Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-11-07
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged IN Condensed Form


student, in an interview, has declared
his belief that war between China and
Japan was inevitable.
The Amigo Tractor Co., has been
organized with capital of 100000, for
manufacture Of four-wheel pull trac-
tors, invented by %. S. Stewart.
Two more carloads of government
supplies have been ordered by the La
Crosse city food committee for public
sale. The shipment includes corn,
beans. tomatoes, pumpkins, peas, pep
per. cinnamon, mustard and bacon.
John Macken, who has conducted a
meat market in Darlington for the
past thirty years, has disposed of his
business to Edward Norchelles, Mon
roe, and will engage in the real es-
tate business.
Three hundred and fifty delegates
are expected at Sheboygan for the an
nual convention of the Older Boys
conference Nov. % to 80. w. H.
Wones, state secretary. is in charge OF
the program.
Two steel barges carrying 80 tons
Of iron ore each, tied up in the La
Crosse harbor. They are making a
trip from ST. Paul to st. Louis in the
interests of barge navigation of the
Mississippi river.
Ice in Baraboo has jumped to $40 a
ton, or cent a pound. Paul Gust,
the dealer, exhausted his supply some
time ago and has been forced to pur-
chase at Sank, Portage, or wherever
he could obtain it.
The state division Of markets in a
letter to Dist. Atty. w. Goede OF Door
County, urged the prosecution of the
Fruit Growers Canning company,
Sturgeon Bay, for alleged violation
of the apple grading law.
M. Taylor, who conducts a farm
near Whitewater, purchased nineteen
grade cows and heifers and pure
bred sire from Winnebago county
farmers. He paid $500 for the lot,
some being valued at $3.50 a piece.
Henry Goethe, 81, of Elkhart Lake,
was killed almost instantly when a
motor driven railroad track speeder
on which he and two other men were
riding two miles southeast of Kiel,
was struck by st. Paul switch ell
CINE.
The Winnebago County Holstein
Breeders association will obtain a
herd of pure bred HOlstein cattle next
week for distribution among members
for building up their stock. Between
so and 100 head of cattle will be
brought in.
The berry farms of C. w. Reynolds
and G. A. Vintz, in Monroe county,
furnished strawberries to TOmah pa
irons all fall until Oct. Is, when the
season closed. Hotels in that city
served strawberry shortcake every
| day up to that time.
Work has been started on the new
route in Manitowoc county of highway
| No. IL and it is hoped to have the grad
| ing done this fall. Injunction proceed
ings, which had been threatened, have
evidently been dropped and the work
has not been interfered with.
Forrest Wilson bought quart of
oysters for So cents at grocery store
in Beloit. While eating them he, bit
on something hard and found it to be
pearl. A few seconds later his son
had similar experience. The stones
had not been cooked enough to harm
them The largest one is worth $50
and the smallest $40, making $50 in
two bites.
The Perfect Egg Co. has closed its
egg processing plant at Sturgeon Bay,
due to the insufficient supply of eggs.
The plant abs been in operation for
more than a year, and is the first such
plant to be in operation in this state.
The process has proved a good one for
preservation of eggs, and the product
has been in great demand. When the
egg market is normal again the plant
will be put in operation, the owners
say.
The requirements imposed by 1919
legislation are gradually being carried
into effect by the plumbing division of
the state board of health, and the third
quarter of the year saw strides made
| in this direction, according to the di-
visions report to the state engineer
ing department, just published. State
| plumbing inspectors reported 500 in
spections during the quarter. of which
number $50 were approved. The re-
| jections amounted to I'll per cent.
There will be no appeal to the fed
| eral supreme court to test the soldier
bonus law, once the measure has been
passed upon by the state supreme
court, said David Atwood, who asked
| that the matter be tested as a
taxpayers action. Secretary &. A.
Fitzpatrick, state board of education,
said all arrangements had been made
for paying soldier students as soon as
| the court holds the law valid. About
| 100000 will be due the students the
latter part of October.
A jury in federal court at Superior,
acquitted the Rev. Anton slim, Port
Wing, formerly of Glenwood, Wis, &C
cused under the espionage law He
preached a serman to soldiers in
Glenwood in which it was alleged he
| said they were going away never to
return.
| Without a dissenting vote the La
| Crosse common council authorized
construction of new bridge across
/ Black river there, to cost 100000.
C+o+o ord county aid will he sought