Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-03-29

Brown post, G. A. r., prominent mem
Der of the Masonic lodge and former
city controller, died at his home IN
Fond du Lac.
From an authoritative source at
Washington it is learned that there
will be nc. recess postmaster appoint
ment made for Manitowoc. Accord
ingly, A. H. Boehringer will continue
to act in that capacity as he has done
for three years.
Mrs. John Shellhouse, 68, a pioneer
settler living on a farm east OF Memo
monte, was probably fatally burned
when her skirts caught fire by being
drawn into the draft of heater Her
husband was seriously burned in PIT
ting out the flames
| Veterans of the Spanish-American
war residing in Racine county and all
surviving members of Company L OF
/ 1898 will be invited to attend the
twenty-ffth annual reunion OF the
veterans which will be held at the
Elks' club Racine, Saturday, April %.
Portage, Waupaca and a third coun-
ty, either Wood or Winnebago, have
| joined forces to hold several spring
sales of pure-bred Guernseys. The
first joint sale will be held at Wau-
paca, May 8. The second will be held
the following day, either in Stevens
Point or at Amherst.
Two fines totaling $40, plus costs,
were imposed upon John Koerth, town
! of Maple Grove farmer, in municipal
court at Manitowoc when he pleaded
guilty to having in his possession
and offering for sale milk containing
less than the standard requirement of
butter fat.
The railroad commission has or
/ dered a reduction of 10 per cent in
the Wisconsin intrastate distance
rates applying on fuel wood between
points in Wisconsin to become effec-
tive retroactive to July I, 1922. This
action was taken on complaint of car
riers.
Several prominent members of the
German Lutheran church Baraboo,
| have threatened to withdraw from the
congregation if the Rev. G. Pieper,
new pastor, carries out his threat to
withhold communion from members of
secret societies. The pastors an
nounced policy of strict enforcement
of the church rule against such so
cieties has stirred UP a hornets nest
since nearly every parishioner is a
member of some lodge.
| The annual meeting of the Monroe
/ County Jersey Breeders association
was held at Wilton. The secretary's
report showed cattle sales have been
slow and prices low, bat Jersey breed
ers in this county have had good
season. Sales through the association
totaled nearly $4,000. Three car
loads of COWS and heifers were recent
ly sent to Dunnell, Mimi, and. the sec
rotary has received an order for 200
head of grade cows to go to Idaho.
Central Wisconsin cattle are being
sent to all parts of the, country and
i dairying centers throughout the east,
south and west have, of late months,
been turning more and more to this
region both for foundation stock and
for cattle to build up herds. The
latest shipment of cattle made from
Colby included % head of grade Hol-
stems, selected from herds in the vi
! cinity of Edgar. They were consigned
/ to the Arden farms at Arden, N. Y,
the immense estate built UP by the
late e. H. Hartman.
Farmers of Manitowoc county will
| take advantage of a law passed by
the state legislature in 1921 which
provides for free tuberculosis testing
of cattle, and the county agricultural
!, department is arranging for cam
ps.ign to sign petition asking the
state to test all herds. Under the
area test law, all herds in the county
are tested for tuberculosis free of
charge providing the farmers submit
to the state livestock department the
names of so per cent of all cattle
owners.
An effort is being made by outside
persons to get Washburn county
farmers interested in the raising of
sugar beets. 1t is stated that farmers
will be guaranteed a fair price per
ton in the fall Considering that po-
tatoes have brought such low prices
this year it is believed that many
farmers will try the raising of sugar
beets rather than potatoes. Soil in
this region will produce at least ten
tons of sugar beets an acre and with
a guaranteed price of SIS ton farm
ers will realize a fairly good percent
age, it is pointed out.
The first move in a campaign to
close up every brewery in Wisconsin
which violates the prohibition laws
was taken at Madison with the issu-
ance of temporary injunctions against
three Wisconsin concerns. With the
issuance of the injunctions, w. H.
Daugherty, United States district at
torney, announced his policy of
breaking every brewery which does
not comply with the liquor laws. The
three concerns were recently fined for
liquor law violations The injunctions
restrain the three. companies from fur
ther manufacture of Illegal beverages.
The American eagle, extremely rare