Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
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HAPPENINGS
Observation-Disclosures
News of the Badger SSate Arranged
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La Crosse-The Parents and Teach
| ers' association of the Washburn
school has instructed President A. T.
Rasmussen to appoint committee to
| request the board of education to drop
| the German language from the curric-
| ulum of the school. 1t is being taught
| in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth
| grades. 1t is the first action of the
| kind to be taken here.
Oshkosh Encouraged by the sue
| cess of its fish and potato sales the
| city commission has taken it's first
| step in the fuel business by purchasing
a carload of dry Tamarack which was
| sold at cost, $7.67 cord, saving to
| the consumer of at least SO a cord.
| The wood was bought at McNaughton,
| Wis, at S. cord, 1.67 being added
for freight.
| La Crosse-The street railway COM
pany here, which was forced to
| change from a flfteen-minute service
back to a ten-minute schedule, has
proposed to the common council that
| fifteen-minute service be adopted
| during the summer months, thereby
effecting big saving to the company.
1t is claimed the firm is losing money.
| Beloit-Widely circulated reports re-
| garding German weakness is nothing
more than German propaganda, accord
ing to Will Huffman and Red Miles,
two Beloit college boys who left here
last summer to take up work in the
Red Cross ambulance unit in France.
| They are now conducting series of
| lectures here.
| Menasha-Food conditions in Europe
point to the first world famine since
the middle ages, according to DR.. T.
| D. Smith, captain in the hospietal
corps, who spoke here. One of the
greatest things America must do in
| this war is to provide food for the al
| lies, he said.
Madison - Robert Drane, who left
| the University of Wisconsin staff last
| spring to become first lieutenant in the
medical corps for service abroad, has
| just been promoted to captain, He is
| now serving with the Eleventh field
ambulance, which is with the British
army in Belgium.
| Green Bay-Mrs. Mollie Bertles
| Minahan, SO years old, prominent Red
| Cross worker and chairman of Brown
county chapter of national organiza-
ton, met instant death walking along
| the tracks of the Milwaukee road,
when she slipped on icy ground as a
| train approached.
| Oshkosh-Lester H. Ihrig, of Osh-
| kosh, died at San Francisco, follow
| ing injuries he received when he fell
on the floor during a basketball game,
| presumably against the University of
California He was training to become
radio operator. The body was
brought here.
| Neenah-Postmaste J. P. Heating of
| this city hasn't time to be corporal,
but he wants to show his patriotism,
| nevertheless. When the duties of his
government Office proved too arduous
he gave up his corporaPs berth in the
| home guards and went into the ranks.
Madison JIG. GlaettIi, instructor in
mechanics at the University of Wis
consin, and Thurlow c. Nelson, biol
ogy instructor, have been granted
leaves of absence to go into the gov
eminent service as shipping super
visor and lieutenant, respectively.
Mansion - A patriotic service was
held at st. Patrick's church in honor
of members of the congregation now
in military service. The Rev. George
Schleischer paid a tribute to all the
Mansion boys who have answered their
country's call
Fort Atkinson-A buffalo fish weigh
ing fifty-eight pounds was caught in
Lake Koshkonong by Charles Pfafflin,
local carp fisher. 1t is thought to be
the largest fish of it's kind ever caught
in the United States.
Sheboygan - Private Arthur Wal.
ford, whose death occurred in the
base hospietal at Camp Macarthur is
the first Sheboygan boy to die in the
present war; He died following an
operation.
Menasha-The high school is prov
ing a large and steady contributor to
the Red Cross funds. The latest dona-
ton, one of $50, was Melted at play
given by students.
Brentwood - A colony of negroes
will soon be established at Winter
and $50 Chinese gardeners are soon