Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
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Milwaukee.-The annual banquet of
the Milwaukee Hotel Mems asso-
citation in the Deutscher club in
cluded informal talks by the mem
bers, vaudeville and singing numbers
and dancing. Those present were:
Messrs. and Mesdames Benjamin f..
Scherer, Guy F. Gregg, James t.
Drought, L. B. Gregg, H. S. Hadfield
| and DR.. and Mrs. ]. II. Wallis; the
Misses Anna Tjarks, Baltimore; Lou
Use Grace Gregg, Luella Koenig, Bell
Gregg, Messrs. Herman o. Kletzsch,
Ray Smith, F. L. Herwig, H. F. Schick-
ell, P. s. Kaufman, L. E. Burr, Ernst
Clarenback, Alvin p Kletzsch, James
B. Steenbock, William H. Norris, H.
Stanley Green, c. c. Randolph, Wade
Randolph, r. G. Munsche, A. B. Thier-
bach, James L. Norton and A. l.. Sew
erance. Addresses were made by
James T. Drought, Harry Hadfield Al
vim P. Kletzsch and Benjamin Scherer.
Marinette.-John Miller and Vic
tor Konik, Polish laborers of Mil
Waukee, were arrested here charged
with forgery. The 1,.en were captured
only after an all night chase over the
ice of Green bay. 1t is alleged that
Miller was given a check for $170 by
John Gelassa, a cOuntryman, whose
feet were frozen in a lumber camp
near Dunbar, and who was brought to
a Marinette hospital for treatment. In
order to be received as a county
charge it was declared that Gelassa
gave Miller the check for safe keep
ing and asked him to hold it until he
had recovered.
Ashland-Plans are now being
made for a roadway leading into
the great summer resort region In Villas
county that will probably become one
of the most popular automobile high
ways of the west. These roads,
planned to be constructed throughout
the lake region of Villas county, are to
be connected with the main roads
leading south to Milwaukee as well
as to Ashland, SO that a first-class high
way will be opened during the coming
summer from Milwaukee to Ashland.
Waukesha.-Horse, wagon and driv-
er fell into ten feet of water
when the delivery cart of William
Schley, East Broadway, milkman,
skidded on the embankment of the
Fox river Schley was late on his
rounds and attempted to turn a sharp
corner near the river but the horse
was unable to keep his footing on the
icy road The horse was removed
from the water with some difficulty.
No injuries were reported.
Kenosha-Rev Bernard Elskamp,
for the last fourteen years pastor
of the st. George congregation and a
teacher of Greek and Latin in the
seminary at st. Francis, was found
dead in his bed by his housekeeper.
The priest had been in good health
when he retired
Depere.-Depere has joined Mani
Bay and other cities in the Fox
River valley in opposition to the plan
of Chfcagoans to increase the flow of
water from Lake Michigan into the
drainage canal.
Eau Claire.-S G. Lindhelm, Of
the bureau of municipal research,
New York city, and at present en-
ployed by the board of public affairs
at Madison, was in Eau Claire investt-
eating school conditions and to confer
with Superintendent of Schools
Schulz.
Neenah.-Bert Seager of this city,
twenty-eight years old, recently re-
leased from the state prison at
Waupun for highway robbery at
Grand Rapids three years ago, was
sentenced to serve a three-year term
for burglary at the home of former
Congressman S. A. Cook last week. He
confessed. Seager's previous servi-
tude was for three years.
La Crosse.-While Gretna Green
has it's reputation as a marriage
center and Reno it's claim to fame in
the number of divorces, La Crosse has
stepped into the limelight as the
Mecca of first cousins who desire to
wed. In three weeks ten first cousins,
or five couples, have been welded
here In every instance they came
from states where the laws prohibit
their marriage.
Washburn.-A highway will prob
ably be built from Washburn to
Superior, via Bayfield, and the north
shore during the coming summer.
Land interests have been interested in
the movement and have offered inan-
ciai aid if the road is built at once.
| There is a large amount of excellent
agricultural and fruit land located