Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-16

IRedeman, will pasture about 1000
sheep this winter on their adjoining
farms of LAO acres in Marinette
county.
The General Cement Construction
company of Neenah has been given
the contract for the reinforced con-
icrete work on the new Memorial hos
pital at that place.
The Lincoln Milling company will
install a gas producer in its new plant
now nearing completion at Merrill,
WIS. About. seventy-ffve horse power
will be generated. \
The prevailing opinion among street
railway officials at Providence, R. L.,
is that there would be no strike of
Istreet-car men on the trolley lines of
the Rhode Island company.
The Pike River Granite company
will remove its mill and plant from
Arberg to Marinette where the Mil
waukee road is building a spur track
to facilitate the handling of it's
product.
Two Rivers capital is being inter
ested in the newly patented self feed
and ensilage cutter of Krase & Grimm
and it is possible that arrangements
for its manufacture at that place will
be closed.
The thirty creameries of Portage
county last year produced S2,569,288
ponds of butter which sold for $467,
76149. The country has only one
cheese factory which made about co.
coo pounds of cheese.
Both union leaders and street rail
way officials state that they thought
there would be no strike called on the
trolley lines controlled by the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail
road company in Massachusetts.
The new yards of the Milwaukee
road at La Crosse are nearing compile
ton The improvement will repre-
sent an investment of about $4,000
and will give the road additional
needed facilities.
The actual value of the mich cows
of Green county, according to the
lcounty clerks compilation is 1884,
$50, the total number being 32,254
During 1907, 86,563 pounds of butter
and 931,7OO pounds of cheese were
made in this country.
The unusually low stage Of the
Black river which results daily in the
grounding of launches and small craft
is believed by Congressman Esch to
be due to the fact that a large power
dam is being constructed at Black
River Falls.
After forty-six years with the North
western road, George Viele Of Wau-
sau, one of the roads oldest engineers
has resigned. He will receive a pen
sion of $52.52 for the rest of his life.
He ran the first passenger train over
the road from Fond du Lac to Milwau
kee.
Vernon county is conceded to have
one of the best tobacco crops, quality
considered that has been raised for
many years. At least forty non-resi-
dent tobacco buyers have been riding
the rural districts contracting for
many crops. The average price paid
so far is about 10 cents a pound.
The newspaper mill for the Green
Bay Fibre and Paper company will be
turned over to the owners by the con-
tractors within a few days when the
company will begin the manufacture
of paper in addition to sulphite. Card
board will be one of the principal
products OF the new plant. 1t is ex-
pected that the mill will be in run
ming order by Nov. 1.
Two factories were secured for
Chippewa Falls during the past week
"a violin and a candy factory. The
violin factory will be operated by
Knute and Gunner Holland, members
of the Holland family, famous in Nor
way as violin manufactures. The
candy factory will be established by
Bert and William Gagnon and will be
one of the largest in Wisconsin.