Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-09-08


work and dairy exhibits.
Rats were responsible for a $1,000
fire in the store owned by Mrs. Emma
Novy, Manitowoc. The loss was part
| ly covered by insurance. The rodents
gnawed into a case of matches, ignit-
ing them.
Evidence that Wisconsin passed
through a serious influenza epidemic
last winter and spring, when popular
opinion classed the cases as nothing
more than severe cold, is revealed by
recent mortality figures compiled by
the state board of health which show
204 deaths due to the disease.
Gustave Pabst, jr., eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Gustaye Pabst, Milwaukee,
will be given foreign diplomatic as
signment in the near future, accord
| ing to announcement from Washing
ton that the Milwaukeean had passed
the examination for the assignment,
recently held in Washington. Mr..
Pabst is "a.
A relief fund for striking shopmen
has been started in GAINESVILLE with a
1850 donation by The GAINESVILLE Ga
zette. 1t is pointed out that the
larders of the shopmens homes are
| becoming empty and, with schools
starting in week, clothing and shoes
will be needed. Various affairs, such
as picnics, have already been given to
help the striking shopmen and their
families.
An explosion at the power plant of
the High Falls Co., Manitowoc caused
considerable damage to the building
and burned out the transformers.
More than half the windows in the
building were shattered, the force of
the explosion being so great that the
steel window frames were bent. Off
GERS of the company offer no explana-
ton of the accident
The Rev. j. P. Van Treeck, who was
raised in the town of Wilson, Sheboy-
gan county, educated in part in She
boygan and later at st. Francis col
lege, and for more than 40 years pas
tor of st. Peter Clayer church, died
Van Treeck was one of the best known
clergymen in Wisconsin and had taken
part in the dedication of more Catholic
churches than any other pastor.
Formal protest on the assessment
against the Odanah Iron Co. and the
Harmony Iron Co was made before
the board of review at Hurley by at
torneys for the companies. The as
sessment against the Odanah company
was increased from $138,00O to $780,
900 and that against the Harmony
company from $4,000 to $205, 900. TIL,
Harmony company contends that the
Minnewawa and Germania mines have
not been producing for 10 years.
Moral responsibility for the death of
Miss Helen Gunderson, II, Indepen-
dence, who died from injuries suffered
in an automobile accident Aug. 20.
when an automobile in which she was
riding left the road and overturned,
was fixed by coroner's jury on Mar
tin Peterson, 40, of independence.
driver of the car. The jury declared 7
result of negligence on the part of
Peterson.
In spite of the faok that no one pays
any attention to the curfew anyway
Mayor R. D. Haentze, Fond du Lac
lis planning an effort to have the hour
changed from p. m. to 10 p. m. Fond
du Iac's curfew ordinance has been on
the books since 1899, and the various
fire stations ring the bell every night
Mayor Haentze says that if the hour
were changed parents would be more
likely to feel that their children should
heed the bell,
DR.. A. Matheson, Neillsville, 70, was
shot twice by his wife, who is 80. after
quarrel over their three children.
The couple separated two weeks ago.
The shooting occurred at a camp near
Black River Falls, where Mrs. Mathe-
son and the children had been stay
ing Mrs. Matheson had left Neils-
vile with the children after her hus-
band had obtained a court order MAX
ing him their guardian and ordering
Mrs. Matheson to give up the children
/ to her husband
Sixty head of choice Holstein cattle
/ left Barron county last week for Mex
leo City Forty head will be shipped
from Mexico City to farms in Spain.
The shipment was purchased by DR..
D. A. Mclean, New Orleans, to get
highgrade cattle to build up the herds
in Mexico and Spain. He will make
another purchase for foreign shipment
in month and will send 200 heifers
as foundations for better cattle in the
two countries
f A settler in Wisconsin who acquires
more than 40 acres of uncleared land
is entitled to three years exemption
from taxation on the property i'm
proved and cleared up to 40 acres, if
he devotes the land to agricultural
purposes, R. NJ. Hoyt, deputy attorney
general, held. If he clears and devotes
to agricultural purposes more than 40
acres the amount upon which he can
claim exemption is limited to 40 acres.
Should he clear less than 20 acres
farmer is not entitled to tax exemp,
ton
A three day search for Honore
Dhuey, Bottville, Brown county, farm
er, ended with the finding of the miss