Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-02-11


John Gorski pleaded guilty in Mu-
nicipal court at Wausau to charge of
violating the prohibition law and was
fined $3.50 and costs by Judge
Marchetti.
The Sheboygan Telegram has been
transferred to the Farmers and Labor
ers' Publishing Co., the officers and
directors of which are members of the
Socialist party.
Approximately $4,000 fed eraI
money will be spent on the Ashland
Hurley-Ironwood trail this summer.
The six mile stretch of road between
Ashland and Odanah will be straight
ened, and shortened about mile. 1t
is on the Roosevelt highway system.
The Wood county Jail is empty for
the first time in two years, according
to Sheriff Mueller. Two years ago
when ex-Sheriff Bluett took office the
Jail was empty. Local authorities
state that they will not sell the jail
as they feel it is a handy place TO have
around in case of emergency.
The Holstein Breeders association
of Cameron, Barron county, have or
ganized, with Karl Hazelberg, Mikana,
as president and Thomas Gullickson
as secretary and treasurer. The asso-
citation announced its opposition to
the manufacture of oleomargarine and
other substitutes for dairy products.
Tests for soil acidity have been
made in Barron county and in each
instance the reaction indicates the ex-
istenceN of an acid condition. This
proves that the supply of lime in the
soil is diminished below point that
gives the best conditions for plant
growth.
Inmates at the Wisconsin state re-
formatory, Green Bay, are going to
have a new brand of water to drink
before long. The prisoners are doing
the digging themselves and Warden
Cowles estimates that they will have
to go down about $50 feet before they
strike a flow.
The population of Green Bay has in
creased 1886 or 3.5 per cent, according
to latest figures. The population taken
during January by the government
was 31017. The survey is based on
comparative figures of the public
schools enrolment and domestic water
service for the close of 1919 and 1920.
Girls beat the boys in judging live
stock at the New Franken school near
Green Bay. Girl students made clean
sweep of the high score, two of them
turning in 100 per cent records. Four
Holstein cows were judged and the
girls scored on every point. The papers
were graded by ]. N. KaVanaugh, coun-
ty agricultural agent.
Residents of Franksville and Thomp-
sonville, northwest of Racine, and
farmers residing between Racine and
the two places, will petition The Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light
Co. to extend the distributing system
TO their territory in order that cleo
tricity may be obtained for light and
power.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 Of
money for Rock county farmers is now
tied up in the 10000 pounds of wool
which was pooled last year and held
in storage in Chicago. There are about
l250 farmers having shares in the pool
Wool is now quoted at from % to IS
cents a pound, land the owners want
! 80 cents for the wool now held in Chi
cago. For the sum of cents pound
the wool was taken to Chicago, graded,
sorted, insured and held in storage
until a favorable bid IS received.
August Wolf, 80, sheboygan war
hero, died at hospital in Washington,
ID. c., where he had undergone two
operations within three weeks for APP
lpendicitis and an adhesion. He was
one of the first Sheboygan boys to
volunteer for service and one of the
first to go into actual service in France
/ from this section. He was wounded,
July %, 1918, in the Chateau Thierry
sector, where he was operating ma
chine gun He lost an arm III one Of
these engagements.
To give one an idea of the profit in
hides at this time the experience OF
IL. Doty, a Brentwood man. is worth
lrelating. Mr.. Doty shipped hide to
/ a Chicago commission house. The hide
weighed % pounds and he was allowed
6 cents per pound, or s1-32. His re-
turn showed the following charges
against the shipment: Commission, Z
cents; freight, 68 cents; war tax, 2
cents; drayage, rs. cents; storage, So
cents. AS Il result of the transaction
Mr.. Doty found himself SO cents in the
deht of the commission house. He
says he has retired from the hide bust
mess
Following its own example of hold
ing the first land clearing school in
history, as it did in 1920, the Marinette
County Land Clearing association will
establish the first travelling land clear
ing school in history as the feature
of it's 1921 campaign. The travelling
school. will be mounted on large mo-
tor truck, which will carry all the
latest land clearing equipment, and a
corps of instructors. headed by Score
tary Larry f. Livingston. Arrange
ments have been made to hold one
and two-day schools in 20 community
centers of the county. SO as to bring 1t
within reach of all the farmers.
Rock county ranks third in the num-
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