Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-08-30
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MI. smith ana MS Idullly were at Iue
home of his brother when the fire
started
Leonard Kleeger of La Crosse was
elected president of the Association
of Circuit Court Clerks of Wisconsin
ut the annual business session of the
convention held at Baraboo.
Farmers in Barron, Washburn, Rusk
and Sawyer counties have started to
market the early potato crop. Prices
being paid for the crop now range
from 81 to S1.5O hundred pounds.
E. A. DeCampsi, manager of the Ma
fional Lead company of Chicago, has
purchased the Tamarack lodge on Red
Cedar lake, two miles from Brentwood
W. A. Hance, Liverpool, H., was the
former owner.
A large $4,000 club house at the
Stout golf course, two miles south of
Brentwood, is being constructed on
the east side of Cedar lake. A nine
hole golf course has just been COM
pleted on the Stout property.
Forage poisoning caused the death
of six valuable pure-bred Holstein
cows owned by Lars Larson and three
cows owned by julius Jensen, Wau-
paca county. farmers. 1t is believed
the animals ate mushrooms.
A threshing machine that has been
in use forty-three years is now at work
in field near Monroe run by tractor
and pulley instead of the five teams
formerly necessary for operation. The
machine requires cutting of the bands
and is hand fed.
When he was struck by an automo-
bile while riding his pony, Donald, IL
years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Herman of Pelican Lake, was injured.
The lad and pony were dragged sew
era1 yards and the animal was so
badly hurt that it was necessary to
kill it.
Highway Az, which leads through
the Keshena Indian reservation, is now
being used extensively by tourists who
formerly detoured over county trunk
highways from Shawano to Amigo
The reservation road is now open and
In good condition for the first time in
several years.
The cost of living is still on the
climb Reports to the industrial COM
mission from all over the state show
that from June Is to July Is tie cost
Of living increased LIS per cent. Since
the first of January It has risen "a
per cent and the increase over year
ago is 4 per cent.
Henry Bramer, 81, a farmer near
Neenah, was instantly killed and a
companion, John Halleck was serious
Iy injured when the auto he was driv
ing was struck by a North Western
freight train at Larsen, eight miles
from Neenah. Bramer was unrnar
ried. Halleck was seriously cut about
the face and suffered probable inter.
nal injuries.
The state tax commission was adj
vised by the attorney generals office
that, in assessing back taxes, interest
shall be added to such taxes at the
rate of 10 per cent year. The inter
est charge of 10 per cent, the opinion
reads, applies to the soldiers educa-
tional bonus surtax and the teachers
retirement fund, as well as all other
back taxes, and no exception is made.
Surtaxes are taxes"
More than 1000 persons will be at
tracted at Superior, Sept Is and Is,
when knights of .Pythias of northern
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan
assemble in that city to be initiated
into the Dramatic Order, Knights Of
Khorassan. A special band from the
Ell Wakodis temple at Milwaukee is
expected with delegation on a spe-
cial train from Milwaukee. A delega
ton from Eau Claire will conduct the
Initiation ceremonies.
Several large building projects now
under way in Green Bay will carry
active construction work we'll through
the winter months. Included in the
projects are a new high school, Main
street bridge, Northland hotel, Y. NJ.
c. A. building, Columbus club build
ing, Joanness Bros. Co. warehouse,
dryer for the Green Bay sugar COM
pany, new Press-Gazette office build
ing. Addition to Bellin building,
Guild hall for the Episcopal church
and new plant of the Baking company.
The work will total over 100000.
With her hair burned off and her
body badly charred and her clothing
a mass of ashes, the body Of Mrs.
Mary A. Calkins, SO, was found in her
solitary home in Brandon. The aged
woman, who had lived the life of a
recluse in her home on West Main
street in the village, had been dead
several hours. The fire was caused
by an overturned oil stove. A charred
broom nearby indicated that Mrs. Cal
kins had tried to beat out the fire.
There were also indications that she
had tried to pour water on the flames.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry B. Stillman,
estimable residents of Peshtigo, cele-
brated their golden wedding recently.
They were married in Appleton in
1873, later residing in Shiocton, COM
ing to Peshtigo ten years ago.
In price war at Appleton the cost
of bread has been cut to 10 cents for
pound and a half loaf. A large
bakery set the precedent in an at