Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-17
WISCONSIN
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Kenosha.-Three arrests have been
made for violation of the Wis
consin fish and game laws Charles
Burts and Herman Babbitz of Menasha
were convicted of fishing with gill nets
and Nelson Drenks of Greenyille
pleaded guilty to a charge of shoot
ing ducks in the closed season. The
defendants paid fine of $25 and the
costs in each case. The arrests were
made by Deputy Game Wardens Al
brecht of Menasha and Follett OF
Oshkosh.
Neenah.-At a meeting Of the
Business Mems association strong
sentiment was expressed in ia
vor of securing the big interstate
fair and sale of the Fox River Valley
Holstein Breeders association, which
was recently organized. 1t was de-
| cided to hold conference with the
members of the breeders association
to ascertain just what is wanted in the
matter of providing a place for the
fair and other incidental features.
Madison.-A. G. A. Harper,
secretary of the state board of health,
stated that the scarlet fever epidemic
in Monroe, Kenosha and Chippewa
Falls are under complete control and
there is no further danger of the
spread of the disease. Beside the thir-
ty-five cases under quarantine at
Kenosha, eleven at Monroe and nine
at Chippewa Falls, no new cases have
been reported and no fatalities have
occurred.
Green Bay.-William Kramer was
arraigned before a United States
court commissioner on the charge
of forging postal money or
der intended for another man by the
same name He entered a plea of not
guilty, and the case was adjourned
one week. Kramer is in Jail in de-
fault of $1,000 bonds.
Manitowoo.-A search extending
through three counties, Manito-
woe, Calumet and Brown, is now on
for Edward Williamson, aged 16, a son
of John Williamson, a Wrightstown
farmer, who with Deputy Sheriff Frank
Ehnert is securing the country for the
missing youth. The lad disappeared
two weeks ago.
Thirty-two hours after
a heavy wind had set them af1oat
on an ice foe in Green Bay,
George and Frank Drew were blown
ashore at Chambers island, more dead
than alive The men, who are light
house keepers on Chambers island,
started for shore over the ice Sat
urday.
Fond du Lac.-The congregation Of
the Presbyterian church of Fond du
Lac has decided on the erection of a
new church.
Fond du 1ac.-George Fitzgerald.
aged twenty, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Fitzgerald, wealthy farmers
residing in the town of Osceola, Fond
du Lac county, mysteriously disap-
peared from his home on the morning
of March in his working clothes with
little or no money and the general
belief now is that he has met with
foul play. A thorough search of the
Fitzgerald farm and also of the sur
rounding country has failed to reveal
any traces of the missing young man.
Fitzgerald's parents, who are reputed
to be possessed of a fortune, are al
most crazed with grief, but refuse to
give him up for lost.
River Falls-Under the direction
Of Prof. w S. Welles the ag
riculture department of the state
normal school has finished testing
twenty-one lots of seed corn from
the farms within fifteen miles of the
school Three lots tested $2.98 and 100
per cent. The other lots show from
1 per cent to 70 per cent termination,
with the greater part below so per
cent
New Richmond. 1t is predicted
by experts that the 1912 acreage
of corn In ST. Croix and other west
ern and northwestern counties of Wis
consin will not exceed so per cent. of
that of 1911. Worthless seed is given
as the cause of the falling off, and the
supply of good, reliable, tested seed
has been exhausted. One hundred in
quiries sent out to as many raisers OF
! pedigreed corn in Wisconsin develops
the fact that their stocks Of seed have
all been sold out and, there is not
enough left in many instances for the
home demand. The farmers of Dako-
ca and Minnesota have bought the
Wisconsin seed corn this season.
Spooner-The city Of Spooner is
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