Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-02-05

Owen when he stepped out of the way
of one train into the path of another
Wagner's leg and side were crushed.
Four men narrowly escaped drown
ing when the automobile truck which
they were riding dropped through the
ice on Lake Winnebago at the mouth
of the Fox river at Neenah.
Bids on the construction of the new
Masonic temple at Neenah will be
opened on Feb. by the building COM
mittee which has approved plans and
specifications.
Austin Randall, 81, who was mem
Der of the guard which stood beside
the body of Abraham Lincoln as it
lay in state at Washington, died at
his home in Waukesha. He was
buried in Darien
With the close of business in 1924
the Aid Association for Lutherans,
which has it's main office at Appleton,
has approximately 100000 insurance
policies on its rolls. Of these 1926
were added during 1924, making a
gain of $8,840.25O in policies during
the year.
Strict enforcement Of the law Civ
ing counties authority to prohibit plac-
ing of billboards along highways has
been ordered by the Marathon county
board The county highway commits
sion has been instructed to enforce
the law and patrolmen on the state
and county trunk lines ordered to re-
port all violations in their districts.
"A loss of $4,000 was suffered when
fire destroyed the Eau Claire county
highway commission blacksmith shop,
outside of Eau Claire A 15-ton trac-
tor, truck and valuable tools were
ruined. Eau Claire firemen saved two
adjoining buildings housing 13 trucks,
three tractors, a steam engine and
road making equipment.
General managers Of the Burlington,
North Western and Milwaukee roads
announced at conference at La
Crosse with city officials and repre-
sentatices of civic organizations that
they were opposed to the construction
of union depot in that city and that
no plan for joint station yet sub
mitted was feasible. La Crosse has
been fighting for seven years to get
a union depot.
The public Libraries of twenty-eight
Wisconsin cities and i've state depart
ments will be invaded by thirty-seven
students of the Library school of the
University of Wisconsin during Feb
ruary and March. The students will
catalog books, tell stories to children,
address club meetings about the
library, do reference work, as part of
tho field work conducted each year by
the Library school as a regular part
of the course.
Beginning Feb. 1, the city of Eau
Claire will receive $1,000 monthly
from the Dells Paper and Pulp Co.
in return for permission to raise the
head of water in the Dells dam at
Eau Claire two and one-half feet.
Last summer the dam, which crosses
the Chippewa river, was placed in oper-
alton with 26-foot head. The paper
and pulp company found need for
greater power and sought permission
from the city to raise the head Of
water.
James p. Hawley jost of the Ameri-
can Legion of Neenah will sponsor
the state rifle shoot of the Wisconsin
Legion in September to select the
Badger state entry in the national
Legion shoot in October. according to
a decision reached by state post COM
manders and adjutants in session at
Baraboo. Rifle teams from every post
in the state will be entered and the
team will represent Wiscon-
sin in the shoot in connection with
the national Legion convention at
Omaha.
There were more than 400 dairy
COWS sold out of the state during
December, 1924, according to the re-
port just made by A. @. Collentine,
of the extension staff of the Wiscon-
sin College of Agriculture. The Mid
Western states, Montana, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Minnesota, took by
far the greater portion of the ship
ment. New York, New Jersey and
Indiana were also heavy buyers Col
lentine reports that the central and
eastern states that are buying heavily
have been in the dairy business much
longer than Wisconsin.
DR.. William F. Lorenz, chairman of
the state board of control, on his ar
rival, denied the repor that he would
sue the Mexican government for false
as result of his arrest
recently at Progreso, Mexico. Dr..
Lorenz told Of thrilling experiences of
the fishing party of which he was a
and which was Jailed at Pro-
greso. When the party was picked
up by Mexican gunboat after fioun-
dering at sea the members had the
appearance of tramps, he said. That
was the reason the American consul
did not help them sooner, he said, as
the consul though they were criminals.
Dividends of per cent regular and
per cent special were declared by
the Algoma Building and Loan as
ISOLATION after less than nine months
existence. All old officers were re-