Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-08

extension courses in pulp making be-
ing conducted by the forest products
laboratory in cooperation with the
extension division of the University
OF Wisconsin.
The largest class in history was
graduated at mid-year commencement
at the La Crosse high school, SO stu
dents being given diplomas. At the
State Normal school % were grad
uated.
Abbotsford is erecting, with the as
sistance of the state, $4,000 armory
and community building, which is ex-
pected to be ready for occupancy in
May The structure is Of brick and
tile, 139 by Y feet, with drill floor
of 20 by "a feet and will have a stage
and rest rooms. The population of
Abbotsford according to the 1920 cen
sus, is 1872.
John M. Rugowski, Manitowoc seed
man who has established an inter
national reputation as a grower of
asters, has received an order from
England for aster seeds. The order
was accompanied by two English
pounds Mr.. Rugowski is preparing
the shipment, which will include Is
varieties with enough seed to grow
ESQ plants Of each variety.
Drivers of vehicles are responsible
for the safety of children who hitch
on according to g decision returned
NV i111aVy ~ ~, of nj
towoc when an award of 5000 was
made in favor of Mark Mosey, 7-year-
old Two Rivers boy, against William
4 BoehringeY of that city. The boy was
injured a year ago when he "hitched
a ride" on Boehringer's sleigh which
turned over, injuring the boy.
A boys prank caused the death of
Francis Kehoe of Doylestown, a village
/ twenty miles from Portage, Columbia
county officials believed after an in
vestigation Kehoe was shot by John
Peck, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Peck, in the kitchen of the
Peck farm home, when a rifle the boy
had playfully pointed at Kehoe was
accidentally discharged. He died in
stantly with a bullet in his heart
Travelling at a rate of one mile
year, a letter addressed to Herman
Weight, farmer, living three miles
from Sturgeon Bay, reached it's desti-
nation The epistle, which was a
monthly statement sent to Weight by
local firm. was returned to the COM
pany by the farmer, who declared that
the bill had been paid On examina-
ton of the postmark it was revealed
that the letter was mailed Jan. 3, 1920.
Unprotected grade crossings, in
many cases obstructed from the view
of motorists by billboards, caused
thirty deaths in Wisconsin last year,
according to report of the state rail
road commission A total toll Of forty
two lives were claimed in crossing
accidents during the year with one
i hundred sixty-tWo injured. During the
previous year, sixty-two persons were
killed and one hundred ninety mine
injured in grade crossing accidents.
John Magnuson, Wood county farm
ers held for murder in connection with
the Marshf1eld Christmas package
bomb case, was released on $4,000
bona, after a hearing before Judge
Byron Park in circuit court at Wis
consin Rapids. Magnuson's bondsmen,
r. d. Gilkey, city clerk of Wisconsin
Rapids, and S. L. Stevens, Nekoosa,
la retired merchant recently appointed
state oil inspector, put up property
worth $4,000 in order to effect the
prisoners release.
Robbers entered st. James Catholic
church, Kenosha, and by means of an
ingenious device succeeded in fishing
out large portion of the offerings in
two donation boxes. Near. the boxes
was found a long rcd still covered
with glue on one end. The coin slots
/ in both boxes are large and the thieves
had been able to draw much of the
money from the boxes by dipping the
gIue-laden rod into the cash. The
thieves had evidently been frightened
away by some noise and had aban-
doned the tool
r. P. Hutton, superintendent of the
Wisconsin Anti-Saloon league for the
last five years, has resigned, effective
Feb. 15 He is leaving the state to
take the national superintendency of
the American Bond, an educational
organization for the promotion of law
observance. Mr. Hutton's first work
/ in the state was done as assistant SUI
perintendent of the league from 1904
i to 1909 when he entered anti-saloon
work after graduation from Lawrence
college. He then went to West Vir-
ginia and was later transferred to
Oregon as state superintendent, re-
turning to Wisconsin in 1917.
A new menace to the Wisconsin
tobacco crop has been discovered and
the state college of agriculture and
the department of agriculture have
combined in an effort to Illustrate in
roads of "wildf1re," 9 disease found
affecting plants in southern part of
the state during 1922. Although new
in Wisconsin the disease has been
prevalent in the other tobacco raising
sections of the country for six. years
and has caused millions Of dollars in
damage, according to James johnson
and S B Fracker of the university