Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05


lake, is now practically completed.
The course has been under construc-
ton for several summers.
Joe vinopol had his left shoulder
dislocated, his left arm broken in
three places, and several ribs frac-
tured when a charge of dynamite
which he was placing exploded pre-
maturely. He is recovering at a hos
pital in Rice Lake.
A total of 1O2 university students
will attend training camps this sum-
mer, according to an announcement
by the university military department
al Madison. Students will go to Fort
Custer, Mich, Aberdeen, Maryland,
Fort Knox, Kentucky, and other
camps.
The Manufacturers bank, Racine,
has brought an action against the
Higgins Spring & Axle Co. of Racine
to foreclose a mortgage on the COM
pany's property because of failure to
pay note for $4,000 given in August
1922, the mortgage being given as Sc
curity for the loan.
The Welsh Presbyterian church Of
Dodgeville, which has been idle for
several years, was reopened in order
to hold the funeral there of Evan 0.
Edwards, who dropped dead few
days previous. The keys to the church
were found in the dead mans pocket,
he having been janitor years before.
There has just been organized in
Bayfield, a vigilant committee com,
posed Of Is men. The Is men are
from among the business men of the
city and each is sworn in as a special
police officer. The organization is
part Of a plan of the city council and
officials to curb bootlegging and reck-
less driving.
Manitowoc county's new teachers
training school will soon be equipped
with a model school room at cost
of $1,000. The board Of supervisors
voted to spend the money 70 obtain
state aid for the school. The board
feared that if the county failed to
comply with the states ruling, the
school might be removed from the &C
credited list. A special teacher will
be employed for the room during the
first semester.
Three persons were injured when a
closed car, driven by J. c. Pirath,
Portage business man, left the road
and turned over on highway 33, three
miles from Reedsburg, May Is. Mr..
Pirath's head was lacerated and he
received severe bruises. John A. Raup.
cashier Of the City bank, suffered in
juries to his leg. The 8-year-old
daughter of Mr. Pirath was hurled
through the rear window, but was not
injured.
The Herman Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., of Iron Ridge, Wis, is
exempted from taxes under section
1880, state laws, the attorney gen.
erals department advised w. Stanley
Smith, state insurance commissioner.
The company comes under the mutual
insurance group which is exempt from
such taxes, it was said Claim for
recovery of taxes paid by the firm in
prior years is barred, however, the
ruling stated.
War has been declared on drunken
drivers in Menomonee Falls. At it's
last meeting, the village board passed
an ordinance providing fine of 500
or 80 days in the county jail for in
toxiated drivers. Speeders are being
educated in municipal court. Due to
the ever increasing traffic on highway
Is, and the necessity of control over
the weekend traffic streams, it is nee
essary to keep motorcycle officer
on duty in the village.
While his son-in-law and daughter
were milking, August Ebert 78, climb
ed into the cistern in the basement
of their home in the town of Scott.
Sheboygan county, and drowned him
self He awakened at A. m the day
of the tragedy and told Henry Schultz,
his son-in-law, he believed something
was going to happen to him. He was
prevailed upon to go back to bed, but
when the others returned from milk
ing the suicide was discovered.
How many cooperative associations
and organizations does Wisconsin pos
sess? This is the question which will
be answered as a result Of state
wide survey Of cooperative orders
now under way by the state depart
ment of markets. Wisconsin prob
ably has more cooperative bodies
than any other state, officials declare
It is hoped that the cooperative di-
rectory will be benefit in advertising
the state as a cooperative center.
Promoters of canning factory pre-
scented to the Commercial club, Min
eral Point, their proposition for both
one line and two line canning
factory, the former to cost $4,000 and
the latter $4,000. The financing will
be carried out by the builders, and
stockholders are to be secured until
the contract with them has been car
ried out The president of the club
appointed special investigating COM
mittee which is to report back at a
special meeting of the club.
J. McWilliams, Milwaukee, obtained
four hundred thirty acre farm near
Hanover for $4,000, being high bid
der in a mortgage sale in the case Of
p. L. Christoph against J. j. Laurer
and others. conducted by Sheriff Fred