Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27

During the services all business in
the Twin Cities of Marinette and Me-
nominee was suspended for five min
utes. The former senator's body was
placed in the handsome new mauso-
leum which he built recently. DR..
Samuel Plantz, president of Lawrence
college, Appleton, assisted the Rev.
John Reynolds of the Gram NJ E.
church of Marinette in the final rites.
Madison - Through its information
department, the Woman's committee,
Wisconsin Council of Defense, will CO.
operate with the American Library as
ISOLATION in the campaign to collect
books for the soldiers and sailors. 1t
is proposed to collect a million books
for use in the large camps, in the mil
itary forts at naval stations and bar
racks and on transports carrying
troops across and the help of every
woman is desired.
Oshkosh-The sum of $32,378.46 was
distributed to employees of the Paine
Lumber company, which operates one
of the biggest sash and door plants in
the world, as a prof1t-sharing dividend
based on the Oshkosh concerns earn
ings for 1917. About 900 employees of
the LOO on the payrolls shared in the
plan, they having been employed long
er than one year. Many of the work
ers invested their dividends in War
Savings Stamps.
Oshkosh - Raising guinea pigs for
laboratory purposes is one feature of
unique farm project which is being
established in connection with Sunny
View, Winnebago county's tuberculo-
sis sanatorium, with a view to provld-
ing convalescent patients with profit
able and interesting employment of
nature that will aid their recovery.
Madison-One hundred fifty acres Of
sugar beets, twenty-five to thirty acres
of cane sugar and 100 acres of beans
will be planted on the farms at state
institutions by the state board of con-
troll this spring The cane sugar is
expected to furnish enough molasses
to supply all state institutions for a
year.
Kenosha After learning that Ke-
nosha is harboring number of idle
rich," who are doing nothing to help
allay the labor shortage, the council OF
defense has taken steps to make the
idle ones go to work. The attorney
general has been written to for in
structions as to what steps can be
taken.
Mayville-The Mayville chapter of
the Wisconsin Loyalty legion has or
ganized for a campaign to educate and
all foreigners in this COM
and to aid them to become
United States citizens. Night schools
and legal advice bureau have been
The common council and
attorneys are cooperating.
Appleton-By a vote of "a to 10, the
board condemned Herman
assemblyman from this dis
trict, for voting against the censure OF
Senator La Follette's war attitude. BY
the same vote it commended 7. w.
Armstrong for voting for the amend
ment.
Kenosha - A damage suit, in which
$4,000 is asked has been filed by Al
bert Merrill against the Chicago North
Shore and Milwaukee Electric Railway
1t is alleged that Mrs. Mer-
rill was killed in an accident, caused
by gross negligence on the part OF the
Whitehall - Trempealeau and La
Crosse counties are the first in west
ern Wisconsin to perfect plans for the
daily patrol of highways. Division fore
men were appointed and territory al
lotted.
Hortonville-Louis Jacquot, one OF
the oldest and most widely known pio-
neers of Outagamie county and vice.
president of the Outagamie Council of
Defense, died at his home here, fol-
lowing a paralytic stroke.
Wausau-Fenwood chapter, W1scon-
sin Loyalty legion, adopted resolu-
ton censuring Assemblyman Herman
Hedrick for voting against the resolu-
zion condemning the war attitude of
Senator La Toilette.
Superior Maintaining that the
gases from the plant of the Du Pont
Co., Barksdale, damaged the crops on
his farm and the health of himself