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

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seventy strong, went into fall train
ing at the Lake Buelah camp on Sep
I TENDER 10 under direction of Coach
Frank j. Murray.
The corn crop in jefferson county
viii be the best southern Wisconsin
has ever seen. Corn is twelve to
fourteen feet high in many places and
is hard to handle for siIcs.
A heavy hailstorm caused serious
damage to growing crops in stretch
from Cashton nearly to La Fargo.
Another storm leveled tobacco in the
vicinity of Springville, Vernon county.
King Jess, the famous bull that was
one of the attractions in Baraboo on
Bull day, and which was owned by
]. M. Kelley, has been sold and
shipped to Kansas The animal
weighed 2,400 pounds and was led
through the streets blindfolded by
four men.
Gerald Laduron, 81, more than so
years resident of Oconto county,
died at his home in Brookside from
injuries suffered when he fell from a
fence and fractured his hip. He was
removed to the Oconto hospital. Com
plications developed and he was taken
to his home A stroke of paralysis
fastened his death.
A checkup of enrolment in the
Manitowoc public schools at the end
of the first week shows there were
1928 pupils in attendance, exclusive
of 500 in the vocational school, Al
though the registration in high school
was expected to reach the 1000 mark,
the number there was 927. Attend
ance at parochial schools amounts to
about 1000.
The city resident in Wisconsin pays
more taxes than the farmer, the re-
port of the state tax commission is
sued recently shows The report,
based on comparative facts gathered
by the commission, shows that the
true value of city property in Wis
consin is but 45 per cent of the total
true value of all property in the state,
but that cities bear IS per cent of
the total taxes.
Capt. P. H. Conley, a lifelong resi-,
dent of Darlington, for many years
one of the most prominent trial law
yers in that section of the state has
retired from active practice and is
succeeded in his office and business
by Harold A. Marcoe, of Milwaukee.
Conley has been active in public af-
fairs, a county official and founded
the La Fayette County Historical So
ciety, of which he is now the honored
president.
Five escaped injury near Monroe
when touring car hose-dived from a
small bridge into a creek after col
liding with another car. The first car
was prevented from turning over on
its occupants by a willow tree and a
stump which braced a fender Mrs.
John A. Johnson, rs; Miss Helen
Johnson, Miss Helen ELMER and Mrs.
Ray Palmer were thrown into the
water. They were rescued by pass.
ing motorists.
While preparing his hunting equip
ment for the opening of the season,
Ralph Hawig, 81 years old, well
known resident of Mayyille, was &C
cidentally shot just above the heart.
He died shortly afterward. Hawig's
body was found by his mother, Mrs.
Anton Hawig, when she returned to
her home. The fact his hunting
equipment was scattered about the
room indicated that the shot had been
fred accidentally.
David Cook and Fred pfc, two
Washburn county boys, had an excit-
ing experience while walking through
a forest near their homes. The boys
encountered a big black mother bear
with her three cubs. The bear was
in fury and the guns the lads car
ried were not capable of killing the
animal The bear charged the boys
and soon was reinforced by the male.
The youthful hunters fed when the
bear family became too strong, but
the next day they were able to bag
a 200-pound prize.
The danger of forest fires in north
ern wooded Wisconsin counties is at
a minimum this year due to heavy
rains, the state conservation COM
mission reports. Despite the reduced
hazard, the fire fighting organization
is better prepared during the present
season for possible trouble, than at
any time in the past, according to the
commission. Under provisions Of a
new law, fire districts have been or
ganized in northern counties, while
town officers are given authority to
direct the activity of the fire fighters.
Peter Sickness, member of the
Barron county tobacco pool, has har-
vested 40 loads of tobacco from three
acres. The crop has been large this
year and Mr.. Sickness found it i'm.
possible to store it in his large drying
she'd. The three acres devoted to to-
bacco. produced enough Of the crop to
fill the shed and 10 additional loads.
While in some years the tobacco crop
has been a failure in parts of north
ern Wisconsin, Mr.. Sickness one year
realized s., 543. from tobacco raised on
only three and one-half acres.
Clarence Blahnik, IA, of Kellners-
vile, suffered fractures of both legs
when his automobile turned over,
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