Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-02-27
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS


Articles were approved by Commits
sioner of Banking Marshall Cousins
for the new Farmers bank of Shell
don. The capital stock is $4,000.
H. Wertheimer has been elected
president of the Watertown Canning
company. Nearly 100000 cases of corn
and peas were packed last season.
Because of the theft of water from
the city through meter tamper1ng in
the homes, the Appleton city water
department is placing seals on all me-
tiers now in use.
Capt George Merkle, assistant city
health officer, and the man who has
been leading the campaign to prevent
the spread of influenza at Appleton is
seriously i'll, victim of the malady.
The Northland Products Co., Wash
burn, has leased the Cramer ware
house and installed part of their ma
chinery, including a $1,100 mixing ma
chine, preparatory to making sweep
ing compound and other articles.
A new steel bridge is to be erected
over the Crawfish river on the old ter
ritorial road in Axtalan, Jefferson
county. The bridge will cost about
$25, 900 and is to be built near the eel
brated Aztalan Indian mounds in the
township of the same name.
W. NJ. Van Lone. Beloit, sealer OF
weights and measures, has resigned
He has been appointed to serve as of
ficer in the state food department. He
will have duties in the counties OF
Portage, Wood, Marathon, Shawano
Oneida, Langlade, Villas and Iron.
All Sheboygan saloonkeepers who
paid 5000 for retail liquor license
last year, will receive refund OF
$91 Sc for the five months period from
Jan. 16, 1920, according to action
taken by the council, since the licen
ses became void when prohibition
went into effect.
Bennit Blom, living near Withee, Is
dead as the result of an accident
While saving laths piece of wood
flew into his face, striking him in the
forehead He was able to walk unas
sisted to the house, but there he drop
ped dead. He is survived by his
widow and two children. He was SO
years old.
Three hundred thousand dollars
worth of school bonds are going beg
cling in La Crosse and the city may
not be able to build two new school
houses this year as result of the
stringency in the money market. The
bonds were advertised for sale to pay
AZ per cent interest, but there were
no bidders
The Wisconsin State Association of
Optometrists will have its mid-winter
educational conference at Madison on
March "a and % with headquarters in
the capitol. Willard r. Denu is presi-
dent of the organization and will have
charge of the convention arrange
ments About 125 representatives are
expected to attend.
Chippewa county stands eighth, with
thirty-eight herds out of sninety-foul
herds of seventy-one counties in the
state under federal supervision, under
tuberculin tests The counties ahead
of Chippewa, with herds under the
test are: Winnebago, 112; Waupaca
100; Walworth, Sc; Waukesha, 81;
Outagamie, 40; Jefferson, Al; Barron
40, and Chippewa, 38.
In 1917 Homer B. Corey, lumberman
gave John Howe, Superior real estate
man, ride in his automobile. The
trip ended when the automobile was
driven into a train of moving box cars
and both men were hurt. Mr.. Hart
has started suit in circuit court for
$4,000 to compensate him fol, loss Of
time, cost of doctor service and other
expenses arising out of his injuries.
Democrats of the Eleventh congress.
sional district hope to secure plank
in the state platform pledging the
for cheap dynamite to clear the cut
over lands of northern Wisconsin, &C
cording to an announcement made al
the district meeting held in Superior
Members of the party also advocated
the purchase of INT that is left in
the possession of the government
John A. Cadigan, Superior, and w. "
Silverthorn were elected delegates to
the national convention.
The wine party which resulted in
the death of Raymond Hart and Mrs
Nellie Ward of Elroy, will be investi
gated thoroughly by federal and state
prohibition commissioners, as well as
by Clinton Price, district attorney for
Juneau county. 1T is alleged that the
wine was brought to Elroy by Frank
Borchardt, Northwestern baggageman
who claims that he made the wine and
used it before. The investigation will
be conducted as soon as the others
who participated in the party have re
covered sufficiently to testify
The M. G. Madison Seed company
recently purchased by new interests
at Madison, has filed papers increas-
ing it's capital stock from $15O,00O to
$250,000. The company contemplates
extending its business greatly and re-
Gently erected three additional green
houses.
The ]. I. Case T. M. Co. of Racine
is said to be behind the purchase of
the property of Luther college in Ra-
cine for $4,000 from the United
Danish Evangelical Lutheran church,
of America. The purchase was made