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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12

believe that at least SO farms out of
100 could have easily afforded money
to buy at least 100 pounds of dyna.
mite. At least one county two years
ago used more than 100 pounds a
farm.
'sBy buying in carload lots every
community can save money. 1t takes
only 100 orders of 200 pounds each to
make minimum carload and get the
carload prices. Great savings are
possible thru buying wholesale and
there are few communities in upper
Wisconsin where this quantity of eX-
plosive cannot be afforded. We urge
the community to get the co-opera-
tion of it's road officials. II the town
and county road committees will
order their supply of explosive with
the community, it will make it that
much easier for car lot order to be
made up.
''It has been our experience that a
community can easily arrange with a
good live dealer to handle the whole
proposition. 1t is necessary that
somebody look after this and he is
the proper person to do it. 1t is GER
tainly fair for him to charge a reason
able profit. The user Of explosives
can well afford to pay the dealer, or
any other person who acts as dealer,
one cent pound for the risk and
trouble of handling. This, of course,
is based on delivery at the railroad
car and payment for the explosive in
cash. Exchange.
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An Inspectors School.

An inspectors school will be held at
Appleton ON March II and IL with a
view of assisting the inspectors on
concrete road and bridge construction
to better understanding Of their du-
ties and responsibilities, thereby in
creasing their efficiency. Men attend
ing the school who qualify as inspect
ors and are later employed on state or
federal aid construction will be allowed
a reasonable amount of extra time to
Offset the expense incurred. At later
date examinations will be held to de-
termine the applicants qualifications
and give them rating. Here IS a
chance for men interested in had
work to get good position. SCI. bur
highway commissioner for further
particulars.
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High School Meeting.

A public meeting will be held at
the school house Monday evening,
March Is, at 500 p. M, for the pur-
pose of appointing committees to act
with the high school board in con-
sulting architects, inspecting build
ings of types recommended. A
special school meeting to vote the
necessary bonds will be held after
the approximate cost has been de-
termined.
State Supt Cary is heartily in ac-
cord with the idea of a new high
school for Eagle River and advises
immediate action as building costs
are not expected to decline within
the next few years. He recommends
the fifteen year payment plan as one
that willnot be burdensome to the
taxpayers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12

The. agricultural forces of Is upper
Wisconsin counties are out to add
$40, 900, 900 to the wealth of their dis
tricts and the state between now and
next fall.
This is the estimate made by John
Swenehart, in charge of land clearing
operations for the College of Agricul-
ture. Never have the settlers been
more keenly interested in clearing
land and never have they had more
definite program of action.
Land clearing explosives now cost
less in terms of labor or farm pro-
ducts than ever before" he says.
give days. wages will buy one
hundred pounds of explosive this
year, when nine days work was re-
quired in former years to purchase
an equal amount.
In order to increase values by Sl2,-
600, 600, this quota of explosive has
been set for the twenty-five counties
where there still remain large acre
ages to be cleared: Ashland, los, 100;
pounds; Bayfield,. 17780O; Barron 427,-
400; Burnett, 1s5, 800; Chippewa, 242,-
300; Clark, All, 100; Douglas, 143, 700;
Florence, 1900; Forest, $4,000; Iron,
SO, 800; Langlade l76,8Oo; Lincoln, 49,
900; Marathon, $4,000; Marinette,
232, 900; Oconto, $4,000; Oneida, ST.
100; Polk, 397, 900; Price, 185, 100; Rusk,
TIA, 700: Sawyer, 1900; Shawano, 39l,-
100; Taylor, 100000; Villas, $4,000;
Washburn, 1873, 100; Wood, 278.6o0.
Wisconsin is now the largest user OF
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Columbia Sextette, scheduled
for tonight, postponed until
further notice. Missed train
connections this morning.
How Villas Grows

For a new agricultural coun-
ty, Villas MADE a splendid agri-
cultural record in 1919 by in
creasing the value of her agri-
cultural output in 1919 over
that of 1918 $158, 504, accord
ing to figures compiled for the
state department of agricul-
ture by j. A. Becker, joint
crop statistician for the state
and federal departments. The
county increased it's cultivated
area by ], $50 acres.
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The Federal Bonus.

