Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-08-06
WISCO n SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

LIE Eau CIdIIO 4 dpSI hduuldCLuI-
ing company, with capital stock of
100000, has been organized at Eau
Claire to manufacture filter paper.
An enrolment of 200 is expected at
the summer school of commercial sec
retaries to be held at the University
Of Wisconsin, Aug. Is to II. by the
American City bureau.
Unless the people of Rhinelander
show more interest in cooperating
with the Rhinelander Wood club, the
organization which has attempted to
supply the shortage of $4,000 cords of
wood there will be disbanded.
Miss Mable Lee, for eight years head
of the womens physical education de-
partment of Coe college, Iowa, has
been obtained to direct the same de-
partment at Beloit college. She sue
ceeds Miss Elsie Spahr. Miss Lee is
a Wellesley graduate.
The Lincoln county highway com
mission is erecting building, 50x100
feet, for storage Of automobile trucks,
highway machinery and motor equip
ment. One-half Of the building will be
used as a workshop and will be
equipped with gasoline pumps and
other appliances.
The Manitowoc city council is TAX
ing no chances on having the new
bridge, in course of construction at
feminist, damaged by passing craft, as
was the old bridge. At a special meet
ing the aldermen recommended the
sinking of additional cribs as a strong
hold for the structure, at a cost of
$4,000
A baby deer was born during the
street parade of a circus which visited
Stevens Point Discovery was made
by the animal man after he opened
the cage at the close of the parade.
1t is believed that this is the only
specimen of the South American spot
ted and silver tipped deer ever born
in this country.
John Loderbauer, II, pioneer resi-
dent of Kaukauna, died at ST. Eliza
beth's hospital, Appleton, from injuries
received when passenger train No. 131
struck him while he was walking on
the track east Of Kaukauna Mr. Lo-
derbauer was deaf and did not hear
the whistle He is survived by three
sons and five daughters.
Corn eleven feet high is flourishing
on small piece of land owned by E.
S. Horn in GAINESVILLE. Although the
ears are not matured, they give prom
Use of an abundant crop. Mr.. Horn
says he planted the corn in April, and
has given it no cultivation, except one
hoeing. 1t is of the Yellow Dent va
riety and will be used as chicken feed.
Dat harvests are in full sway in La
Fayette county, and yield of from
forty to fifty bushels per acre is gen
orally promised The spring wheat
crop is partial failure, the hot and
| moist weather of June struck it when
heading out. The grain was badly
rusted, shrivelling the kernels, now
what is to be threshed is only fit for
poultry feed
Frank Carrots face was almost blown
off by an explosion of barrel of
syrup in the Hagemeister Products
plant at Green Bay He was taken
| to ST. Vincent's hospital with both lips
and the flesh of his chin hanging by
thread. Surgeons performed a diff
| cult operation, and succeeded in sew
! ing the flesh back on. He probably
will be badly disfigured, but will live.
| John Horrigan, Eau Claire, head of
mercantile tailoring establishment,
dropped dead of heart failure while
| fishing in boat on Little Rice lake.
James R. Monahan and Henry Clutch,
of Eau Claire were in the boat with
! him when he died. A widow, brother
and two sisters survive. He was so
years old and probably was the best
known Elk in the northwest. He led
the Eau Claire delegation to the re
cent convention at Chicago.
Four prominent business men of
Stevens Point have been named cap
tains for the Chamber of Commerce
membership drive and at it's close the
losing captain will give the winning
| captain a wheelbarrow ride down
Main-st as public amusement feature.
This plan has been decided upon by
| the campaign managers and agreed to
by all four leaders. Each is confident
of victory. The four are A. H Skies,
c. S. Orthman, M. e. Bruce and James
e. Delzell.
Potatoes are making an exceptional
showing in Marinette county and the
crop is particularly fortunate in hav-
| ing suffered no damage from insects or
! weather. There is a present certainty
| of large corn crop. The rye harvest
is in progress with a big yield as
sured Haying is about at an end and
the crop shows only a slight falling off,
contrary to the outlook of a month ago.
Oats will be a good crop this year,
| one reason being extensive treatment
of seed last winter. Soy beans, buck
! wheat and sugar beets, particularly the
| latter, offer most encouraging out
| look
Herman Pautsch was probably fatal
| ~ injured when an automobile in
| which he and A. E. Schultz were riding
| crashed into a passenger train near
Burnett. The car was wrecked.
Pautsch was taken to Fond du Lac
| for treatment. He suffered fractured
| skull
Detroit Bill" hobo character
about town, was burned to death at
4. L41%I he