Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-08-25


Triplets, two boys and a girl, were
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson is only 80 and is the
mother of Is children, II of which are
living. She has three sets of twins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson reside on farm
Is miles west of Plainfeld, near Kell-
ner.
Mrs. w. S. Robinson, who recently
resigned as superintendent of schools
of Forest county, has been succeeded
by A. R. Anklam of Argonne, who was
appointed by State Superintendent
Callahan. He is a graduate of .Osh-
kosh normal, Wisconsin university
and University of Chicago.
The potato crop near Brentwood is
gradually drying up, due to the lack
of rain, which has not fallen in suf-
1cient quantities to aid the crops in a
month. Early predictions were that
the potato crop would be one Of the
largest. in many years but now because
Of the lack Of rain it is believed that
the crop will be exceptionally small.
Beloit has 5000 automobiles, one for
every seven inhabitants, but the total
value of all pigs reared within the city
is $50, figures made public by Assessor
F. F. Livermore reveal The total
valuation for taxation purposes is S27,-
265,310, an increase of $2,377,31 over
last year. Increases in real estate
values more than Offset decreases in
merchants and manufacturers stocks.
Shortages of $29,952 were alleged in
seven new warrants against William
G. Schlecht, cashier of the Silver Lake
State bank, Kenosha county, when he
was arranged for preliminary hearing
in municipal court on charges of en-
bezzlement. Four charges of embez-
Element served on Schlecht month
ago placed the shortage in his &C
counts at $4,000. The bank is solvent,
officials said.
Road work and harvesting is giving
employment to large number at the
present time, causing shortage OF
workers. The free employment bureau
at Oshkosh received calls for one
hundred men and twenty-five women
and only Lightweight men and nine
teen women applied for work. The
woodworking factories also showed
slight boom and activities seemed in
creased in that line. The metal trades,
however, continue rather slow.
Arrested by Chicago police in con-
nection with thefts of automobiles and
tires valued at $4,000, three Wau
paca county men were brought back
to Waupaca from Chicago by Sheriff
William Pepke The trio are charged
with stealing the cars and tires from
concerns in lola and Waupaca and
selling most of the tires in Chicago
The men were seized while riding in
an automobile which had been stolen
from Chicago garage recently.
While drilling a well on his farm
three miles west of Washburn on the
Cornucopia state highway, E. A.
Westling struck an underground
stream, with a heavy flow Of water.
The stream was struck when rs feet
down. In removing small particles of
rock from the tube it was discovered
that the rock contained strong evi-
dences of iron ore and much of the
rock was removed by means of mag
net.
With a great crop assured and
counting on fair prices, the Portage
county potato harvest this fall should
be worth from 100000 to $3,000,-
600. Portage county's acreage in po-
tatoes continues this year as it has
been for forty years, the largest in the
state The county acreage is .24,930.
The states is 325,O0O. Waupaca coun
ty ranks second with 1900; Chip
pewa county next with $4,000; Wau-
shara fourth with 14,905, and Barron
fifth with $4,000.
Two mon, questioned at Stoughton
by Sheriffs William Mccormick of
Dane county and Herman Neitzel of
Sank county, in connection with the
murder of julius, Mary and William
Balzer, on a farm II miles west of
Sank City on Aug 8, were completely
exonerated by the authorities of both
counties. William Balzer, who has
fought grinly for life at the Sank
City hospital for more than a week,
died, and with his death the authori.
ties believe they will have additional
difficulty in solving the mystery of the
murders.
A resolution protesting against the
destruction of fish in Lake Winnebago
and other waters of the Fox river val
ley through pollution by industrial
waste will be sent to the state legis-
lature by the Isaac Walton league Of
Fond du Lac. The resolution points
out that sportsmen pay into the state
treasury annually more than 100000
and demands that $4,000 annually be
set aside for the purpose of remedy
ing the effects of pollution. The i'm
portance to the state of the tourist
trade that is annually brought into
Wisconsin by it's fishing resources is
advanced as an additional reason for
protecting the fish.
A new shakeup in the Kenosha
police department took place when
Chtnf of Police Thad Logan announced