Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-01-16
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged In Condensed Form

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Power Co., will be completed about
Feb. /.
The city of Racine will, after JAM
Is, make refund of $240 to every per-
son who on July was granted
license to sell liquor for the year 1919
1920 and for which each paid $500.
The majority of saloons Will close Oh
Jan. Is.
The Madison municipal waterworks
system returned to the general fund
profit Of $4,000 in 1919, according to
the annual report of the superintend-
ent, L. A. Smith. Operating expenses
amounted to $4,000 and operating
revenues were 100000.
Through the efforts of the Rhine
/ lander Advancement association a
large summer camp for boys will prob
ably be located on one of the lakes
near that city next spring. There are
two girls camps in Oneida county,
both close to Rhinelander
The only bridge on the Northwest
ern railway between Manitowoc and
Two Rivers was burned and made nee
essary the making up of train at the
former city for Milwaukee to take
place of the one which leaves Two
Rivers each Sunday for the South.
A tract of 25,O0O,000 feet Of mer-
/ charitable timber in the Spirit Falls
district has been purchased by Frank
Theiler, Tomahawk. He also recently
bought part of the old TomahaWk,
Marinette & Western railroad and
will convert it into logging railroad.
Phillip FL. Horst, for twenty years
actively engaged in the management
/ Of the GAINESVILLE Electric company. in
! the capacity of manager, has resigned.
Harold L. Geise, Chicago, for several
years member of the Wisconsin rail
road commission will fill the vacancy.
DR.. A. S. Loevenhart, professor of
pharmacology and toxicology at the
University of Wisconsin, was elected
president of the national pharmaco-
logical society at the annual conven-
ton of federated American societies
for experimental biology, held in
Cleveland.
Two deaths occurred within few
minutes in the home of R. Pepper, a
Grover farmer. Miss Anna Pepper.
his daughter, who had been i'll with
tuberculosis, died unexpectedly. When
the mother, Mrs Anna Pepper, was
notified, she swooned and passed
away in a few moments from the
shock.
There are several thousand barrels
of 275 per cent beer in the watts of La
Crosse breweries which will not be
dealcoholized at this time despite the
decision of the United States supreme
court with regard to that drink. Local
brewers will await the outcome of an
other action to test the legality of the
! Volstead act.
/ The Wisconsin railroad commission
granted the petition of the Ontario and
Milton Telephone Co. of Monroe coun-
ty to increase rates after Jan. 1, 1920,
but refused to consider an increase of
salary for the nonresident manager as
necessary at this time The commits
sion also suggested less expensive
method in keeping the company's
books.
A newly formed corporation. known
is the Flambeau River company, with
Offices at Eau Claire, will have charge
| of the building of large dam near
Park Falls, at the injunction of the
| Flambeau and Turtle Rivers, to be
| built soon. It is estimated that this
! fam will cost over 100000 and the
/ / >servoir will cover about 1900 acres
| If land.
Postal authorities are investigating
he theft of Still in currency from
in insured and registered envelope
| which was sent by the Bank of She
! boygan to Henry J. Stoover, a mem
Der of Troop M, Eleventh u. S. cav
airy, CaIexico, Calf The package
was returned to the Sheboygan Postal
authorities as unclaimed. The con-
tents had been pilfered.
IF deportation is solution for the
unrest in this country, Judge Gary of
| steel trust fame, the big five packers
and other trust magnates ought to be
the first to co. declared James
Thompson of La Crosse, in an address
there to the Citizens Corporation
league. Thompson is being pushed as
candidate for United States senator
at the next election. He ran against
Senator Lenroot in the last election.
George G. Hume, Chiffon, is can-
didate for Judge of the Third WiscoIl-
sin circuit court, opposing Judge Geo.
w. Burnell, the incumbent, and Daniel
Mcdonald, Oshkosh The circuit COM
rrises Calumet and Winnebago coun-
ties Mr.. Hume was formerly news
paper man. His father was long edi-
tor of The Chiffon Times. The candi-
date has been county judge and dis
trict attorney The election occurs
April 6.
Grand Rapids automobile dealers
have organized for the purpose of
staging an automobile show in Grand
Rapids next month. The dealers will
secure Co. K armory and intend to
make their first annual show banner
one. Don P. Johnson is president of
the new association.
Vrofenacia Moresco, carrying a
baby in her arms, was freed in Ra-
! cine municipal court on a charge of
Il.