Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-06
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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James P. Smith, 81, for more than
thirty-five years proprietor of the
American house on Smith avenue,
died at his home in Oconto.
Several cases of scarlet fever have
been reported in the town of Little
River and efforts are being made to
prevent a spread of the disease.
Mrs. Katherine Marie Husman, SO,
one of Oconto county's pioneer resi-
dents, died at her home near Seymour.
She was born in Gutenberg, Germany
March %, 1925, and came to America
in 1859.
Henry Satter, Sc, veteran of the
Spanish-American war and the Boer
war, died at his home in Holway.
Satter was native of Norway, and
leaving his native land when a youth
visited practically every country on
the globe He had lived in Holway
since 1912.
By running excitedly UP and down
the beach, barking and whining, dog
belonging to jerry Reed, Oconto fisher
man, brought Otto Bostedt to the
floating body of his master, who was
drowned while gathering driftwood
from the waters about the mouth Of
the Oconto river
Joseph Gwynn, 95, died at his home,
several miles north of Port Washing
to,, Mr. Nxxrxn, woe hOrY, in TraIond
and came to this country when II.
At Is he became a sailor and for 80
years followed the Great Lakes. Then
he settled on the small farm where
his death occurred
Two quarrels ended seriously, one
with DEATH At Potosi, Wis, George
Ames struck Hop Kearns, who fell
striking his head on a cement stair
way. His skull was fractured. He
died without regaining consciousness.
Pearl jenkins is in Cunningham hos
pital with a broken knee. He at
tended dance and, it is said, was
elected
Traction company officials and radio
dealers of Neenah and Menasha are
making efforts to find what is belived
to be power leakage which has put
out of commission practically every
radio receiving set in the two cities.
Radio fans Of both cities are unable
to tune in on any station, and get
nothing but steady rumbling in their
sets. The condition. has existed for
several days.
Increase in the number of births re-
ported to the state board of health
during 1923 is shown in statistics an
nounced by the board. Total births
reported, 59,401, represented an in
crease of 766 over 1922. Steadily de
clining infant mortality is attributed
by the board largely to attendance by
physicians Birth certificates show
that 54,345 of those reported were at
tended by physicians.
A total of $70.809 was spent ON
work at the state normal schools dur
ing the quarter year ending Sept. 80.
The building Of the east wing of the
Whitewater Normal school 1t cost
of $50, 333.40 was the biggest item of
expense La Crosse, Oshkosh and
Superior normals incurred no ex-
penses The other schools spent
money for repair work.
A total of sixty-four people were
killed and /, 467 injured in Wisconsin
highway accidents during the three
months, Jane, July and August, ac-
cording to Z report by the state high
way commission. The tar treatment
of highways vas been pushed during
the season with Dane county alone
having ninety miles of roads with this
surfacing The tar surfacing will be
still more extensively used next year.
A cool head on the part of Frank
Sky, 20, Ashland, saved his life when
his left arm was mutilated by the
charge of a 16-gauge shotgun. Sky
and Joseph Green, IL, were duck hunt
ing. While pulling decoys into the
boat Sky moved the gun which was
discharged and the shot passed
through his left arm. Sky told Green
to bind a rope around the upper part
of the arm to stop the bleeding. Green
then rowed one and one-quarter hours
to doctor.
The Rule Mining Co., drilling on the
Smith-Rule farm, one mile north of
Linden, struck big deposit of zinc
ore, 80 feet in thickness Charles
Singer, manager for the company, said
he never saw such rich cuttings. Four
years ago the Fearless Mining Co.
held the lease to these lands and
mined for a time Although the ore
was high grade, the recovery was
light in tonnage and the company
abandoned the property. The strike
BY Mr.. Singer and his associates,
some of whom are Milwaukee men,
proves that the Fearless Mining Co.
was off the main range.
William Boyd, retired farmer OF
Lima Center, who died Oct. 18, left
an estate valued at $22,50O, according
to a petition for administration made
by the widow, Mrs Martha Boyd.
Porcupines do not throw their quilts,
contrary to what the nature takers
say. but nevertheless it sometimes
rains porcupines in northern Wiscon-
sin. Albert Pupp, 20, Elcho woods
man, was cutting down tree when