Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29

from injuries received In an automo-
bile accident May II.
The body Of Glenn O. Huson, who
! drowned at La Crosse May 10, was
found floating in the river by his sis
ter a half mile south Of where his
boat capsized.
| Plans for a $4,000 addition to the
Waupun High school will be submitted
tc the board of education on June 2,
according to H. s. Hemmenway, prin-
cipal of the school. The capacity of
the school vii be increased from 300
to $50 students.
A 4O-pound gray wolf, which had
been the terror of small stock and
| poultry in the town of Seneca, Craw-
| ford county, was shot by D. r. Ames,
Ferryville, after lying in wait seven
days. On the first day he captured
two young pups, but the mother hid
the remainder of her young away in
the woods.
w L. Odett, Beloit, was reelected
president of the Southern Wisconsin
Pythian league at the annual third
rank contest meeting at Delavan with
the knights Of Khorassan. The meet
ing honored Fred @. Larsen, grand
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias,
and Dora H Lowe, grand chief Of the
Pythian Sisters, who are both from
Delavan
Most folks find it necessary to go
fishing, but residents on Water street,
New London, along the Wolf river,
are cutting down on travelling time
while the river is high If they desire
to catch carp, all they do is wade
around the front yard a while. Sever
al carp have been caught in door
yards in this place since recent rains
raised the water level.
After an illness of several months
following stroke Of paralysis, Maui
rice McGown, SO years old, one of the
most prominent photographers in the
Fox river valley and a leader in his
profession in the state, died at his
home in Fond du Lac. Mr.. McGown
had lived in this city for almost sixty
years, with the exception Of few
years spent in California.
Buried under three tons of sand,
which loosened near the top Of cliff,
at the base Of which he and COM
panion were playing, Robert Larson,
g, Superior, escaped death from suf-
location when passing motorist dug
him out Gordon Harmon, IL, the
other lad, lodged the avalanche which
descended upon Robert. Robert was
unconscious when taken from the sand.
Due to heavy spring rains, farmers
near Brentwood are predicting that
hay crops this year will be heavy.
Already grass is growing fast and two
large crops are expected, one about
July and the other in the late part
of the summer The clover usually
is large here, but this year it will
again be exceptionally heavy, due to
many heavy rains last month and In
May
A. P. Donley, 500 line passenger
agent. Superior, escaped unscratched
il an automobile accident which com
pletely wrecked his sedan. May 10.
The machine ran into a ditch from
highway IL, turning completely over.
The top was torn off and the seats,
tenders, frame, hood and glass parts
were broken to bits or twisted out OF
shape. A companion of Donley also
was unhurt.
More than $50,0O0,0OO will be paid
to Wisconsin veterans under the fed
eral bonus law, according to the best
estimates available The figures are
more or less a rough guess, based on
the number of payments under sthe
state bonus act The state paid its
service bonus to $4,000 men, while
nearly 5000 others applied for the
educational bonus. All would come
under the federal bonus.
The seven-passenger car of William
Pluck, Horizon was completely de-
nolished on the Columbus Beaver
Dam road, recently Only slight
bruises were sustained by the party
The car hit a concrete culvert, snap
ped a telephone pole in two and landed
with wheels straight up. Mr. Pluck
lost control when he attempted to
light cigar Mr.. Pluck is president
OF the First National bank of Horizon.
Robert Schuster, of Merrill, lost his
sedan near Plum lake, where he had
gone in quest Of suckers. Schuster
and Herman Lemke had been to the
lake and on their return the automi-
bile suddenly swerved down an en-
bankment. They left the auto to get
aid and returned only to find blaze
where the automobile had stood on
the embankment. Fishing clothes
and robes. valued at $50 were also a
complete loss.
The report of the acquisition of the
Wisconsin and Michigan road by
Henry Ford and the revival Of the
carferry lines from Peshtigo harbor
gained credence on the strength of a
rumor that Mr. Ford and a party had
visited Marinette, Peshtigo and Pesh-
tigo harbor recently, travelling by au-
tomobile. A farmer residing near the
harbor told of being called on to use
his team in pulling the automobile
out of the mud When asked how
much he lad coming, the farmer fixed
the price at $2 Mr.. Ford, according
to the story, gave him S..
Sentence of William M. Barker, for
mer head of the defunct Allouez State
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