Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-06-30
VISIONS SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
| Arranged in Condensed Form

u1GQ IN 0OSp1Ldl at stevens Z OluI IOl-
lowing a period of Inconsistencies
caused by meningitis, and called a
form Of sleeping sickness.
The Lutheran church at Tomah es-
capped with slight damage to the spire
when it was struck by lightning. The
Pleasant Valley NJ. E. church was also
struck for the second time, but little
damage resulted.
Pardon hearings were postponed by
Gov. Blaine until after the September
general election primaries, the execu-
tive Office has announced. This means
that the regular pardon days on the
first Wednesday Of July and August
will not be held
Weeds have become such a menace
to Wisconsin agriculture that the next
legislature will be asked to enact a
law requiring towns, villages and
cities to make a minimum annual ap-
preparation for enforcement Of the
weed control statute.
in Grant county for over a month and
still being carried on by leading Off
Gals in cooperation with prominent
farmers of that county has resulted to
date in the enrolment of over 1000
members.
The present number Of inmates of
Wisconsin penal and charitable insti-
tutions continues to exceed those of a
year ago, report by the state board of
control shows. There are now 1918
persons in state and county institu-
tons, an increase of sos over the
number at this time last year.
The Jefferson COOPERATIVE Pro
duce company, a farmers organization
formed several years ago, reports a
f1ourishing business in the year just
closed. Ten men are now employed
at its creamery in Jefferson, instead of
four, and thousands of pounds of but
ter fat are produced each week.
The Socialist-Labor party in Wis
consin fled its petition for organiza-
ton as a political entity within the
state too late to receive a place on the
September primary ballot, Elmer S.
Hall, secretary of state, advised the
leaders of the group.
A heavy crop OF Strawberries is
being marketed at Warrens, and the
growers are receiving satisfactory
prices. The acreage in Monroe county
Is somewhat increased this season and
the yield is large per acre. Cranberry
boys in this vicinity are in blossom
and indications point to a normal
yield for the year. Some insect dam
age is reported, but most of the boys
are in good condition.
When person under sentence to-
Jail becomes i'll before confinement
and dies within the time of his SEN
tence, hospital and burial expenses
must be borne by the county, John F.
Baker, assistant attorney general,
holds. The question of liability of the
county for expenses grew out of a
case in Jackson county where man
was sentenced to jail for so days and
became i'll and died during this period.
There has been a decrease of $21,-
.57,287.42 in the total deposits in Wis
sonsin banks in the last year, accord
ng to Marshall Cousins, state banking
commissioner. There are 851 state
banks in Wisconsin with total re-
sources of $485,953,8 81.64 There has
been since March 10 decrease of
pver 100000 in time certificates Of
deposits and a cut of over $2,800,000
In individual deposits subject to
check.
Federal aid to Wisconsin for road
building during the next four years
will total $6,762,000 under terms of
the $190,000,00O highway appropria-
ton bill recently signed by President
Harding, providing the legislature ap-
propriates funds to meet this amount,
the highway commission announces.
No provision was made by the last
Legislature to meet the federal aid al
lowances for 1923. This is expected
" W VIC VI C41S Ii 0C avs VI C4G 1910
session.
Shertffs now in office can take a
chance on succeeding themselves this
year by running for reelection in the
September primaries Atty. Gen. Nor
gan held in an opinion to Cad Jones,
district attorney of Waushara county.
Whether they held the office to which
they are elected, he said, will depend
on whether proposed constitutional
amendment is adopted this fall. This
is reversal of a former opinion by
Mr.. Morgan who had held that until
the constitution of the state was
amended by action of the people at
the general election in November this
year. Sheriffs could not succeed them
selves. Constitutional prohibition has
in the past kept them from serving
two consecutive terms.
An ordinance requiring automobile
and garage men to remove all gasoline
pumps and air pressure pumps on
streets of Neenah was vetoed by May
or J. H. Dennhardt.
The seventeen year locust, which
was last seen in the western part of
the state in 1905, has again appeared
in Barron county, according to some
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