Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-03-15
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Observation-Disclosures


Lieut. Col. A. H. Smith, One Hun
dred Twentieth Field artillery, Wis
consin National Guard, will conduct a
state inspection and Maj, H. G. Fitz,
U. S. A., a federal inspection of Bat
terry c, March 10 and 20, at Merrill.
Harvesting of nearly 10000 tons of
ice in the Wisconsin river at Stevens
Point and at Stone lake for the 500
line houses on the northern district
of the Chicago division has been COM
pleted.
A union depot at La Crosse has been
ordered by the state railroad commits
sion. 1t will affect five roads. De,
tailed plans for the station must be
submitted to the commission for ap-
prevail before June 80, 1924.
James N Kavanaugh, county agri-
cultural agent, was appointed tempo
rary secretary of the Brown County
Association of Potato Growers at a
meeting held in Green Bay. Kav-
anaugh will draw up a tentative pro-
gram for the local branch Of the state
association which will be presented
for the consideration of the members
at meeting to be held March II.
An investigation of the conditions
and costs of operating the farm of the
county school of agriculture has been
ordered by the Racine county board of
supervisors to ascertain the cause of
deficit and charges of mismanagement.
The county's farm of 120 acres, at
tached to an agricultural and domes7
tic school, totaling an investment of
100000, has a deficit of $4,000 an
nually.
The common council Of Racine,
seeking to evade the fight between
North and South side residents over
the location of new high school, has
decided to submit to vote in the
spring election the question of wheth-
er a bond issue of 100000 shall be
voted for a high school on the North
side or that the amount be voted for
the first section of central high
school to be erected on the South side.
A heavy snow fall heightened the
logging season in Lincoln county just
at the time when camps were about
to break up, and gave farmers an adj
ditional opportunity to bring in cord
wood and other forest products. The
greatest value realized, however, from
the snow will be the protection to
fields of clover, and rye, which were
left bare by the recent thawing
weather.
The distinction of being the only
woman field agent of the United
States revenue bureau and the only
woman deputy revenue agent in Wis
consin is held by Miss Ethel M. Hill
burg. who is stationed at Appleton to
assist in reporting incomes. Miss Hill
burg received her appointment last
July and since then two other women
have been named as deputy revenue
collectors in other states but none is
in the field service
Plans for the annual meeting of the
to be held at Jefferson June Ia, Is, 16,
were made at a meeting of the execu-
tive committee. The city council has
appropriated $1,000, the businessmen
have raised $1,000 and a guarantee
fund of $3.50 has been raised through
three entertainments. Henry Vessel,
Oconomowoc, is the president Of the
association, and Benjamin Burr, JET
ferson, secretary.
Soloman Levitan, state treasurer,
has announced that there is $2,542,-
425 more in the general fund of the
state treasury this month than there
was one year ago, indicating more
healthy condition of the state finances.
This monthly report shows that there
is $9,1O3,507 in all of the funds of the
state at. present compared with 1922,
967 in the same fund March 1, 1922
The general fund has balance of
$6,975,926 at this time compared with
$4,435. 500 in March, 1922.
Annual floods at New London, caus-
ing losses of thousands of dollars
through inundation of part of the bust
ness district, will be averted hereafter
through appropriation of $4,000 by
the New London common council to
construct a canal connecting the En-
barrass and Wolf rivers. This will
prevent overflow of the Embarrass
where it joins the Wolf at New Lon
don, and also will make thousands of
acres of farm land available for cab
bage raising.
An industrial commission award of
S2O90.21 for the death of his son, lrv-
ing Westphal of Byron, Fond du Lac
county. some time ago, has been con-
firmed by the supreme court after ap-
peal by the defendants. Westphal
was crushed to death under a truck
load of cement while working on the
county roads. He fell under the
wheels when his glove caught after
he had Tipped the truck. The
Widell Construction company, defend
ant, had appealed from the commits
sion award to the Dane county clrcnd
court and then to the supreme court.
Miss Laura F. Porter, for the last
year executive secretary OF the Por-
tage county chapter Of the Red Cross.
has resigned. The amount OF work
for a full-time secretary has become
Negligible as there are two other