Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-01

crops on grass sod land this spring.
This is white grub year." especially
in southern Wisconsin, and grass sod
land is filed with the grubs in many
places.
Janesville-The county board of SUI
pervisors has enacted an ordinance
regulating the size of loads to be car
ried by vehicles trayersing roads main
tanned by the county or state or both.
The ordinance provides that no motor
or horse driven vehicle shall carry
load in excess of 1900 pounds per
inch width of tire and no load to ex-
coed 5000 pounds
Madison-Col. r. H. Spencer, for
merly a resident of this city but now
living in Algona, Ia, is the father of
the second pair of twins in two years.
Col. Spencer is 70 and civil war vet
eran. He enlisted from Madison and
was captured at Chickamauga. He
served a year in the famous Libby
prison, escaping when being transfer
red by jumping off a train.
Marinette - Former Mayor Jacob
Wittig, who is chairman of the garden
committee, has announced that the
city would have more than 1000 war
gardens, as many new plats have been
turned over to the city for that pur
pose. Railroad rights of way within
the city limits will be made into gar.
dens.
Fort Atkinson - Word comes from
the national council of defense, Wash.
ington, D. c., that Jefferson county
has the best organized council of de-
tense in the United States. w. D.
James, manager of the James Manu-
featuring company, of this city, is
chairman of the organization.
Kiel-Steps are under way to incor-
porate Kiel as city Annexation of
Hinzeville, an adjoining community
was voted by residents of both vii
lagos, giving Kiel population of about
1900. Application for articles of in
corporation has been made to Madi-
son.
Madison-Thirty appeals have been
taken from decisions of the state high.
way commission as to routes for the
new federal aid trunk line highway
through Wisconsin. The cases will
come up before the special legislative
committee within few weeks.
Oshkosh - 1t is expected that LOO
acres of sugar beets will be planted IN
Winnebago county this year. At least
28O acres will be planted for purely
patriotic reasons, according to W. j.
Roe of the Winnebago County Council
of Defense.
Sheboygan - The Baby week cam
paign will be opened here May 1.
clinic will be in operation three days
at the Sheridan, Lincoln and Jefferson
schools. Babies up to a year old will
be weighed and measured at the clinic.
Horizon - An epidemic of German
measles has spread over this city in
the last week. at least sixty cases haV-
ing been reported. A physician has
given the disease popular name OF
enemy" measles.
Appleton = Complaint has been
made to State Food Administrator
Magnus Swenson that farmers in Out
agamie county refuse to sell potatoes
at SIS cents a bushel, the price fixed
by the county food administrator.
Beloit-Mandersan (Bud) Lehr, for
mer Beloit athlete and member of the
famous La Fayette escadrille, has
been transferred to the American avia-
ton section in France and commits
stoned a first lieutenant.
Bloomer - In order to utilize the
surplus supply of potatoes in this vi
cinity the manufacture of starch from
potatoes has been resorted to. Fifty
cents per hundred pounds are paid for
the potatoes.
Manitowoc-T local branch of the
Red Cross expects to make $500 on
its white elephant " sale which is
now in progress. Anything from stick
candy to Liberty bonds may be pur-
chased at the sale.
acknowledgement went over the
top in the third Liberty loan cam
paign with subscriptions of over $780,
OOo The quota is $4,000 The women
of the city sold over $4,000 OF the
bonds.
Glidden-The directors of the Ger
man American State bank voted to
change the name to the American
State bank. w. E. Jehn is president.
Wausau-Former Mayor Herman E.
Maruuardt has been named executive
secretary of the Marathon county
council of defense.