Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
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NEWS OF THE Z
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Observation-Disclosures

circuit court at Ellsworth to Albin
Hill for false Imprisonment by w. L.
Baker, sheriff of Pierce county. Hill
had been taken into custody on a
liquor charge.
Thieves entered the farm home of
Ed Kupper, a few miles east of
TOmah, during the absence of the
family and stripped three beds Of all
clothing, took the rugs from two rooms
and few odd strips Of carpet.
State aid for transportation of rural
school pupils in Wisconsin last year
amounting to $118,002, has just been
appOrtioned by John Callahan, super
intendent of public instruction. The
state aid is paid direct to the treas
urer of the respective districts.
Despite the testimony Of Warden
Ray Drake, who testified that the
three men were guilty of shooting two
deer out of season, a jury in county
court at Hurley brought in verdict
of mot guilty" for William and Joseph
Madern and Frank Coxey.
Deaths in automobile accidents are
proceeding at a rapid pace, according
to reports to Coroner Henry Grund-
man, total Of 128 having been killed
in Milwaukee county since JAM l. In
the city of Milwaukee, according to
the traffic bureau, 90 persons have
been killed.
The 1926 Wisconsin State fair will
be held Aug. 30 to Sept. 4, according
to announcement at the closing SEES
sion Of the International Association
of Fairs and Expositions in Chicago.
The North Wisconsin fair at Chip
pewa Falls was set for Sept. 13 to II,
and the Tri-State fair at Superior,
Sept. 6 to 10.
AS the result of information com
piled by City Atty. H. M. Ferguson,
the city of Sturgeon Bay is taking
legal steps to obtain refund of 81
600 In taxes paid to the county in the
last four years for the construction of
bridges and culverts on county high
ways.
G. w. Thomas, Washburn, holds the
record as Wisconsin's champion wolf
hunter so far this year. Besides other
animals that he has bagged this fall
he has shot thirteen full grown wolves
on which he has collected bounties of
$500. Elric Frieberg, Commonwealth,
Florence county, has the second high
est record with a bag of eight wolves.
County Clerk e. H. Kuehlmann Of
Marathon county issued certificates
for nine bounties on wolves, breaking
the record for one days business in
bOunties at the clerks office. In adj
dition to these, two bounties were
paid on foxes. Numerous wolves have
been killed In the county this fall, a
large number of these within short
distance of Wausau.
Wisconsin has $14, 29S,099 in its
treasury, approximately $1,500,000 less
than on last Nov. / and 100000
more than year ago. Figures were
announced by State Treasurer Solo
mon Levitan. The treasury balance
Nov. l was $15,858,36S and Dec. /,
1924, 1t was So, 299,667 Receipts dur
ing the last month amounted to 81
41o,99O while disbursements were
$9,977, 259.
Silos are gradually Increasing in
number on Wisconsin farms, Paul O.
Nyhus, federal state agricultural stat
istician, reports. The state is dotted
with approximately 100000 of the
structures, or an average Of fifty-six for
every one hundred farms. The growth
in the number Of silos in shown by
the records for recent years. There
were 100000 In 1923, 9O40O in 1921
and 71,60O in 1910 The exact num-
Der reported this year was 107950.
Last year there were 104285.
One supreme court justice and five
circuit court judges will be elected in
Wisconsin in April, according to in
formation compiled at the office Of the
secretary of state With one excep-
ton, all of the present judges will be
candidates for their present places and
so far no opposition has been an
nounced to any of the four present
lncumbents. Under the terms of the
constitution al judicial offices are
filed at spring elections Election Of
judges at the time. of the general cleo
ton is prohibited
-Four armed but unmasked bandits
held up the First National bank Of
Baldwin, Saint Croix county, took So
600 from counter tills and vault and
and escaped, presumably in an auto
mobile. Three customers, with A. A.
Williams, assistant cashier, and Miss
Lena Snoeyeneos, a stenOgrapher,
were in the bank when the bandits
entered. They ordered all to face the
wall and hold up their hands. After
gathering all the currency they could
find, they forced the customers and
bank employees into the vault and
closed the door, escaping with the
money.
Enid Rice, 5, was instantly killed
when she was run over by an oil truck
driven by her father, Roland Rice, Of
Milton Junction The little girl had
accompanied her father on trip into
the country to deliver gasoline, and
fell from the seat when one of the
doors suddenly came open. The rear
wheel passed over her head.
The sixth district federation Of Wo-