Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-06-21
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

creamery. On May %, 1922, all rec
ords were broken with an output of
1926 pounds On June IA the
amount totaled 17,050 pounds.
Wisconsin Hoiatein owners are in
terested in the assemblage of black
and white cattle that will make the
trip on the Better Dairying special
train which will tour the Northwest
in an attempt to create a still greater
market for surplus Wisconsin dairy
cattle.
Joseph Rank of Sheboygan recent
ly exhibited an unusually large catfish
that he caught in Wolf river near Ere
mont It weighed thirty pounds,
measuring thirty-six inches long and
tWenty-eight inches around the girth.
inches in diameter. It was caught
with a hook and line while fishing
from boat.
;. George Mccarthy, Racine patrolman,
was arrested at Racine on charge of
assault and battery preferred by Mrs.
Mary Ahrens. Mrs. Ahrens charges
that when she caught him in the act
of moving fence from property
which he owns adjoining the Ahrens
property and protested, that he beat
her until her body was covered with
bruises.
The little pig market conducted a
brisk business at Watertown when
several thousand porkers changed
hands at fair prices. A number of
out of state buyers made the market
active although the offerings slightly
exceeded the demand, prices ranging
as high as S6 each for little pigs
weighing 40 to so pounds. The Illinois
buyers proved that these pigs can be
bought for fattening on prairie corn
farms at a fair profit in spite of the
threatened slump in pork prices.
William Tappa, IS, laborer living
about mile from Stiles, was burned
to death and his wife and three small
children narrowly escaped the same
fate, when their home was destroyed
by FIRE Of unknown origin. Tappa,
who had been i'll for nearly a year,
was unable to leave his bed and per-
ished in che flames. The blaze was
not discovered, it was said, until the
roof of the dwelling was on the verge
of falling. His wife had barely enough
time to save herself and the children.
Excavation has been begun for the
plant of the Sanitary DishWashing
Machine Co., and pouring of the foun-
dalton is expected to begin within a
week or ten days, it was announced
by John J. Wolf, leader of the move
ment to bring factories to Burlington.
]. Vandreuil, president of the manu-
featuring concern, asserts he expects
TO be able to begin installation of his
machinery some time in July and that
operations should be begun before fall.
The factory will employ about a score
of highly skilled Workmen, it is said.
Of 453 cows tested during May by
the Rewey Cow Testing association,
121 produced more than forty pounds
Of butter fat The high COW, Permit,
owned by L. E. Grunenwald, produced
1908 pounds of milk and 681 pounds
of butter fat. Considerable improve
ment is noticed in several herds over
the record Of May, 1922, and one which
averaged 1873 pounds of butter fat
this month averaged 1874 last year,
with practically the same cows. This
increase is thought to be brought
about by improved feeding methods.
Ivan Glass, 80, Superior resident,
was found nearly starved to death in
haystack near Crosby, Mimi, by
road crew, only his head visible out
of the hay. Glass disappeared from
work at Crosby on May Is. He in
formed his rescuers that he feared
three Ironton, Mimi, girls were after
$500 which he had in an account in
Superior bank and that he had decided
to hide from them. For fifteen days
he managed to crawl to a lake to
drink, but finally became so weak that
he could not leave the haystack and
had existed without water for about
passed his lips for a month.
Several thousand dollars in con-
tracts were awarded by the new Mani
towoc Portland Cement Co. for work
in connection with establishment of
the plant at Manitowoc. A. NJ. Johns,
president of the concern, was in Mani
towoc comforting with local stock
holders when the awards were made.
The firm of McMullen & PITT of Mani
tGWoc was given the contract for driv-
ing of piling for docks at the plant
site. Another contract was let for
construction of large warehouse for
cement storage and some smaller
buildings, similar to silos, used in the
process of cement making. Contracts
for the building of kilns and coolers
were also closed and much of the ma
chinery was ordered. When complet-
ed, the plant will represent an ex--
penditure of $1,000,000.
The Marathon county fair this year
will offer increased premiums in al
most every department, the total to
be more than $4,000, compared with
$13,463 last year. Premiums in the
cattle department alone will amount
to 1880. The fair will be held Aug.
20 to "a.
A large acreage of soy beans will
he rlantnd in Waunaca coI1nfv thic