of the county court
on a charge of having murdered her
husband, Frank Drinkwater, a saloon
keeper
The chief clerks Office of the rail.
way mail service at La Crosse will be
abolished, according to word from
Congressman Esch. David Evans,
chief clerk, and four assistants will be
transferred.
Farmers in the neighborhood of
Plainfeld are heavy losers on their
potato crop and now have their cellars
full of fine eating potatoes. They get
60 cents per 100 pounds for the best
and SO cents per bushel for red stock.
r n f1nr in
sawmill at Athens was killed almost
instantly when steam pipe on the
boiler burst. Lewandowski's back was
broken and he was frightfully scalded
He was % years old and is survived
by a widow and one child.
William Topper, who was arrested
at Rhinelander last December on dis
orderly charge together with that of
being German spy, will be interned
near Atlanta, Ga. A federal officer
said it has been determined after in
vestigation that this man is spy.
Miss Anna Schurman, 12-year old
girl trapper of Willow Springs, Lafay-
cite county, trapped $1,000 worth of
furs during the winter. Her catch con-
sisted of fifteen muskrats, four skunks
and two minks. She personally skin
ned the animals and cured the furS.
ClintonvilIe and the village of En-
barrass became bone dry when federal
officers ordered saloons closed for the
duration of the war. There are mill.
tary camps in Clintonville in connec-
ton with the Four-Wheel Drive fac.
tory and no saloons are permitted
within five miles.
Il. G. McGlachlin, chief OF the La
Crosse fire department, and his chauf-
feur, George Colwell, narrowly escap-
ed death when the automobile in
which they were driving collided with
a fire truck Colwell sustained a
sprained back and bruises and the
chief escaped injury.
The Waupaca starch factory which
has not been. in operation for seven
years, will start up again to make
starch from potatoes which are now
at a price that permits their use as
starch. The factory will use 1900
bushels of potatoes per day, paying 40
cents hundred now for culls and No.
2 grade.
Wisconsin farmers are being warn.
ed to insist upon receiving certified re-
ports of germination tests with all
seed corn which they buy from Con-
necticut growers or dealers. Officials
of the Connecticut Agricultural col
hn WicnnnCi1 seed
stocks commiAee, cautioning them
against buying Connecticut corn with
out requiring termination tests.
Under a proclamation issued by c..
p. Norgord, commissioner of agricul-
ture, approved by the state council of
defense and Gov. e. L. Phillip. all
DOGS in Milwaukee, Dane, Racine, Ke-
nosha, Ozaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson,
Walworth and Washington counties
must be confined or muZzled for pc
iod of 12O days to elimi ate the rabies
This is the most drastic action ever
taken in the state.
Plans are being made for gigantic
Liberty day celebration in Madison on
April s.. 1t is planned to have parade
on the afternoon of April 6, the an.
niversary of Americas entry into the
war, with more than 10000 marchers.
Several hundred soldiers from this
county and vicinity, who are now at
Camp Grart, are expected to take part.
Former President William Howard
Taft is expected to be one of the
speakers.
Simon Thoreson, former assembly,
man, died at his home in Grantsburg.
He had been in i'll health for year.
Mr.. Thoreson had been member OF
the Grantsburg school board, president
and trustee of the village, chairman OF
the county board of Burnett county
chairman of the republican county
committee and in 1896 delegate to the
republican convention at st. Louis
He was born in Bardo, Norway, on
May 20, 1849
Capt. Robert P. Robinson, formerly
of Beloit, has been promoted to major
and is with the national army infan
try at Fort Dodge, Ia. Maj. Robinson
secured his commission as captain