Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-04
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Robbers broke into the office of q
Madison coal company, blew open tbs
safe and escaped with $500. This is
the seventh robbery of the kind in
Madison in the last six weeks.
Leroy Chitwood, president of Blue
River, and a wealthy retired farmer
was found dead in his garage from a
bullet wound believed to have been
selfinhicted He is known to have
been Respondent for some weeks.
Mrs. Albert Kroening, wife Of the
chief Of the Jefferson fire department
on Jan. became the first woman
deputy sheriff in the history of the
county. She has been appointed
special deputy by Sheriff elect T. +,
Dennis Smith, Jefferson.
The twelfth annual Wisconsin road
school, conducted by the state high
way commission, will be held in Madi-
son Jan 1926, M. w. Torkelson. as
sistant chief highway engineer, has
announced. County road officials
state highway workers and others in
terested in road building wild attend
the sessions
The Wisconsin industrial commits
sion has awarded Mrs. Belle Aims
worth, Shawano, widow of the late
Frank Ainsworth, the minimum death
benefit of $500, payable in monthly
installments of $7525, or in a lump
sum of $4,714.44. Ainsworth was
killed while in the employ of the M. J.
WaIlrich Land company of Shawano.
Mrs. Bridget Plunkett, Footville,
80 years old, died from burns received
when her clothing was set on fire by
burning tobacco from pipe which she
was smoking. Her children extin-
guished the flames, but not until the
aged woman had suffered severe burns
about the face and body, which caused
her death few hours later.
Ninety-three automobile fatalities
were handled by the coroner's office
in Milwaukee in the first eleven
months of 1922, according to report
just issued Six hundred fifty-four
deaths from all causes are reported.
Accidental deaths, including those
caused by automobiles, totaled 214.
Natural causes were responsible for
1903 deaths. n were due to suicide and
II homicides were reported.
Ten thousand acres of timber land
in the town of Langlade have been
sold by the Croker Chair company to
the Yawkey-Bissell Lumber company
of White Lake The sale also includes
twelve miles of railroad track, loco
motives, cars. log leaders and other
equipment The deal is one of the
largest real estate transactions ever
consummated in Langlade county.
Fall sown grains in Wisconsin show
an approximate decrease of Is per
cent in acreage, compared to a year
ago, according to Paul o, Nyhus, agri-
cultural statistician of the state and
federal departments of agriculture.
Ills report shows decrease of Il per
cent in the rye acreage. and Is per
cent in winter wheat. The dry weather
Of September and early October is
said to largely explain the decrease
in Wisconsin
The village Of Plover, Portage coun-
ty. won renown as the taXless town,
where income tax payments from two
large paper mills left the people tax
free during prosperous seasons, was
lighted with electricity for the first
time in its history few days ago.
A power lire from McDill has just
been finished The. village is one of
the few of its size in the state being
supplied with twenty-four hour cleo
trio service.
At a meeting of representatives OF
agricultural and commercial interests
of Washington and Milwaukee coun-
ties and the state at large, preliAi-
nary arrangements were made for the
second state field day to be held on
the c. A. Schroeder farm in the town
of West Bend next June Mr.. Schroe-
der's farm was selected for the honor
on account of Mr.. Schroeder's out
standing services to Wisconsin's great
dairy industry He was one of the
first breeders who introduced pure
bred Holsteins in the state, more than
40 years ago. 1t is expected $4,000
people will attend the field day next
summer.
School children throughout the
United States deposited approximately
$5500,000 during the last school year
in school savings banks. a new rec
ord, and Racine is ranked first in
cities OF it's class. according to the an
nuaI report of the American Bankers
association on school savings bank
ing. Racine's class includes all cities
having between 5000 and 10000 pa
pills enrolled. The report shows that
in Racine, with a school enrolment
of 8,512 pupils. 8151 are depositors
The children deposited $31. 106.78. an
average individual deposit of 1881.
Beloit ranks third in class c., with SO
per cent OF her 1901 pupils depositors.
BeToit pupils deposited $13,061.93, an
average individual deposit of 1924.
Believing that garbage and sewage
can be disposed Of in plants that will
convert it into fertilizer. Council Com
missioner c.. F. Hart, Oshkosh, has
asked Gov. Blaine to request the legis-
lature to provide funds to carry on
experiments in the state laboratory in