Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-04-25

cations for houses to rent were re
ceived in one day and none could be
supplied
Work has been started on the con
struction of the new $4,000 ware
house of the Wisconsin Cheese Pro
ducers' federation in the city of Plym
outh. The old warehouse was de
stroyed recently by fire.
| Raymond Bauer, La Crosse, %
charged with shooting George Smith
railroad engineer, when caught bur
| glarizing the latter's home, was sen
fenced to eighteen years at WaupuI
by Judge Higbee. Smith is recover
ing.
Acting under instructions from the
conservation commission, WardeI
Grey of Ashland is trapping beaver te
destroy a colony which has beer
causing trouble. Ten have beer
caught, the largest weighing seventy
one pounds.
By an almost unanimous vote, Ash
| land Local Elks voted to keep liquor
out of the clubhouse, even when the
city goes wet. The Elks recently fig
ured in the famous ten barrel liquor
case, one barrel having been sized il
the club rooms.
More than forty bags of garments
have been shipped by the Green Bay
Brown county chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross to the war sufferers Oi
Europe The donations from thai
chapter even exceeded the allotment
asked from the Green Bay district and
this chapter was among the first in the
state to fill the quota.
The sight of flock of 500 wild
swans. who evidently have set UP
housekeeping in the marshes along
the west shores of Lake WinnebagO,
is attracting many motorists and
sportsmen, who express the hope that
the colony will find the surroundings
pleasant and attractive enough to re-
main for the summer.
There has been a serious outbreak
of influenza in Casco, Kewaunee coun-
ty, and help has been asked from
Green Bay. Several doctors have
been sent to render medical assist
ance. Out of population of 500 peo-
pie, it is estimated that more than
100 of them have been sick with the
'flu' during the last three weeks.
A scarcity of women for domestic
employment in Green Bay is shown by
the report of the u. S. employment
bureau for the month ending April A..
Requests were filed for 286 women
workers and only 191 were available
Men are more plentiful than jobs;
452 male workers sought positions, but
there were openings for only 261.
Mrs. B. L. Smith. Neenah, received
a message from the government ask
ing what disposition should be made
of the personal effects Of Capt. B. T..
Saith, who died fighting in France.
The captain himself, who has been at
his home in Neenah for month now,
wired back that he hoped the depart
ment would forward his belongings.
Thirteen has proven "jinx" in the
extreme for Judge John Murat Of
Portage county. For twelve consecu-
tive terms he has served as county
judge. but in his thirteenth campaign,
the one of this spring, he was defeat
ed for that Office by w. F.. Owen.
Judge Murat has been an official in
that county for over forty years, hav-
ing served in many capacities during
that time.
The Agricultural Experiment asso-
citation tested cow belonging to w.
E. Bussewitz, Juneau. In seven days
she provided 625 pounds of milk, max
ing 3O.2 pounds of butter. Her aver
age amount of milk per day was SO
pounds and her highest day was SO
pounds. Last year Mr.. Bussewitz had
COW tested that produced 644 pounds
of milk and 80 pounds of butter in
seven days.
The Boys and Girls club movement
is making great strides for Jefferson
county under ]. NJ. Coyner, county
club leader. Fifteen boys of the Fort
Atkinson Boys Corn club gave DEM
onstration before farmers institute.
They spoke on the advantages of
Kindred, purebred seed corn. A
Palmyra boy told of the processes by
which he hoped to raise hundred
bushels on his one acre the coming
season.
A million dollars year is eaten UP
in damage to farm machinery left out
in the weather thru the mintor NV
farmers of Wisconsin, according to a
bulletin of the College of Agriculture
of the university. At least 10 per cent
of the states $1O0,OOO,OO0 worth of
machinery is exposed to snow and
rain, the bulletin says, whereas a $500
implement shed would pay interest at
the rate of % per cent on 81 900
worth of machinery investment.
Plans for raising an endowment
fund of $5,OOO,OOO early next fall, to
be shared by ten privately endowed
colleges in the state, were outlined by
President M. A. Brannon, Beloit col
lege. The campaign will be conduct
ed along lines similar to those en-
ployed by the Red Cross and other
war organizations. The state will be
divided into sections and quotas which
each are expected to furnish will be
named. The fund will be raised by
the pledge system and payments may
be extended over five years.
The Racine county treasurer sent a
check for $53,03255 to the state