Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-06-16
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

pleton, Eau Claire, Green Bay, James
vile, Racine, Superior, and Wausau
have one policewoman each, and Man
itowoc has two.
Fire caused by lightning destroyed
the barn, sheds and residence on the
Fred Rosenthal farm, two miles west
of West Bend. All household goods
and livestock was saved with the ex-
caption Of a purebred bull, two calves
and a hog. The loss was estimated at
$4,000.
When Owen Brown, Marinette, had
occasion to reprimand one OF his
children for cutting her own beautiful
tresses and the hair of younger
child, a bulldog, the friend and com
panion of the children, objected and
manifested disapproyal by biting Mr..
Brown in the arm.
The Wisconsin industrial commits
sion returned findings in favor of 20
employees Of the Hoberg paper mills,
Green Bay, VINO petitioned for COM
pensation for contracting typhoid
through drinking water from a COM
pany well, now closed. The amount
of the award totals $3,976.85. Each
petitioners claim was upheld and the
order calls for the payment Of the
claims within ten days.
Washburn county farmers predict
one of the largest hay crops ever har-
vested in northern Wisconsin. The
crop at the present time is much
larger than it was last year when
ready for cutting. Other crops, it is
believed, will be exceptionally large
also. The greatest potato acreage in
the history of this county has been
planted, and much corn also will be
raised.
The population at the Wisconsin
State reformatory at Green Bay has
dropped off during the past six weeks,
according to the report Of the insti-
tuition officials. There are now 374
guests" at the institution and an
other gap in the enrolment is ex-
pected after visit of the state board
Of control at the reformatory June 20.
Forty-six pardon applications will be
acted on.
A disease among horses which is
said to be fatal in many cases and
which is said to be difficult to fight
has appeared near Brentwood. The
disease apparently is fast reaching
epidemic form and farmers are be-
coming alarmed. 1t is reported that
the disease has appeared on farms be-
tween Brentwood and Rice Lake.
When horse catches the disease it
is very difficult for it to breathe, the
animal bloats and will not eat.
A plea issued from the pulpit for do
nations to wipe out an old mortgage
on the Union Congregational church
property, Green Bay, has resulted in
the clearing up of the obligation and
the establishment of fund for the
redecorating of the new edifice. The
Rev. Torrance Phelps called for vol
unteers to gather the money and with
in two weeks the campaign leaders
turned in contributions amounting to
$780, The goal of the drive was
only $4,000.
After celebrating but ninety min
utes, a jury at Green Lake found Mrs.
Lottie GARDENER guilty of first de-
gree murder in poisoning her hus-
band, Fred. The verdict was re-
turned in the Circuit court of Judge
Chester A. Fowler of Fond du Lac.
Poison traces were found in Gar
denier's stomach following his death
Jan. 20. Mrs. GARDENERS defense
was that her husband had committed
suicide, but the state proved she had
purchased rat poison three days be-
fore his death and that she had al
tered her story when confronted with
this proof.
Parents of Ray Herrick, II, in the
town of Porter, Rock county, believe
he has the best record of any rural
school boy in the state. He has been
attending school for four years and
has never been tardy or missed day.
With rail transportation to the
south cut off on all but one line, rivers
overlooking their banks, bridges, cnl-
verts and tracks washed out, crops
ruined in the low lands, northeastern
Wisconsin was visited by one of its
worst floods in history as result of
what amounted to cloudburst. The
Green Bay weather bureau reported a
rainfall for tWenty-four hours in ex-
cess of 81 inches The Fox river is
dangerously high and the East river,
which unites with the Fox at Green
Bay, has swept over it's banks, carry
ing away outbuildings, garages and
shacks. Damage to crops will be
heavy. South and west of Green Bay
the rainfall seems to have been
heaviest. On highway number 16,
near DePere, there was seven feet of
water on the main road at one time.
Rudy Schenkel, heaviest resident of
Monroe, died suddenly in a Freeport,
Ill, hospital where he was being
treated for heart disease and asthma.
Physicians said both of his Affections
were induced by his weight, $50
pounds. A special sized coffin was
necessary.
More than two-thirds of the saloons
have been eliminated in Racine since
prohibition. Less than so have ap-