Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-12-19
WTSCONS SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger Stais
Arranged in Condensed Form

Wisconsin State Horticultural socie-
ty will hold its annual convention at
the capitol Jan to 8. R. S, Herrick,
Ames, Iowa, will speak.
DR.. l. D. Steffen, Amigo, is new
president of the Langlade National
bank to succeed the late F. ]. Finu-
cane. DR.. Steffen is former Amigo
mayor.
Loren D. Gebo, Cohoes, N. Y, has
been appointed forest ranger for the
Bad River reservation. He was with
the forestry division overseas and is a
graduate of Cornell college.
Mrs. Marie Zimmerman, died at a
Sheboygan hospital after having
been unconscious four days. She was
found insensible on the floor of her
home. She lived alone. There are no
near living relatives.
For the fourth year Marinette will
have a community Christmas tree, the
largest to be found in the northern
woods. Monday night before Christ
| mas a special Christmas program will
be held about the tree.
While The was attending church,
thieves entered the home of Rudolph
Zimmerman, farmer, near Neenah,
took cold lunch and departed with
considerable silver tableware and
clothing and shotgun.
Because of lack of heat state Of
ficers were forced to suspend opera
ton. Unless more heat is supplied
more branches Of the state govern
ment will probably be forced to curtail
activities Lack of coal is given as the
cause.
"A new long distance telephone cir
cult is being completed between Anti
go and Green Bay, making the twelfth
long distance circuit out of that city.
| There are two circuits each to Clin-
tonville, Appleton, Wausau. Crandon,
and three to Rhine1Snder.
L. A. farrell, chief examiner, in
charge of the administration of the
state workmen's compensation law
since it's enactment in 1911, has re-
signed to take position as attorney
In charge of claims with the Lumber
mems Mutual Casualty company, Chi
cago.,
Green Bay has imported from for
eign countries $86O,849 worth of mis-
cellaneous merchandise since Jan. /,
according to reports of the traffic COM
missioner Of the Association of Com
merce. The imports are practically
| double those of 1911. Meat from Cana
da takes an important place in the
list.
Andrew Cheminski, Kenosha, APP
peared before the Industrial commits
sion demanding $500 compensation
| from the American Brass Co for loss
! Of his right eye. He said that he was
injured Sept is, 1919, when some acid
splashed in his eye. IA workman, try
| ing to administer first aid, used gaso-
line as an eye wash, by mistake.
The case Of the state vs.. Bragg
Stoddart Jet al, the Waupun riot
case in which Mr. Stoddart and one
civilian and four former soldiers are
held to answer for a rail ride party
in which Gus Bluemke, an alien ~
years old, was the victim, has been set
over until the February term. The
case was to be tried this week but
there was conflict with other cases.
All English language weeklies in
Eau Claire county have united under
the name of Eau Claire County Union.
This paper incs.des The Augusta
m. TN No 10 T0i
child Observer and The Fall Creek
Journal The only other weekly left
| is The Reform, a Norwegian language
weekly, Eau Claire The Eau Claire
County Union will be published at Au-
gusta.
A hunter brought to the Door Coun-
ty court house a carcass of what he
thought was a wolf and applied fol
bounty, leaving the carcass in the cor
ridor outside After the county clerk
had made out the preliminary detailT
of the bounty he took look at the
animal His suspicion was aroused
and he called several authorities on
wild animal life, who declared the
pelt was that Of a dog. The hunter
| got no bounty.
Upon his return to Madison from an
| investigation in the eastern section Of
the state relative to disabled service
men drawing state aid, Col. John Tur
ner reports that he finds there is a
misunderstanding relative TO the fund
| the state appropriated for that pur-
pose. 1t is simply an emergency fund
| to aid those incapacitated from
work pending their receiving federal
aid, which in many cases has been
slow in arriving Col. Turner has
found that in many cases men are
drawing state aid who are carrying on
their regular vocation. In one city
he found fifty-three men receiving
state aid, the understanding being
that is was bonus. Those who are
not entitled to the emergency aid and
who are now drawing it will be
dropped
In case the entire Wisconsin Ma
tional guard goes into camp next sum-
mer there will be parade of Thirty
second division men. Beloit has the
largest number of service men of any
lie sta, e. Marinette has
80 state guardsmen and Oconto half a
company enlisted.
The Marinette school board has IL
applications for the position of super
intennent of schools made vacant by
l - ~ Il