Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-22

tournament that will be held at the
College of Agriculture, Feb. %.
The Manitowoc Masonic lodges have
purchased property and will build a
temple next spring. The site com
prises two lots. The Masons plan to
erect a building which will cost
$85 700.
The appointments Of Col. Peter F.
Piasecki as postmaster of Milwaukee
and of Edward w. Miller, Marinette,
as United States district attorney for
the eastern district of Wisconsin,
were confirmed by the United States
senate
An American Legion band is being
organized in Bloomer under the state
educational bonus law. The state aid
will eliminate practically all cost to
the individual members and they will
receive a musical training at little
or no expense.
| Lee T. Pickett post, American Lee
| gion, voted to build a community
hall in Spencer. Plans tentatively de
cided upon call for brick or tile
structure, so by 100 feet, with a base
ment under part of the building. The
post has already raised about $500.
On account of the illness of two of
the teachers and the inability to OBJ
tain others as substitutes, the Brant-
wood school board was forced to close
the school in Brentwood, Price county,
for one week. This county has ex-
perienced great difficulty in obtaining
and holding enough teachers this year.
| According to statistics six hundred
ninety-three more cars of lumber were
shipped from points along the Ash
land division of the Northwestern line
in January this year, than in January,
| 1922 This is an increase of IA per
cent. There is a heavy movement OF
| logs along the division this winter.
The merging of all the Boy Scout
organizations in cities of the valley
into a Fox river valley Boy Scout
council, with one executive, took def
mite form at a meeting in Menasha, at
tended by representatives of scout
councils of Menasha, Neenah, Apple
ton Kaukauna, Kimberly and Little
Chute.
Town of Abrams, Oconto county,
! through an efficient method of gov
eminent economies for the s0wn, has
established a remarkable record in
the reduction of town taxes this year,
it was reported by Income Assessor
j. J. Co1ignon. The reductions amount
to nearly SO per cent as compared
with figures for last year, the assessor
declared.
Lewis Lewis, pioneer. resident of
| Winnebago county and past command
er of Philip P. Sheridan post G. A. R.,
and his wife were found dead in the
bathroom of their home at Oshkosh.
IAsphyxiation was the cause of death.
While the circumstances surrounding
the deaths are unusual, Dist. Atty.
d. K Allen viewed the tragedy as
purely accidental and decided no in
quest was necessary.
Foes of the Amigo commission plan
of city government were routed in
recent referendum, A total of 1873
votes was cast in favor of commission
form, while opponents were able to
muster only 351 The government of
Amigo has been administered on the
commission plan for eight years, and
voices raised against it became SO
strong recently that referendum was
obtained.
A renewed warning was sent out by
| the state board of health, admonish-
ing people in Wisconsin to exercise
the greatest care with colds because
of prevalence of influenza in mild
form. Severe measures should be
taken by persons managing public
places to limit infection, the warning
said Intimation was given by the
board that unless steps were taken
by local authorities to cope with the
health situation, general closing
order may be issued as necessary
precaution.
Entering a bid against four competi-
tors, the First Wisconsin Securities
Co., Milwaukee, bought in $605000
worth of Brown county highway bonds
at premium amounting to S17,72650
This block represents the remainder
of a $2,500,OO0 bond issue for road
building authorized at Green Bay at
referendum in 1919. The block of
bonds was sold for immediate delivery
and with more than 100000 on hand
the county highway fund totals over
81 100000, which, it is expected, will
be spent this year in building thirty
five miles of concrete road.
Mrs. Hattie Peters and her grand
father, John Van Buren,, ST., were ar
rested at Waupun on warrants charg-
ing them with first degree murder in
! the death of Willie Peters, Waupun
farmer, whose body was found in an
abandoned well on Dec. 29 Their
arrest followed the decision of cor.
oner's jury that Peters had come to
his death through foul play. The war.
rants were sworn out by Sheriff Frank
Schlaak. Van Buren, and Mrs. Peters
were arraigned before Justice Louis
Butts, Waupun, who held them with
out bail for a preliminary hearing on
Feb. 26. They were taken to the coun-
| ty jail at Fond du Lac.
Annual inspection of the Wisconsin
National guard will be made by eight
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