Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-10-20
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Testing, Almena, Barron county
lost a finger when he found rifle
and discharged it accidentally. He
also suffered minor injuries about the
face.
At a special election On $4,000
bond issue, Brentwood voters favored
bonding the high school district. The
funds will provide heating, ightine
and ventilation systems IN the Union
Free High school.
Reduction in residence and business
lighting rates of the Southern Wiscon
sin Electric Co., operating at Lake
Geneva, Delavan, Darien, WalWortt
and surrounding rural territory, was
ordered by the Wisconsin railroad
commission
Seventy-four head of registered Ayr
shire cattle, the only herd of that
breed in Green county, were sold at
public auction at Monroe. They were
owned by the late Fred Tschudy. The
sale brought dairymen from all parts
of the state and also from Illinois,
Michigan and even New York.
Wisconsin received the gold medal
for Swiss, brick and limburger cheese
at the National dairy convention at
st. Paul according to Fred Marty OF
Monroe, who was one of the judges
and who just returned from there.
Lafayette county cheesemakers took
three prizes on Swiss cheese.
Journalism is developing into sub
ject of college STUDY as popular as the
commerce course at the University of
Wisconsin, enrolment figures show.
This years class has an enrolment of
544, with sos majoring in the four year
course leading to a degree. This is
an increase of Is per cent over last
years enrolment.
J. M. Bolmer, superintendent of
the Lac du Flambeau Indian reserva-
ton, has this fall nlaced large num-
Der of the older Indian boys and girls
who have graduated from the reser-
walton school in higher institutions of
learning. Nearly 200 students are
now enrolled in the reservation
school.
A. H. Yahr of Amigo has presented
Ripon college with q gift of $1,000 for
the establishment of the Lila Farnham
Memorial scholarship, in memory of
his wife, formerly Lila Farnham, a
graduate of the School of Music of
Ripon college with the class Of 1913.
The interest from the scholarship is
to be used in the department of music.
Less reluctance on the part of wom-
en- to serve on juries is expected to
be noted in the future as the result
of the alteration of the Rock county
courthouse so that women serving on
juries with men will not be subjected
10 embarrassment in all night sessions.
The room adjoining the court room is
being divided off, with one main room
for balloting and separate rooms for
men and women jurors. Jury trials at
the October term of the circuit court
will not open until Nov 20.
The number of prisoners at the state
penitentiary, Waupun, is smaller at
present than at any other time during
the year, according to Deputy Warden
Taft. There are now about $50 in
mates. The prison authorities expect
that there will be a larger number
within the next few weeks when the
various courts begin their fall terms.
The state prison is now operating
1900 acres of land on it's prison farm.
Half of this is owned by the state, and
the remainder is rented from private
owners.
The 23O cooperative societies in
wisconsin, held by the Wisconsin SUI
preme court to be violating the state
cooperative marketing law, were adj
vised by Atty. Gen. Morgan to comply
with the law Immediately or face pros
ecution. He said in form letter &c
the concerns that by Immediately
changing either their names or the
form of their organizations to bring
themselves within the statutes, they
would save court action. If changes
are made before filing of suits nc
prosecution will be undertaken, Mr..
Morgan advised.
The estimated production of corn in
Wisconsin increased 100000 bushels
during the last month, the cabbage
crop rose 1900 tons, while the fore
cast production of potatoes declined
100000 bushels and tobacco 100000
pounds, the state crop reporting ser.
vice says in it's monthly survey. The
survey shows that for four consecutive
years Wisconsin has produced large
corn crops which matured practically
without frost injury. This year a total
production of 93,808,000 bushels is fore
cast from Oct. 1 condition. This is
nearly equal to the record breaking
1921 crop of 97,482, 900 bushels and is
100000 bushels above the f1ve-year
average.
Mrs. Johanna Firkus was fined $3.50
and costs by Judge w. F. Owen in
county court at Stevens Point, on a
charge of having sold intoxicating
liquor to a boy. The boys mother
made the complaint. The court gave
her the alternative of spending the
rox+ Four Months in thn comfy iail