Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-03-22

Sturgeon Bay-The state fish hatch.
cry at Sturgeon Bay will hatch Il.
100000 commercial trout fry. large
percentage of the hatch is sufficiently
advanced to be planted in water adj
jaeent TO the Door county peninsula
Elmer S. Fall. head of the conserya.
Ton commission, end B. o. Webster.
superintendent Of fisheries, have Just
completed an inspection of the hatch.
cry Actual planting Of the trout fry
VIII start within few days. Ii will
be necessary TO cut holes through the
Ice to plant them in Green bay.
Because physicians told
him there was no hope for his recov.
cry from cancer of the stomach, Theo-
dore Oehles, G5, farmer of the town
of Nekimt. placed a shotgun to his
chest and ended his sufferings at his
home c2 The Ripon road near Oshkosh.
His body was found on the kitchen
hoor with the weapon at his sidA
when his wife returned from a trip
to the barn. Mr.. OeLler was born a.
Oak Creek, Milwaukee county.
Stevens Point-Married women need
not apply for jobs as school teachers
in Stevens Point. The board OF edu.
cation has voted not to hire them.
all teachers who marry will be ex.
pected to forfeit their contracts. Mar.
ried women now on the force are to
be retained. The board voted bonuses
OF $50 to grade teachers, providing
they attend summer school, and in
creases for number of high school
teachers.
Oconto-Oconto county has been Sc.
lected as the ideal place in northern
Wisconsin for a new state fish hatch
cry, according to word just received
from Elmer S. Hall, state conservation
commissioner. The site selected is
about three miles from Lakewood, in
the western part of Oconto county,
and near the headquarters of the north
branch of the Oconto river.
Monroe-After living for more than
a century without having had the care
of a physician, Mrs. Helen Eichstadt,
101, one of Green county's Oldest resi-
dents, died at her home near Monroe
following an illness of two weeks. A
native of Prussia, Mrs. Eichstadt was
married there and did not come to
America until 1881. after the death Of
her husband.
Sturgeon Peninsula State park,
in northern Door county, will be i'm
proved in a number of ways during
the ensuing summer OF the 100000
appropriated by the last legislature to
cover four years work in state parks,
$4,000 is available this year. which
means that Peninsula State park will
receive improvements to the extent OF
$4,000
Phillips-E. N Lane has presented
the Phillips American Legion post
with lot to be used as a site for the
proposed community building which
the Legion proposes to build The
lot is one of the most desirable parts
of the city. Stock in the building
project is meeting with ready sale.
Work on the building will be started
this year
Reedsburg- Gustaye Thimm, we'll
known contractor and farmer living
north of Reedsburg in the Seven Mile
Greek district, narrowly escaped death
or serious injury when workmen felled
a tree across the road just as lie was
driving by in a cutter The horse was
instantly killed, the tree missing the
cutter by narrow margin
MARSHALL representative of the
Chippewa Sugar Refining company
spent several days in the vicinity of
Marshall signing contracts for beet
+ creage this year The price quoted
was Sc per ton, plus bonus, If price ad-
yances after harvest
Richland Center-Miss Mamie Ded.
erich, Bear Valley. is dead from burns
received when she poured kerosene
on fire Her mother, Mrs. John
Dederich, came to the rescue and was
seriously burned. Her condition is
critical.
Wautoma-O the 3-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs NJ Humphrey. Wau-
toma, has been taken to Fond du Lac
by his parents for treatment and pos.
sibly an operation for the removal OF
a 10-penny nail the boy swallowed last
week.
Humbird The first property dam
age caused by fire for many months
occurred at Humbird when the resi-