Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-12-27

! camps, was killed by a falling trea
while working as sawyer in the Cal.
vim John lumber camps near Tipler.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the farm house owned by A. ]. Neuell
and L. C. Melville, one mile south OF
Minocqua. The loss is several thou
sand dollars, covered by insurance.
Iron county this year will attempt
to keep the roads clear of snow for
traffic. The county approved the pur-
chase of snow pillow at cost of
$4,000 and tractor and accessories
for nearly $1,000.
When his hunting dog accidentally
tripped over his gun, discharging 1t,
Henry Kerscher, 81, residing near
| Maplewood, was shot in the arm with
buckshot. Kerscher was mink hunt
ing and laid his gun on a knoll while
digging a hole.
The Rice Lake hotel has been burn
| ed beyond repair by a fire which broke
out recently This is one of the old
| landmarks of Rice Lake, being for
merly known for many years as the
| Deery house. The loss is covered by
| $4,000 insurance.
Eli PORTER, of Stiles, was sentenced
| to serve thirty days in Jail in default
of $55 fine and costs, imposed upon
him by Justice Stuelke of Gillett, for
hunting without a license and having
shot partridge out of season and hav-
ing them in his possession.
The big saw mill of the Wisconsin
Michigan Lumber company in Eagle
River is now operating both day and
night. The new night shift gives en-
ployment to about forty additional
men. The company has planned an
enormous lumber cut this season.
Proposed electric light schedules for
approximately 35 Wisconsin towns in.
cluded in the Wisconsin, Minnesota.
Light and Power Co. controversy, will
be investigated for six months before
final order regarding the rates will be
issued, the state railroad commission
announced recently.
A wave of petty crimes has swept
through Green Bay, piling up reported
robberies and thefts in the past sew
eral weeks. No trace has been secur-
ed of the perpetrators of the burglar
les, who in one instance robbed
sporting goods store of revolvers and
the following night held up and shot
merchant as he was returning from
work.
At a meeting of the Sullivan and
Concord farm bureau, straw vote on
gasoline tax was taken and resulted, &c
to 5, in favor of the tax. Henry J.
Grell, Johnson Creek, member of the
highway committee of the county
board, spoke on the subject of gaso-
line tax. He said one filing of all the
gas tanks of the 14,000.0O0 cars in the
United States costs $27,0O0,00O.
The inheritance tax on the estate OF
the late N. G. Foster, Fairchild, known
as the Fairchild millionaire lumber
man, was fixed in the county court at
$14,253. The estates value was ap-
praised at SAFE, 1000. However, the
Foster fortune included trust funds
and holdings not subject to inherit
lance tax, and with these the estate
is understood to total nearly ST.
100000.
Monroe county has been one of SO
in Wisconsin to use the cheap land
clearing explosive, sodatol, offered as
salvaged war material. County Agent
E. L. Liddle believes farmers of the
county have saved $4,000 on 1870
pounds. The powder may be kept over
winter without losing strength bat
must be kept dry. It's usefulness is
fully as great as low-grade dynamite,
which sells at d, higher price.
Virgil Piddington, Paris township,
Grant county farmer, exhibited an ear
of corn carrying 1903 perfectly formed
kernels and asking a match for the
prize ear. Richard Barron, Smelter
township, Grant county, promptly de-
livered an ear carrying 1850 perfectly
formed kernels. The first exhibit is of
the Iowa Gold Mine variety. Barron's
ear of corn is Wisconsin No IL Once
more Wisconsin takes the blue ribbon.
Acting on tip contained in the con-
fession of Henry Miller, Oshkosh boy
bandit, charged with robbing several
stores and gasoline filling stations at
Oshkosh, the police have arrested Cliff
ford McAllister, Ladysmith. He is
said to answer the description of Mil
ler's companion in two of the hold-ups.
It is said that McAllister came to Osh-
kosh to inquire about Miller and was
clipped of" by a girl friend that Mil
Ter had implicated him. He was cap.
tured later.
Due chiefly to the long dry hot
weather during the growing season,
Washburn county's cucumber crop
this year was about so per cent OF
normal. Although quantity was re
duced this year, the cucumber crop
was of excellent quality The total
number of cucumbers received at the
various pickle stations in Washburn
county was approximately $4,000 bush
els. Of this number, Spooner received
5,219 bushels, Sarona 2,273 bushels,
Springbrook 2,216 bushels, Minong g.
142 bushels, and Trego 1894 bushels.
The Bloomington school board has