Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-05-05

Your ice box needs ice this warm
weather! Call on Mart Hirzel for
yonr summer supply.
A wagon load of new farm mach
inery was taken to Colman's farm on
Clear water lake last week.
! Miss Emma Gericke came up from
Milwaukee Wednesday to spend the
! summer with her sister, Mrs. Steve
Bowker and family.
Postmaster Flanders, of Conover,
passed through here Thursday on his
way home from Crandon, where he
transacted business for the Eagle Rir-
er Brick Company.
John Diamond, John Hobart and
M. Walsh, spent several days the lat
ter part OF the week on Mr.. Diamonds
homestead raising a log house.
Seth Kimball, of Rhinelander,
stopped in town Wednesday on his
way to the Sand Lake summer resort
to get the place in readiness for
guests.
The Town Board have posted up
notice around the city, prohibiting
bicycle riding on the sidewalks, and
as the order is just one, we hope it
will be rigidly enforced.
Roy Ball one OF Rhinelander's
popular liverymen, drove over Wed
nesday with P. j. Skolsky, of Eau
Claire, a representative of the Bell
Telephone Company.
ID. H. Sargent was down from his
resort to-day. d. H. wears very Of
fetal countenance now days, since
Uncle Sam has added z. Nd. to his
name.
Deputy Game Warden JAS. Ober-
hotter drove over to Minocqua Fri
day on official business, and was &C
companied by County School Super
intendent Alex Higgins who held
teachers conference Saturday.
A car load of horses passed
through here on the up freight this
morning for Conover, to be used for
grading work on the side track to be
built to Twin lake, where The hard
wood mill is to be located.
-Consta j. J. Roderick went up
Lac Vieux Desert to-day to serve SUI
pena papers on some Indians. Mrs.
Roderick and son Arthur accompanied
him and will visit Mrs. Harry Frank.
Tine Misses Ida Slattery, Julia
Dockeray, Fannie Garrison, Frances
Diamond, Frances Slattery, Irene Alb
bott and Prof. A. P. Casey, drove
over to Minocqua Friday and attended
the teachers conference held Satur-
day.
Don't forget to leave your ice or
der with Andrew Ragenfuss, or Mart
Hirzel.
In another column of this issue
will be found an article for the "pre-
vention Of Potato Scab," from the
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment
Station, in which our farmers will no
doubt find relief from that one great
nuisance, potato scab.
Mayor Burt Williams, of Ashland
who is wellknown in this place, is
spoken of by his democratic friends,
as possible candidate for the nomi-
nation for governor at the state con
| vention. Mr.. Williams is too we'll
known to need any introduction, and
made many friends here during his
several visits.
d. II. Sargent has received the
appointment as post master for the
new Lakota office to be opened at
Twin lake. The office will be located
at Mr.. Sargent's place about June 1st,
and it will be good thing for the
settlers around Twin lake, as they
will receive better mail service than
they now have at Conover.
Nine little friends of little Katie
Moran spent Friday with her to
celebrate her ninth birthday. 1t il
needless to say the little folks found
Katie fine little hostess, especially
in serving the refreshments that all
children loves so well. Several fine
presents were received by Katie, in
remembrance of the day that all pres
ent enjoyed so we'll.