Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-12-27
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NEWS OF THE :
BADGER STATE !
Observation-Disclosures

fury a resident of Oconto county, died
a this home at Brookside at the age
of II years.
Margaret. Kidd, a member of Green
Bays popular younger set, has left
for Chicago where she will begin her
vaudeville career. Miss Kidd has been
a leader in Green Bay in home town
theatricals for many years. She is a
talented musician.
Jay Rowell, 20, of Beaver DAM fell
from scaffold on a new building be-
ing put up for Redemptorist college,
on Lake La Belle at Oconomowoc, and
was Instantly killed. Coroner Lee was
called. Rowen was an employe of the
Hunter Construction Co.
James Geere, 70, was instantly kill
500 line train on which he had at
tempted to catch ride. Geere, it was
said, was on his way to Shawano.
looking for work, following reported
trouble at his home. He lived in West
Algoma.
According to a population survey
made by The Manitowoc Herald-News,
the population of Manitowoc is 1873,
an increase of 2,195, or 12.5 per cent,
over the government census four years
ago. The survey is based on the
school enrolment Of 3,147 as compar-
ed with 1925 in the autumn of 1919;
the number of new homes built, and
domestic water service figures.
So many wells of shallow and flow
ing type have become dry in the vi
cinity of Oshkosh lately that farmers
are becoming alarmed. 1t is learned
that several farmers have been forced
to lead cattle over some distance to
marshes or springs to secure water for
them. In other cases farmers have
been hauling water in barrels and
milk cans to the farm for the use Of
livestock.
The theft of an entire crop of hay
has Dist. Atty. George A. Hartman
and Sheriff Ben c. LANCE of Dodge
county puzzled The state bought 10
tons of hay from the Frank Hilker es
tate in the toWn of Shields for the
state farm nea by, and when a farm
foreman went to get the hay he found.
the barn loft empty and discovered
that somebody had purloined the
whole supply Of feed.
Leaving note directing knife he
had used a long time to cut leather be
given to a shoemaker beside whom he
had worked in a shoe factory for many
years, Howard AIcan, so, ended his
life by shooting. A step-son, George
Chamberlain, found the body in a
woodshed back of the house. III
health and dependency over marital
troubles are believed to have been re-
sponsible for the act.
The child welfare special, motorized
health center of the state health de-
partment, has completed its tour for
the present year. Beginning on April
16, the motor health unit made one
hundred five stops in seventeen coun-
ties, ranging from the southern state
line to Lake Superior and from Lake
Michigan to the Mississippi river, &C
cording to report of activities made
by the health department.
Nearly six hundred tons of lime
stone have been purchased by Pierce
county farmers during the past year
and used for soil purposes, County
Agent H. G. Seyforth reports. The
limestone was purchased through the
county agent at an average price of
five individual farms in the county
have been made during the year. Fifty
samples of soil have been tested for
acidity and over three hundred SAM
pies are on hand to be tested.
Seven buildings were wiped out by
fire of unknown origin at Red Granite,
nine miles east of Wautoma, entailing
loss estimated at $4,000. The blaze
started in a vacant building, the old
White Palace saloon, and swept down
the street, burning three other vacant
buildings, besides the opera house, 5
and 10-cent store and bakery, and
pool hall The moving picture ma
chine, seats and most of the other
equipment in the opera house was
saved. The loss was only partially
covered by insurance.
Alfalfa acreage in Pierce county has
increased six times since 1920, accord
ing to reports by County Agent H. G.
Seyforth. The county now has 1,166
acres in this crop, the largest of any
northwest county, Agent Seyforth de-
clares. He predicts that the county
will have 1000 acres of alfalfa by next
spring. Alfalfa has been the out
standing hay crop of the county dur
ing the past year" he declares. "Ev-
cry farmer growing this crop has
plenty Of good hay for his livestock
this winter. A total of 125 question
naires were sent to farmers last spring
and all but four reported stands of al
falfa."
Walter Holtz, an employe of The
Wisconsin Granite Co., at Ableman,
had both feet crushed when huge
boulder rolled against him.
Paul Jablonsky, IL, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Andrew Jablonsky, who live near
Phillips, is dead in the Park Falls
hospital from injuries which resulted
when he exploded shotgun shell by
striking it with stone. He discov-