Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-08
Wisconsin Neu,s
Tersely Told

OF anu rusty pistol with three
empty shells by his side, the skeleton
or Ole Peterson. a confectioner. miss
ing for three months, was found on the
upper floor of barn near his store.
Grand Rapids. The Odd Fell
lows OF Marshfield will hold big
homecoming and annual roll call of
their lodge at Marshtield December 10.
y. w. Sheerin. Floyd APPEL and Peter
Lemahleu, Jr. are the committee in
charge.
Wausau.-Louis Schmid of the
town of Elderon shot and killed a
canadian lynx after an exciting hunt.
he says there are two more LYNX there
and he hopes to kill them this winter.
IL Is the first time Marathon county
has paid bounty for lynx.
Stevens Point.-Perry Ransom,
the young man who rode off with
MS employers automobile here last
June. was arraigned before Judge By.
ron b. Park and entered a plea of
guilty. The judge sentenced Ransom
to the Green Bay reformatory for two
years, but will parole him to the state
board OF control
Superior.-On the verge of COM
pleting three years labor in hew-
Ing farm out of northern Wisconsin
cutover lands, Edward Bittner was
killed on his place in eastern Douglas
county by the premature explosion of
dynamite under a stump. His young
son was seriously but not fatally in
Jured. Bittner came here from Green
castle Pa.
Oshkosh. = ST. Johns English
Evangelical Lutheran church was
dedicated here with impressive cere-
monies. Rev. w X. Frick, D. D., of
Milwaukee preached the sermon on
Character Sketch of ST. John the Di-
vine. Words of greeting were spoken
by former Congressman ]. H. David
son, Revs. a. ]. Sommers, Neenah;
e. 0. Hoffmeister. NJ. A, GAINESVILLE,
and Luther Hogshead, M. A, Chicago,
III.
Milwaukee.-Good Roads day was
celebrated here with delegations
from Wisconsin, Illinois and Min
nesota. At ten o'clock guests assem-
bled and there were informal inspec-
tons of highway not reached in the
afternoon tour of southern Wisconsin.
After luncheon for out-of-town guests
a general parade assembled at 1890
and started for five-hour tour of high
ways. At $3.50 the last stretch of road
in this county to form part of Sheridan
drive was dedicated.
Racine. = Racine is to try the
experiment of devoting one-half
day every week to manual training in
all the eighth grades in the city The
plan was put up to the board of educa.
ton and Endorsed after having been
approved by the Principals associa-
ton. AS soon as the new schedule goes
into effect Racine pupils of the higher
grades will be devoting more time to
this work than those of any city liz
the state. In most cities only an hour
a week is given to it.
Delavan.-It has been decided by the
Walworth county board of super
visors that no convict labor will
be used on the state aid roads.
Their contention is that there is
enough home labor to do such work.
To aid in keeping the state aid roads
in repair the supervisors have set
apart a fund of $4,000 to be used the
coming year. They further decided
that no cities or incorporated towns
of the county shall benefit from the ST.
232 automobile tax fund, but it shall be
apportioneG to the smaller places.
Monroe = The executive commit
tee of the Southern Wisconsin
Cheesemakers and Dairymen's associ-
alton has decided on February p and
% as the date for the annual conVen-
ton which will be held in this city.
Speakers of state and national fame
will be secured for addresses, while
one of the interesting features of the
convention is expected to be the re-
ports of the farmers who have been
keeping system of books during the
last year under the direction of Pro-
lessor Otis, assistant dean of the state
agricultural college. Medals and prizes
will be given for exhibits.
Oconomowoc.-The eleventh annu-
al show of the Oconomowoc Poul-
try and Pet Stock association will open
Wednesday, December s, and close De-
cember II. Twenty-three silver cups,
with a number of other prizes, make
up the premium list. Prof. J. c. Hal
pin of the Wisconsin university will
give an illustrated lecture December
8: c. o. Hudson, head of the poultry
department of the Fred Pabst farms,
will talk on Poultry Feeding and
Breeding" Friday evening, and on Sat
urday night, December IL, George H.
Northup of Granville, N. Y, who is to
Judge the exhibit. will lecture and an
swer questions
Racine. - George Zabajnik, con-
fessed slayer of Simon Kasala, is
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