Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-15

Three Lakes. We will try and keep
the grass of the streets.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed. Lacau and
daughter, returned Thursday from
Woodipyille, Wash, where they visit
eel Mrs. Lacau's sister ami family for
the past two months. They brought
back Myrtle Valley, a niece, who will
make her home here.
Kansas City Star: A Henry
county farmer fQAFd a cigar in bis
small sons pockst Monday night and
after whipping the boy for having it,
smoked it himself. The cigar was
loaded and il burned the farmers
.yaiskers. The farmer then whipped
the hoy again. Was the boy unju,tly
treStedP Respectfully referred to the
Shakespeare Literary club of Knob
sters for debate.
Last Wednesday evening twenty
eight children with their teacher, MISS
Abbott, rendered a surprise on their
class mate Pearl Butcher, At the home
of Mrs. Janrs Cavner where Pearl $
staying. The little folks enjoyed
most pleasant evening, also the fine
supper which Mrs. Cavner served.
Several line minks and offers are
being captured around the lakes this
winter. stewart LangIll caught s
line otter near State Line last week,
which measured near ieet. As the
mink and otter hides caught in this
section Of the state bring good mar
ket price, several of our citizens are
making extra money easily.
The Board of School Directors are
securing cOnTeysnces To the several
school sites in the town. 1t Is sur
prising that school officers in past
ysaIs erected So many school houses
on lands To which they had no title.
The present board is to be commend
sd for their foresight in this safe
guarding the interests Of the district.
"A dy namO arrived Saturday from
Detroit. Mich.. for the Light q Water
WORKS Company. The new dynamo
will be placed in Positie9 Il once and
Will take The place of one Of the dy-
namos now in use, which will be re-
served for All emergency. The new
dynamo is 1000 light capacity.
The retail merchants of Amigo
organized branch organization OF
the Wisconsin Retail Merchants Asso- |
citation, the past week, for the pur-
pose of working in harmony and to
secure passage of such laws, rs will
better protect the iaerchants from
''deAdbeats." Wouldn't such an or
ganization be good thing fol this
place?
james Mcdonnell, conductor on
the local passenger. blossomed out
the past week with 5 gold stripes on
the left arm of his uniform. The new
rules of the Z. & n. w. R'y Co., is
that passenger conductors wear the
stripes of honor, each gold band de-
signates live years OF faithful service
for the company, and a. Conductor
Mcconnell has served the company
faithfully for rs yerrs, be is entitled
To wear five bands on his uniform.
Twenty-Five years as conductor Is a
long time on the road, considering
the large number of wrecks and acct.
which might have occurred. Conduc-
tor is rs proud of those tive bands of
honor as boy is of his first pair OF
bJots, and he has good reasons to be.
N. L. Kinney Saturday captured
one of the largest timber, VOLTS ever
seen in this section. 1t weighed 80
pounds, stood "a feet nigh, meas"r
IA inches from tip of the nose to the
tip of the ear. and nearly 6 feet in
length. The animal was captured on
Link lake. A large number of people
viewed the animal Saturday, several
saying it was the biggest and finest
timber wolf that had ever seen. As
the state and county bounty on VOLTS
is IS each and the hide worth about
IS, Mr.. Kinney had very prosperous
days income.
An exchange says. 1t may be n
teresting TO some who haze slipped in
Just few words" Of wri in in .
package of paper or ner na disc
mailed at the low ra.cs 10 cir
friends, that Ihe abuse has become so