Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-08-19
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

bile with $1,450 in silver. Securities
valued at $4,000 were left behind by
the burglars A posse of farmers fol-
lowed them as far as Eau Claire lakes,
"a miles south of town, where they lost
the trail.
With threshing practically finished,
Rock county farmers are checking up
in small grain yields-which are de-
cidedly unsatisfactory. The hot, dry
weather and rust severely ravaged
most of the fields The county will
have it's greatest crop in another two
weeks. Corn ranges from to IL feet
high. Tobacco looks promising.
Rev. Byron E. Lewis, pastor Of the
Methodist church at Arkansaw, Wis,
was drowned at Eau Claire park,
where he was on an outing with his
Boy Scout troop. He was an expert
swimmer, but in diving struck some
object and was dead before he could
be taken from the water. He was I'M
married and world war veteran.
Resolutions endorsing the organiza-
ton of the Equity Dairymen's Coop
erative association were unanimously
adopted by about 200 farmers at
meeting held at Green Bay under the
auspices of the Brown county branch,
American Society of Equity. Cooper
alive marketing of milk is the aim of
the association.
James Rinekerd, GAINESVILLE, has been
working as brick maker for 81 years.
For "a continuous years he worked in
Monroe brick yard and three years
ago moved to GAINESVILLE. 81 have made
more than 100000 bricks during my
life" says Rinekerd Il am 70 years
of age and don't know Of more pleas
ant trade than making bricks"
Herman Lebine, A, said to have
been the largest man in Marinette
county, died at his home at Marinette
after a months illness. He weighed
400 pounds A special casket was
made for the body. A daughter and
son survive, besides his mother and
several brothers and sisters. He was
born in Canada.
The school board of District No. 2,
town of Tomahawk, recently applied
to County Superintendent w. S. Free
man for teacher capable of teaching
all eight elementary grades and the
first and second grades of the high
school, all at one time in the Spirit
Falls school. The superintendent was
obliged to inform the board that such
a thing was impossible and that no
teacher could be expected to fill the
bill
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Racine county issued orders to all
county and town officials to cause the
immediate removal of all advertising
signs along the highways of Racine
county and that unless the signs are
removed within 10 days, they will be
destroyed. This action is taken be-
cause of the fact that large advertis
ing signs are being placed at the inter
section of highways and obstruct views
of the direction signs placed by coun-
ty and town officials for information
of the autoists.
Because the wrong mayor signed
their bonds, the city of Two Rivers
has been obliged to reprint an entire
issue amounting to $4,000. Last fall
the city council voted to float a $780,
coo school bond issue and the bonds
were duly signed by DR.. w. j. Currens,
then the city executive. The bonds
were not offered for sale until a few
days ago, and now H. G. Gowran is
mayor 1t is an established rule that
municipal bonds must be signed by the
mayor and city clerk in Office at the
time when they are offered for sale.
Proposal of Fox river valley carpen-
tiers, who have been striking since May
i, to return to work at the basic pay
Of Is cents an hour if contractors
would recognize the closed shop, was
ignored by valley contractors at their
meeting at Appleton. The offer was
read to contractors and promptly ia
bled without discussion. The open
shop was declared in the valley May 9
after carpenters refused to accept a
cut of 10 cents an hour, reducing their
scale to IS cents. Contractors declare
they are able to obtain all the men
they need at the rs cent rate. Mean
while several hundred carpenters in
the valley are idle.
The Catholic church at Reserve was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground Within two hours after the
building was struck it was in ashes.
The building was erected forty years
ago. when allotments were made to
the Indians of the Lac Courte grizzlies
Indian reservation. There was no
way of extinguishing the flames except
By carrying water in buckets from the
lake, and attention was given to the
work of removing all valuables from
the church and the Office of the pastor.
Even the doors and windows were re
moved and carried to safety. The Rev.
Mr.. Gordon was visiting in Hayward,
Is miles distant, and arrived on the
scene after the building was gone.
His library and the church records
were saved.
Two barns and machine shed, with
their contents, and the seasons crop
was destroyed when lightning struck
the farm of Elmer J. Rasmussen, near
Denmark. Two pure-bred Holstein
cows also were killed. Volunteers
succeeded in saving the house and
granary. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000, half of which is covered by in
surance.
Motor license fees collected during
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