Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-20


atty conference nominee and James
Thompson, La Crosse, La Toilette can
didate. Mr.. McGovern in his formal
statement declares he is ready to
work for the election of Mr.. Lenroot
and offers his services. He takes the
stand that the indictment in Chicago
of Victor l.. Berger, socialist candi-
date virtually eliminates the latter from
the race, regardless of whether or not
he is convicted, and that the pacifist
vote will consequently be centered on
Thompson. Mr.. McGovern sees grave
fears of the nomination of Thompson
under these conditions and his subse-
quent election. This, Mr.. McGovern
says, would be a party, state and ma
tional calamity and rather than see it
occur he prefers to withdraw from the
contest.
Waupun-Mrs. Charles Rauk, 81, is
one of the most active workers the
local Red Cross chapter has. She has
knitted thirty-six pairs of wristlets
and has made seventy-five holders and
two quilts, which were sold, the
money going to the local organizations
treasury. Mrs. Rauk is in good health.
She is bright and active and takes in
terest in events of the time. She has
Madison = All digitalis raised last
year in the drug plant garden at the
University of Wisconsin is to be used
in the medical departments of the
army and navy. About $50 pounds OF
the powdered drug, which is used az
a heart stimulant, is now ready for
shipment, and almost as much that is
not so perfect is available for the max.
ing of tincture.
Green Bay - The Wisconsin Sheep
and Dairy Cattle company, which is
launching a project to convert north
ern Wisconsin cut-over lands into
sheep ranches, established headquar-
tiers in Green Bay, with H. M. Spang
as manager. Ten thousand acres OF
land north of Phillips, Price county.
is owned by the company, and sheep
are being placed on the land.
Madison - Mrs. Lottie Woodford,
chairman of the woman's committee,
Marquette county council of defense,
has started an Every Woman Working
campaign and expects by April to
have every woman in the county doing
war work. She has enlisted press.
pulpit and movies in her endeavor to
include women of all classes and
sects.
Neenah-To force the city to pay an
auto license fee on motor fire truck
is unconstitutional according to the
opinion of officials here. Funds de-
rived from the licenses are used to
keep county roads in repair and the
That is the point upon which the Off
Gals base their assertions.
Jefferson-Mr and Mrs. Jacob Rio
KEENAN, of Jefferson celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary on March
9. Mr.. Rickeman is 73 years old and
his wife is 68. They have four girls
and one boy. Mr.. Rickeman served
three and one-half years in the civil
war, being one of the first volunteers
in 1861.
Madison-About fifty Wiconsin wom-
en- athletes will attend the athletic
conferences of American college wom-
en- at the University of Chicago April
IL and 49, Nineteen colleges and uni
versities of the west and middle west
will be represented at Chicago, as well
as seven colleges from the Men Eng.
land states.
Wausau-At a meeting of the Cen
trail Wisconsin Fair circuit, dates for
the following fairs were fixed; Mara
thon county, at Wausau, Aug. 81, %,
20, 80; Marshfield, Sept. 8, 4, 5, 6;
Sept. 10, II, II, 10; Chippe-
wa Falls, Sept. II, IS, 10, 20; La
Crosse, Sept. "a, %, 26, q.
Madison-Whooping cought took 1872
children's lives in Wisconsin last year,
according to state records compiled by
the state board of health. Deaths in
previous years were as follows: 1910,
zoe; 1911, 224; 1912, 1913; 1913, 211;
1914, 155; 1915, 1856; 1916, 100.
Oconomowoc - The Rev. Samuel
Howell Murphy, pastor of the Presby-
terrain church at Delafeld the last sew
eral years died at his home in that
village. He was about 70 years of age
and is survived by his wife, one son
and four daughters.
Eau Claire-Eighty-fve Liberty loan
workers here by reclamation adopted
a resolution denouncing the action of
Assemblyman C. N. Saugen, represent
ing the Wilcox amendment to tha low