Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-15
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
News of the Badger State Arranged
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La Crosse-F. p. Hixon gave the
woman's committee of the county
council of defense $500 for premiums
at the interstate fair to be held next
autumn. The woman's committee viii
arrange displays of sugarless des-
serts, vegetables from war gardens,
canned and dried fruit and sample of
war cookery and the money will be di-
vided among the exhibitors receiving
first place.
Kenosha - Mother Superior Marga-
ret Clare, for the past twenty-six years
in charge of Kemper hall, the school
for girls under the direction of the
Sisters of st. Mary, located on the
lake shore here, has been succeeded
in her position by Mother Superior
Mary Maude of Peekskill, New York,
who has been formally installed as
head of the school.
Racine-The town of Caledonia and
the Star Taxi company of Racine are
named co-defendants in a suit for
$4,000 damages filed by Gordon A.
Ramsey as administrator of the estate
of William B. Allen, deceased. On May
10, 1916, Allen hired a car of the taxi
company for a drive into the country
at night The car upset and Allen
was killed"
Kenosha = The disbursement com
mittee of the "Kenosha patriotic
funds" has appropriated $4,000 to the
Red Cross, making a total of 100000
thus far this year. 1t also appropria-
ted $4,000 for the work for the army
Y NJ. C. A, bringing the gifts to this
fund from the city for the year up to
SIS, 1000.
Madison-The greater activities OF
the Wisconsin highway commission di-
rected toward construction has been
preparation of plans and specifications
for federal aid work, according to re-
port to Gov. Phillip by the highway
department. Construction contempla-
ted for 1918 is approximately 1926
miles.
Wausau-Fisty bushels of flint corn
ordered through the state department
of agriculture by A. G. Burg, principal
of the Marathon County School of
Agriculture and Domestic Economy,
has been received here and distribu
ted to farmers who ordered it for seed
purposes.
Marinette - Nine thousand dozen
eggs a day are to be preserved by the
Colytic process machine which will
be installed in Sturgeon Bay by the
Perfect Egg company. This will be the
first factory of the kind in Wisconsin
There are thirty eight in the United
States.
Madison-Food Administrator Mag
nus Swenson hopes to avoid recourse
to another period of meatless days in
Wisconsin by encouraging volunteer
economy in use of meat. A general
request will be made that meats be
used sparingly in all homes.
Oshkosh-A $4,000 corporation or
ganized at Pickett will deal in hemp
and hemp products. A. w. Notbohn
Delafield, is associated with Oshkosh
men in the enterprise. 1t is entitled
Standard Hamp and Fiber company
Oshkosh - Postmaster w. F.,
Gruenewald has enlisted as high
private" in what he plans to make an
effective corps of at least 100 recruits
to help Winnebago county farmers
grow or harvest food products.
Madison-The car shortage situation
is still critical, says Harold L. Geisse,
secretary of the Wisconsin railroad
commission. LAUNDERING interests are
pinched for cars to ship logs and lum-
Der, he added.
Merrill-George Emerich, prominent
insurance man, and leading Elk, was
drowned in the Wisconsin river here.
1t is believed he fell from the dam over
which he usually walked to and from
his home.
Appleton - The La Toilette school
in District No. 9, town of Ellington,
has organized win the War" saw
ing society and has already received
the certificates from the federal and
state governments.
Madison = That corporation can
not be appointed as a county abstrac-
tor is the opinion of Attorney General
Spencer Haven to D. X. Allen of Osh-
kosh He holds that an individual
must be appointed.