Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
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NEWS OF THE
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A $1,000,000 postoffice for Madison
was requested in a bill introduced in
the house by Representative Nelson
Of Wisconsin.
Maj. Gen. r. B. Mccoy has entered
the Madison General hospital at Madi-
son for treatments. Gen. Mccoy is
suffering with ailments contracted in
France during the World war.
The Wisconsin Valley Electric com
pany will extend a high tension trans
mission line to Amigo in the spring,
Harold Geise, general manager, has
announced
Fourteen head of pure bred Guern-
sey cows and heifers, purchased in
Fond du Lac county at an average
price of $3.50 a head, were shipped to
Capetown, Ont They were bought
for Canadian farmers.
A $500 reward has been posted by
the Commercial National bank board
of trade for information leading to
the arrest of the man or men who
burglarized Madison Chain store,
obtaining between $1,000 and $1,000
from the safe.
The marriage of George NJ Frey
miller and Helen M STEINER of the
town of Marion, Crawford county,
was the fourth union of members of
the families in that township. 1t was
celebrated by 173 relatives Of the
couple
Wisconsin will do all in it's power
to cooperate with the health authOri-
ties of Chicago in their demand for
tuberculosis-free milk, but without in
reference with the statewide program
to eradicate diseased animals in all
parts of the state, John d. Jones, Jr.,
state commissioner of agriculture, has
announced.
A large lynx has been shot in the
Pella swamp near Clintonville. It
was the first to be killed in this vicin-
ity for 10 years. Credit for the kill
ing goes chiefly to William Schultz,
Clintonville, who led party of hunt
ers and dogs into the swamp after he
had seen the animals tracks short
time previous.
Twenty new rural mail routes for
Wisconsin at a cost of $33695 were
approved by President Coolidge when
he sent to congress a supplement Of
$1,600,000 to the budget of the post
office department. Other provisions
made for Wisconsin included $12,336
for slxty-nine extensions of rural mail
routes and S7,794.4O for ten increases
In frequency or service.
The Clintonville Outlook club gave
memorial program for Eben e. Rex
ford, the Wisconsin poet and author
of "Silver Threads Among the Gold"
Although Mr.. Rexford lived most of
his life at Shiocton, his personal prop
erty and manuscript, through the gen.
crosby of W. A. Olsen of Clintonville,
are the property of the city and are
deposited in the public library.
Fire which developed in the base
ment of the Merchants State bank
building at Rhinelander destroyed the
structure. The cause Of the fire has
not been ascertained Besides the
bank quarters, the building contained
the offices and exchange Of the Rhine
lander Telephone company, Isackson's !
dry goods store, Forsyth's barber shop
and a number of business office. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
The salaries Of four city officials
were raised by the Kenosha city coun-
Gil. The city manager received an in
crease of $1,000 making his 1926 sal
airy $4,000, and the city attorneys in
crease is $1,000, making a total of
$4,000 The city clerks salary was
raised from $500 to $4,000 and the
city engineer was given an Increase of
$500, for a total of $4,000.
Closely following the announcement
that the United States district office
In Oshkosh for collection Of internal
revenue is to be eliminated under o
plan of consolidation, came the an
nouncement that, effective Jan. /, the
Oshkosh office of the state assessor
of incomes is to be closed. Lack Of
sufficient funds is given as the rea-
son for abolishing the Oshkosh office
and moving it entirely to Fond du
Lac.
Six beavers, the first of a colony
started by Herbert Fromm on his
ranch In the town Of Hamburg, Mara
thon county have erected a 300-foot
dam and lodge. They are enclosed
ON 3S-acre tract with the same type
Of fencing used for silver fox ranches.
The beavers gnawed through four
inch poplars about 80 feet tall, which
they caused to fall in the sream,
tributary to Little Rib river. Fromm
expects later to have at least 100
beavers. The three pairs were OBJ
tanned from the south shore Of Lake
Superior with the permission Of the
wisconsin conservation commission.
Heretofore efforts to keep beavers in
captivity in this region have proved
futile.
Judge Cowie Of La Crosse granted
divorces to two sisters from two broth
ers when he signed DEGREES of separa-
ti0n for Anna Sannes against Albert
Sannes and Agnes Sannes against Ell
nner Sannes The husbands were
ordered to pay $1,000 each to their
divorced wives and all attorneys fees.
Five sacks of mail were stolen from