Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-28

EAGLE RIVER. WIS.
Oshkosh-No agreement on prices 70
be charged for threshing was reached
at a meeting of fifty threshers and
farmers here. Farmers have claimed
that the prices for threshing were too
nigh. Several of threshermen agreed
TO cut prices. 1t was brought out that
the county threshers committee of the
federal food administration has no
control aver the regulation of amounts
to be charged for threshing.
Brentwood - Lieut. Irwin Hurlburt
has returned to his home at Rice Lake
from the battle front in France. HurI-
burt is member of the Rice Lake
company of national guards, and join
ed Pershing's forces in France six
months ago. He was returned to this
country because of his marked ability
and will train officers for service in
machine gun companies.
La Crosse-To La Crosse sculptor
/ goes the honor this year of winning
the George D. Wideher memorial gold
medal at the annual exhibition OF
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts. His name is Albin Polasek, who
began his artistic career carving fig.
ures on church affairs in a local fac,
tory.
Wausau - Farmers of Marathon
county are having success in raising
sorghum cane, which has grown from
eight to nine feet tall. Very little had
been grown in this locality before this
season, and the farmers, realizing the
shortage of sugar, are raising it as
patriotic movement.
Oshkosh-Steps hare been taken to
establish regular and permanent agri-
cultural work in Winnebago county
GustaTe A. Sell, who for the last year
has been acting as county emergency
food agent under federal authority,
will be the county's first agricultural
representative.
Oshkosh-Presidents of twenty-five
county Sunday schools associations of
Wisconsin met here to confer on the
needs of the coming year in the work
of the Wisconsin Sunday school asso-
citation. 1t was decided to increase
Sunday school activities to better sup
port war work.
Madison-Three new factory inspec-
tors were named by the industrial COM
mission They are: Ivan Conklin,
Wauwatosa; G. j. Kreilhamp, Prince,
ton; Frank A Frederickson, Madison
Miss Edna Kuhnert, Madison, was
named as an assistant in the woman's
department of the commission.
Oshkosh-Peter E. Fluor, son of J.
Simon Fluor, former Oshkosh resident,
now of Santa Ana, Cal, has won his
double bars as a lieutenant in the
aviation corps. He was the first in a
squad of ninety to complete his course.
His brother, Fred, has joined the
navy.
La Crosse - The La Crosse county
school of agriculture, one of the pio-
neers in that field of education in the
northwest, may be closed because Of
the war and the building converted
into a tuberculosis sanatorium to care
for soldiers afflicted with that disease.
Appleton - Elijah King, an Indian,
held in Jail on charge of causing the
death of David o. Hill, an Indian,
waived preliminary hearing and was
bound over for trial in circuit court on
a charge of second degree murder. He
will be tried in September.
Rhinelander-Joseph fish shot and
killed his wife because she refused to
give him money, and then turned the
shotgun on himself, dying instantly.
The shooting occurred on the road
near Gagen, fifteen miles east of here.
Tomahawk-The rear end of a south
bound extra freight went into the ditch
fifteen miles south of here. Ten cars
of logs were badly damaged. No one
was injured, but traffic was tied up
for twenty hours.
Menasha-A canvass was made of
this city to ascertain the amount of
alien-owned property here subject to
seizure by the government. The re-
suits have not been made known as
yet.
Oshkosh = Winnebago county need
not worry about the wolf being at the
door as the county treasurer has re-
ported regular funds of $260,341.24 and
special funds of $72,089.49.
Sheboygan-The public schools OF
Plymouth will be opened a week later
in September this year. to give the |
farmers the aid of students in harvest
ing their crops.