Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-15

Lieuts. Hugh France. E. Morrison
and James Ackley of Brentwood have
arrived in France, according to mes
sages received by relatives.
Madison will witness another "wet"
and "dry" fight. Petitions have been
placed in circulation to put the mat
ter up to the people this April. The
city went dry last spring by close
margin.
1 Oscar Frings, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Frings of Sheboygan, has
been promoted to lieutenant at Waco.
He was sergeant in Co. F, 121st Field
artillery. He made his home in Ra-
cine for ten years before joining Co.
f.
Young women of La Crosse are TAX
ing course in telegraphy in order to
prepare themselves to fill the places
of men telegraphers who may be call
ed into service. They have secured
Western Union operators to teach
them.
A bond issue of not to exceed ST.
100000 will be asked of the legislature
which convenes on Feb 10. The
bonds will bear interest at the rate of
Az per cent and the public will be in
I vited to make purchases just as dur
| ing the Civil war. The bill follows the
measure passed in the legislature of
1852.
I The annual death rate for Wisconsin
for 1917 was lis per thousand esti-
mated population. This was the same
Irate as for 1916, and is not higher
than the average for the tenyear Pc
rioG. The mortality figures announced
by the state bureau of vital statistics
show 29,137 deaths, exclusive Of still
births.
About 40 per cent of all the peas
grown in the United States are raised
hin Wisconsin. Production figures have
lbeen compiled by w. F. Calender.
field agent for the United States de-
lpartment of agriculture. He finds that
Wisconsin had 43,600 acres of peas
last year, and that the production was
1856 tons.
Food boarding, whether in violation
Iof the law or through a misunder-
standing of it's provisions and penal
tiles, is to be stopped in the Badger
state The campaign fnaugurated by
Food Administrator Magnus Swenson
| is to be thorough, to cover every
county, and in advance of action in
other states.
Wisconsin's 1917 state boys pig
club championship was won by Erwin
! Eckert of Markesan, according to re-
ports received from the office of T. L.
Bewick. college of agriculture, state
| leader of agriculture clubs. Young
Eckert secured first position because
of his excellent record with two filters
of Duroc Jersey pigs, farrowed after
April 1.
The Wisconsin county school super.
in,endents, in annual session at Wau.
sau, adopted the following resolution:
| BE it resolved that we condemn the
dislOyal expressions of our senior
senator, Robert M. La Toilette, and
recommend that he be dismissed from
| the senate" Prof III. N. Sherwood of
La Crosse presented the question as a
| loyalty proposition.
| United States Marshall O'ConnOr
has mailed to the chiefs of police and
postmasters in the western district of
Wisconsin, letters informing them that
according to word received from the
attorney generals department at
Washington, the contents of all exc
cuted registration affidavits made by
German aliens are to be held strictly
confidential
About $175 a mile will be spent in
Wisconsin this year for the mainte-
nance of the 5000 miles of trunk Line
highway system. This was made clear
by j. T. Donaghey i'll an address be-
fore the good roads convention. He
pointed out that the financial provision
| for the maintenance of the trunk line
highway system is made through au-
| tomobile license fees.
A 1904 Beloit mystery was recalled
| by the filing of an application for the
administration of the estate of John
Gard in the county court of Rock
county. In 1904 Gard, who was then
a successful jeweler, disappeared mys-
teriously. Under Wisconsin laws he
has now been declared legally dead,
and an effort is being made to dis
tribute the estate.
The lives Of a number Of people
were imperiled when Northwestern
passenger train jumped the track on
the edge Of big embankment, near
| Appleton. The engine and tender and
the trucks of one of the coaches were
| Gerailed No one was injured. The
1 embankment where the wreck oc-
Cured is fifty feet high and a bad
wreck would have meant large loss
of life.
| The woman's committee of the State
Council Of Defense Is sending G
j call to the women Oh Wisconsin, urg-
ing them to avail themselves of the
opportunity to secure training as
teachers of domestic science which is
now being offered by the univ ersity.