Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
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uouS LIS escape from a LTdJu ny leap
ing through a car window between
Green Bay and De Pere Lennon was
being taken to Detroit by the sheriff
and deputy from Crystal Falls, Mich
For the second time this year, and
the fourth since 1897, the roof of the
Jefferson grade school, Division anC
Fourteenth streets, Manitowoc, caugh
fire May 26, before pupils had arrived
for classes. The flames were easily
extinguished by the fire department
Following adjustment of the $3.50,
600 insurance loss on the plant of the
Holt Hardware company, Oconto, re
Gently destroyed by fire, one hundred
men were put at work clearing up the
debris, and work has been started to
ward erection of a new plant
Bids on bonds for part of the 1924
road nroeram were opened in juneau
ranging from $4,000 to $12,160. A. B
Leach & Co. of Chicago were award
ed the bonds on a $12,16O premium
bid. This is considered a good sale
Another sale will be held here or
June 27, completing the balance OF
bonds for Dodge county.
Johnson Taylor, SO, one of the old
est residents of Rock county, died al
the home Of his daughter, Mrs E. T
Fish, 1915 Racine street, GAINESVILLE
from complications of advanced age
He was born July 10, 1886, in Benning
ton, Vt, and when 8 years Of age
came to Rock county with his parents
who settled in the district now Porter
township.
Max Fielder has purchased the old
Blockhouse lake resort, Park Falls
and is making extensive improve
ments. A large house has been con
structed and several log cabins are
being built When completed the re
sort will be one of the best equipped
in this section Not the least of its
attractions is it's location on lake
which furnishes excellent fishing.
Finding that more than 400 vol
umes have disappeared from the
shelves of the public library, Oshkosh
in the last few months and that
scores of priceless reference books
have been mutilated by tearing out of
pictures, the library board has ordered
new checking system, and steps
looking toward recovery of some of
the stolen volumes have been taken.
Edwin Bartlett, sought in connection
with the disappearance of an auto
taken from Trantow Brothers garage,
Merrill, is reported to be at Glidden,
Wis. A car answering the descrip-
ton of the automobile has been found
in a garage at Glidden, it is said.
Rartelt was out on conditional pardon
following a sentence Of five years i'm
prisonment for obtaining money by
forgery.
Adolph Michael, second Oldest jew
eler in the state and Oldest active
business man of Green Bay, died of
apoplexy. He had attended the the
alter, and after returning home, laid
down on the couch, where he was
found about twenty minutes later by
his nephew He was born in Germany
seventy-three years ago and came to
this country and Green Bay fifty-two
years ago.
Merchandise, including nine suits of
clothes, was stolen from the J. F. Gal
ecki store, Two Rivers, by thieves who
entered the building through a base
ment window Although the Galecki
family lives on the second floor of the
store building they were not aware OF
the burglary until morning. Besides
the suits of clothes the thieves took
overcoats, shirts and ties The total
loot amounts to nearly $1,000, Mr.
Galecki estimates
James Krieg, employe of a Menasha
taxi line, who drove one of four cal
involved in an auto accident on state
highway Is, just two miles south Of
Neenah, in which four automobiles
were almost totally wrecked, but only
one person, and that slightly, injured
is being held on charges of the drivers
of the other cars that he had been
drinking. Krieg is said to have at
tempted to pass one of the cars, thus
causing the accident. He pleaded moi
guilty to the charges when arra1gneo
in local justice court, and was re
leased on $500 bail.
The highway department of Monroe
county is remarking highways which
70 the county, as follows: High
way 81, from Juneau county neal
= ~ llll.44sLon TO It's intersection WIZ
highway IL, north of Tomah; highway
IL. from the Jackson county line tc
the intersection with highway 81
south of Tomah, highways IL and 20
from the Juneau county line to Pin
grel's corner, and from Sparta TO the
La Crosse county line; highway II
from the Juneau county line through
Sparta to the Jackson county line neal
Melrose
About thirty-five boats are expected
to participate in the regatta at Cedar
lake on Aug. Z, 8 and 8, which Will De
held for &c" class boats only. The
regatta was decided upon at recent
meeting of the Cedar Lake Yacht club
Entries are expected from Lake Win
nebago.
Harold Arntz, 1O-year-old son o.
John Arntz, was drowned in the mil