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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Worst Storm This Winter.

The worst storm of the winter hit
this section Wednesday and Thurs
day. Heavy snow fell during most of
the two days, accompanied by high
wind, which piled it in drifts that
blocked highways and seriously i'm
peded railroad traffic. Drifts four and
five feet high, and in some places sew
en- feet, are to be seen about town,
and farmers coming in this morning
report that country roads are in bad
shape. The storm will necessitate a
lot Of snow blowing on logging roads
before they will be in shape for haul
ing, of which most camps have much
to do before the breakup in the
spring. Thursdays afternoon train
was over FIVE hours late and it is ex-
pected that train service will be bad
~ hampered before the huge drifts
along the line are finally disposed of.
Just at present this section has more
snow than at any time during the
winter. With the official opening of
spring less than three weeks away
Old Sol has got to get busy many
hours each day to dispose of it before
that date. Early spring prophets are
scarce this morning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
KnOcker or Booster.

When the Creator had made all the
good things, itseemed there was still
some dirty work to do, so he made
the beasts, and the reptiles and the
poisonous insects; and when He had
finished He still had some old scraps
left over that were too bad to put into
the Rattlesnake, the Hyena, the
Scorpion, and the Skunk; SO He put
all these together, covered it with
suspicion, wrapped it with jealousy,
marked it with yellow streak and
called it a KNOCKER.
This product was SO fearful to
contemplate that He had to make
something to counterfeit it, so He
took a sunbeam, put into it the
heart of a child, the brain of man,
wrapped it with civic pride, covered
it with brotherly love, made it be-
lever in equality and Justice, a
worker for and supporter of every
good thing in the community and
called tia BOOSTER; and thence-
forth mortal man has had the pl4yI-
lege of choosing his associates. -Ex
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Beware Of Poor Seed.

1Look out for the seed you buy is
the warming the State Department Of
Agriculture is giving to farmers.
Prof. A. L. Stone, head of the depart
ment's division of seed and weed con-
troll, reports that clover seed being
shipped into Wisconsin from several
sources has been found to contain as
high as 17S of an annual sweet clover
seed that dies out the same year it is
sown. The department, thru it's seed
division, inspects all seeds sold in the
state by wholesale and mail order
houses and by the local trade, and
prosecutes violation of the seed law.
Where seed is shipped direct to farm
ers by mail or otherwise, the depart
ment has no chance to inspect it, un-
less asked to do so by the receiver. :.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Common Ground
ana the Country Weekly.

l am the Country weekly.
/ am the friend of the family, the
bringer of tidings from other friends;
I speak to the home in the evening
light of summer'e vine-clad porch or
the glow of winters lamp
/ help to make this evening hour; ]
record the great and the small, the
varied acts of the days and weeks
that go to make up life.
l am for and of the home: / follow
those who leave humble beginnings;
whether they go to greatness or to
the gutter, | take to them the thrill
OF old days, with wholesome messages.
l speak the language of the common
man; my words are fitted to his I'M
Outstanding. Ny congregation is lar
ger than that of any church in my
town; my readers are more than those
in the school. Young and old alike
find in me stimulation, instruction,
entertainment, inspiration, solace,
comfort. I am the chronieler of birth,
and love and death-the three great
facts Of mans existence.
/ bring together buyer and seller,
to the benefit Of both; I am part Of
the market place of the world. Into
the home / carry word of the goods
which feed and clothe, and shelter,
and which minister to comfort, ease,
health, and happiness.
/ am the word of the week, the his
tory of the year, the record of my
community in the archives of state
and nation.
/ am the exponent of the lives Of
my readers.
| am the Country Weekly.-Ex.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05

are in charge of instructors who are
graduates of Annapolis, Massachu-
sets Tech, Stevens Institute, Colo
RADIO School of Mines, and other lead
ing institutions Others have re-
ceived their training in such great in
dustrial corporations as the General
Electrical Company, the Standard Oil
Company, the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, and so on.
All students enrolled in the Marine
Institute courses receive their in
struction on an average of three hours
for five afternoons each week, all
purely military training being con-
fined to the morning hours. The ese-
ming may be devoted to study, read
ing or the various camp recreations,
such as the free movie shows or pool
tables.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05

teams record, while not numbering
so many victories, is one that can be
looked upon with credit. All the men
were practically new at the game.
From such raw material there has
been developed a snappy team that
has made a good showing against
every team encountered-teams from
schools that have played basketball
for years and that have much larger
enrolments to select from. The team
has been well supported by the citi-
zens and student body. The school
spirit has never Jagged regardless of
the setbacks the team may have re-
ceived. The season has furnished ex-
cellenJ foundation material for next
years lineup which is an item of no
little Importance in meeting other
teams.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
BILL IN CONGRESS
FOR CHILD WELFARE
125,OOO Babies Die Before
They Reach Age of Six
Weeks---BiII Would
Prevent This Loss.

