Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-10

One day farmers institutes Will De
held in Ashland, Mellen, Glidden and
Butternut, beginning with the middle
of December. Mr.. Innig of Junction
City, live stock expert, will be one
of the speakers, and Prof. DelWitch
will talk on grains.
The tax rate for Racine as an
nounced by the city clerk shows an in
crease Of $266 over last years rate.
The rate per thousand for 1920 is
given as $28.33, while that for 1918
was s2567.
Mrs. Ruben Haase, Racine, IS, died
as a result of injuries received when
she fell from rocking chair upon
which she was standing, to wind a
clock. A prong of the rocker pene-
trated her back.
Valuable sand and gravel pits have
been obtained by the 500 Railroad
company through the purchase of III
board of supervisors. According to
the contract the railroad will pay $685.
900 for the land which is located near
Amherst junction.
The Commercial National bank OF
Fond du Lac has purchased the site at
the corner of First and Main Streets,
where the directors plan to build Fond
du Laos tallest building, six story
structure at a cost of 100000. The
bank will occupy the first floor and
~, Il <E0 cd 10 off
suites. Work will begin next spring.
A record of twenty-six successful
deer hunting trips to northern Wiscon-
sin failed of enlargement this year by
Charles L. Shortell, Stevens Point
who has returned home without his
usual allotment of venison. Mr..
Shortell caught sight of eight deer
during his stay in the woods, but all
were without antlers, and therefore
protected by law.
The saw mill and planning mill of the
Flambeau River Lumber company, the
largest numbering concern of Lady
smith, has been closed down. The
company has been operating eight log
ging camps in the woods north OF
Ladysmith, and four of these have re
Gently been closed. A cut in the price
of labor in logging camps has been
made.
e. G. Pommerening of Winnebago
county was elected president of the
Wisconsin branch of the Society OF
Equity at the annual meeting in Mil
waukee, succeeding J. N. Tittemore,
Only one formal ballot was taken and
the result showed that Pommerening
secured more than double the number
of votes polled by his closest opponent,
D. O. Mahoney of Viroqua.
The Wisconsin legislature at it's
coming session will be asked to appro-
pirate $4,000 annually for the inspec-
ton of bees. It will also be asked to
appropriate $4,000 annually for the
promotion of the bee industry. These
requests were decided upon at meet
ing of the Wisconsin Beekeepers' as.
ISOLATION at Madison.
In the last ten days of November
100000 pounds Of herring was caught
in Green Bay and sold to the fish
houses for freezing storage. The run
of herring was extra heavy this fall
The fishermen got late start because
of the warm weather holding out SO
late. But when they started some rec.
ord catches were made.
Preliminary steps were taken at q
meeting of 100 farmers held in Osh,
kosh for organizing a Winnebago coun.
ty farm bureau. There was not dis
senting vote on the proposition. Tenn.
porary organization was effected by
the selection of Louis Sorenson, Win
chester, as president, and the appoint
ment of a committee on organization
and membership.
State disbursements during Novem
Der exceeded the receipts, according to
statement by Henry Johnson, state
treasurer. Receipts of all funds fol
the month amounted to $2,199, 470.83
while the disbursements were $3,162,
1880. The balance for all funds Nov
/ was $780, 49.19, while the balance
for Dec. / was $7,745, 1924. The gen
eral fund on Dec. had a balance OF
S4,867,482.87.
The price of coal in GAINESVILLE is
to be investigated following petition
to the city council from the Central
Labor council Anthracite is selling
at $40 ton while in Milwaukee it is
SIT, and at Beloit SIS. The petition
was referred to Aid. w. w. Menzies
coal dealer, who declared he vel.
comes an investigation in the belief
that it will clear unfavorable com.
ment.
Four Wisconsin men were killed in
hunting accidents during the deer sea.
son, Nov 20 to Dec. 1. Ten others
were killed between Oct. 8 and the
opening of the deer season, the ma
jority of these losing their lives while
duck hunting. Walter Broom, Water.
town; Charles Stever, Oshkosh; John
Smeester, Amberg, and Harry Dean
Draper, were mistaken for deer and
shot dead.
Four claims for damages aggregat.
ing $5.660.85, arising out of automobile
collisions with the concrete silent
policeman at a prominent street cor.
ner have been brought against Osh