Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NEWS OF THE :
BADGER STATE
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-Four horses, seven cows and guam
tity Of hay were burned when the
Joseph BeLair barn, near Pound,
caught fire after a threshing machine
had left.
Work will be started soon on the
100000 addition to the new 100000
Lorraine hotel in Madison, it was
learned when a building permit was
issued for the construction.
Lester Hatch, SO, father of Prof.
K. J.. Hatch, of the University Of Wis
cOnsin agricultural experiment station,
Madison, died at Richland Center at
the home Of his daughter.
Eight conventions Of teachers will
be held in Wisconsin within the next
two months, 1t was announced at
headquarters In Madison of the Wis
consin Teachers association.
Camp Sparta Is now practically de-
serted, but four soldiers being left,
two sergeants and two privates, who
will have charge Of the camp during
the coming winter. The 14th field ar
tlllery broke camp Sept. A.
Harry II. Kolls, director Of the Elks'
orchestra and one Of the leading vio-
liDists in central Wisconsin, will leave
Merrill for Milwaukee, having &C
cepted a position as instructor of VIC
lin at the Universal Conservatory Of
Music.
BY a vote OF 808 to 402, the city Of
Amigo voted at special election to
issue bonds for the building of a new
sewage disposal plant. 1t was also
voted, 776 to 467, to bond the city for
construction of additional storm wa
ter sewers.
r. G. Preston, Waukesha, has been
appointed farm manager Of the Wis
consin industrial home for women at
Taycheedah, Supt. Pearl r. Phillips
has announced. He will assume his
duties Oct. 10. The State home has APP
proximately $50 acres of land under
cultivation.
County Judge r. A. Richards i'm
posed one Of the stiffest dry law fines
yet vi ICCOlu AlOilAOC COhiAly
he sentenced Leonard Garske, guilty
of transporting liquor from La Crosse
to Sparta, to fine Of $500 and costs
of S4063 In addition, he was given
sentence of 90 days in Jail on
second offense charge.
Wisconsin stands fourteenth among
the states in the amount paid in feder-
al taxes, it was announced in Wash
ington by David H. Blair, internal
revenue commissioner During the
fiscal year of 1926 Wisconsin residents
paid $50, 100, 434 80 into the federal
treasury Among the states common
ly referred to as the northwest Wis
consin was first.
Paul N. Reynolds director of the
department Of municipal accounts and
general property statistics of the state
tax commission, has resigned to be-
come head Of q department Of bust
ness economics in a Madison manu-
featuring concern, effective Oct l.
Mr.. Reynolds has been connected with
the tax commission for the last eight
years.
The team Of John Thompson, Len
root township, Sawyer county, broke
the state horse pulling record when it
moved 2725 pounds 271a feet In 1922
seconds. The previous record was q
700 pounds. The team weighs 3,720
the Sawyer county fair horse pulling
contest held under the auspices Of the
state college of agriculture.
The bed of the Baraboo river is so
hard piling cannot be driven through
1t, according to men engaged In the
construction Of the Second avenue con-
crete bridge In Baraboo. Two piles
were broken off in an attempt to pierce
the crust Of the river bed 1t was
planned to have the new $4,000 struc-
ture opened for traffic by Jan. 1, but
this new obstacle may delay cOnstruc-
ton, according to the men.
A dozen robberies of creameries
terminated at Darlington when Fred
Stetler Of the Whiteside factory caught
midnight prowler in his factory
AhN SOuhS man SuhC hlo dS ANI
De VIII, duplicating two other young
men. De VIII confessed they had rob-
bed u creameries, three at Whiteside
in one night. De VIII is in the county
Jail His accomplices fled. The cream
stolen is said to have been hauled to
Madison and sold there.
Elmer S. Hall, state conservation
commissioner, is seeking official advice
as to his authority over rattlesnakes.
He has asked the attorney general for
an opinion on the question of whether
the conservation commission has SUI
pervision over reptiles such as 1t ex-
ercises over wild animals. The ques-
ton arose when an appeal was made
60 Commissioner Hall to check the
propagation of rattlesnakes in a GER
tain locality where venomous creatures
are reported to- be used for expert
mental purposes.
w. o. Hotchkisg, former member Of
the Wisconsin highway commission
and state geologist, was given watch,
chain and charm by co-workers in the
highway department before he left for
HOughton, Mich, where he becomes