Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-11

April.
Fire of unknown origin at the Lin
coin school, Sheboygan, damaged the
building to the extent of approximate
ly $4,000. Only the lower rooms were
damaged. Glasses were doubled UP
and no children were turned away.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused by fire of unknown origin at
the Broadview Dairy near Madison,
The dairy barn, part of a milk house,
quantity of seed, grain, hay and
machinery were destroyed. All cattle
were rescued.
Lester Danielson, 29-year-old farmer,
of near Spring Valley, died of a
strange form of blood poison which
did not begin on the surface of his
body but developed internally. The
doctors are puzzled Danielson was
sick four days.
The general merchandise store of
E. M. Weiser, Elmwood. was robbed
Of all the silks in stock by thieves with
car. The robbers also laid out a lot
of women's coats but for some reason
did not take them. The value of the
loot is estimated at $4,000. Clews seem
to indicate a ST. Paul gang as the
thieves.
Attorney A. c. Barrett, Spooner, who
for some time has been acting dis
trict attorney of Washburn county, re-
ceived the appointment of district at
torney from Gov Blaine to fill the
unexpired term ending Jan. !, caused
by the resignation of his brother, S. A.
Barrett. Attorney Ward Winton, Shell
Lake, is the district attorney-elect.
Miss Agnes Paulson of Manitowoc
has been appointed superintendent of
the county tuberculosis sanatorium at
Whitelaw, succeeding Miss Jenny Jen-
nings, resigned. The change ends
hostilities between the former super.
intendent and the board of trustees
of the institution, who were charged
by Miss Jennings with mismanage-
ment.
Media, 18-months-old daughter of
Harry Barrick, Elmhurst, near Amigo,
suffered burns that proved fatal as q
result of an explosion. The child was
playing with. her 3-year-old brother.
The children got possession of a can
Of gasoline in their mothers absence
The mother was badly burned trying
to put out the flames. Only slight
burns were suffered by the boy.
B Should deal now pending material
ize, Mellen will witness next spring
one Of the largest colonization move
ments in the history Of northern Wis
consin. A Chicago land company,
working in conjunction with the i'm
migration department of the Soc line,
proposes to place several hundred
Swiss families on a tract OF 10000
acres of cut-over land in the vicinity.
Owing to the removal of the rail
road shops from WyevilJe to Adams
and the consequent reduction in fami-
lies from rs to around 20, the Civic
league of that village has decided to
discontinue its activities and dispose
VI lis pAOpCl w. OOAAS pOV ACAdAA1Al1S
in the treasury was donated to the
school fund, which has benefited about
1924 since the organization Of the
league a few years ago.
Mysterious assailants shot Herbert
Dreger, rs, second youngest patroIman
on the Madison police force, list be-
fore midnight Tuesday, Dec. 2, and
left him dying in the street at the
corner OF Milton and Murray streets,
in the italian district, only about six
blocks from the university section.
The scene of the Staying is half
block from what is known as death
corner Desmond court and Murray
street. so named from the number of
shootings there in recent years
One of the largest public utility
transfers in history of northern Wis
consin was closed in Rhinelander re-
Gently when the Wisconsin Valley
Electric Co., Wausau, acquired the
extensive holdings of the Rhinelander
Light and Power Co. of which E. A.
Forbes, was president and principal
stockholder The transfer includes
the company's electric service in
Rhinelander, Crandon, Monico, Peli-
can Lake and Elcho 1t is intimated
that In the near future the new owners
will construct a high power line con-
Meeting their transmission system in
Tomahawk with Rhinelander.
Wisconsin's $10,OO0,00O state capitol
is to be preserved as far as possible
from designation by smoke This is
the announcement Of the attorney gen
erals department, containing a state
ment that the anti-smoke law passed
by the state Legislature shortly after
the capitol building was completed
will be removed from the "lost law"
heap and will be enforced. Under
terms of the law, all plants are pro
hibited using soft coal within two
blocks of the capitol building unless
furnaces are equipped with smoke
consumers. Already the capitol is be
coming blackened by smoke from
nearby plants, it is claimed. The law
was not enforced during the war
period because Of fuel conditions.
At a special election in Park Falls,
a $4,000 bond issue for Improvement
of the water supply system, was al
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