Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-14


company. The general creditors, who
had claims amounting to $4,000, will
get nothing. The secured labor
claims are paid in full, but the
unsecured will be paid only a i25 per
cent dividend. The failure was the
most complete one that ever occurred
in that part of the state. W. A. Den
mis- is said to be in Chicago and has
escaped prosecution.
Ex-Gov. w. H. Upham of Marshfield,
said that numbering operations in the
pineries next winter would be on a
larger scale than last year. Il shall
begin making log roads next week" he
said, "and preliminary operations will
begin all over the pineries about Sept.
l. There has been no lack of work
this summer. I'll guarantee that If |
wanted fifty men tomorrow I would
have hard work to get them. A great
change has come in this respect in the
last two or three years"
At Kenosha Mrs. w. w. Strong en-
tertained the D. A. r. at luncheon. In
stead of the usual lecture the hostess
had the visitors write from memory
the stanzas of My Country IT'S Of
Thee. 1t is said of Americans that
they do not know their own national
songs This experiment would seem to
be a proof of this assertion, for the
daughter who won the first prize had
eight lines out of the twenty-eight
wrong, while the winner of the BOBBY
made record of two correct lines.
There is Chicago lumberman in
Ashland who was long-headed enough
to anticipate the rise in the price of
lumber this season and he has been
making money so fast this year that
his bookkeepers can hardly keep track
of it for him. He is Perley Lowe,
and it is estimated that he has pur-
chased 15O,O00,000 feet within the last
nine months and is still looking for
more. The larger portion of this was
purchased before lumber began to rise
and as a result it means an immense
profit for Mr.. Lowe-a half million
dollars some have estimated
vassed the county vote upon the prop
osition to vote $4,000 to rebuild the
New Richmond bridge destroyed by the
tornado. Seven hundred votes were
cast against and 500 in favor. Only
one-fifth of the vote Of the county was
shown. The proposition was defeated
principally because nearly all the
towns had given literally by voluntary
contributions and they were afraid of
establishing a precedent in favor of
giving aid by direct taxation. Of thir-
ty-four precincts in the county twenty
turned an adverse vote. Hudson City
favored the aid by majority Of
twenty.
A number of coal men are in SUI
perior connected with the settlement
of the litigation over the possession
of the dock Of the Lehigh Coal &
Iron company. 1t is understood that
an amicable agreement will be reached.
The Duluth Furnace company foresees
that the litigation will as effectually
prevent it taking over any of the coke
ovens as if they had no lease and they
are the prime movers for settlement.
The proposition is for the Leh1gh Coal
e Coke company to let the Duluth
Furnace company have some Of the
coke ovens. 1t is expected that ar
rangements will be made for the re-
pairing of the dock structure.
The grand lodge of the Sons of st.
George convened in Milwaukee and
will be in session four days. The
states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minneso-
ia, Iowa and Missouri are represented.
The first business was to settle the con-
test over the election of the grand
messenger and grand trustee. Joseph
Heigh of Chicago was elected to the
former and E. B. Coggswell of Milwau-
kee to the latter position. The other
officers were elected to subordinate
offices without contest. They are
Grand president, E. Johnson of Chi
cago; grand vice president, James
Fryer of Chicago; grand secretary, c..
c. Murisse of Chicago; and grand
treasurer, John Thomas of Chicago.
The officers were installed.
Sixty-four years ago the first white
settlement was made in Pikeville,
which subsequently became South
port, and is now Kenosha. The early
settlers came from western New York,
the westward movement starting in
the town of Hannibal, and it was
thence that the first settlers came in
1885. Among them was the Bullen
family of three brothers, John, William
and Lathrop. They took up a great
deal of land, especially on the north
side of the river, believing that that
part of the new settlement was che
one likely to increase. In few
years they had sold off most of their
early possessions and had gone farther
west. Last week LathrOp Bullen came
back to Kenosha for the first time in
fifty years. He had left village in
1849 and found on his return a pros
porous town. Nearly all of the early
settlers whom he knew have died
Even their names have disappeared
from among the families of the town,