Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-14
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Hackley Thursday. The new railroad
from Conover into the mill site is
nearing completion, and the founda-
ton for the new mill has been started
and George Thompson has been en-
gagged to do the mason work, leaving
for that place Friday.
An exchange remarks that the
gasoline season is now at hand and
accidents may occur and to remember
that if you have 3 gasoline-fire throw
flour on it; or meal or sand, never
water. Flour, peal or sand will put
the fire. cut. Water only spreads it.
Now fix this in your own mind SO 1T
will come handy when you need it.
-Messrs. A. E. Ransom and AZ.
Rape, Of Milwaukee, spent the last
of the week in the city in the interest
of the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York. Mr. Ransom has
many friends in the city, as he acted
as book5keeper for the Gerry Lumber
Co., here when the city was in it's
balmy days.
M. Frankie spent Wednesday at
Rummels trout fishing, and returned
home highly elated over his well filled
basket Of speckled beauties and was
showing. his catch to his friends, when
Banker Mckenzie, the well-knoWn
nimrod Of these waters, and whose
advice is sought for in that lire of
sport, after examining Mr.. Frankle's
catch, announced one-half of them
clubs, and were caught with silver
hook. For further information we
refer our readers to Messrs. Frankie
and Mckenzie.
Z The raising of sheep is another
profitable investment for buyers of
land in Northern Wisconsin. The
land in some sections is covered with
small underbrush which the sheep
like and they do great deal in help
ing clear piece of land and at the
same time increase in value them
selves. Taking eyeryt thing into con-
sideratien, the future of Northern
Wisconsin as a stock-raising section is
assured. The Tomahawk, Tomahawk
Our farmers are busy this fine
weather in getting in their first crop
of hay, which is of the finest quality.
They will all cut a second crop and
some third. Who says that moth
ing can be grown in northern Wiscon-
sin, and especially in Villas county,
Let the unbelieYer make a visit to
this vicinity and cast their eyes upon
the fine growing crops, and they will
go home with their minds changed as
whether our soil is productive or not.
BY the large amount of new and lat
est improved farming machinery that
is being shipped here, it certainly
looks asif there must be use for it,
and there certainly is use for it and
plenty also. This alone should be
proof enough that this country is not
a barren desert.
The following is taken from an
exchange, and tells of school boy
who being compelled by his teacher
to write an essay on the mouth, !"
wrote the following: 1.-The mouth is
the front door of the face; 1t is the
aperture of the cold storage of the
anatomy. The mouth is the hot-bed
of the tooth-ache. The mouth is the
crimson aisle to the liver; it is the
fountain of patriotism and the tool
chest for pie. Without the mouth
the politian would be a wapderer on
the face of the earth and go down to
a dishonored grave. It is the groeGser's
friend, the orators pride, the, dentists
hope. 1t is temptations lunch coun-
ter when attached to a maiden, and
tobacco's friend when attached to a
man. 1t puts some men on the ros-
trum and others in jail. 1t is the
home of that unruly member, the
tongue. Without it married life
would be dream and the dude would
lose half his attraction"