Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-07
VISION SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Mrs. Matte Houston, BeIoit ne
gress, was the eighth person to be
acquitted of charges of liquor law
violation since prohibition went into
effect when jury, after deliberating
for ten minutes, said mot guilty"
The state department of agriculture
returned $76,072.04 of the $80,522.11
received as it's share of dog license
fees. in Wisconsin during 1920, to the
counties, according to announcement
Administration of the law by the state
cost $3,450.07.
The first of the $4,000 men who
| will be employed in road work in Wis
consin during the coming construction
season went to work in several coun
ties, the highway commission an
/ nounced. Maintenance patrolmen are
the advance guard who are taking up
their duties in southern counties.
Conference of Wisconsin tobacco
growers and business men of the to-
bacco district of the state was held
at Madison with the state department
of markets to consider the feasibility
of forming a marketing pool. The or
ganization will not be formed until
so per cent of the state tobacco sacre-
age has signed an agreement to pool
its product.
Helen Bennett, 15-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. David Bennett, of
the town of Winfield, near Reedsburg,
who disappeared Feb. Is, was located
in Denver. Her parents had instituted
nationwide search for her. A letter
received by the parents stated that
she was well and anxious to return
| home, but gave no reasons for leav-
ing.
A white hand" mystery is puzzling
the police of Kenosha. Secretary
Emil Meissner of the local police de-
partment has received a letter headed
by large blot of ink in which two
white hands are portrayed. Below the
strs age mark are the words: LAY
off. We are strong You will hear
more of us soon" The police are at
tempting to locate the writer of the
letter.
Mary White, La Crosse, for many
years housekeeper for her uncle, the
late Rev. William White, has settled
her claims against the estate of the
priest for $4,000 and Father Whites
home, valued at $4,000. The settle
o71F of o1o ir,a 10J oa+
that the priests estate was valued at
100000. Miss White, who is 81, put
in a claim for 100000 against the
estate for services for 25 years, set
ting up that her uncle had promised
her. all his property.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Michaels, pio-
neer couple, celebrated their sixtieth
or diamond wedding anniversary at
Sheboygan, March %. Their nine chill
dren, IS grandchildren and four great
grandchildren were present MIR
Michaels is "a years of age and Mrs
Michaels rs. They have lived in the
city of Sheboygan the last Is years,
since Mr.. Michaels retired from active
life on farm in the town Of She
boygan. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Michaels
enjoy the best of health.
The most disastrous fire in twenty
years took place at Ripon when flames
swept the Barlow-Seelig Hardware
company building, damaged several
adjoining structures and threatened
an entire block. The damage was es-
timated at over $85,00O The blaze
broke out in the three story struc-
ture of the hardware company. 1t
took six hours of hard fighting on the
part of the Ripon and Berlin fire de-
partments before the fire was brought
under control. Five firemen were in
jured in the battle against the fire.
A total Of S3,92S,917 was paid as
indemnity and $1,141,8O8 as medical
aid in 32,067 cases settled under the
Wisconsin workmen's compensation
act in the two-year period from July
1, 1919, to June 80, 1921, the indus
trial commission has announced. The
commission said that in only 1899 of
the 1000 cases settled during the two
years was an award made by it, this
s per cent of the total accounting for
81 per cent of the indemnity. About
45 per cent of the total amount in
volved in the awards was in death
cases, most of which were settled on
stipulation.
Forest fires were not as deadly in
1921 as in the preceding season, ac-
cording to figures compiled by G. L.
Harrington, division Of forestry and
parks of the conservation commission.
During 1921, 1877 fires were reported
as having burned over 38,044 acres.
Estimates of loss were made in but
81 per cent of the fires. These esti-
mates show that $4,736 damage was
done to buildings and other property
while timber land, marsh hay land
and young timber was damaged to the
extent of s31, SIT, total of $36,413.
In 1920 a total of $50 fires occurred,
which burned over 404, 508 acres, with
a property loss Of $225,692.
Nothing has been heard of Fred
Stapel, Bear Creek farmer, residing
near Neenah, who mysteriously dis
appeared from his home early in Feb
ruary. Stapel left his home early one
February morning with horse and cut
fer and has not been heard of since.