Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-06-10
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

up. That's the way they're renting
summer cottages in Neenah. Despite
the high fee, lake shore cottages are
in great demand and practically all
have been spoken for for the season.
The largest convention Of young peo-
pie in the history Of Menasha will be
held when the Wisconsin Endeavorers
meet June % to &c. The convention
will mark the fortieth anniversary of
the founding of the Wisconsin En-
deavor society. Speakers of wide
reputation are on the program.
Borne to the grave by comrades who
were within few feet of him when
he was struck by shell and killed in
the Argonne, the remains Of Corporal
Selmer C. Simonson were inferred in
Oak Grove cemetery, La Crosse. He
was member of Company G, One
Hundred and Twenty-frst machine gun
battalion.
After three years work as assistant
pastor Of st. Mary's Roman Catholic
church, GAINESVILLE, the Rev. Joseph c.
Neumann has been appointed by Arch
bishop Messmer, Milwaukee, as as
sistant pastor of the Holy Redeemer
church, Madison. The Rev. Francis
Finnegan of the Holy Rosary parish,
Milwaukee, will succeed him,
Agreement by which the strike at
the Northern Paper mills, Green Bay,
was called off and work resumed was
reached after conference between
officials of the mill and committee
of strikers. In the compromise the
strikers agreed to accept the wage re-
duction of 1914 per cent, which caused
the walkout Mar. Is, and the company
officials agreed to give every former
employee his job and abandon the in
tended open shop policy.
Increase in the contributions for the
relief of famine sufferers in China has
been reported to the Wisconsin branch
of the American committee for China
famine fund, Madison. Up to this
time, $4,106,877 has been received, it
is reported, of which $83,748.13 was
raised by the sale of China life-saving
stamps. The increase is attributed to
the national activities during China
/ famine week.
Probably the largest funeral ever
held in Kewaunee county was that of
Capt. Ralph Perry, who was killed in
France. Soldiers and sailors from
! three counties accompanied the body
to the grave. Perry, who was %, was
one of the youngest captains from this
state in the service. He was shot Nov.
| 10, 1918, the day before hostilities
ceased, and lived IL days in French
hospital He was son of Melvin
Perry, former state senator, manu-
facturer of Algoma
| Fond du Lac school children gained
| 20 per cent in weight as result of
milk being served each morning in the
| public graded schools. A total of So,
| 600 half-pints have been served. The
serving of milk in the public schools
was begun three years ago by the AS
ISOLATED Charities. The milk is served
| to those children whose parents can
not afford to buy it for them. The eff
| fort by the Fond du Lac organization
met with such marked success that the
work has been continued Each child
is given one Of the half-pint bottles of
milk each morning at recess time.
Peninsula state park in Door county,
one of the largest and most pic
turesque natural parks in the middle
west, is being acclaimed by motorists
as affording ideal camping sites. It's
1000 acres, bordering on the vast
waters of Green bay offer sites along
the main travelled highway of route II.
OF the 100000 tourists and motorists
who visited Door county last year up
ward of so per cent visited the state
park, according to the figures compiled
by the Door County Chamber of Com
merce.
A canvass of ''lost articles" depart
ments of stores and offices indicates
that in Green Bay at least women are
more forgetful than men. Nearly
every store was holding at least one
hat owned by some women who had
rushed out without her millinery
Street car company officials also
claimed that women were more for
getful. Umbrellas are most often for
gotten but the list of articles awaiting
owners at the street car company's
office included everything from baby
shoes to overcoats and even one baby
carriage.
Washburn county's 10000 acre
schedule land clearing campaign will
add $2,O00,00O to the value of Wash
burn county farm land property ac-
cording to announcements of officials
of the county clearing committee.
More than 900 farmers have joined the
clearing campaign and each has agreed
to clear at least ten acres Of wild land.
It is expected that 1000 farmers of
that county will soon be enrolled.
officials predict that the 10000 acre
schedule will be more than achieved.
The campaign this year will be the
means of clearing more land than in
any ten years previously.
Unable to earn operating expenses
and meet other obligations with the
present revenue, the Wisconsin Rail
way, Light and Power company pro-
poses to equip all its street car lines
in La Crosse with one man cars. I'm
less the common council permits the
change from double truck cars the
company claims it will have to ask
for an increase in fare from to 10
cents