Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-17
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


near Fond du Lac from the govern
ment range at Boise, Idaho.
Failing to appear on a charge of
stealing $1,000 from the bnnk of She
boygan, Milka Carambotza, gypsy
woman, forfeited her $500 cash bail
Exhibitors from Wisconsin won SO
prizes in the competitive contest at
the international hay and grain show
just closed in Chicago. Wisconsin
products were given one sweepstake,
five firsts, six seconds and eight thirds.
The pastors of Merrill have signed
a resolution endorsing the mayors and
councils action to GUST slot machines
and other gambling devices from the
city. The slot machines were recently
removed from all business places on
Mayor Wittman's orders.
Arthur Schley, 12-year-old Fort At
kinson boy, anemia patient in Mercy
hospital at GAINESVILLE, was given a
third blood TRANSMISSION, 107 of his
schoolmates either came to GAINESVILLE
blood for their chum.
The students of Milton college voted
almost unanimously for entrance of
the United States into the world court.
The poll was taken in connection with
the nationwide move to find out stu
dent sentiment on this question, in
preparation for the effort to win APP
proval for the court in the United
States senate this month.
Oneida county highways will be
kept open for traffic this winter The
county has purchased large rotary
snow pillow which will be operated on
the principal roads after each heavy
storm. Several stretches of snow
fence also will be installed. Many
other upper Wisconsin counties have
taken steps to keep their highways
clear.
President Henry M. Wriston Of Law
renee college, Appleton, has offered a
prize to the student who submits the
best poem capable of being SET to
music as, a collegiate song. There is a
possibility that a second award may
be made. After the award has been
made, another contest will be held for
composers who submit the best music
to accompany the words Of the song.
An analysis has been made by the
Rusk county banks of the cost Of
handling small checking accounts and
az a result of their findings a service
charge is to be made. When the aver
age balance for any month falls below
$25, so cents is to be charged The
banks In Rusk county found that the
cost of handling small checking ac-
counts amounts to more than $1.5O
a month, total of more than $1S a
year.
Baraboo's new concrete bridge, the
connecting link with highway IL, is
open for travel. The new bridge and
the new concrete laid this year on
highway II in Sank county represent
an expenditure of about $500 900.
With completion of the first bridge.
work has been started on the second
across the Baraboo river 1t will be
completed in the spring of 1926. In
1927 another concrete bridge, the con-
Meeting link with Devils Lake over the
Warner memorial road, will be built.
After serving % years in the She
boygan city hall, holding nearly every
position in the appointment class, from
chief craftsman in the engineering de.
partment to deputy city treasurer,
deputy city clerk and deputy poor
commissioner, Erwin Mohr has been
appointed by Mayor L. e. Larson to
serve the unexpired term of the late
joan M. Steimle as city clerk. Mr..
Mohr was deputy city clerk for Is
years, but never became candidate
for election to the office.
Fred Albright, Fond du Lac dairy
man, was acquitted Of selling mis-
branded milk by jury in Municipal
court at Fond du Lac. it was charged
he advertised his milk to be from
tuberculin tested cows whereas his
herd had not been tested within six
months after a previous test showed
reactor among the herd. The case
drew considerable attention because of
It's probable bearing OH rulings of the
state board of agriculture, which are
more stringent than the statutes
Seventy-five head of Holstein-Frie-
sian cattle of Wisconsin have been
sold to South American interests for a
total of $4,000 and these animals are
being assembled for delivery. The
shipment is being made under the di-
rection of A. B. Collentine, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and L. L. Oldham
of the Holstein-Friesian association.
The first shipment of the cattle con-
sisting Of twenty-five head left a few
days ago for New York, from where
they will be carried to South America
on the steamer, Santa Rosalia The
first shipment includes the famed bull
Genera, Homestead Mercedes, valued
at $500
The grave which holds the body of
J. H. Colby in Evergreen cemetery,
ManitowOc, which is the first grave
dug there in 1858, will have new
marker to replace the original one,
broken recently Edwin Schuette, To-
cal banker, has ordered new head
stone which will bear the same in
scription as the first stone.
The Wisconsin Carpenters union
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