Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-05-28

He was laying sheet iron roof on the
4 Dells Paper and Pulp company's mill
and touched high voltage wire be
hind him.
Clarence Donahue, ii, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. M. J. Donahue of Kenosha,
was drowned in Pike creek while try
ing to catch minnows preparatory to
I a fishing trip. The body was recov
cred by members of the local life
i guard station.
Masons, bricklayers and plasterers
on strike at Green Bay for $1.25 an
hour have refused a compromise offer
Of 81 an hour by the Brown County
Contractors and Builders association
and new construction work now under
way will be held up indefinitely. The
men were receiving minimum Of
1 87Ia cents an hour.
John Liegler, an assessor at Racine
for twenty-eight years, resigned be
cause the city pay roll gives him only
$125 a month, while the same pay roll
gives the other assessor, Louis Peter
son. $780, The latter is new official,
but the county held that Mr.. Liegler
could not be raised until his present
term of Office expired.
A war romance eliminated at Nee
nah in the marriage Of Miss Agnes S.
1 Kennedy, superintendent of the Theda
4 Clark training school for nurses, and
Capt. Moody W. Bartlett of Kimberly,
Wis. Mr.. and Mrs. Bartlett first met
in France, where the former was serv-
ing with the aviation section Of the
Al. e. F. and the latter as Red Cross
nurse.
Mrs. Laura Martin of Beaver Dam
is on her way to South Carolina, where
she Joins the Swiss Yodlers for a
three months tour of the southern.
eastern and mid-wist states, she hav-
ing signed a contract with the Red
path bureau for the tour. She is a
talented vocalist and has appeared as
a local entertainer, but this is her first
experience as professional.
Bernard Stein, 10 years old, and T.
S. Jesup. % years old. were found dead
in their rooms in the home of the for
mers mother, Mrs. A. G. Stein, at Mad
lison. They had been overcome by gas
from an open jet. Both the windows
and transoms Of the room were
closed. Their bodies were discovered
by STEMS mother, when she entered
their room to call them for breakfast.
i From now on Patrick Hazen, a
settler near Bolton, will place any sur
plus funds which he may accumulate
in the bank Mr.. Hazen had over 1915
in bills concealed in an old mattress
in his shack. When he went to count
his money he found that rats had mu-
tilated it beyond redemption. Rather
high priced feed for rats remarked
.Hazen, as he informed neighbor of
his loss.
Thirty-two cavalry horses have ar
rived in Ladysmith, being the govern
ment allotment for Troop x, Wiscon-
sin National guard. The Ladysmith
troop was the first in the state to re-
ceive it's horses. The animals, which
are fine specimens, were shipped di-
rect from the annual stock show at
San Francisco, in charge of Corp. John
Gnat, having been en- route twenty
eight days.
Scenic Door county has been select
ed as the summer institute for Red
j Cross nurses, particularly those en-
gagged in public health work. The in
sritute will be held at the summer re-
sort of Fish Creek from July to 10.
chr
engaged in public health work in lii
nois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan.
Iowa, Indiana, North and South Dako-
ia will be present
A price of $1,000 for Guernsey
cow was paid by f. j. Rueping, owner
d of Corium farm near Fond du Lac, at
the national sale of Guernsey cattle at
the farm of E. B. Haltby, Midlothian,
& Ill The cow was owned by w. w.
Marsh, Waterloo, Ia, and is described
as being the greatest COW of any breed
in the United States. Tne COW goes
Il under the name of Imported Prospects
Rose des Houards, and won first prize
as senior and grand champion at the
National Dairy show in Chicago in
!, 1919. M
. The recently Incorporated Cherry
Harvesting association of Sturgeon
Bay is making plans for the establish
ment of a camp to accommodate a
portion of the cherry pickers who will
be in Door county in a couple of
!, months to help in the harvesting of
the crop The camp will be estab-
d lished on the fair grounds mile from
Sturgeon Bay and every accommoda-
ton will be provided for the spickers.
The association expects to have 1900
4 Y. M. C. A. boys from all parts of the
state at their camp.
Marinette and Sturgeon Bay will be
considered as Lake Michigan ports by
the Wisconsin Conservation commits
sion, according to letter from w. E.
Barber of the commission, to D. H.
], Smith of Marinette. Lake Michigan
fishermen enjoy more liberal laws
than those on Green Bay, SO Mari
nette fishermen have been working
out of Menominee, Mich, which is con-
sidered a Lake Michigan port. With
the new ruling of the conservation
commission, Marinette fishermen will
make Marinette their port instead OF
Menominee.
Fire destroyed the house, barn, ga:
rage and tool shed on the farm owned
81 IL. L. 49,