Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
VISIONS
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
/ Arranged in Condensed Form


tory for boys at Green Bay, died in
New York from pneumonia. He was
on his way to London.
For the first time since early in 1921
employment agencies at Appleton are
reporting more jobs than men. The
American Legion and Y. NJ. c. A. en-
ployment bureaus, organized months
ago to find jobs for idle men, are I'M
able to find men enough to fill vacant
positions. This condition is due to
revival of construction and farm work,
it is said.
Flood waters in Flambeau river I'M
dermined the foundation walls of the
machine room of the Great Western
Paper company Of Ladysmith, causing
the north wall of the building to fall
into the river and the roof to cave in.
No one was injured, the employees be-
ing warned of the impending danger.
The loss will amount to many thou
sand dollars.
Suit has been filed by Rudolph Will
der, Chicago, against Sheriff Edward
Miller and Leonard Kleeber, clerk of
circuit court, La Crosse, to recover
1915, the proceeds of the sale of car,
sold by the sheriff after it had been
seized with a cargo of whiskey, in a
La Crosse garage. The plaintiff as
serts he had a mortgage on the car
and it was sold by the sheriff without
any action in court.
Warning of the approach of the for
est fire season is given in letters sent
out by the conservation commission
to all town chairmen who, under the
law, are town fire wardens. Special
precautions are urged to make 1922 a
year with no fires in the woods. The
season will begin about Apr. TO-, G. L.
Harrington, commissioner in charge of
the forestry division, said, adding that
his department is trying to see that
all uncontrolled and destructive fires
are reduced to minimum.
The Community clubs of Meadow
Brook and Ojibway, near Couderay,
are making preparations for the plant
ing this spring OF 1000 white pine
trees to be received from the state
forestry service. Most of the trees
will be planted in parks at these two
places. The trees are distributed free
of charge by the state and applications
for trees must be placed early. The
state forestry department has large
nursery at Trout lake, Villas county.
Dodge county's road program of 80
miles of concrete highways for 1922
will be carried out at nearly $4,000
mile less than the contract price for
last years work. The county highway
committee has accepted construction
bids on several pieces of work, and the
cost averages $4,000 a mile Recent
ly road bonds in the sum Of $700,500I
were sold at a premium of more than
$4,000. Construction work will begin
at once on the several roads desig
mated.
One man, imprisoned for yagrancy,
persisted in his cell when the Gilman
town jail burned. The prisoner hurled
himself frantically against the bars in
an effort to escape, but the blaze was
raging SO f1ercely when discovered
that fire fighters could not approach
the building to rescue him. The orr,
gin of the fire is undetermined. The
jail was a small building with only one
cell. Gilman, village of 100 popu-
lation, is about 25 miles northeast of
Chippewa Falls.
Only two state construction projects
have been authorized by Gov. Blaine
during the present year, J. G. d. Mack,
state engineer reports. With nearly
$4,000,000 of building authorized by
past legislatures, as yet uncompleted,
the governor il holding present ex-
penditures at a minimum. The two
projects now under way are at Far
well Point where a hospital for she'll
shocked soldiers is being constructed
at a cost of $250,000 and at the River
Falls normal school where a $4,000
heating plant is being built.
Increased mileage in state roads to
be built during the present construc,
ton season at much lower cost is
shown by a comparison of building
costs made by. A. B. Hirst, state high
way engineer, on the basis of con
tracts already let. Mr.. Hirst points
out that the cost of construction, al
most prohibitive for surfaced highways
in 1920, and still high in 1921, is down
almost to pre-War rates. The compar7.
sons show the the cost Of concrete
roads has decreased from an average
of S34, 346 a mile in 1921 to S25,383 for
1922. Grading costs for 1921 averaged
SLY a cubic yard, while surfacing
costs amounted to $2.77 a square yard.
Those for 1922 showing grading costs
at 81 cents cubic yard and surfacing
costs at $205 a square yard. Paving
is 72 cents a square yard or 26 per
cent less than in 1921, while grading
is So cents or 81 per cent less.
What is believed to be the time rec
ord in liquor raids in the state was
made in Marinette when within IL
Dist. Atty. A. Murphy re-
ceived information, caused search
warrant to be issued and two officers
confscated one still, some moonshine
and mash, and one arrest was made. |
Awakening of a 5-year-old boy saved
the family of Herman Vanderhey, |
Grand Chute, near Appleton, from as
phyxiation from gas escaping from a
ooa1 c+ovo Tho IovJ'c cries awakened !