Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-11-14

ring. many OF the fish running better
than a pound.
Jay Reeves, state auditor of South
/ Dakota, was q visitor in the secretary
of states Office at Madison in search
Of data on the Wisconsin system OF
] budget making.
The fishing season is on at the har-
/ Dor at Oconto and big catches of her
ring are reported. Several thousands
of pounds of fish are shipped by ex-
press to Chicago daily.
i Trial of the case of four former
soldiers and two others, charged with
rioting at Beaver Dam, was postponed
on account Of the engagements Of at
torneys for the defense.
A flock of wild geese flying low in a
fog, flew into bunch of telephone
wires, near Neenah. and put several
rural lines out Of commission Two of
the flock were killed by their collision
with the wires.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Bennett and three
children of Tomah have started on an
overland tour to California. Mr.. Ben
nett recently purchased a, large trailer
and camping outfit, and the family ex-
poets to dodge hotels throughout the
entire trip.
Members Of the Manitowoc County
Ministerial association gave a farewell
dinner to the Rev. and Mrs. George
! Grether, who leave for Franklin, She
boygan county, where Mr. Grether is
| to become head of the mission house
of the Reformed church.
w. F. North, assistant cashier of the
Neillsville bank, who has been city
clerk, rendered his resignation, but
the council refused to accept it. The
amount of extra work occasioned by
paving operations caused the attempt
/ of Mr.. North to quit the job.
Special efforts are being made in
this part of the state to bring to pub
lie attention the value and service of
the state cooperative laboratory in
operation at Oshkosh 1t is open to
public health officers and physicians
generally for laboratory diagnoses.
The demand for rabbit skins by
opportunity to make money after
school hours. Rabbit pelts are used
extensively by hat makers One east
ern manufactures says he will need
100000 skins during the season.
Miss Margaret Powers, Marinette
Red Cross nurse. who was one Of the
first American nurses to reach the
fighting zone, has been awarded the
Royal Red Cross, highest honor con
ferred by the British government for
nurses. 1t was for work under fire
Miss Powers was in the service ia.
nearly two years overseas.
John r Helm. II, former mayor d
Madison and also former member Of
the legislature, is dead after years
illness. He built the first Madison
municipal water works and was its su
perintendent for 25 years. He was
prominent in German Catholic circles
and was once president of the Wis
consin Association of Catholic Young
Peoples societies.
For the first time in the history of
Racine county, a monograph was
used in the rendition of songs at the
funeral of Mrs Christine NJ Bull, 76
who was born in the town of Dover
in 1843. The monograph, manufac
tured by F. F. Blandin, son-in-law Of
the deceased. played Are You From
Heaven, Saved by Grace, and Some
Time We Will Understand.
Four thousand fish were planted in
the Wisconsin river, five miles north
of Stevens Point. obtained by the Port
age County Fish and Game Protective
association through the bureau of fish
cries at Washington The shipment
included black bass. crappies, sunfsh
and catfish Of lingering size. They
were captured from the sloughs along
the Mississippi river, near Homer,
MINI.
The city of Kenosha was ordered u
pay $4,000 in damages to the widows
of Henry Strang, and George T. Smith,
who were killed in an automobile &C
cident, April 26, by the verdict of a
jury in the circuit court at Kenosha.
1t was held q hole in the street had |
caused the driver of the death car to |
lose control at the wheel. and throw
the machine into the path of the on.
coming street car.
A complete compilation of Wiscon |
sins actual war record in respect to |
number of enlistments, wounded. and |
killed, is being gathered by the adju- |
tant generals Office Madison, at prac- |
tically no expense through the medi-
um of the soldier bonus law. AS the |
discharges come in from every Wis |
consin war veteran they are sent to |
the service recognition board. From |
here they are sent to the war Stats |
tics department, where short sum |
mary on card is made up from the |
discharge before being sent back to |
the owner.
Twenty-four teachers of the Portage |
public schools sent signed petition |
to the school board asking 500 addi- |
ton to their salary. The board al |
lowed a raise ranging from $500 to |
$3.50 last July. The petition declares |
the high cost of living compels the |
move.
The railroad commission has added |
another member to it's staff of experts. |
Walter B. Gesell of La Crosse was
appointed power plant expert. His |
duties will be to analyze power plant |
conditions and make studies of their
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