Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
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The question of purchasing the
Unity opera house by the village, tc
be used as community hall, was de
cided on by a two to one vote.
Chief of Police Russell, Crandon, has
ordered the owners of soft drink par
lors in the city to remove all bars and
counters. This is said to be the initial
step in cleanup campaign in Gran
don.
]. c. Werner, prominent Madison
implement dealer, was found dead in
q taxicab in which he was returning
to his home from a railroad station
Police announced that Werner had
shot himself.
In county court in Phillips, John
Mintal, a second time violator of the
prohibition laws, was sentenced by
Judge owen to three months in jail
at hard labor and fined $500. Mintal
is farmer living near Phillips.
Waushara county, according to Fred
Grimm, highway commissioners, will
do considerable more road work this
year than last. Three construction
crews will go to work on grading and
crawling jobs as soon as weather
permits.
A total Of 268 professors, instructors
and assistants will teach at the Un.-
versity Of Wisconsin summer school
this year. A total of thirty-four profess
sors from other institutions will teach
at the university and there will be six
teen special lecturers in vocational
education.
A scarlet fever epidemic and an cpl
demic of chicken pox is threatening
Neenah, according to announcement
of the city health officer. A marked
Increase in the number of cases of
scarlet fever has been reported. Chick
en- pox cases are numerous IN both
Neenah and Menasha.
A concerted drive against grasshop-
per destruction of crops in Wisconsin
is to be undertaken this spring, under
plans being outlined by Wisconsin col
lege of agriculture officials. Litera-
ture, urging farmers Of the state to
take steps to wipe out the pest, is be-
ing sent out over the state.
Jean, the 2-year-old daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. James Janovsky, Oconto,
was badly bitten about the face and
hands when she was attacked by a
rooster which became mad. The child
had strayed into neighbours yard
where the fowls were scratching about
It became necessary to kill the bird.
About four hundred men Of the
building trades are on strike in Madi-
son and another attempt to reach
settlement between workers and con-
tractors will be made during the next
few days. The men are electricians,
plumbers, steamfitters, painters and
carpenters whose demands for higher
wages have not been met by EN-
ployers.
After being reelected year after
year for nearly full score times to
serve as assessor in the village OF
Agenda. Ashland county, Charles
Bleudors, aged 70, was defeated at
the election April / by margin OF
one vote by Rudolph Eyetcher. The
next day Bleudor's body was found
hanging to one of the rafters in the
town hall.
Survey of all railroad crossings in
Milwaukee county, looking toward
safety measures, has been undertaken
by the state railroad commission and
may be followed by similar surveys in
other counties of the state, it was an
nounced at the commission recently.
The Milwaukee county investigation
was undertaken at the request of the
county board.
Joseph A. Cohen, president of the
Boston Store Co. of Merrill and for
two terms mayor of Wisconsin Rapids,
died suddenly at the Riverside hospi-
tai at Wisconsin Rapids. Mr.. Cohen
was president of the Citizens National
bank of Wisconsin Rapids. He lately
returned from a trip south and en-
tered the hospital to receive treatment
for an injury to his knee.
Oscar Gunderson, Milwaukee, has
been selected as field agent of the
state department of agriculture. MI.
Gunderson has been connected with
the Milwaukee county agricultural
school. The new field agent succeeds
Glen Householder, who recently was
named by the state board of control
as manager of all state farms connect
ed with penal and charitable institu-
tons.
In spite of the fact that no town
tax was levied the town of Burlington,
Racine county, has some $4,000 more
on hand than it had a year ago. Re
ceipts from income, railway and inter-
urban taxes paid all running expenses
of the town and added $4,000. to the
$4,000 in the treasury a year ago.
No town tax will be levied next year
in spite of extensive road improve
ments
William Bingham, 10, was sentenced
to Green Bay reformatory for 10
months by Judge Ole A. Stolen in SUI
perior court in Madison. The boy
pleaded guilty to charge of forgery
A huge truck, owned by a Green Bay
baker, succeeded in breaking the road