Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-10-15
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

LuS1dnu SlOCh, the Olu NEW A1A7ielAO
| traditions in regard to the husking OF
the corn are very much in vogue
Husking bees are a common occur
renee these days with large and
hilarious gatherings of farm and city
people present.
Albert Dettman, whose farm is five
miles from Marinetteg suffered a S12,-
600 loss when his house and farm
buildings were destroyed, by fire. All
buildings but the silo, which is of con
crete, were burned. The barn was
filed with produce Some pigs per
fshed in the fire, all the other stock
being saved.
The 5-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Mike Tymecki, living on farm
west of Wausaukee, Marinette coun-
ty, was fatally burned when she fell
into tub of boiling water. The
child was playing in the kitchen where
the mother was mixing stock feed
She tripped and fell head first into the
tub of hot water. She was terribly
burned on the face and shoulders, dy-
ing the following afternoon.
Peter Kloppenstein, living near
Ladysmith, dropped dead at a restau-
rant in Barron, after giving his order
for a lunch. Mr.. Kloppenstein, with
his wife and son, was motoring from
Ladysmith to southern Minnesota and
had stopped in Barron While his or
der was being filled he was stricken
with heart failure, and when the
waitress returned she found him on
the floor dying The body was taken
to Ladysmith for interment.
o. E. Phelps has been arrested,
charged with violation of the "blue
sky law" which prohibits the sale OF
any kind of stocks without permission
Of the railroadacommission of Wiscon-
sin. The complaint was made by
Robert E. Koenig, town Of Reitbrock
Marathon county, who alleges Phelps
sold 10000 shares of stock in the
Ozark Mining company of Des Moines
by making false statements. Phelps
is out on $4,000 bail.
Over eight million dollars have been
spent this season on Improvement OF
state highways, according to the state
highway commission There has been
more work for the Improvement of the
state highways this year than ever be
fore. Several hundred miles of sur
facing have been done, in addition to
400 miles of light work, 600 miles OF
| concrete. Hauling is to be continued
all winter for next springs work,
which opens about April /.
Secretary of State Merlin Hull re
yoked the detective license of the Ma
tional Pioneer Detective bureau OF
Minneapolis. p F. Kirley. operating
a general merchandise store at DOyles-
town, complained that the bureau had
failed to carry out its contract with
him This is the first case of its kind
since the law was passed by the last
legislature. Under the law this viii
not bar the bureau from operating
purely as collection agency in the
state.
The state department of agriculture
has issued a warning to farmers con
corning the low nutritive value of new
stock feed that is on the market. Mil
let bran, the offal obtained in the
manufacture of millet -four, has low
value as foodstuff This product has
recently been found on the Wisconsin
markets. Since the product looks
very much like wheat middlings
farmers are cautioned against the pur
chase of feed without label giving
| the analysis.
st. Joseph's Catholic congregation
at Kellnersville, Manitowoc county
celebrated it's golden jubilee Wednes
| day, Oct s. Bishop Paul Rhode and
| 25 priests from northwestern Wiscon
| sin were present at the POntiflcal high
mass which opened the days program
and at which Bishop Rhode was the
celebrant. st. Joseph's congregation
comprises 21O families. One person OF
the original congregation of fifty years
ago was present at the days festiVi
ties. He is William Cheney, oldest
resident of the village of Kellners
| vile.
Taking steps to drive from the
world market so-called green cheese
which is undermining Wisconsin,
reputation as dairy state, the divi
sion of markets by drastic order for
bids the 2,75O cheese factories in Wis
consin to pack or ship or deliver or
paraffine whole milk American cheese
| unless it has been out of the press at
least three&days and is dry. The or
der makes it criminal not only fol
| cheese factories to ship but also foJ
| all buyers. from factories to receive
any cheese in green condition. The
order requires, under penalty of fine
or Imprisonment, that the cheese
maker or operator stamp upon each
cheese the date of removing from the
press and the date of packing, to-
gether with the cheese factory's num-
Der to be issued by the division OF
markets. All persons affected by the
order are given until Nov. / to comply
The sugar beet harvest in Brown
county has commenced. w. E. Corey
of the Green Bay Sugar Co. expects
to harvest more than $4,000 tons. The
refinery, which is nearing completion
will be put in operation Oct 20
Enough beets will be. on hand for a
continuous run for about eighty days
The sugar beet crop is not large. The
extreme dry weather of August and
September curtailed the output.
Dan Cupid displayed Comeback
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