Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-05-17

| two surviving members of Co. B Of
| the famous Wisconsin Iron Brigade
of the Civil war, died at Onalaska.
More equitable rates on the rail-
roads of the state especially to inte-
rior points, will be one of the first
planks in the platform of j. N Title
more of Omro, candidate for governor.
The 4-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Roche, of Woodland, near Mt.
Carroll, was attacked by an Infatuated
SOW while playing in the barnyard
and seriously injured before he was
rescued.
In letter to the La Crosse Cham
Der of Commerce. Congressman J. J..
Esch of La Crosse urged all residents
to lay in supply Of coal for the COM
ing winter at the earliest available
moment.
A piece of shrapnel, used by Fritz
| in an air raid on Londan, is now in
possession of Miss Leona Weyenberg.
high school girl of Menasha. The
shrapnel was sent her by a soldier
with whom she as been corresponding.
Three counties in northern Wiscon-
sin and the city Of La Crosse are not
called upon to send any of the 10000
men the state is to furnish about May
25. Douglas, Sawyer and Washburn
are the counties.
In the place of clover forage crops,
many farmers in the vicinity of Black
River Falls will plant soy beans, due
to the quicker yield of the latter crop.
Soy beans afford bountiful hay sup
ply. Much clover was winter killed.
Lawrence college is to. have a Coun-
Gil of Defense, organized by girl stu
dents, and there will be food conser-
Walton department, and war savings
department, which will begin at once
to formulate plans for the future.
A war bonus may be granted Mani
towoc teachers in lieu of the 20 per
cent salary increase they asked in
vain of the board of education. The
petition for the raise was signed by
hundreds of taxpayers.
A record of 1892 per cent for sub
scriptions to the third Liberty Loan
is boasted by employers of the Chicago
& North Western railway on the
Ashland division. A total subscription
CT $1S7,35O was made by 2,463 en-
plcyes.
The postoffice department at Wash
ington announces the appointment of
the following Wisconsin postmasters:
Solomon Anderson, Denmark; Ed
ward Henkel, Fond du Lac; Edward F.
AGerman, Gresham; William Scheal,
Muscoda; Wilbur A. Grover, Ridge
land; Raymond G.. Peterson, Witten-
berg.
The horror of seeing the body Of a
French woman pinned to the timbers
'of dugOut captured from the Ger
mans in France is described by Capt.
Carroll Nelson, former principal of
Manitowoc high school, in a letter re-
ceived at Manitowoc The captain is
with the American expeditionary for
ces overseas.
Don r, Frazier, the tallest man in
the United States army service was
killed in France in battle, April 49,.
He was 6 feet 71a inches tall and
weighed 210 pounds. He was son of
Mrs. Margaret Frazier of Oregon, for
merly resident of Boscobel. He was
a nephew of George Tuffley of Lancas-
ter, Grant county.
Discharged because he is alleged to
have failed to account for a railroad
fare, L. IL. White, now a La Crosse
business man, has started a suit
against the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST.
Paul railroad for $11,800. White
served for many years as a passenger
conductor and insists that he is innO-
cent of the charge.
Wisconsin oldest Mason and one of
her oldet citizens, Ira Purdy of Grand
Rapids, May 8 celebrated his ninety
ninth birthday anniversary at the
home of his nephew, Lee Ramsey with
whom he lives. Mr.. Purdy is a ma
tive of Palmyra, Pa, and @came to
Wisconsin in April, 1916, locating at
Grand Rapids, as a millWright.
3 A production of more than 100000
pounds of sugar for 1918 is practically
dS0OIC W1oCO4OAl4, dOCO1Olh5 " NOAA-
tracts already made with the four
sugar beet refneries of the state and
the Menominee factory in Michigan.
The acreage already promised is about
10000, as compared with $1,000 acres
last year, the best record thus far set,
for the state.
The seed inspection division of the
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
at the state capitol reports very I'M
usual deterioration of seed corn
throughout the state. One lot testing
"a in January tested 80 in February,
anG has now dropped to So. Many in
stances of this kind have occurred.
Farmers are warned to test all seed
whether or not it has been tested be-
fore. If it terminates between IS and
so, it is best to use the seed as it is
difficult to get anything better. 1t is
very important, however, to plant two
or three extra kernels per hill, plant
ing FIVE and six instead of three and
four as usual 1t is also advisable to
thoroughly mix all of the seed SO that