Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-28
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

uTSL Inf00 months OF 19ZZ is 1IO per
cent greater than 1921, and indica
tions are that the spring boom, now
under way, will exceed that of last
year.
Prof. A. A. Trever, head of the his
tory department of Lawrence college
will make the commencement address
at the commencement exercises of the
Neenah high school in Neenah, June
IA. His subject will be 1.-THE Kingdom
of Youth
Every former service man in Wash
burn county will be visited under the
plan Of the American Legion to ascer
tain the needs of former soldiers OF
the late war. A house to house cen
sus will be taken very soon and in
this way not man will be missed
The plan is to inform ex-serYice men
their rights under federal legislation
Bertrand Doyon, Madison, was
burned to death when his automobile
turned turtle and caught fire as it left
the Middleton road about four miles
from Madison. The gasoline tank ex-
ploded as the car plunged through a
fence and tipped over. Doyon was
pinned under the machine.
Many delds Of seeding and old
Galds of alfalfa have been destroyed
Wy the severe winter in Rock county,
according to farm bureau officials. 1t
was said the ice and snow were so
severe at times that only the most
hardy strains of alfalfa were able to
survive the winter. Lack Of snow was
given as one of the reasons.
About 80 settlers near Couderay,
Sawyer county, have organized and
will plant certified rural New Workers
potatoes this summer. r. S. Doherty,
cashier of the Couderay State bank,
who was director of agriculture at
the Fosston, Mimi high school, is now
looking up seed for the settlers. Pota-
to raising is new venture in this vi
entity.
William Coxshall, aged 78, veteran
of the civil war, and one of Beaver
Dams Oldest business men, died at
his home in that city following an ill
ness of several months. He was one
of the few civil war veterans left in
Dodge county. He served two enlist
ments, and was wounded in the battle
of Petersburg during Gen. Grants last
campaign against Richmnnd
George Reuther, former cashier of
the Farmers State bank, Cato, pleaded
not guilty in municipal court at Mani
towoc after he had been arrested at
Dundas on a warrant charging him
with misappropriation of bank funds
in the amount of $4,123.72. Reuther
resigned his position in the bank sew
eral months ago and has been living
on a farm near Kaukauna. The war
rant contains two counts, one for the
of $2,728.24, and the
other, $1.395.48, between Dec. 81, 1916,
and Dec. 81, 1921.
The leaders of the American Farm
bureau in charge of organization are
completing arrangements to begin a
membership drive in Grant county,
which will include every township in
the county. The agricultural element
of the population in that district of
the state is ready for membership in
this or any other first class farm asso-
citation. They believe in organization
and association with some national
farm organization and have given
proof of their disposition along these
lines.
Assurance that the 1922 encamp-
ment of the Wisconsin National guard
will be held as scheduled, was given
by Orlando Holway, adjutant general,
after his return from Washington,
where request was made for added ap-
propriations. He said that misunder-
standing in congress has resulted in
a cut in funds for summer encamp-
ments, which made plans for Wiscon-
sin uncertain, but that definite agree
ment was reached that this deficiency
should be made up before the time for
troops to take their Is days summer
field training.
Love that is. said to have grown
steadily in the face of parental oppo-
sition is alleged to have eliminated
in tragedy at Port Washington, when
Peter GIBBS Of Sheboygan, fance of
Miss Kate Watry of Port Washington,
fired a bullet into the girls head in
the Watry home and then ended his
own life with second shot. The
couple was found, cold in death, by
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Watry, parents of
the slain girl, when they returned to
their home early in the evening. There
were no signs of struggle, although
pools Of blood surrounded the bodies.
Belief that the double tragedy was the
elimination of suicide pact is enter
tanned by the authorities. There had
been no lovers quarrel, according to
the parents, but it was learned that
Gibs had been impatient to marry and
the girl reluctant to do SO in the light
of her parents opposition.
At the annual spring session of the
county board of Taylor county, held
at Medford, the members passed a
resolution that a petition be sent to
congress to legalize the manufacture
of light wine and beer and the con-
of said light wine and beer
in the homes. Eighteen voted for the
petition and eight against.
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