Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
!. NEWS OF THE
! BADGER STATE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Erwin Hayes, 38, bachelor, wa:
found hanging in the woods near his
home, south of Portage. He had beer
missing for fourteen days.
The large barn on the farm of Mrs
E. Gilbeault near Coleman was com
pletely destroyed by fire. The loss il
estimated at $4,000, covered by insur
ance.
The pure bred Holstein cattle sale
held at the fair grounds in MarshfelG
drew, a large crowd. Sixty-one head
were sold at an average of 500. The
total of the sale was $4,000.
The perfection of colorless iodine
awill be one of the accomplishments
attempted by University Of Wisconsin
chemists this year. X. H. Rank anG
E. Kremers will be in charge of the
research work.
The G. A. Cummings herd Of dairy
cattle of Skanawan averaged sc
pounds of milk and 31.3 pounds OF
butterfat per cow for September and
led the Tomahawk Cow Testing asso
citation for that month.
Burglars robbed the Bassine Grain
Elevator office, Green Bay, of 1881
and broke. into two other business
places, without obtaining money
Marks upon the windows and around
the cash boxes of the city scale office
and the Haevers Lumber office proved
the presence Of burglars during the
night.
The T. D. Kellogg Lumber Co. has
bought from Henry S. WunGerlich and
George Wunderlich the saw log tim.
Der, pulpwood and cedar on approx
mately 1000 acres of land in the
townships of Elcho and Upham, Lang,
lade county. The Langlade County
Lumber Co., a new corporation, has
opened offices in Amigo.
The summer resort property on
Little Sand bay, north of Bayfield,,
belonging to the South Shore club, an
organization of citizens Of the town
of Russell, promises to become one of
the finest summer home locations in
the Bayfield, region, and already a
large number of lots have been sold
to parties who will build summer cot
tages there.
All hope of recovering 21a year old
Robert Henry, lost in the woods of
Ashland county for fourteen days, has
been virtually abandoned Searching
parties have combed every strip of
forest for miles around, under direc-
ton Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry, par
ents of the child Unless he was kid
mapped, which is not thought probable,
he could not exist for so long time
without food.
Students of the University Of Wis
consin will spend approximately $4,-
426,639 among Madison merchants
during the school year, according to
conservative estimates of what the
average student spends in excess of
board and lodging. The amount is
based upon 1921 a person. If board
and lodging is included in the stu.
dents expenditure the amount would
far exceed the 100000 mark
Figures compiled by the United
States department of commerce show
that the wisconsin dairy industry is
still out in front by good margin.
At the present time, one-f1fth of all
the dairy products manufactured in
the United States originate within the
boundaries of wisconsin. According
to the commerce department, Wiscon-
sin produces 20.6 per cent of the total
dairy products manufactured in the
country.
According co an announcement
made by County Agricultural Agent ".
E. Brubaker, Bayfield, county farmers
will buy at least six cars of sodatol
through the county department. Cars
contain about 10000 pounds of the ex-
plosive. Sodatol is being manufac.
tured and sold to the farmers at cost
of manufacturing, plus freight. It is
war explosive given by the govern
ment to the various state agricultural
departments.
"A PdShoSC vi O11lfA AOIC0 anu 0C-
curities valued at $4,000, stolen from
the Ingram State bank, Sept. IL, was
found by schoolboys behind Hunt
ington grist mill, where it had been
kicked about for days. Officers of
the bank took possession of the
papers. The loot was thought to have
been abandoned by bandits enroute to
the Twin cities after robbing the Ing
ram bank. All of the notes were pre-
served in bank bill case.
Bank statements of % institutions
of Barron county show that farmers
are saving more this year than they
did in 1922 Total resources of the
banks are $7,655,O66.54, nearly $780,
600 more than last year. Total de-
posts this year are $6,661 ,09953, as
compared with $5,785,597.62. Ac-
counts generally are being liquideted,
improvements are being made on
farm buildings, butter and cheese
prices are more favorable and the
farmers are more optimistic than they
have been for some time.
Since the open season for hunting
many farmers in Sank county have
posted signs prohibiting hunting on
their premises for the protection of
livestock. Last season several cattle
were wounded by careless hunters.
Use of a tract of land to be used
as a rife range has been donated to