Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-09
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

Fifty-five applications for licenses to
sell soft drinks have been filed by for
mer saloon keepers at Manitowoc
While sleeping in her home at
Stevens Point, Mrs. Charles Schribner
was bitten on the arm by rat. In a
few minutes her arm had swollen to
| twice it's normal size
According to reports made to the
war department, the Wisconsin Ma
tional guard on June 80 consisted of
1880 men and IT'S officers, all of whom
had been federally inspected.
LAFAYETTE county's health bill for the
year OF. 1919 was $212.60, according to
announcement from the health board
at Darlington The board also reports
377 births and 21O deaths for 1919.
Pleading guilty to charge of sell
| ing liquor containing more than one
| half of / per cent of alcohol, H. G..
Millagr. proprietor of Central Park at
Kenosha, was fined $500 and costs.
According to tentative approval
| given by the state board Of health at
| its seni-annual meeting, the fifth bien-
| NAL conference of health officers of
Wisconsin will be held Sept. $3.50 in
Madison.
The new tissue papeW mill Of the
Peshtigo Pulp and Paper Co., has
started operations at Peshtigo. It is a
half million dollar plant backed large
ly by Green Bay capital. Ray Mead,
Grand Rapids, is the superintendent.
Clark county boys, who are raising
hogs, held a meeting in Neillsville and
organized an association. Harry
/ Thompson, of York, was chosen presi-
dent; Clodie Vine, of Granton, vice
president, and Emil Lease, Of Pine
Valley, secretary. 1t is planned to
have several meetings during the year.
The members of the club own so pure
bred pigs
The Bar association of the Seventh
judicial circuit met at the Grand View
hotel at the Chain O. Lakes, Waupaca,
and elected the following officers:
President, Llewellyn Cole, Clinton
\
Grand Rapids; secretary, B. E. Meyer,
Marion, and treasurer, L. D. Smith,
Waupaca A banquet was served at
Grand View, Judge w. F. Owen,
Stevens Point, presiding.
Muriel Long, 81, prominent young
man of Lancaster, was drowned while
going to the rescue of Richard Rand,
friend with whom he was swimming
| In the Wisconsin river Rand was
saved. Rand was caught in whirl-
pool and shouted to Long to get boat
and help him out. Instead, Long swan
to Rand's assistance. He was caught
/ in the same pool and sank, never ris-
current and finally managed to swim
/ out
Neil Joseph, Green Bay restaurant
man, was found not guilty on a charge
of manufacturing Intoxicating liquor in
/ Green Bay municipal court. Federal
prohibition agents testified that not
only a still and quantity of moon
shine were taken in raid on his
| home, May 28, but that mash was cook
ing in part of the still at the time of
the raid. The defense testified that
the alleged still was used as bath
tub for Joseph's daughter and was in
that use at the time the raid was
| made
La Crosse has officially been desig-
| mated as a station on the air mail
route between Chicago and the Twin
Cities according to notification re-
ceived by Postmaster o. r. Skaar from
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Otto Praeger. Two automobile trucks
which will be utilized to convey mail
between the landing field and post Of
fee, have been shipped to La Crosse
from indianapolis, and the city has
been notified to build hangar on the
field in accordance with government
specifications.
The 100 houses built during the war
by the shipping board for the employees
of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., at
.Manitowoc, and recently bought from
the government by the company, have
been sold again. They have become
the property of the Manitou Realty
Co. at the price of $4,000, or about
half the cost The contract of sale
provides that rents shall be reduced to
SIS, $28 and $32 for 5, 6 and 7-room
houses, respectively and that employees
of the shipbuilding company be given
thirty days to buy the homes at $500
$3.50 and $4,000.
That gravel pit owned by one gov
ernmental organization cannot be
taken by the state by it's right of emf.
4 nent domain was the substance OF a
ruling of the attorney general to the
state highway commission. Manitowoc
owns a gravel pit outside its corporate
limits and the state has been unable
to make satisfactory arrangements by
which it may use the gravel for a
trunk highway near which the pit lies
The question was asked If there were
some way by which the state could OBJ
tain the pit in case no satisfactory
mutual arrangement could be reached
The answer was in the negative
F. S. Englebrecht, farmer living
near Conover, suffered severe injuries
in an accident while repairing belt
on a portable sawmill In reaching
for the belt Englebrecht's right shout
der came in contact with the circular
saw, infiicting a deep cash that re
+ Cl1irnd fnYrtoor stitches