Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-20

udSIum connected with the First Pres
byterian church, has been reorganized
and the officers to take charge of the
new activities, which are largely
along Y. M. c. A. lines, are: Presi-
dent, Homer H. Bishop; secretary, D.
W. Geer, and treasurer, Emil w. Mel
son. Indoor baseball leagues will be
added to the departments formerly
conducted.
| Madison = Theater suppers and aft
ernoon teas will be discontinued units
after the war, in accordance with the
request of the United States food adj
ministration. To eat the sandwiches,
cakes and sugar which are served at
! such meals, especially at teas, is to
be unpatriotic. 1t is ar extra meal,
not necessary for health nor social
purposes, and contrary to the present
principles of conservation of food and
! labor.
f! Fond du Lac-The Fox River valley
branch of the Order Of American Rail
way Express Company Employees was
organized here. A. E. Hanisch, Osh-
kosh, was elected president; f. H.
| Smith, Fond du Lac, secretary, and
A. N. Merkle, Appleton, treasurer.
The district also includes Neenah,
Manitowoc, Sheboygan and Ripon.
Headquarters of the branch will be
maintained here.
hnrt
Nowatny came to this country from
Posen. German Poland, when young
people They married in Wisconsin
and have lived on their farm, north
| of Wautoma, ever since. They have
five sons, Sylvester, "a; Frank, %;
Leo, 81; John, 20, and Joe, Is. The
four Oldest entered the service. John
was killed in action.
Arpin-The Milwaukee railway has
men tearing up tracks of an abandon
ed logging. road between Arpin and
Pittsville This is done by request of
a colony of Hollanders, who settled
this part of the country, and in the
early days used the abandoned road
to transport cordwood, which they cut
from slashings This,tract is now fine
dairy land.
Green Bay-Brown county held its
second annual potato show here Nov.
ana 20 and large crowds Inspected
the exhibits in the court house. High
grade displays Of "spuds" were enter
| ,I,O,,e So 1oo p7sn-x
County Boys and Girls Potato club en-
tered their tubers in competition and
made a good showing with their elder
competitors.
Manitowoc-The word German" on
the window of the German-American
bank of Manitowoc, caught the eyes
of two gobs. With yellow paint they
were proceeding to smear out the OBJ
iectionable word, when an officer ar
rested one of them. Arraigned jim mu-
nicipal court, the COB was fined $40
and costs, which he paid.
Madison - Effective Nov. 10, street
car fares for cash in Madison will be
6 cents. High school students will be
sold ten tickets for so cents, adults
will be sold nine tickets for so cents,
children in arms free, children under
/ 12, 8 cents. The railroad commission
/ has approved the rates.
| Menominee-Stru on the head by
falling limb from burning stump,
Leona Safstrom of Stephenson, never
regained consciousness, dying shortly
/ afterwards. She was years old and
was playing near the stump in field
near her home.
Racine-Derrick w. West, Ray
mond, is the winner of $3.50, first prize
for the largest acreage in the wheat
contest inaugurated by Racine bankers
to induce farmers to raise more and
| better wheat
Madison - One out of every forty
four Wisconsin farms of more than
hundred acres used a tractor last year
The tractor was one of the factors in
the s25O,OOO 600 increase in Wisconsin
agricultural products in 1918.
Madison-That churches are great
aid in spreading the gospel of better
agriculture and that Wisconsin
churches are leaders, is the statement
of C. j. Galpin, University of Wiscon-
sin.
Wausau-Carl H. Geisler, who con
Quoted a butcher shop here since 1890.
died suddenly of influenza-pneumonla.
His son, Private Arnold Geisler, re-
Gently died of the same disease at a
hospital at Annapolis, Md.
Green Bay-Green Bay is one of the
few cities in the country and the only
city in the state that has successfully
seen the French, English and Ameri-
can flags displayed as standards of