Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-30
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS


judging by prison figures OF
the state board of control, which show
in the December report that the NUM-
her of inmates of state penal lnstitu
tions has grown from $50 to 1,217 dur
ing the past year. This increase, &C
cording to M. J. Tappins, secretary OF
the board, has largely occurred since
August
The shimmy and the bunny hug
have put the kibosh on all dances in
Madison public schools. This is the
way the students explain the new or
der issued by Supt. Thomas W. Cos
ling. Mr.. Costing says that so many
complaints were received of indecen-
cy at such affairs that he asked the
board of education o prohibit dances
in the public schools of Madison dur
ing the regular school year.
AS a result Of the exhibit made at
the potato and grain show at Milwau-
kee, in charge of v. E. Brubaker.
county agent, the farmers of Bayfield,
county received orders for 2,400 bush
grains including oats, spring and win
ter wheat, barley, soybeans, green and
Scotch peas and marrowfat peas.
Oats sold for 81 per bushel, barley for
SIPS and wheat for So. Bayfield, coun-
ty farmers also had good display of
honey at the Milwaukee show and or
ders were taken for 1000 pounds.
The tale of a feud generations old,
in which the chieftains of two Indian
tribes have been practically wiped out,
is expected to be told in court at
Washburn at the trial of John (Red-
bird) Beauregard, charged with the
murder Of John Mealey, IS. Redbird
Beauregard was captured near Barnes,
only $50 yards from the cabin where
d week ago he is alleged to have slain
Mealey when he became enraged at
Mealey's taunts that Redbird was mot
man enough" to avenge the death of
his father.
Two Junior high schools, for the
South side and the North side, are the
next logical steps in the development
of the school system of Sheboygan,
according to Supt. Walvoord. She
boygan educators are looking forward
to what is known as the "six-three-
three plan, which would have the
children go to the ward schools six
years, to the Junior high school three
years, and then to the central high
school three more years instead Of
going to the ward school eight years
and then to high school for four.
There is another way to down bull
besides the rope method, Lincoln
county Agent A. H. Cole recently
suggested. Ed Degner used rifle
and sent bullet somewhere in the
direction of the animal 1t grazed
the bulls forehead and the animal
went on rampage, breaking down
fences. Charles Pollock, with a .38-
caliber gun, chased the animal a half
day and used up his ammunition.
Ernest Hartwig. with similar gun,
fired two shots in a final attack on
the animal and killed it
Farmers living in the towns of
Washburn and Bayview, Bayfield,
county, met at the Commercial club
in Washburn and organized Farm
ers' Credit association, with member
ship of %, who signed up for 5000
shares of stock at SIS share. The
objects of the association are coop
Grafton in procuring assistance from
the federal land bank, and the making
of temporary loans to the members.
The association will be strictly CO.
operative and for the present will be
limited to members of the federal
land bank.
Franklin G .Wyman, Sc years old,
who served four years in the civil
war and was one of the union sol
diers to suffer in the famous confed-
crate prison of Belle Isle, died at his
home in Argyle, from heart trouble
and neuralgia. He was born in Maine,
came to Michigan when 10 years old,
came on to Wisconsin in 1852, and
since 1856 lived in Argyle, where he
served in every office from village
trustee to justice of the peace. He
was also a school teacher, wagon
maker and builder of furniture for the
village.
Little activity is being shown in the
numbering districts of northern Wis
consin this year, the industrial COM
mission reports. 1t says that only
about one-third as many woodsmen
are engaged in the woods during the
present year as were employed DUR
ing the last cutting season Total
placements by the IT free employment
agencies of the state during Novem-
Der were 1922, compared to 6,729 in
October and GIL in November, 1920
Wausau is the only office that re.
ported an increased number Of or
ders and placements, the industrial
commission says.
Ten boys, from 10 to 16 years old,
were discovered to be in organized
thieving of jewelry and auto supplies
in Eau Claire. police said The boys
had placed enough INT to blow up a
business block under the west end of
the Grand-av. bridge. according to the
police.
Alfred Anderson, Bruce, has attain
ed a high potato record for this year
He has raised over 800 bushels Of po,
tatoes an acre on five and a half
acre plot Altogether, Mr.. Anderson
grew over 1900 bushels of spuds