Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-07-04
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

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Isaac Miller, Neenah, employed al
the Bergstrom Paper Co., plant, had
the palm of his hand scraped from the
bones when his hand became caught
in a planer.
The Appleton Building and Loan as
ISOLATION, capitalized at $5,000.00 is
ready for operation. Assistance will
be given home builders by loaning up
to Is per cent of PROPERTY valuation.
Forty-three pure-bred Holstein COWS
were sold at a public sale at Rice Lake
for $12.988. The high prices were the
result of the purebred sire campaign
conducted by the Sheboygan County
Holstein Breeders.
Herman Schelk, Marinette, has be-
gun an action against the town of Ste
phenson for compensation. While he
was engaged in road work he was
shoe in the eye by a hunter. He lost
the sight Of the eye.
Brig. Gen. F. G. Marshall, former
Darlington boy, who has been in com
mand of the Second Infantry brigade,
First division, United States army in
France, has assumed command of the
English infantry brigade of the army
of occupation. Gen. Marshall's moth
er is a resident of Darlington.
The Boy Scouts of Tomah under
Scoutmaster George H. Willet, turned
out enmasse to complete the job of
cleaning the old log pond. Water was
turned in and the first swimming in
Tomah's community pool was done.
Further improvements will be made on
the property, including a baseball
ground. 4
The $18O,000 highway bond issue
authorized by the county board has
been sold to the Citizens National
bank, Appleton, which bid $7,506 pre-
MUM for the bonds. The sun G,
$4,000 together with a bond issue of
$272, 900 authorized last fall, will be
expended this season IN the high
ways Of Outagamie county.
Leaving their hotel to buy soft
drinks in a confectionery store saved
the lives of three La Crosse boys ir
the tornado at Fergus Falls. The boys,
Merritt Gibson, Edwin Wittenburg
ard Albert Dehler, left the Grand hO-
tel, which was destroyed in the storm.
just a few minutes before the catas-
trophe. THE Candy Kitchen" a few
blocks away, where they went to OBJ
tain refreshments, was unframed.
George H. C~lausen, Pleasantvillc
farmer, convicted in the United States
district court last March for violating
the espionage act, by seditious utter
ances against the president, is in jail,
having been arrested by a federal
agent on his failure to pay the fine of
$500 assessed against him by Judge
Sanborn. He vas given three months
in which to pay. He will o erv
six months in the house of correction.
A carload of matted milk was
shipped last week to the relief agen-
cies in Armenia and Syria, the dona
ton of William J.. Horlick, Racine, to
the cause Of the sufferers in those
lands. 1t will go by way of the Medi-
teranean and Co~nstantinople. The do
nation was made through the Patriots
Fund committee which raised Racine's
quota of $4,000 in the national drive
for 100000, 900 for Armenians and Sy
rians.
Some fine farm lands are being Of
fered for sale within the limits Of the
Bad River Indian reservation neal
Ashland and prices are said in some
cases to be not over SO per acre.
Nearly 200 Indians on the reservation
have Certificates Of competency from
the government which means that
they can handle their own affairs
without government supervision. 1t is
the lands of these that are being of
fered for sale.
For the first time in the history OF
the fruit industry of Door county
strawberries are being canned extern
sively. The canning is being carried
on at the large plant of the Fruit
Growers union, Sturgeon Bay. a
large force of men and women will be
employed in the cannery during the
cherry season, which follows closely
after the strawberries. 1t is expected
that picking of cherries will start i'm
mediately after the fourth of July.
The cannery will also start the same
time.
The town of Wiota, 29880 acres, the
largest township within Lafayette
county, has cheese factories every 2 or
8 miles, Swiss and limburger predomi-
mating. The underlying foundation is
limestone rock and the water from
the springs and wells is as clear as
crystal-the secret of producing such
excellent cheese. The Lycan factory
in the northwestern corner of the
township, recently sold its output of
April Swiss cheese for So cents per
pound. the record-breaking sale of the
year. There are 1892 COWS in the
township.
A round table discussion and a
course on the problems of Americana
nation will be conducted at the sum-
mer session at the University of Wis
consin by Prof. Don C. Lescohier.
The first prosecution under the new
state law relative to unfair competi-
ton in Wisconsin closed in Marathon
county circuit court at Wausau when
a Jury found Fred w. Meen, Rhine
lander. guilty on four counts. He was
charged with discriminating between
different communities by buying
oroom and h11tter fat in one place at