Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
Badger News
Briefly Told


pies of ventilation was sounded by the
health board.
Eau Claire-The state board of nor
NAL school regents. when they meet
January % at Milwaukee, will select
a president for Eau Claire's new $225.-
900 normal school,
Baraboo.-Rcbert A. Kane, aged
seventy-one, who rose from brake
man to superintendent of the
Madison division of the Northwestern
railway, died here at the home of his
daughter.
Neenah.-Following the resignation
of John LIE Tourneaux as city en-
hereafter the city will do without the
services of a city engineer except in
the summer months.
Depere.-The Brown County Horse
Breeders association has elected
the following officers: Charles Schmidt,
president; William O'Keefe, vice-pres-
ident; James Dillon, secretary; James
Sherlock, treasurer; F. A. Field. sales
| manager.
Madison.-A total CT $50 fires in
Wisconsin was reported to the
fire marshal department in the Of
flee of the commissioner of insurance
during the month of December, 1915.
This was eleven fewer than for the
corresponding month in 1914. The
| losses in December, 1915, were $685.
It's and in December, 1914, $415.475.
Medford. = Pinned underneath
| tree which he had felled, Mat
thew Aries, residing four miles south
rived. He was unable to lift the log
from his body and his cries for help
were not heard.
| Madison.-When he returns to Wis
| consin Senator La Toilette plans
! to make thorough campaign Of the
northwestern section of the state and
is arranging for addresses at Superior,
Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Hudson,
La Crosse and possibly at Spooner.
He will later speak at Prairie du
! Chen, Waukesha and Kenosha.
Grantsburg.-A. Tonstrom pleaded
| berg to manslaughter in the fourth
degree and was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail. "Cld"
John Anderson, as he was known here,
| died at the home of Tonstrom some
| days ago and the manner in which the
remains were handled brought suspi-
| cion on Tonstrom
Madison.-The Wisconsin Veterin-
| airy Medical association in annual
| convention elected the following
officers: President, r. j. O'Reilly, Mer
rill; vice-president, Herbert Lothe,
| Sharon; secretary, w. o. Wolcott,
Madison; treasurer, J. F. Roub. Mon
roe; trustees. R. 8. Heer. Platteville;
G. H. Atkinson, Waupaca, and H. E.
Horell, Augusta. The association de-
| cided to hold it's next midsummer
meeting at Menomonie.
| Washburn-Plans are being made
for Washburn's first community in
| 2, and f. 1t is being arranged by the
extension division of the University of
| Wisconsin with the help of the local
| committee of the Commercial club,
consisting of Nels M. Oscar, F. T.
Beers and D. M. Maxey. In addition
| to a number of local people many
prominent men throughout the state
will be here to give addresses and lee
| lures. In the agricultural department
| G. P. Norgard of Madison, j. NJ Walz,
| county representative of Ashland coun-
| ty; S. Earl earle of Plover, j. F.
Hauser of Bayfield,, Bayfield, county's
potato expert; Fritz Carlson Of Orien-
! to, sheep rancher, and E. j. Delwiche,
manager of the Wisconsin agricultural
branch stations. will be present. The
woman's department will be in charge
of Mrs Jacklin of Superior and Ida
Belle Turner of Madison.
Milwaukee-The campaign in favor
| of compliance with the state law
| compelling town boards to ade-
| quately and intelligently guide sign
the main travelled roads of every town.
| ship in the state which was started
| two weeks ago by the Wisconsin Guide
| Sign association will be forced to an
| issue in every town in Wisconsin dur
| ing the next three months The law
| is mandatory and it is the duty of
every district attorney upon receipt of
a written complaint from resident of
any county to go before the town
boards of the county in which the
complaint is filed and demand compli-
ance with the law, and if not complied
with voluntarily to enforce the pro-
vision relating to guide boards.
The Wisconsin Guide Sign associa-
ton has opened offices in the Hotel
| Wisconsin and tho campaign will be
waged from there, with Bart ]. Ruddle,
who has been appointed secretary. in
| charge Of the work. Mr.. Ruddle is now
| engaged in organizing the southern
| tier of counties and expects to have
an organization in every county south
of a line drawn from Sheboygan to La