Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-22

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of Mrs. Mehitable 7. Hamilton, SO, one
of Rhinelander's pioneers. During the
civil war Mrs. Hamilton was a nurse
in Washington hospital.
A final campaign for 100000 to
complete the University of Wisconsin
Memorial Union fund of 81 ,275O0O will
take place on the university campus
Nov. IL to IA, it was announced in
Madison.
burglar who entered the home OF
Adam r. Boyer, Stevens Point under
taker, was put to fight by a 90-year-
old woman, Mrs. B. Griffith, who lives
with the Boyers and who had retired
for the evening. Other members Of
the family were away at the time.
Final plans for the state conven-
ton of the Wisconsin Association Of
Chiropractors, to be held at Milwau-
kee, Nov. Is and 49, will be made at
meeting of the Chiropractors Unity
Club of Wisconsin in Fond du Lac,
Nov. /.
| Medford jury brought in a YER
dict for Mrs. Kramer, widow of Matt
Kramer, and the court awarded judg-
ments totaling $4,000 to the widow and
the estate in her suit against H. R.
Hyland, who shot her husband In the
woods near Westboro last November
Figures made public by the state
| tax commission reveal that the as
sessed valuation of all property in the
state for 1925 is about $400,000,000
greater than in 1924, The valuation
in 1925 is $5,353, O40,612, compared to
1924 figures of $4,95O, 463, 1T. The
| gain came from the increased vaIua-
ton of real estate, which jumped from
81, OFT .203, 1877 in 1924 to $4,481, O55, 1865
in 1925.
Nine carloads of purebred Holsteins,
reputed to be one of the best herds
in the nation, totaling 90 heads, were
shipped from Sturgeon Bay to Fond
du Lac, where they will be sold at
auction Oct 20 and 81 The herd,
which numbered several state and ma
tional champion production record
holders, Is from the large Murphy
farms at Horseshoe bay, the holdings
Of which total nearly 1000 acres.
William Roggenbauer, 6S, is dead ;
his wife is seriously i'll, and two sons,
William, q, and Mathies, 20, are re-
covering from ptomaine poisoning
caused by eating contaminated pre-
served fruits. Mr.. Roggenbauer was
born In the homestead in which he
died, in Addison township, Washington
county, in 1857, and was widely known
also in Dodge county. Seven sons, all
farmers of this vicinity, and daugh-
ter survive, as does his WIFE
Two heavy fines and sentences were
meted out in Madison by Judge A. G.
Hoppmann in circuit court to liquor
! law violators. Pasquale Provence, a
second offender, was sentenced to five
months in the Milwaukee house of cor
rection and fined 81, 900 on five counts
Last August Provence was fined 5000
for selling liquor. Anton Mostisi an
other resident of the Sicilian colony
was sentenced to two months in the
house Of correction and fined 5000.
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Dsregarding two envelopes he found
In the safe strong box, one of which
contained several hundred dollars in
cash and a second which contained
diamond rings valued at several thou
sand dollars, a youthful bandit who
entered the Superior Commission Co.
building was making ready to leave
with two hams when he was dis
covered. The burglar, VINO police said
was a widely known Superior youth,
was not arrested and will not be pros
ecuted
With the controversy raging over the
action of the regents in going on
record against the acceptance of gifts
for the. University of Wisconsin from
endowment funds, M. e. Mccartney,
secretary Of the board of regents has
compiled list showing that the uni
versity has received gifts amounting
to $2,17O, 1894 since 1905 The gifts
include amounts from funds given to
the university in trust, money given
to the university for immediate use,
and gifts Of estates still in the hands
of administrators which will eventu-
ally become the property of the uni
Wisconsin's bootlegging industry is
making material contribution to the
support of the common schools of the
state. with revenue from court fines
in penal cases nearly four times as
much as the schools received from this
source before prohibition became effec-
tive. Under the state law all penal
fines go into the common school fund.
The first liquor law prosecutions came
in Wisconsin In 1920. and the results
were first noticeable in 1921. The
four years prior to 1922 showed total
revenue from all fines of $510,91171
The four years since 1921 show a to-
tai revenue from fines of 50, 127, S66.S7
Allowing for more than the average
increase in crime of other nature, boot
leggers have contributed considerably
more than $1,000000 to Wisconsin's
common schools in the four years In
Guiding the last fiscal year which
closed July 1.
versity.
All billboards and other kinds OF
outdoor advertising that are along
Door county highways must be re-
moved by Nov. l. The county high
way commission has issued an order
70 ovvnarS that such SIGNS noar cross