Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-11-30
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A total of 81 convictions for viola
ton of liquor laws were obtained by
Dist Atty. R. c. Twining during the
closing year, according to his annual
report submitted to the Jefferson coun-
ty board of supervisors.
The price Of milk was advanced 1
cent, to 10 cents a quart, by the ma
jority of Eau Claire milk dealers. In
crease in the price paid farmers for
butterfat by the creameries is given
as the reason for advance III price.
Cream sells for "a cents a pint.
A three-day newspaper short course
is to be given by the University of
Wisconsin course in journalism from
Feb. / to 3, according to a recent an
nouncement. The teaching is under
taken at request of the Wisconsin
Press association.
The Jefferson county board appro-
priated $4,000 for the installation Of
a new refrigeration system for the
county asylum and give the trustees
the right to purchase the Finley farm,
joining the county farm. The price is
to be $4,000.
Rhinelander continues to maintain
its reputation as one of the healthiest
cities in upper Wisconsin. With the
exception of a few cases of chicken
pox there are no contagious diseases
there, according. to DR.. J. T. Elliott,
health commissioner.
Charles Schwenck, rs, Gary, Ind,
died at hospital in Chippewa Falls
following peculiar auto accident.
While driving his car over the country
roads he ran over a hole in the wheel
rut. The jar threw him violently
against the steering wheel, causing in
ternal injuries of which he died.
The sum of $1,000 was paid into the
Golfers of the municipal court, of Ke-
nosha county by Tony Travanty, the
bootlegger who was found wearing
body tank filed with moonshine while
riding bicycle on the streets Of Ke-
nosha several weeks ago. He was
also under sentence on several other
charges of having liquor in his posses
sion and of selling it.
Hiram Murdoch, SO, secretary of the
GAINESVILLE Elks, assistant cashier of
the Bower City bank, which he has
served since 1896, fell dead at his
home in GAINESVILLE. He was the citys
most prominent lodge member, being
a member of the Elks, Modern Wood
men, Knights of Pythias, Ben HUI
Court, Moose, Woodmen of the World
and the Royal Neighbors
In the twenty years that Adolph
Erickson, Eau Claire, veteran mail
carrier, has been delivering mail Oh
one of the rural routes out of Eau
Claire, he has travelled approximately
$4,000 miles, or seven and one half
times the distance around the world.
He has been entered on the honor roll
of Uncle Sans employees at Wash
ington as one of the most depend
able men in the rural mail service.
The state board of control during
for parole from prisoners serving time
in Wisconsin penal institutions, and
granted 242 of the applications, deny
ing 308, and deferring action on SO,
according to a report Of the board.
Among the 40 paroled from the state
prison at Waupun was one life termer
who had served % years of his SEN
tence. The number paroled from the
reformatory at Green Bay was 1O3,
while 80 were released from the Mil.
waukee county house of correction.
Decrease in the values of farm prod 4
ucts, cattle, swine, sheep, merchants
and manufacturers stocks, automo-
biles ard all other forms Of personal
property will increase the taxes in
Brown county approximately 4 mills
on the dollar on total assessed coan- 4
ty valuation of $85,742, 900 for 1922 as
against an assessed value of $89, 1885,
600 for the county in 1921. The 1922
mill tax rate will be approximately
80 mills on the dollar in the CITY, In
1921 it was 25 mills, according to sta
tistics supplied by Income Assessor
J. J. Colignon.
Validity of the Wisconsin appren-
law which imposes a penalty
for violation of the working agreement
between indentured minors and their
employers, was upheld by r. M. Hoyt, |
deputy attorney general, in an opinion
to the industrial commission Mr. |
Hoyt held that the apprenticeship sta
tute is part of the legal machinery of |
the state for instruction of it's youth |
in useful occupations, and that as a
result the state may compel compli |
ance with it's provisions. Under the |
apprenticeship law, either party to an
indenture who fails to perform any of |
the stipulations may be forced to for |
felt not less than ST nor more than
$500, such forfeit to be collected on
complaint of the industrial commits /
sion and paid into the state treasury.
Prof. E. J. Delwiche, of the Wiscon
sin agricultural experiment station at
Ashland Junction, is waging a cam
paign for the raising of No. 408 winter
wheat by Ashland and Bayfield, county
farmers The experiment station has
tried out this variety and has found
it adaptable to this climate.
The village of Almond in Portage
county is without electric lights and
there is a possibility that this con.