Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-06-02

4 kenoSha circuit court.
/ Sight Of man with his face be-
/ spattered with blood, as a result OF
/ fist fight, so frightened Russell Pierce,
17-year-old boy residing near Mount
Horeb, that he died almost instantly
of a heart attack Physicians regard
the case as one of the most unusual
on record, as the boy had never been
i'll with a heart affliction.
Floyd Jewell, 20 years old, a civil
engineering student at the University
of Wisconsin from New Lisbon, WIS,
committed suicide by taking poison
Jewell was regarded as an exception
ally bright student in the engineering
school He left a note saying that
he was taking his. life because of ''be-
ing tired of being sick so much.
George J. Leicht, Wausau, district
attorney of Marathon county, has been
appointed judge of that county by
Gov. ]. ]. Blaine to succeed Franklin
E. Bump, recently named as assistant
attorney general by William J. Nor
gan. The appointment of Mr.. Leicht
is for the balance of the unexpired
term of Judge Bump, or until his sue
cessor is elected and qualities.
Oshkosh yachtsmen are putting
their racing craft in shape for busy
season of regattas and several veteran
boats will be launched. Neenah and
7 Oshkosh yacht owners are arranging
a series of races for the summer on
Lake Winnebago. Both cities will
send yachts to Lake Geneva in August
for the annual regatta of the Inland
Lake Yachting association.
Rock county, with eleven spray
rings fully organized and functioning
and twelve power spray machines in
operation, is leading the whole state
in saving orchards. More than loo
farmers, representing nearly every
township in the county, have enrolled
in the spray rings. 1t is estimated
that 5000 trees of Rock county will
be given chemical treatment this sea
son to guard against orchard pests.
Brown county's war against moon
shine and illicit liquor will have to
be carried on by federal and state
prohibition agents and law enforce
ment officers alone, as the county
board of supervisors turned down
Dist. Atty. Young's appeal for $4,000
to fight the dry law violators. The
vote was Al to against the apprO-
priation. Dry forces are much aroused
over the action of the board and it is
said that the mo" vote will be made
an issue at the next election.
Private property owners must pay
for needed work to make abutting
property accessible to improved high
ways, j. f. Baker, assistant attorney
general, held in an opinion to Peter
Urness, district attorney at Mondoyj
''The building of culverts or bridges
across bitches on public highways
leading to private driveways is a
private matter which private property
owners are required to attend to, il
necessary for access to the highway,
Mr.. Baker said.
Reclamation of farm land in Brown
county has been started in an effort
to encourage the restoration of lane
which might be greatly increased IL
valuation if the property is properly I
drained. County Agent Kavanaugh il /
in charge of the campaign and meet
ings are being scheduled in the town
ships through the county. There are
1920 farms in the county which are
reported by owners as needing i'm
proved drainage.
Prof A. A. Upham, vice president
of the whitewater Normal school fol
three years, dean of the faculty, for
mer mayor of Whitewater, and one
of the most prominent educators il
Wisconsin, will retire at the close OF
the summer session, after "a years
of continuous service Prof. Uphan
has been a member of the state boarG
of examiners for IL years and chair
man for several years. He has suf
fered from i'll health during the last
year.
The Wisconsin law enforcement
convention, written into the records of
the states dry organizations as the
most successful and the greatest pro
hibition conference ever held IN Mil
waukee, came to close with a mass
meeting held in the Auditorium, at
tended by approximately 5000 men
and women from every section Of the
state. The convention was attended
by many notables, including Mayor
Roy P. Haynes, national prohibition
commissioner, and Wayne B. Wheeler, !
attorney for the Anti-saloon league.
The fur-bearing animals of Wiscon-
sin face extinction unless steps are
taken at once to curb trapping for the
next year, w. E. Barber, chairman of
the state conservation commission,
has advised members of the legisla-
ture and officers of rod and gun clubs.
In letter to legislators and sports
men Mr.. Barber. seeks to determine
whether or not they think it advisable
for the commission to proceed under
the emergency powers given it by the
statutes to close the season for the
trapping of fur-bearing animals during
the next season.
At the recent meeting of the Forest
county board Mrs Susie Armstrong of
Green Bay presented a claim of $500
against Forest county for giving al
legged information leading to the ar
rest and conviction of Charles Yaeger,