Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-10-28
WISCONS SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Pure bred Short Horn cattle offered
in the auction sale held in GAINESVILLE
by the breeders association averaged
$3.50. The top price was $3.50, where.
as a year ago the same cattle brought
fancy prices, over the thousand mark.
Forty head were sold On the block.
Use of the northeastern Wisconsin
fair grounds at Green Bay to pen
sheep for fattening for the market
was granted to business men inter-
ested in the Association of Commerce
and the Green Bay sugar plant. Beet
pulp is to be used in the fattening
process. According to L. w. Blaney,
of the Blaney Cattle Co., about 10000
head Of sheep will be shipped in be.
fore Nov. /. The sheep will be sold
at Chicago markets in the spring.
The La Crosse Conservation club
has forwarded to Gov. j. J. Blaine a
petition asking for executive action to
stop the enforcement of a state law
requiring the destruction Of all carp
minnOWs caught in the seines of COM
mercial fishermen. This action fol
lowed letter of protest to Gov.
Blaine from Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover, who pointed out that
this action would in time destroy an
important food supply.
Income taxes for Rock county for
the year of 1921 increased $16,818
over the figures for the preceding
year. This tax is for incomes earned
in 1920-the peak of the industrial
booms in Beloit and GAINESVILLE to be
collected this year. The total normal.
tax for Rock county amounted to
$161, 412.76. In Beloit there was an
increase of nearly $4,000 and in
GAINESVILLE more than $1,000. In the
villages and townships there was a
reduction over the previous figures.
A carload of big mouth black bass
from the Mississippi river was planted
in the lakes near MinocQua by the
Wisconsin conservation commission.
These fish were presented to the state
by the conservation commission of the
Mississippi river. The bass are of
different type than those common in
the northern Wisconsin waters. They
are distinguished by the mouth, which
extends back beyond the eye lines.
Forty per cent of the fish were year
lings and the majority of them were
four to six inches in length.
Hot lunches will be served during
the winter months in every rural
school in Brown county. According
to the plans of E. A. Seymour, county
school superintendent, the household
arts classes in each institution will
have charge of the meals. Oil stoves
for cooking purposes have been pur-
chased by the county board. The
meals will be served on the non-proft
plan. Assessment will be divided be.
tween all the pupils Students doing
the cooking and preparing the lunches
will be given credit in their academic
standing.
With obligations tOtaling about
$135, 900, the Kiel Cheese and Butter
Co. has been placed in the hands OF
trustees by creditors and stockhold.
ers. j. B. Laun, Kiel, and w. j. Paul
son, Chiffon, were named to take
charge of the company with third
trustee to be namedsby cheese-makers
who are creditors. Inability to make
collections on outstanding accounts
estimated at $4,000 and difficulties
resulting from the slump in prices
since January are said to be respon-
sible for the situation. The plant at
Kiel is listed at physical valuation
of $4,000. Liabilities of the company
according to a statement, include
$4,000 owing to cheese-makers and
brokers and $4,000 to Is banks. The
company is owned by Green Bay in
terests.
Judge George w. Burnell, 81 years
old, Civil war veteran, who has occu-
pied the circuit court bench at Osh.
kosh for thirty-six years, died at his
home in that city after a short i'll,
ness. He succumbed to pneumonia
which developed from a severe cold.
Judge Burnell was born in st. Adams,
VT. He was graduated from Albany
law school in 1861 and the. same year
enlisted with volunteer New Eng
land regiment as a private. He was
later promoted to second lieutenant
and upon his transfer to another or
ganization to a captaincy He resigned
his commission in 1855 after having
been severely wounded in battle. Fol-
lowing the war he started practicing
law in Oshkosh. Shortly afterWard he
was elected district attorney. Gov.
Rusk appointed him to fill circuit
court vacancy in 1884 At the next
election he was returned to office and
has continued on the circuit court
bench ever since. Judge Burnell was
a Mason, Elk and member of the
Candlelight club, composed of leadine
Oshkosh professional and business
men. He was also ctive in the Amer
lean Legion and G. A. r.
Wisconsin potatoes are bringing
higher prices than those Of surround
ing states on the Chicago market this
year because Of state inspection, the
department of markets announces.
following receipt of sales reports.
These show that the Badger product
for the first time has brought the top