Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-01-18
Annual Poultry Show Opens,

0rs to the tenth annual poultry show
of the Wisconsin Feathered Stock as
/ sociation, which opened In Kflbourn
and Juneau halls, Auditorium, at Mil
waukee. The show is the largest ever
held in Wisconsin.
All sorts of feathered pets from the
stately Plymouth Rock to the tiny ban
tam are on view and as for pigeons
and other small birds some of the best
in the country are there. There are
| 1900 entries of chickens alone, while
there are at least 400 pigeons and
dozens Of rare birds of all kinds.
Mayor Seidel did not make speech,
but he shook hands with everyone in
sight and, with Mrs Seidel and their
little daughter, spent an hour or more
inspecting various cages in which the
birds are shown.
The judging Of pouter pigeons was
completed, B. Holtz of Milwaukee win
ming most of the prizes. Mr.. Holtz also
won first prize for the best exhibition
coop. A. H. and C. w. Steinman, Mil
waukee, were second in this contest,
and Daniel Wagner, Milwaukee, third.
Oscar Meu, Milwaukee, won the first
prize for young blue pouters, and for
young white pouters.
Especial interest attaches to the ex-
hibition among feathered stock fan
ciers because Wisconsin is the second
state in the country in the variety and
value of products Of her majesty the
of
finest examples of thoroughbred poul-
try have been sent to the national
shows and there are many national
prize winners in this exhibition.
The pigeon exhibit includes about all
the fancy breeds and the cages in
which they are shown were the cen
ters of attraction, especially to the
children.
The pigeon coops show all the favor
ties dear to childhood's heart. There
are the funny pouters, putting their lit
tie breasts out in great pride. And the
fantails are there, too, lots of them
Homers, lean, racy-loOking birds, at
tract great deal of attention, and the
fancy but less known breeds like the
|
also are well represented.
Await Governors Action.
An adjournment of ten days was
! taken by the legislative committee in
vestigating the question of compro-
missing the suit brought against four
state railroads for back taxes, after ar
rangements had been made to submit
| further statistics to Governor McGov-
ern. This data will be arranged by
Prof. F. w. Gilman of the University
of Wisconsin, who furnished the In
| formation upon which the first suits
were based.
| Suit was originally brought for $780,
! 900 against four roads, the Milwaukee
road, Chicago & Northwestern, Oma-
! ha, the 500 and the Wisconsin Cen
trail, recently merged. Two cases were
| brought before the state supreme
court which decided that taxes for
only the last six years could be
| claimed. Several of the smaller state
roads paid without contest among
them the Burlington, $4,000 and the
Green Bay and Western, $4,000. The
other five roads decided to contest the
cases.
In the figures items were included
in the gross earnings of the road
which a recent decision of the United
| States Supreme court, in a similar
case brought by the state of Texas,
held illegal including receipts from
railroad hotels, warehouses and other
side lines. Should these items be
eliminated the aggregate would be re-
duced to about $150,000 1t is under
stood that this is the amount for
which the railroads are standing out.
Pending the consideration by the
| governor of the new summary to be
prepared by Professor Gilman, the
committee will take no action. The
members are noncommittal concerning
the provisions Of their report.