Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-08-05
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

appearance IN QOrLH6In Wisconsin III
such numbers that in the town of
Barnes, Bayfield, county, 20 cent
bounty is being offered for their pelts.
Construction of a new $25OOOO sol
diers' memorial hospital on Farwell's
point, on Lake Mendoza, is being
rushed. 1t is planned to have five bar
rack houses ready for occupancy by
November.
About $50 nuns took special training
in teaching methods at the summer
school at Oshkosh Normal school
which closed July 20. They have
been staying at local converts, con-
nected with Catholic churches.
Candidates for postmaster at River
Falls, will be examined on Aug. 26,
the civil service commission announ-
ces The office, which pays $4,000 a
year, has been vacant since April,
1920 Fred F. Johnson has been APP
pointed postmaster at Rio Creek. He
has been acting postmaster since jan
uary.
A meeting of the heads of Wiscon-
sin educational organizations at the
home of President E. A. Birge Of the
Wisconsin university, decided that no
definite organization should be formed
for the purpose of determining educa-
tional policies or an educational pro-
gram to present to the next legisla-
ture.
In the fight to wipe out bovine tu-
berculosis in Wisconsin the state will
spend upward of 100000 in the next
two years, according to an announce
ment of the state department of agri-
culture at Madison. During the fiscal
year just closed the state spent $685.
900. There are now 800 herd in the
state, containing over 10000 head of
cattle, that have been given certifi-
Gates for being free from the disease.
A Sheboygan florist has donated to
five American Legion posts of She
boygan county, 1000 trees to be plant
ed on public highways as memorials
to soldiers who served in the world
war The trees will be marked with
bronze plates bearing the names of
the soldiers and units in which they
served. If the soldier died in action
the date of his death will be added.
The trees will be planted with public
ceremonies
Denmark has been awarded the
1922 grain show of the Brown County
Pure Bred Grain Growers association.
Several towns were after the exhibit
ton, but it was awarded to Denmark
because of the excellent facilities for
handling the show The show will be
held in the gymnasium of the Den
mark high school during the second
week in January. County Agent Kay-
anaugh is general chairman of the
committee on arrangements.
for expenses of $2SS,755 during 1920
and $260,880 during 1919, with STA,
705 spent on tubercular citizens COM
pared to $168,004 in 1919. The expen-
ditures on institutions for the care of
the blind rose from $1J6,337 in 1919
to $123,07S in 1920. Dependent chill
dren were cared for at a cost of $104,
ASO COnpdIGO " Y0O,oV0 lllO p4CF1Ouo
year. Institutions for the care of deaf
cost S97,O52 in 1920 and $8O,189 in
1919.
Harry Sampson, 55 years old, a
farmer, living near Duluth, paid $13
for a pinch of snuff here. Sampson
and Martin Silberg were in adjoining
cells at the Superior Jail. Silberg had
a ten cent box of snuff and no money.
Sampson had $3.50 in police keeping
but no snuff. Sampson agreed to pay
Silberg's fine if he would pass the
snuff. Sampson handed over $26 for
two fines of $40 and costs. He told
the police he was satisfied with his
bargain.
Preparations are in progress for the
annual Marinette county settlers pic
mic, which will take place this year on
August Is at Crivitz. Group gather
ings of settlers from Illinois, Iowa and
Indiana are to be features. The princi-
pal display will be by the Marinette
County Boys and Girls Calf club,
which has Is members, each with
purebred Holstein or Guernsey calf.
The club believes it can offer in Ruby,
eight-year old daughter of w. L.
Quass, Claylona Farm, Dunbar, the
youngest active calf club member in
Wisconsin. Ruby is raising a pure
bred Holstein calf.
Under the direction of newly elected
officers, the Oconto county fair has
started upon its work for Sept. 6, Z, 8
and 9 of this year. Added features
which will stimulate more interest
have been decided upon in the place
of large purses for horse races, and
will consist of a farmers and teach
ers' institute during the last three
days of the fair Posters are now be-
ing distributed throughout the county
and premium lists are being mailed.
The officers elected are Fred S.
Wright, president; Carl higgins, sec
rotary, and W. M. Comstock, treasu-
rer.
Cost of operating criminal institu-
lions in Wisconsin during the last
year amounted to $655, 139, compared
to $572,155 in 1919, according to report
of the state board of control Insti-
buttons for the insane followed close
ly in total cost with $507,678 during
the last year and $422,271 the year be-
fore. Care of the feeble minded called
Decrease in the average attendance
at all Ia Wisconsin penal and chart