Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-09-10
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Schroeder Lumber company, Ashland,
may be forced to discontinue its night
shift.
Record breaking yields of tobacco
are reported from La Crosse county
and high prices are being paid. On
6-acre tract owned by the La Crosse
Housing corporation, 10000 pounds OF
leaf were cut The leaf sold for 45
cents a pound or $4,000, yielding $3.50
per acre.
With her throat severely cut by the
windshield of an automobile when the
machine colided with team OF
horses, Miss Marie Olson, Porcupine,
near Maiden Rock, was taken to
hospital, where her condition is cri-
tical. Physicians say that while Miss
Olson may recover, she will never be
able to speak again due to her vocal
cords being cut.
Miss Winifred Ryan, principal,
Combined Locks, Outagamie county
high school, was the first woman in
the United States to cast her vote I'M
der the federal suffrage amendment.
Miss Ryan voted for officers of the re-
Gently Incorporated village of Com
bined Locks, Aug. 81, the first set of
village officers, so far as known, to
be elected under provisions of the
equal suffrage amendment
The Catholic parish at Peshtigo is
again to have parochial school,
after being many years without one.
Recently the parish purchased large
residence near St. Mary's church and
it has been converted into school
! and residence place for the four Do
minican sisters of Grand Rapids.
Mich, who will have charge. The en-
rollment SO far is about 100 and it is
expected that 80 more will be added.
Francis H. Sheneker, New London,
| candidate for the Republican nominal
ton for congress in the Eighth dis
| trict as a Nonpartisan league repre-
sentative, was the first candidate to
! file his campaign expenditures state
ment. His statement showed receipts
of $38840, and expenditures OF $649.
| Congressman James A. Frear's ex-
|
expenditures of $219.25.
Indications point toward the biggest
fair in history at Rhinelander, Sept.
IA to IS. This has been bumper
| agricultural year, and since the coun.
| ty was not represented at the state fair
| in Milwaukee, additional effort will be
made to gather the best products for
exhibit at the county fair. Selections
will be made from the potato exhibits
| for the county exhibit at the state pO-
tato show next December in Milwau-
kee.
Eva Petersen, Yorkville township,
| Racine county, won first prize in the
state spelling, arithmetic and writing
contest at the State fair at Milwau-
kee. She had an average of SO, and
was presented with gold medal In
1914 Miss Petersen's sister, Florence,
won the first price. Second honor
went to Ina Starks, Forest county,
who had an average of 80 and third to
Gertrude Kramer, Winnebago county,
with an average Of so.
Two birds from Sheboygan will be
entered in the United States derby"
this month. Five thousand birds are
to participate in this race OF homing
pigeons. st. Louis, Mo-, is the goal.
The birds are to be released in pairs
from $500 cities and towns within a
5OO-mile radius of the Missouri
metropolis, each bird to carry mes
sage from the mayor or other city
officials of the starting place to the
Missouri governor. Prizes will be
awarded to the "homers" making the
best time.
Threshing is in progress in Mari
nette county, a large number of crews
being at work. The oats crop is show
ing a particularly heavy grain, some
of it running taree bushels by weight
to two bushel sack. Crops giving
i rs bushels to the acre are reported
Wheat, not a leading crop of the
county, is running light. All indica-
lions point to one of the best potato
years in the county's history. Good
sales of seed potatoes for future de,
livery are recorded. w. D. Juday
former county agent of Oneida coun-
ty, recent visitor, is quoted as say
ing the Marinette county corn crop is
exceptional.
The division of markets, Madison
says of the potato situation: .Prac
tically no Wisconsin stock has moved
to central markets, but there has been
considerable stock marketing locally
No Wisconsin stock is being quoted
on the Chicago market at present. but
| Minnesota Early Ohios, which reports
state have been of rather poor quality
have sold for $2.75-$2.90 a hundred
weight. Prices paid for small lots al
some Wisconsin loading points have
ranged from $2-$2.25 a hundredweight
which prices are slightly higher than
those received year ago. September
and October crop reports will nc
doubt prove a big factor in estimating
what future prices are to be"
Two pairs of wooden shoes which
have come all the way from old Hol
land, and a collection of miniature
tools representing those used at the
crucifixion of Christ, carved and in
geniously enclosed in an empty whisky
bottle, were included in the town Of
Harrison exhibit at the Lincoln cOun
ty fair. Every one of the Is towns in
the county responded with an exhibit
J. H. Kreaher, East Liverpool, Ohio
arrived at Eau Claire and at once