Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-03-01

Hewitt Cheese factory, owned by r. @.
Hastings, Marshfeld, which was de-
stroyed by fire Dec. 20.
Mrs. Amy D. Winship, go, who for
10 years, after reaching 78, entered
colleges throughout the country, TAX.
| ing courses in philosophy, sociology
and other studies, died at her home
in Racine after a brief illness.
Clyde Parker, ~ years old, was
electrocuted while working on the
isconsin-Minnesota Light and Power
company line, four miles east Of
Owen. He came in contact with a
| 2,900-volt wire.
Henry Mineau, a guide who is well
known among sportsmen who visit
Laona, paid a fine of 500 in NUM-
cipal court for having liquor in his
possession. Mineau convinced the
court that he is not a bootlegger.
The Ripon college debating team
was given a unanimous decision over
Milton college in the opening inter
collegiate contest at Milton. The wins
ming team argued in favor of the
United States joining the League OF
Nations.
A loss of more than $4,000 was
suffered when fire destroyed the barn
on the Frank Mason farm, one and a
half miles north of Palmyra, Thirty,
cows, three horses, hay, grain, farm
machinery and an automobile were
destroyed.
District attorneys from the seventy,
one Wisconsin counties will meet in
Madison March and Z for their third
annual convention to consider prob
lens affecting their offices and to be,
come acquainted with the star legal
department with which they deal.
The state convention of the Amer.
lean Legion will be held in Superior,
Aug. Is, 16 and IL, it was announced
by John Hoehle, commander of Supe.
rior post, who just returned from Mil.
waukee, where he held a conference
with delegates from the three hundred
and seventy Wisconsin posts.
The Simmons Bed company, Keno
sha, which recently caused a sensation
by announcing that it was moving its
general offices to Chicago and New
York because of the hostile attitude
of the Wisconsin legislature on tax
alton matters, has submitted plans
to the Wisconsin industrial commits
sion for new factory addition to be
erected at Kenosha at a cost of up
wards of $1,O0O,00O.
Mrs. Charlotte Laudan, Neenah's
Oldest pioneer resident, died at the
home of Mrs. John Block at 81. Mrs.
Laudan came to this country from
Germany in 1849 with her husband and
parents, making their home in the
town of Clayton, near Neenah. Her
| life extended through the administra-
ton of every Wisconsin governor, and
for the last SO years she had been a
resident of Neenah.
The board Of education has decided
to adopt the double session plan for
the Wausau high school for next year,
as the enrolment of 1,054 will be in
creased at least one hundred and fifty
at that time. The double session plan
will require two sets of teachers and
the children will be divided into equal
lots, one to recite from 7:30 a. M to
1890 p. M, and the other from 1890
p. m. to $50 p. m. Practically all
studying must be done at the homes.
Marcus A. Kemp was elected state
senator from the Eleventh Wisconsin
district as result of the special cleo
ton Feb. II. Official figures for the
city of Superior, given out, show a
majority for Kemp over Ray ]. Nye
of 818 votes. Persons who have been
handling the Kemp campaign are con-.
| f1dent that official returns from Bay
field, Burnett and Washburn counties,
which gave Kemp large majorities in
the primary, will show heavy vote
for Kemp.
Recent application of the theory of
sterilization as a means of abating in
sanity, especially among females, has
proved successful, according to the
report on institutions for the feeble
minded by the state board of control.
In many cases sterilization has en-
abled the state to free female pris-
oners with the greatest success, the
report says. In every case relatives
Of the person about to undergo the
operation are notified and their con
sent obtained before the operation is
! performed.
A decrease in the number of in
mates Of Wisconsin penal institutions,
Offset by a large increase in the num-
Der of insane is noted by the state
board of control in it's monthly cen
sus of the state and county penal and
charitable institutions. The drop in
state prison and reformatory inmates
was 1880 one year ago to LISP, or a
falling off of 70. The number of in
sane in state institutions rose from
! 1,427 to 1927, or 100, in the same pc
riod, while those in county institutions
jumped from 1896 to 1885, or 259.
There are total of 1928 of both.
charitable and penal institutions, COM
pared with 1908 one year ago. In
addition 2,677 are on parole and 261
on probation This compares with
3,508 on parole one year ago and 208
on probation.
Oshkosh is to be the scene of the
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