Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-10-17
WISCON SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

| of Wausau incorporated with capita
stock of $1,00O,O00 has been formed
| to manufacture the Star milking ma
chine.
A budget of $4,000 has been ap
propriated to remodel Music hall, one
of the oldest buildings at the uni
versity. The hall will have an in
creased seating capacity of 800.
A letter mailed from Hungary il
May, 1916, has just reached JOSEPH
| Ornetrin, merchant of Appleton from
his parents He has heard nothing
from them in the meanwhile.
The tug Terrier, built at Manitowot
for the Emergency Fleet corporation
has been accepted after trial trip
1t is the first of six tugs to be com
pleted at the Burger Boat Co. yards.
Henry Ford was a visitor in Mari
nette. He arrived with his son Edse
Ford and five other men. They were
returning after an auto tour through
the Upper Peninsula mining region.
| Green county's most modern dairy
farms, purebred Holstein and Ayre
shire herds were inspected by 81
Louisiana and Mississippi men who
came to Monroe on dairy observation
special from Madison.
| Increase of telephone rates and re
adjustment of schedules were author
lied by the Wisconsin Railroad com
mission for the Columbia Telephone
company and the La Crosse Interur
ban Telephone company.
! The Kenosha county highway com
missioners have approved the states
selection of IL miles of Kenosha coun
ty roadway which will be incorpora
ted in the states $500 mile addition
to the 5000 mile trunk line system Sc
lected in 1917.
Theodore Christianson, well known
weather prophet of Conover, predicts
| that the coming winter will be only
slightly colder than last winter. He
says the first snowfall in northern
Wisconsin will be Dec. s. 1t is said
that Christianson has never yet failed
on weather prediction.
The season for making beet sugar
ries at Menomonee Falls, Evansville
Madison and Chippewa Falls are being
| placed in readiness to receive, shred
and boil the crop. The beets have
| grown well this season and the dry
and hot spell of midsummer is said
to have resulted in a large percentage
of sugar content New factories are
planned for Oshkosh and Green Bay
Charles W. Nash, head of the Nash
| Motors Co., Kenosha, has been named
! head of new corporation formed in
Indianapolis, with capitalization OF
| $6,000,000, to manufacture a new car
1 to be known as the Lafayette Mr.
Nash's association with the firm will
be in an advisory capacity, leaving ac
tive management to d. Mccall White
and Earl c. Howard While Indianapo
| lis will be the manufacturing center
be made at Kenosha.
The plan for $4,000 in scholarships
| in vocational education was approved
| by the state board of education. The
plan provides for annual distribution
of fifteen scholarships at $500 and
ninety awards at 500 each An ex-
penditure of $4,000 for new teachers
! to be distributed among the normal
schools was provided by the board
| Regulations for the assignment of war
veterans under the soldier educational
law to out of the state institutions
were adopted as were regulations in
respect to correspondence courses
| taken under the educational act.
Former Congressman Charles H.
| Weisse, president of the Charles
s. Weisse company at Sheboygan
Falls, was instantly killed in that city
when wall in the ruins of his plant
| fell suddenly, burying him in the
| debris The Weisse company had been
destroyed by fire, causing loss of
over $150,000. Only one wall was left
| standing. A party was set to work
to go through the ruins of the plant,
which had been used as tannery,
| and salvage such material as could be
| found Mr. Weisse entered the ruins
on a tour of inspection and while
| watching the men at work, the remain
ing wall collapsed Unexpectedly.
Richard Wick, aged 81, who was near
Mr.. Weisse, was thrown into one of
the tanning watts, and was drowned.
Six other workmen were seriously in
jured. Mr.. Weisse was 81 years OF
age. He was the head of the tannery,
and also president of the Sheboygan
Press Publishing company. He was
long prominent in political circlmes in
Wisconsin, and a leader in the demo-
cratic party. Mr.. Weisse was elected
to congress in 1902, and reelected
three times after that. He entered the
race in 1910 for United States senator
against Senator Robert M. La Fol
lette, by whom he was defeated.
Since that time he has not held pub
lie office.
Exemption from compulsory mill
tary drill is being granted at the uni
versity of Wisconsin this year to re-
turned soldiers who have fulfilled the
legal requirements through service in
the war. Two years of drill are ordi-
narily required of all men.
Four counties have announced to the
secretary Of state their intention OF
raising their share of the soldier
I bonus money by means of county
bonds. The counties are Iron, Door,
oconto and Ozaukee. Other counties