Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
WISCONS SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Town boards have the authority to
expend money for permanent improve
ment and maintenance of highways
not in the state trunk system, with
out express approval by vote of the
citizens of the county, Lucien T,
Reid, district attorney Of La Crosse
county, is advised by the attorney
general.
June blizzard, Of Superior, age 5.
cried because she couldn't continue
her journey to kindergarten after she
was run over by an automobile driven
by John "A. Monson. The fender struck
her, and the wheels passed on either
side of her body. Bruises and
scratches about the face were her
only injuries.
Adjustment of the office of the
Iowa county agricultural agent by the
county board because of expense has
met with criticism from the farmers.
w. O. Treweek, Dodgeville farmer,
points out that the cost Of maintain
ing the Office of county agent is
about As cents per farm or less than
8 cents per capita.
Farmers in the center part of the
state have organized to war on
wolves, which have become numer.
GUS. Raising of sheep in Waupaca
county has been jeopardized, while
deer have been almost exterminated
in Wood county and many rabbits
killed in Portage and Marathon coun.
ties.
The Barron county board is request
ing Gov. Blaine to call a special SEES
sion of the legislature to enact high
way law relieving counties from pro.
viding any part Of the funds needed
to meet federal aid appropriations, A
bill. calling for this change was de-
feated in the assembly during the last
days of the 1921 session.
Anton Shulta, aged 10 years, of
Marathon county, was fatally shot
while hunting in the woods near his
home. He was standing in front Of
a log, with the barrel against his
stomach, when the weapon slipped
and the charge entered his stomach
and intestines. He was taken to a
Wausau hospital, where he died few
hours later.
DR.. John Randolph Currens. Sc,
widely known Wisconsin physician
for eight years member Of the state
board of medical examiners, of which
he was president. former president of
the Wisconsin Medical association,
five times mayor of Two Rivers, and
president of the Wisconsin League of
municipalities, died at his home in
Two Rivers. He had been in good
health up to Thanksgiving day.
The states general fund had bal
ance Of $3.254,944.47 Dec. 4. exclusive
of $1.700,OOO in United States certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness, according to
the monthly report of Henry Johnson,
state treasurer. This is drop from
more than $11 100000 on hand when
the fiscal year opened July l. The
state tax levy is expected to boost
the balance in the treasury's working
fund after the first of the year, when
license and tax money begins to come
in.
Nine wolves and six foxes have
been killed this fall by Otto Wucher-
pfennig and Will Prince in Chippewa
and Dunn counties. Two of the wolves
were killed in Dunn county and the
other animals in the town of Howard,
Chippewa county. The wolves were
large, one weighing 113 pounds, and
others averaging 81 to 81 pounds. The
bounty on wolves is $40 and the palt
sells for about 81 The bounty on
foxes is 81 and the pelts are worth
$40. The damage done by wolves is.
great. Last summer in Chippewa
county some farmers had as many as
80 sheep killed by wolves in a single
night. Z
The death of Oscar Harp, Sawyer
county deputy sheriff, for whose kill
ing John f. Dietz, defender of Came.
ron Dam, served 10 years in prison
before being pardoned by Gov. Blaine,
was definitely confirmed by the filing
Of his death certificate with the state
board Of health. Since his release
from prison Dietz has claimed that
Harp was alive, and that he has been
seen since October, 1910, the time OF
his supposed death. On this ground
he entered claim for $4,000 compen-
sation from the state for false impris.
onment A. o. Balfanz, clerk of the
town of Rock Elm, Pierce county,
where the funeral of Harp took place,
found the original certificate recently
in a package of old papers. 1t had
been used as burial permit. The
certificate ascribes Harp's death to a
bullet wound" The copy of the orig
inal received from the town of Win
ter, Sawyer. county, gives the cause as
bullet wound by unknown causing
instant death" The time of death
was given at II a. M, Oct. 8, 1910.
b Chicken breeders from Illinois, Min
nesota, Michigan and Wisconsin are
expected to attend the annual poultry
show conducted at Fort Atkinson IN
der auspices Of the Fort Atkinson
Poultry, Rabbit and Pet Stock asso
citation, JAM 4-8.
Mayor HaenZe, of Fond du Lac re.