Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-28


county clerk at Medford, for bounty.
large coyote which he had killed
with club after the animal jumped
at him.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard ST. Mary, of Klondike, which
raises Oscar st. Mary, Klondike mer-
chant, TO the dignity of grandfather
at the age of 80 years.
Stanley Manskey, Weyerhaeuser,
age 5, was shot accidentally by his
father, Peter Manskey. the bullet en-
tering the boys right side. The father
shot at chicken. Physicians say the
| boy will recover.
A sixlegged heifer calf, born three
weeks ago, has attracted much atten-
ton on q farm near Exeland The
two extra legs hang down from the
right shoulder. The calf is as lively
as any normal animal.
The government sounding crew has
completed making soundings in Stur
geon bay. The water was found lower,
and it is expected that the government
dredge will do some work in the canal
after the opening of navigation.
Blue prints of the new dock to be
built on Lake Superior at Herbster
are being awaited from the state de-
partment 1t is expected that work on
the dock will be begun as soon as
weather will permit in the spring.
After putting in a day of strenuous
work with crew of men keeping the
streets open at Kewaunee, William F.
Bruening, So, street commissioner,
hanged himself with a rope in wood
shed adjoining his residence. Ill
health is said to have been the mo-
tive for the act. August Boecher was
appointed commissioner to succeed
Mr.. Bruening.
The State Bank of Platteville has
petitioned the city council to have the
taxes collected of this bank last year
refunded asserting the tax was unjust.
The amount involved is $4,802.20. The
bank officials emphasized their de-
mand by having summons served on
the city officials to appear in court
within 20 days and show cause why
these taxes should not be refunded.
A valuable COW owned by James
Schwiner at Klondike, died suddenly.
An examination revealed that the ami
NAL had added nails to her diet, about
a pound of single nails having been
found in her stomach. Several months
ago Schweiner shingled his barn, and
/, =, IL
cidentally dropped about dollars
worth of nails in the haymow below.
Fire starting presumably from
neglected stove, destroyed the farm
home Of Glen Clements, four miles
west Of Lavalle, on Highway 33. Mr..
at the time and the two boys left at
home to do the chores built fire and
went to the barn short time before.
They discovered the house in flames
too late to save anything from the
building.
Even though highway conditions are
not encouraging to thief who would
make a hasty getaway with stolen
automobile, Monroe has had an up-to-
date sign of spring in the reported /
loss of Ford coupe which disappear
ed in the evening while its owner,
Irving Jenny, was in church. Police
have found no trace of it although
they are of the opinionit was a purely
local job and will be found abandoned
nearby.
The general store, soft drink parIor
and dance pavilion in the village of
Woodruff, seven miles from Fond du
Lac, were wiped out with loss Of
$4,000 to $4,000 by a fire. The fire
is believed to have started from an
overheated furnace in the. general
store Farmers working a bucket line
barely managed to save the home Of
Otto Hausman, owner of the other
buildings. The loss was partially COW
cred by insurance.
The Hillpoint Farmers Cooperative
creamery, near Reedsburg, in it's re
port for the last fiscal year, shows a
total business of more than 100000,
paying its patrons $437, 801.9S for but
ter fat. The creamery received a total
of 1926 pounds of butter fat manu-
factoring 1,127,239 pounds of butter.
This is one of the most prosperous CO.
operative creameries in this section of
the state and serves the farmers of
several townships.
The Bloomington Cooperative
Creamery Co. published a business
statement for 1923, its third annual
report, showing receipts of $104,4 88.
Paid for butterfat purchase $92,993,
leaving a trading profit of $11,494.
The total operating expenses amount
to $3.50, leaving net profit of $2,835.
The average price paid for butterfat
from Nov. Is, 1922, to Dec. 81, 1923,
was fly cents per pound.
Mrs Jens Jensen of Crivitz was
agreably surprised upon learning of
the existence of a brother, John Olsen,
long believed dead. He is 72 years old
and left the family home in Denmark
when he was Is, going to the Black
Hills, at that time mecca for gold
hunters. He was never heard from
in more than half century. An es- i
tate left by a sister was the means
of uniting the brother and sister after
a lapse of f1fty-two years.
Paul TsrenlxowsIxi 60 q farmer near