Wisconsin war veterans would get
total of SIS, O0O,OO in case congress
should decide to grant the recently
formulated request of the American
Legion for $50 month for each man
who serving during the world war, it
was estimated by Major Edward A.
Fitzpatrick, head of the bonus distri-
button of the state. The federal bonus
as requested by the Legion is to be
over and above any state award, so
that whether the soldier had The cash
bonus or the educational bonus Of
Wisconsin, no bonus at all as in some
of the states would make no difference.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12
UPPER WISCONSIN IS
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY
Statistics Show Homeseekers
Realize Natural Advan-
tages to Found Here
in Abundance.

Possibilities for rapid development
in Northern Wisconsin are apparent
to anyone familiar with the agricul-
tural situation in general. The strides
this part Of the state has made in the
last decade, coupled with the facts
and figures furnished by the state and
federal departments of agriculture,
convince the homeseeker of the agri-
cultural possibilities to be found here.
The rapid increase in our city pop
ulation over the rural population has
created a strong demand for greater
agricultural production. The search
ty of agricultural products has sent
prices to unheard-of levels and has
made fortunes for the owners of pro-
ductiye farms in all sections of the
country.
These high prices of agricultural
products have in turn sent land
values to fabulous heights. Good
farm lands in Iowa and Illinois are
now selling at from S4O0 TO $500 an
acre and the worn and quilted lands
of the southeastern part of the United
States are selling at $3.50 to $400 pei
acre.
These prices for agricultural pro.
ducts and these values for farm lands
are causing many men to look for
new and undeveloped lands to culti-
vate. The West no longer offers the
great opportunity that 1T once did
and SO the land developer must turn
either to the undrained swamps OF
the South Atlantic and Gulf coast, or
to the undeyeloped regions north OF
our present agricultural belt. OF all
the undeveloped regions of the United
States at the present time, northern
Wisconsin offers the greatest possibil.
tiles of any. In fact, there is no
doubt but that much of the better
land in this region is just as produc-
tive as is the land in Iowa, which is
now selling for around S400 an acre.
Records show that clover makes
from three to four tons per acre regu-
larly. Alfalfa makes three to six tons
of hay per acre. Timothy makes one
to three tons of hay per acre every
year. Millet makes four to six tons
of hay per acre. Turnips make 1000
to 1900 bushels per acre. Mangels.
stock beets and all other root crops
do equally as well. Sugar beets one
year made $1,000 pounds per acre.
Potatoes, cash crop, find their
ideal soil in Villas county. Small
grains, grasses and clovers produce
abundantly during g, growing season
that is supplied with adequate rain
fall at the proper periods. Crop fail
ures and drouths are unknown.
Villas county is truly the land OF
opportunity for the homeseeker.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12
Wisconsin Officers Led Men.

That the Wisconsin officer in the
A. E. F. led his men in battle and
that he probably was the target for
sharpshooters, is shown by the official
report of the war department or the
A. e. f. casualties. For every 10
Wisconsin men killed or who died of
wounds, there was one Badger officer
killed. For every "a Wisconsin men
wounded there was one Badger officer
wounded. A company of infantry
at war strength has one officer to Al
men, six officers and $50 men, If in
battle there were three officers and
$50 men, ratio Of one officer to SO
men, it was considered big fighting
unit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12
Columbia Sextette concert to
have been held tonight, post
poned until further notice, ac-
cording to wire this morning.
AirpIane at Fair

If you have any desire to fly
high be sure to attend the Villas
County Fair next fall because
there will be airplane fights
each day. Oscar Gunderson,
secretary for the Villas County
Agricultural Society, this week
closed a contract with Mrs. H.
L. Porter Of Madison for ex-
hibition flights each day of
the fair. The aviatrix reserves
the right to carry passengers
and advertising so there will
plenty of chances to go up for
those who want to fly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12
Owning a Farm Home.

