Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-01-09

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Rebuilding the toll bridge between
Sturgeon Bay and Sawyer was started.
All traffic across the structure is sus-
pended The ice is in good condition
for travelling.
Lafayette county is a heavy produ-
Ger of pork. Every farmer has num-
/ Der Of hogs. 1t is a great cheese cen.
ter and the whey returned to each
farmer after the cheese is made from
the milk is great pig feed.
After working for more than year,
the Sheboygan police have solved the
mystery of jewels stolen from Mrs
John G.. Lockhart One was dia,
mond ring valued at 5000. They were
stolen by a messenger boy.
A one buck law, a closed season on
musk rats and closing of the rivers
around La Crosse to seiners was de-
manded by memb ers of the La Crosse
county conservation club in meeting
with Assemblyman Orrin Fletcher.
j. G. Flanders, 76, for more than
fifty years practicing lawyer in Mil
an illness of long standing. Mr.. Elan
ders was well known throughout the
state and has held many public Offices.
The Sheboygan guards gave valuable
assistance to disabled craft during the
past year, according to the annual re-
port issued by First Surfman Charles
SiminOw. TWenty-four calls were re-
ceived in 1919, compared with only
seven in 1918.
/ Maxson Foxhall Judell, graduate
of the course in journalism at the. Uni
i versity of Wisconsin in the class of
1877, who before entering the army
was with the N. W. Aver Advertising
agency, Philadelphia, has joined the
publicity staff of the Goldwyn Distrib-
uting Co., New York.
j B. f. Lanphear, desk sergeant and
finger print expert of the Beloit police
department, is critically i'll following
an operation for ulcers of the stomach.
! Lanphear fell unconscious at his work
and physicians ordered an immediate
operation. Doctors say he has a fight
ing chance for recovery. Lanphear
was widely known in criminal identifi-
fcation circles,
The city of Spooner has just trans
ferred to the Apple River Mining Co.,
it's waterpower site on the Namakegon
river and has contracted to purchase
its electric supply from the company
for fifteen years, the contract contain
ing provision that the water power
shall be developed within five years.
A transmission line will be built from
Spooner to Cumberland next spring.
Andrew Kalinai, 40, Kenosha, sa
loonkeeper, severely burned by the ex
plosion of a gasoline tank in the base
meat of his establishment where he is
thought to have been manufacturing
an Intoxicating beverage, is believed to
be dying Mr.. Kalinai was cooking
1 grapes in the basement of his saloon
when it is believed he dropped light
ed match too near can of gasoline.
Sixty acres of land have been pur
chased in Menasha by a manufacturing
concern which is to make patent cal
wheel 1t is expected the new plant
will employ 1000 men by next summer
For the first time in years the sein-
ing of rough FISH from Lake Winnebago
is being attempted. John Bisping,
Menasha, commenced combing the
/ lake with his SENS recently. A large
crew is being employed.
With stocks of hard" liquor grow
ing less each day, Waterfowl is
threatened with loss of caste as one of
the GASES of the state. Several saloon
keepers are making one-day trips tC
Milwaukee bearing suit cases The
price of a drink of rye or bourbon has
mounted to SO cents over the bar; by
the quart, the price varies from $13 to
SIS, but the purchaser who tenders a
| SIS note in payment for half-pint gets
a thank you" and no change.
Automobiling on skis is the latest,
and it's success. T. FL. Field, Rice
Lake, says so. Finding difficulty trav-
cling by auto on roads covered with
deel. snow he racked his brain to de
/ wise remedy. Feasibility of skis sug-
gested itself. He secured a pair, riggec
up on attachment to fasten the skis
to the rims of the front wheels aftel
removing the tires. He then could
travel the snow covered roads twice
as fast and with greater comfort and
safety than in an automobile not thus
equipped
Five contrasting associations in as
many different counties have 100 per
cent standing in the Better Bulls cam
paign Birnamwood (Shawano), lola
| (Waupaca) and Richfeld washing
| ton) reported in October that all mem
bers were using pure-bred bulls. Two
more associations, Winchester (Winne-
bago) and Elkhorn (Walworth) were
reported 100 per cent in November. D.
| S. Bullock, field-man for Wisconsin
| livestock breeders, says that the list
| is only beginning, as there are many
more associations that will soon reach
| the all-purebred class. Contrasting as
| sociations all over the state are aiding
each other to obtain purebred sires by
| listing cattle for sale and lists of buy
ers. In the monthly summary which
each tester receives from the central
Office these lists appear.
When Mrs. Edward Ehlert, aged
| Neenah widow, saw light and heard
noise she knew there was burglar
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