Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-31
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Observation-Disclosures
News of the Badger State Arranged
....... in Condensed Form .......

lOlIOWlnS dcLlOn by the SLaL0 rdlTOdu
commission.
Mrs. Thomas H. Edden, for fifty
years a resident of GAINESVILLE and vi
cinity, died at the house of a daugh-
ter in Fond du Lac.
Holstein breeders in Manitowoc
county are elated over an order for a
carload, sixteen head, Of blooded
stock received from L. A. Bailey from
Cavite, Philippine Islands.
) Lieut. Philip La Toilette, son of
Senator La Toilette, has returned to
the University of Wisconsin, after
army service in Oklahoma. He COM
pletes his college course this year.
Capt. A. L. p. Dennis, formerly pro
lessor Of history in the university, is
the fifth Wisconsin faculty man to be
ordered to the peace conference at
Paris to assist the American staff.
Neenah and Menasha will cooper
ate in the erection of a monument,
costing $4,000 for the soldiers and
sailors. The monument will be erect
ed on the dividing line between the
two towns. This was definitely de
cided upon
January Fl marked the eighty5fourth
birthday anniversary Of Moses. Hoop
er, Oshkosh, dean of the Winnebago
County Bar association. Mr.. Hooper
was born in Maine He came to Nee
nah in 1857 to practice law and re-
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Mr.. and Mrs. Torger Olson, town of
Cady, Vernon County, celebrated Sun
day, Jan. Is, the sixtieth anniversary
of their wedding. Mr.. Olson is SO and
his wife IS. They were born in Ger
stad, Norway. and came to this coun-
try in 1862. They have four children.
According to reports in the offices
of the Green Bay assessor and county
treasurer, real estate and personal
property valued at not less than ST.
100000 will be affected in Green Bay
and vicinity by the prohibition amend
ment.
The university extension division is
preparing booklet, Suggestions and
Programs for Community Centers, to
aid Wisconsin public entertainments.
The bureau of civic, commercial and
community development is prepared to
help organize community center 9rk
wherever there is demand.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Menominee county poorhouse at
Talbot, inficting loss Of approx
mately $4,000. Shortly after the
blaze was discovered authorities at
the institution marshaled the inmate
to safety, and no personal injuries
were sustained.
Alex Lawson, one Of Sturgeon Bays
oldest residents died at Forestyille
He had made his home in Door coun-
ty for forty-nine years and was Or
years old, having been born in Glas-
gov, Scotland He leaves large fam
lily of children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren
A 4-year-old COW, recently tested for
seven days, owned by Walter H.
Wieckert, living near Appleton, made
the following record: 1864 pounds Oh
milk and 1884 pounds of butter. He
best days milk was 80 pounds, or 46
quarts of milk. During the fifteen
days. test she produced more than her
weight in milk, being 1850, and the
weight Of milk 1868.
What promises to be an interesting
event in Appleton from the viewpoint
of about fifty Appleton boys who are
members of various basketball teams,
is to be held in the form of cit!
amateur tournament in which eight
basketball teams will participate.
Games are to be played every Thurs
day night and beautiful trophy will
be awarded the winning team.
Members of the Rock County board
of supervisors are arousing sentime.lt
of highway building program which
will make necessary a bord issue of
over one million dollars. The board
has not taken official action but it is
hoped to get it before the meeting
next April. If the bond issue is made
possible, Rock county will start to
build eighty-one miles Of concrete
highways.
Administration of the draft in Wis
consin cost total of $51O,227.57, &C
cording to figures compiled by Maj
e. A. Fitzpatrick, Madison, state draft
administrator. This item is being pald
by the federal government, and in
cludes all expenses incurred in oper
alton of the draft in this state. Many
of the board members did not receive
salaries, although they were permit
ted to draw them if they desired. Z
Nearly 56,O00,O00 bushels of grain
were received at Superior elevators
between Aug. /, 1918, and jan i, 1919,
according to the Wisconsin grain and
warehouse commission OF this, 49,,
233,565 bushels were shipped. Wheat
made up 41,OOO,0O0 bushels of the
amount received and nearly 31,000,000
of shipments. The showing is a rec
ord for many million bushels, at
least so per cent.
Of twenty-fouf farmers Institutes
arranged for the first two weeks in
January, only ten have been held, am
many scheduled for the last two weeks
of the month cancelled, owing to prev
alence of influenza in rural districts
according to e. L. Luther, director.
According to the biennial report eff
the secretary of the municipal refer
ence bureau, 204 Wisconsin mayors,
328 aldermen, 381 city clerks, SO city
attorneys and 178 other city officials
have received data from the bureau
On All kinds of municipal problems