Without ever having had fight
ing chance 125,OO0 American babies
died in the first six weeks after they
were born. This was in 1913. The
same number died in 1917. The same
number died in 1916. Available sta
tistics do not go back of that last
date, but there is no reason to believe
that the number of baby deaths were
any fewer before 1915.
Most of these little ones died be-
cause their mothers had no medical
care in the months preceding ther
confinement, because they depended
upon ignorant and superstitious mid
wives, because in the case of farm
women, they were many miles from
doctor and had no one to care for
them in their hour of trial. Or the
mothers themselves, and for these
same reasons, %, 900 died in 1918, IT.
600 in 1917, $1,000 in 1916, at which
date statistics at hand also stopped.
Practically all these deaths were
preventable. But there was no agen-
.cy whose duty it was to prevent
them. In this country there is no
public provision for maternal and in
FAINT welfare; woman may have a
baby in any way she pleases, in any
place she pleases, and provide medi-
cal attention or not, as she pleases or
her financial condition permits. So
long as she does nothing criminal
there is nobody to interfere.
Appalled, by this great loss of
mothers and babies, a loss which
is not being diminished year by year,
the federal children's bureau has
drafted and introduced in both SEN
ate and house bill offering the CO.
operation of the federal government
to any state that will accept the
provisions Of the bill.
In general, it provides for a federal
board of maternal and infant by
giene which is to work with a SINH
lar state board, the whole purpose be-
ing to give every prospective mother,
no matter where she lives, OPP
portunity toreceiye all necessary in
formas lon. for both her own welfare
and her baby's and to provide proper
care at confinement where she can
not do so.
You can readily see that such bill
is prominently the concern of wom-
en-. But it won't be passed by con-
gress unless the people, women par
ticularly, demand it. We suggest
that women organizations let their
representatives at Washington know
how they feel on these questions,
which concern not only the hearts
of women, but their intelligence as
we'll. Wisconsin Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
The Power Question

We, as members of the Eagle Rive,
Light and Water Commission wish to
answer a few questions recently
asked of us and which, we think all
the people may wish to know as we'll.
In the first place, we are asked
why the new industry cannot run all
the machines at once when we have
an abundance of power 1t is true
we have, but we haven't an album
dance of electric current. The
power is there but we must have
another water wheel and generator
to convert the power into electricity!
Recent tests by an expert showed
that the wheel under its peak load
was only lis h. p. To shut down and
examine the wheel meant the water
mains would freeze rendering the
whole town helpless in case of fire.
To get repairs that might be neces-
sary would take three or four months
as deliveries are made these days.
The solution of the difficulty and
those that will come with the future
demand for power and lights is, UNI
doubtedly, new wheel and genera
! tor keeping the old ones for auxiliary
or emergency purposes and protec-
ton at all times.
We wish to state that we have not
been asleep on the matter but have
been trying for the past year to get
prices on equipment adapted to the
need and it is only recently that we
have learned anything of definite
value.
We can show anyone who is inter
ested whereby the Improvements
will be paying proposition and not
heavy burden to the taxpayers.
Pay no heed to any intimation that
the light and water plant is a munic-
ipally owned and kept white ele-
plant, and that further invest
ment would be poor policy. 1t is
not true as we will demonstrate to
anyone who will come to us for the
correct condition of affairs.
Articles that appeared in the local
papers not long ago concerning the
necessity of conserving light and
power were timely and to the point
but the Light and Water Commits
sion was not responsible for them as
it had not been asked for power at
the time The request has now been
made and we DO ask all consumers
of electricity TO use as little as posi-
BILE between the hours of I a. m. and
p. m. as the lath has use, for all the
power available, and which we are
all anxious should run successfully.
If anyone is found to be using cur.
rent unnecessarily, or much in excess
of their schedule, meters will be in
stalled at their expense and meter
rates charged which are considerably
higher than those now in effect.
EAGLE RIVER LIGHT AND
WATER COMMISSION.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Qualities of Precious Stones.

