Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-14
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form


ems organizations, was elected city
treasurer by a margin of one vote, re
ceiving 863 to 862 for William R
stephan.
The factory and lumber yard of the
Republic Box company, Marinette, was
totally destroyed by fire which is be
lieved to have started from a hot boz
in the factory, and caused loss est
mated by company officials at $125,
900, partially covered by insurance.
Members of the La Crosse county
Rod and Gun club have planted 100,
900 trout fry in streams nearby during
the last few days. Trout fry, matched
at the government hatchery at LIE
Crosse, are being sent also to stock
streams in Trempealeau and Monroe
counties.
Carnival shows will not be permit
ted to show in Superior hereafter I'm
der the ordinance adopted by the city
council at the request of various
women's organizations and business
men, who asserted that such enter
tainment was demoralizing to the
youth of the community.
r. A. Brandt has resigned as super
intendent of the Amigo city schools
effective June 30. He has accepted
an offer of a position from a large
school book publishing house, and ex
poets to make his home at Mime
apolis. Mr.. Brandt has been superin
tendent at Amigo for five years.
The farmers of Wisconsin should
aim to produce a normal crop during
1922, K. L. Hatch, professor of agri.
cultural education at the college of
agriculture, Madison, suggests in a
statement He advises that no impor-
tant income producing lines should be
abandoned, and that while new crops
may be introduced, on the whole, pro-
duction should be neither expanded
nor contracted.
Charles Wescott and Joseph Corn,
two Indians from the Keshena reser-
walton, were arrested by Game Warden
Harry Tic of Shawano and Fred Fisher
of Oconto Falls and brought before
Justice Stuelke of Gillett, charged
with having deer in their possession
during the closed season. They plead
ed guilty to the charge and a fine of
$50 was assessed against them, which
they paid.
Charles G. Ray, town treasurer of
the adjoining town of Oasis, two miles
east of Plainfeld, made his annual
returns as town treasurer to the coun-
ty treasurer at Wautoma, 18 miles dis
tant few days ago. Mr. Ray has
been town treasurer of Oasis 40 years
and during that long term has not
missed trip in making his annual
returns His first trip to the county
seat was in 1882.
The cherry industry has come to
life again, the orchardists throughout
Door county being busy pruning their
trees. Quite a few parties did this
during the last storm when the snow
was SO deep that they, by using snow
shoes, were able to reach the treetops
without aid of ladders. AS the weather
was not very cold. the early pruning
produced no i'll effects on the trees.
The orchards show promise of the
same wonderful yield as last year.
John Shiefel, charged with the muir
der of Joseph Stake, a farmer living
near Montfort, was found guilty of
second degree manslaughter by Jury
in Circuit court at Lancaster. His son,
William, indicted with him, was &C
quilted. The verdict came after the
jury was out eighteen hours. The
penalty for manslaughter is not less
than four and not more than seven
years Imprisonment in the state peni-
tertiary
G. A. Trippler was awarded $995.08
compensation accrued to date, $1463
a week until he is able to resume
work, $50 medical fee and $3.50 drug
bill by the Wisconsin industrial COM
in decision handed down in
the case of G. A. Trippler against the
Peshtigo Pulp and Paper Co. In July,
1920, Trippler, then in the employ Of
the company fell off a scaffold and in
jured his spine which necessitated an
operation and is alleged to be still in
pain as a result of the injury.
Giving her weight in milk every 81
days during the year 1921 is the record
of Queen Piebe Rose, a 5-year-old Hol.
stein cow, owned at Hillside farms,
by kirkpatrick Bros, well
known Holstein breeders. This COW
has finished semi-official test, pro-
ducing 184,336 pounds of milk with an
average of A per cent, making about
800 pounds of butter fat, or 1000
pounds of butter on an 80 per cent
basis. Queen Piebe Rose weighs 1900
pounds, and gained $50 pounds in
weight during her Test period During
her twelfth month she gave 532 pounds
of milk with 3176 pounds butter fat.
This is the first Sank county cow to
pass the 30-pound mark.
The swallowing of a needle by q
year-old Donald David Meyers, son of
Patrolman Ben Meyers of Superior,
two months ago resulted in the strang-
est case ever accorded in Superior
medical circles when the small steel
head of the needle projected from a
sore above the right knee of the child
and was extracted by the mother.
Congressman J. D. Beck has assur-
ance that early action will be taken