Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21

The Rev. G. G. Hubert, 30, blind
pastor of the Amherst Methodist
church, died after an illness of two
weeks with asthma and bronchitis.
His wife, who survives him, is also
blind
The bulk of the $4,000 estate of the
late John f. Roberts of Eau Claire
goes to the local Masonic lodge, the
income therefrom to be used for char
liable purposes, according to the will
made public
Senator Robert NJ La Toilette will
arrive in Madison early in June to
country home, he announced in a tele-
gram received by William Blake, state
secretary of the Young Mems Progress
sive association.
Elaborate plans are being made at
Oshkosh for entertainment of the Wis
consin grand lodges, Knights of Py-
thias and Pythian Sisters, which meet
there June 16 to IS, the first meeting
at Oshkosh since 1896. Plans are be-
ing made to entertain 700 visitors for
the three days.
Charges against Patrolman Lyman
Mason arising from the police raids
on Little Italy" Madison, Feb. Z,
when Vincent Costagna, %, was shot,
were dismissed following an investiga
ton. Costagna was shot by the patrol
man when he reached for his hip
pocket, the officer believing the man
WIS reaching for a gun.
Miss Iva Russell, for eight years dep
uty county clerk, was elected county
clerk and county agent for Kenosha
county by the county board to fill the
vacancy caused by the recent resigna-
ton of Charles l.. Holerness, who has
been appointed postmaster at Kenosha.
Miss Russell is the first woman to hold
this office in the history Of the county.
The Ideal Cheese factory, five miles
south Of Edgar, owned by J. H. Jen-
kins, Athens, was burned to the ground
when fire broke out in the boiler room,
the entire stock of cheese being de-
stroyed. The loss is placed at approx
imately $5,4O0. The factory was prac-
tically the only immediate market for
milk for farmers in this locality.
The strike of sheet metal workers,
which lasted seven weeks, came to an
ond of Mod;coy, alton a oov,,Y,ro,,oico
agreement had been reached by which
the union men accepted $105 an hour
This is an increase of cents over
the scale paid last year. The metal
workers struck for $1.15 but after four
weeks they lowered their demands to
$1.O71a.
Harry Miner of Friendship heard
carbon monoxjde gas would kill skunks
under buildings. He backed his car
up to building on his farm, connected
the exhaust pipe to hole in the foun-
dation and let the engine run an hour.
When he turned off the engine II back
fired. A terrific explosion followed,
destroying the building. Two dead
skunks were found in the wreckage.
A new record at the Wisconsin state
prison was set when the number Of
convicts reached the 800 mark. Not
since the tearing down of cell house
some years ago has the number of in
mates reached this point. The capa-
city of the prison is sOrely taxed, even
with about 100 convicts being housed
on the prison farms. and it soon will
be necessary to put cots In the corri
doris.
The right Of the Wisconsin highway
to relocate route 26, from
Milton junction to Milton, was upheld
by Judge e. Ray Stevens. Dane county,
n decision sustaining the demurrer Of
Atty. Gen. Herman Ekern Milton
Junction citizens petitioned for an in
junction to restrain the county using
road bond funds for paving the new
road and sought to restrain the high
way commission from changing the
route.
The 100000 mark in registration for
courses in the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin extension division
has just been passed, according to
Dean L. E. Reber, Of the extension
division. The University extension d.
vision began its correspondence study
work in 1906 and is now piling regis
trations upon the 100000 record. OF
these approximately $4,000 are in bust
ness courses, $4,000 in mechanical en-
cheering subjects, 1000 are in mathe-
matics, and about 5000 In English.
DIR. Glenn Frank, 81, editor of The
Century Magazine, New York, was
chosen by the University of Wisconsin
board of regents as president Of the
it was reported unofficially.
The matter of choosing president to
succeed President e. A. Birge, who
wishes to retire this year, has, been
hanging fire since Dean Roscoe Pound
Of the Harvard Law school decliner
The post few months ago. A commit
tee of regents has been chosen to com
nunicate with Dr. Frank and consists
Of Theodore Kronshage, president of
the board of regents, iona Gale, Daniel
Grady, John M. Callahan and M b.
0lbrich This committee may go to
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