Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-02-27


Philips first choice for United
States senator to succeed the late Sen
ator Paul o. Husting, in the event
that the legislature, which meets in
special session, gives him power of
appointment. Gov. Philip made this
known at meeting of the republican
state central committee, which, with a
majority present and without a dis
senting vote, adopted statement in
dorsing the appointment idea. Al.
though several members, includ-
ing some administration men, say they
will stand out for special election
because the people demand it. Len
roots friends here say he would ac-
cept the senatorial appointment
Madison-The number of milk cows
on Wisconsin farms on Jan. l is l.
$4,000, compared to 1,750,000 a year
ago, or an increase of 2 per cent dur
ing 1917, according to the joint live.
stock report issued at Madison. The
average price of milk cows per head
is estimated to be SIS, compared to
sos a year ago. The number of cattle
other than milk COWS on Wisconsin
farms on Jan. l, IS estimated to be
1,394,000, compared to 100000 year
ago, or an increase of 4 per cent.
Superior - An agricultural high
school maintained by the county or
| jointly by several, towns and villages
is recommended by J. w. Morgan, a
member of the committee on common
schools for Douglas county, as a solu-
ton to the problem of keeping the
farm boy and the farm girl on the
land. Manual training and other sub
jects might be taught at such school,
he suggests. Douglas county has
| power to maintain such a school.
| GAINESVILLE - James HeSSian, sem
| fenced by Judge Maxfeld to five years
| in the state reformatory at Green Bay.
has had his sentence suspended and
has been placed under the state board
| of control for that time The change
was taken by the judge as result OF
the evidence which Hessian gave rela.
| tive to the selling of liquor in this city
F.! to soldiers who come here on Sundays
and holidays
Oshkosh-Belief that the words ITO
H With the Kaiser, painted in
| large letters on barn is an extra fire
| hazard, has caused a mutual fire in
surance company of Winnebago coun
ty farmers to ask that the building be
| reinsured at higher rate. 1t is
| feared that some pro-German will set
| fire to it. How the sign was painted
or who painted it is not known
Stevens Point-Believed to have
frozen to death, the body of Mrs
Mary Cisewski, 70, of the town of
Hull, near here, was found beside
country road short distance from
her home by neighbors She was
scantily clad and was barefooted and
the opinion is that she wandered from
home during the night and was over.
come by the cold.
Madison = Physicians who make a
wrong diagnosis and permit favored
families to escape quarantine although
harboring cases of dangerous commu,
nicable disease, have frequently been
reported this winter. Where evidence
is obtainable, prosecutions will be
brought under the state health laws.
according to an official.
Janesville-Plans have been made
for purchasing uniforms for the mem
bers of the two high school military
companies which were organized
some time ago. By giving dances and
benefit performances at the theaters
of the city, the boys have raised a
large sum to equip the 100 students.
Hartford-Emil Won Schleinitz, Mil
waukee, who is spending the winter
at his country home. near Cedar Lake,
saw a large gray wolf crossing the
ice of the lake. He sent his dog after
the animal, but it got away This is
the first wolf seen in Waukesha coun-
ty in number of years
Oconomowoc - Joseph Adams, IS
years old, one of the most prominent
residents of the town of Summit, died
at his home there. Mr. Adams was
born in 1910 in England, and came to
Wisconsin in 1855
Oshkosh = Oshkosh "drys" have
launched an anti-saloon campaign,
with A. L. Osborn, lumberman, as
chairman. Many prominent men are
on the committee
Madison = A. r. Hirst, state high
way engineer, sent a letter to coun-
ties asking them to reject bids for
cement on the ground that prices are
too high.
Birchwood-Mrs J. c. Bennett of
Cumberland, "a years old, died at her
home at Cumberland, where she re-
sided for nearly fifty years.