Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-23
A Short Account Of Some Of the Most
Important Events in Its Life, and
n Brief Mention OF Some of Its Lead
ing Business Men. Both Past
and Present. by
Rev. Father Goepfert.
Continued from last week.

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| Ancient files have persisted: our ear.
~ archives have been consumed; but
enough of primitive records can be
| found in the memories of the living to
reconstruct the history of Eagle River
and of Villas county. After consulting
one by one the first settlers in and
around Eagle River, the chief town of
our county, we shall continue our in
quiry among the pioneers of Minocqua,
Arbor Vitae, Woodruff, Star Lake, a
city not yet three years, old, and all
other places of Importance and inter-
est.
Formation of Villas county, April
18th, 1898. We find our county's orig
in in no surer source than "The Laws
of Wisconsin" passedat the biennial
session of the Legislature of 1898,
Chapter $50, pages 175-181.
The following is the substance of
this lengthy and important Legislative
document, published April 18th, 1898.
Section lsminutely defines the boun-
diaries of the territory embraced in the
new county OF Villas.
Section appoints Eagle River as
the county seat, and regulates the
terms of the circuit court to be held
each year in our city.
Section z reads as follows: "Within
twenty days after this act shall take
effect, the Governor of this state shall
appoint inand for the county of Villas
the following officers, to-wit: A coun-
ty judge, district attorney, clerk of the
circuit court, county clerk, sheriff, reg
lister of deeds, county treasurer, county
surveyor, superintendent of schools
and coroner, who shall, within twenty
days after due notice of their appoint
ments, respectively, qualify and enter
upon the duties of their offices, and
hold the same until the first Monday
of January next succeeding the first
general election thereafter. and until
their successors are elected and quail
fed, except that the county Judge shall
hold his office until the first Monday of
January, 1898.
Section provides for the salaries of
the aforesaid officers.
Sections and 6 define the respec-
tive boundaries of the two towns of Ea-
gle River and Minocqua; appoints the
board of supervisors who, within twen-
ty days after the passage of this act,
were to meet and transact all business
necessary to complete and perfect the
organization of the county, and deter
mine upon and make suitable provis-
ions for and places for holding the cir
cult court at the time appointed there
for.
Sections to IL regulate the liabili-
ties, rights, compensations, taxes. sale
of lands, transcription records, appor-
tionments of and in the several coun-
ties OF Oneida, Iron and Villas.
This Act was approved April 18th,
1898.
To us this Act seems to be MASTER
ly document and shows all voters what
men of deep legal learning and intelli-
gence they must send to the House of
Congress and to the Senate. A legis-
lator assumes heavy burden upon his
shoulders and none should wish to en-
ter the arena unless men of knowledge
and integrity, ready to walk in the
footsteps of Moses, Lycurgus or Scion,
ready especially never in their words,
votes and laws to deviate from the
laws of our Divine Legislator, our
Lord, Saviour and Judge, Jesus
Christ. "Year after year." says Faith
err Rosswinkel, S. j., in a recent lee
ture which he delivered in Detroit,
Mich, tour legislators seem to meet
for the avowed purpose of framing laws
tending to the decentralization Of our
homes such as is in most OF our
States, as it 10 in France, the infamous
law Of Divorce, the deadliest family
fiend, law that fills our land with
thousands OF deserted husbands and
wives, breaks up every year thousands
of homes, and scatters throughout the