Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-21
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Phillips-Editor George D. Young
of the Park Falls Herald was
drowned in Butternut lake. H5 was
fishing from a rowboat in company
with A. E. Kaiser of Park Falls when
the boat capsized, throwing both into
15 feet of water. Kaiser was saved
by swimming to shore. Young's body
was recovered.
Bangor.-The woman was short,
the dog little and the snake long.
Mrs. M. Short was called by the fran
tic barking of her dog, and when she
reached the place saw a large snake
approaching her small son, who was
playing in the yard She welded her
umbrella so effectively that the reptile
turned up its toes in short order The
snake measured five feet and two
inches. Next day her brothers wife,
Mrs. George Short, killed a snake even
longer while picking berries. 1t meas
ured five feet eleven
Kenosha.-'I am just going to lie
down in bed and die" said Sam
uel Spiney, Kenosha man, and few
minutes later he was found still and
cold. Spiney had been in excellent
health, but when he started for the
bed just after dinner he declared to
members of his family that he was
going to die. They considered him
hysterical and called a physician, but
Spiney was dead when the doctor ar
rived. Physicians stated that his death
was due to valvular heart trouble.
Madison.-By appointment Of Gov
ernor McGovern, Senator Henry
Krumrey, Plymouth; Senator Paul o.
Husting, Mayville, William Irvine,
Chippewa Falls, w. o. Hotchkiss and
Clinton B. Steward, Madison will rep
resent Wisconsin at the conference of
the Mississippi Valley Improvement
association at Chicago on August 20.
Platteville.-Roy Norris, thirty
three years old, son of ]. l.. Nor
ris, a farmer, shot himself. He had
been drinking heavily when he COM
mitted the act He went into a hay
loft, fastened his necktie to the trigger
of a shotgun and to his foot, and
nearly blew off his head. Norris had
served In the Spanish war.
Wisconsin Veterans Home.-The
Camp Cleghorn summer assembly,
which closed It's sessions, has been
very successful financially and other
wise The attendance upon the grounds
and at the evening entertainments was
large. Many improvements are con-
templated in the buildings and on the
grounds for another year.
Eldora-An unsuccessful attempt
to blow up the Eldora mill dam
by dynamite was unearthed here
by fishing party. Four large sticks
of so per cent dynamite, well packed
with stone and gravel, were found in
tin pail that had been lowered by
means of binding Irvine into the water
alongside the dam.
Neenah.--A. w. Anderson has re-
turned from Kansas City, where
he was reelected a member of the
board of directors of the National Jew
elers' association Mr. Anderson is
secretary of the Wisconsin state asso-
citation.
Madison.-In a statement filed,
the Wisconsin Women's Suffrage
association showed disbursements Of
$1,06174 of which S782.77 was pre-
viously reported The total contribu-
lions have been $1,227O6, of which H.
]. Braley and the National Women's
Suffrage association each gave 800.
The Dane County Equal Suffrage
league showed disbursements of 1924
"a; Congressman James H. Davidson
of the Sixth district, $434.40 since
July; John j. Esch, La Crosse, $438.5O,
of which $500 was spent for his state
ment in the primary election PAM
phlet.
Kenosha. first Jewish
synagogue, the temple Brai Zedek,
was dedicated and the ceremo-
MES brought to the city many promi-
nent members of the faith from Chi
cago, Milwaukee and other cities. The
principal addresses were made by
Rev. j. Rappaport and Rev. S. SLIDER
of Chicago and Judge Joseph r. Clark
son of Kenosha. Fully 1000 persons
attended the services Sunday night
and a great reunion of the Jewish
families of Kenosha and the surround
ing cities was held
Madison.-Statistics compiled by
the state board of health show
that the death rate among in
fants in the state of Wisconsin is 105
out of every 1000. The high infant
mortality rate has reused the board OF
health to the publication of a bulletin
which will be distributed throughout
the state setting forth the proper
method of feeding and bathing In
fants. over 1000 children in Wiscon-
sin are permanently blind as result