Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-09-25

labor council, and the county council
of defense.
Observation-Disclosures the total at,
tendance at the 1918 state fair fell
trife below the record for 1917, the
gross receipts were greater this year
than last, the grandstand receipts be-
ing larger and the Milwaukee Asso-
citation of Commerce selling larger
number of tickets. The state fair au-
thorities have not completely finished
checking up the total receipts for this
year, but the figures for the gates and
the grand stand are as given. At
tendance = 1918, 187,829; 1917, 1885,
$50. Receipts-1918, $66,484.65; 1917,
$64,6S5.00.
Marinette-Co. I of Marinette, for
mer unit of the Second Wisconsin
regiment, took a prominent part in
the second battle of the Marine. 1t was
the organization which first entered
the city of Fismes and is given credit
for capturing that important German
base In this bottle the company sus-
tanned eighty casualties, or nearly
one-third of it's $50 members out. Ev-
cry officer was wounded, two privates
killed and only two sergeants re-
NAMED when the battle was over.
Eau Claire - Der Herold, German
language publication, established here
thirty years ago, announced that here
after the paper will be published at
La Crosse under new management. j.
J. Auer, former editor, now is serving
sentence in the federal prison at
Fort Leavenworth, having been found
guilty of publishing seditious articles.
Norman Auer, publisher, plans to en-
ter the army soon.
Racine - The signature attached to
the last will and testament of Theo-
dore w. Johnson, which bequeathed to
Mrs. l.. c. Hahn of Racine estate val
ued at $4,000, was declared forgery
by Judge Palmer of the probate court
in a decision and the estate will be
divided between children of Johnson's
mothers brother, who reside in Den
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mark.
Steps were taken to unite
the cities of Neenah and Menasha at
recent meeting of merchants and man
ufacturers of the two cities. A COM
mittee was appointed to take the mat
ter up and to form the plans for bring
ing this move, which has been tried on
many occasions, to be a reality. Each
city has a population of nearly 1000
people.
Racine-The Racine board of edu-
cation has accepted g. proposition by
which William Horlick, ST., president
of the Horlick Matted Milk company,
gives to the city eleven acres of land
valued at $4,000, to be used for edu-
cational and school purposes. The
only proviso to the proposition is that
a public school building be erected on
the site within ten years.
Oshkosh-Roger Fl. Simmons of this
city, who escaped from Russia after
Having been condemned to death, is
expected home about Oct 1 by Mrs.
Simmons, who received word from
him to that effect in letter written
June IL, which only recently reached
| it's destination.
Raicne-Two hundred student sol
diers are to receive military training
at Racine college, according to word
received from the war department by
Warden Talbot Rogers. The entire
college campus is to be used for drill
purposes with an army officer in COM
mand
La Crosse-The La Crosse common
council authorized an appeal to the
circuit court of Dane county from the
decision of the railroad commission
increasing street car fares on lines of
the Wisconsin Railway, Light and
Power company to cents.
La Crosse - That Frank Weigent.
La Crosse, who died of wounds in a
hospital in France, was ministered to
in his last hours by Miss Selma john
son. a nurse from his home city, was
the information in letter to relatives.
Neenah-Knox Kimberly, son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Kimberly, Jr., of this
city, grandson of J. A. Kimberly, pres
ident of the Kimberly Clark company,
has been severely wounded in the
fighting in France.
,Janasville-John Balfe, so years of
age. shot and killed himself after fir
ing several shots at the policeman
who came to arrest him at his home
on a disorderly charge.
Antigo-The valuation of Amigo has
increased S63S,813 in one year from
s4.SSO,367 to $3.50, $50. The largest