Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-05-28
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form


total of $23,439 at the new sales pa.
vilion on the fair grounds at Chippe.
wa Falls. The highest price paid was
$710, the average 1926.
An appropriation of $4,000 for the
erection of a conservatory at Sheridan
park was authorized by Adolph Ep-
stein, president of the Kenosha park
board, at meeting. The movement
has the approval of the board.
Practically Is per cent of the lum
Der industry in Wisconsin, Michigan
and Minnesota is tied up by the strike
of timber workers, according to G.. O.
Young, organizer for the American
Federation of Labor, in charge Of the
strike.
TIE Hackley- Phelps -Bonnell Lumber
company will Immediately begin the
construction of large number oil
modern homes in Phelps for the oc
cupancy of their employees. These
houses will be fitted with every con
venience and will be leased at nominal
rentals
William w. Dillon, 60, of the firm OF
Dillon Bros, owners of the Muscoda
garage, fell into an auto pit in a dark
corner of the garage and was SO serl
ously injured that he was taken to a
Madison hospital for treatment. The
mans lower jaw was fractured, sew
eraI teeth knocked out and his neck
sprained.
The late Peter r. Thorn, formerly
superintendent of the Kimberly-Cl
Paper Co. of Appleton, who died sew
eral weeks ago in Hollywood, Calf,
left an estate valued at more than
$500 900, according to his last will ad.
mitted to probate in county court at
Appleton. The entire estate was left
to the family.
Shooting craps" had such fascina
ton for Achilles A. B1eck that he took
blank checks from printing Office at
Oshkosh and forged them to provide
funds for the game. When brought
up in court on the charge of forging
checks of the Bergstrom Paper Co..
Neenah, a plea was entered that the
lad be placed on probation.
Henry Hudson, colored junk dealer
who was shot to death at Eau Claire
by Detective John Sather, left an es
tate estimated at more than $4,000
Attorney ]. c. Gilbertson appeared in
probate court for the wife and two
daughters, who reside in Yazoo, Miss
Hudson came to Eau Claire over 20
years ago and nothing was known OF
his former life.
When Mrs. Fred Pieritz of TT. At
kinson telephoned for doctor to come
and visit her son Orion, the boy went
up to the sleeping porch, took his faith
er's revolver, and shot himself He
died before the doctor reached the
home. The boy, who is only 16 years
old, had had difficulty with his high
school studies recently and had wor
ried until he became sick.
Harry Arthur Mechling, 20 years
old, lifelong invalid of Spring Lake
township, was found sitting in his
wheel chair, dead, with bullet in his
head and a rife leaning against the
chair. The loaded rife had beer
standing in the corner of the room
against some books and it is thought
the young man accidently knocked il
overNwhile reaching for book.
Mrs. M. w Bowman of Durand was
elected president of the Tenth Distric1
Federation of Women's clubs at the
closing session at Chippewa Falls
Other officers named We're: Mrs. j. III
Anderson, Barron, vice-president; Mrs
j. D. Steven, Eau Claire, recording
secretary; Mrs. e. Phillips, Hudson
treasurer; Miss Evelyn Goodrich, Du
rand, corresponding secretary; Mrs
r. B. Mahle, Chippewa Falls, auditor
Johannes Van Leischot, 35, assistant
millwright for the Kimberly Clarl
Paper Co., at Appleton, was instantly
killed at the Kimberly mill when he
was struck by a travelling crane while
making repairs on the crane track
The operator on the crane had beer
warned that repairs were being made
on the track, but forgot his instruc
lions and sent the big machine along
the runway. Van Leischot was pinned
against heavy beam.
There is on exhibition at the Office
of C. P. West, Oneida county agricul
tural representative, hens egg which
for size would win the blue ribbon any
where It is 81 inches in circumfer
ence from one end around to the other
61h inches around the center, anC
weighs quarter of a pound. This re
markable specimen of hen fruit was
laid by Plymouth Rock biddie owned
by Mrs. Robert Murphy, who resides
on a farm near Rhinelander. Mrs
Murphy says that this particular her
has been producing exceptionally
large eggs for several weeks past.
Official word from Washington places
the population of Rhinelander a
1854, a gain of LOTT, or 1870 per cent
Rhinelander is the county seat O.
Oneida county and one of the mos
northerly on the Wisconsin river. /
is the center of the numbering in
dustry in that section.
Henry w. Heider, of Barron, wht
burned w. H. Browns barn and TWEEN
ty-eight head of cattle last winter anc
entered a special plea of not guilty OF
account of being insane at the time
was sentenced to two years at Wau
pun. Heider paid Brown $1,000 ane
the trial cost him $500.