Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-11-05
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HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
| Arranged in Condensed Form

After operating for three years, the
Serge Condensed Milk company, Cash
ton, suspended operations for an IN
definite period. 1t is stated that this
is due to the fact that the market is
flooded with this commodity.
The Portage County Fish and Game
association has chosen the following
officers for ensuing year: President,
DR.. A. e. Macmillan vice-president, A.
j. Koshollek; secretary, Walter B..
Murat, and treasurer, |. S. Hull. The
association hopes to obtain 500 mem
bers by Jan. /.
Towns, villages and cities of the
state must keep streets, highways and
alleys open for travel during the win
ter. This is the law which the Wis
consin highway commission is direct
ed to enforce. j. T. Donaghey, main
tenance engineer, is instructing the
board of supervisors of every county
Of the need for it's observance.
Green Bay is after the 1921 Wiscon-
sin grain show. County Agent Kava-
with the Association of commerce and
plans were discussed for financing
such an undertaking. Brown county
last year carried off high honors at
the show at La Crosse and will be
entered again this year
The Observation-Disclosures, the only
German paper in Clark county, has
suspended publication, after an exist
ence of 80 years. The subscription list
is taken over by a WinOna concern.
The paper is owned by Carl Raben-
stein, who conducted it until year
ago, when he leased it to Miss Emma
Roessler, who had been in charge of
it since.
According to one of the fathers of
the Bad River tribe of Chippewas, of
the Bad River Indian reservation, we
are in for long and cold winter. Ac-
cording to this man, who is an adept
at weather signs, long winter may
be expected, because, he has observed,
that white men are hustling in an un-
usually heavy supply of coal and fire.
wood.
Many state institutions are paying
from $6 to $40 ton more for coal be-
cause Of inability to contract early in
the year, the power plant division of
the state highway commission says in
it's quarterly report. 1t says that in
number Of cases the high priced fuel
is of an inferior quality, running as
high as 80 per cent ash and of low
heat value.
Elaborate plans are being made for
the celebration of Armistice day in La
Crosse. A mass decoration ceremony
of La Crosse county service men with
the Victory medal will be held in
Riverside park to feature the event.
A big parade in which various socie-
ties and organizations will participate,
will precede the decoration cere-
monies.
Morris Rostker rescued the two
children of Frank Paleski, Kenosha,
from burning to death when he rushed
into smoke filed room and carried
them out of the flames. The children,
} and years old, had been left in the
Paleski apartment while the mother
went to the grocery store. 1t is be-
Iieved that the children were playing
nth matches and started fire.
The Racine water commission pro-
poses to spend $1,936,OO0 in improve
ment and extension of the water plant
in order that the service may be
4 10 Full off ~ Cd
quate for the present and future needs
of the city. With such an expenditure
the city would have an investment of
$3,158,000, the purchase price OF the
property a year ago, being $1,222,000.
Norden lodge, No. /, of the Scan
dinavian American fraternity, Eau
Claire, has membership of $50 and
hopes to obtain 1000 before next June
in friendly rivalry with Lodge SO, of
Minneapolis, which has 700 members.
P. J. Smith, Grand Lodge secretary,
says that the society has issued 1929
new certificates since January and in
vested in bonds out of surplus money
$57 1000. There is now $202,572 invest
ed in city and federal bonds.
Plumbing conditions in Wisconsin
are gradually assuming a normal
aspect, the quarterly report of the
state board of health says. An ade-
quate supply of plumbers and ability
to obtain materials with regularity for
the first time in three years are given
as causes for the change. 1t appears
that there will be general reduction
in costs, it was said. Extended activi-
ties in the plumbing industry also are
looked for.
Definite plans are under way for the
observance of Armistice day, Nov. II,
| by Edgar Eubanks post, American
Legion, at Rice Lake, near Brentwood
Invitations have been extended to
every organization of any kind
whether business, social or fraternal
| to furnish parade delegations. The
Legion post will make official presen
| tation of Victory medals to all former
| service men who served in the World
| war
The thirty-fifth year of the agricul
| tural short course at the University OF
Wisconsin opens Nov. 10, with what is
expected to be a record enrolment. II
is thought more than 500 students will
come from farms to take advantage OF
| the five-weeks' courses offered, accord
ing to Earl t. COoner director.