Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-06-02
VISIONS SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Inc members OF Lie AGu4Cd1 u5ldC11-
ment of the 128th infantry, w. n. G.,
located in Wausau. will be mustered
out Of service, shortly, says Maj. J.
R. Bryant, the commander. The of
f1cers are unable to devote necessary
time to training of members.
Richard Matrello of Cary was sen
fenced to pay fine of $500 or four
months in prison in federal court
in Marquette for violation of the pro
hibition law. Matrello was charged
with shipping a key OF moonshine
from Cary to Bessemer on street
car.
Thousands of dollars of damage was
done to city property and crops il
GAINESVILLE and vicinity when more
than three inches Of rain fell in a
cloudburst in an hour and a half,
during which the city was in darkness.
It was the worst rain storm in the
history of Rock county.
N. S. Randall, an old-time wolf hun
ter, secured two wolf cubs in the town
of Kendall, Lafayette county, and pre-
sented the scaIps at the county clerk S
office and was paid the bounty. It
is supposed that the mother wolf was
travelling through the county on her
way farther north Wolves are rarely
captured in Lafayette county.
The outlook for a bumper crop of
hay in Rusk county has not been as
promising for years as is the case this
season. With the heavy covering of
snow throughout the winter, clover
and other grasses were kept from win
ter-killing, and with the frequent rains
throughout April and May, together
with favorable temperature, pastures
and meadows are in excellent condi-
ton.
The largest senior class in the his
tory OF the Eau Claire high school
will be graduated the night of June
8, at the Grand Opera house, when
120 will receive diplomas. The boys
this year scored distinct success by
placing ten on the honor roll of 20
students having an average of over
so for their four years work. Last
year only one boy managed to make
the honor roll
An increase Of $3,000,0OO in build
ing operations for Milwaukee since
the first of the year as compared with
the corresponding period of last year
was recorded in the office of the build
ing Inspector. A total of 12704 per-
mits have been issued since Jan. /,
representing an expenditure of SILL
1928. Last year for the same period
1888 permits were issued for an ag-
gregate value of $8,791,742.
Through the Oneida county loan
committee, which was organized two
months ago, so farmers have obtained
loans amounting to $3.50. The loans
were used to purchase stock feed UNI
til growing feed is available. Oneida
has the distinction of being the only
county in Wisconsin to ever adopt
such plan to aid farmers, although
it is probable that a similar plan will
be in operation in many other coun-
ties next spring.
A tragic death ended the efforts of
Mrs. Margaret Kuiafski, 40, a widow,
to keep her family, of six children
together, when she was struck by a
Northwestern train at the Grand ave-
nue. crossing, Kenosha, and instantly
killed. She was hurrying to work and
had crawled under the crossing gate.
Watching a freight engine, she failed
to see the passenger train. Her hus-
band was crippled in similar acct
dent several years ago. He died in
1919
Mrs Christina Kolar, so, and her
son, Ladda, Is, were burned to death
when the Kolar farm house at Fern,
a farming community in Florence
county, was destroyed by fire. The
father and three children escaped, but
two of the children received severe
burns. They were thrown from win
dow upstairs and caught by the father
and his son, 81 years old. Mrs. Kolar
and her son, Ladda, were unable to
escape, all exits being a mass of
flames. In trying to escape Mrs. Ko-
lar fell back into the burning room.
The largest reunion of former Wis
consin students that the University Of
Wisconsin has ever held is expected
this year, on June 11-13. Every uni
versity class whose date ends with
2 or 7, beginning with the class of
'67, will have it's special reunion, &C
cording to the plans of reunion chair
men. Special stunts and programs
will be given by the various classes,
and the alumni dinner and dance will
bring all of the classes together The
, twenty-ffth anniversary of the class
Of '97 will be celebrated this June,
and the class of '07 will meet for the
fifteenth anniversary. The law school
is planning Homecoming for all it's
graduates.
The drive for members to be asso-
ciated with the Grant county unit of
the National Farm bureau has pros
pered so well that over 700 are now
enrolled But one-third of the 80 town
ships in the county have SO far been
solicited and it is believed by the
time the drive is ended, June Is, that
at least 1900 farmers will have en-
rolled.
Four Darlington teachers, whose