Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-07
WISCONSIN NEWS
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IN this city was totally destroyed
Inv fire. The loss is estimated
81 $40 000. with insurance for half
that amount. The school board mas Sc
cured temporary quarters for the zoo
students in the city hall building.
smoke was noticed in the school all
the forenoon. but investigators We're
unable to find the source
Washburn.- summer meeting.
of the Wisconsin State Horticul-
tural society will be held at Bay
field the northernmost town in the
state. this decision having been made
at the annual meeting OF the state So
ciety held at Madison recently. FRUIT
men from all over the state will be
| present at the summer meeting. which
will be held during the latter part or
July or early August.
Observation-Disclosures arrangements
are being planned by the EXPOSE
ton committee for the greatest
university exposition possible. he
date has not yet been decided, but
it will be about the middle of April.
There will be over 200 men in charge
of the program. About seventy differ
ent departments of the university
will be represented in the exhibits,
which will show every phase OF the
work being done both in and outside
Of the university
nd
! 600 pounds of carp and other
| fish have been removed from the Fox
river since the inception of the work
of dynamiting the ice jams and Gre
ating a channel to release the head
water and ice. The fish were not
killed, but simply stunned by the dy-
Mantle of which about 1000 pounds
had been used At the fumes of every
paper mill in the city men have been
and other fish.
Waukesha = At his preliminary
examination in municipal court
William Washington, the colored man
arrested in Milwaukee when he at
tempted to pawn a gold watch be-
leved to be the one stolen from the
apartments of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Hadfield in this city on the night Of
December ~, was bound over for trial
on a charge of burglary at the March
term of court Bail was fixed at $500,
but was not furnished.
Monroe-Several noted dairymen.
are among the speakers who will
address the twelfth annual con-
vention of the Southern Wisconsin
Cheesemakers and Dairymen's associ-
alton, to be held here this week, j.
@. Emery, dairy and food commission
er, will deliver an address, as will
Prof G. F. Doane of the department
of agriculture, Washington.
heboygan-William Schoen was.
sentenced to one year in prison
for assaulting Michael Grapen-
stin with steam pipe some weeks
ago.
Superior.-So scarce have the prod
ucts of the Wisconsin hen be-
the poultry show, which closed here
decided to auction off seven dozen
eggs laid by the chickens on exhibit
ton during the show. The announce
ment created a furore in household
circles. Every housewife in the city
besieged the hall for hours before the
time appointed for the auction to be-
gin, and when Louis Osborne, who was
appointed auctioneer, mounted a box
to begin the sale, the din was deafen-
ing. AS the trays containing twelve
eggs each were sold one by one, the
efforts of women on the outside to Sc
cure the few remaining dozen became
frantic. Those who had been fortu-
nate were forced to hold their pre-
cious burdens high above their heads
to prevent their being crushed,
Madison.-'It has come to the
notice of this department that un-
principled persons have knowingly
shipped into this state horses affected
with CHAMBERS" said o. H. Eliason,
state veterinarian. Following that he
warned owners of such horses that
the state would not compensate them
for loss of the animals
Madison.-GIenn park, at the
mouth of the Wisconsin river, in
Grant county, recently purchased by
the state, is likely to be renamed Mar
quette park, after an early explorer,
who is credited with the discovery of
the mouth of the Wisconsin Catho-
lies may establish near the park a
home for their aged.
Appleton.-Edward Voecks, nine
teen, winder boy on a machine at
the Combined Locks Paper company's
plant at Combined Locks, was instant
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