Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-28
Observation-Disclosures
! NEWS OF THE :
BADGER STATE
Observation-Disclosures

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girl student at the University of Wis
cousin has been paid Miss Pauline
Ambrose of Nevada, Ia. She was
selected as the queen Of the 1928
junior prom by Gordon A. Gamer,
chairman of the prom committee.
After a sixty days shutdown, the
big saw mill of the Fountain-Camp-
bell Lumber company in Ladysmith
resumed operations Dec. 10, giving
employment to nearly one hundred
fifty men, The plant will run continu-
ously day and night until late next
fall and will saw about 15,000,000 feet
of timber
Bert Zerkle, an Exland farmer, shot
a big timber wolf near Dear lake.
This wolf had been seen several times
recently running with farmers dogs
of that locality and when the animal
was killed there was dog with it
that was wounded by part of the
charge of buckshot. Wolves are nu-
merous in this section of Wisconsin
this winter.
Rock county's claim to fame, based
on a calf that weighed 115 pounds at
birth, is not so good, according to Roy
E. Haas, Jefferson county, whose herd
has topped the GAINESVILLE entry twice
in the last two weeks. One calf weighed
100 pounds and the other 118. His
claim is supported by Dick Hahn and
William Leschinsky, who helped to
weigh the calves. Both of the young
''jumbos'' were pure bred Holsteins.
A new four-volume history of Wis
consin will be published under the
editorship of M M. Quaifo, former
superintendent of the State Historical
society 1t will probably be two years
before the book will be completed and
placed on sale. Practically all of the
state officials are contributing articles
to the volume and the board of editors
is composed of Wisconsin political
leaders and educators.
The College of Agriculture, Madison,
has announced partial list of farm
Institutes to be held in Barron county
during the winter Institutes are to
be held at Comstock, Jan. 1917;
Reeve, Jan. 1919; Almena, Jan. 1924;
Cameron, Jan. 1926; Cumberland,
Feb. 80; Mikana, Feb. 1928. The
Mikana farm institute will include all
farmers who reside in the vicinity of
Brentwood, Angus, Brill, Campia and
Wooddale.
Marshfeld business men are liberal
1y coming to the aid of underweight
school children, whose parents cannot
afford to buy milk for them. After a
talk on the situation at the Rotary
club by Miss Alberta Jones, city school
nurse, the members of the club passed
the milk bottle and donations to the
extent of $121 were received, which
will be used to buy milk for school
children The Elks club raised $22
for similar purposes.
Ingenious plans for wholesale jail
delivery from the Douglas county jail
at Superior and for the murder of a
cell mate and the night jailer, were
thwarted when Charles Urbaniaf, one
of the intended victims, overheard the
plans while feigning sleep in his CELL
When the cells of two prisoners were
searched after Urbaniaf had notified
the jailer, a revolver, several rounds
of ammunition and three hacksaw
blades were found concealed in a mat
tress.
A pure-bred Holstein cow owned by
Otto Kohlwey, Grafton, has just es-
tablished a new high milk and butter
fat record for Ozaukee county, accord
ing to Arthur Bastian, official tester.
In seven days this cow produced 665.3
pounds of milk and 29,414 pounds OF
butter fat. The highest daily milk
production was 1902 pounds. Both
the butter fat production and the high
day sets a new county record. The
daily consumption of feed was 80
pounds of beets, 10 pounds of silage,
26 pounds of grain and hay.
Wisconsin exhibitors of Hereford
cattle captured sixteen prize ribbons
at the International Live Stock expo
sition in Chicago recently, competing
In what is said to be the greatest
showing of "white-faces" ever held at
the international. Holding premier
honors as the nations leading dairy
state, Wisconsin showed that it also
deserves recognition for the quality OF
it's beef cattle. James Price and son
Of Onalaska won three prizes, includ-
ing first place in the Hereford steer
class with their purebred senior calf,
Bonnie Repeat" Other Wisconsin
orize winners were: Rott brothers,
Wonewoc, six ribbons; J. G. Robinson
and son, Evansville, four ribbons;
Irving Jewell, Mineral Point, two rib
bons.
Hans Rogneby, farmer near Mon
dovi, broke his !eg in peculiar man
ner. Owing to cold weather, he was
unable to start his auto and fastened
rope to it, h'tching on a horse IN
the hope of warming up the engine
that way. The rope broke and the
horse fell on Rngneby.
John f. Far1 ell, former city COM
missioner, villa be recommended 10
the president for the office of post
master at Green Bay, according to a
telegram received by M. E. Davis,
from Representative Classon OF the
Ninth district.
While waiting for late train to