Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-02-06

ment Indian school. He is an Indian
of exceptional musical ability.
Failing eyesight and the fear of APP
preaching blindness caused Daniel
Kirkeo, Viroqua, to take his life by
hanging. He was 81 and is survived
by his wife and four children.
For the first time in the history of
its organization-oyer fifty years-the
First National bank of Darlington has
woman for it's president, DR.. Susanna
Orion. Her father, p A. Orion, foam
Ger and president of the bank, died last
June.
Tuesday, Feb. "a, has been set as
the date on which special election
will be held in Appleton for the man
agerial form of government, following
presentation of a petition to the city
council demanding recall of the alder
manic system.
The Wisconsin Railway, Light and
Power. Co. has accepted franchise
granted by the La Crosse common
council for the construction of new
street car lines on Badger and South
Eleventh streets, between Market and
Earnam streets.
Following an infection due to his
teeth, Senator r. M. La Toilette has
gone to Rochester, Mimi, to undergo
exa.4ination at the Mayo Clinice Ac-
companying the senator was his son,
Robert La Toilette, Jr., who is now
secretary to his father.
A number of farmers tributary to
Bruce are endeavOring to arrange for
the growing of a small amount of
sugar cane by each farmer next sea-
son. An effort will be made to secure
sufficient acreage to permit the build
ing of a sorghum mill there.
Frank Kamp, Fox Lake, captured
two coons bare-handed from hollow
tree. Selling the animals by the hind
legs, he pulled them from the hole and
then put finish to them by knocking
their heads against the tree. Coons
are said to be rare in this vicinity, and
their hides are worth about SIS each.
Real estate men of Ladysmith re
Gently perfected an organization called
the Rusk County Real Estate board.
Nineteen local brokers joined. r. B.
Macdonald was elected president, w.
s. Manning, vice president, and Elmer
Bill, secretary-treasurer r. |. Hughes
and F. M Doyle were chosen directors.
The streets of Clintonville and con-
siderable of the surrounding country
road have been kept free from snow by
means of a snow attachment affixed to
Four Wheel Drive truck. This at
tachment is in the form of road
grader blade and is pushed ahead of
the truck as is the snow pillow on a
locomotive.
Kraft Bros Cheese company of Ply
mouth have increased the capital stock
OF the company from 100000 to ST.,
e0O,OO0 New warehouses are to be
built for the purpose of concentration
With the action taken by this com
pany, Plymouth may become the great
est cheese market and concentration
center in the world during the coming
year.
County officials and the district at
torney were much perturbed at Eau
Claire when the matter of collecting
the insurance of the barn of the cOun
ty Jail burned last week, came up. Six
companies had insured it for $3.50. All
present supposed the insurance would
amount to $1,000, but it proved that
each company pays near $40 to make
up the $3.50.
Retail grocers at Neenah have
voiced a vigorous protest against the
action taken by several leading indus
trial plants in buying carload lots of
staple groceries and selling them di-
rect to their employees. These methods
are regarded in the light of unfair
competition by the grocers who claim
they are selling goods on the narrow
est margin possible
Following a family quarrel, Axel
Nyren, As, farmer living three miles
south of Lampson, was shot and killed
by Peter Asp, a neighboring farmer.
Asp gave himself up and is now in the
Washburn county JAIL He claims self
defense. Previous to the shooting Mrs
Eyren had quarreled with her husband
and had gone to the Asp home where
her husband followed her. The shoot
ing followed shortly afterwards.
Wisconsin counties which bonded
themselves this year for the purpose
of building concrete roads may find it
impossible to obtain cement with
which to build the highways, accord
ing to information received at Apple
ton. Several large cement manufac
turers have already sold their entire
outputs for 1920 and many other firms
have given notice that they have
orders on hand to keep them running
for months.
The order issued by direction of
state health officer, DR.. l.. Dorpat, re-
curing all Rhinelander school children
and teachers who had not been vac
cinated within the past eight years to
present certificates of vaccination be-
fore Feb. l or remain out of school
has been rescinded. Supt. of Schools
w. P. Colburn contended that the or
der was not justified by conditions
and protested the order to the board
of health at Madison.
Robert Niemann, Madison, ex-saloon-
keeper, was fined 800 and costs in
court for OiVinO in