During the year that development
has been going on in Wisconsin many
interesting examples of individual
ideas have been brought out. Most of
the early settlers worked either in the
woods or sawmills. Then the demand
became greater and greater for an in
crease in food production, hay and
meats, and some of these people
started farming on a small scale
Many, though, lacked the pioneering
spirit and remained In the towns,
where they found employment in the
sawmills, in the mines, or at some
other occupation where they would
only be required to work certain
number of hours each day, for which
they would receive certain pay. anG
where it would be easy to spend mon
ey after they had earned it.
The men who set about to make a
country home, and produce food, were
pioneers in every sense of the word
They got some claim or right to a
small piece of land-perhaps forty"
or an eighty They went into debt
and placed themselves under burden
of responsibility They were not
afraid of hardships, a few debts, etc.
They wanted to be independent and
have home for their families some
future day, that would be their very
own. They cut wood, sawed logs,
made posts, and worked at odd times
for the neighboring lumbermen. They
saved their earnings and each year
paid off part of the debt on their land,
and In the course of few years their
''forty" or eighty" was all paid for,
cleared and under cultivation. Their
families had grown up with the farm
and knew what real pioneer home
making was, and were all better off for
the experience. Yes, in order to have
true sense of appreciation we must
make sacrifices-a life without such
experiences is not complete.
Now compare with the picture just
drawn one Of the city men who start
ed out in the same circumstances as
our farmer settlers, and in most cases
he is still renting home, and buying
everything on the installment plan.
Many of the early settlers farms
have been sold this year, and they
brought enough to those who devel-
oped them to keep them comfortable
the rest of their days.
The farm home is the home to build.
1t will pay you for developing it, and
when you wish to dispose of it, it will
bring a handsome price.
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Boost, then Boost Again.

Boost your city; boost your friend;
Boost the lodge that you attend;
Boost the street on which you're
dwelling;
Boost the goods that you are selling.
Boost the people round about you.
They CAN get along without you,
But success will quicker find them
If they know that you're behind them
Boost for every forward movement;
Boost for every new improvement;
Boost the man for whom you labor
Boost the stranger and tile neighbor.
Cease TO be chronic knocker,
Cease to be progress blocker
If you'd make your city better,
Boost it to the final letter. Elk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12
COnOVer Farmer Dies.

Aaron Reed, one of the prominent
farmers of Conover, died at his home
in that town Saturday morning after
a two weeks illness with pneumonia.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day conducted by Rev. Silversten of
Rhinelander, who two weeks before
oficiated at the funeral of a daugh-
ter, Miss Nancy Reed. Mr.. Reed was
81 years of age and was born in Swe-
den. He had resided in Conover for
fourteen years and was universally
respected by large acquaintance,
A wife, four sons and two daughters
survive him.
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Woodruff to Have Mil.

Charles S. Smith of Lake Manito-
wish is putting in large stock of
logs at the Small Lake at Woodruff.
A mill is ready for erection as soon as
the frost is out of the ground. Mr..
Smith has several million feet of logs
at other points ready for concentra-
tion and manufacture at Woodruff.
The output has been sold to the
Woodruff Builders Supply Company
of Woodruff. -MinocQua Times.
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Thanking the Ladies.
To the Public:

10 UHe PUBLIC:
We wish to acknowledge that the
Eagle River ladies' club known as
the Inter Sc, has donated to the
Eagle River Band the money left
from the proceeds of the supper
given the evening of the mask ball.
The amount was S27.1O. 1t will
form the initial fund with which
the boys hope to purchase uni
forms.
The undersigned, respectfully di-
rector and manager of the Eagle
River Band, therefore wish to
thank publicly the ladies for their
kindness and liberality, and trust
that when uniforms have been Sc
cured we can repay them as we'll
as the community with music.
Respectfully,
OSCAR GUNDERsON, Director.
FRANK CARTER, M anager.
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HIGHWAY WORK WILL
NOT STOP IN STATE
Secretary Cannon Says mo
Foundation in Story that
1920 Road Work is
to be Stopped"

