Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-03-01

| Business men OF Palmyra have or
ganized the Palmyra Tractor company
to purchase tractors and hire them to
farmers at actual cost.
Farmers in Winnebago county are
going to abide by the government or
der not to kill chickens. Consequent
| ly chicken" has been stricken from
the local market lists.
Seventy-fiye entries have already
been received for the basketball tour
nament which is to be held in Apple
ton under the auspices of Lawrence
college, March 20, Fl and %.
A request that Gov. e. l.. Philip
enforce the Sunday closing law at
| least during the war, was embodied in
a resolution adopted by the Outagamie
County Patriotic, Dry league.
| Frank Till, former star swimmer Of
the University Of Wisconsin, is in La
Crosse on a short visit prior to sail
| ing for France. He is a lieutenant in
the aviation corps.
A fire that was started when mice
completely destroyed the home of
Hans Hanson, near Beloit Eight
members of the family barely escaped
Failure of the Chippewa Falls city
council to fix the salary increases at
the first meeting in February will
save the taxpayers $4,000 this year.
One ordinance was referred to a COM
mittee.
Adjutant General Mccain has an
nounced number of appointments in
the officers reserve corps: D. S. Van
Hooks of Merrill, Wis. was appointed
first lieutenant in the medical re-
serve corps.
Grand Rapids merchants, including
prietors, have joined hands to cut the
high cost of living and hereafter will
make but one delivery on eacn side of
the river each day.
Charles w. Croty of Tonah. who
has been connected with the State
Council Of Defense as market COM
missioner has been called to Wash
ington where he may be assigned as
a lumber expert.
Marinette will vote on the wet and
dry question this spring, the required
number of signatures to bring the
proposition to vote having been OBJ
tanned by the drys. The fight prom
Uses to be a bitter one.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Heinrich,
pioneer residents of Calumet county,
recently celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary. Relatives from
nearby cities attended the celebration
at the old homestead near Brillion,
Willard P. Martin. Darlington. "a
years of age, married, filing no ex-
emptions, was accepted for military
service. Martin had his right leg am
putated as the result of a railroad nc
cident. He wishes to be cook.
j. H. Puelicher, Milwaukee. state
director of war savings stamps, gave
the sale of thrift and war savings
stamps an impulse when he gave an
address on 1.-THE Nations Respon-
sibility'' to large audience ut Wau-
sau
Beef cubes recently sold in Marin
cite contained ground porcelain, ac-
cording to report received by Dis
trict Attorney b. w. Miller. from
Washington The crystal sediment
was discovered after boiling by local
family.
A giant service flag with a star for
every Racine county man who has en-
tered the service, $500 in MI, was un-
furled at a public demonstration at
Racine on Washington's birthday.
The undertaking was in charge of the
County Defense Council.
After two weeks of campaigning
for the 100000 endowment for Law
renee college, the committees report
ed $4,000. This amount includes the
$4,000 donation of Robert Ingraham
of Fond du Lac. The campaign closes
Thursday, March 81.
William Louis Dicke of Sparta,
WAGNER in Co. B, Third military po-
lice, U. S. A., died at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ca, on Feb. IA, from spinal menin-
gifts. He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. L. Dicke of Sparta. He enlisted in
the spring of 1916.
G. w. Holler of Minneapolis is held
by the Portage police charged with
G. E. Reinhardt of Appleton,
Mimi, while in a game of cards on
the Milwaukee roads Pioneer Linn
tied, between Milwaukee and Portage.
Reinhardt's condition is serious.
e. Dana Durand, former chief of the
census and present member of the ma
tional food administration, said that
if the war is to be won everyone must
tighten his belt, work harder and
sacrifice more. Mr.. Durand's remarks
were made at the convention of the
Wisconsin Pork Growers at Madison.
He appealed to the growers to pro-
duce to the limit.
Brakeman E. A. Brown of Fond du
Lac may die and twenty two other