Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-16
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

ring at the w. II. Balllnger JeWoIfy
store Madison, an unknown woman
substituted cheap ring with an imi-
| tation stone She had asked to see
rings. After examining them she
left, promising to return. Several
hours later the theft was discovered.
At the Barron County Holstein
Breeders fall consignment sale of
purebred cattle held in Barron so
head were sold including calves and
bulls, and averaged $3.50. The high
est price paid for COWS was $355. At
ter the sale the buyers and breeders
were entertained at a banquet by the
business men Of the city.
Sheriff George Garman, Eau Claire
county, will not be removed from Of
flee on complaint of citizens of the
county, who charged that he was neg
ligent in guarding prisoners who rob-
bed the State bank of Augusta, and
permitted their escape, Gov. Blaine
has announced after investigation of
the complaint.
The stockholders Of the Dodge
County Fair association held their an
nual meeting in Beaver Dam and
plans were made for making the fair
next year larger than ever. The
financial report showed that the profit
for 1921 was $7,816.78 and that more
than $4,000 was spent for enlarge
ment of the grounds and erection Of
buildings.
A move has been started in Cou-
deray, Sawyer county, towards the in
corporation of this village this winter.
The territory which will be Included
in the proposed village will be sur
veyed by the county surveyor and
when lines are settled upon the mat
ter of incorporating will be placed be-
fore the voters at a special election.
The village of England was incorpor-
ated this summer, and the population
in Couderay triples the number they
have in that village.
Local peace officials are lax in en-
forcement of the Wisconsin 'sblue
sky" law, the strict application of
which would have saved thousands of
dollars to Wisconsin citizens, the Sc
curities division of the railroad COM
mission says in its annual report. A
general opinion is said to exist that
violation of the securities law is
minor offense, and that punishment of
the offender might well be light. Only
one jail sentence has been imposed
since the statute took effect in 1919
the report declares.
The county board of supervisors Of
Door county, voted bond issue. nf
$4,000, bringing a total bonded in
debtedness of $15O,00O. This sum will
be used to begin the construction of
concrete road to be laid on state high
way IL in the immediate vicinity of
Sturgeon Bay. Due to the fact that
all available material is near at hand,
including unlimited amounts of sra
vel, sand and crushed stone, local au-
thorities expect to construct good CON
crete roads at cost of approximately
$4,000 mile.
Construction will begin next May on
the new home of the knights of Ply
thias at Beloit. The, building, which
will be eight or ten stories high, will
represent an investment Of $350,GOO.
Plans have been completed for the
construction, and trustees announce
that space in the building has already
been requested by several Beloit firms.
The first three stories have been
taken by one company; two floors
will be reserved for lodge purposes
of the Pythians, the Dokeys and Py-
THAN Sisters. Office suites will oc-
cupy the rest of the space.
Gov. Blaine in letter to Edward
F. Buchen, sheriff Of Langlade coun-
ty, who was holding Peter Christ at
the time the governor issued his par
don order for his release, advises him
that no charges have been filed
against him, and that he will not be
removed from office by the executive.
Henry Wits, 70 years old, organizer
of the Aluminium Goods Manufacture
ing company of Manitowoc, the larg-
est concern of it's kind in the world,
suffered a stroke of apoplexy in his
home at that city and died few min
utes later.
Three damage actions against Mrs.
Caroline Kruger of Withee, resulting
from a gun battle between members
of sheriff's posse and the Kruger
family when the posse attempted to
make arrests for alleged violation Of
the draft laws, were ordered taken
from the calendar at the December
term of the circuit court in Stevens
Point. This action was decided upon
by Judge Byron B. Park because the
cases have been listed for several
years and never heard. This will dis
pose of any civil action growing out of
the battle in which one of the Krue-
ger brothers was killed and two
others sent to prison.
Pupils in the high school at Blair,
are forbidden to attend dances on
school days by the board of education
under penalty of being locked 5
points in all studies for each dance
attended.
Charles Baldwin, town of Superior,
Douglas county, has trapped II wolves
this year and received $24O in boun-
ties. He is laughing at fur trappers,
who have had NOR uoor