Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-19

age at approximately 20 per cent.
DR.. A. B. Law, recently found guilty
of performing an illegal operation and
fined $500, will leave Madison soon
for his former home in Canada, he an
nounced. The court revoked his Ii
cense.
The bridge over the Fox river at
De Pere was declared safe for heavy
traffic in statement from officials
of that city. The bridge, which is on
highway Is, has been closed to truck
traffic because of it's weakened con-
dition.
Strengthening of the states powers
in various directions for the better
control of disease and the furtherance
of popular education on health and
welfare measures was an outcome OF
the legislative session just closed.
Many bills however failed of passage.
George B. Orlady, city treasurer OF
Mondovi, was bound over to the next
term of circuit court in Buffalo county
at the request of his attorney, to an
swer the charge of completely in the
robbery of the Mondovi bank of which
he was vice-president, on Dec. %, 1922.
Mrs. Richard Meyer, Jr., 81, died at
her home in Lancaster after a long
illnass. In an attempt to save her life
blood transfusions were taken from
each of her children, Martha Meyer,
Frank Never and Mrs. Catherine
Nathan.
Charles A. Shaver, president of the
Bank of Shell Lake, suffered broken
arm when the sedan which he was
driving left the road and went over
bank into the Yellow river about
five miles north of Shell Lake. The
car was found in about IA feet OF
water. Mr.. Shaver narrowly escaped
drowning by breaking a glass from
the door of the car and swimming
ashore.
County Agent Mathieson reports
that 1 ,931 Sheboygan county Holsteins
were sold out of the state last year
OF this number 6G6 were purchased by
Illinois dairymen, 381 went to Mexico,
161 to California, A to Georgia, 2 to
Indiana, A to Kansas, to Minnesota,
SO to New York, to Oklahoma, IS
to Connecticut, to Iowa, 81 to Louis
lana, 2 to Michigan, to Missouri, 6
to Ohio and 66 to Utah.
The second annual convention of
the Northern Wisconsin tabacco pool
will be held in Madison on Aug. IA.
Considerable interest attaches to this
meeting, as reports will be made con-
corning the first tobacco crop that has
been raised under control of the pool.
The convention will be attended by
delegates from sixteen districts of the
state, each district being entitled to
six delegates.
Col Paul B. Clemens, Superior,
made an inspection of the Rice Lake
unit of the national guard, and while
he found the company in fine shape,
he warned the officers that unless
something is done very soon to get
new members, Rice Lake stands a
very good show to lose the company.
Capt. James Scolman reported to the
inspecting officer that he had only 30
men on his roll, as against an absolute
minimum of SO, when there should
actually be 72.
Badger farm women are just as in
terested in better farming as their
husbands, judging by the large num-
bers of them who attended the recent
Station Day. picnic at the College of
Agriculture at Madison. Over two
hundred fifty women representing
southern Wisconsin counties as well
as more distant parts such as Rock
and Door counties were present at
this one-day meeting. In the general
farming exhibits the poultry and bee
keeping displays were especially in
teresting to the women. A showing
of labor saving household machinery
was also made.
Gov. Blaine seriously believes a
special session of the legislature will
be necessary to keep the University
of Wisconsin and Normal schools run
ming up to standard, it became known
at Madison. The legislature probably
will be called back in October not
only to provide direct appropriations
for the big educational institutions,
but to fight anew the battle of tax re-
vision With the defeat of appropria
tions, due to deadlock over raising
the money by surtaxes on incomes, as
insisted upon by the assembly against
the senate's stand, the university and
normals must depend on continuing
appropriations.
VIM. Olsen, secretary of the Green
County Farm Bureau is seeking to or
ganize the cheese makers of the Mon
roe district, comprising Dane, Dodge,
Green, Iowa and Lafayette counties,
into a cheese federation for the pur-
pose of building large cold storage
warehouses at convenient centers
from which cheese shall be distribut-
ed into trade channels as ordered by
the federation. Seventy-five per cent
of the foreign type of cheese made in
the state of Wisconsin is made in this
district, and sixty-four per cent of the
foreign type of cheese made in the
United States is also made in the Mon
roe district.
Frank A. Graf, 38, a member of the
Helena. Wis. baseball team. felI-dead