There is no foundation for the scare
story going the rounds of the press
that highway construction in WiScon-
sin in 1920 will be stopped, owing to
the high prices asked and the difficult
ty in securing material, according to
f. A. Cannon, Executive Secretary of
the Good Roads Association of Wis
consin, who discusses this subject in
the current issue of Good Roads for
Wisconsin. Mr.. Cannon says:
"While there will be policy of re-
trenchment in the construction pro-
gram there are indications that as
much concrete construction work will
be done in 1920 as in 1919, and more
construction of miscellaneous types
of roads, such as gravel, stone, ma
cadam, earth roads, etc.
''Last year 40 miles of cement con-
crete were constructed and che same
milage will undoubtedly be construct
ed this year. Last year 100 miles of
miscellaneous types of roads were
built and there is every indication
that it will run to 1000 miles this
year. Summed up, briefly, the facts
are as follows:
'.There is available for the construc-
tion Of cement concrete roads Sl2,O 900,
600 in 1920, which should build nearly
400 miles.
There is available for gravel and
other types of surfacing and earth
roads, s6OOO,O0O, which will build APP
proximately 1000 miles.
"There is available for maintenance
on the State Trunk Highways and
the Country Trunk Highways, a.
100000
:'With the $4,000, 900 available it
was the theory of the Wisconsin High
way Commission to carry out pro-
gram of building 400 miles of cement
concrete road. However, the scarcity
of cement has made it necessary to
cut down this program. The cement
companies have allotted for construc-
ton in Wisconsin 675, 900 barrels. The
price on shout one-third of this
axscss'n Sic same as lest year, S1.Se
a barrel at the mill. On the other
two-thirds it is $3.50 a barrel, an in
crease of 10 cents. The amount of
cement allotted to Wisconsin would
build 200 miles of road. The allota-
tion of this cement among the coun-
ties is in the hands of tile Wisconsin
Highway Commission, which must
approve of all jobs done.
1.-THE condition regarding cement
concrete construction is briefly this:
The state will have sufficient cement
allotted to build 200 miles. Where
prices are reasonable, all conditions
taken into consideration, the con-
struction program will be carried out.
Where prices are not reasonable the
work will not be done. It is straight
business policy. Thus far bids have
been asked for IS miles of cement
concrete road and let on IS miles. or
43 per cent. 1t is very probable that
as much mileage will be built this
year as last year, 40 miles.
"As far as gravel, macadam and
other types of road are concerned, at
tempt will be made to construct the
full program of 1000 miles.
"The maintenance program will be
pushed in it's entirety, with 81, 100000
available for state trunk and county
trunk maintenance. Despite the cut
ting down of the construction pro-
gram the roads of Wisconsin this
year will be in better shape than ever"
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Steady Progress Made by Settlers in Villas County
Well kept farms being shaped

present in charge Of Mr.. Allan WIKI
man, who expects to still further in
crease the settlement at Conover first
settled about fifteen years ago by ms
countrymen who have proved very de-
sirabe residents and progressive and
prosperous farmers, having made
that part Of the town one Of the most
valuable in the county. Below is
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explosives for agricultural purposes,
declares Mr.. Swenehart. Last year
Wisconsin used as much as any other
three states.
GIN 1919 we used in Wisconsin for
land clearing, about 100000 pounds
of explosives, including INT. This
amounted to about 40 pounds farm
and represented an outlay of not more
than two and one-half days wages. /
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12

Villas County is settled with cos
mopolitan race of people including
native Americans, Swedes, Germans,
Polish, Croatians, etc. All of these
are making great progress in their
various communities and are recog-
nized as Villas County's most worthy
citizens. The Swedish settlement
work of Sanborn and Company is at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12

