Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-01
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and Lake Winnebago is past. All
sluice gates in the dams at both Me-
nasha and Neenah have been opened
so that the level of Lake Winnebago
and the upper Fox river may fall well
below the flood stage.
An expenditure of 100000 in 1924
for improvements and extensions to
the Superior Water, Light and Power
20. has been announced by officials.
1T is expected that considerable por-
ton of the sum will be used to con-
struct new gas holder.
w. T. Thomas, 72, retired farmer of
near Madison, shot himself through
the heart while seated on a chair
IN clothes closet. A farewell note
explained that he was discouraged
with life. His wife, an invalid, is
very i'll as a result of the shock.
Charles Moenning, 48, Town of Will
son, Sheboygan county, is in She
boygan hospital at the point of death.
lie was frightfully mangled and torn
about the face and head when a full
charge of dynamite in a stump ex-
Dloded while he was lighting a fuse
he had shortened.
The resignation of L. G. Roster,
state elevator inspector, has been an
nounced by the state Industrial COM
mission. Roster is one of two state
inspectors who have charge of inspec-
tons of approximately $500 elevators
In the state. He resigned to accept
position with Milwaukee elevator
firm
| Within 48 hours after the supreme
court of the United States rendered
decision preventing the draining of
the Winnesheik bottoms south of
Lynxville, Wis, owners of the land
published in La Crosse paper a
notice forbidding fishing hunting, trap
ping or trespassing on any land in the
Winnesheik bottoms.
Henry GRADER, farmer near Mineral
Point, noticed commotion among the
cattle grazing in his meadow and on
investigation found among them a
mother wolf and three cubs. He cap
tured the young wolves and the
mother fastened across the Peca-
tonica river. The three wolf puppies
are now being domesticated.
The Poor Hand Maids of Jesus
Christ, a religious order operating out
of Fort Wayne, Ind, will erect a new
100000 hospital in Superior during
the current year, it has been an
nounced. The contract for a 200 room
hospital will be let soon. An older
building will be converted into home
for student nurses and nuns.
Stevens Point has increased the
is offering bonus of $50 to each
salaries of high school teachers and
teacher attending an approved sum-
mer school, A rule against the en-
ployment Of married teachers has been
adopted by the school board All To-
cal applicants for teaching positions
must have had at least one years
experience elsewhere.
The white way in Two Rivers will
be extended this spring, the city coun-
Gil having authorized the board of
public works to purchase cable which
will be laid for the lights before the
streets are paved. Streets to be
lighted are Sixteenth, from Washing
ton to Monroe, and Nineteenth, from
Washington to the East side bridge.
Both are important thoroughfares.
The new Dells dam, built at cost
of close to $1,OO0,0OO by the Dells
Paper and Pulp Co., Eau Claire, to
replace the old Dells dam across the
Chippewa river, is now practically
completed and is holding back a head
of water for the first time since it
was built The generators are being,
dried out preparatory to putting the
new dam to work generating power
to operate the paper mill plant of the
company.
A match thrown into an empty gaso-
line tank at Norwalk caused an explo-
sion which shook the town. The tank,
having been empty several months,
even having had water in it for some
time, was supposedly clear of gas,
but when lighted match was dropped
into the bung-hole, the top of the tank
was blown to the roof while bystand-
ers picked themselves up and won
dered where the lightning struck. No
one was hurt beyond the shock.
The Schuyler Van Ingen tract, com
prising more than 1900 acres, extends
from Lovers Lane, south of Kenosha,
along the Sheridan road to Chiwaukee
The Van Ingen farm, which forms
1000 acres of the tract, was sold to
group of Chicago real estate dealers
two years ago for approximately $780,
900, according to records here. The
surrounding portions of land were
bought up later. There has long been
rumor current in Kenosha that an
exclusive suburban district, sort of
second Lake Forrest, was to be built
up on the tract. Another rumor was
to the effect that Mrs. Mccormick
wanted the land for a large zoologi-
cal garden.
At the special meeting of the Shaw
ano county board eleven towns in the
county petitioned to have twenty-three
new bridges built Four bridges will
be repaired.
Announcement has been received
in Madison that Lewis w. Meyers,
eory,o o,.I1r - To11o mills and cr,,o