Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-05-26

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cant by the transfer of Joseph A.
Becker. present crop reporter, to
Washington.
/ Miss Rosetta segal. of Appleton,
won the twenty-seventh annual high
school declamatory contest held at the
State Normal school She will rep
resent this district at the state de-
clamatory contest to be held in Madi-
son, May 19. Among the high schools
competing were Ripon, Marinette, An
tigo Shawano and Waupun
The city of Barron has decided that
city nurse is not necessary and, ac-
cordingly, after June 8, the city will
continue without the services of a
nurse. Miss Emma L. Pulls has been
city nurse for the last six months. The
idea to continue without nurse is
one of the many economy moves to
go into effect
Elmer Keitel of Sank Prairie, who
has made a business of catching rattle
snakes every spring for several years,
has already captured twelve reptiles
this year. Last year his total catch
was near the 200 mark. He extracts
the oil for medicinal purposes, and
sells the skins for use in the manu-
facture of ornaments.
Road builders in Brown county are
fearing shortage of highway workers
and it is feared that steps will be
necessary to import outside labor.
About % miles Of concrete construc-
ton work will be under way before
June l. At the present time about
800 men are employed on the work
and when it is time to start concrete
it will be necessary to have about
! 1000 workers.
Eau CIaire-A drop in barber prices
at Menomonie and Elk Mound from
so cents for a haircut to 35 cents and
from Is cents for a shave to Is cents
has led to agitation at Eau Claire and
in Chippewa Falls for reduced prices.
A few shops in Eau Claire and Chip
pewa Falls have cut prices to 40 cents
for haircut and 20 cents for shave,
but most shops continue to charge SO
cents for haircuts and 25 cents for
shave.
An interesting trial was held in
Judge A. M. Spencer's court at Apple
ton, when Lewis Wainer was charged
with using false weight in buying
stock from farmers in the vicinity of
Sugar Bush. The testimony showed
that Wainer had weight that resem-
bled closely the true weight except
that it was made out Of a heavy ma
terial, and each time he used it he
would gain 81 pounds. Judge Spencer
assessed the maximum penalty of SIS
and costs of SIS.
Justice Burr W. Jones of the Wis
consin Supreme court is one of the
states oldest educators For more
than thirty years he taught law stu
dents at the University of Wisconsin,
and his pupils are to be found in posi-
lions of responsibility in practically
every state. Three of his old pupils
are now serving with him on the Wis
consin Supreme bench: Chief Justice
Aad ]. Vinje. student, 1884 to 1887;
Justice Walter C. Owen, student, 1889
to 1891, and Justice Charles H. Crown
hart. 1887 to 1889.
About so per cent of the men stu
dents are earning part or all of their
college expenses at the University of
Wisconsin this year, according to
recent estimate made by men in
charge of student employment bu-
reaus. The $500 men students shown
to be earning much of their college
expenses are doing all varieties of
work from beating rugs, hopping
floors, waiting on table, washing
dishes, clerking in stores, pruning
trees, selling blood for TRANSMISSION in
hospitals, to setting type and work
ing as private secretaries.
Maple sugar production in 1922 was
much above the production for a mum
Der of years past, Joseph A. Becker
of the Wisconsin Cooperative crop
service reports Trees tapped mum
bered $4,000, an increase of 9 pei
cent over last year. The production
of strip is estimated at 148,20O gal.
! Ions as compared with 99,700 last year,
116,40O in 1920 and 10000 in 1919;
of sugar, 24,200 pounds compared to
II, 100 in 1921, 10000 in 1920 and o..
600 in 1919 Sirup is reported as high
in quality due to the fact that most
of it was produced under ideal sap
flow conditions.
Since the first of the year 20 car
loads of pure-bred and high-grade
Holstein cows have been shipped to
Old Mexico from Green county. The
men who deaf in cows for Mexican
dairies purchase the cows at from 500
to $3.50 per head. The cattle are
shipped in special cars, attached to
fast trains and it costs $55 per head
to deliver them to Mexico City. The
animals purchased are year olds or
older because young COWS do net stand
the climate so we'll Calves are not
shipped at all. The business of buy
ing continues and frequent shipments
will be made at intervals as the de
mand for good COWS is strong and a
good Holstein cow brings as high as
$500 in Mexico, in United States
money.
A collie dog properly trained to
handle cattle is worth more to farm