Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-09-09


amusement devices.
William Witte, young farmer liv
ing five miles west of Unity, was
gored to death by a bull which he
was taking out to Craze. When found
dead in pasture, his dog was by his
side. White was recently married.
The Rev. Stanley M. Cleveland has
been appointed student chaplain
among Episcopal students at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. He will come
to Madison from Princeton, where he
has been working with students. HI
is an overseas veteran.
Forest countys annual fair will be
held at Crandon September 13 to 1e
inclusive. There promises to be ar
extensive display of exhibits in all
departments A number of excellent
attractions have been secured for the
three dates. Preparations are being
made to entertain large crowds.
The action brought by Mrs. Geor-
gia Salmon Jennings, Los Angeles, to
contest the will of her cousin, Miss
Anita E. North, ST. Croix county's
WeaIthiest woman, found dead in bed
in her summer home near Hudson
May %, has been dropped. The claims
of Mrs. Jennings and other relatives
who were not mentioned in the will,
have been settled. The estate is esti-
mated at close to $1,00O,000.
Mrs. Lydia Hubert, resident of
the village of Delton, about fourteen
miles from Reedsburg, celebrated her
one hundredth birthday on Aug. 26.
In spite of her advanced age she par
ticipated in all of the festivities.
! number of friends and neighbors
took part in the celebration. Mrs.
Hubert was born in New York state.
She came to Wisconsin about fifty
years ago. Her husband died in 1887.
Pleading guilty to the theft of a
La Crosse automobile and confessing
the theft of IL others in Wisconsin
and Illinois, A. e. Warren and Her
ron Wyman, brothers, we're sentenced
in La Crosse to four years at Wau-
pun. Maize De Vries, a woman ac-
complice, was sentenced to two years.
They were arrested in Baraboo after
the stolen La Crosse car had been
traced to that city.
Owen O'Hare, former chief of po-
lice of Kenosha, already under in
dictment for embezzlement and mall
feasance in office, was again indicted
by the special grand jury on charge
of larceny. 1t is alleged that he took
three cases of champagne which had
been taken in robbery case by po-
lice officers. He was arrested and
gave bonds. Thirty men indicted in
the cleanup of Kenosha county have
pleaded not guilty, and will fight the
charges.
A federal grand jury has been call
ed for the opening of the federal court
in Madison on Sept. 81. Instructions
were received from Judge Claud r.
Luse at Superior for the calling o
the grand jury. Investigation will be
made of an alleged liquor ring oper-
ating in southern Wisconsin, accord
ing to court officials who said evil
dencethas developed to show grounds
for a sweeping investigation of the
whole liquor situation in that part
of the state.
Hemmorrahgic septicaemia, the ia
tai cattle disease which has caus
considerable damage to cattle herds
in Barron and Sawyer counties, has
been discovered in Washburn county
and in some instances as high as IA
head out of IA died from the disease.
Veterinarians have been engaged in
vaccinating cattle to prevent thu
spread of the malady. The disease
appears to be the most serious in the
vicinity Of Shell Lake and reports in
dictate that horses also are dying from
the effects of the epidemic.
The state department of markets is
preparing to all the thousands of
farmers cooperative marketing enter
prises in extending their scope and
perfecting sound business organiza-
ton, according to announcement of
L. G. Foster, Madison, assistant di-
rector. Uniform accounting systems
are to be devised and installed in the
local cooperative associations, whose
books are opened to inspection by tho
department of markets under the new
state law. Aid will also be given by
the department in building up effic-
lent business plans.
The state has no jurisdiction over
boats operating at the Dells of the
Wisconsin river under existing safety
laws, Atty. Gen. Morgan advised Gov.
Blaine in an opinion. He says that
his decision does not mean that the
legislature could not enact law re-
curing boats there to carry a larger
number of life preservers than they
do at present. The attorney general
bases his decision on the ordinance
of 1887 to the effect that navigable
waters leading into the Mississippi
and st. Lawrence are common high
ways and forever free. The boats at
the Dells are said to be unsafe and
not to be complying with the state
law, which requires that there be a
life preserver for each person on
board.
Reports just made public show that
Green Bays consumption of electric
power for July broke all records, in
dicating that industrial plants are not
h aIy 70 low