Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-11-09

j Winnebago county is facing a seri-
Gus loss through a widespread cpl
demic of hog cholera. Already a loss
of several thousand dollars has been
entailed. The source of the malady
seems to be near Neenah.
Chief of Police Chris Laursen, Eau
Claire has accepted the challenge of
Kenosha police for a pistol shooting
match between representatives of the
two departments and is grooming five
of his best shots for the encounter.
The proposed dairying publicity
campaign fostered by the Wisconsin
Bankers association was unanimously
Endorsed by the Green county bank
ers in their ninth annual convention
at Monroe.
Russell Lee, IA, Pike Hill, Marinette
county, was instantly killed while
hunting. He stumbled in getting over
a log and his gun was discharged.
The shot struck him on the side OF
the neck.
Hearing on complaint of Fort At
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GAINESVILLE and Fond du Lac was set
by the railroad commission for Nov.
IA. The complaint asks that the rail-
road commission order restoration of
trains on the Chicago & Northwestern
railway that were discontinued during
the recent shopmen's strike.
The week of NOV to II was des-
ignated Wisconsin Potato Week and
potato users urged to buy their win
ter's supply during that period in an
effort to relieve the farmers of the
state and to take advantage of the
prevailing low prices. Gov. Blaine
gave his Endorsement to the move in
a statement issued from his office.
What is said to be the largest col
lection of Swiss butterflies ever
brought to the United States is being
exhibited in Monroe by Rudolph Staer-
kle, who has returned from a visit
to Switzerland, his native land. There
are 1000 species mounted in "a trays.
1t took Mr.. Staerkle Is years to make
the collection.
! A wireless receiving outfit in every
Wisconsin farm home is the objective
of the state department Of markets
as it commences an enlargement of
it's wireless market reporting service.
The department is now constructing
the master wireless market reporting
broadcasting station of the state at
Waupaca.
The first annual consignment sale
at Mineral Point Of the Iowa County
Holstein association brought buyers
from Iowa, North Dakota, Illinois and
distant points in Wisconsin. Sixty
seven registered, pure bred cows sold
for a total of SOTO, an average of
$145.32 head. Twenty-six grade Hol-
stein COWS sold for an average of $50
a head.
Commercial associations of the state
are asked by the state department
of markets in a recent statement to
cooperate in driving home to the con-
sumner that apples are food and
not luxury and that consumers can
materially assist in helping the apple
producing states by eating more Of
their product. Wisconsin in common
with other producing states has q
large surplus of stock on their hands.
Teams from more than eighty Of the
largest high schools in the state OF
Wisconsin will soon begin work for
their debates in the Wisconsin Inter
scholastic Debating league, the only
official state high school debating
league, fostered by the public speak
| ing department of Lawrence college,
Appleton. Eighty-one high schools
comprised the league membership last
year, but several have dropped out
and only limited number will be
admitted to the circuit this season.
Report Of the trustees of the Mani
towoc County Insane asylum shows
that institution to be practically self
supporting. The asylum cares for
two hundred and twenty inmates at
present. 1t is under management Of
board which makes an annual state
ment to the county board. The last
report shows assets of the asylum to
be $262,013, of which land and I'M
provements represent about $4,000.
Since that time additional property
has been purchased so that the value
of the estate is probably $275,OO0
Douglas county today claims the
smallest percentage of disease infect
ed cattle for any county in the state
of Wisconsin. State and federal tests
have just been completed, and out of
I17,O61 COWS in the county only one
hundred and two were found to be
infected, it was announced by J. M.
Walz, Douglas county agricultural
agent The infected COWS were con-
demned and killed, SO that today
Douglas county herds are 100 per cent
free from disease.
The farm house and several build
ings, including the granary, with this
years crops, we're completely de-
stroyed by fire at the Peter Thill farm,
near st. Nicholas, about eight miles
south of Port Washington. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. Thrill and
his helpers were filling silo when
spontaneous combustion caused the
fire. The flames were subdued and
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