Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-20
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Observation-Disclosures

George Tarant. vice-president of the
First National bank Of Durand. died
at Eau Claire following a surgical
operation. He had been i'll for short
time.
The Sank County chapter, Ameri-
can Red Cross, is one of the first in
the state to meet its share of the
state quota of $4,000 in the $5,000,O0O
national relief fund for Japan.
Prof. Willard G. Bleyer, director of
the course of journalism at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, has returned
from a six-month stay in Europe, and
is at present in New York.
A potato pool organization of Wis
consin farmers similar to that of the
tobacco growers which now controls
the bulk of the leaf crop raised in the
state, may be organized next year.
DR.. L. G.. Hart died at his home in
Chippewa Falls as a result of burns
received on Aug. %, when a lighted
lantern in his automobile ignited gaso-
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lantern was used for making country
calls. DIR. Hart was SIS.
Lars Olson, a farmer living about
10 miles west of Merrill, was killed
when his shotgun went off while he
was crawling through a wire fence.
He was not found for several hours
and was so seriously injured that he
died few hours later.
A concrete silo, with walls eight
inches thick, on the farm of Palmer
Vinger, near Greenwood, burst with a
terrific crash, Immediately after it
had been filed with corn, demolish-
ing an adjoining machine shed. What
caused the brushing of the silo is a
mystery. No one was hurt.
w. S. Furguson. 70 years old, pio-
neer Washburn county resident and
one of the few remaining veterans of
the Civil war, is dead following an
extended illness. Mr.. F'urguson en-
listed with the Union army at the age
of Is and saw active service through
out the entire war.
When his automobile jumped 25-
foot embankment, August jain, 49,,
of Gilmanton, was killed by suffoca-
ton. He was pinned face down by
the auto seat that lay across his back.
Jahn's body was found by Sam
Stamm, a farmer. The accident hap
pened one mile from Mondena.
A slight reduction in the total taxes
collected in Wisconsin from all
sources during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1923, is to be shown by COM
pilations of the state tax commission,
according to T. e. Lyons, chairman
of the commission. The expected re
duction, amounting to approximately
100000, is attributable to lower re-
turns from the income tax, Mr.. Lyons
said.
The resignation of f. E. Jaasted,
several years principal of the Eau
Claire county training school for
teachers at Eau Claire, has been &C
cepted by the county training school
board, which will name his successor
soon. Prof Jaasted, one of the most
widely known educators in the state,
resigned his post to become Wiscon-
sin representative of school text
book concern.
The new Tri-County high school
building at Tripoli has just been COM
E.leted at a cost of 100000. The
building is thoroughly up to date in
every way. 1t is one story building
with basement. There are seven reci-
tation rooms and one assembly room
on the ground floor. The gymnasium,
domestic science room and laboratory
Ii in the basement. Work was begun
A severe hail storm passed over a
vide section of country two miles
south of Platteville, working much
damage to cornfields, which were
beaten down and stripped. Although
the storm was of short duration eye
witnesses describe hail stones as big
as walnuts. The storm was preceded
by wind, which for a time threatened
to develop into the size of cyclone
Many of the farmers have begun cut
ting their corn, which is well ad-
vanced to prepare it for the sflos in
the hopes they will save the damaged
crop.
on the building year ago.
The short hay crop this year and
t11s expected importation of large
quantities of baled alfalfa from the
western states may result in the in
production of Americas worst alfalfa
pest into Wisconsin. According to 3
statement issued by the state depart
ment of agriculture, the alfalfa weeyil
is the most injurious insect attacking
this crop in the world. 1t is now at
work in Utah, Idaho and neighSoTing
states, and is so bad that alfalfa fields
in some districts are sprayed to kill
the pests, as potatoes are sprayed for
potato bugs here.
The Waupaca Bachelors club
which was organized twenty-one
years ago, held its annual outing At
Rainbow lake, near Waupaca. The
rife shoot, which is always a feature
of the outing, was won by Theodore
Johnson of Neenah.
The federal government has negoti-
ated a lease of property near Little
River to be used as a rifle range by
company A of Marinette. Capt
Rogers, U. S. A., closed a deal For the