Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-02-20


les announced reduction of 81 per
case in the price of condensed milk,
The new quotation, which amounts to
a reduction Of 2 cents per can to the
retailer, is $5.75 per case.
DR.. Joseph Schafer, former head of
the history department of the Univer-
sity of Oregon and now superintendent
of the State Historical society, is to
gather the data, industrial, CONNER
cial and historical of Wisconsin since
the days Of the Civil war.
E. S. Leverich of Angelo recently
made the largest single shipment OF
blooded stock ever sent out of Mon
roe county The shipment consisted
of % head of fuE-blpoded Holstein cat.
tle> consigned to the E. N. Murphy
farm, Egg Harbor, Door county, Wis.
Each animal is valued at an average
of $1,000, or $4,000 for the herd.
twenty-five upper Wisconsin colln-
ties are going to add s10.OO0,OOO to the
wealth of the state between now and
next fall This is conservative esti-
mate made by John Swenehart, in
charge of the land clearing operations
for the College of Agriculture, Madi-
son, in announcing the summer cam
paign to clear more land
The Oshkosh health department has
secured barrel of whisky, which will
be taken out of bond by federal order
and shipped there for use at the city's
emergency hospital. The hospital has
many influenza patients and all they
| will need to get drink is prescrip-
ton from physician who believes that
the stuff is good for them.
Sturgeon Bay is to have an Episco-
pal church The local Episcopal con-
gregation have been assured of a new
structure by the Rev. Horatio Gates of
Milwaukee, who conducts services
! there. At present members of this
faith are holding their services in the
X. p. lodge rooms. A site is now I'M
der consideration and it is expected
| that building will start in the spring.
Castor Taylor, Oldest resident Of the
l.
goodly number of residents of Pierce
county are related, has seen 100
! Christmas days, but will not complete
his century until Oct Is next Of his
| twelve children nine are living. There
are 169 living descendants, the nine
children, f1fty-one grandchildren, 100
great grandchildren and nine great
great grandchildren.
Since it's organization fourteen years
| ago, 1919 was the most successful year
! in the history of the Farmers Indus
| trial association at Clifford, Price
county The association, which is
comprised of farmers, did a business
of $251 ,591,41 When organized the
com pany's capital was only $50. Today
| it is capitalized at $4,000. General
merchandise and forest products con-
stitute the associations chief line.
To eliminate the necessity of build
| ing four new schools, four school dis
| tricts in the town of Cicero, Outagamie
county, decided to consolidate and
erect central school building. Ac-
/ ton of the boards must be ratified by
! the taxpayers of the four districts.
Transportation must be provided for
school children, some of whom live
more than four miles from the pro
posed school.
! Plans and specifications are at Eau
! Claire for the $4,000 concrete high
way to be built between Eau Claire
! and Osseo this summer, and it is ex
, pected that that work will be started
, at the Eau Claire end of the job as
soon Is the weather conditions permit.
1 Louis Schroeder, who became blind
i as a result of drinking a concoction
believed to have contained wood alco-
j ho1, recovered his eyesight at La
Crosse hospital after three days.
! What is probably the last round OF
! a long and bitter fight between two
| factions of the village of Rockland,
Wis, over the question of incorpora-
ton, has just been staged. The fight
| eliminated in motion on the part or
anti-incorporators to open a judgment
denying their application and restrain.
ing the village from further procedure
toward incorporation. The reasons
were alleged irregularities at the cleo
ton. The motion of the anti-incorpor-
ators was denied in circuit court by
Judge E. C. Higbee, and Rockland will
at once proceed to incorporate as a
village in the usual manner.
Dane county with $4,000 head of
milk cows leads Wisconsin counties
according to figures compiled by the
department of agriculture. There are
close to 100000 milk cows in Wis.
consin. The report places the figures
at 1,846,00O Dodge County ranks sec
ond with 70,412 cows, Marathan county
third with 64-710 and Clark fourth
with 1856. This is gain of 8 per
cent over a year ago. The total valu
alton of this stock is $179,O62, 600.
Horses decreased in number from 1884,
600 to $4,000 on Jan. 1. Swine in
creased per cent over a year ago
with 2,236,00O on farms in 1920. There
were 687 900 sheep and lambs in 1920.
compared to 6S0,0OO in 1919. The
total valuation of Wisconsin livestock
! is listed at $373,167,000.
/ Four week investigation into the
| high cost of living by a federal grand
! jury at La Crosse, have disclosed ire