Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-08-04
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form


his left foot badly mangled when he
attempted to jump from caterpillar
tractor that he was operating. A fall
ing tree would have hit him had be
not jumped.
The largest attendance ever record
ed at a picnic in Manitowoc was esti-
mated at 5000 attending the annual
outing of the Aluminium Goods Manu-
featuring company at Silver Lake.
J. A. Schmidt & Sons Of Ladysmih
are owners Of a pure bred Holstein
cow that produced 2,161 pounds OF
milk and rs pounds of butter fat in a
month and won high place in the COW
testing associations records.
Preparations are under way among
the Methodist churches of Oshkosh for
the annual Wisconsin Methodist con-
ference which will be held in that city
for a week, beginning Sept. 5. Bishop
Charles B. Mitchell of ST. Paul will
preside.
The Ripon Produce company enter
ed a plea of guilty by long distance
telephone in municipal court at Fond
du Lac to a charge Of adultrating and
selling adulterated butter on June 10.
The court imposed a fine of $25 and
costs, which will be paid.
Paul Schweinburg of Merrill J. N.
Tittemore of Omro, and Judge Ma
honey Of Viroqua have been appointed
a committee to work out a plan for the
perfection of a contract between farm
ers and the Equity Dairymen's asso-
citation.
Joseph Kresky, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
M f. Kresky Of Marinette, is the
champion cherry picker of the 7. M.
c. A. camp near Sturgeon Bay. He
picked total of 2,066 quarts, daily
average of 1876 quarts. He was pre-
scented with silver loving cup as a
prize.
War between the Rev. John B.
Petite, pastor of ST. Rose Catholic
church, Racine, and some members of
his congregation has been carried to
the pope. All proceedings in the case
and election of church trustees have
been stayed by agreement reached in
court until Archbishop Messmer of
Milwaukee, returns from Rome with
the pope's verdict.
The appropriation before the Bara-
boo city council for the improvement
and upkeep Of the Baraboo free tour
list camping grounds was not allowed.
Although the camp is still being main
tanned, Baraboo business men are re-
ferring tourists to Devils Lake State
park, which is but three miles distant
and conveniently connected by con
crete road.
The tracks, poles and other stand
ing equipment of the old Wisconsin
interurban electric line which ran be-
tween Madison and Portage, were
ordered RACED, the expense to be
borne by the city of Madison, in a
decision handed down by Judge G. z.
Luse in district federal court at
Superior.
The remarkable development of the
small town gathering known as the
field day, was exemplif1ed at Blanch-
ardville, when a crowd, estimated from
5000 to 10000, gathered at the invita-
ton Of the American Legion post. On
the program were foot races and other
contests, two baseball games and a
dance.
A beautiful church to replace the
edifce destroyed by fire number of
months ago is being erected by St.
Patrick's congregation at Minocqua.
The structure is Of English Gothic
type and will have battlemented
towers, similar to the old Irish mona
steries.
Eighty persons were killed and
twenty-five injured in grade crossing
accidents in the months of April, May
and June Of this year in Wisconsin,
the railroad commission reported in a
statement to the state engineers
quarterly report. Eighty-two accidents
other than crossing accidents, with
thirteen deaths and ffty-two injuries,
were reported.
Frank M. Hammer of Chicago. who
was camping at the Marathon camp
ing grounds, Wausau, with his wife
and child, shot and fatally wounded
John Thor, "a years old, of Marshf1eld,
and wounded Miss Alice Sloan, 20
years old, Of Wausau, when ne be-
lieved the young couple were stealing
his automobile.
To meet the coal distribution emer
gency in the state q special committee
has been organized, composed OF Ed
ward Nordman, head of the market
commission, as chairman, and J. B.
Borden, secretary of the board of pub.
lie affairs, as secretary OF the coal
distribution committee. The other
members, as appointed by Gov. Blaine
as members of the coal board, are l..
e. Gettle, member of the railroad COM
mission, and ]. J. D. Mack, state
Engineer.
The Door county cherry season is
practically completed and, with the
late returns, the county registers an
other enormous production, a gain of
70 per cent over last years remark
able crop Available figures show that
the total production reaches 475,000
cases, compared with $4,000 for last
season.
Taking a still as security on a debt