Opals are in certain respects alto
gether peculiar among. gem stones.
Whereas other gems, such as the ruby,
the emerald, and the sapphire, owe
their colors to mineral elements by
which the crystals are stained, the
brilliant tints of the opal are due to
its structure, ever so many minute
cracks rejecting lights at different
angles from their edges. An amethyst
is quartz crystal of another variety,
containing from 5 to 10 per cent Of
water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
MARINES TO GET
FREE SCHOLARSHIP
First to Fight" Men Can Get
Technical Training from
Uncle Sans Institute
in Service.

Hereafter young men enlisting in
the marine corps will not only learn
to be soldiers, but, if they wish, they
may go regularly to school. After one
two, three or more years the marine
may be graduated as an expert auto
mobile mechanic, plumber or what
not. Not only that, but the United
States government puts at his dis
posal its tremendous influence with
employers in satisfactorily placing
the u. S. Marine Corps Institute
graduate in well paying job
The young man who is facing the
hard problem Of making living
while working his way through high
school, college or trade school, should
welcome the opportunity afforded by
the Marine Corps Institute: BY this
plan he is not only enabled to gain
the education he desires, but, at the
same time, lead healthful, body
building outdoor life, receive free
board, clothing, lodging and medical
attendance, thus leaving his pay for
pocket money! or for snug savings
account.
To the average red-blooded young
American, the marine corps, with its
adventurous, carefree life, and its OPP
portunity for travel by land and sea,
at home and abroad, has always
proved particularly alluring. When to
these are added chance of a good
education well, it makes long APP
premiership at trade, or weary
hours at a night school, look rather
unattractiye by comparison.
The U. S. Marine Institute, which
bids fair to become as famous as An
napolis or West Point, is already well
under way at the marine post at
Quantico, Va.
Hundreds of young men are enrol
ing in courses that range from read
ing, writing and simple arithmetic to
such subjects as higher MATHEMATICS
ami journalism.
If a man comes into the marine
corps hardly able to sign his name. he
can gain a grammar school education
and continue to learn to the limit of
his ability and the length of his en-
listment. Among the courses open to
the marine are elementary and adj
vanced English, mathmatics in prac-
tically all its branches, French. Span
ish, stenography and clerical work,
automobile mechanic, horsemanship
and care of horses in science and
health, forestry, blacksmithing, house
painting, concrete and brick masonry,
band music, drafting, journalism,
cooking and baking, etc.
The Instructors are not only COM
petent teachers, but eminently prac-
tical men, and are selected for their
proficiency regardless Of their rank In
the marine corps. For example, the
teacher Of Spanish is a corporal, who
is law graduate of a foreign univer-
sity, and former public school
teacher. Many of the trade schools
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Columbia Sextette March Il.

The final number of the lyceum
course will be the Columbia Sextette,
which will appear at the court house
next Friday evening, March IL. This
organization is said to be the finest
ladies orchestra on tour. In their
program emphasis is given the instru-
mental features, and interspersed
thruout the program are songs, cos
tuned selections, numerous and seri-
Gus readings, and varied solos.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Game Postponed.

The high school basketball team
was ready to leave this morning to
play return game with the Minoc-
qua high when word was received
postponing the game on account Of
the impassability of the road between
Woodruff and Minocqua. The heavy
storm has made it impossible for stage
lines to operate between the two
towns. The schedule is finished now
and unless extra games can be Sc
cured, the Eagle High team will rest
on it's lauxels until next season. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
County Makes Record.

Fora new agricultural county, Villas
made a splendid agricultural record
in 1919 by increasing the value of her
agricultural output in 1919 over that
of 1918 s158,8O4, according to figures
compiled for the state department of
agriculture by J. A. Becker, joint
crop statistician for the state and
federal departments. The county in
creased its cultivated area by 1880
acres.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
GOgebiC County to Build.

