Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18

Menominee--The Wisconsin Dairy
mems association adopted resolutions
calling upon The legislature to enac;
laws against teaching any foreign
language in the grades of public or
private schools, and providing that
the basic language in high schools
and colleges be English, and teaching
of any foreign language shall be Incl.
dental thereto. These resolutions
form part of memorial to the late
ex-Gov. Hoard. 1t was felt that NO
other permanent memorial would be
as appropriate as such law.
Madison That Wisconsin farm
boys are coming back to take up their
work on Wisconsin farms is the mes
sage of c. ]. Galpin, assistant profes
sor of agricultural economics, Univer
sity of Wisconsin, who has completed
q survey of the subject in Dane coun-
ty. That Prof. Galpin is recognized as
an authority on this subject is indi-
States government has just sent 2.
200 copies of his recent book on Rural
Life to Y. M. c. A. huts in France.
Madison Tuning willow bolts into
wooden legs for disabled soldies is
enc of the latest activities of the fed
eral forest products laboratory, Uni.
ifr~ %
of the army surgeon general the lab
oratory is experimenting on artificial
seasoning of willow This process
turns out willow thoroughly seasoned
i'll from sixty to seventy days, whereas
the natural process takes from three
to five years. Willow is the best wood
for wooden legs.
Menofinee - The Wisconsin Dairy
Mems convention elected officers as
follows: President, George McKer.
row, Pewaukee; vice-president, A. j.
Glover, Fort Atkinson secretary
treasurer, Paul c. Burchard, Fort At
kinson directors, Math. Michels,
PEBBLES; J. Q. Emery, Edgerton; E. c.
Jacobs, Elkmound, and G.. H. Everett.
Racine The association adopted res
olutions faYoring a league OF nations
to enforce peace.
Madlson-To aid worthy and needy
students, especially returning soldiers
and S. A. T. C. men, who wish to re-
main in college, the University OF
Wisconsin regents voted to devote S.,
900 to additional scholarships this
year. They established fifty scholar
ships of SIS each and fifty of $25 each
for undergraduate student residents Of
the state. These will be followed by
fifty scholarships of 500 in succeed.
ing years.
Green Bay = Green Bay business
men, acting through the Wholesale
Credit Mems association, have fled
objections to the revenue bill as pre-
pared for passage by congress. They
feel that while the bill is framed for
the present emergency, it should be
limited to the present year, and that
new bills to fit the conditions as they
may arise in the future should be
passed for the succeeding years.
Fond du Lac-When F. H. j. Schmit,
Eighty sixth division, was brought into
the operating room in a hospital in
France. the nurse assigned him was
Miss Genevieve Dyer, from the old
home town, who helped him celebrate
his birthday He writes that when the
peace news became known, Nov. H.
the hospital was "a wild place" Sol
diers, sick and well, sang all day long,
Madison - The first American uni.
versity to establish a separate depart
ment of Americanization is the Uni,
yersity of Wisconsin. The purpose OF
the new project is the development OF
a concrete and practical policy for the
teaching of citizenship. The schools Of
the state of Wisconsin will then be
used in carrying this policy into eff
feet.
Marinette - Meddie Villeneuve of
oSNh'h'SNA
entered service again, went over the
top nine times with Company |, One
Hundred and Twenty-seventh infan-
try. His brother Alex was killed in &C
ton Aug. 6. The last time he went
over the top with a companion, he
took thirty-one German prisoners.
Fox Lake - Andrew Frank shipped
forty-fve Holstein cattle to Fond du
Lac. They sold for nearly $4,000. One
7-months bull brought $3.50, and four
2-year-old heifers brought $500 each.
The mich COWS were sold at prices
from $3.50 to $3.50, and 6-weeks-old
heifer brought 500.
La Crosse - Erected at cost OF
$4,000, La Crosse county's tubercu-
losis sanatorium, twelfth in the state,
is open for patients. With accommo-
Fo,. fn,.tv nafipOtS the SanatO.