Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-08-09

sparks from the chimney.
Fire, caused by the exploding of an
oil stove, destroyed the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Hennick near
Royalton Only the prompt action of
the neighbors saved the adjoining
buildings.
Fire of uncertain origin destroyed
the large barn and six out-buildings
on the farm of Michael Goeden, farm
er living on the Fitchburg road, five
miles south of Madison, causing dam
age estimated at $4,000.
William Schubart, aged about so
years, chief of police at Menasha for
many years, passed away at st. Eliza
beth's hospital, Appleton, where he
had been for the past few weeks fol-
lowing a second stroke of paralysis.
Action against barn dances through
out Dane county, whore liquor is said
to flow freely, has been commenced
by Sheriff Krug and Dist Atty. T. G.
Lewis, according to announcement
following g Saturday night raid at
Pleasant Springs.
Fred Sternhagen Of Menasha has
been arrested on the complaint Of a
9-year-old Oshkosh girl, charging him
with taking improper liberties while
she was picnicking with her family
in Menasha city park.
A fire like western prairie blaze
occurred on the ]. Walker farm, be-
tween Neenah and Oshkosh, when Mr..
Walker started to burn over a field to
kill Canadian thistles. The blaze
spread over several acres of a large
hayfeld, threatening adjacent farm
buildings. The Oshkosh fire depart
ment was called.
Senator Severson, lola, announced
that should Gov. Blaine call a special
session of the legislature to consider
problems arising from defect of uni
versity and normal school appropria-
ton bills, he will again sponsor reso-
luton to investigate charges of NAL
feasance in Office on the part of pub
lie officials.
The Wisconsin full train crew law,
enacted by the 1923 legislature, is
constitutional in the opinion of the
attorney general, who held in an
opinion that the state can regulate
crews on interstate trains. The law
requires that trains operating outside
of yard limits must have one engineer,
one fireman, one conductor, one brake
man, and on trains of more than three
cars, two brakemen.
Automobiles are touring the United
States into a neighborhood COM
munity, in the opinion Of Frank Can
non, executive secretary of the Good
Roads Association of Wisconsin. He
bases his opinion on count of cars
about the capitol square in Madisn,
one day last week. Thirty-four Of the
nations forty-eight states were repre-
scented in addition to the District Of
Columbia, one Canadian province and
Toxic, Japan.
The berry season around Sparta is
about over and has been disappoint-
ment to the farmers. Every kind Of
berry fruit fell far below the normal.
1--WE had a poor strawberry season, :"
said Frank Kern of the Sparta Pre-
duce exchange which markets most Of
the Monroe county berry crops for
the growers. "The strawberry crop,
of course, is over. think we only
shipped 20 cars and 1900 crates by
express this year. Blueberries were
a complete failure and we didn't ship
a hundred crates. Raspberries also
were poor and blackberries are hard
" to be mentioned. We are sending
out i've or six crates of blackberries
day, while usually we ship IS or
more"
Wisconsiri's nine Normal schools
open for the fall term Sept 10. They
will offer teacher training courses
alone, with college courses, formerly
part of the curriculum, abolished.
William Kittle. secretary Of the board
of Normal regents, announces that
the determination Of the Normal board
to do away with college courses at
Normal schools, went into effect July
1. and will be carried over to the next
school year. An attempt made in the
legislature to require the Normal
schools to offer college training, failed
in the senate. From now on the nine
teacher training institutions will de-
vote their full time to the develop
ment of teachers for Wisconsin
schools.
The number Of licensed pleasure
cars in Wisconsin has passed the
100000 mark for the first time, the
secretary of states office reports.
With four months Of registration re-
mafning 100000 passenger automo-
biles have already obtained licenses.
This is $4,000 more than the total for
1922, or an increase of nearly Is per
cent. The secretary of state estimates
that at least 10000 more pleasure cars
will be registered before Nov. 1. In
addition there are 10000 trucks IL
censed in the state. This will bring
the total of machines to over 100000.
Before the end Of another year there
is likely to be one car for every five
persons, according to estimates of the
secretary Of state. Now there is an
automobile for one person in six. =
More than 1890 vehicles, Of which
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