Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-13
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An overcoat valued at SO cost Louis
Pegarsch, Manitowoc, $50 plus when
he admitted in court that he had taken
the garment
Believed to be respondent over fam
lily troubles, G. E. Vezina, so, Escan-
aba, Mich, was found hanging in his
room at Marinette hotel.
Richard Simerson, proprietor of the
Fayette hotel, Medford, died of pneu-
monia. Mr.. Simerson has lived in
Taylor county nearly 40 years.
Sam, Johnson of the town of Hackett
has purchased the Saunders land on
Worcester lake, three miles north of
Prentice, and intends to establish a
summer resort there.
A lone robber entered the hardware
store of Krosture, Peterson & Dixon,
Albany, while James Williams, tin
ner, was working in the back of the
shop. Williams came in and saw the
thief taking the contents out of an
open safe. The thief escaped with $24
in cash.
Max Haid, IA, employed at the Outa-
gamie Paper Co.. mill, Kaukauna, for
20 years, was instantly killed when he
was buried under a quantity. of paper
stock which he was removing from a
machine. He was not missed for an
hour after the accident. His body
was found by searching party.
Convinced, after survey of the city,
that Marinette will expand within the
next few years, the Wisconsin Tele-
phone Co. will spend $4,000 in the i'm
provement of the telephone system,
officers of the company have an
nounced. Four engineers are now at
work. The company now serves 1000
subscribers.
Fire of unknown origin completely
destroyed the large barn of Crosse
Bros at Pensaukee. The loss includ-
ed all contents, 100 tons of hay, grain
and machinery. twenty-five head Of
cattle and 10 horses were saved by
neighbors with difficulty. The Crosse
brothers were away at the time. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, partially
covered by insurance.
Willetta Higgins, 18-year-old stu
dent of the State School for the Blind,
will soon leave the school and go back
to her home in Chippewa Falls, from
whence she came in 1915. ]. T.
Hooper, head Of the school, has ac-
ceded to the girls wishes and those
of her relatives and has resigned as
guardian to be succeeded by Miss
Lillian Miller, Chippewa Falls, 60
whom Willetta gives credit for aid in
regaining har sight and hearing.
The city council of Merrill has
adopted an ordinance providing for an
ornamental lighting system of about
$50 lights Of the same style as are
now in use at Mosinee and Stevens
Point. Several Of the standards are
already in at the Soldiers Memorial
park and the system will be extended
east to Stuyvesant street on Main
street, west to Ohio street on West
Main street and northwest to Genesee
street to Grand avenue.
More than 200 carloads of pulpwood
were distributed among paper mills of
the Fox river valley last week, the
Interlake Pulp and Paper company OF
Appleton receiving a large share OF it.
The shipment of pulpwood commenced
earlier this year than usual, much OF
it coming from new district in Min
nesota. Practically all of the wood
shipped here last summer was RATED
across Lake Superior to Duluth and
Ashland.
Following the hearing at Madison
before the railroad commission, a de-
cision on the plea of the Porter Elec-
trio Line company, a farmers organ
ization, for an increase in rates from
$3.50 to So a month, is expected with
in a short time. The company fur
nishes service to f1fty-fve farmers in
Porter township, Rock county, secur-
ing power through the municipal plant
at Stoughton.
The Sarrington Roller mills at Del
ton, near Kilbourn, were completely
destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
Loss of about $4,000 was partially
covered by insurance. Everyone in
the village turned out in an effort to
combat the FIRE and to save adjacent
buildings. The Kilbourn fire company
was also called. This is the second
time in the last three years that fire
has destroyed the mills
A $25O,O00 addition to the White
water Normal School building is now
assured, according to an announce
ment from Madison to President F. r.
Hyer. Bids for the addition will be
opened Apr. Z. Specifications call for
a structure 80 by 40 feet and four
stories high 1t will be the east wing
and. correspond in size and architec-
ture to the present west wing. 1t will
provide an auditorium with seating
capacity of 1000 and house the music,
domestic science, geography typewrit-
ing and bookkeeping departments.
J. w Browning, Washburn, has been
engaged as superintendent of the
Rhinelander public schools at salary
of $780, He succeeds R. E. Brasure,
who recently resirned For the laSE