Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-19
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BADGER STATE
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Mrs. Julia Hamilton, one of Plain
fields earliest settlers, is dead. She
would have been 81 years old next
month On July of this month she
fell in the yard and fractured her hip
and died from the effects of the injury.
L. w. Hevey, wanted in Beloit, Mil
waukee, GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, and
Rockford, ILL.,, and other cities on a
charge of check forgery, was arrested
at La Crosse after he had passed a
bad check. the police claim.
AT the annual meeting of the Kau-
kauna Building and Loan association
the report Of Secretary Weifenbach
showed that the gain in the amount
OF stock for the last year was approx
imately 100000.
More than $4,000 cases of early June
peas were in the early pack just COM
pleted by the Watertown Canning Co.,
according to William S. Siebert, gen.
eral manager. This is considerable
more than was at first anticipated.
The Mill Creek drainage project,
which has been in progress the last
two years, traversing approximately
six miles of Wood county to supply a
draining canal to empty into the Wis
consin river. is completed. The cost
OF the undertaking was $75,00O
Work on Wisconsin's highway build
Ing program will not slow down as a
result of failure of the recent legisla-
ture to provide more adequate financ-
ing, according to the concensus of
opinion of the highway commission,
which held a conference with Gov.
Blaine at Madison.
The pea crop of Barron county
promises to be Is per cent higher this
year than in any previous year.
Statistics show that Wisconsin pro-
duces half the peas used in the United
States. Barron county is one of the
heaviest pea producing counties in the
state. Half of 5000 acres planted with
peas in the county will be canned at
Rice Lake.
The value of a 7-year-old boys life
was placed at $500 in Kenosha when
Fred Clark of that city received a
settlement of that amount from the
insurance company representing Fred
,Merbach of Kaukauna whose machine
crushed out the life of Raymond Clark
short time ago. An order authoriz
ing the father to accept the sum
named has been issued by Judge D. c..
Mcdonald in probate court.
Inheritance tax of $8,666.64 has Just
been paid to Earl Newly, county
treasurer of Portage county, by the
estate of the late William T. Whiting,
pioneer paper mill builder of the Wis
consin river valley. The net value
Of the estate, according to the sched-
ule filed at the courthouse, is $192,782.-
IS of which Mrs. Whiting will receive
$146,686.9 and Kathryn r. Whiting,
a daughter, $48,195.6o.
Barron enjoys the distinction, which
probably is not shared by any other
municipality in the Northwest, of hav-
ing as member of the city council
an alderman who served thirty-fve
years ago. 1t has also the distinction
of having its first municipal judge,
one who served in a similar capacity
as justice of the peace when the city
was first organized thirty-six years
ago. The alderman is Simon Christen-
son and the judge is Fred B. Kinsley.
From Jan. 1 to July 1 this year
the secretary of state sold $4,465,-
046.25 worth of automobile license
plates. The first half of the fiscal
year brought in $329,959 making to-
tai of $4,794,9O5.25 for the entire IL
month period The report shows that
during the last half of the year there
were 100000 automobiles, 28,536 trucks
and 1868 motorcycles. In addition to
this there were 1892 dealers licensed
to drive cars.
The dog population in Wisconsin,
is on the decrease. It is declining 81
the rate of 10000 year. In 1920
there were 247,O0O dogs in the state,
according to A. B. Alexander of the
state department of agriculture. Ir
1922 the dog population decreased to
100000 and this year, according to
official figures, the population has
dropped to 100000. If this ratio con-
tinues the dog will be exterminated
as a species in Wisconsin in a period
of ten years.
In recent bulletin issued the State
fair board has announced that no
games of chance would be permitted
at the 1923 fair and sideshows border
ing on the immoral and demoralizing
will be conspicuous by their absence.
The fair board goes even farther this
year than the state law requires. It
has ruled that under nog circum-
stances will privileges of a question
able nature be let or tolerated on the
grounds or in any of the buildings.
The only concessions granted will be
those of a legitimate character" Both
Gov. Blaine and Mayor Hoan lauded
the attitude of the board in elimin-
ating Objectionable features.
Madison milk distributors wilt pay
s2.4O a hundred pounds for milk dur
ing July, it was announced following
conference between producers and dis
tributors with state marketing officials
who acted as arbiters. The price is