Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-08-18
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Upsetting pan of boiling water
which was standing on table, Mer-
cedes Rose, Is months old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Meyer of AL
mond, Portage county, was so badly
burned that she died two days later.
No matter who is elected, the next
sheriff of Sank county will be called
"Bill". The Candidates for sheriff in
the primaries next month are William
Marquette, William Ode, and William
Tarnutzer.
F. P. Worthing, assessor of incomes
of Fond du Lac and Green Lake coun-
ties, has been exonerated by the coun-
ty board of charges that he received
money from both counties for the pay
ment of one suite of offices.
w. d. Goodwin, examiner of inherit
ance in the U. S. Indian service, at
Ashland, has been appointed as inter
nal revenue inspector, with the bureau
of internal revenue, and expects to
take up the duties of his new position
at Milwaukee, on or abut Sept. !.
Members of the Barron County
Guernsey Breeders association have
reelected William Halverson, presi-
dent of the association and have also
renamed the following to office: F. d.
Otis, secretary and business manager,
and Frank Huser, vice-president.
Meetings are being held in many
parts Of Oconto county to line up the
remaining cheese factories as mem
bers of the Cheese Producers fedora
ton. Out Of the score of factories
now in the federation, with Green Bay
as shipping point, about one-thirG
are from Oconto county.
Alden Powers, Eeloit, arrested as
suspect in connection with the theft
Of $4,000 in gold from the Horigan
farm near Gays Mills on July Is, will
have hearing at Prairie du Chen on
Sept. IS. Miss Ellen Horigan, who
was severely beaten by the robber, is
still toaill to appear in court.
A large percentage of the candidates
seeking office in Washburn county this
year are men who fought in France
during the late war and others who
wore the uniform but did not see over
seas service. Ex-service men are en-
1eavoring to be sheriff, district attor-
neys, assemblymen and other officials
At a special bond election held at
Brentwood, voters favored bonding the
ri nj do ic41. ;o+ L.,
to equip the new Union Free High
school building. The issue calls for
levy of $4,000 in addition to re-
cent bond issue of $25, 900, to construct
the grade schools share of the struc-
ture. Portions of the counties OF
Barron, Washburn, Rusk, and Sawyer
are aiding in the cost of the building.
While engaged in laying a coping
stone on the new addition to the
Hansche school, three miles south CT
Racine, julius Schulz and Michael
Manarino, lost their balance and
crashed to the ground with the stone,
= distance of 25 feet Manarino died
from his injuries while on the way. to
q hospital. Schulz is said to be fatally
hurt.
With a crowd of helpless children
looking on and the cries of two drown
ing children piercing the air, Dorothy
Dean Wagner, IS years old, Sturgeon
Bay, effected a thrilling rescue of
Virgil and Ethel Starr, and years
old. The young girl dived from the
dock and swan to their aid. After she
had been pulled to the bottom four
times, by their frantic clutches, she
grabbed the two children by the hair
and towed them to shallow water,
where she was given aid by others,
who waded out as far as they could.
Within thirty days all signboards
within the right of way Of roads il
Fond du Lac county must be removed,
Is the edict Of the highway committee
of the county board George Treleven,
highway commissioner, has been or
dered to instruct all persons who have
erected signs on any right of way on
any county or state trunk highwa--
that they must comply with this order
in the time mentioned. Highway
directional signs are the only ones al
lowed to stand under the new ruling,
these including the Yellowstone trail
markings and similar signs.
An increase of more than 4,400, 600
bushels in the potato prospect, and a
decrease of 100000 bushels in the
born forecast, are the outstanding
features in the August crop report 70
Wisconsin, issued by Joseph A. Becker
Of the Wisconsin Cooperative crop re
porting service. Cabbage, onions, and
sugar beets increased in condition
while tobacco declined, the report
said. Due largely to cool weather dur
Ing July, the corn crop declined in
condition from SO per cent on July /
to 81 per cent Aug. 1. The August
condition indicated a production of
B6,874,000 bushels as compared to 88,-
B71,000 on July l and 97,482,OO
bushels produced last year.
Varicolored jail cells are in store
Cor Beloit, the city council having
sanctioned the paint bill Committee
men want to paint the cells different
colors to correspond to the moods cf
the prisoners. Fear of overcrowding
In the blue" room may negative the
plan.
Five children of August Stubs, New