Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-11-18
WISCONSIN.
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State |
Arranged in Condensed Form

the county poorhOuse. His birthday
occurred in 1887 shortly after the
present city was established
Alvin Thompson, a farmer living
near Blanchardville, had his left arm
| torn off at the shoulder when it got
caught in a corn shredding machine.
! Hope is held for his recovery. He has
a wife and two small children
William West, one of two bandits
who held up the general store of
Frank Heutter, Meanwhile, died in a
hospital in Marshfeld. The coroner's
jury indicated Heutter, who shot
West. The other bandit is recover
ing.
What is viewed as remarkable ra-
dio feat, considering the limited
equipment used, was accomplished in
Stevens Point when William Hebel,
an amateur radio operator, dispatched
a message from a station in his back
yard which was received and later
acknowledged by letter at Chevy
Chase, Md. A general call message
was sent out for experimentation and
Hebel. expecting it to- carry only a
few hundred miles, was surprised to
learn that it had been picked up more
than 1000 miles away.
A Wisconsin woman will be the
first woman to serve on the school
board Of the city. of Cleveland accord
ing to messages received in Kenosha
reporting that Mrs. Charlotte Han
nahs Jordan, formerly of Kenosha
and a graduate of Wisconsin univer-
sity, had been elected as a member
of that board. Mrs. Jordan while liv.
ing in this state several years ago
was prominent in suffrage activities,
being for several years the chairman
of the finance committee of the Wis
consin State Suffrage association
Child labor has fallen off markedly
in Wisconsin during the last year, fig
ures compiled by the State Industrial
commission show. A decrease of 40
per cent in the number of permits
granted children entering industry
over the previous year is recorded by
the commission. During the last year
total Of 8,487 original child labor
permits were issued outside of Mil
waukee, and 5000 permits were reis-
sued. More than SO per cent of all
children to whom permits were grant
ed were born in the United States.
A park where every tree will tell
of the supreme sacrifice of Kenosha
soldier is the latest addition to the
park systems of that city. On ARMS
tice day Mrs. George A. Yule present
ed the relatives of each Kenosha man
who died in the great war with a
memorial elm to be planted where
they saw fit. The greater number of
these are to be Manted in new lake
side park being laid out by the city
On each will be bronze tablet tell
ing the name of the soldier, whose
patriotic service is memorialized by it.
A new use has been found for con
traband liquor in GAINESVILLE Moon
shine and other varieties of alcoholic
concoctions confscated by the police
will be mixed up and poured into the
radiators of cars owned by Judge H.
L. Maxfeld and Chief Charles New
man if state prohibition agents do
not object. The only thing the off
Gals fear is that the lining of the
radiators may be damaged by the kick
Of the high powered stuff. Some even
predict that if moonshine is used ex-
tensively for this purpose that liquor
addicts will be tapping the radiators
Guns and ammunition to be used
by Superior postoffice employees were
received from the department at
Washington. All drivers of mail
trucks and most employees in the Of
fee will be armed A ruling of the
department requires that all armed
employees must practice with their
guns and be prepared to "shoot to
kilI'' all mail bandits. An order was
also issued which will place United
States marines on all mail trains op-
Grating between the Twin ports and
Twin Cities. The marines will have
their headquarters in Minneapolis, be-
ing detailed from Chicago and Guam.
tico, Va.
Willis J. Gillett, aged 81 years, ma
tionally known as a breeder of Hol-
stein-Friesan cattle, died at his home
near Rosendale, Fond du Lac county,
after an illness of but a few days.
Death was due to stroke of paral-
ysis. Mr.. Gillett served two years as
president of the Wisconsin State
Dairymen's association and also as
president of the Wisconsin State Hol-
stein 'riesan Breeders association.
Mr.. Gillett owned one of the finest
herds of registered stock in America
and developed the worlds greatest
cow, Colantha Fourths Johanna, the
only animal that ever held all the
world records for production at one
time.
The 3-year-old cow belonging to
John Ericsson, Of Clintonville, com
pleted years test with a record
said to make her the worlds cham
pion 3-year-old of any breed. She pro-
duced over $4,000 pounds of milk and
about 1925 pounds of butterfat Mr.
Ericsson started not long ago as a
farmer Of moderate means
State and county trunk lines in Por-