Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-15
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William Semm, 70, pioneer resident
of Washburn county, died at his home
in Shell Lake. Mr.. Semm was one
of the first settlers of Washburr
county.
To enable him to go home to take
care of a purebred Percheron stallion
that hasn't been out of the barn since
Sept 20, Gov. Blaine pardoned Edward
Ehman, Pepin county farmer, serving
one year for making nloonshine.
George Moore, Rock county farmer
suffered a $4,000 loss when fire de
stroyed his barn, Ii head of cattle
several tons of hay and fodder, and
farm machinery. Insurance partly
covers the loss.
The Worlds Dairy congress and the
| National Dairy show will be held early
next fall in Syracuse, n. Y, according
! to the announcement made at Madison
by G. L. HILL Rosendale, a member of
the committee who decided upon the
location of the next show.
The Sheboygan city council has
passed a resolution asking congress
to make an appropriation for the
erection of a postoffice and federal
building in that city. The present
postoffice was erected in 1898 and is
inadequate to the demands made upon
it, the city fathers have decided.
| Of D,.ioo ~,
has raised the bounty on wolf. scalps
1 to SIS. This makes the total bounty
to be realized from one wolf $50.
Bounty on wolf cubs was raised from
$40 to SIS and bounty of SIS has
been placed upon bobcats. This &C
ton was taken in view of the fact
that wolves are holder and more nu-
merous this winter than for years
past.
Another outbreak of influenza in the
state is feared by the state board of
health, which began statewide sur
vey to determine what Roadway the
epidemic has gained during the last
| few weeks. Schools at West Allis,
Sturgeon Bay and Amigo have been
closed, as well as many schools in
rural districts in various parts of the
state, according to the board. At
Sturgeon Bay the ban was extended
to theatres and other public gather
Ing places.
Boys outlisted the girls in the an
nual report on vital statistics for 1922
in Brown county. During the past
year out of a total of nine hundred
ninety-eight births, five hundred sew.
enteen were boys and four hundred
eighty-one were girls. Deaths were
the report, which placed the total
number of male deaths at two hun
dred eighty and two hundred seventy
three for the females.
James A. Chapman, victim of the
Christmas package bomb that killed
his wife, was discharged from St.
Joseph's hospital, Marshfield He was
taken to his farm home at Klondike
by his nephew, James Tarr, who was
with his when the bomb exploded.
Chapman is still unable to walk with
out assistance and there are pieces of
the bomb still in his left leg. In
juries to his left arm, suffered when
the explosion tore off his left hand,
have healed
Miss iona Gale, Portage, and Sen
ator G. B. Casperson, Frederick, were
appointed to the board of regents of
the University of Wisconsin by Gov
Blaine. Miss Gale, widely known au-
thor. will succeed Mrs. Florence G..
Buckstaff, Oshkosh, the regent-at-
large. Her term is for six years.
Senator Casperson succeeds Peter
Eimon, Superior, as the regent repre-
sentative from the Eleventh Congress
sional district His term likewise is
for six years.
More than 1000 dairy farmers of
Brown county will back the movement
to advertise Wisconsin dairy products
when campaign is opened in Green
Bay, in the near future, to raise funds
for the purpose, it was stated by
County Agent J. N. Kavanaugh. There
are possibly 5000 farms in the coun-
ty that could be called dairy farms.
1t is expected that a large majority
of the owners will donate receipts
from two days sale Of milk toward
the 100000 fund which is to be
spent in a national campaign through
publications and various other forms
of advertising.
Escorted by six units Of the national
guard and militia officers represent
ing every command in the state, the
body OF Adj Gen. Orlando Holway,
head of the Wisconsin National guard,
was borne to the grave in Oak Grove
cemetery at La Crosse, following serv-
ices in Christ Episcopal church. 1t
was the largest and most imposing
military funeral ever held in La
Crosse. Funeral volleys over the
grave were fired by detachment of
the One Hundred Twenty-eighth In
fantry and the salute by platoon
from the One Hundred Twentieth field
artillery.
Otto Gleason, recently released from
prison after serving 10 years for an
attempted assault on young woman,
was arrested again on the charge of
attempting to assault a young woman
at Beaver Dam. He was arraigncd at
Juneau and held in default of $1,000