Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-14
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WISCON SIN


;1A1AOh l uAclils 40, Vi q fAAA0' was
sentenced to three years in the state
reformatory at Green Bay by Judge
George Grimm.
Aid in getting a $4,000 appropria-
ton through congress for an addition
to the GAINESVILLE post office was
pledged by Henry Allen Cooper, con
gresham from the First district, when
he made an inspection of the post
office.
Henry Van Holland of Frederic had
a narrow escape when his team OF
horses was hit by a 500 line passen-
ger train Both horses were injured
SO seriously that they had to be shot.
Mr. Van Holland was not seriously
injured. The wagon was demolished.
Anton Sole, 80, and John Sole, 76
of Arcadia, are both employed at Myr-
mans logging camp near Ladysmith
as swampers. They are experienced
men at the work and despite the adj
vanced years, numbered among the
hardest workers in the camp.
Another six months session Of the
Wisconsin legislature is in sight as
legislators prepare to assemble in
Madison Jan. 10 for the opening of the
fifty7sixth session. Little hope for a
short. session is being held out by
veteran members who predict a repe-
tition of the extended sessions com
mon in recent years.
The trial of Frank H. Smith, Brown
county register of deeds, who is
charged with embezz1ement Of approx
mately $1,000 of county funds, was
postponed until Dec. 80. Smith has
been confined in the county Jail for
the last two months in default of
$4,000 bail.
The Chippewa Sugar Refining com
pany has just closed successful sea
son at the Chippewa Falls plant, manu-
featuring more than 100000 pounds
of sugar. More than $4,000 was paid
to the farmers for beets; $4,000 to
employees, and the railroads got more
than $4,000 for freight on beets
shipped in.
Herbert vestin, 26, and Alvin Olson,
10, brothers-in-law, died as the result
of an explosion in a well in which
Vestin was digging at the George LIE
Hugude farm at Dresser Junction,
Polk county. Olson died from the eff
fects of gas when he descended into
the shaft to rescue Vestin, who was
digging the well.
Percy banks, Evansville high school
pupil, won first place in the junior
corn contest for the second region at
the international Livestock exposition
and grain and hay show at Chicago.
banks and Brayton Hogan, Clinton,
who placed fifth in the contest, are
members of the Rock county Acre of
Corn club.
Four acres of land, comprising a
peninsula which jutted out into Big
Eau Claire lake, Douglas county, have
dropped into the lake, leaving a sharp
abuttment about thirty feet high. The
phenomenon was discovered by boys
who have made the peninsula a play
ground D. A. Merrill, professor Of
geology at the Eau Claire Normal
school, is unable to explain it.
Polk county is recognized as one of
the leading creamery butter manufac-
turing districts of America. It was the
first county to successfully ship it's
butter to Eastern markets in carload
shipments With every creamery in
the county cooperative and all CO.
operative creameries organized into
unit No. / of the Wisconsin Co-opera-
tive Creameries association, Polk
county is also recognized as the lead
ing county in cooperation.
The gross income from Wisconsin
farms was $160,000,000 less in 1921
than in 1920, the annual report of
Wisconsin's crop reporter shows. A
value of $316,708,000 was placed on the
1921 produce from the farms of the
state, compared to $3.50, 100000 in
1920; value of 1851, 191, 900. in 1919
and of $499,405,OO0 in 1918. Wiscon-
sins 1921 crops were worth $189,092,-
600, according to the report, $40, 1884,
600 less than the crop for 1920. The
total value of livestock products in
Wisconsin was $250,742,000 compared
with 1899, 100000 in 1920.
Rented farms make up 1913 per cent
of the total number under cultivation
in Wisconsin, according to the report
of the state agricultural statistician
His announcement shows that there
are 164,395 owners of farms and e, 008
tenants, compared with 1853, 523 own
ers and managers and 22,302 tenants
in 1920. Expressed in percentages of
all farmers, the report says that own
ers have decreased 1 per cent, mana
gers fye-tenths of / per cent, while
tenants have increased fye-tenths of
1 per cent. The total land area of
Wisconsin is said in the report to be
35,364, 900 acres OF this amount o.
148, 900 acres, or 62.8. per cent of the
entire land area of the state is in
farms.
Mrs. Maude E. Hatch, Tomah,
brought suit against Dad Carey and
Ed Jones, proprietors of La Crosse
pool hall, to recover 81, 800 which she
said her husband had lost playing faro
bank in the place. During the trial
Of the case in circuit court attorneys
settled the case and it was dismissed,
paying Mrs Hatch $1,000.