Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-28

| injuries in accidents which marked the
opening day Of Madison's Safety week.
Wolves have been doing considerable
damage among the sheep herds in ana
adjacent to Cashton valley farms, near
Tomah One farmer recently lost Is
lambs and another farmer seven.
Co. L, First Wisconsin infantry, will
be obliged to leave Delavan unless
suitable place for an armory can be
obtained There it at present no place
for the men to drill or hold meetings.
The eightieth anniversary of the
First Baptist church, Fond du Lac, was
observed Friday, Saturday and Sun
day, May %, %, "a The pastor, the
Rev Bert Gordon, former pastors and
members of the congregation particl-
pated in the threeday program.
Twenty members of the Fourteenth
Wisconsin Veteran Volunteers are eX-
pected to attend the annual reuion
of this Civil war veterans organiza-
ton in Fond du Lac on June "a and
%, according to r. A. Sphinx of Osh-
kosh, secretary and treasurer.
A proposal for he feeding of wild
ducks in a game efuge in the big
hole" an inlet at the southern end of
Lake Winnebago within the city limits
of Fond du Lac is being considered
by members of the local chapter OF the
Izaak Walton league.
Drownings by accident in wisconsin
are growing less in number from year
to year in spite of the growing popu-
larity of Badger waters and the state
health department will continue it's
campaign of education to further re-
duce these accidents this year. The
drownings have decreased from 204 in
1919 to IT'S in 1924:
Rellis Conant IF Milwaukee and w.
E. Herschleb of Wisconsin Rapids,
banker, were killed at Westfield when
the airplane in which they were rid
ing went into tail spin at 1000 feet
and crashed The pair went up for
Herschleb's fifth lesson, and in some
manner the student lost control of the
machine and it went into spin.
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Authorities at Marinette let 1t be
known that dog owners who were con-
victed on charges of letting their pets
run loose without muzzles would be
fined $780, The announcement was
made following a renewal of hydro
phobia cases. Almost 100 dogs have
been shot since t. e rabies epidemic
started about month ago.
Harriet Quincy, 81, daughter Of
Austin Quincy chief of the Stock
bridge Indian tribe and last of her
generation, died at the home of her
niece, Mr. William Loorse, at Stock
bridge She was buried in the old In
dian cemetery half mile north of the
village where the bodies Of her fore
/ bears lie.
! Maintaining an average of 934 for
the first three and one-half years of his
high school career, Thomas Kirmse has
been named valedictorian of the gradu-
ating class of the Marinette high
school Miss Thelma Magnuson with
an average Of 93.3 will be the saluta-
torian. There are more than one hun
dred in the class to be graduated in
June.
In an attempt to put damper on
bootleggers in Madison, Dist. Atty.
Philip La Toilette recommended to the
city council that 1t refuse to grant soft
drink parlor licenses to proprietors
who have been convicted of violation
of the liquor laws. Mr.. La Toilette
will make similar recommendations in
every case where he believes there is
evidence to show that the soft drink
parlor proprietor is trafficking in in
toxicating liquor.
Personal invitations from President
Birge to attend commencement this
June were mailed to all Wisconsin
alumni Each invitation is accompa-
MED by folder describing the coming
reunion and commencement programo
and by a reservation blank for the
annual alumni dinner, which will take
place June 90 This commencement,
coming at a critical period in the de-
velopment Of the university and mark
ing the close of President Birge's fifty
years of service, is expected to have
an unusual interest for alumni.
DR.. Glenn Frank of New York, edi-
tor of The Century Magazine, has &C
copied the post of president of the
University of Wisconsin. He will take
over his new duties next fall. He
succeeds DR.. E. A. Birge, who has re-
signed to take effect at the end Of
the present semester Dr. Frank, who
is only 38 years of age, ranks as one
of the leading liberal thinkers of the
country He was educated at Kinks
vile, Mo-, normal state school and
Northwestern university and served as
assistant to the president of North
western from 1912 to 1906. He became
associate editor of The Century Maya
zine in 1919 and has been editor-in-
chief since 1921. He was appointed
by President Wilson to membership
of a group headed by ex-President Will
liam Howard Taft, that drafted a GOV
enant for the League of Nations which
was considered by the peace confer
ence at Paris.
Between 120 to 200 farmers, promi-
nent agriculturalists and business men
L. l.