Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Madison. - Five hundred citizens
of Wisconsin, whose occupations
Eange all the way from clerk In
small retail store to bank official
and railroad director, are now taking
courses in business MANAGEMENT off
cred by the correspondence study de.
partment Of the University of Wis
constr. Tie 81 courses in business
management and organization are de-
signed to cover the principal fields of
business enterprise and to be so prac-
teal that any business man may find
course to meet his particular needs.
Some courses of general interest are
offered to provide the foundation for
further specialized study. The most
popular courses now offered include
city and town promotion, plant man
agement, advertising campaigns, sell
ing, buying and shipping methods.
credits and collections, accounting,
business law, commercial correspond
ence and retail selling and store man.
agement.
INSTRUMENTATION cost account.
ing for printers is the subject OF
new course to be started by the
extension division of the University
of Wisconsin on January /, 1912, in
cooperation with the Franklin club of
Milwaukee, Lectures and demonstra-
tons will be given by instructors from
the university in classes which will
meet regularly Plans are also being
made to offer this course through the
correspondence department, SO that
any printer in the state may take adj
vantage of the opportunity to study
modern methods of determining
printing COSTS
Madison-Judge A. t. Sanbern
of the federal court appointed
State Senator A. W. Sanborn and the
Central Wisconsin Trust company of
this city receivers for the John r.
Davis Lumber company of Phillips.
The timber and land and other prop
erty of the company is appraised at
$3,936, 604.30 OF unsecured Indebted
ness in the sum of 1922 900 about $780,
GOO is due Davis, according to his
claim, leaving the other creditors the
sum of $222,000 To the depressed
business conditions in the lumber in
dustry Davis attributes the company's
embarrassment
Racine.-Mrs Anna Buehler of
Chicago, mother of Violet Bueh-
Ter, came to Racine to view a watch
found near the Racine station of the
electric railroad which answered the
description of one worn by her miss
ing daughter She was not able to
identify it, and the situation resolved
itself into additional possibilities OF
solution The girl is joint heiress
with her mother to an estate of $780,
600 left by her father.
Madison. - The local police are
looking for Mrs. Katherine M.
Daggett, who mysteriously disap-
peared from her home at 205 North
Francis street, last Thursday. She has
two children, one of whom is a Grip
pie. The children We're found alone
and the case was reported to the as
ISOLATED charities and the crippled
child was removed to hospital. 1t
is said she went to Chicago.
MISUNDERSTANDING Captain Fow-
IF yaI1 c4n
is six feet nine inches tall and is
forced to stoop to enter the cabin OF
his vessel and cannot occupy it with
comfort, a special cabin will be con-
structed Captain Fowler comes from
Montague, Mich, and is said to be one
of the tallest vessel captains on the
lakes.
Superior. - The police have ar
rested ten boys, alleged to be in
volved in systematic thefts of grain
from freight cars. The authorities say
the gang. consists of four or five men
and thirty-f1ve or more boys. The
thievery is said to be done by the
youngsters, who turn the grain over
TO the men for small consideration.
The men in turn sell it to the commits
sion men for the market price. Other
arrests are expected to follow.
Shawano.-At the annual meet
Ing the Shawano County Medi-
cal society, held here, the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: DR.. Puchner, Wittenberg, re-
elected president; DR.. Baker, Birnam-
wood, vice-president; DR.. Stubenvoll,
Shawano, secretary-treasurer; DIR.
Rothman, Wittenberg, delegate to state
convention; DR.. Raglan, Shawano. al
ternate; DR.. Gordon, Shawano. censor.
Racine. - The mystery surround
ing the disappearance of trunk
containing $4,000 worth of diamonds
and jewelry belonging to John Lind
ley, representing New York jeweiry
firm, was cleared up when the trunk
was found in St Paul, MINI, booked
for Winnipeg. 1t appears that in
Chicago Lindley got his checks mixed
up with those of Miss Sax. who was