Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-29
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Kenosha-This city has given up it's
bottle rations" as war time neces-
| slty. An order of the police depart
| ment has stopped the sale of all bot
| tied liquor in saloons and drug stores.
| The police declared that the order will
| stand for the period of the war. 1t is
said that the order will do away with
the boot Logging" trade which is 60
| ing on between Kenosha and Wauke-
gan. Saloon men have accepted the
| order without murmur.
Eau Claire = Wilbur, husband of
| Violet Leigh, poetess, and Wesley
| Philips, his son, were arraigned be-
! fore Judge McBain in municipal court
and convicted under the Huber loyalty
law. Both were sentenced to do man
ual labor for the next ninety days un-
| der the supervision of the sheriff, with
| the county Jail as their place of resi-
| dence.
! Mrinette 1t is proposed to Gre
| ate a fund of $4,000 to conduct a
campaign by employing workers here
to guard against shipping liquor into
dry Menominee across the line. More
than $50 cases of beer and twenty-five
| gallons of whisky were confscated in
| Delta county, Michigan, in the first of
a series of raids made on saloon prop
erty.
Madison = F. L. MCGOWAN of En-
| deavor, who is member of the Equity
| Publishing committee, states that the
| society will soon issue a daily paper
at Madison. The membership of the
Equity socity has grown since Janu-
airy from 10000 to $4,000 and has a
guarantee of 5000 subscribers for any
| paper that will present its cause.
| Oshkosh - The Winnebago County
Holstein-Friesian Breeders association
was organized at a meeting in the
town of Winchester. The officers are:
| President, Hans Anderson, town of
Clayton; vice president, Elmer Chris
Hanson, Winchester; secretary-treas-
urer; Louis Sorenson, Winchester.
Eau Claire-A two-headed calf was
born on the farm of Matt Leet, short
| distance west of this city. Each head
has two eyes, a perfectly formed
mouth, with a full set of teeth and a
well-developed tongue. However, there
are only two ears, one on the outer
side of each head
Wausau-A telegram to the Wausau
| board of education from the capit1 is
sues committee at Washington an
nounced that approval would not be
given for the issuance of 100000 in
| municipal bonds for the building of
the first unit of the proposed central
school building.
MISUNDERSTANDING home after be-
| ing with his son during the day at the
| sanatorium at Oconomowoc and think
| ing that he was on the road to recov-
| cry, Max Aumann, ST., was met with
| telegram, that his son, Max, Jr.,
aged Al years, had died shortly after
| he left.
| Janesvill. -Angered because school
| authorities did not heed a protest of
| the town board, which passed a reso-
| luton condemning the teaching of
| German, citizens committee remov-
! ed the German text books from the
high school and burned them in the
| street.
| Madison-The East Madison station
of the Milwaukee road and the Illinois
Central depot will shortly be closed, in
| line with the governments policy to
| do away with duplication in the rail
way service.
Maiden Roclz--John Stolt, 70 years,
| living near Bay City, was killed by an
| angry bull The body of the aged
| man with chest crushed and badly
torn was found in the pasture where
| he had ventured alone.
Beloit-Beltiot has met all require
| ments, and military units will be sent
| here for instruction in signal work and
| motor construction during the summer
| months. The buildings and campus of
| Beloit college will be used.
| Baraboo-Mrs. Otto Knoll of Prai-
| RE du Sac, charged with dog poisoning,
| was held by Justice andre of Baraboo
| to circuit court In default of bail the
woman was taken to Baraboo Jail to
| await examination as to her sanity.
Hartland = George Christensen, the
hermit, has been committed to the asy-
| lum at Mendoza, and his farm is being
! plowed for the first time in eighteen
| years. The Waukesha county council
| of defense has taken charge.
Shawano-There are six service stars
| in the window of Mr.. and Mrs. August
| Buettner's home near this city. Three