Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-05-19

league includes officers of practically
every city in the state The 1921 con-
vention was held at GAINESVILLE.
The Bay Shore Street Railway Co.,
operating at Green Bay, applied to
the railroad commission to discon-
tinue service, take up its tracks and
surrender it's permit to operate a
street railway in Wisconsin. The
commission has tentatively set May 26
as the date Of investigation of the ap-
plication.
Alexander E. Matheson, GAINESVILLE,
leader of the drys in the assembly at
the last term, is to again be a candi.
date, despite the announcement to the
contrary made some time ago. In q
recent statement, Mr.. Matheson said
! that his attitude on prohibition would
be the same and he would not favor
| light wines and beer.
Fire wiped out the Edward Hines
Lumber Co.'s abandoned sawmill and
the graded school building at Hay
ward, and then threatened to destroy
several city blocks. The flames were
brought under control after help ar
rived from Ashland and Spooner.
Damage will mount up into the thou
sands. School children were dis
missed before the school building
caught on fire.
Mine tailings of the zinc and lead
district of southwestern Wisconsin af-
ford a valuable source of lime and
magnesia fertilizer, as well as of road
building material, John Callahan, SUI
perintendent of public instruction, be-
Iieves. Only recently one mining
company sold 100000 tons of tailings
to the state of Minnesota for road
surfacing purposes. Large quantities
of the tailings are said to be available
for fertilizer
When a man voluntarily drinks
rnoonshine whiskey and then dies as
a result, the person who gave him the
whiskey cannot be accused of man.
slaughter, ]. E. Messerschnidt, assist
ant attorney general, rules Mr.. Mes
Iserschmidt expressed the opinion, how
ever, that if the man was so drunk
before being offered the drink that he
could not well resist, then there might
be ground for prosecution for fourth
degree manslaughter.
Outbreaks of hog cholera have oc-
Cured recently in several southern
Wisconsin counties, according to re-
ports received by G. P. Norgord, COM
missioner of agriculture. Counties af-
fected are reported as Grant, La
Crosse, Jackson and Fond du Lac.
The department of agriculture says
every effort is being made to check
progress Of the disease. 1t urges
farmers to vaccinate and to watch
their swine for symptoms of cholera.
Damages amounting to $4,000 were
awarded Dennis Fitzgerald, city sealer
congregation, Racine, in his $4,000
damage suit against the Rev. John B.
Petite, pastor of The church, by the
jury's verdict Mr.. Fitzgerald had
charged that Father Petite slandered
him by statements from the pulpit il
CATION were called liars, hypocrites
and Judases, and by insinuations that
proper accounts of the church's f1nan
cial affairs were not kept.
Miss Mary Conner, Madison, was re
elected president of the Wisconsin
Council of Catholic Women's organi-
cations at the business session of the
annual convention at Fond du Lac.
Other officers elected were: Miss
Katherine Williams, Milwaukee; Mrs
Walter Smith, Green Bay; Mrs. Henry
Boyle, Fond du Lac, and Mrs. Eliza
beth O. Keefe, Oconto, presidents;
recording secretary, Mrs. ]. A. Brown
Racine; corresponding secretary, Miss
Grace Matthews, Kenosha; treasurer
Miss Mary E. Burke, Watertown.
Enforcement of the automobile trucl
regulation law enacted by the 1927
legislature to classify and limit the
weight of vehicles operated on Wis
consin highways, is to be vigorously
enforced, Elmer S. Hall, secretary Of
state, has announced. Truck owners
are advised that they must have the
weight without load, the actual adver-
tised carrying capacity of the vehicle
and the total weight of the vehicle
and load, lettered on the side in plain
~ visible print. Failure to observe
this provision subjects the owner and
driver to a fine of not less than $40
nor more than $25 for each offense.
Thirteen entries are assured for the
national balloon race to be held in
Milwaukee on May so and 81 under
auspices of the Aero club of Wiscon-
sin These entries include five United
States army balloons. Among the
army officers who will come to Mil
waukee to make observations are
Major General Mason M. Patrick, chief
of the air service, and Brigadier Gen
oral VIM. Mitchell, assistant chief.
The latter will fly from Washington,
accompanied by two army planes.
Twenty or more planes are expected
to come from all parts of the country
to fly over the city and give the bal
loonists in the big race farewell
sendoff. 1t is hoped to have President
Harding start the race from the Ar
lington radio station.
The Price county board has taken
definite action removing the last OBJ
stacIe preventing the erection of
a1on nnn FOR county