Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-04-18
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
News of the Badger State Arranged
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one hour earlier each day, that clerks
may have more time for recreation.
The fishing season opened with a
rush at Oconto. Seven hundred
pounds of whitefish and lake trout
was the result of one net being lifted.
The road and bridge committee Of
the Winnebago county board has ar
ranged to build three bridges in the
four townships of Poygun, Oshkosh,
Vinland and Winneconne.
The Rev. L. Curtis Talmage of Terre
Haute, Ind, has been appointed SUI
perintendent of the Wisconsin Con-
gregationalists as successor to the
Rev. L. H. Keller, formerly of Madison.
Beryle, 2-year-old daughter of Gil
bert Ashley, Marinette, died after
swallowing two strychnine pills, which
were in box found by the child She
died before doctor could reach the
home.
The boiler in the Wren saw mill,
near Neillsville, was tested after thir-
ty-seven years of almost continuous
use, and was found in perfect condi-
ton, being submitted to 100 pounds of
hydrostatic pressure.
Kenosha has taken up the tribute
tree" campaign for planting trees for
men who left for the army. Several
of the women's societies adopted reso-
lutions urging that trees be planted
and a petition will be circulated.
Monroe county's three-cornered po-
litical contest for county superin-
teDdent Of schools resulted in the re-
election of Michael M. Haney, Tomah,
His opponents were Miss Dora Deo-
watzky and Mrs. Mime Dauffenbach.
Mr.. Haney had the Office for sixteen
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rathsack, for
mer well known residents of Manito-
voc, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. John Nicholas. Mr..
Rathsack was for twenty-seven years
conductor on the Northwestern. He
is on a farm at Butternut.
Unless Frank L. Kline, who former
ly lived in Prentice is found within
the next ninety days, he will lose a
$4,000 beQuest, according to the terms
Of the will of Martha e. Kline.
While sleeping in his bunk in a
logging camp, near Rhinealnder, Bert
Hebron was bitten on the arm by a
strange insect Blood poisoning de-
veloped and amputation Of the arm
was necessary.
Whether or not Stevens Point fire
men can be compelled to extend their
duties to flushing down town streets
may have to be settled by the court
A request by the street committee has
been ignored by the fremen because
request for $40 raise was refused.
The council will make another request
and if it is not complied with, the fire
men will be put on trial for insubordi-
nation, it is said.
Madison will send two Rhodes
scholars to Oxford university, Eng
land, next fall, according to an an
nouncement received by President
Birge. With resumption Of scholar
ship appointments after postponemeRt
during the war, election of Rhodes
scholars will be held in all states. Six
teen states, including Wisconsin,
whose 1918 scholarship vast post
poned, will be asked to seelct two
scholars each.
What is believed to be new high
price record for an INFESTED cow was
49, 0& 10 sol rf hn IT
Goelzer herd at Plymouth, when
George Wilson, Neillsville, bid in a
7-year-old Holstein for $755. w. H.
Krause, Thorpe, who auctioned the
sale, declared he doubted if COW Of
that age, which had never been tested
fer milk or butterfat production, had
ever brought such price at either a
public or private sale.
A total of $141,207.45 has been ex-
pended by the state to aid families of
soldiers gone to war. B. ]. Castle,
Madison, who has charge of that de-
partment, announced that the number
of families aided up to April 8, this
year, was 689 and that the number
receiving aid on this date was 351.
During the part of the year 1917 that
the law was in force the aid was $685.
2722O; for the year 1918 it was $780,
96711 and so far this year there has
been expended $22,968.45.
In order that the boys and girls may
have chance to get the right start
in growing pigs, breeders of Waukesha
county will sell excellent pure-bred
pigs to the Juniors for not more than
SIS. One breeder will sell a pig for
SIS, the immediate ancestors of which
are valued at 5000 and $500. ''The
boys and girls" says T. T.. Bewick,
state leader of the clubs, "are required
to care for the pigs and to fatten them
by fall Then there will be roundup
and the pigs will be Sold The young
people will have an opportunity to buy
their pigs back if they choose"
Racine will build a large memorial
and auditorium building in honor of
| the service men if the will of a ma
jority of the people is carried out. At
mass meeting, attended by more
than $50 persons, it was decided to in
dorse the movement to raise $4,000
A permanent telegraph school will
open in GAINESVILLE May 1. Pupils
from all parts of the state are expect
ed to attend. The school will be in
charge of Frank Mohns, manager of
| the Western Union Office, and w. F.