Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-12-20
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dence of liquor violation, paid S1,OU'
fine in the Beloit municipal court. He
pleaded guilty.
Nine Green Bay banks will pay
out approximately $4,000 on Christ
mas saving accounts. This amount o.
money, put into simultaneous circula
ton, is expected to greatly increase
the Christmas trade.
The committee which was appoint
ed to make plans for a cooperative
creamery at Cumberland, have re
ported that the corporation has been
organized with a capital stock Of
$4,000.
/. Shoudy, well known Throughout
Wisconsin as dealer in real estate
and who handled thousands Of acres
Of northern Wisconsin land for the
James L. Cater Land company, died
suddenly in his office at Rockford.
Matt Laitala, As, was found frozer
to death in the yards of the superior
Shipbuilding company, in Superior. Il
is thought he became dazed or i'll
while walking around the yards ano
succumbed to tue near zero weather
Colliding with an interurban car as
it came from the fire house in re
Spouse to an alarm, hook and ladder
truck of the Fond du Lac department
was so badly damaged that it had tc
be taken out of commission for sew
eral hours.
Because of the general lack of snow
in northern Wisconsin, lumber com
panies are having unusual trouble in
getting logs to the railroads. With
out iced roads heavy loads cannot be
hauled, and the first snow is being
anxiously awaited.
Hugh Wagner's freedom from the
Mendoza state hospital, where he is
serving a sentence as drug addict
was of short duration. He was ar
rested in Beloit by Constable Charles
Thompson, who recognized him. Wag
ner escaped several days ago.
Selecting a blizzard in which tc
work, thieves stole an automobile
from Gus Kasbrick's private garage in
Merrill, and then drove to Harry
Krom's clothing store, where $1,000 to
$500 worth of clothing was loaded
into the automobile. The thieves es
capped.
While no epidemic of scarlet fever
exists in Stevens Point, there arc 81
cases under quarantine, according to
DR.. r. A. Southwick, city health off
Ger. New cases have averaged ole a
day since Oct. 4, and most of them
are mild. Half Of the cases are among
school children.
Roy Marsh, a settler near Park
Falls, is establishing a record as a
wolf hunter. His total wolf kill thus
far. this season is twelve. Some OF
these animals were shot and others
were trapped. He is assisted in his
work by three valuable wolf hounds,
Marsh has also trapped sixty mink
this fall
Dropping of nine of the 40 assessors
of incomes, which will entail com
plete revision of the assessors dis
tricts throughout Wisconsin, has been
decided upon by the state tax commits
sion. Lack of money, because the
emergency board as yet has failed to
act on REQUESTS, is said to be the prin,
cipal cause for the commissions
action.
Rehearing in the case Of the town
of Milton against the state railroad
commission was denied by Judge c.
M. Dawson in Dane county circuit
court recently. The suit involved an
order of the state commission direct
ing the town to buy the land on which
the former MCGOWAN Water, Light
and Power company was located. The
town bought the plant.
Abe Denny, SO, full blooded Indian
and veteran of the Civil war, dropped
dead while walking in the down town
district in Neenah. Denny was on
visit to his sister and was on his way
to the business section when he col
lapsed and passed away before physi
clans could be summoned For many
years Denny was a shipbuilder al
Green Bay Of late years he had livec
at the Waupaca Veterans home.
Wisconsin produces more than 81
per cent of the nations peas and con
sunnes less than 4 per cent of them
Dean Harry L. Russell of the college
Of agriculture Of the University O.
Wisconsin, told pea Gamers repre-
senting 100 Wisconsin canning fac
tories who were enrolled in short
course at the university recently
"Climatic conditions in Wisconsin are
peculiarly favorable for pea raising,
he said. "This industry has grown
from 10 factories with an output o
]. 10000 cases in 1905 to 103 factories
with a production of 100000 cases
in 1928" he said.
John, the young son of Anthem!
Scharenbrock, Rusk county resident
will pass the remainder of his life
minus his left hand as a result of play
ing with a dynamite cap. The cap ex
ploded in the lads hand. He was i'm
mediately removed to a hospital
Sums of 100000 for roads and $40
600 for a new training school TO
teachers were included in appropria