Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-09
The north bound passenger was

acknowledge fraternal visit from
Bro. Hooper.
The Blue Grass Land Company
made large land sale the past week,
disposing of 600 acres of land to John
Otness, Ella and Sam. Sytle and Aug
ust Peterson.
Plenty of the beautiful" snow is
falling in this section now, and the
prospects are that the balance OF the
winter months will give as all the
winter weather we want.
| The local freight crew are avail
j ing them selves of the required rest af-
for.ied them under She new rules. 1t
was afte.' eleven O'clock Fridav night
when they went south.
"A. y. Stevens has got oct logs
enough 70 build fine Jog house and
barn on his place near Catfish lake,
work upon the same will be started
in the spring
Miss Exisda Rohida went to Hack
ley SATURDAY 10 assist Charles Vie
gapd Ia teach the Hackley school the
balance of the school term. Owing to
the large numb of scholars attend
ing school, the Boaci Of Directors
found il necessary TO employ another
teacher.
This week Friday evening, the
Eagle Rive Base Ball Club will give
Germ Opera house. Stnard's full or
chestra IF Amigo has been engaged
to furnish the music. An oyster sup
per will be served. A general invita-
ton is extended to all and a good
time is assured all who attend.
We spent couple of days at
Eagle River this week and as the case
is nearly every where this time OF the !
year, found business very quiet. Eag-
lie River has made number of inn
provements the past year, among /
them beng the residences erected by
Alex. Higgins and T. I. Loughlin.
The town board has built large /
amount of cement sidewalks which
are taking the place OF the plank
walks. --Minoe'qua Times.
The special town election held at
the Town Hall last SATURDAY for The
purpose of voting to borrow %. 900 to
build two new school houses, was not
very largely attended there being
only IS votes cast, 65 for the loan and
5 against the loan. It-has clearly been
clearly demonstrated by the above
vote, that the citizens are ready and
willing to afford the means of giving
every child in our Jurisdiction good
1t is certain that the three
who voted against the loan, had their
reasons for so doing, and possibly did
not understand what the loan was
fol-. At any rate the loan was car
riea bv IN sverwhelming ma jority.
The M.,waukee Catholic Citizen
publishra in its last issue the follow
ing: FOR comaiercial teasons, the
law refuses, after he lapse OF q GER
tain number of years, to lend its aid
TO the enforcement OF old debts. New
erthe less. the moral obligation is not
outlawed by any legal statute. Thir-
ty one years ago James Radfork KEEP
grocery store a; 223 Michigan street
Milwaukee. Last week q woman
sought out Mrs. Sophia Smith. legal
descendent OF James Radford and
paid her bill Of $22. due and owing
10 Radford's grocery over thirty years
ago. The debtor had met with one
misfortune after another and 1t was
only recently that she had enough
money to enable her to pay this old
account"
The Cherokee Advocate, the only |
paper in the world printed in the Ia
dian language, will cease publication
with it's issue of March 4, 1908, at !!
which time the tribal government OF
the Cherokee Indians will come to an
end. The paper is published at Tab
lequah, Oklahoma, and circulates
among the Indians of the Cherokee
nation.
With the suspension OF the Advo-
cate, Cherokee as printed language
will die. The indians believe they
have honored Sequnvah. the inventor
of their rlphab bet, sufficiently by keep
ing the printed language before the