Gogebic county, Michigan, will
build a new highway during the
coming summer, south from Waters
meet to State Line. This will prove
very important road and will give
autoists fine travelling from Gogebic
county to Eagle River, Rhinelander
and Amigo, and greatly shorten the
distance from Ironwood to all parts
of central and southern Wisconsin.
Work on the building of the road
will be commenced as soon as the
weather conditions are suitable
Good Roads for Wisconsin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Health Bulletin

Once upon time man who was
who was altogether too fond of eating
and drinking, especially drinking,
consulted physician. The doctor
listened to the patients story and
then said: sGive up your drinking,
cut back hard on your eating, give up
your midnight suppers entirely and
you'll soon feel like new man."
Any fool would know that without
hiring a doctor to tell him so!'' re-
piled the patient testify. "What I've
come to you for is to have you give
me something which will make me
feel all right without cutting out the
food and drink habits enjoy
Doctors will testify this is typical
of the manner in which many people
look upon illness and upon doctors.
1t is natural that people in robust
health should think little of their en-
viable possession and do little to in
crease it. And it is also natural
when they begin to acquire occasional
pains and aches that they continue to
look for means of keeping on with
the dance without paying the fiddler"
But sooner or later they must pay.
Most doctors do not care much for
health hoarders,n people who are
constantly miserable because of fear
they may become i'll. And yet the
'spendthrifts of health" are just as
big fools. The human body was made
to stand hard work. It even needs a
certain amount of jogging to keep it
in good condition. But too much is
enough'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
sono-Lovina hlockino Bird.

Many bird lovers Who are now per-
nanent residents Of Florida, but who
spent their early youth in the North,
claim that the varied song of the
hooking bird fully colnpensates them
lor the lack of the robin, the song
sparrow, the orioIe and other song
sters that they were accustomed to
near and see among the orchards and
hills of their Northern homes. The.
hooking bird in the South really fills
the place in ones affections that the
robin holds in the north.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
New nscience."

Character reading by waists is a
new science which has come into
being recently. According to a waist
expert" the girl who is possessed of
a short waist has a lively, frank and
vivacious disposition, is ambitious and
very thoughtful of others. The long
wasted miss is economical, but, un-
fortunately, she Is not always the
owner of the sweetest of tempers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Kindness in Business.

It is a great privilege to have an
opportunity many times a day, In the
course of your business, to do a kind
ness which is not to be paid for. Graz
ciousness G. demeanor is a large part
of the duty of any official person who
comes in contact with the world.
Where a mans business Is, there is
the place for his religion to manifest
itself Helps.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Card of Thanks

We desire to extend our sincere
thanks to our friends and neighbors
for the kindness and sympathy shown
us during the death of our beloved
daugter and sister, to the pallbearers,
to Rev. Silfversten, also for the beau
tiful floral offerings.
Mr.. AND Mrs. AARON REED
AND FAMILY.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Recruiting Officer Coming.

A letter from G. R. Burke, q. S. N.
of the U. S. Navy Recruiting Station
at Rhinelander, states that Navy
Recruiting Officer will be at the local
post office March 18th, to select re-
cruits for the Navy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
The Challenge.

Il can make any boust that my
husband can make" said rhe equal
rights lady. "All right said man
in the audience Go ahead and do it
/ just heard your husband say that
he's a man of few words.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
Exnnrt ~ Cattle

|7>F0' y.
Live cattle were first exported to
England from America in 1861, but 1t
did not become a regular business I'M
til several years later.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-03-05
European Tour Candidates.

The following teachers will be can
didates in the eleventh congressional
district for the Milwaukee Journals
Tour of Europe and the Battlefields,
at the final election, Feb 16-May Is:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-07
SCHOOLS OPEN
THIS MORNING

RI" vnri"I" r'h""l- Throughout ID"
"liY nnI tho bhl" Valley win open
their doors THIS m"rnlng mud tho pupIlr
and rIuhrutu viii rouurno thor uiuh 90
Tor tho most nIno months, Rfi"T HAY Ing
thrVc TnunihE vacation
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enrolment. nHHlEnInCni To claHHca and
getting hnokR
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city R'huolH. stated yesterday evening
that from alt Indications there will 10
q very large cnrullmoni In tho l. wcr
grade Tho cnrollmcnt In the hlTh
school viii also DO very largo on nc
count ~ many pupilH finishing pub -"
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schools
The schools In Union. RIchlnnd and
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/ country diHtTi,ts IN onto county viii
upOn this morning ana from what can
b~ learned ALI Will have very large Gu
TOllnrut this Sohhon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-07
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