Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
: NEWS OF THE :
BADGER STATE
Observation-Disclosures

The 4-months-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Fielder of Park
Falls was found dead in bed by hei
mother. The child had smothered.
In one week state bounties were is
sued by E. w. Hill, Rusk county clerk,
for four wildcats and five wolves. Six
trappers claimed the bounties on nine
animals.
Herman Obrantz, a woodsman who
lived near Atkins froze his feet SO
severely that amputation will prob
ably be necessary. He became lost in
the woods when the temperature wa )
"a degrees below zero.
Mrs. John Johnson of Melrose, died
of severe burns she received by
throwing oil on a bed of Goals in her
kitchen stove The can exploded, set
ing her afire, which was extinguished,
but not until she was so badly burned
and disfigured that she died in agony
a short time thereafter.
Unemployment in Madison reached
its peak for 1928 in December, accord
ing to the monthly report of John F..
Brahany, superintendent of the city
employment bureau. In December, he
reports 500 persons applied for work.
The closing of the United States
Sugar Co.'s plant put 800 out of work
Tomahawk parties have purchased
quarter section of timber located
several miles east of Knowlton, Wis,
from G. E. Guenther. The contract
for logging has been let to e. L. Cater
and Walter Guenther. The logs will
be loaded on cars at KnoWlton and
shipped to Tomahawk for manufac-
ture into lumber.
The question whether the east and
west side high schools at De Pere
should be consolidated was defeated
at a special election. The east side
voted against the consolidation by a
large majority. The west side school
district, which has just completed a
$4,000 high schiol building, voted
for consolidation.
Chester Long, 20, who made his es-
cape from the Evansville jail Jan. 9Th,
was captured few hours later at
Stoughton, has been returned to the
state reformatory at Green Bay, to
complete serving a three-year sen
tence for burglary in the night time.
He was sentenced from Wood county
and violated his parole.
The University of Wisconsin has
been given $4,000 according to the
terms of the will of the late Miss
Martha Weeks of Stevens Point. The
income will be used as a scholarship
for woman student in the depart
ment of chemistry. Instructors in the
department of chemistry will choose
the woman who is to receive the
scholarship.
Frozen pipes and not fire set off the
automatic sprinkling system in the
plant of the Eau Claire Warehouse
Co., formerly the Multitone Manufac-
turing Co., of Sailstad fame, and also
the fire alarm, and when f1remen ar
rived they found water had deluged
large quantities of sugar in the base
ment and damaged furniture stored
on the second floor.
Elmer, 15-year-old son ofs Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Shackleton of Barron, was
fatally wounded by his own gun while
rabbit hunting with Vernon Carr, a
neighbor boy. The boys were jump
ing over brush piles to scare out the
rabbits when young Shackleton fell in
such way that his gun was dis
charged, wounding him so severely
that he lived but short time.
The Oconto branch of the Marinet-
te Knitting mills has decided to close
its plant for period of sixty days
This action was made after the can
collation. of several months orders for
knitted goods by a large concern, due
to adverse business conditions. Ten
of the large machines used in the
Oconto mills now are being prepared
to be shipped to the Marinette mills.
Hugh Harper. secretary of the Grant
County Farm bureau, has purchased
lis cars of South Dakota alfalfa which
Is being shipped into Wisconsin to be
distributed over FIVE counties. A meet.
ing was held at Cuba City recently to
discuss means of raising more alfalfa
on Wisconsin farms. Lining of the.
soil is the first important step, and
there will be available for use this
spring in Grant county alone from 15,
900 to 10000 tons.
Wisconsin's fur bearing animals
must tread carefully these days to con-
tinue their existence because there
are $4,000 traps lying in wait for
them in the woods and marshes of the
state. There are total of 10000
trappers licensed in the state A
trapper must pay license fee of one
dollar and then pays five cents for
each trap tag. The trap tag provision
has netted the state about $4,000 in
additional fees, making the total rev.
enue from trappers $73,700.
Attorney J. E. Hughes, New Rich
mond, Wis, was disbarred for one
year anu his license to practice law
in any Wisconsin court suspended by
Judge James Wickham in circuit
court following his trial for misap-
propriating funds belonging to his
clients.