Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-08
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NEWS OF THE :
BADGER STATE:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

was rescued almost Immediately, bu1
died within a few hours.
Independent buyers in the La Crosse
district are offering rs to % cents &
pound for leaf tobacco, in a fight
which has been launched against the
tobacco pool. The pool is paying II
cents. At mass meeting at Viroqua
1900 growers voted to stand by the
pool.
Construction work totaling $224,61S
in January, established new record
in Madison this year. The amount
involved in building operations sur
passes the total for January, 1921, by
more than $4,000. The major por
ton of the construction program was
the erection of new homes.
A cheese day celebration, which is
expected to surpass any held so far
is planned at Monroe for the first OF
second Tuesday in October. The cele
bration was discontinued during the
war. The gala occasion before 1917
made Monroe and Green counties
noted far and wide. The last event
was held in October, 1917. Thou
sands of cheese sandwiches were given
away free at each celebration.
The investigation into the death OF
Willie J. Peters, farmer near Waupun
whose body was found in an aban
doned well on neighbours farm, came
to temporary halt when the inquest
conducted by Coroner ]. E. Murray
and District Attorney James Murray
was adjourned to Feb. 10, pending
completion of the report of DR.. c. H
Bunting, University of Wisconsin pa
biologist, on his autopsy over Peters
body.
A renegade dog is leading a large
pack of wolves which have been com.
hitting depredations among live stock
within a few miles of Park Falls. The
dogs bark can plainly be distinguish
ed from the bowling of the wolves,
and his tracks are seen mingled with
those of the pack. Woodsmen declare
that a renegade dog travelling with
wolves constitutes a more dangerous
menace than do the wolves them
selves.
Because he has, a wife and nine chill
dren and is virtually destitute, Luigi
PARSE. Argonne, arrested by county
officers on a charge of making moon
shine, was given his release. Parise
confessed that he was lured into VIC
lating the law by the tales of huge
profits and had made two patches of
liquor. He had no money with which
to pay a fine and his confinement in
jail would force the county to support
his family At one time Parise was
in comfortable circumstances.
A. r. Rogue and George Hall, Ocon-
to commissioners in the Pensaukee
land drainage district, have been
served with papers to appear before
Judge Henry GRASS in circuit court
at Green Bay Feb. II to show cause
why they should not be removed on
charges of extravaganza and manipu-
1ation of the districts affairs to suit
their personal advantage. The charges
were embodied in petition filed in
circuit court by more than thirty farm
ers whose land is involved in the pro-
posed drainage area.
Actions were commenced in Madi-
son by the state department of mar
kets against corporations and individ-
uals violating the states potato grad
ing and labelling requirements at state
shipping points. Present regulations
of the marketing department require
labelling Of cars or tagging of sacks
of potatoes to show the grade of the
product or the fact that it is ungraded.
These regulations, the department
contends, were not carried out by
some shippers. Alvin G. Refs, attor-
ney for the department, is prosecut-
ing the actions.
In an attempt to determine the basic
cause for criminality among former
soldiers of the World war, Gov. Blaine
has written the governors of all states
asking them to advise him regarding
conditions among former. service men
confined in their prisons. The gov
ernor recently instituted a thorough
investigation of the problems in Wis
consin, when he says he found that
nearly third of the inmates of penal
institutions were former service men.
Maj. w. F. Lorenz, director of the
Wisconsin psychiatric institute and a
widely known mental expert, was
placed in charge of the Wisconsin in
vestigation. Maj. Lorenz is reported
to have found that mental troubles
arising from experiences of the war
had led to criminal tendencies in many
former. soldiers. On the basis Of this
report, Gov. Blaine is pardoning many
of the men in order that they may
be sent to government institutions for
treatment.
Heirs of Charles S. Wright, who
gave ten acres of land to Racine col
lege nearly forty years ago, have with
drawn their action to regain posses
sion of the property and have accepted
$4,000 in lieu Of all claims. Trustees
of the institution now have a clear
title to the property.
For the first time in rs years, Jan
uary has been a month without zero
weather in Madison. Records at the
Tinted S+a+oc weather bureau show