Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-07
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able to place about 800 workers.
P. H. Peterson, Lake Geneva, was
reelected president of the Wisconsin
Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages at
the closing session of the eighth an
nual convention.
When he was pushed onto a sharp
piece of a rail by another boy, while
playing tag at school, 10 year old
Frank Vetora of Cedarville, sustained
a deep cash above his right eye. The
lad nearls bled to death before he
could be taken to doctor.
Fifty new residences for the hous-
Ing of workingmen, to be erected at
a cost of 100000, are being planned
by the Waupun Association of Com
merce as a measure to offset the
shortage of labor in Waupun, which
is assuming serious proportions,
Two Appleton men, A. T. Gardner
and G. L. Bachelor. narrowly escaped
death when their automobile was
struck and dragged 40 feet by a switch
engine on the right-of-way of the 500
line railway, at street crossing at
Menasha. The car was demolished,
but the occupants were only slightly
injured
George Boushie, teamster of Super
ior, barely saved his own life and lost
team of valuable horses when the ice
OH which the team was being driven
across Superior bay, gave way, plung-
ing the man and horses into the icy
waters. The horses were pulled from
the bay, the harness and heavy seligh
still attached to them.
William Madsen, 81, d World war
veteran, was run down and killed by
an interurban car near the north linn
its Of Racine. His skull was fractured
and several bones broken Madsen
was in store at North Racine and,
hearing the approach of the interur-
ban car, ran out and directly in front
of the car. which was running at a
rate of 20 miles an hour.
j. A. H. Johnson. county surveyor,
of Chetek, is well known collector
of Indian relics. Last week he I'M
earthed a unique ceremonial or ban
ner stone, in Almena township, which
was covered with fancy carvings. 1t
is very rare. Frank Garner plowed
up an old English trade ak, something
very rare in this country, which Mr.
Johnson has secured for his collection
Wisconsin state banks closed the
year 1928 in greatly improved and
favorable financial condition, compar-
ed with the same time the previous
year, according to a financial state
ment of banks issued by Dwight T.
Parker, state commissioner of bank
ing. Total resources of the state bank
Ing institutions increased approx
mately s40.OOO,0O0 during 1923, COM
parative statement shows.
Two barns and one stave silo were
completely destroyed by fire on the
John Spaight farm, north of Honey
Creek, near Racine. Another silo was
damaged and over twenty head of cat
tie were burned, besides hay, grain
and other feed. The origin of the fire
is unknown. An explosion was heard
which may have resulted from heated
feed, lighting plant or one of the
two automobiles which were burned.
Officials of the Campeco Oil COM
pany, Beaver Dam, are making little
Roadway toward discovering the van
Gal who opened valves to their huge
storage tanks and let more than $4,000
worth of gasoline run over the frozeel
ground. A reward of $500 for infor-
nation leading to arrest and convic-
ton still stands, but has not been
claimed. People living near the tanks
have not been able to get the gasoline
from their wells and are carrying wa
ter in all kinds of utensils from
neighboring points.
Donald Russell, son of Mrs. Minnie
Russell, of Sparta, suffered, fatal in
juries in an explosion at the Mulrenin
shale pit. He was one of the men en-.
ployed by Roy Hiltz, of Shamrock,
who was getting out shale on county
road contract. Blasting had been go
ing on and, at supposedly a safe dis
lance, Russell and two companions
stopped to get drink of water, when
the explosion tore loose. A flying
piece of rock struck him in the head.
He was removed to the hospital at
Sparta, where he died.
The state oil inspection department
announces that a number of deaths
occurred in Wisconsin during the last
two months as a result of lighting
fires with oil or gasoline and warns
against the practice. 1T is particu-
larly dangerous to pour kerosene on
a fire from a cam the department
announced eff it is thrown on fire
from an open vessel it is much safer.
II is still better to soak the wood or
other material in kerosene first. Case
line should never be used in starting
fires" Reports to the department show
that there Gave been number of in
juries and deaths through the use OF
oil.
A bride Of SO and groom of 81
celebrated their sixtieth wedding an
niversary in Dodgeville last week. Mr..
and Mrs. James PelloW were both
born in England, but for &c years have
made Dodgeville their home. Six chill
dren, all living, celebrated with them.