Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-07-26
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

| effect until August /, although it was
announced that it would be effective
July II. The change was made in the
! correction bills passed in order to
! give the secretary of state time to
! prepare for the work of registration
( Auto and motorcycle owners who nov
| have licenses need not register until
| January, but all applicants come I'M
der the law and will be compelled to
of the year The fee is SIS for auto
mobiles and 50 for motorcycles, in
stead of So, as has been stated fire.
quently.
Madison-A remarkable flve-year
growth of the ten normal sum-
mer schools is shown In the state
ment by Secretary William Kittle OF
the board of normal regents. The
statement follows: Enrolment in
1907, 1853; in 1908, LIPS; in 1909.
1,743; in 1910, 1858; in 1911, $3.50.
The summer schools have not killed
the Institutes, and during the com
institutes will be held in various
parts of the state.
Madison.-The University of Wis
consin, leader in the purif1ca-
ton" crusade that swept a confer
ence of the athletic world in the
winter of 1906 has come to the fore
again with a startling athletic pro
poganda, The regents of the univer-
sity have added to the curriculum a
full athletic course which combined
with literary work, will lead to de.
gree of bachelor of arts.
| La Crosse.-F1re, said to have
been started by boys in dry lum-
Der sheds of the Smith Manufac-
| turing company, destroyed $4,000
worth of finished timber used in the
/ construction of wagons and ruined a
! building block long. A stiff wind
| for a time threatened to spread the
blaze to the heart of the manufactur-
ing district.
! Oconomowoc. - The presence of
mind of Miss Stella Cunningham
undoubtedly prevented ]. X. Gil
/ son and his daughter, May ellison.
| from being drowned in Okauchee lake
when their launch capsized. Miss
| Cunningham, who was rowing nearby,
! saw their plight and arrived just in
time to save them.
Milton Junction.-Roy Smith, aged
thirty-five, a wealthy farmer, dis
since. He started with 5000 for
GAINESVILLE, but apparently did not
reach there, nor did he return. He
was married a year ago, and his
wife iN Frustrated.
Madison. : According to a deed
| filed in the ufice of Register of
Deeds Kroken John M. Olin has
sold part of his land in the town Of
Madison to the university regents for
! 1000. The sale follows that of the
Raymer farm, for which the regents
paid $4,000.
Askeaton.-The corn crop, which
has been threatened by the long
drought, was saved by heavy
rain. The grain crop, badly damaged
is now being harvested. The potato
crop is a total failure. Pastures are
completely dried up.
Stoughton-rhe Rev. Samuel G.
Ruegg, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church since 1909, or
dained March 27, 1901, at Stock
bridge, has resigned his pastorate.
Racine.-Rosco Perez, aged seven
teen, died from blood poisoning caused
by cutting his knee with knife a
week ago while whiting
La Crosse.-Picking up a clam on
the shores of Black river resulted in
John Bowling, switchman, finding a
pearl the value of which is estimated
at $1,000
RlCnlanQ CenLer.-t1re destroyed
the general store of H. M. Schoon-
over and the restaurant of A.
c. Wertz. The hardware store OF d.
T. James and the bakery of Otto Sey-
bold were also wrecked. The loss will
/ be $4,000 This is the fourth of a
series of fires within a few months.
The early hour circumstances sur
rounding each case strongly indicate
incendiary origin.
Neenah.-Thrown into the high
waves during a windstorm on
Lake Wipuebago, three young men,
Clifford 9awyer, Patrick Keoppoch
and Carl Wassenberg, nearly lost their
| lives when their sailboat capsized
They were rescued after several
hours clinging to the overturned
craft, in an exhausted condition. This
Is the boat that capsized and caused
the drowning of four Appleton girls
several weeks ago. The boys Will
sail 1t no more.
Racine Fire Marshal James