Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21

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| An athletic association has been
formed in Hurley and will back all
sports activities in that city, f1nan-
cially and otherwise, such as baseball,
football and basketball Ironwood,
Bessemer and Wakefield have long
maintained associations of this kind.
Organization of a county association
of the Poland China breeders was com
pleted at a meeting held in GAINESVILLE
when the following officers We're elect
ed: Norman Little, Harmony, presi-
dent; A. 0. Furseth, Evansville, vice
president, and Charles Maltby, Beloit.
secretary and treasurer.
Farm labor, like products, has drop
ped in price and it is said that farm
ers in Winnebago county are hiring
men for the coming season at from
| $26 to $40 month, depending upon
the qualification of the man. A year
ago, it was said, farm labor. paid from
+ $50 to $75 and higher a month.
| Louis Lenz, IS, son of a Waupaca
county farmer, pleaded guilty to for
gerry and was sentenced to three years
in the state industrial school, Stanley
Schroeder, a New London boy, pleaded
guilty at Waupaca to grand larceny
and was sentenced to the industrial
school for two years.
Adverse weather in February and
early March has caused an appreci-
oI1Ia doo1i1,, in oo71d i+ior IF xxyiv,+o,,
grains and grasses since they entered
the cold months, Joseph A. Becker,
Madison, crop reporter, says in his
monthly report. Winter wheat and
clover are reported to have been af-
fected particularly.
Almost as many automobiles are be-
4 ing purchased in Wisconsin this year
as last, Judging by reports made by
dealers, Elmer S. Hall, secretary of
state, says. Up to the present time
100000 pleasure automobiles have
been licensed by the state, with a re-
turn Of $2,03O,000. It is expected that
the total registrations for this year
will exceed $4,000, exclusive OF
trucks
Lawrence college is richer by $10,.
900, received through the terms of the
will of the late William Larsen of
Green Bay, which was recently fled
for probate at Green Bay. The Larsen
estate is estimated at something over
100000. Bequests were made to the
Deaconess hospital and to several
Methodist organizations. The bulk OF
the estate was left to the widow and
children.
In an effort to obtain a general un-
derstanding and agreement concern
ing the cause of marketing problems
and their solution, the state depart
ment of markets sent QUESTIONABLE
to leading economists, business meT
newspaper editors and public spirited
citizens in general, asking their opin-
ion on certain general conclusions ar
rived at by the department after two
years of study.
The state department of agriculture
estimates that 100000 tons of agri-
cultural lime are needed on Wisconsin
farm lands, with 100000 acres in the
state requiring lime. For the informa-
ton of farmers the department has is
sued circular giving estimates OF
cost of various licensed lines sold in
the state. It says that while limestone
is cheap, large applications are re
quired and that with varying prices
and freight rates, costs differ widely
Worry over the fact that her son
failed to return to his home near Tur-
tie Lake, following long service in
France with the American forces dur
ing the late war, is believed to be
partly the cause of the death of Mrs.
S. w. Mayala, who died at a Barron
hospital. Mrs. Mayala died following
an illness which lasted several years.
Her son, Elmer Mayala, has not been
located following his discharge from
the army after the war.
The official state canvass Of votes
in the recent Supreme court election
completed, shows Justice Burr w.
Jones overwhelmed John Kleist, so
cialist, his only opponent, by a major
ity Of 95,569. The total votes polled
by Justice Jones was 268, ITO, the com
plete figures disclosed. Kleist receiv-
ed 1854 votes. Jones carried every
county but ManitoWoc, Milwaukee and
Washington. ManitoWoc county went
to Kleist by 2,225. The socialist can
didate won in washington county by
only 76 votes. In Dane county Jones
sWamped his opponent, 1889 to 1898.
Master builders of the Fox river
valley at a meeting in Appleton said
the 1922 building season will the one
of the busiest in history. There are
few large buildings planned for the
summer, but an unusually large num-
Der of residences will be constructed.
Builders reported nearly 1000 new
homes are to be built in Appleton,
Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and Green Bay
this year. For the first time in sew
eraI years the building season will
start without labor troubles. Last
year the open shop principle was pro
claimed during a strike of carpenters
and masons and all contractors in the
valley now are operating on the open
shop basis. Wages are the same as
last year.
The Wausau Elks' Home corporation
has voted to amend it's articles of in
corporation from $4,000 to 100000,
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