Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-23

or having beavers and beaver skins
in their possession and were fined $50
each and costs.
During the present year 1000 acres
of land were cleared in Bayfield, coun-
ty as a result of the land clearing
campaign. . Fourteen carloads of ex-
plosives were used in blasting. There
are 1880 farms in the county and the
amount cleared averaged 61a acres
per farm.
After having been entirely deaf for
many years, Mrs. J. G. George of Rice
Lake has had her hearing restored.
While sitting alone in her home she
thought she heard noise. She
placed record on the monograph
and was nearly overcome on hearing
the record perfectly.
Adjustment of justice and munich
pal courts in Sheboygan county and
establishment of a county municipal
court in their stead is asked of the
state legislature by the Sheboygan
county board in a memorial. The res
olution stated that justice and MUM
cipal courts not having final jurisdic
ton in many matters are too expens
sive to maintain.
George Hoffman, 81, and his son
Andrew, Z, were killed when struck
by an automobile on the Mormon
county road near the La Crosse city
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off toward the country with lights
turned out Police and sheriffs of
several counties are looking for an
auto said to have been the machine
which ran over father and son.
The cut of logs being produced
by the lumber companies operating in
and about Oconto is estimated at APP
proximately SO per cent normal, ac-
cording to a survey just completed
among the several lumber companies.
This means that slightly less than so
per cent of the usual number of
woodsmen employed are actually at
work at the present time.
A conference of district attorneys
of Wisconsin has been called by Atty.
Gen. William j. Morgan for Dec. %
and 20 at Madison. Questions of law
enforcement will be considered and
program for cooperative action de-
veloped, according to plans. District
attorneys of SO counties have express
sed their intention of attending, while
only two unfavorable replies to the
attorney generals invitation have
been received.
Max La Fave and Anton. Gastoldi,
two Hurley policemen. were dropped
from the police force by the city coun-
Gil, when cuts were made in practi-
cally all city officers salaries The
release of the two policemen was
voted as a measure of economy. The
street commissioners salary was cut
from $1,000 to $500 year. The city
clerk was cut $3.50, city marshal $3.50,
city policemen $3.50 and city ply
stefan $500.
Edward Ontke was sentenced to
pay fine of $500 and costs or serve
three months in Jail on a charge of
writing threatening letters to Dr. A.
S. Pfeiffer of Racine, by whom he was
employed as a chauffeur. He was
unable to pay the fine. Two months
ago DR.. Pfeiffer received letters de-
handing $4,000 and threatening
death if he failed to leave the money
in a designated spot.
The little 3-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Waldhart of StetsOnville,
Taylor county, was SO badly burned
that he died few hours later The
mother had left the two youngest
children, aged and years alone in
the house for few minutes while she
went to the barn. During her abb
ssence it is presumed that the children
played with the fire in the stove, as
the child was in flames when the
mother reached him,
Gov. Blaine has removed Hans
Rodd, sheriff of Oneida county, from
office for disobeying an executive par
don order issued Oct. 26, for release
from Jail of Peter Christ, Rhinelander
strike leader, serving a four months
sentence for contempt of court. The
governor found from facts gathered
by him and from those brought out
Nov. 20, at a hearing on complaint
against the sheriff, that he "wilfully
disobeyed the pardon warrant issued
to him." and in so doing mot only
did not act in good faith, but on the
other hand, defied the executive di-
rections and pardon warrant, in ut
terly bad faith, and without honest
convictions"
Appleton's noted might rider" trial
has ended in a deadlock After de-
liberating for As hours whether Mrs.
John Black was entitled to $4,000 be-
cause Of a midnight raid at her home
during the fourth Liberty loan cam
Ipaign, the jury reported its inability
to agree and it was dismissed. 1t
was the fourth trial growing out Of
the celebrated night raids and none
of them have been victories for the
plaintiffs. Prominent Appleton men
are defendants. Mrs. Black sued for
$4,000, charging that her husband
now in an insane asylum, was driven
insane by fright caused by the mid
night visit and the demand that he
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