Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-04-09

lege
Prof w. 7. Root of the history de-
partment of the University of Wiscon-
sin has resigned to become head of the
department of history at the Univer-
sity of Iowa. His resignation takes
effect at the end of the present school
year
Ex-Assemblyman Joe Weix. ST., 80,
died suddenly at his home in Colby
from a heart attack. He was active IN
politics in Marathon county, having
served as an assemblyman and mem
Der Of the county board.
William Tschabold, AZ, spun 60 feet
through the air when his coupe was
struck by an Illinois Central train at
a crossing in Monroe. A day later
it was found he had one broken rlp.
The automobile was demolished.
Showing off to crowd OF compa-
MONS by singing while perched on the
top of a high tension electric line
tower William Humphrey, Is, Chippe-
wa Falls, swung his foot close to
wire carrying 5000 volts and was
instantly killed
Former Dist. Atty John ]. Fisher,
bayfield,, asks $4,000 damages in
libel action started in circuit court
of Bayfield, county. Dist. Atty. John
W. Bernard is named defendant The
suit is an outgrowth of literature pub
lished during the last campaign.
Motorists afflicted with mania for
speed will have to watch their speed
ometers in Brown county after April /.
Fourteen motorcycle policemen will be
turned loose OF. county highways this
summer to patrol the roads and pre-
vent accidents resulting from reckless
or drunken driving.
Two carloads of heavy white pine
timber, comprising some of the largest
logs seen in northern Wisconsin since
the early numbering days, were ship
ped by the Flambeau River Lumber
company to Liverpool, England, for
shipbuilding purposes. The timber was
cut from the company's tract on Lake
of the Pines near Phillips.
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The secretary of war served notice
.on Mayor Evert, Marinette, and Mayor
Spies Menominee, that the cities of
Marinette and Menominee must replace
the draw span of the lower bridge
within the next four years. The new
draw span must be built to eliminate
the central pier and make single
channel of not less than 100 feet
Five thousand cords Of wood and
four kins of the Mast Brothers Lime
works. at Nastbro, near Lomira, were
destroyed by fire which was visible
for fourteen miles. Fire departments
from Mayville, Fond du Lac. La Mar,
Brownsville and Knowles fought the
tlames but they had gained such head
way before the apparatus arrived that
the fight against them was of little
avail
! The Gateway Area Council of the
Boy Scouts was organized at a meet
| ing held at the Chamber of Commerce,
La Crosse This is Boy Scout or
ganization comprising SO cities and VII
lagos in Houston, Vernon, Monroe, La
Crosse, Jackson ard Trempealeau
counties in Wisconsin and Houston
county in Minnesota Six thousand
boys will be reached by this organi-
zation and given the opportunity to
participate In Scout work.
Distribution of Forest county funds
among banks designated by the board
of supervisors last fall was ordered In
an alternative writ of mandamus
served on County Treasurer Poppy.
The writ, signed by Judge w. B. Qnin-
Ian of the circuit court, ordered the
treasurer to file surety bonds deposited
with him by certain banks and with
draw the county funds fror the First
butte them among the banks which
have deposited bonds.
The city of Madison will lose $500
as result of the collapse of Victor
H. Arnold's "city of dreams" it was
announced when the council voted to
accept $40 from the stockholders Of
the Lake Forest project In final set
Element of claim of $500. The Lake
Forest company was indebted to the
city for the construction of a cement
driveway from Capitol avenue to the
Lake Forest development. The "city
of dreams" collapsed when Arnold was
arrested more than two years ago
charged with using the mails to de-
| fraud
Mr.. and Mrs. William w. Vaughn,
80 and S3, respectively, recently cele-
brated their fifty-eighth wedding ami
versary at Lyons. All the members of
their unbroken family circle were
present. Mr.. Vaughn is native of
Walworth county, where he was born
only five miles from the farm on which
The has lived for 40 years. Mrs.
Vaughn was born in Ashtabula Ohio,
and came to Walworth county with
her parents in covered wagon when
she was 13. The couple are both in
excellent health and Mrs. Vaughn does
her own homework. Mr. Vaughn is
still actively engaged in farm work
and he and his son are widely known
as breeders of purebred livestock.
i A blue-backed sturgeon, weighing 50
pounds, which died and fioated down