Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-09-18
HAPPENIN GS
OF THE WEEK
In WISCONSIN


Brown county until the close of the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign so far
as campaigning under the auspices of
the Republican and Democratic coun-
ty committees is convened The
chairman of the two parties, M. E. Da-
vies, Republican, and T. A. Delaney,
Democrat, have reached an agree
ment not to arrange any meetings
until the drive is concluded Candi-
dates nominated for county offices
will turn in and work for the next
loan, and devote only two weeks to
campaigning in behalf of their candi-
dacy.
Madison - Fraternities, green caps
and hazing will be among the things
missing at the University of Wiscon-
sin this winter. With most of the male
students under army regulations,
quartered in barracks, dormitories,
nifty houses by the young women stu
dents driven out of their dormitories
by the soldiers, fraternity will be i'm
possible The freshman caps and haz-
ing will be officially tabooed by the
university.
Madison - Mrs c. M Lathrop of
WauZeka was requested by the Wis
consin Food Administration to pay SIS
to the Red Cross for obtaining too
many sugar allotments for canning
from local stores and from Montgom-
cry, Ward & Co. of Chicago, and Mrs
S. Turk and Mrs. T. Glynn, also of
Wauzeka, and Mrs. S. L. Coulter of
Soldiers Grove paid SIS to the Red
Cross for similar violations.
Madison Circuit Judge George
Clementson, Lancaster, has been call
ed in by Judge e. Ray Stevens to
conduct the adverse examination of
Senator R. M La Toilette, under the
discovery statutes in the 100000
libel suit filed by the senator against
the Democrat Printing Co. Judge
Clementson has ordered Senator La
Toilette to appear here for examina-
ton on Oct IA.
Madison = A cablegram from Eng
land received here announced the ar
rival there of President Charles r.
Van Hise of the University of Wis
consin DR.. Van Hise is a member of
a party Of Americans invited to visit
England and France to study the
work of the allies and place the Amer
lean war problems before the people
of those countries. He is to return in
October.
Madison-The railroad commission
has granted a Scent carfare to the
Milwaukee Heat, Light and Traffic
company on lines operated in Racine.
The commission ordered the company
to sell ten tickets for SIS cents, good
between and a. m.,. and 5 and Z
p. m. 1t also ordered that five tickets
for 80 cents, and good at any time,
be issued Children's fares were
fixed at cents each.
legislative negotiations extending over
fifteen years, La Crosse will obtain
possession of it's $250000 island park
when President Wilson attaches his
signature to a bill just passed by the
house, in which Minnesota cedes to
Wisconsin Barron island, and this
state cedes to Minnesota Latsch isl
and, opposite Winona
Oconomowoc = The Rev. Frederick
Guenther, II, for forty years pastor of
ST. Paul's Lutheran church, resigning
six years ago on account of declining
health, died at Oconomowoc after
several days illness. The Rev. Guen-
Their was born in Sundhausen, Ger
many, and in 1870 came to the United
States, locating at Burr Oak, Wis,
where he was ordained.
Madison Health supervision for
school children, especially in rural
districts, will be recommended for
adoption throout the state during the
school year now beginning. Contrary
to common belief, country school
children are less healthy than city
children of school age. The army ex-
aminations confirm this fact.
Appleton - Outagamie county will
again complete its drive on the open
ing day of the campaign Sept. %, it
waA decided in a meeting of the loan
committee The last campaign was
completed in one day and every eff
fort will be made to repeat the feat.
La Crosse-Five breweries will be
forced out of business in La Crosse
under the order prohibiting the manu-
facture of beer after Dec. 1. Brewer
les employ 1000 persons.