Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-02-20

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to Distict Attorney w. c. label of
Milwaukee. Mr.. label said the manu-
facturers of flags desired to print an
advertisement OF flags for sale and to
have a smile of the flag in the center
of the advertisement The attorney
general holds this is prohibited by
law.
Madison-The Wisconsin land COM
missionerS have announced sale OF
lands at a public auction at the state
land Office at Madison at o'clock p.
M on Wednesday, Feb. 81. The lands
to be sold lie along the Mississippi
river in Crawford county, and are
commonly referred to as river bottom
lands Thee are about 1,120 acres to
be sold, lying in tracts of from one to
fifty seven acres.
Marinette - Marinette county won
first honors at the corn judging con-
tests in Madison, receiving a silver
cup. Harold Loomis, Vernon Wood
and Emil Jensen of this county were
the representative They won similar
Ishonors at the county exhibit held re-
Gently In the grain display they had
twelve exhibits, securing eleven
awards-three firsts, three seconds,
four thirds and one fourth.
| Watertown-Mrs Mathilda Mulber-
ger, IS years old, mother of Senator
Charles Mulberger, died here as re-
suit of injuries received in a fall a
month ago Her husband was the elev-
enth mayor of Watertown and each of
her three sons-Henry, Arthur and
Charles-have served as mayor. Sen
ator Mulberger is mayor of Watertown
now.
Sparta-Gen Randolph A. Richards
of Sparta has been chosen one of four
brigadier generals for an important
war service. He is one of four gener-
ais selected to command two brigades
of army corps troops and two brigades
of pioneer infantry known as army
corps which are being organized at
Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S. c.
| Madison-Twenty thousand pounds
of wheat flour was returned to store
houses by hoarders in three Wisconsin
cities the State Council of Defense has
announced. At Glenwood City and
Emerald 259 sacks were returned, and
at Gays Mills, 118 sacks were given
back.
| Green Bay - Fifteen years in the
state penitentiary at Waupun was the
sentence imposed upon Gus Bartels,
charged with assault with intent to
kill, by Judge N. J. Monahan. Bartels
was found guilty of attempting to kill
Peter Neerdaels at the st. Paul hotel
on Dec. 81. He was 81 years old.
| Janesville-In decision just rem
dered by the railroad commission at
Madison the new Gas and Light COM
pany of this city is given authority to
increase it's raes by 10 cents per thou
sand cubic feet per month. This is
one-half of the raise which the com
pany asked for.
| Baraboo - The Southern Wisconsin
Sheep company was organized here
with capital stock of $4,000 Four
| hundred acres of land have been Sc
cured near this city on which 500
| sheep have been placed.
| Fond du Lac August Heller, re-
| tired farmer, was struck and killed at
a grade crossing near here. Two
years ago the same crossing was the
scene of similar accident in which
| four persons were killed.
Birchwood-The discovery of TWEEN
ty cases of smallpox on the Bad river
Indian reservation at Odanah has
caused energetic action on the part
of health officials to check the dis
ease.
Madison = The State Horticultural
society will endeavor to double the
number of war gardens" in Wisconsin
this summer, according to Frederick
| Cranefeld, secretary of the State
Horticultural society.
La Crosse Mrs. Jorgen Nordby,
wife of Bishop Nordby of the eastern
district of the Norwegian Lutheran
church, died at the age of SO years
| She was born in Sun Prairie, Wis.
Fond du Lac-While returning to
| his home in Van Dyne after register
| ing as an enemy alien, August Keller,
60 years old, was struck by an inter
urban and fatally injured.
| Eau Claire James Maloney, con-
| ductor, died here as result of inju-
ries received when he fell beneath
freight car at Altoona, severing his