Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-10
Observation-Disclosures
NEWS OF The J
BADGER STATE.
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Edward ]. Sailstad, recently COM
mitted to the Green Bay reformatory
for four years for arson, has been as
signed to work in the clothing fac
tory.
Harry Remus is being held at She
boygan on charge Of forging checks.
Five .Sheboygan saloonkeepers were
victims. One of them was stung twice
! by him the same day. The forgeries
netted $40, police say.
Bonnie Bayo and Gustav Flannum,
Sawyer county trappers, succeeded,
with their wolf dogs, in driving wild
| silver fox into his hole where they
captured the animal and later sold it
to the Cumberland Fox Farm Co. for
$3.50.
Charles Nordquist, 81, a pioneer of
Rhinelander, died in the town of Cres-
cent, where he operated farm sew
-eral years. Nordquist moved to
Rhinelander nearly 40 years ago and
for many years was in the hotel bust
ness.
Damage totaling $4,000 was done to
the Atherton Bros. furniture store and
the Star theater by fire caused by an
overheated stove. The volunteer fire
department extinguished the blaze
after townspeople had removed the
fixtures and furniture, believing the
destruction Of the block Of four bust
ness buildings was imminent. The
loss is covered by insurance.
The Wisconsin state highway COM
mission has received bids on the pur-
chase Of 100000 barrels of cement
for next seasons paving. The bids
are for 81 per cent over the amount to
be required. The prices we're on the
basis of $1.65 net at Burlington, Ind,
and La Sale, ILL.,, the two principal
supply stations for Wisconsin.
Two thousand four hundred and one
visits by the stork were made in Win
nebago county during the year just
closed, according to the annual report
of Registrar S. G. Slocum. Deaths in
the county totaled eight hundred
ninety, while cupid engineered an
even five hundred marriages. A total
of 1878 instruments were recorded
by the registrar during the year.
Lawrence Esser, a farmer near
Highland, mounted windmill to oil
gearings. His right hand was caught
in the cogs and he was swept off the
platform. go feet above the ground,
where he hung suspended for several
moments. He managed to pull himself
back on the platform and extricate
his hand Amputation of the fingers
will be necessary, a physician said.
Edward Dassaw. well known cheese
maker and distributor of Sheboygan
county, died after an operation for an
abdominal disorder. He leaves a wife
and one son. He was 48 years old.
Up to the time of his death, he was
associated with Bernhard Schneider
in the Schneider Cheese Co. Before
that he operated a cheese factory in
the town of Mosel for a number of
years.
DIR. E. K. Morris of Merrill, is rot
going to wait for Lincoln county board
members to appropriate money to
open the roads in the winter time,
Instead, he has purchased a tractor
with fve-foot skis attached to the
front axle While automobiles were
being pulled out of the drifts on near
Iy every road in the county, DR..
Morris was skimming the drifts every
where.
A six-week short course in agricul-
ture for Price county farm boys will
be given this winter by County Agent
H. J. Rainbow In arranging the
schedule of studies, the county agri-
cultural committee has included feed
ing and judging of dairy cattle, hous-
ing, feeding and culling of poultry,
rope tying and splicing, belt lacing,
and other subjects of practical value
in farming.
Fear that children on their way to
rural schools may be endangered by
timber wolves was expressed at Mon
roe by Melvin Bowman, Adams town
ship farmer, who brought to the office
of County Clerk Maize V. Bowen the
carcass of a thirty-three pound wolf
that he shot after following its tracks
four miles The wolf appeared to be
well fed and measured fifty-fYe inches
from tail tip to tip of nose.
Gasoline, sold for kerosene, was
responsible for an explosion in the
home of Alex Gerhard in ST. Nazianz,
when the oil was poured on the fire
by Mr.. Gerhard The gasoline-dlled
can exploded, setting fire to the inte-
rior of the house, but the flames were
face were burned Earlier in the day
Mrs. Gerhard had filed lamp with
the oil, believing it to be kerosene,
but the wick refused to ignite, which
averted another disaster.
Fire did damage to the extent of
about $4,000 to the home of Louis
Eberle, local baker, at 306 Center
street, Whitewater The cause of the
blaze is unknown. The loss is partly
covered by insurance.
While clearing a small piece of land
aear Tomah, which he had recently
purchased, Fred Gabower dug up a
china mug containing a considerable
sum of money in gold. The land was
formerly owned by Mrs. William
Maum. but no one has been able to