Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-08-16
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Heavy rains recently revived pastur-
age in the region of Platteville. The
threshing of small grain now going
on gives proof that crops of oats, bar
ley and rye were much better than
at first anticipated. The rains put the
corn crop out of harms way and the
entire four counties, Grant, Iowa,
Green and Lawrence, now have the
finest stand of corn ever seen in this
part of the state.
The Wisconsin Telephone Co. has
purchased the Welch property, one
block from the business district in
Stevens Point, as the site for a $780,
600 exchange building, which it will
erect in the near future. This is one
of the principal toll line centers in the
state. The building will be a brick
and concrete structure and two stories
in height. The site was purchased at
consideration of $4,000.
The body of an unidentified man
found in a deserted barn between
West Bend and Hartford was buried
by the Washington county authorities
Tourists who had stopped to take a
few snapshots found the body with a
strap about the neck, where it had
fallen from rafter. The man was
about 35 and well dressed but there
were. no marks of Identification. 1t
is believed the body had been in the
barn six months.
Charging breach of contract by the
school board members Of Washburn,
G. A. Hutton, former superintendent of
schools of that city, has entered a
suit to recover $3.50 damages. HUI
ten claims he entered contract with
the Washburn school board Mar. %,
1921, and served until July /, 1921,
then, he was dismissed by the board
in spite of the fact that the contract
called for three years services at
$500 month.
A joint invitation from the Associa-
tons of Commerce in the cities of the
Fox river valley is being planned by
officials of the Fond du Lac chamber
to be sent to David Lloyd George, for
nler premier of Great Britain, on his
arrival in this country for a tour this
fall. Letters have been sent to the
secretaries of associations in Oshkosh,
Neenah-Menasha, Appleton and Green
Bay proposing that the four organiza-
tons send joint invitation to the
famous Englishman to include this re
gion in his tour.
w. L. Austin, SO, resident Of Beloit
for As years, is dead. He was mem
Der of the famous Fourth wisconsin
battery. light artillery, of the Civil
war, and was secretary and treasurer
of the Fourth Wisconsin Battery as
sociation at the time Of his death. The
reunion OF the battery, attended by
only two survivors, was held at his
home, recently. Austin witnessed the
battle of the Monitor and the Merri-
mac at Hampton Roads, Va, during
his service. He was under arms for
four years.
Mrs. Adrian w. Mcclure, wife of a
former county board superintendent,
is in st. Agnes hospital, Kenosha,
with bullet wound in her left side
following a shooting which police. are
investigating Mr.. Mcclure, who is
now travelling salesman, told the
police that just as he was leaving on
a trip west, he heard shot in the
bedroom where he had left his wife.
He rushed back into the room and
found his wife shot in the side, his
revolver on the floor and his 2-year-
ola son in the room He said his wife
had not been in good health recently
Wisconsin will feature black and
white in its 1924 auto license plates,
it is announced by the secretary of
states office. The regular plate will
be black with white numerals. Spe-
cial plates will be issued for cars
owned by the state, counties and
cities. They will be red with white
numerals. AS a result of the new
auto weight tax law about, dozen
different kinds of license plates will
be issued Each will be sold at a
different price. The licenses will bear
a letter of the alphabet on them, desig-
mating the class to which they belong.
The class is dependent upon the
weight.
Twelve thousand baby chicks passed
through the parcel post division of
the Fennimore postoffice from early
spring to the first of August This
does not take into account shipments
from local poultry breeders to other
points. These heavy deliveries show
that the raising of pure-bred varieties
OF chickens is greatly increasing in
this section of the state. Ellis & Oates
$4,000 baby chicks this sea-
son from Bloomington Many went
out in chilly weather but the loss was
very small. One Wausau poultry
farmer sent in a single order for 1000
chicks. Another for eight hundred.
hIany orders could not be filled. Next
year this firm plans to produce over
$4,000 chicks, orders now being re
eeived for next years delivery.
G. L. Erdahl, former sheriff of Dane
county, has been appointed deputy
OF the state prohibition department,
Herman Sachtjen, state prohibition
commissioner, announced. Mr.. Erdahl
is a former resident of Stoughton,
Wis, although he has been living in