Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-02-13
Wisconsin
HAPPENINGS
important News of the Badger State
| Arranged in Condensed Form


Cousins, has approved the increase of
capital of the Citizens bank, Algoma,
from $4,000 to $65,0O0.
G. D. Storrs and Austin Ryan, Eau
Claire, bought out the A. R. Manley
Investment and Securities business
and will continue it under the name
of Storrs, Ryan & Co.
By the passage of a resolution over
the veto of Mayor Herman Albrecht,
the Sheboygan city council put into
effect an eight-hour day for all labor
ers working on municipal projects.
/ The Eagle River Cooperative com
pany made it's third big shipment this
year of fresh eggs to Philadelphia.
Two years ago the local egg produc-
ton did not supply the local demand.
Burglars stole a hammer and chisel
from blacksmith shop at Eau Claire,
and creeping through coal hole OF
the A. j. Aires fuel shop pried open
the inner door of the safe and secured
SIS.
T. L. Newton, 90, prominent Re
publican and Mason, former secretary
of Wisconsin State Fair, died at his
home at Beaver Dam Of pneumonia
He was a retired merchant and
banker.
The 1919 La Crosse Interstate fair
was the most successful in history
Reports presented at the annual meet
ing showed a profit of 81. 500, of which
| $4,000 was expended for improvements
and betterments.
The Wisconsin Rural Letter Car.
riers' association will hold it's annual
convention in Merrill July IL and 10,
The Lincoln County Rural Letter Car
riers' association will meet on Feb. %
to make plans for the convention.
There is a shortage of cabooses Oh
the Ashland division of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway and it has been
necessary to press number OF pas
senger coaches into service as substi-
tutes. The movement of logs is very
heavy at this time.
With $4,000 tons of ice already cut
and $500 more tons about to be har-
vested for the several icing stations
of the 500 line, operations at Stevens
Point came to halt when employees
of Reading & Neumann discovered
their equipment had been stolen.
Thieves made away with heavy tongs,
wrenches, pike poles and other instru-
ments.
The state of Wisconsin lost an in
ventive genius of more than ordinary
note when Louis j. Monahan, of the
! Universal Motor company, died at an
| Oshkosh hospital of pneumonia fol
lowing influenza. He was 43 years
| old. He invented number of useful
articles, the latest being a device for
supplying free air and water for auto
mobiles.
Lamoine Batson, Eau Claire, was
! winner among the amateurs in the ski
tournament held there. Carl Morten
sen, Chippewa Falls, boy champion OF
| America, carried off honors in the
| boys events. Batson also won the
long standing jump for amateurs -
107 feet-while Earl Running of Eau
Claire, won the long standing jump in
the boys contest-96 feet.
Kenosha Trades and Labor council
/ by a unanimous vote went on record
as favoring the seating of Victor l.
/ Berger as a member of the house OF
representatives The resolution pro
riding for the Endorsement of Berger
was sent to the council from MilWau
zee. The council also condemned the
action of the New York legislature in
suspending five socialist members.
Influenza has closed the state pris
OH at Waupun. A prisoner received
was seriously i'll when he arrived and
died shortly afterward. Soon after
tie disease spread and the prison was
isolated. Deputy Warden Guy Taft
refusedlto state the number of cases
Every sheriff in Wisconsin has been
notified not to bring in prisoners. 1t
is thought that the quarantine may
last two months.
Federal recognition of at least sixty
days prior to encampment must be OBJ
tanned by every unit of the Wiscon-
sin National guard that desires to go
to camp this summer. This informa-
ton was received at Madison by Gen
Orlando Holway from the war depart
ment. 1t will still give organizations
until the last of April to complete
their personnel and obtain federal rec
ognition
| Charlie Kreitlow, who resides near
Pittsviile, Wood county, is in the
Marshfleld hospital, his right arm
broken in three places, his upper left
jaw broken, his lower jaw broken, his
left ear slit nearly it's entire length,
his face badly lacerated, his chin
gashed and his skull fractured, follow
| ing an attempt he made to start two
and one-half horsepower gasoline en-
| CINE. Kreitlow has been unable to ex-
plain how the accident occurred, being
| in state Of coma.
Plans have been approved by the
Beloit city council for the construc-
ton of new $4,000 bridge over
Rock river in the business district OF
Beloit. Federal and state approval
| had been obtained, and bonds have
been voted. Bids for the construction
work are to be opened Feb. 20.
Taylor & Sons old stave mall at
Tomahawk has been purchased by the
| Tomahawk Tow company. The new