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

for burglary at Neenah in January,
1921.
William Fields, New Diggings farm
or La Fayette county, exhibited an
ear of corn, grown on his farm, in
which 10 red kernels form a perfect
cross on the background of yellow.
| Fines aggregating $3.50 with the
alterpa i've of jail sentences of. from
two tt five months were imposed up
ON II saloon keepers and bartenders
by Judge Reid in municipal court at
Rhinelander when all pleaded guilty
to violating the prohibition law.
What is probably the oldest pair of
boots in sheboygan is being displayed
in the window Of a shoe store in that
! civ. They were made by Herman
Brauer before his death early in 1871.
The cost at that time was estimated
at $25.
FLOYD Purdy, poultryman of To-
nah, had 25 entries out of 213 in the
buff leghorn class at the recent Coli
scum show of Chicago. The Tomahite
pulled down four first prizes in the
regular classes besides several in spe.
cial classes. Ribbons in regulars in
Guided first prize on old pen, first and
second on old pen, first and third on
pullets, fifth on cock, fourth and sew
enth on cockerels.
Superiority Of southern Wisconsin
cattle is shown in the sale by Tray.
nor brothers Of Koshkonong, Wal
worth county, Of Queenstone Belle,
5-year-old milking shorthorn and win
ner of the grand championship in the
sweepstakes at the international live
stock exposition, to buyer in Pitts
burgh. Traynor brothers bought the
COW year ago for a few hundred
dollars. She sold for $4,000.
After purchasing a carload of
Dodge county pure-bred Holstein cat.
4 tie through agencies in Watertown, C..
i. Funk, rancher of Richmond, Utah,
predicted that in few years Wis
consin dairymen would be given keen
competition by Utah cattlemen. Ac-
cording to Funk, his state is building
] condenseries and building up pure
bred herds with the object of becom.
ing the first dairy state in the coun-
try.
Next spring will mark the compile.
ton of Clark county's new $1,000,000
insane asylum. an institution which
will serve as a model for the entire
country. The new building will be
the most modern and costly of any
4 county asylum in the United States.
it is claimed 1t Incorporates the best
/ points of similar institutions in all
parts of the country and is the result
of an extensive study of asylum build
ings and equipment.
Wood county has placed an order
with the state highway commission
for 100000 barrels of cement for the
4 1922 concrete paving work. in the
county. The cement will be sufficient
cor the paving of forty miles of con
crete roadway. BY purchasing through
the state, the counties saved consid
cradle money and when the contract
ors get the jobs the cement is deliy
cred through local dealers to the con
, tractors and the contractor pays for
the cement.
The Algoma Panel Co.. Brentwood
one of the largest veneer and saw
mill companies in northern Wiscon
sin, will not operate lumber camps
this winter because of the unsettled
lumber outlook. This lie first year
in the company's history that exten
sive numbering operations have no.
/ been made. The company not only
has last years cut of lumber, but the
cut of two years ago remains unsold
However, the lumber situation appar
emily is improving.
Thirteen county boards, at their.
last meetings, adonted resolutions
either requesting. Gov. Blaine to call
q special session of the legislature to
consider highway matters, or recon.
mending that the next legislature re.
move the general property tax and
state aid requirements for road build
/ ing. This information has been re.
ceived by Frank A. Cannon, Madison,
4 executive secretary of the Good
Roads association of Wisconsin. Re.
ports of bond issues authorized by the
counties show that the. amount avail
able for expenditure will be approx
mately $10000.000, or slightly more
than was expended the last year.
Mrs. Frieda Zimmerman, step-moth-
er of Ruth and Elmer Zimmerman,
whose bodies were found in cistern
in the rear of their home at Ocono-
mowoc, is being held by the authori-
ties pending an investigation. On be-
ing questioned Mrs. Zimmerman is al
legged to have said she and the chill
dren were driving ducks when one of
the ducks fell into the cistern. She
further alleges that in trying to res
cue the duck the children fell into
the cistern and were drowned. Cor
oner Lee charged that Mrs. thinner
man is alleged to have admitted she
took no steps to help the children
from the cistern and that she told
no one of the tragedy until her hus-
band came home, three hours later
and learned what had happened
wisconsin in 1920 reported to the
census bureau 5S697 births, an in
crease of 1906 over 1919. the years
total representing a birth rate of 22.2