Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-09
Phelps News.
Dr.. Innis is reported very i'll

tween Trains on MONDAY.
Jas. Foebel who was injured some
time ago is improving slowly.
The blast furnace is under operation
again after a period of idleness.
p j. Gaffney made two business
trips to Phelps within the last week
Miss Laura Benson has been visit
ing her parents and friends IN
Phelps.
Frank Fraker, working at Mellen,
Wis, is home at Phelps with case
of grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carter of Eagle
River visited with friends here over
Sunday.
John Benson who has been i'll for
some time was taken to the hospital
at Amigo.
Louis Luger who spent several days
at Rhinelander last week returned
home Friday.
Dr.. Tyseil of Rhinelander is here
taking DR.. Innis' place during the lat,
ter's illness.
John Decker has resumed his duties
as foreman at the Wisconsin Chemical
Company's plant.
The three year-old daughter of Isaac
Kaski died on Monday evening, death
being due to diphtheria.
The Ladies' Aid of the Congrega-
tional church gave candy sale at the
store on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. John Kaiser left for Green Bay
Tuesday morning to receive medical
treatment under the care of Dr.. Nina
han
L. L. Thomas of Vudesare was
here Friday on his way to the county
seat. He was accompanied by Fred
Herman.
Abel St. Louis and Carl Erickson
were in town Saturday. Abel mas been
rustling the ice tongs the past few
days putting up the summers supply
of CONCEALED aqua pura.
John Benson went TO Amigo Thurs
day morning to be operated upon at
the city hospital. Mrs. Benson re-
turned from Amigo Monday stating
that Mr.. Benson was getting along
nicely.
Alfred Gross, an employe OF the H.
P. B. Company caught his hand in
conveyor chain the other day. A
bar of iron was forced entirely
through that member which was also
badly crushed.
Mrs. Clarence Elliott of Lac du
Flambeau and Miss Ida Kaiser of
Munising, Mich, were called home on
account of the illness and death of
their father. They returned to their
respective homes Monday morning.
The body of John Kaiser, who died
Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, was taken to
Eagle River last Friday for inter
ment. Death was caused by dropsy
He was 62 years of age and was born
in Switzei land. He was employed as
stationary engineer in the pany's
mill and was very popular among
host of close friends who accom- panied
the remains to their last resting place.
(See obituary in other column.)
The Finnish farmers of Phelps have
been infected with the Dairy Dollar
microbe In Phelps there is plenty of
cleared land, much hay and big root
crops, but not enough dairy cattle to
make market for cheap feed. So
instead of waiting to be kicked into
dairy prosperity, the Finnish Farmers
Credit Exchange proposes to furnish
its own initiative and finance the pur-
chase of dairy cattle for their founda-
tion stock.
A few men of good reputation have
pooled their individual credit with
which to borrow sufficient money to
create a revolving fund for the pur-
chase of dairy cattle on the plans fol-
lowed in some of the details by the
commercial clubs of Ashland Superior
Duluth, Marinette and Amigo. The
Phelps plan is unique in that the far
mers pool their own credit as security
for the loan, instead of asking local
business men to guarantee the pay
ment of the revolving fund. The as
ISOLATION will borrow money on its
own security-personal credit. 1t
will purchase cattle and take the in
dividual notes and chattel mortgages
of the individual purchasers. 1t will
manage the machinery of purchasing
cattle, passing on applications for
loans and collecting the monthly pay
ments for cattle Sold
The cooperative credit association
is not new experiment. 1t has been
tried out under varying conditions in
different countries. A number of
active associations in Canada and the
United States attest its adaPtability
to American conditions. 1t is discussed
under various names, including the
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