Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-01-27

tice at the condensery in Monroe fix
ing the price of milk for the last half
of January at $165 per 100 pounds.
The price for the first half of January
was $3.50. The price is the lowest
since the beginning of the war.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roedl, ST., re
Gently celebrated their f1ftieth wedding
anniversary at Beaver Dam, there be-
ing so guests present, the majority of
whom were children or grandchildren
of the couple. Mr.. and Mrs Roedl
have lived in Beaver Dam and vicinity
for many years.
Glen Lycan, editor OF The Farmers
and Breeders News, of Plymouth, has
been elected secretary of the Sheboy-
gan County Holstein Breeders asso-
citation. Carl Juye, of Pinehurst Farms
Co., Sheboygan Falls, was chosen
chairman of the board of directors.
Mr.. Lycan will not be paid for his
work.
Twice the amount spent in the cree
ton of buildings in 1920 was expend-
ed in Superior during the year 1921,
total of 500 building permits having
been issued during the past II
months, it was announced. The cost
of the buildings, the greater number
of which are dwellings,, was estimated
at $885,O07.
Application for use of the old 500
depot has been made by the Chippewa
Falls board of education to house
pupils, awaiting the erection of the
high school. Some are cared for in
the public library and some in the
abandoned municipal court room. 1t
was expected to utilize the Baptist
church, but this plan was given up.
The coffin John Sobisz built on his
farm in the town of Sharon, twelve
miles from Stevens Point, twenty
years ago has been put to the use
for which it was intended. Mr.. Sobisz
died at his home at 100, succumbing
to his first illness. He was sick only
a few days with a cold. Pneumonia
set in and weakness, incident to old
age, caused his death.
BY vote of 9 to the Manitowoc
council adopted a memorial TO con-
gress asking action to modify the pro-
hibition law and permit manufacture
and sale Of beer and light wine. The
memorial says that prohibition has
failed to prohibit, has contributed to
endanger public health and has made
criminals of the people, AID Vogei
was the father of the resolution.
Twenty-three students from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin library school
have been assigned to % public
libraries in 10 Wisconsin cities, for
eight weeks beginning Jan. 25, to re
ceiYe practical field training Each
student has been given two libraries,
one for February, and another for
March. Members of the library school
faculty will supervise the work.
The tax levy against incomes of
Wisconsin individuals and corpora
lions amounted to $12,256,756, of
which $7,153, 100 was against corpora
lions and $5,103.565 against indivi-
duals according to announcement of
Carroll Atwood, tax commissioner
The personal property offset against
income taxes, not yet available, is ex
pected to equal more than so per cent
of the tax, so that cash collections
will probably be less than $6,000000.
according to the commission.
Marvellous growth of the automobile
industry in Wisconsin is shown by the
increase in the number of licenses is.
sued year by year. It seems almost
incredible that within the narrow span
of Is years, an industry, registering
only 1892 licenses for Wisconsin in
1905, in 1921 showed a registration of
320,447-more than 200 times the for
mer figures. State registration for
automobiles show: 1905, 1892; 1910
5,979; 1915, 1890; 1920, 277 ,093, 1921,
320,447 Motor trucks: 1918, 1851;
1919, 1O,888; 1921, 21,306.
Polk county is supporting a pro
gram for better schools, according to
the Wisconsin Teachers association
In cooperation with the county super
intendent they have organized Par
ent-Teachers' association in every
town in the county. At a recent mass
meeting it was requested the county
board engaged a second supervising
teacher for the county and to increase
the salary of the county superinten-
dent. The board also placed a woman
on the common school committee.
Standardization of Wisconsin pota-
toes by the department of markets
has resulted in gain Of at least
500 900 to the farmers of the state in
a year, L. G. Foster, deputy commits
sioner of markets, said. AS a result
of grading, he declared, the price on
the 10000 cars of Wisconsin potatoes
ranged Is cents per 100 pounds higher
than those from other states. This
state by taking the lead in establish
ment of definite grades on farm pro
ducts is building a reputation that can
be capitalized by it's farmers, Mr..
Foster believes, and the farmer with
high grade products will be rewarded
by increased prices.
Commercial fishermen who seined
Third Lake, near. Trempealeau, under
the direction of Game Warden Arthur
Holmes. obtained 10000 pounds of
oo,,r,o,d b,,fea3o Thousands of game