Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-11-28
Wisconsin
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Thomas B. Guthrie, will hereafter be
published in Laona.
John Schilling of Mcmillan and
Theodore Hackbarth of Eau PLANE,
pleaded guilty to the charge of selling
adulterated cheese in Wausau. Each
paid fine of $25.
A conference was called by the state
railroad commission to consider ex-
tension into rural communities of cleo
trio service and the formulation OF
rules governing the same.
Thomas A. Delaney of Oconto, for
merly member of the Wisconsin leg
islature, and for five years police
Judge of Oconto, is appointed national
prohibition enforcement officer for
Wisconsin.
John A. Anderson resigned as priR-
cipal of the third district school at AD-
| pletofl to become superintendent OF
city schools at Miles City, Mont. He
will leave Dec. 1, if a successor can
be obtained.
The Rev. Joseph Brooks, Water
town, who was born and brought up
in that locality, has sailed for India to
engage in missionary work. He left
from Vancouver, B. c., and will enter
his work at Bengal.
Tobacco buyers have started their
annual drive and are contracting for
the crop stored away by growers. The
quality is excellent and the quantity
above the average. Prices paid are
the highest on record.
Louis Shamburek, Manitowoc, paid
a fine and costs of $685. for having
skunk skins in his possession. The
complaint was brought by John Egan.
state game warden, and Shamburek
pleaded guilty and paid.
A dredge owned by the McMullin &
PITT company of Manitowoc, valued at
100000, sunk in the lake off Center
vile while being towed by tug. The
crew of five men had to jump and
swim to the tug to save their lives.
The Oconto county board voted, %
to Z, for bond issue of $685. 900 for
grading, draining and surfacing with
concrete go miles of federal highways,
and called a special election for Dec.
% to allow the people to vote on the
issue.
Thirty-eight acres fronting on East
river are to be decided to the city OF
Green Bay for a public park. 1t is
a gift from three brothers, Mitchell,
Thomas and Cha rles Joannes, proml-
nent business men. The ground is
high and well drained, ideal for park.
Fifty-four charter members organ
lied a post of the American legion at
Chippewa Falls, with Edgar A, Firth
as commander, William 3. O'Nell VICE
commander, Earl A. Mahle finance OIL
Ger. DR.. Charles E. Ainsworth adJu-
tant. Reginald D. Chisholm, historian,
and DR.. C. w. Wilkowske, chaplain.
Wisconsin Guernsey cattle will con-
stitute part of the foundation stock
being used to establish herds of pure
bred Guernseys in Japan. The man
ager of the Toxic Dairy corporation
visited Rosendale and inspected the
Brentwood Guernsey herd, owned by
M. L, Welles. Four calves were pur-
chased at $1,75O.
Students of economics and advo-
Gates of municipal ownership are in
terested in Manitowoc's experience
with it's two public utilities plants.
The water and electricity projects
have shown a profit of $71,854.98 in
one year, according to reports filed
with the state rate commission. The
water department alone netted $780,
1850 in profits.
The Yawkey-BisseH Co., Amigo,
which operates saw mill and planning
mill at White Lake, purchased from
Lottie |. HOLSTER, G.. w. HOLSTER and
R. A. Holster, heirs of the estate of
S. w. HOLSTER, more than 1000 acres
of timber land in the eastern part OF
Langlade county. Revenue stamps at
tached indicate that the price was in
the neighborhood of $4,000.
J. N. Tittemore, Omro, made a
cleanup against the Nonpartisan
league, when he was reelected presi-
dent of the Equity association, at its
convention at Madison. He won on
the second ballot, and the convention
named J. A. Rayburn, Dunn Co., one
of his lieutenants, vice-presldent.
Election of Tittemore and Rayburn to
the highest offices in Equity marked
defeat for the Nonpartisan league,
which was on the ground to capture
the society for it's own political adj
vancement in this state. Tittemore
was elected by a vote of 1922 to 1882
over Mahoney, and his friends cele-
brated in good old-fashioned conven-
ton style. There is pending before
the convention a resolution, which, ii
adopted. will bar Tittemore from be-
coming a candidate for governor. The
resolution provides that the Equity
president shall not become candidate
for any public office.
Half of the dozen representatives of
the internal revenue department, who
dropped into Eau Claire have gone to
Superior. They are looking after war
time prohibition violations. which
they intimated, are being committed
here.
Public schools of Racine were all
opened, as the board of education
found volunteers to take the places OF
the janitor-engineers who walked out
because the school commissioners re,
fused their wage demands. The
Of