Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-09-17
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Leland B. Yorke, and II. G. Stiles,
farmers residing at Racine, died as
the result of collision between their
automobiles and an interurban car.
William Jensen and Miss Myrtle
Heroux, both of Menasha, have been
awarded the fox trotting champion
ship of the state in a contest conduct
ed by north shore resort. The prize
was silver loving cup.
The Rhinelander city schools open
cd with 1,214 students enrolled, the
largest in the history of the schools.
A staff of fifty instructors net and
arranged the schedule for the year.
Mayor James E. Harris and family
of Prairie du Chen, have gone to Cali
fornia to spend the winter, making the
trip by automobile. During Mr.. Har-
ris' absence the president of the coun-
Gil, Charles Honzel, will act as mayor.
". Malice, Detroit, was chosen presi-
dent of the National Catholic Sokol
organization at the conclusion of its
fifth annual convention at Onoha. La
Crosse, Wis, was chosen as the next
city for the national convention
The plant of the Reedsburg Can
ming Co. is running overtime to care
for the large crop of sweet corn that
growers are harvesting. At present
between $1,000 and 10000 cans are be
ing put up daily. This average will
be maintained. The company has an
acreage of more than $50 to draw
from this year The crop is excep-
tionally heavy and the quality is good.
The League of Wisconsin NUM-
cipalities will hold it's twenty-second
annual convention at La Crosse on
Oct. 12. 10 and IA The meeting this
year will be one of the most impor-
tant in the history of the organiza-
ton as the general charter law will
come up for Endorsement or amend
ment. 1t is also proposed to hold a
school for city officials in connection
with the meeting.
Prof. B. d. Leith, superintendent of
University Hill farm at Marinette, as
ISOLATED agronomist of the college OF
agriculture, University of Wisconsin,
who selected the cold-resistant corn
that is being grown as an experiment
in Marinette county inspected the
fields and finds the corn will ripen if
planted about the first week in May
and that its silage tonnage is likely
| to exceed that of many other varieties
of corn grown in upper Wisconsin.
A shipment of % head of Holstein
cattle from Arthur Webb and other
farmers in the vicinity of Albany,
Green county, were sent to Prick &
Hoesly of New Glarus. Due to lack
of properly ventilated stock cars the
cattle were put in an ordinary box car
and the doors closed tight When the
train arrived at New Glarus and the
door opened, II were dead from suffo-
cation and three have since died from
the effects.
Eugene Conner and L. K. Pomeroy
both of Madison, returned to their
homes after. a trip around the world
in the study of forestry methods OF
different countries. The men visited
Japan, China, the Philippine islands
Siberia, Egypt, Italy, France and Eng
land. Conner and Pomeroy formerly
were. employed at the forest products
laboratory. They started their jour.
ney last October and collected many
curios at the points visited.
| An old-fashioned book case, con
tanning IS of the so volumes that con
stituted the complete collection of the
Wisconsin state historical library in
| 1854. as it is now exhibited in the So
| ciety's museum at Madison, suggests
| in a striking way the enormous ex
pansion in the last 66 years of the
number of reference books available
to the people of the state through the
society. That little shelf of SO books
| has been multiplied to 435,8S2 books
pamphlets and newspapers now IN
the library stacks.
High schools and all the better pay
| ing positions in Wisconsin have been
taken care of but there probably will
| be a shortage of about 600 teachers
| in the rural districts Of Wisconsin
this fall, according to G. P. Cary, state
superintendent. To meet the situa-
ton, Mr.. Cary says it probably will
be necessary to issue about that mum.
Der of special licenses for teachers
who have not received the necessary
period of training 1t also may DC
necessary in some cases to transport
children to schools outside OF their
district.
The 1895 accident cases which
were settled under the workmen's
compensation act in 1919, involved a
total loss of 2,875,875 working days
as rhown by table upon the causes
of industrial accidents in 1919, issued
| by the industrial commission. AS
| compared with 159 deaths from indus
rial accidents in 1918, there were 226
in 1919, and there were Fl cases OF
permanent total disability as com
pared with II in the preceding year
/ Circular saws were again the most
dangerous of all machines. There were
| ass accidents on circular saws in 1918,
Increases in street railway fares and
| in gas rates were granted by the rail
road commission in six rulings, affect.
ing La Crosse, Eau Claire, Chippewa
Falls. Fond du Lac, GAINESVILLE and Be
lott. In the case of the Eastern Wis.
consin Electric Co., the commission
granted permission to charge cash