Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-04-19
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

to the county jail for three months
charged with stealing $19 from the
hotel in which he worked as a clerk.
The consolidation of two LaD-lade
county rural schools, those IL the
Lone Oak and Range Line districts,
has been decided on.
Fred w. Broer, SIS years old, for
the last twenty-five years principal OF
the U. S. Grant school, at Sheboygan,
died after years illness.
Factory heads of the Simons COM
pany, Kenosha, at a melting subscrl-
ed $105,0O0 for Liberty Loan bonds.
This was an average of over $1,000
ecah.
Madison dairymen have reduced the
price of milk from II to 10 cents a
quart. Ice prices have jumped 25
cents 1000 pounds to the retail con-
sumner.
Sam Cemolani, Racine, an Italian,
aged 81 years, was fatally burned when
he fell into a vat filed with boiling
water and acid at the main plant OF
the Mitchell Motors company.
O. p. Rabbit has resigned as Mara
thon county food commissioner. He is
interested in the pea canning business.
and resigned because of increasing
work in his own business.
The La Crosse County Dry league
was organized at La Crosse with e. J..
Kneen as president. 1t is the intention
of the league to swing this county into
the dry column.
Gov E. L. Philip and State School
Supt. c. P. Cary were at Portage in
attendance at the dedication of the
new. high school building, which was
erected at a cost of $4,000.
GAINESVILLE ~ Forty-six selects will,
leave GAINESVILLE for Camp Grant dur
ing the five-day period beginning Fri
day, April 26. The exemption board
has not as yet decided who will 60,
but are working on the lists.
Fred Zenk, Sheboygan, IS years old.
of the machine gun battalion of the
Rainbow division, was severely wound
ed in action on March %, according to
a telegram received by Frederick
Zenk, his father.
La Crosse county exemption boards
were notified that the city and coun-
nish sixty-nine men as the April quota
for Camp Grant. La Crosse will pro-
vide thirty eight of the recruits.
Kenosha is patting itself on the back
and saying what big boy am T."
The new city directory issued showed
that the city has population Of over
$4,000 people and the increase in the
past two years exceeded 1880.
Eighteen months in the state peni-
Tertiary at Waupun was the punish
ment melted out to August Buss, Men
asha, after he had broken his parole
by failing to give support to his for
mer wife and family.
Lena M. Bantle, La Crosse. who has
been married for ten years to John
Bantle, a $12 week man, raised a
family of seven children. She is seek
ing divorce, alleging cruel and inhu-
man treatment, coupled with $12 a
week. was more than she could stand.
w. e. Switzer, principal OF the
Langlade County Normal school for
the last five years, has resigned to
accept the superintendency of the Wa
beno, Wis, schools. His resignation
becomes effective at the close Of the
present school term.
An endless chain of bridge parties
for the Red Cross has been started
by Mrs. A. 3. Jones, Grand Rap
ide, who invited five ladies, each of
whom contributed dime for the Red
Cross and promised to entertain not
less than three ladies each, who will
do likewise.
Amang Wisconsin men who were
killed or seriously wounded by the
Germans, March %, in an engagement
were flfty-seven members of Co. B,
formerly Co. e, 150th machine gun
battalion. The names of the soldiers
have not been given out yet publicly
by the war department, though the
relatives of the men have been mott
fed.
A. F. Cook, superintendent of the
Ripon high schools, announced that
Ripon High would fall in line with
other schools, and drop the study of
German this year. 1t will put Spanish
in it's place at this falls opening.
celebrated their fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage at their home in Cam
bria. Schilessman is Is years of age,
and Mr.. Schilessman 70.
Farmers needing seed corn can still
secure it through the Wisconsin de-
partment of agriculture, at the state
caupitol, Madison. The final date for
orders was set at April 1, but the OPP
portunity has been extended to those
who have failed to get in their order
to April 20. Those sending in orders
from now on must expect to wait APP
proximately three weeks for delivery,
until cars which are available for or
der by telegram can reach Madison
from the east.
Women engaged in all branches OF
State and County Defense Council