The village of Phelps was Temporal
rily off the railroad map for two days
during the blizzard last week. When
the G. & N. w. resumed connections
there again Saturday, it was found
cutting lumber as usual, in fact, the
people said they had been so busy
that they had not noticed that the
train was missing any trips.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-12

shown cut of one of the many we'll
kept farms of that neigtborhood, be-
ing Mr.. Jacob Johnson's farm in sec
tion 26, who was one of the first set
tiers in this town. In section IA (see
map OIL other page) is new Swedish
Luthern church with seating capac-
ity of about three hundred people.
THINK IN INTEREsT-sAYE--
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APPRECIATION.

Again we wish TO express our deep
appreciation of the sympathy and
kindness shown us in the past few
weeks and which helps to make the
sorrow easier to bear.
MRS. AARON REED AND FAMILY
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TOWN CAUCUS RESULT
Bradford Won for Chairman
In Three ornered Race.
No other Opposition.

The Town of Eagle River held its
annual caucus meeting at the Town
Hall Monday afternoon. Three can
didates were in the field for nomjn-
alton for the Office of chairman for
the term of one year, to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation of Frank
w. Carter.
A total of 81 ballots were cast for
that office, with the following result:
w. A. Bradford ---------- rs
Robert Persohn -------------- 16
G. L. Pickett ---------------- Is
All other town officers were nomin-
ated by reclamation, there being NO
opposition Those nominated were: I
Supervisor, years-G. w. Rantz.
Town Clerks. r. Van Bussum.
Town Treasurer Fred Morey.
Assessor Krieck.
Justice of the Peace, 2 years G. L.
Pickett.
Three Constables Jackson Bennett,
Verne Richards and Frank A. Hall.
The caucus committee elected for
the ensuing year is Geo. E. O'Connor,
chairman, Walter Gander Jr., and S.
w. Smith.
Town of Washington electors will
hold their caucus at the Mayo school
Thursday, March Is. Town of Lin
coin caucus will be held Saturday,
March 20, at the town Office in Eagle
River.
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Peter Hedeen and Earl Jonker
were down from Conover yesterday.
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IN InrEREsT-sAyE
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IN INTEREsr-sAvE
Imperial Valley press., 1920-02-04
Extra Inducement Ends On Feb. ~

PEP and GINGER of our hustling
SaItSMANSHIP CLUE members who
are really interested in winning one of
those THREE handsome motor cars or
any OF the other valuable prizes to be
awarded at the conclusion of the race
on saturday. March 9th. and the up
and-at-'em members will take every adj
vantage of it.
The time however in which to take
advantage of ii is growing short,
mighty short and this offer will posi-
lively CLOSE for all time on Thursday
night, February 12th at nine bells.
KAMPAIGN KONIMENT
Going UP. in the daily credit stand
ings.
The 100000 Extra credit offer ends
one week from tomorrow night at p,
m. Clubs are trumps."
$50 in subscription collections old or
new, spells 200,000 Extra Credit Ger
tificate if turned in before nine O'Clock
Thursday. February 18th.
Remember that today will be yester-
Gay tomorrow"
AND-the question is who will ride
away in those three touring caps on
the night of March 9Th.
Twill be memorable night in the
history of Imperial Valley.
Get ready for the end OF the cam
paign by getting the necessary credits
to place your hands on the drivers
wheel of any of those three cars, NOW.
NOW reversed will look mighty
good opposite YOUR name, Mr., Miss or
Mrs. Ambition, on the night of March ..
"ALWAYS INTENDING TO's never
accomplished ANYTHING.
The up-and-atcm CLUB members
will bring home the bacon and the
cars.
Be ENTHUSIASTIC transmit EN-
THUSIASM to your friends and your
credit standing will mount up rapidly.
THE GIRL WITH THE SMILE
is showing real speed.